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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 11, 2015 18:08:07 GMT -6
Just as Loki laughed and tossed Vacanze, Ichigo burst into the battle with a flare of black fire at the Cero espada, landing beside him. “Sorry, V-man, looks like you need some help here.” His eyes narrowed. “Besides, I owe this one for kidnapping my kid sister.”
Loki stood up, slowly healing from the blast of Zangetsu. “So the substitute finally appears.” He smirked. “I think trading the traitor’s head for yours and then bringing your sister in is appropriate.” His head morphed in Nnoitra’s and he leered at the angry teen. “How she misses us.” With a yank of his head, he switched to Grimmjow. “Maybe we’ll share.”
Ichigo launched himself at the shape shifter and tore his right blade down his chest, eyes blackening in rage, as his shorter blade was caught by one of Loki’s. “Kenpachi and Renji will bury those creeps, and I will defeat you with the help of V-man.” He jumped back to free his blade, just as a cut ripped open his shihakusho.
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Post by Karin Kurosaki on Feb 11, 2015 18:21:49 GMT -6
“Careful, Ichigo,” Karin called out, swinging Homura down on a group of arrancar and leaping into the air to kick a few more.
Ichigo dodged Cero’s attack. “You’re the one who should be care-“ he hissed as Loki cut across his cheek and focused back on his battle.
Karin couldn’t help herself and spun at the hiss, nearly getting hacked by an arrancar.
Tsukiro yanked her back by her shirt. “Pay attention to your own fights, Karin,” he told her firmly before stabbing two arrancar in the throat with his kunai blades. “ Ichigo’s no pushover,” he continued in a more mellow voice, “and they have to get through all of us to take any captives.”
Karin sighed. She’d been caught being distracted. That never happened before. Maybe she should have stayed behind.
“Don’t make me find a way to put this lady on hold and smack you with a fan!” Kisuke hollered over, leaning backwards away from Cassava’s claws.
Karin squared her shoulders and threw her arm into the next arc of fire. Homura purred and unleashed a higher arch of heat. That’s right, she murmured, the enemy is before you, child. Harness your feelings.
Karin’s mouth thinned into a frown of concentration as she kicked away from Tsukiro and punched an arrancar in the gut. She smirked.
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Post by Lt. Kairo Namori on Feb 11, 2015 18:39:09 GMT -6
Kairo chuckled as Karin leapt past him and caught the black ribbon in his hand before calling forth another six kunai blades and the syringe, tossing them at a huddle of arrancar, each finding a mark. Backflipping and retrieving his syringe, he smirked grimly as the arrancar changed into a figure of Ichigo. “Hey, Tsuki,” he called out.
Tsukiro nodded, finishing his opponent with a swift upper cut and together they tossed the clone back at the castle. Tell-tale confusion issued. They turned back to the group, Tsukiro leaping into the air and unleashing another bolt of golden lightning, Kairo disappearing before his opponents with the help of Shiroi and punching a few more and using the syringe with a few fluid movements.
Seeing Karin nearby getting boxed in, he threw a few kunai blades and reappeared at her side with hoho. “I’ll watch your back,” he stated firmly.
Karin nodded and didn’t reply before lurching forward, grappling blades with one arrancar before scraping upwards into his arm and setting him on fire.
Kairo eyes narrowed at the group and he changed his illusionary, nearly invisible form to a mirror copy of Karin, before tossing fire from his hand, pouring his energy into the blast and letting it spread throughout the group.
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Post by Loki Asenna on Feb 11, 2015 19:22:17 GMT -6
While fighting Ichigo and Vacanze, Loki watched from a far, the transformation of one of the arrancar into the substitute. The horde went crazy ripping at the imposter. Paying close attention he watched as two more transformed into soul reapers as well being tossed into the horde.
Loki chuckled and locked eyes with Ichigo. "Nice trick you all are pulling there." Loki then slashed out at Ichigo knocking him back a few steps then bounded over the top of him using his head as a platform to sonido off into the horde of arrancar. The force of the sonido pushed Ichigo forward causing him to face plant into the sand. Landing in the center of the horde, Loki cut down the two imposters. His arm flinging up as he pointed to the original soul reapers.
"THEY ARE THE ENEMY!! NOT THESE IMPOSTERS!! KILL THEM!!"
The horde took off from around Loki attacking the group of soul reapers once more. Feeling a pinch in his back Loki reached behind him pulling a syringe from his shoulder, slowly he started to morph into one of the lieutenant. He laughed giving his body a shake as the one reaper, Kairo, watched him shift from Kira Izuru into Karin.
