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Kyo was a little worried about the appearance of the two Arrancar, He knew he was no match for them, but as he wasnt alone, maybe they would be able to defeat them. He had a feeling that this mission was quickly turning towards suicide but that wouldnt stop him, he'd fight to the death if that was needed.

As he reached the position he wanted, behind Learon he began charging his reiatsu. "I'm gonna need your help on this one Raitenshou." he spoke to his zanpakuto as his gathered power reached its peak. "My power is yours, let us fight with all the strength we possess." the sword replied.

Kyo crossed his swords in front of him as electricity began to cackle around him "Strike." he said lowly as he unleashed his reiatsu in the from of a tiger of pure lightning towards the Adjuchas.

Learon: the Lancer (Adjuchas)

Although he was barely aware of his surroundings, Learon had enough sense to register the deathly reiatsu now enveloping the scene. But no - it was not one of the little Shinigami. It was a hollow reiatsu, or to be precise, two hollow reiatsu, each surpassing his own by an immeasurable scale. The aura hung over the atmosphere as if there were a vast ocean in the sky, speaking of aeons of experience and forcing him down into what seemed like the depths of Hell itself.

In that instant, fear as he had never felt before struck his entire being, paralysing him. Although they were also hollow, he doubted they would spare a thought before obliterating him with the Shinigami. Even as the cero that had been fired by the Arrancar had shot past him, he caught sight of a glimmer in the corner of the eye.

The Shinigami with the golden rings was currently pointing it directly at his unprotected belly. He knew what they had been planning. He knew without a doubt where the other ring was pointed. And as a blinding flash of light erupted into his vision, he knew that he was finished.

The light had passed in less than a second. Learon was suddenly aware of the gaping hole where his body had been - and that he was falling backwards, slowly, as if time was taunting him. There was no pain; it was too late for that. As he glanced at the triumphant figures on the ground, he spared one last breath to howl:

"Pesky... little... SHINIGAMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

Alarm bells rang in Hinata's head as a vast spiritual pressure suddenly appeared in the area. Closing her eyes momentarily to gauge their level, she was shocked to discover that one was above Vice-Captain level, and the other well above the level of a Captain. Her hand flew to the hilt of her Zanpaktou automatically, and she nodded at Alder before he sped off in pursuit with the female Arrancar. She turned her gaze back to the scene in front of her, and her heart almost stopped at what she saw.

"Oh... crap."

Zaine had foolishly leapt directly in the path of the stronger Arrancar's cero, and Maikeru had re-directed the ring so that the Adjuchas's cero would also be absorbed. However, both they and Orsumil had underestimated the power of a Captain-level Arrancar's cero. Especially since this one seemed to have an abnormally large amount of reiatsu as it was. There was no way Orsumil's ring could absorb it all.

Cutting between Zaine and the cero using a flash-step and drawing her sword simultaneously, she gathered reiryoku on the blade, condensing it so it may take the impact of the cero and hopefully dispel the energy. Due to the intensity of the beam, it only partially worked - as her Zanpaktou's blade came into contact with the violet ray, one half of the cero was absorbed by Orsumil's ring as she had hoped. The other half was deflected off the reiryoku-imbibed blade, rocketed sideways (singeing one of her Haori's sleeves in the process), and unfortunately hit a building. This resulted in a colossal explosion which racked the earth, and obliterated nearly the whole of that side of the street in a single strike.

Heart pounding, Hinata was only partially aware of the cero hitting an Adjuchas and tearing right through its body. That row of buildings reduced to dust could easily have been a group of her comrades, or innocent civilians. The power of that Arrancar could incinerate them all - her Haori, burnt and still smoking from the slightest exposure to the cero was a testament to that.

There was only one way to prevent such immense collateral damage. She was going to have to take the fight somewhere else for the time being. And to do that, she would have to play the role of "bait". She was in no doubt that the Arrancar would be interested in her power, after all.

Clenching her teeth, she flash-stepped past Pecado, lingering for just long enough to send a challenging glare into his emerald eyes, then moved far, far away from her Division members, only hoping that Pecado would pursue her.

(( Just to inform y'all, I'm not going to have internet from tomorrow until Monday 2nd, which is why I took the fight somewhere else. I'm sure Alder-san will keep you busy, though *evil laugh* ))

((Bikou?))

Maikeru had been observing the battle giving minor Pushes and Pulls to help attacks and blocks connect when he could.

The world became heavier, it felt like they were all inside a drum made of burning hair being beat upon by a giant of mammoth proportions. A new allomantic line flickered into existence in front of him. What the Hell? The thing positively reeked. And he only spoke Japenese. Too bad, he was curious as to what that spooky sounding crap meant.

Then he vanished again and the blue line reapeared above Maikeru's head. The only thing that saved Maikeru from being split straight down the middle was the desire to get rid of the annoying foul smelling character in white.

