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Alexis fired her Cero upwards at the attack, vanishing as the connected. She'd suddenly appear behind Sakura, a few feet back, though the usual sadistic look was a flat frown. "I'd Ignore him..." She said. "You'll be busy dodging" She added pointing a hand forward. Firing off her Cero again... if should could at least keep them from healing another Espada would easily finish them off... they must be running low on energy, using it all on dodging.

Rino was astonished by how much energy his oppentent still had even after she had pushed herself so hard. When the cero was fired he easily dodged that. He tried hard to dodge the blast wave but once again got grazed. He did not wish to waste all his energy dodging. He saw the Wall coming towards him and decided that he would counter it instead dodging or running. Rino launched severla of his Jinrui no noroi at the wall, all hitting the same place weakening it. he shot a few more breaking a small hole that he jumped through. He was truly impressed, until he saw what had happend. Captain Tetsuo had been hurt. Rino's eyes narrowed and he glared at the arrancar. "Do you enjoy pain and misery foul kitten? does the thought of dying and suffering excite you? I hope it does, because that is all that awaits you now. I shall show you no mercy for your crimes and sins. Your life shall not be spared, not for any reason. You had a chance to give in but i shall not give you another chance now. Prepare to die worthless beast!" Rino charges up energy around Chijō no mōtaru, he then jumped headlong to the side then at Alexis. As he did so, he stabbed at the ground and pointed at her. Suddenly more chains came to bind her. the were faster then last time, but still not impossible to dodge. he then shot more of his dark Jinrui no noroi at Alexis one after another, all within seconds of each other. Since he had jumped to the side even if she dodged, none of his attacks would touch Captain Tetsuo. The miscalculaton that Alexis made in her thinking was his state of mind. Rino was, and always is, cool-headed. Even when he was burning with anger his head was clear and focused. All making him mad did was insure that you would die quickly, this is because he would no longer hold back his power. During the begining of the fight that is exactly what he did, he held back not wishing to badly hurt the arrancar, now however he planned nothing more then killing her.

~Torimo Ruoni~ Squad 11 Captain


Kick me, yell, spit, hit, swear......I am me and I'll beat you till my whole being has been taken by the wind.

Tori smiled at the imp, he was unaffected at what the imp said but he yawned in boredom."Wow....so the fur-ball makes me bored...I mean the hag arrancar actually entertained me with her dry oldness.... but you your just a twisted thing that needs to be buried in the ground...well Tetsou do the rest, I'm out.....too bored." His expression completely transitioned to a tired look as he left through the senkaimon he opened without a blink. he waved and went.

{{EXIT}}

"You can't follow me but you can die the death you wished for.....kinda.....maybe not......actually no"

"Great..." Alexis said as Sakura was pulled to safety. "Go ahead and save the cherry blossom" She said. Though on the roof she came to one knee, and coughed up a little more blood, now she'd lost enough to have her vision distorted slightly, like someone with glasses not having them on... which inquired the truth, that her glasses were useful only when she was in her sealed form. Here Irises went from being narrow like a cats were during the day, to being dilated like a cat that walked around a corner to see someone scream at it. Her left arm was now completely limp, bruised badly, and all four claws on its weapon, were cracked to almost half size. She placed her right hand on her left, the swords on it shattered and fell apart as did the gauntlet, but the ones on the right all regenerated to the full size, serration, and looked shiny and good as new. "May as well have one good hand if ones gonna be busted" She said spitting to the side. Standing up again, hunched over from weakness, she held her right claw defensively.

Alexis stumbled backwards until she hit the ground and was against a door that led to the inside of the building, though it didn't matter, her vision was blurry and her legs barely moved, they couldn't even hold her up. She was the Espada of Helplessness, a feeling that could cause death... why did none of her enemies feel helpless? Coyote represented solitude, he was so powerful, that he had to be split in two just so no one would die next to him... barragan represented time, anything to close aged rapidly... Tier represented sacrifice, through the sacrifice of her comrades she gained power... why was Alexis' aspect not working at all? Right now, she felt pretty helpless... "Just finish it..." She said closing her eyes... hoping that someone would make them suffer... these people couldn't even fight fair... after all, she did battle with Vento, briefly with Viktor, Kiriri, and Rino... so... 3 people, plus a couple swings with a dark entity is what it took to bring down Espada three? Not bad for one single Arrancar especially a female one... which were typically weaker.

She leaned back against the wall, one leg pulled up, the other stretched out, her tail, and hair sprawled. Her breathing was heavy, as almost all her strength had faded... she'd taken the battle the complete wrong way, she didn't lose because of a lack of power, she lost because of odds that you couldn't ask anyone else to abide by. "You should see yourselves" She said. "Even as blind as my eyes are now... I can still see how pathetic you all are..." She said, not wiping a small streak of blood from her lower lip, as it was dripping down her torso, sides, arms and legs. Both gauntlets had run dry on energy, and fallen apart. Could she muster one last bit of energy for one final attack? Not likely... if she did do something strong enough to kill them, the energy would draw her life force as well, and kill her. "Its too bad... a perfect figure like mine... about to turn to dust... I don't think I even got any pictures with any- oh yeah... i forgot... arrancars dont get to have friends..." she coughed.

