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Hikari could feel when the captain picked her up and she also felt him wrap her in his jacket. She only made this observation from the small square of white she could see out of the corner of her eye.
Before she could utter a thank you, Hikari's eyes drifted closed and she fell into much-needed slumber.

((I apologize if this post were to offend some of you who might be reading this. This is all part of the story so don't take my insults to heart.))

Seeing that most of the "pesky shinigami", Maxi included, had vacated the room back to the Sereitei, leaving him, Xeion, Rakey, and Lemo left, Ky smiled deviously knowing that Xeion's primary, "shinigami" mission was complete. Now he was free to continue and aid Ky in his "Raven" mission. Ky knew that handling two obligations might possibly be too much for any normal shinigami, but this was Xeion we're talking about, the embodiment of the qualities of the world's best servant, office worker, and pack-mule put together in one, pleasing sight. It's as if he was born to serve since he does his job without complaint and goes over and beyond just so he could do it well.

Pressing the blade on his neck some more, Ky spoke. "Xeion, now that they're gone and your fellow shinigami are safe, it's time to begin your mission as a Raven. We need to find Feiy. However, we need to attract enough attention to lure the psychotic b***h out, and you know what that means...," said Ky with a mischievous voice, slowly turning in the direction of Rakey and began to eye her lustfully. Of course, this was all an act in order to rile Xeion up since Ky knew him so well that he knew that he won't voluntarily engage in a fight. Therefore, he needed to be pushed, and nobody knew how to push his buttons better than Ky himself.

"You know, Xeion, you've made quite a lot of friends. Very attractive friends. But this new girl here, Rakey, is probably one of the best catches you've got in your net. Look at her, doesn't she want to make you go wild? Her legs, her chest, every part of her body makes me want to take her right here in front of everyone...," said Ky, licking his lips then turned back at Xeion. "Yes, I would enjoy making her scream like the nymphomaniac that she truly is deep inside. They all want it! I'm just going to give it to her sooner than you would, Xeion..."

Leaning in, Ky dropped his rapier from being aimed from Xeion's neck and instead embraced the shinigami from behind, resting his chin on his right shoulder, still with the intent of making him so annoyed that he would willingly fight with Ky in order to draw out Feiy from wherever the hell she was. He had already done everything which he knew Xeion would not take lightly. Ky had already harassed a lady, talked dirty about her, threatened to take away her virginity, and treated her as if she were just a brothel whore. If those things didn't offend Xeion's moral beliefs to make him willingly undertake the fight, then Feiy wasn't a psychotic, battle-hungry fiend. However, the next sentence is the one that is going to seal the deal. If Xeion were to accept this, there was no going back and he had to fight him until Feiy showed up.

"Unless, of course, you're going to stop me, Xeion," Ky whispered, a devious smile forming on his lips as if he already knew in advance what Xeion's reaction was going to be. He would also be looking forward to fighting Xeion since he still had to get revenge and discipline his subordinate for not following his orders from before.

((I aim to please, Maxi. twisted ))

((Sorry for the one-day absence. I was preparing some surprise V-Day gifts for my female friends, mom, and sister. Again, I'm so sowwy for making anyone wait.))

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Xeion felt silent by Ky's actions, but the things he had said about Ayu-chan made the blood from the usually nice and cheerful Xeion boil for the first time in a while. Xeion knew that Ky was just taunting him to make him fight him since he knew as well that Feiy-sama can't resist checking out an intense battle. However, the gentleman's honor in his blood as well as his moral beliefs started to kick in as it started to take over him. Xeion knew how to think critically in any situation, just as he was trained to do, but one of the things he cannot train himself to do was to take lightly any insults directed to any women, especially their dignity. Xeion put his friends, women, children, old people, and weak people above himself and treated them as if they were the superiors and he were just a servant trained to protect them from harm, so insulting them was probably the same as insulting the very reason why Xeion exists.

With his head still bowed, Xeion gently pushed Ky's arms aside and removed himself from his tauntingly gentle embrace. Walking over to Rakey-san, Xeion knelt in front of the girl, removed Elena from her sheath from his back and placed her bare on the floor before Rakey-san. Several silent seconds passed as Xeion just knelt in front of the young Arrancar as if he was asking forgiveness on behalf of Ky while in silence. Eventually, Xeion stood up again and slowly brought his arm to Rakey-san's head, gently pulling her in and gave her a kiss on her forehead, the ultimate gesture of asking forgiveness. After he had kissed her, a tear rolled down his face as he whispered something into Rakey-san's ear. "Im sorry you had to hear that...," he said, pulling away from the girl and wiped the solitary tear drop from his eye. "Please forgive Ky. He's just like that. He's really nice once you get to know him..."

