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((Jan always introduces himself as "unranked," seeing as his label of traitorous Vizard makes him the lowest of the low.))

Nodding as some more Shinigami arrived and filled him on the situation, Jan resumed his movement towards the fluctuating Reiatsu while talking. "If what you say is true, and one of my students has turned traitor, I'll handle it myself." As he finished his sentence, he began charging energy into his naginata, preparing for a battle. "That gun... I guess you're one of the more recently-deceased then. Fight in whatever way gets the job done."

As he moved, he turned back to look at the Shinigami that seemed to have a tail. "You. Fuzzy-kid. If you're too new to have mastered a Shikai, stay back to help the escapees out. If you can hold yourself on the front lines, then don't let me stop you. And Yamato, I believe? I know you can handle yourself... Do whatever suits your style best. You should be okay in any part of the battlefield... Even if this isn't much of a battlefield."

Rounding the last corner that Ryan had told him about, Jan seemed to have stumbled into a battle n progress. An Arrancar was keeping his distance from what seemed to be an ice person. Ah, must be old Shiro... I guess that's an ice clone. And... Is that Arrancar using a fancy new arquebus? Funny how the devourer of men is using their tools...

Jan quickly called back to his impromptu comrades. "If no one wants to take care of this one, I'm game for it. Go on ahead and clear the path for the prisoners!"

Slash was the last of the separated group to enter the hole in Las Noches' labyrinth. He entered to random cero beams flying around him. They came from the sky as an espada was releasing his resurection. Slash saw that there were already shinigami engaging it, and once Slash was able to stop jumping around, dodging the ceros; he took witness to the end result. The hierro covered the creature fully, and soon there was a bright flash as a whip came into focus. It was made of cero as well, and Slash had to do a backflip to get out of its range...
"Hhmmm, resurection? Seems like you hollows depend of this hierro stuff too-much." Slash said, smirking under his ninja-mask.
He waited for the next swing of the whip to act, rolling under it as it first came around, and then diving forward as it went around yet again... It just seemed like he was going to have to address this opponent crouching unless the attack-pattern changed. Slash brought out both of his weapons, and swung them inwards, like scissors attacking the arrancar's ankles while it focused on the shinigami who were still verticle.

Jan sighed heavily as another traitor showed himself, stopping him from making a preemptive strike upon the Arrancar. Looking back at the Captain and other Shinigami, Jan scowled comically. "Can't you guys keep your own soldiers under control? Shinigami allied to Aizen are coming out of the woodwork... I guess we'll just have to hammer them back down, huh?"

Looking back to Asuma's theatrical charge, Jan smiled at the prospect of a good fight to the death. "Really, Asuma? I expected better of you. Well, if you're so set on death, I promise to devour you completely and use the energy wisely. Sound okay, Asuma-kun?" Since he had been charging the entire time he had been in the maze of hallways, Jan confidently stepped forward and spun his naginata so he could hold it in both hands. "Maybe you've improved since I last saw you... It'd be kinda neat."

((Well, I think we're going for the same type of attack, Asuma.))

"...You should know by know that I don't really care about the reasons. You're here opposing me, and that's enough. That is a nice new weapon, though... Care to try it against me?" Taking a similar stance, Jan kept his body somewhat low to the ground. His right leg was stretched forward while his bent left leg held his weight just a little behind him, and he held his naginata at the ready, left hand at the butt-end.

Stepping off, he immediately went into a Sonido as he charged. Using some of the electric energy in his naginata, he lunged forward at Asuma's chest and let his sparking blade do the rest. "Piercing Line!"

Of course, Jan knew that the relatively simple attack would not be of too much of an issue to Asuma, but he needed to gauge the type of weapon he wa holding, and what sort of attacks would work best against it.

"Heh. Well, that's good enough for me." Grinning again as Jan jumped at him, everything seemed to slow down. Asuma's eyes flickered slightly, as his pupils dilated. He could actually SEE Jan's reiatsu moving, much faster than even Jan could move, coming right at him. Seeing it like this, it would be simple to dodge. Well, if you had the speed. And, Asuma at least had that.

