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Soren La Guerrera
Sexta Espada

With light, measured steps, Soren entered the room. With each fluctuation of reiatsu, her ears flicked. Discreetly behind her mask she sniffed the air. The Primera had been there shortly before. As had his brat companion. There was another scent there which was foreign to Soren. It was, in truth, very similar to wet dog. How...disgusting. Her nose confirmed the presence of the Quinta, Cuarta and the Queen which her eyes duly noted.

Soren bowed at the waist then shoved her hands into her pockets. She adopted a nonchalant pose and strolled calmly to her seat across from Yuri and next to Kazuya. Then she folded her arms on the table and rested her chin on them. Behind her thick bangs her eyes closed. She slowed her breathing and entered a more meditative state. To all those watching, it would appear that she had simply gone to sleep in a matter of seconds. To those who knew her, that was to be expected. Soren was, afterall, the queen of dreams.

Despite her demeanor, Soren was very much awake and quietly puzzling out the events of the day. She had been dozing off when several fluctuations in reiatsu had been detected in the Meeting Chamber. Of course, being a creature of whim, Soren had gone to investigate. And now she sat here pondering the foreign agent in the atmosphere. It had a distinctly canine "flavor" but the more Soren studied it the more she could detect the scent of a human. From what Soren could gather, it seemed that the owner of said scent was some sort of hybrid.

Soren sniffed once more but this time she was more capable of detecting the Primera's scent. She compared it to the foreign scent mostly out of lack of any other clues. Without issue she realized that the canine element of both was identical. If memory served her, Soren knew that Nasune was a fox. Judging from the alarming similarity of the two scents, Soren could safely assume the "foreigner" was part fox as well.

Part fox and part human, eh? Soren had heard of something similar. For centuries humans had known of similar creatures. In old legends a Spirit Fox by the name of Kitsune had been mentioned. Soren could easily tell that the being who had been here not long ago was a spiritual being and not actually alive as a human would be. Besides, a human in a living body could not survive in Hueco Mundo. It would require great deals of reiatsu to sustain such a life in this world. The same level of reiatsu could be used to fire the Gotei 13's kidou cannon. As far as Soren could tell, none of the reiatsu levels she had observed had hinted to any being of that power.

Soren had long since grown accustomed to the fact that she appeared to be one of the youngest Espada. Age was not of very high consequence amongst those gathered. Yet Soren knew that she was the oldest Espada by over six centuries. Because of this, Soren was very aware that age counted for more than most would believe. Her memory was jolted back about nine hundred and fifty years in the past. She recalled an old conversation between predator and prey.

An adjuchas lay half-dead in the sand. Soren sat next to him. It had been back before she had shattered her mask so she still had a relatively feline form. She waited calmly on her haunches while her tail flicked with slight excitement. The adjuchas whose name she did not care to recall had mentioned a memory from his wanderings of the Living World. That was why she had waited to devour him. As he gasped and spluttered, his tale came together piece by piece. He described strange beings with pointed ears like hers and tails though they were much bushier and had tips of different colors. He had named them Kitsune and told her that they had a strange connection with the world and elements. That night Soren had been digesting more than an adjuchas.

Soren ran through her information. It was very likely that the person she smelled was one of these Kitsune. As for the wet quality to the scent Soren believed that the girl could very well be the water Kitsune. Yes, that was right. Soren knew from the scent that the foreigner was female. Considering the fresh quality of both scents, Soren had strong reason to believe Akai had come into contact with the foreigner. Perhaps the Queen had been able to converse with the girl? Soren would have to take that chance.

"It would seem that a Kitsune was here," she said clearly to the silent room. There was very little chance that she was not heard. "What's more, it is the Kitsune of water."

Soren fell silent and for all the world most likely looked asleep once more. She wouldn't be surprised if her comment startled the others. It would be their own fault if they allowed her actions to surprise them. For some indiscernable reason, Soren hoped conversation regarding the foreigner would open. To think the rambling of a dying adjuchas could be true.

Before Nasune made his way inside he stopped shortly with Aoi upon his back. See he was not an idiot even in the rage state that he was in. Kit soon appeared next to him starring into the desert. She could sense for of them, all of them strong in their own right but two of them were giving off some impressive spiritual pressure levels. But, there was no sign of worry on her face; she actually had a smirk upon her visage. She knew they would be coming eventually; it only was going to be a matter of time. Her eyes had been illuminating the same color as Nasune’s. Why? Well because they both were under the impression that Aoi was going to be taken away from them. Of course he wasn’t going to let something like that happen. Who in the hell did they think they were dealing with. He knew he was strong, and he understood his power. He understood a fraction of theirs as well. Hmph let them come. He would show them how intelligent he could be too. He could feel Aoi’s Hoshi no Tama pressing upon his back, its cool nature sending a wintry sensation through his already heated body. Perfect, a plan had already reached Nasune and Kit’s psyche. Nasune begin to speak to Aoi.

