TEINEI SENSHI
As the laugh filled the room Buru replied with a deep aggressive growl. One that echoed that of an alpha lion, the rattle shook the depths of every persons chest. His eyes focused directly on the man before he even appeared, his dark eyes that mirrored Ami's when she took on the demonic aura the man simply shook his head and his lips curled back in disgust, Hogosha quipped within his mind, "The ******** is that?" Shaking his head he stood and quickly walked up to the man, leaving his weapon behind meeting him face to face, however Buru hulked over him glaring him down, his arms at his sides held out slightly as if he where ready to tear the man apart, his fingers twitched, "My role will be discussed now." clutching his enormous fists his arms crackled with electric, and then huffed a deep growl as he inched his face right into the other mans, glaring him eye to eye. Simply making a point by glaring into the mans eyes revealed he seen Bikou as a child himself, "You are pathetic..." he stood and shook his head holding back the wrath within his chest, walking back over to his axe he grabbed it and slung it over his shoulder, then shifted again to lean against the table and looked down to Aislinn, "STAND UP!" he roared at her, shaking the ground beneath her, "Show some pride before you're superior!" this was an act of kindness to Jes, even though he himself hated every person in this room except for maybe Aislinn, she now served Jes, and there was a sense of honor he had whenever serving under another person, seeing Aislinn lay upon the ground made his mind churn with rage seeing it as an act of defiance against her new master. Jes would rarely see acts of honor performed in her name by this beast and this was one of those moments. Leaning down he looked to Jes, giving her the look as if to say, "I wont hurt her..." and snatched her up by the hair and stood her up by her feet and as he did so, he grunted as he swallowed back his own spiritual power not to crush her from below. Doing this took a great deal of focus and his muscles reflected that strain.
Letting her go he shook his head again, then looked back up to Jess, holding out his arms the weapons chain lashed about violently, not knocking into anything but still lashing about threatningly, "BURU RIKI!" he took a step towards Jes and Bikou, "I alone stole two Shinigami Captains directly from the Gotei Thirteen." holding out two fingers to make his point, he flashed a glare at Bikou before continuing to Jes, "Every single Captain and Vice-Captain was there watching and none of them could stop me." Growling again he thrashed his arm out to the side as if to cut an imaginary image away, "I took the arm of a former captain, I broke the trust of the woman I was once married too and broke her mind and spirit single handedly." throwing his arm back to point at Aislinn, "You steal two worthless and unseated Shinigami and even then you needed the help of this child hollow beside you." turning away he walked to the door, then looked back, "I am willingly giving myself unto you, to do with whatever you please." shaking his head he looked out, "Have I not proved my value with the past that haunts me?" turning back he vanished form view and appeared just before her, growling loudly the room exploded with vile energy, what the bone had radiated before was just a hint of this, Buru Riki, Hogosha Riki, Diablo was the embodiment of evil, not of the deeds that could be performed but of the nature of all evil. Buru was that creature, he was that monster.
Now his words where just a little more than a roar, "One could argue that an empty and emotionless monster is better than one driven by the lust of rage, you could even argue that one driven by emotions could be manipulated!" shaking his head again he continued, "But when you are faced by Me, BURU RIKI!" he threw his arms out at his sides tossing his blade against the nearby wall, "You can find no stronger beast, you can't even comprehend what I have gone through to get where I am today." looking back to the other hollow he simply spit at his feet, then looked back to Jes, "I spit at the foot every follower you have!" taking a step back he roared just to release a portion of his rage, it echoed far into the distances of Las Noches, his body was enveloped in black flame and a black mask formed over his face, the building threatened to give, "I would walk directly into Soul Society and burn it down if you commanded it!" the room was enveloped in black flame, yet it harmed no one, "I am Buru Riki, I am EL DIABLO!" he roared again and was without warning eye to eye to the woman, glaring her eye to eye, "What do I need to do to prove my worth!?" his words where deep yet silent, almost held at a whisper but at the same time the loudest roar anyone could muster, they held so much meaning and value. "Do you need to pour your vile liquid into by bones to see that I am greatest Samurai Warrior in any land, in any demention you could ever enter?" the room then went silent, as if nothing had been pulsed into it, Buru stood back looking as though he where staggering, it was obvious only to Jes that he was desperate to feel honor yet again, to feel his metal clash against an opponents metal. This was the true warrior of Japan, the first breed of Japanese Warrior to ever fight under a lord within Japan. He was very very old, but age did not slow him, time and expierience empowered him, and gave him an unbreakable pride, he would willingly serve under her, though he'd never admit it, he would treat her like any Samurai would his Lord. Buru would die without a second thought on her command and yet color it as if he'd done it all on his own will. Jes could see his honor, and it had been damaged to see her go to anybody but himself to do her bidding. He felt left out, he felt jealous.
Letting her go he shook his head again, then looked back up to Jess, holding out his arms the weapons chain lashed about violently, not knocking into anything but still lashing about threatningly, "BURU RIKI!" he took a step towards Jes and Bikou, "I alone stole two Shinigami Captains directly from the Gotei Thirteen." holding out two fingers to make his point, he flashed a glare at Bikou before continuing to Jes, "Every single Captain and Vice-Captain was there watching and none of them could stop me." Growling again he thrashed his arm out to the side as if to cut an imaginary image away, "I took the arm of a former captain, I broke the trust of the woman I was once married too and broke her mind and spirit single handedly." throwing his arm back to point at Aislinn, "You steal two worthless and unseated Shinigami and even then you needed the help of this child hollow beside you." turning away he walked to the door, then looked back, "I am willingly giving myself unto you, to do with whatever you please." shaking his head he looked out, "Have I not proved my value with the past that haunts me?" turning back he vanished form view and appeared just before her, growling loudly the room exploded with vile energy, what the bone had radiated before was just a hint of this, Buru Riki, Hogosha Riki, Diablo was the embodiment of evil, not of the deeds that could be performed but of the nature of all evil. Buru was that creature, he was that monster.