As Jan stabbed at him, Asuma seemed to dissipated, as he stood to the left of Jan's strike, his pole already behind him, ready to be swung. Slamming the pole forward, the attack was simple, but it was very quick, as Asuma had embedded his speed into his arms, using it to slice forward. And, as the pole went flying forward, a blood red scythe blade came from the end of the pole, slicing right at Jan's neck. The attack went right over Jan's naginata, slicing at a straight line, right at his neck. Whether the attack hit or not, didn't matter to Asuma. The next part, was crucial.

After the slice, Asums used his speed, again seeming to dissipate, and then coming out right behind Jan, a jet black orb in his hand. "Reido, Parasu(Pulse)" Slamming his hand forward, the black orb shot out in all directions, cracking the floor beneath them and filling the air with reiatsu. Now that he had released his Zaigou from it's weapon form, he was at full power. And he would use all he had. He would have to, to be able to keep up with the Vizard leader. Even he knew that.

((XD

The very move you approved for me to use is being used against you))

((So, we come to the labyrinth? After all the Desert/Forest stuff? O.o ))

Saiko's attack was deflected by the arrancar just because he had superior defense compared to them. And since they were in the Labyrinth, they could not use their Shikai in hopes of cutting through the privarons' steel skin. This is when Saiko turned his attentions on Kevin...
"Dammit, you're not keeping her!!!" Saiko yelled, finally getting fed up with the whole chirade.
He brought his zanpakuto in front of him in one sweeping motion, holding it dead center of his chest, aimed at Kevin. His reiatsu spiked as the broad blade's movements brought a warm gust of radiant air with it, and with a surge of Saiko's signature aura of reiatsu, his open top ripped off as it fell behind him. He jerked the weapon down to his side as his reiatsu continued to climb higher, and that's when he began moving quickly towards Kevin's clone.
This was obviously their time to strike, and as Saiko neared the clone he quickened his pace, and then bent his knees slightly with his movements. As he neared Kuraime's face, he slowed, just in front of her, his red eyes halting inches from her creamy white ones. At that range, Saiko brought his weapon up in the space between Kurai's back, and the clone's stomach. He then twisted the blade to where the sharp edge was sticking at Kevin's arms and torso, leaving Kuraime's limbs against the dull edge of the machete-like weapon.
That's when Saiko brought his head back, kicking his leg forward, applying the right pressure for Kuraime to be set free as he fell backwards. To prevent injury, Saiko already had his left elbow cocked, and his right foot ready to pivot himself facedown again at an abgle so he could also catch Kuraime, whom would land where Saiko would've probably busted his head...

The hit that Kevin inflicted on Toshiro nearly crushed his armor to pieces. There was an incredibly large dent in the area that impacted. He couldn't help but double over and hold his gut. Sitting upright, Toshiro stabbed his blade into the ground and helped himself stand up. Only to realize that Kevin, once again, managed to get through his barrier of ice. He cursed the vizard. Why the hell did they have to be so strong? Of course, it wasn't unexpected. Kevin was still an S ranked. Toshiro was still a mere vice. He held his hand out toward the two, "No..." he managed to breathe out before collapsing on his knees again. Was he seeing double? No... Triple? There were 3 of them standing. One behind Toshiro, another holding Kurai, and the third confronting Saiko. He expanded his wings to there maximum capacity and flapped them as fast as he could. There, he shunpo'd at Kevin and Kurai. Knocking into both of them. It separated the two, to Toshiro's relief. "Aisu Kage Bunshin!" He roared. The floor became entirely covered in ice. There over twently five Ice clones appeared and surrounded Kurai. Another one picked her up and took off running. With another three following her. The rest surrounded the Kevins. Each one identical to Toshiro and poised to attack. Toshiro himself, ran at the real Kevin and diagonally cut at him.