” Listen, you’re family is going to attack if I don’t have something to keep them at bay and as much as I would love to repay a debt to two of them, that’s not what Akai-Sama wants. See, she doesn’t have to inform me of her plans because we have that kind of bond. If she wanted to lure them here for a fight, she would have told me or any other espada to try and kill you. She has not done that yet because there is no time for fighting among…allies. “

His words left his mouth in one of the most lustful ways. If they were allies, that means their home become the Kitsune’s base, and vice versa. This led him to believe he would be able to see Aoi whenever he wanted if she even wanted to return home. So this brought up his next plan. They didn’t know that Nasune wasn’t going to harm Aoi. They didn’t know what he truly wanted so if he had her Hoshi no Tama, they wouldn’t be so foolish to blindly attack. Though if they did, he would protect the Hoshi no Tama but, they wouldn’t take such a stupid chance.

” What we are saying is, we need to only borrow your Hoshi no Tama, so we can get them to listen. Once after they listen, even if they don’t decide to join us, we will return it to you without harm. You have our word as a fox, and a being that desires you’re warmth.”

It almost would sound strange hearing that come from Kit but they were the same person after all. Kit took this time to reach behind Aoi’s neck and slowly removed the Hoshi no Tama and she would put it around her own neck. Now if she even felt the slightest faint of anyone foreign coming near her, she would immediately transform. What, the Kitsune’s were the only ones who thought they were special? Come now, her and Nasune were of an extraordinary being themselves. With that he continued to keep her in the piggy back position and his sonido went off again which would leave a blur movement of both of their silhouette’s along with Kit following closely behind.

He would re-enter to see the Quinta, the sexta, and the fourth espada along with the queen. He would sit Aoi down gently and then stare at the lot of them. He had already conversated with the Quinta but his words and evaluation of seeing with in his mind were impressive. He came into a complete detail that was overly accurate. Kazuya looked depressed and Nasune shook his head. Kit on the other hand giggled.

” Kazuya, did you not win? Cheer up now, if you continue to mope around like that, some of others may take it for weakness and try to challenge you for your spot. No need to try to up your rank when a number means nothing at all except for recognition of who you are. Keep that in mind. Oh, and don’t get your a** kicked again.”

A smirk was among her face after her words of teasing. How could she refuse, if he was prepared to do with the lost, he should have never challenged the Tercera. Nasune looked at Soren and smirked. Oh, her dream like meditation state eh? Well, he never questioned her really because she was most likely more intelligent than he was. He would acknowledge her though because he found her to be funny when she spoke to him. Nasune and Kit were the Primera but with Soren around, it almost seemed like the opposite or rather, it was an older sister little siblings relationship. Besides, he almost felt that she didn’t care much for Kit.

” Soren, you awake over there?”

Of course she was awake he just wanted to see in which way she would respond to him this time. Before he had enough time to enjoy the presence of the dream espada he felt a huge reiatsu and an even from where he was as he looked out into the desert from open doors, he could see the up rise of the sand. Yeah, see this was why the other two out of the top three espada were going with Nasune. His anger immediately kicked in as his and Kit’s eyes returned to their eerie silver glow.

” What’s with all the theatrics on their entrance?! Make it seem like the leader is compensating for his little problem or something! I didn’t know they would be so anxious to meet as to arrogantly call for our presence in such a way. You know what, why don’t I just go say hello except I ain’t got time to show off, I’m just going to tear……”

Kit placed her palm on Nasune’s chest. He was quick to anger and he felt as if they were stepping on his newfound territory with Aoi. Luckily, this little technique of Kit’s could calm him down. He just remained glaring into the desert and stared back at Akai.
” So Akai-Sama, do we invite them here when we meet them?”

Aoi’s arms were tightly wound around Nasune’s neck and her legs were wrapped around his mid section as he ran through the halls. She kept her face buried in the shoulder blade of his back, so as to not see the walls and floor wiz past them. She wasn’t a fan of speeding around unless she was doing it; even then she didn’t really like it. She also kept her face there for another reason. Nasune’s hair was pretty long, so of course, as he ran through the halls, it flew behind him, and Aoi didn’t feel like having his hair all up in her face. The stopped before entering another room and Kit appeared beside them, her eyes shining a bright silver color. Her eyes weren’t that color before were they? Nasune began to speak then, but Aoi couldn’t quite grasp the point he was getting at, until Kit summed it up, saying they wanted to hold onto her Hoshi no Tama.