Standing up with his head still down, Xeion gripped Elena's hilt tightly, speaking with his back still turned to Ky. "Ky, you know you're my friend, so I guess you know me a lot more than anyone else aside from some people. However, you may probably know that whenever someone insults the dignity of the beautiful, blue roses of the world, I can't take those things lightly," said Xeion, turning around with Elena raised toward Ky's face -- the usual sign of accepting the challenge between two warriors.

"Women are beings that require utmost respect and should be treated equally as with men. They are the roses of the world, giving life, love, and happiness to all those who live in it. I will not stand while you insult Rakey-san's honor, Ky. You may be my friend, but a lady's honor is something worth fighting for!" said Xeion with a bit of emphasis on the end of his sentence. "And even if Rakey-san...no, if all women are nymphomaniacs, as you have said earlier, I don't care. I would continue to respect them, treasure them, care for them, and look at them with beauty and grace even if they themselves don't see their worth. You should know that, Ky; you're my friend."

Gripping Elena even tighter, Xeion's reiatsu pressure raised along with his emotions. Slowly lifting his head, he smiled with his forehead now having his Raven's Mark, 'XIII', etched on it. But even though he always hid it with a smile, he was obviously annoyed and would gladly fight Ky, not for his threat since he knew that Ky wasn't that bad of a person to do such a thing, but rather, for his insults for Rakey-san even though it was for the sole purpose of agitating Xeion to fight him. It didn't matter now if Ky just wanted to fight to discipline him, to lure Feiy-sama out, or whatever; Xeion's only goal now was to avenge Rakey-san's honor.

"En garde, commander."

Rakey face relaxed from the grimace it was in, to a calmer face. After he had kissed her on the forehead he whispered into her ear, "Im sorry you had to hear that...," after pulling himself away Rakey saw a tear in his face. Seeing this a natural reflex kicked in, her eyes began to water.
"Please forgive Ky. He's just like that. He's really nice once you get to know him..." She didn't say anything but she nodded once.
Watching the kind shinigami stick up for her, she worded 'Thank you,'.
Just after she tried saying that Takeshi say next to her, she tilted her head to the side and looked at Takeshi, she smiled trying to hide her tears.

((Ky, I love you. That post was AMAZING. <3 Anyway, I always take forever to respond... sorry guys... >>))

Katsumi couldn't help but smile as Xeion instantly hugged her. A typical reaction for him, yet exciting to her nonetheless seeing as she had been wandering around Hueco Mundo by herself for quite some time now.

However, before she was able to say anything, the only person left in the room who she could not identify, not even by race, burst out at Xeion with anger, pressing a blade against his neck. She thought it best to simply take this all in, not wanting to put more stress on Xeion than this action already did.

She simply stood her ground, as the unknown being went on, saying a bunch of truly horrendous things about Rakey, the other young Arrancar female left in the room. She truly was appalled by this, but felt it not her place to say anything as she didn't personally know Rakey (not that the things the other had said could have any semblance of truth to them), and to be perfectly honest to herself, she did not want to open herself up to this unknown person's verbal wrath. The antagonistic behavior of the unknown individual continued, until Xeion couldn't take anymore and seemed ready to fight the other for Rakey's honor, or really the honor of all women in general.

Katsumi simply observed for now, knowing immediately that she would step in and defend her friend were he to be in a dire situation. For now, she simply walked towards Rakey, wanting to make sure that the other was okay given the emotional assault she had just faced. "Are you alright?" Katsumi asked Rakey, speaking somewhat quietly as she didn't want to raise the already high level of tension in the air. She glanced out of the corner of the eye to see another Arrancar approaching Xeion. She smiled at Rakey as she awaited a response. Though she had never spoken to the other Arrancar, she knew the other must be a worthwhile person of Xeion would go to such lengths for her.

"Alright," Katsumi responded, knowing that Rakey's answer couldn't be entirely truthfully given the situation. She smiled, trying to show the other that she would be here to support her should the situation grow more complicated.