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Daisuke blows out some smoke, "His name was Tosido Kurorugi. In this book is philosophies about keeping yourself strong, holding against the odds, and finding friends amongst all those one has lost. In all honesty, I could very well say this man to be my brother; as we have both shared nearly the same life."

Daisuke listens to Cornix as he speaks. He snaps the book shut and stands quickly. Daisuke stares at Cornix, "You are comparing us to that race? Exaequare, you are making a grave misunderstanding. Shinigami were brought in to this world to protect the souls of the living from being devoured by the Hollows, and to protect lost souls from straying from the path of the right. To say we are no better than Hollows is to say your race is murdering six million people; not sacrificing them for the greater good. And yes, we all have our duties.. but as a soldier, one knows the limits and may insubordinate! You are worse than a fool trying not to act the philosopher. You do not question, but go with the flow and give the answers the one who questions of you wants! This never had to come to this, but you made this so. You and your friend. Your Master. You willfully stepped beyond the realm of morality, welcoming the death of 6 Million human lives.. as our job is to protect humans lives, made so by our creator, we are forced to act upon you. You said we have unrightfully slaughtered the Hollow race.. what about how they have slaughtered humans? I know there must be balance, but why can't humans go about their life normally? Then again, I am most likely asking the wrong person; like asking a wasp why flowers bloom. You and your friend will both be killed. I will not kill either of you, but I know the rest will not find your release sufficing."

Daisuke looks to Suzume, "The creature that killed Tosido was named Damien Khallos; though, it was not done directly. He was the Z Rank Cuchillo's underling; who the Cuchillo taught.. Hei Hakase killed that Cuchillo." He looks to the two Exaequare, waiting to see what happens to them. "The road I walk is paved in gold, to glorify my platinum soul," he blows out a smoke rings and stuffs the book inside his top, between himself and the sash.

Eriko's eyes twitched when Sakamoto proceeded to add high and low level Bakudo to the effect of her Shikai ability. It made her wonder what kind of pleasure he got out of underminding her abilities so much. Plus, what was the point of using a sixty-three with a nine? However, she did not say anything about this when he approached her with his inquiry. Her twitch left her and the Captain stared at him simply.

"Do not get ahead of yourself, Sakamoto. We will detain both of them here until the others have made their return." With that said, her flat gaze moved from him to focus on how the Eleventh Division's Lieutenant was faring with concern to the Exaequare that was not bound. The attack had been blocked and Eriko watched with slight interest as Cornix made his way over to his companion and then, he spoke. The Jubantai-Taicho's eye-twitch returned after the first seven words and had a steady pulse for the rest of his miniature speech. She had risen to her feet on the branch, ready to say something in complete opposition but the man, whom she had nearly stepped on, beat her to it. She could tell that he was well-spoken and at the end of his response, she felt no need to add to it especially for the fear of messing up the mood which it had induced for some. Instead, Eriko leaned against the trunk of her tree to take in Nanashi's response to Cornix since they had been fighting each other so earnestly. She was not disappointed as the one boy became two and attacked both Exaequare at what seemed to be the same time. Oddly, her first thought was about how Sakamoto felt that this other Lieutenant had just gone for the kill without asking any questions. It was mainly because of curiosity and nothing else. For now, that should be enough and if it wasn't, she would keep to her original plans and leave it to them. The presence of all these Lieutenants in one place had her thinking about her own and when she would be able to meet him at last.

Vesper felt the screams and his vision fade, but he was bound to the spot, by several things it seemed. He attempted to struggle, but his body didn’t seem to want to listen to him anymore. Was this the end? The end of everything? It was true, what Cornix had said. They had been lead like lambs to the slaughter, and Caelum wasn’t even appearing now, to save them or to do anything. “It’s over, isn’t it? Over…and the end came faster than I thought it would.” his voice carried through the wind, as the strength he had relied on to get him through life, slowly slipped away. Cornix’s next words surprised him, and if Vesper could have moved, he would have lifted his head up and stared at Cornix in surprise. All the time, he had thought that Cornix had hated him, had mistrusted him and disliked him since he had been stuck with a partner that felt as if death was the only solution to everything and was younger than the rest. Tears fell from his eyes as he realized that he had been foolish in thinking these sorts of things. Moistening his mouth, he called to Cornix, “Cornix, you…you were the best person and fr--” The trident at that point pierced his neck and his eyes widened from the pain, his words suddenly cut off. The pain reached him quickly and he could already feel his world turning to blackness. “Goodbye, my friend,” he choked out his final words, before everything around him turned to darkness and his body went limp.

Tadashi looked down at Vesper's corpse, and then up at the Nanashi who'd done it. He felt pity for the Exaequare, but not terribly so. He just nodded at Nanashi and turned around, sealing Tenma. Now that the battle was over, he was starting to feel the pain in his left arm. He didn't really want to look, since that would probably make it hurt more, but he ended up doing so anyway. With some surprise, he realized some of his flesh was taken by the arrow. A deep horizontal gash was barely visible, and the blood seeping from the wound was being soaked up by his shinigami uniform.

