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It was a good thing that Melohim had had the sense to focus some of his reiatsu to his ears, otherwise he'd be dead right now, as it was, he heard the arrancar when it first used it's sonido. Using the extent of his illusion crafting, he made an illusion of himself standing were he was, and moved away so that the arrancar destroyed it instead of him. It was good that Hirimi had been to slow to react, or she would be dead as well.
Looking at the arrancar after it's cero was complete he said "well as far as names go mine is Melohim Var, an unseated member of squad 8." Turning to Hirimi he said, "sorry you got fooled too, I had to set that up really fast." As he spoke a wave of drowsiness came over Melohim, making an illusion that fast had drained him somewhat. This looks bad, this girl's way too powerful for me, I'll be little more than an annoyance if i don't think fast. Thinking quicly Melohim ran towards the arrancar, with his zanpakuto held at his side, he looked like he was going to go for a straight forward attack, but in actuality, he was muttering under his breath, so low that even with his enhanced hearing he couldn't hear it the incantation for bakudo #9 Just as he reached the arrancar, he swung his zanpakuto in an obvious slash, while using his left hand, which he had partially hidden by his cloak to cast the kido. I really hope she doesn't dodge, this should slow her down a little at least.

Melohim had shut off excess emotions earlier, so the taunting didn't phase him, what did was the power his opponent apparently held. She's way too fast for me, and too strong as well. As Mari came toward him, he stuck his left hand toward the ground, and said "hado # 1 sho!." Jumpimg as he cast the kido, he shot upwards about 10 feet, turning in midair, he used his momentum, to add more speed too the six shurikan he threw at Mari. Landing behind her he pointed at the middle her back with the fingers of his left hand "hado # 4 byakuria!" He hoped that it would hit, and damage her, or else he was done for.

((this looks really bad for me, to anyone watching, some help would be appreciated))

((Okay, to the arrancar who Rios is fighting, he's going to be away for a week or so and he wanted me to tell you. ^^ ))

((Hehe.... Hirimi is just like that. She doesn't like people getting hurt. Besides! She's 5th seat! She can't just stand and do nothing! ^.^ ))

Mari wasn't interested in the shuriken. She probably could have avoided them, but she felt it easier to just let them bounce off of her skin - though they did make small rips in the fabric of her uniform and one, in bouncing off her left arm, scratched a a part of her tattoo, and in a spot that had begun to have a slightly annoying itch. No real damage done, though, unless one counted already-dead flakes of skin being taken off.

Mari was far, far more interested in the kido cast at her. Raising her right hand, she pointed her index finger straight at the kido and used something she very rarely, if ever, used. "Bala," she said calmly, letting the shot of blue connect with the blast of white. She hadn't put much behind her bala blast, but it was more than enough to counter the kido that the male shinigami had fired at her. "You're boring," she said. "Let's hope..."

Then she felt the attack from the girl - Mari had turned her back, and the girl had gained an opening to attack her. Mari felt it, and there was a slight, sharp pain - like getting scratched by a cat, really. Turning, she saw the girl wielding what looked like a whip with a blade on the end. "Tch. I've seen a better weapon than that in much more capable hands than yours. But really...you're not a captain, so I guess that's the best you can do with your zanpakuto. I've fought something a lot like that, and the guy using it actually had something behind his attacks when he used it."

Mari drew her zanpakuto slowly, revealing its full majesty - it shone in the light, yet still appeared like a battle-scarred longsword that had seen the worst of the Hundred Years' War. "I bet if I'd let that...thing you're wielding wrap around my blade, I could yank it out of your hands without trying. At least the last person who used one of those could match me with it...and he had a bankai to back it up." Nodding her head toward Melohim, she said a bit louder. "The useless fool behind me probably can't even do with his zanpakuto what you can do with yours, though. You're more interesting than he is..."

Mari used sonido, stepping around and behind the girl shinigami, extremely close to her at that. Mari had sheathed her zanpakuto as she used sonido, and proceeded to whisper softly into the girl's ear. "More attractive, too...but that's just me. Let me just tell you...if you survive this, don't go out with the useless fool you're looking at. He's not worth it." She giggled and used sonido again, returning to where she'd been before. "That's if I decide to let either of you live...but I think I should let both of you see what I can do with my zanpakuto first. I can top both of you easily. As for your survival...well, the useless loser can just go die, but you, girl...whatever your name is, I don't know...you look good enough that I might just have to let you live!" Mari drew her zanpakuto again, looking into the eyes of the girl shinigami. "Though...letting you live doesn't mean letting you go back to your friends in the Soul Society," she said, winking. "Now, enough talk."

Mari turned back to Melohim, pointing her zanpakuto straight at him. "Let's go with little foxboys first, shall we? He who strikes his father shall have his hand cut off..."

With that, she used sonido and rushed forward, aiming slightly to the right of Melohim. She struck at him as she passed, trying to cut off his left arm by striking downward at his shoulder, timing it so that the strike would connect as her longsword came within striking distance. Not the cleanest of cuts, and it might leave his arm hanging by a thread...but a thread would still deny him use of it, and if he had any sense he'd just finish the job himself rather than leave a dead or mostly-dead arm flopping around partially attached.

((Re-entering from Kazi's Memorial.))

Jan walked back to the mansion from before, and predictably enough, the situation had worsened with his departure. Oh, well. It gives me a chance to work of some of this stress... Raising his spiritual pressure, Jan began analyzing the enemy fighters to determine which of them was the strongest in the area. Seems like it's that woman for now. Perhaps I should say hello... Jan kept walking towards her, showing no sign of haste.... Aside from the sudden mad grin on his face.

Jan sneered at the Arrancar that stood in front of his way. "I have no desire to kick around some servant. Either get out of my way, or I'll go through you." With his mind in the slightly broken state it was in due to Kazi's death, Jan would probably go ahead and target both Arrancar anyway.

((Even more bleh post...))