Now his words where just a little more than a roar, "One could argue that an empty and emotionless monster is better than one driven by the lust of rage, you could even argue that one driven by emotions could be manipulated!" shaking his head again he continued, "But when you are faced by Me, BURU RIKI!" he threw his arms out at his sides tossing his blade against the nearby wall, "You can find no stronger beast, you can't even comprehend what I have gone through to get where I am today." looking back to the other hollow he simply spit at his feet, then looked back to Jes, "I spit at the foot every follower you have!" taking a step back he roared just to release a portion of his rage, it echoed far into the distances of Las Noches, his body was enveloped in black flame and a black mask formed over his face, the building threatened to give, "I would walk directly into Soul Society and burn it down if you commanded it!" the room was enveloped in black flame, yet it harmed no one, "I am Buru Riki, I am EL DIABLO!" he roared again and was without warning eye to eye to the woman, glaring her eye to eye, "What do I need to do to prove my worth!?" his words where deep yet silent, almost held at a whisper but at the same time the loudest roar anyone could muster, they held so much meaning and value. "Do you need to pour your vile liquid into by bones to see that I am greatest Samurai Warrior in any land, in any demention you could ever enter?" the room then went silent, as if nothing had been pulsed into it, Buru stood back looking as though he where staggering, it was obvious only to Jes that he was desperate to feel honor yet again, to feel his metal clash against an opponents metal. This was the true warrior of Japan, the first breed of Japanese Warrior to ever fight under a lord within Japan. He was very very old, but age did not slow him, time and expierience empowered him, and gave him an unbreakable pride, he would willingly serve under her, though he'd never admit it, he would treat her like any Samurai would his Lord. Buru would die without a second thought on her command and yet color it as if he'd done it all on his own will. Jes could see his honor, and it had been damaged to see her go to anybody but himself to do her bidding. He felt left out, he felt jealous.
Jes didn't particularly object to the manhandling of the wolfling, though she herself would have treated her a bit more gently than that. She supposed that seeing Buru for the first time would be a shock to some. She recalled her first meeting with him and remembered being a bit taken aback by his extreme power levels. Of course, she had had centuries of perfecting a smooth, emotionless mask that obscured her emotions. Aislinn, from what Jes could glean from the girl's mind, seemed governed by her emotions. It was unsurprising that she had become overwhelmed by her situation, given the stress and trauma to which Jes had subjected her.
Although Jes planned to break the wolf, to make a loyal and devoted servant of her, she would do it in her own way. Buru's approach was loud and flamboyant. It was like trying to adjust a clock with a sledgehammer. Jes understood the necessity for a certain amount of finesse in the matter. Yes, she might have used something akin to a hammer to crack Aislinn's resolve, but there were more delicate tools to be used for shaping her into the subordinate Jes required.
As such, it was probably for the better that Bikou intervened and sent Aislinn on her way. The next step of their plan was now in motion. Bikou would assume Ami's place and lead Aislinn back to Soul Society. From there, Jes would be able to monitor the shinigami through the pup's eyes and train her as required. Bikou would be in a suitable position to collect the remaining components of his "puzzle." Although she didn't mind his anxiety to complete the procedure he had planned, she did somewhat resent the tone with which he spoke to her. None of her subordinates ought to have been ordering her about. She knew her part in this scheme and certainly needed no subordinate, however crucial to her plans, to remind her. It was, however, a minor irritation that she let slide. So long as Bikou deferred to her, her power remained intact. This was her ultimate concern, though she was confident enough in her powers that it hardly concerned her to begin with.
She heard Buru out with an expression of vague amusement. The amount of anger and wounded pride rolling from him was enticing and she knew that if he had the mind to attack her she could easily feed on him and defend herself. She wasn't fool enough to think he would be subdued, but she was confident that, so long as his emotions were as volatile and uncontrolled as they were, she could at the very least stand toe-to-toe with the giant of a man. Something about his demeanor gave Jes pause to wonder, though. Maybe it was the energy that poured from him that seemed so familiar. For an instant, Jes recalled a similar feeling emitting from quite another source: Hateshinai Ai Ami. The thought intrigued her. These two shared some connection, but Jes didn't have quite enough information to puzzle it out. Perhaps the most important fact she gleaned from this display was that Ami posed more of a threat than she'd first anticipated. It cemented the fact in Jes's mind that Ami would need to be eliminated.
"Emotionless?" Jes questioned, raising a delicate eyebrow in a disdainful show of skepticism. Buru's energy was enormous, but she was always aware of how she needed to play him, to string him along. This wasn't to suggest that Buru was simple, but his respect was a fragile thing. If she wavered even a fraction, Jes could only assume that he would attack, disgusted by her apparent frailty. That wouldn't do. Jes needed to retain the upper hand or at least remain on equal footing with the powerful samurai. "I hardly think so. That's your trouble, Buru Riki. You are too emotional. You burst in acting like a child because I didn't pick you for this? If you'd like your power respected, you need to curb your temper tantrums. My servants and allies retain a certain amount of finesse. Finesse you seem to lack, Diablo,"
It was risky, insulting Buru's pride in the way Jes did. At the same time, she needed to demonstrate that no amount of posturing and shouting would phase her. She refused to be intimidated by his power, though it was considerable. Though aware of her precarious position, she chastised him once more: "Where did the great Samurai's bushido disappear to? Is this how a vassal treats his lord?"
[I'm sorry that everything she said was so insulting to your character ><' I don't really mean it! On a different subject, the character art in your signature is great ^^]