The good news was that his wound was probably the highest casualty sustained, which was in itself impressive. Ignoring it, he decided he'd either find a 4th squad healer or Hibiki - whichever came first.

It was his pride as a member of the eleventh division, his pride to keep fighting until the very end, that supported the dark side of his personality, the one that only surfaced when he was fighting. Without it, he probably wouldn't have been able to take life, and would otherwise be crazy and silly. Hearing the last words of his fallen enemies as they bled out and died was like music to Nanashi's ears. Grinning madly in the midst of his victory and two kills, Nanashi's second body ran his tongue over his canines, sucked in a whiff of the blood that stained the ground and allowed his dark side to get it's fill before his overly happy side kicked in. As this body tipped forward, seemingly falling off of the trident, the first body, phased from solid to ethereal and was, in a sense, sucked towards the second body. The energy from the first synced with the second right as his left foot touched the ground. Once done, he sucked in a huge breath and stuck out his right hand, forming his pointer and middle fingers into the V sign for victory. "VICTORY~!" Putting his hands to his hips, Nanashi tossed his head back and began to laugh uncontrollably, nearly reaching tears at some point before falling back onto the large rock he had moved in here earlier.

His trident teleported itself from Vesper's neck once Nanashi had willed it to by extending the fingers of his right hand. As soon as the weapon was in his grasp once more, his spherical space began to fall apart, becoming smaller and smaller at his silent command. Once the bubble was around a foot in diameter, it became visible, crackled with what seemed to be electricity, then collapsed on itself and faded into nothing. Giving the trident a twirl, he dropped it into the ground next to his feet, then moved over to the bodies of the fallen Exaequare and poked of them in quick succession, teleporting them to just outside Hei's Laboratory and then moved back to the rock. Nanashi then proceeded to vanish on the spot, only to reappear three minutes later, holding a saucer in his left hand, holding onto a tea cup with his right hand, and balancing several small cakes on his crossed legs. Bringing the cup to his lips, he aptly blew on it before quickly tipping the cup and downing it's contents into his mouth, then proceeded to breath irregularly as he attempted to cool his mouth. Instead of teleporting the cup and saucer back to where they had come from, he simply tossed them behind him without regard for how they may end up.

As he poked at one of the cakes with a fork, Nanashi eyed those around him, finally getting a chance to give Daisuke a response to a statement he had posed to Suzume. "You know..." He began, plopping a piece into his mouth, and swallowing without chewing. "Just because ya don't think he's scary, don't mean he ain't. For all we know, ya might just be a nut with no regard fer yer own life. And I say that not 'cuz I think ya are, but because it's a possibility." Casting him a glance, Nanashi threw him a mischievous cat grin before returning to his cake for several minutes. He re-entered the conversation after this time had passed, continuing as though he had never stopped. "But hell, the way I see, no matter how ya justify how this guy died, regardless of previous health conditions, he died by Mei-Ō's hand and no one else's. Which, in the eleventh Division, that's all that matters and to say otherwise is to tarnish the Captain's reputation, which is not so very wise. Now I ain't tellin' ya how to think, that's just how I see it." Flashing him the same grin as before, Nanashi picked up the plate that held his cake, and opened his mouth wide, then slid the rest of it in and swallowed it very quickly.

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx【 SUZUME CHIYOKO 】



xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxLoneliness hit me suddenly,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxbut it’s only t h e n that I realized,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxafter all that I have ever DREAMED of,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxI really don’t like F I G H T I N G

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Just ruthless? That did not sound good to her at all. Still, she couldn’t throw off the fact that Hei Hakase absolutely frightened her. Maybe she was being a coward or something like that, but seriously, she was not used to that level of Reiatsu and definitely, she had never been confronted with a Hollow/Shinigami hybrid. Leader of the 12th Division, eh? She’d make a mental note to steer clear of that area. Suddenly, she was dragged out of her thoughts and her musing. Suzume had been attempting to ignore Nanashi, to tell the truth, and she definitely did not really want to see the death of Vesper and Cornix. However, as he yelled victory, a rush of anger forced her to turn her head and literally glare at the laughing Nanashi. To tell the truth, he was the most irritable person she had ever met, with the one exception of that flamboyant and loud Black Star. Seriously, he did win this round, but why did he have to boastful and literally yell out to everybody that he had won? Breathing heavily, she closed her eyes and slowly counted to ten. She needed to keep her temper under control, something that had been known to flare up quite a number of times.

Opening her eyes again, she felt herself feeling a little more calm and if Nanashi appeared again, she would be at least, able to talk to him without getting angry or yelling at him. She didn’t do anything, instead plopping herself on the ground as she waited for something to happen. They were waiting on the Captains to return and then she’d have to introduce and properly meet her Captain. She shuddered for fear that he might not like her for some reason or another. At that particular moment, Nanashi had reappeared and began to say things to Daisuke. Suzume, although she would never admit it, was a little lost as she attempted to keep up with him. When he had finished, she got up gracefully, brushing off any remains of grass of dust from her Shinigami clothes, before walking over to him and looking at his with curiosity. “So are you scared of Hakase-Taichou too?” she asked.

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