"It won't work on me fool. This is my specialty." He lunged at Kairo cutting into his arm an evil laugh echoing around him as he retained the form of the girl.
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Post by Jashira Cassava on Feb 11, 2015 19:29:43 GMT -6
While Loki attacked the two stealth members Cassava went at Kisuke her nails extending just barely missing his face, knocking his hat from his head. She laughed as he spun picking it up and jumped back from her.
"I think Loki has figured out your little ploy. Wouldn't you say Shopkeeper?"
She lunged at him again with both hands, one an upward slice, the other coming down. "You know if you would stop dancing around like that it would be much easier to give you a kiss and end all this."
"Sorry, the love of my life may not like that. She is the jealous type." Kisuke told her as he smirked. "Though Ichigo is single if you really want a kiss that bad."
Kisuke kicked her back causing her to stumble as Cassava growled and slashed out at him again.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 11, 2015 20:40:11 GMT -6
As Cassava crashed forward in her rage, Kisuke stood erect and watched her charge him. As she lunged again Kisuke side stepped and kicking her in the ass causing her to stumble again, catching her self she spun and came at him again. Kisuke danced back from her dodging her nails as they slashed out at him. Kisuke could not help but chuckle at her the angrier she grew with each swing of her arm.
Finally, Kisuke grew weary of playing with the woman as he lifted Benihime bringing her down on one of Cassava's wrists. Her hand tumbled across the sand as Cassava screamed out, lashing out with her other hand. Kisuke turned Benihime blade up, bringing her up and under Cassava's other wrist, taking that hand as well. Cassava screamed in pain again as she fell to her knees, nothing but stubs at the ends of her arms. Kisuke quickly brought Benihime over and around his head as the blade dropped moving swiftly toward Cassava's neck.
"Only nine more to kill." Slipped from Kisuke's lips as his eyes narrowed to near slits his blade still falling toward the woman espada.
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Post by Loki Asenna on Feb 11, 2015 20:53:19 GMT -6
Hearing Cassava scream a second time Loki dispatched the few soul reapers he was fighting and shoved Kairo back into his Captain. Quickly he sonido'ed off in the Shopkeeper and Cassava's direction. He shoved Cassava back crossing sword with the Shopkeeper.
"Didn't anyone ever teach you how to treat a lady?" Loki growled at him turning his blades, striking back at Kisuke, making him take a few steps back from the attack.
Kisuke laughed blocking Loki's attacks. "Like you would know how to treat a lady. I heard what you did to the lieutenant and my daughter."
Loki grinned, "I do have to admit both were very tasty in my bed. I may have to visit them again requesting their company. I do miss that sweet little, tart, daughter of yours."
Kisuke growled and pushed forward slashing out at Loki. "I will kill you for what you did to them."
Loki bounced back blocking his attacks, locking the Shopkeepers blade, within his two, putting them face to face. Loki licked his lips and grinned.
"I will kill the Snake and take her once more. I will own her again."
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Post by Karin Kurosaki on Feb 11, 2015 22:04:45 GMT -6
Karin’s eyes narrowed as she heard the bastard freak say that with so much confidence. Looking around, she saw her brother throwing arrancars off him and more of the enemy turning into Ichigo, confusing the small fry.
Kairo raised his voice. “Face off with the arrancar and leave the espada to us. Those of you in charge of protecting the injured don’t get too far away from then.”
Tsukiro charged Cassava as she lay on the ground with her injuries, but her fraction appeared with some kind of toxic cloud, taking her away.
Karin turned back to the fight involving Loki and her hand tightened around her zanpakuto. She rushed forward, eyes sharp in concentration. Just as Loki stumbled from a round kick from Kisuke, she lunged, slicing into his side.
“Burn, freak,” she hissed, eyes vindictive.
Loki grunted and then flung one sword back at Kisuke at the same time as swinging towards Karin. Karin leaped back but not far enough and the blade cut into her thigh before he kicked her back.
“Damn it,” she grunted. But she couldn’t quite be upset as flame scalded up Loki’s side for a few moments. “Payback, bitch….”
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 11, 2015 22:34:54 GMT -6
“KARIN!” Ichigo hollered, eye narrowing and dispatching or otherwise removing by kicking and throwing the small fry around him. He leaped to her side, just as Kairo caught her and Kisuke’s sword ripped Loki in half.
She smiled weakly. “That was - dumb,” she murmured.
“Idiot, I told you I would get revenge.”
She shook her head. “It’s not the same,” she stated, before trying to get to her feet.
