Noble Quarter

Renji spun around, unleashing a crimson kido blast, at the opponent behind him before sending Zabimaru at the zigzagging figure. He let a glimmer of a smirk form on his lips as he pushed the opponent backwards away from this division, even as a drop of perspiration slipped down his neck from the reiryoku being admitted.

Damn it, he muttered to himself. Why did it have to be the Ayakashi who can turn back time?

Pushing the ayakashi backwards another few steps, he gasped as the opponent vanished.

“Too slow~” the twin taunted from behind him, swinging a fist.

Renji coughed as he was pushed along the lawn a few yard but maintained his feet. He wiped his face, eyes narrowing at the blood there.

“Come on~” Ilian called out, skipping in front of him. “You’re supposed to be at least more than a fly to swat at.” He paused, hands folding behind his head. “Or should I remove you from the game and go play with the noble? His sister sure smells nice with all the fun Septima puts her through.”

He dodged to the side as Renji’s fist came out of nowhere, something growled between his teeth.

“Woah~” Ilian whistled, twisting away. “Look out, I’m going to touch-”

A bony armguard appeared on the shoulder in front of him. “Don’t you dare malign either Rukia or Captain Kuchiki’s name again,” Renji snarled, finishing his Bankai transformation. He threw one sword from the snake’s mouth in his left hand, straight where the Ayakashi was and drove the snake’s head into the ground, seconds before he moved away.  The ground turned to ash beneath him. 

Renji’s furious eyes looked up from his crater. “If you want me,” he braced his arm over his chest, releasing another blade from the snake’s mouth. “come and get me.”

"Such a pretty parlor trick you do, Captain. To bad it is just that." Killian disappeared appearing behind the man whispering in his ear. "A parlor trick." The captain spun in retaliation as Killian smirking as the mans blade reformed and came at his head.

Killian blocked his attack with ease, their blades striking together as a ring sounded out around them.

"Don't worry Captain you're not going to die here. Lord Aizen wants you alive." He looked the way of his brother as he heard the lieutenant call forth his zanpakuto once more. Ilian danced around his attacks.

As Renji screamed from a distance behind him, the coldness in Byakuya’s eyes flickered. “You talk too much, enemy.” He slashed downwards, still locked with the Ayakashi’s own sword, for one more instant before his blade dissolved into petals. The noble grunted as Killian’s blade slid into his shoulder and a sea of petals crashed into him from all sides.

Captain Kuchiki shunpo’ed to another angle, formed a kido band and seized the twitching ayakashi’s hand through the mass. Flinging the ayakashi forwards with another leap, he appeared in front of his lieutenant and pressed the other twin’s hand into his arm, flinging half of the mass at the other twin.

Renji gasped and slumped. “Sorry, Taichou.”

“Don’t apologize,” Byakuya murmured in a rare reply. Still holding his enemy by the kido band, he dodged to the side as the one with black hair rushed him, blood running down cuts in his body.

“You Bastard! You’re going to pay for that.” He cursed as the petals arched towards him and then grinned. “Fine, I’ll make you watch him-”

He didn’t get to finish as the noble’s eyes narrowed, releasing his prisoner and sending a kido bolt at his lieutenant. The redhead went flying. One hand grabbed the noble's hair, fragmenting the ornaments and pulling him back.  Byakuya closed his eyes and flurry of white petals ripped outwards from his form.

Captain Kuchiki freed his hair with a rough twist.  Ignoring the ornaments, he clenched a hand, pushing Senbonzakura’s strength farther, tearing at two more hands that came for him.

Killian growled deep in his chest. "He is going down."

Ilian grinned nodding at his brother as the two sonido'ed toward one another their zanpakuto's drawn. They clashed as a great force spread out across the Gotei knocking people off their feet, slamming them into buildings, trees, and one another. The captain pushed back many yards as he covered his eyes with one arm to keep dust and derbies from his eyes. When the dust had settled only one Ayakashi stood in front of the captain, but it was neither of the twins. It was an older man, no hair on his head or face, but a bushy brow. His hands were slender and bony, his body frail. White robes flutters around him slowly settling as the winds settled.

"So this is your true form," the captain groaned as he kept his eyes on the twins' new form. He lifted his blade. "No matter. It still will not save you, Ayakashi."

The Ayakashi chuckled, his laugh of an older man, his voice the same, full of wisdom and strength as it bellowed over the Division. "You may call me Jakin, the keeper of time. Captain Kuchiki."

He lifted his hand a single finger pointed at the captains wave of petals as it rushed toward him. "From whence it came, it shall return." The old man muttered as the petals stopped in midair fluttering to the ground below. Slowly they started to disappear and reform the captain's blade once more as the captain tried to call on his zanpakuto once more with failed attempts.

Jakin laughed again as he stepped toward the captain from his position above him. The captain lifting a hand he released a Kido blast, Jakin vanished and reappeared right in front of Byakuya.

His eyes widened as Jakin reached out touching the captain between the eyes with his index finger. "I grow tried of you."

As the captain started to whither to the ground Jakin's hands produced a collar from his side and wrapped it around the man's throat, rendering him even more useless. Jakin then looked around for the lieutenant, finding him nowhere in sight. Just then, an Arrancar darted past him as he called him forth. "Take this man back to Las Noches and return swiftly. There are still many more to be had."

The Arrancar did not speak only nodded, grabbing the captain's foot he walked off toward the opening gate dragging the man behind him. Jakin then looked around again with a smirk as he vanished from sight.

“Child’s Play”:

It was well into the early morning hours, the moon still high in the evening sky and the stars shining brightly. In truth, it was a bad night to be out. At least for an inexperienced assassin, but not for the two Masanobus that were out that night.

They had a job to do and one that had gone unattended for far too long. Running along the rooftops in the shadows of the night, the two headed to the manor of one Konoba, Eiken. It would not take them long to get there even though it was across the Noble Quarter. They move quickly and quietly to their destination.

It would be an easy job, only two to remove from the picture, but two that needed to be removed. Their underhanded deeds and pedophile mannerisms had placed a black mark on the Noble community and it was up to the Masanobu to clean up any messes that beseech their talent.

Arriving at the manor two leapt the fence landing in the cover of night and surrounded by trees. Kouen stayed low and out of sight. As his associate cleared the fence, Kouen lifted his hand and motioned with a clenched fist then opened his hand, palm down, motioning downward for his associate to stop and stay low. They did as ordered as Kouen looked around the Konoba manor grounds. The house was three stories with a large garden and open grounds. There was no place to hide between where they entered and the manor. However, it did not look as if that was going to be a problem. The house was dark, as was the grounds. No lights were lit and there was no movement in the house. A good sign for them.

Kouen lifted his hand and gave the motion for them to move forward. Both darted across the grounds as Kouen went high and his associate went low. On the roof, he looked down and nodded. With that, both of them entered the home.

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