He glared at the empty air in annoyance and without thinking of their comparitve reiatsu levels Pushed firmly against the white blade.

In most circumstances either the sword would go flying or the one holding it would. But considering the speed and strength behind the strike Maikeu moved instead.

Despite the several anchors he was Pushing on to keep himself steady high above the earth the intense power of the strike translated from a death blow to an extremely powereful shove. Maikeru shot towards the ground feeling like he'd been punched in the stomach, kneed in the groin and, pummeled over the rest of his body. The anchors he had been using collapsed under the pressure. Several walls collapsed as important metal struts and bars crashed through to the ground, manhold covers, lamp posts, several coins, and countless other metallic objects shot off in random directions, either to the side or straight down.

Maikeru hurt, but he knew the ground was approaching, not because he could see, but because the lines were growing closer. He Pushed against the ground to slow his descent, and behind, to fly along the street momentarily until he crashed into a building near Zaine and Orsumil. Vin shimmered and returned to her sealed form.

He looked up at Zaine, "You should see the other guy." Maikeru coughed heavily and winced, it was the closest he could get to a laugh. "Mind helping me? I almost got him but I'm afraid he has a bit of a fight left in him. I think he broke something ." Maikeru's eyes closed as he winced, he hurt, he hurt everywhere, scrapes and cuts were everywhere from the bad landing, broken bones, his reiatsu was depleted, and he was in perilous condition, unless someone with healing kido or other such abilities got here he likely wouldn't be contributing to the fight again for awhile. Luckily his only major injury was a fractured collar bone, it hurt like hell but he could move.

Kyo sighed in relief as the second Adjuchas fell, it should have meant the mission was over but with the appearance of the two Arrancar he knew it was far from over. he felt Hinata-taicho's reiatsu suddenly take off moving away from them at an alarming rate, and one of the Arrancar followed. That meant there was only one, with the thirteenth squad vice captain it should be possible to beat it.

It was then that Kyo felt the oppressive reiatsu and with his sensitive senses, was literally gagging on the worst scent he had ever come across. Unable to stop himself, he doubled over and emptied his stomach onto the ground. Once he was done he straighted, covering his nose and mouth to try and weaken the scent. Finally he ripped a part of his shirt and wrapped it around his head so that it was covering his nose. It made the scent barable.

He turned towards the source and saw Maikeru fall to the ground, he started running towards where he fell. He could see Zaine and Orsumil near him and noticed Kasen moving to confront the Arrancar.

Apparently shinigami did not fully understand the concept of power differences, especially in the current situation, when a strange man suddenly appeared and began to fire arrows at Vicente. He really despised cowards who fired weapons that spared them the risk of personal injury, especially since the arrows were not powerful enough to destroy him. The four arrows closed in, two aimed for his chest, and two for his abdomen, decent aim, but pointless.
Vicente's blade flashed out, and his reiatsu flashed inwards, focusing on his organs, which he lined with a dense layer of reiatsu. The resulting durability changes meant that his outer body had literally no reiatsu covering, and was only protected by hierro and muscle, while his inner organs were protected with a thick layer of what was essentially armor, not that the arrows would reach that depth. The slash from his blade divided the first and second arrows in half, which did not stop them, but kept the from striking his sternum or throat. After that moment, all of the arrows slammed into his body, sinking in a mere inch and a half on account of his hierro, some less due to the armor surrounding his organs. As the last arrow sunk into his flesh, he let out a chuckle, tensing his muscles and dispersing the arrows with a quick blast of his reiatsu, the wounds sealing moments after.
"Pathetic." His voice dripped with distaste, and he sneered viciously, spitting at the spinning shinigami before him. "Try harder little bug, your tactics reek of failure." Instantly, his right hand shot out, glowing with a spinning ball of reiatsu for a brief moment, before.. "Cero." ..unleashing a vicious blast of white destructive energy, wide enough to eclipse the shinigami from existence.



((@Mitch: Bikou was an old arrancar, he caused some trouble for the Seireitei before 'dying' on soukyouku hill.))

(Um... I was gone for a few days, but I was wondering if I can still join..... I'm in the middle of training to get my shikai with Hibiki, but he hasn't replied in a loooooooong time... So....)

Kyo sighed at Maikeru's mention of jello. the man had an unhealthy obession. "I havent seen any, you may just have to wait until after this is all over before you get some. I'm going to go help Kasen." he said before turning and moving towards where the shinigami was facing the incredibly powerful Arrancar. We're more than likely to get ourselves killed against this thing, if it happens it was an honor to fight along side you Raitenshou." he thought to his zanpakuto. "It was has been an honor for me as well Kyo, but do not give up yet we must give all we have if for nothing more than to buy time for the higher officers to defeat it." Raitenshou growled at him. Kyo nodded, his face becoming serious as he drew closer to kasen and the Arrancar