Ichigo pushed her back down. “Not with that wound,” he ordered. “Dad will have my head.”
He looked to Loki who was slowly regenerating. “I’ll get him, okay?”
Karin nodded. Kisuke fired a kido blast at the espada that made the ground shake. Ichigo stood up. “HEY, CLOGS! Save some for me!” he leaped over and fired Zangetsu at the flesh as it continued to knit together.
Loki licked the side of his mouth still attached. “This is fun, your failed attempts to kill me.” As Ichigo glowered, he chuckled. “You know, Nii-chan, you really don’t understand.” His mangled corpse changed into a twisted version of Karin. Ichigo felt the blood leave his face. “She got both sides here, beaten bloody and raped, and there was nothing she could do about it.” Slowly, Karin's face morphed into a new one.
Yuzu's eyes widened. "Why, Nii-chan? Why?" He saw black.
Ichigo growled out his Bankai and called his hollow mask, roaring as he charged into the monster.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 11, 2015 23:02:41 GMT -6
Kisuke turned as Ichigo charged Loki. He left that fight to the boy as he charged into the hordes of arrancar. Taking a few down Kisuke spun quickly hearing Ichigo roar out in his hollow form. When he turned he noticed Loki was gone. He looked quickly around not seeing him anywhere. When he turned back around he noticed Szayel was gone as well. Al that were left where the hordes of hollows around them and a few of the lesser ones where backing off.
"What the hell is going on?!" Kisuke yelled out cutting down a few of the fleeing arrancar. He looked back at the others as they cut down the few remaining hollows around them.
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Post by Loki Asenna on Feb 11, 2015 23:11:12 GMT -6
It was seconds later as a cloud of dust settled around them from one of Ichigo's attacks. When it did, up on a dune a few yards away. Stood two Aizen Sousuke's, back to back. Their haori's flowing in the breeze around them. Neither of them looked the groups way and both had their eyes closed, hands on the hilts of the zanpakuto's as they waited. Waited, for one of the group brave enough to approach them.
A laugh echoed around them. It was Szayel.
"What's wrong Soul Reapers? Can't tell them apart?" The laugh echoed louder. "Remember. Two can play the game of mix and match. The question is? Who's game is better?"
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Post by Ulquiorra Cifer on Feb 12, 2015 13:24:42 GMT -6
In the depths of Las Noches...
As Aizen moved against the shopkeeper and the substitute, Ulquiorra wandered down towards the bowels of the palace. On one side, the echoes of the battle between Nnoitra and the one-eyed captain from the first war drowned out most of the match between the redheaded lieutenant and Grimmjow. His lord had been right to send those two espada in that direction. Neither would stop until they were somehow incapacitated. Green eyes looked to the hallway bend in front of him. Partially wondering what Azayaka’s mission was, he continued towards his own.
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Post by Captain Shinji Hirako on Feb 12, 2015 13:27:48 GMT -6
Deep in the tunnels of Las Noches and surrounded by bodies and groaning, changing arrancar, Shinji kicked one in the mouth. He paused, and then looked up as a hidden door creaked open above them. Steps appeared and an espada’s silhouette stood there. He grinned and pointed his bloody sword at the enemy. “About time you showed up. I was getting bored here.”
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Post by Ikkaku Madarame on Feb 12, 2015 13:31:30 GMT -6
Ikkaku chuckled and wiped gore off his forehead. “One espada for three of us,” he called out loudly, alerting the third member of their party. He'd always stayed in back, half-hidden in the shadows. He hadn't spoken. Ikkaku waved his hand. “I’m insulted.” He pointed his staff at the espada. “Hey, you, you should know I killed one of your already. I’m rearing up to kill more." His eyes narrowed as his lips lifted into a wide grin. "So hurry up and call your comrades!"
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Post by Ulquiorra Cifer on Feb 12, 2015 13:38:47 GMT -6
The green-eyed espada turned to face the foolish, noisy intruder. “Silence, trash. Your killing of a fraccion is nothing to be crowing about. “Not when -“ his eyes narrowed as he removed a hand from his jacket, "you are all going to die tonight anyway.” He vanished. Ikkaku groaned as blood erupted from a deep plunge to his torso and Shinji backpedalled as blood spilled from his forehead from a bala attack around the same arm. Pale form flashing in the shadows, Ulquiorra sonido'ed over the one in the shadows -
The Fourth’s eyes narrowed at the one who had stopped him, escaping his first attack by forcing him to draw. The bloody blades creaked. “You won’t be so lucky the second time," Ulquiorra murmured.
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