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Xzavior chuckled lightly.

"Oh my, it seems my reputation precedes me. Yes, I have been, at certain times, considered a "top-tier" bad guy. Indeed, should a real captain come upon us, I will most likely have to kill them. However, I am looking to turn over a new leaf. I do not want any trouble, and my days of being the scourge of Soul Society are behind me. I only ant to increase my knowledge of the magical arts,
and it just so happens that the Shin-o Academy is the single largest repository of magical texts in this dimension. However, due to my reputation, I cannot simply walk in..." Xzavior gave a dramatic sigh. "Whatever shall I do?"

Xzavior feigned ponderance for a moment, and took in a sharp breath, as if the idea had just come to him. When he spoke this time, his mouth did not move. He spoke directly to his Shinigami compatriot, telepathically.

"I am in the business of making deals, and I have a proposal for you. You claim to desire the dark embrace of the white mask. This impulse is one I understand well. I once wore a mask myself. I would keep these desires a secret from my peers, were I in your place. However, I mean to help you. If you allow me entrance to the Shinigami Academy, I will owe you a debt. I will ensure that the mask becomes yours, and all the glory that comes with it as well. Nod once if you accept."

Tomoko Yuji, Squad Eleven's fourth seat officer, had shown up to the Northern Rukongai district were the Arrancar attack had taken place. Devastation and broken people littered the area from were the Hollow scum had unleashed hell on common citizens. There was no honor to this evil act. None of these Souls were even trained, let alone armed, for combat. What was the point of all of this pain and suffering that had been inflicted? Was there a point to it? Tomoko had no real desire to try and understand the madness that lurked behind a Hollow's mask, only to kill them and purify their souls.

After getting a grasp of what to look for, and making sure no immediate threat remained, Tomoko began to sweep the area, a standard patrol operation to check for any hidden threats that may have remained behind to ambush any first respondents. It was a classic, yet cowardly tactic that the Hollow seemed to engage in from time to time, picking off anyone who might be distracted by a cry for help or a dying innocent. The wicked intentions and vile motives of the soul devouring beasts were something even the most honorable fighter must be well aware of and prepared to confront. Evil could be shown no quarter and be allowed no respite, especially since the Jokaisho shards had fallen. The worlds had been in turmoil since then...Arrancar re-emerged and Hollow swarming in greater numbers and stronger classes than had been seen before the Blood War.

After looking around and doing a sweep of the area to determine if there was any remaining Hollow threat to be contained, Tomoko noticed Isabella Kiyoshi, though she did not know her by name, the division logo her uniform likely bore as well as the classic medical pack most Fourth Squad members were required to carry would have pointed her out as a medic, even still, a comrade in this field of blood and murder. "Tomoko Yuji, Fourth Seat of Squad Eleven, what is the situation? Is there anything I can do to assist since it seems there is no combat targets remaining to be dealt with?", she inquired curiously but with all of the serious effort to be of use. When she wasn't able to use a sword, lending a hand was just as good, especially if she were to gain some recognition and move up the ranks of the Sereitei. There was no honor in serving one's self either, and by extending her desire to help restore order, she felt at peace knowing her honor was intact through her demonstration of charity with her own free time.

Tomoko nodded to Isabella and went about her work, helping a few citizens move rubble from out of their door-way so they could return to their hovel of a home. This area was rural and poor, so it was not like many lost much out here, though why they stayed was a mystery to the keeper of the White Tiger. Maybe they could not afford to move further into the Rukon Districts? It was a sad predicament, but it was her duty to make the best of it, and so she did as she went to work on trying to restore life to...normal. Normal was so far gone at this point with the Jokaisho Pillar in the near-by distance. As far as Tomoko could tell, there would be no normal anymore for this part of the Soul Society unless the Twelfth Division and the Kidou Corps could find a way to get rid of the pillar of reiatsu distorting crystal.

