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"Come on then love birds..." Nicholas said, placing his sword over his shoulder in a needlessly dramatic fashion. No doubt, this scene was directed by the guys who made Death Note.

"You can exchange numbers, kisses and bodily fluids later. For now, we need to find a safe zone. Shall we?"

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Nicholas stared. He even reached into his robes and pulled out his plastic human skull 'Greyskull' so it could stare too.

"Damn...why is it always the cute ones...? And she's probably stronger than me too..."

Spinning his sword around, he sighed and shrugged, storing Greyskull away as he did so.

"Right then, see you lovebirds in a bit. Don't do anything I wouldn't do, and use protection!" He called over his shoulder, as he leapt away to find a safe zone.

[Exits]
((Habblah))

Aiko looks up at the approaching man, her wounds having mostly cleared up and her blood stained, tattered shinigami uniform clung loosely to her body.

"I..I've been better..." she muttered as she tried hard to remain relaxed. Her zanpaktou sat neatly beside her as the fourth squad member did what he needed too.
Aiko ran a bloodied hand through her hair, brushing it from her face.

((ahhh, I'm somewhat confused...I have no idea what I was doing or what page it was on >_< and I just got done being sick and reading who knows how many pages I have to go through...I'll just keep myself to where I know I was at some point...))

Sasuke rolled as a Hollow took out the tree he'd been hiding behind. He was following somebody else to a point where they needed help, but couldn't keep up with shun-po. Then these Hollow had come out of nowhere. There were enough that he was being forced on the defensive, something he really hated with an offensively minded weapon like a nodachi.

"Kuso." he muttered as he dashed behind another tree, not stopping as another Hollow pounced on that tree. "C'mon, back off long enough for me to kill you!" Sasuke grunted as he looked behind him, still dashing from tree. He'd managed to string them out a bit, they weren't as close as they had been. Sasuke grinned. Perfect opportunity to counter-attack.

He planted a foot and pivoted, bringing his zanpakuto out and catching a Hollow in the side of the mask as it charged straight at him. "C'mon! Come and get me!"

He impaled another Hollow in the shoulder, using it's forward momentum to swing himself around and fling the impaled Hollow into the next one coming. "BRING IT!!" he roared defiantly then quickly shut his jaw as he saw almost double the number of Hollow that had originally been chasing him. Gah! Shikai'd be really nice in this situation!

Forced with no other option, Sasuke crushed another Hollow that got too close, smashing it face-first into the gound with his zanpakuto. He spun around and started running again, hoping he was heading towards where his squad had been and not out farther away.

He felt a familiar reiatsu and almost sighed in relief ((hey, it's hard to sigh when you're running for your life...)) A squad member, he saw Aiko and another couple of shinigami, one from fourth squad.

"AIKO! GET READY, THERE'S MORE COMING!" he shouted, since he was still a ways away. He hoped that those shinigami would have enough time to prepare against the wave of Hollow following him.

((Grah...well, it seems as if my fight with the Arrancar won't happen...

Moving on, then...))

Feeling a much more malicious and much larger reiatsu source, Asuma growled, gripping his blades harder. "Iu-san...you'll have to finish this guy. There's something I have to see..." As Asuma narrowed in on the reiatsu source, his left eye opened a wider, as he remembered the reiatsu that was causing the ill intent. No, no ill intent...that word was much to docile for this feeling. It was more...murderous...more malevolent. Using a shunpo to get away from the Arrancar-he knew that sooner or later someone would come. It was bound to happen, anyway-Asuma appeared in the midst of a few trees, and used another shunpo. Repeating this step a few times, Asuma was getting closer and closer to the reiatsu.

Comming to a stop in a nearby tree, Asuma put his right hand on his eye patch, as his Mark under his eye burned intensely. Not only did he know the person responsible for the reiatsu was a vizard-his Zaigou sense told him that much in the beginning-but he knew who exactly it was. "...Feiy..." Jumping from the tree he stood on, Asuma landed heavily on the ground, his knees slightly bending as he landed. His zanpaktou were both in their sheaths-his Katana on his right hip, his Dadao on his back-and his left hand was limp at his side. His right was still on his right eye.

As his head came up, his left eye narrowed in on Feiy, as she stood there. Every second he stood there, the burning of his mark only got more intense, as he tried to stop himself from just blindly attacking her, Let me out...let me kill her...let me run wild... it was the voice of his Zaigou spirit, Zetsumi, in his head. No...you can't beat her with just raw power...and I'm not about to let you get me killed...no...but... Taking his right hand from his eye, Asuma set it on his Katana's hilt, resting it there for the time being. All he could do at that time was stand there. The rest of his energy was spent on stopping his movement. So your going to stand there...your pathetic, kid. Shut up. I didn't ask for your opinion, now did I. Be quiet and watch. Sighing, Asuma straightened himself, and looked straight at Feiy. "Mind telling me...what your doing here? I can feel that...intent...of yours...from a mile away, Feiy-san." His mark burned ever more, as it started to give off a little light, as it shone through his eye patch, giving off the look of a coal burning under something. Although, even from the light, the Mark wouldn't be completely legible.

((Sorry to ruin the mood then, Feiy-san. But, there's nothing else but you there. Eheh.))

As Ti finished listening to Nicholas's message, he quickly did a subtle facepalm. Nicholas...

"I'm gonna..." Ti whispered to himself as he cursed quietly. Suddenly his faced popped up, "Understood Juni, " Ti said as he responded to Juni.

Quickly he turned around facing Mizu somewhat stern and concerned , "You can fight later, your body is still somewhat in shock. You have to rest. And even if you decide to run away and fight, your body will just freeze up. Plus, this battle isn't going to end anytime soon," Ti said as he hinted towards the ongoing battle in the background.

"Here, drink this. This'll help reduce stress," Ti said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a shot of sake. He threw the cup at Mizu hoping she would catch it. "Juni, did you find out the commanding officer around here?" Ti asked as he turned his head facing Juni.

((Hey guys, the WalMar- I mean Safe Zones got its own post-thread-thing now.

I still laugh at the idea of Shinigami occupying a WalMart...))