She looked up at the sky, smiling weakly, a small amount of blood coming for the sides of her lips, Her eyes began to moisturize, and tears began to fall slowly. "Sorry... I tried... but I couldn't win." she coughed weakly. "Well what're you waiting for?" She said, barely able to move her head.She looked at both Kiriri and Rino, and gave a nasty glare. "Finish it... you can't call it justice if you leave someone to suffer after all... you'd be even worse then us monsters...us foul beasts..." she said quoting the two... "It's funny... I'm the one sitting in my own blood... about to die... but I'm still not the one who's pathetic..." she giggled weakly, instigating another cough... "It took you until someone actually got hurt to actually fight for real... thats not protecting people, thats using protection to justify revenge..." She said to Rino. "I played around too long sure... but at least i was honest about it the whole time, not the last 5 minutes of the battle..." She said. Again she looked at the two, closing her eyes and leaning back. "Its too bad... If i could move i'd slash you in half for calling me 'kitty'" she said. She restated her question, since she sort of didnt give them a chance to answer. "What are you waiting for? Finish it... shinigami" she said, to neither in particular.

Rino slowly descended to the floor. He had not been using protection as an excuse for revenge, but he refused to let anyone else get hurt. He felt at fault for Captain Tetsuo get hurt, maybe had he not held back at the start then she never would have. Both arms of his were still bleeding from the glacing blows that he had recieved. They pained him but he was not going to let that effect him. "You think you know everything but you do not, you do not know what fuels us. You do not know what drives our attacks, what causes us to take lives or harm others. You assume things and come to conclusions that may or may not be true. None of that matters now though, your life is at an end. welcome the death that you so have inflicted to many." Rino rises his zanpakto above his head and prepares to deliever the finishing strike. He turns away, however, and lowers his weapon. He could not kill a helpless opponent, espically one that was asking for death. His beliefs were to strong to allow him. 'I just can not do it. i can not take her life, it goes against everything i have learned and been taught. It seems that not only did i fail to protect but i could not even go through with killing the one that is trying to harm us.' Rino looks at Alexis and sighs. she must have been weak, she did after all take many of his Jinrui no noroi which weakens the opponent. He now felt bad that he harmed her to this extent. That was the reason in teh first place that he had heeld back, he did not wish to harm her. "Jinrui no noroi, Curse of Mankind. that was the attack that has brought you to this state. It is not just for harming but it weakens the opponent, making them slower, less strong, and more. The effects will wear off after a while. you shall be able to get on your feet again soon. Tell me, are you an arrancar of your word? i can heal you or have Captain Sakura heal you. If we are to do this though then you shall have to give your word to leave immediatly and not return. Even once we heal you you will not have much energy due to taking so many if my attack. Furthermore, since it was my attack, i shall personally take you were ever you wish to go to rest. I can not and will not kill an injured and weaken opponent. What is your name Arrancar? I'm Captain Rino Kyūseishu of 7th company."Rino approachs Alexis and sheaths Chijō no mōtaru. It was not pity that drove these actions, but instead guilt. He felt guilty for her injuries and would not let her die here.

Rino scowls and once again draws Chijō no mōtaru. He raise it about his head directly up like before. Something burned in his eyes, but it was not anger, it was determination. "You don't understand Lexxi. I intend for you to be healed. Had you choosen peace i would have to let Captain Sakura heal you, but since you defy then i shall heal you. As you see though my zanpakto is in no state to heal, it does not specialize in that. However, i can still heal but not with my current zanpakto. You are the 3rd Espada, i knew you had more power then you let on. I refuse to let you die here, i refuse to let you die upon wound i inflicted when i had no right or cause to. Watch and you shall see something that few others see. I do not usually do this but seeing as you choose to be violent to the end i have no choice. Chijō no mōtaru can not heal, it has no healing powers. Hebunrīenjeru does, however, have healing powers."Rino steps back a few steps putting some distance between him and Lexxi. He planned to unleash his true power in order to better defend and heal the wounded. 'Rise above this world...' Rino quickly grips his zanpakto with both hadns and twists it. "Tsuin-shin no chōetsu!" A giant wall of light appears around Rino engulfing him. He could not been seen from the outside of the pillar of light but it was obvious something was going on. Suddenly a cry comes out of the beam. "Mamoru, Hebunrīenjeru! Hakai shi, Jigoku akki!" Suddenly the pillar of light vanishes as Rino swings his new Zanpaktos. In his left hand he is holding a gleeming pure white zanpakto (katana) and in his right hand he is hold a pitch black zanpakto (also katana). He unfolds his new set of wings, one being that of an angel and the other of a demon. Rino stares at Lexxi and walks forward. "This is my bankai. I shall heal you and then you may leave, i shall help you. Do not think of attacking my commards, otherwise i will fight in my bankai." Rino stabs the white zanpakto into the ground next to Lexxi. "Seinaru kagayaki." A glowing circle encompasses Rino and Lexxi and starts to heal both their wounds. He had decided that it was best to enter bankai, if she tried attacking again he would be able to defeat her easier then in shikai. THe battle had raged long enough.