That’s when Kit took Aoi’s choker from her neck. Aoi frowned, getting a slightly angry look on her face. Other then the fact that Kit just grabbed her Hoshi no Tama, which did make her a little nervous even though she promised to return it, she didn’t have to take her whole choker. It was like… that was her signature accessory and Kit just took it! Nasune entered the room then and set Aoi down on the floor, but she stayed… more of less, hidden behind him. She didn’t know anyone else in the room except for… Akai, but she didn’t really know her. She figured around Nasune would be safest from the rest of these… whatever they were. Nasune called the red haired one by Kazuya, and the purple haired one by Soren.

Suddenly, Aoi felt a huge burst of Reiatsu coming from outside the building and… It was Uncas! He seemed to be the last one to arrive, the rest were already out there. Nasune and Kit both suddenly got pissed and started to rant on about how much he didn’t like them. Aoi would never admit it, but Nasune was kind of scary when he was angry. So, just as Kit reached out to calm him down, Aoi grabbed hold of his arm with both hands and held on tight. Maybe that would help him calm down more?

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Kazuya gritted his teeth, as he heard the command of the Queen, he really felt like going off on miss royal pain in the a**. But didn't receive the chance, his teeth clenched as he heard the remark from the quinta, like he wanted to be cheered up from someone of a rank lower then him, something he would never understand, pride was all he cared about, all he had, and all he lived on while being an espada, the lower the number the more stronger enemies you were able to fight, and the more people you got a chance to kill.

Kazuya leaned over listening to Kit's remark, although her attitude should have been the one to piss him off, he had a slight respect for the primera, he was the only one he didn't try to pick a fight with, slightly because he was one of the few that hardly tried to look down upon him as if he were some type of subservient b***h. Kazuya watched as the Tercera entered into the room, her appearance swayed in as if she seemed to do as she please without a care in the world. The veins across his right forearm began to branch like spider webs, as he clenched the right arm rest of his chair, instantly making tiny incisions with the tips of all five fingers. He released his grip off of the chair. As she walked over towards he heard her apology, and fought back the urge from wanting to punch her square in the temple. He looked towards her spoke in a some what pissed off manner. "Your late."

He said walking past the girl, heading towards the entrance, he could tell that he was not needed at the moment and partially felt like taking his anger out on someone or something. As he made his leave for the exit he called back out to the queen his back faced towards hers. *I'm taking my leave, if you need me for anything I'll be in my tower.* Kazuya left, clearly showing a slight agitation in his voice, he knew that there was nothing else that he was needed for, and in the eyes of the queen, he was expendable. A small trail of steam could be seen exherting from his body, as the espada took his leave.

-Exit to Kazuya's tower-

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Walking in with a light bow Yuri took his seat. "Hello everybody nice to see you this... evening." He said with a kind smile. Looking over at the kitsune he smiled, "I hope you are feeling better now." he said with a smile. "My name is Yuri yukoto, quinta espada." he said with a nod.

looking to the queen he smiled, "The Segunda shall be here momentarily m'lady." he said calmly. Leaning forward on his forearms he looked to the queen, "So what is our mission going to be?" he asked His fists clenched slightly. It had been some time since hed had a real challenge in combat. Though there was never a need to go overboard, just enough to clean out the cobwebs and stretch his muscles a bit.

Yuri couldnt help but smile at Andante, "I fought more battles before my death then you have in your entire existance young prince." he said with a smile. It was a bit of an exaggeration but not by much. While alive in those slums simply living was a constant battle. He had always wondered why he'd been named the white lion and not the red. His fists were so stained with blood.Looking around the room he surveyed the gathered espada, and the kitsune. How many of them had as hard a life as him? He knew very little about them other then their Reaitsu and attitude.

Nassune and kit, a bit rash but reliable to a fault... Musubi... should he ever arrive, powerful as he was lazy, he knew quite a bit about the minds inner workings... Kaguya, silent and deadly, cunning as she is beautiful... then there was Kazuya, though not present was important to the espada, he could be relied on for two things, prideful to a fault and always ready for a battle... Himself the white lion, never wanting to move up, good with his fists sure but he knew how to think things through when he needed to... Soren, the dream espada always watchful, her laziness was almost as great as the segundas but she didnt fool him he could sense the power hidden within that docile shell... then there was the prince, a prankster at heart, liked to get under peoples skin... And last but certainly not least the queen herself, respected, respectful, if someone ever challenged her rule he would be sure to knock them down a peg.

((Sorry my Queen 3nodding ))