Shards of it could likely be found from the resulting conflict, and as Tomoko went back to report in with Isabella, she could not help but notice one of the gem shards in her grasp. The comment about somebody losing it nearly made the blonde swords-woman laugh. "Nobody lost that, it's a piece of the reiatsu altering Jokaisho Pillar. The one who called himself a god dropped those on the Soul Society, Earth, and reportedly in Hueco Mundo too in order to cause chaos and shatter the peace we had after the Blood War with the Quincy.", she explained to the unseated Fourth Division soldier. Tomoko eyed it carefully and shook her head. "It turns Hollow into Arrancar and causes weaker Hollow to get stronger. There's no telling what it would do to a Shinigami. My advice would be to turn it over to Twelfth Squad before something bad happens.", she warned and then backed off, wanting nothing to do with the gem in Isabella's hand. Something seemed off about it. If it could force such changes in Hollow, then her assumption was likely correct, though she was no scholar and only knew what she had experienced or had been told, nothing more and nothing less.

Tomoko shrugged at her remark about not handling it with gloves on. She was certain it didn't work quite like that, but also did not have concrete evidence to support the common theory that a J-Shard must first be absorbed into the body for it to have any effect. She was a fighter, not a scientist. A sword was her best ally, not a pen and paper. "I think you will be okay, but never hurt to be safe, right? No telling when that Pillar is supposed to open up to the other side and we take the fight to the guy who sent them here. I think for now...best to start moving Citizens in about twenty-five miles south toward inner districts like sixty into forty. Those areas should be able to accommodate them.", She decided as being the highest ranking officer, giving the orders at the end to more than just Isabella, but to the other unseated grunts that were working about the area in assisting the people.

"Also, get the injured to the tents and mend them up before continuing evacuation procedures.", Tomoko added as she remembered that Isabella had been working on establishing a medical check-point. It was going to be a vital move in their effort to secure the area. "Not trying to steal your thunder, Kiyoshi. I am going to take a back seat approach from here on out as the medical care is your business.", the blonde fighter of Squad Eleven said with a smile as she then motioned for Isabella to step up and begin giving the command to her fellow Fourth Division members in an effort to promote squad unity and not to flex rank and command. There was no need for that, as what was important was the people. The Soul Society was supposed to be a calm place of relaxation in the afterlife, and it was their job now to restore order to that peace that had been broken by the invasion of an extra-dimensional enemy.

Tomoko began directing Eleventh Division personnel and helping the evacuation efforts as Isabella did her work in moving groups about and dispersing the refugee souls from this ruined district. The death that had occurred here already could not be allowed to occur again. That much was apparent as the blonde kensei began to work on the ruins of the zone. As soon as people were removed from one area, she would draw forth her zanpakuto and swing down with the force of a giant and slice through the rock and stone of the slap-shod housing. She could level buildings this size as a warm-up game all day long if the task required it. It was no Hollow and nothing worth her talents, but alas, even the menial tasks needed to be accomplished before the day was done. She just hoped that Isabella and the Fourth Division could handle the people while her unit continued with the demolitions and setting up a line of defense around the perimeter.

If the Hollow were coming, she'd be there...waiting.

Tomoko Yuji looked up to the Jokaisho Pillar and the rush of reiatsu that seemed to surge from it as the barrier shattered the the Kidou Corps members were blown backward from the force of the surge. It was likely they were injured as a result, but more importantly was the surge of Gargantua that began to open up all around, and hundreds of zerg-like Hollow poured out of them to feast on the reiatsu and empowering reishi coming from the source of their draw. "Damn! I can't pass up this chance!", the blonde sword user shouted as she rushed to the trouble like a firefighter to a blazing inferno. There was no time for fear and cowardice. It was a time like this that called for the fierce bravery of the elite combat unit, The Eleventh Division!

As she charged into the mass of Hollow like a mad-man, except female, Tomoko drew her soul slayer and let the blade of the katana sever the head from one hollow before she sheathed it in an aijutsu-like fashion. She then flickered with the speed of a shunpo at another Hollow and in a flash, it lay flailing before her blade sunk into it's skull and separated it from the spiritual world and returned it as a purified being."The poor souls don't have a chance with all these beasts here, guess it's time to get serious!", the Tiger of Eleventh growled as she held her zanpakuto before her and called out to it, "Shake the heavens, Byakko!" Then, with a shift in appearance, the Katana became serrated and the hand-guard had a tiger mouth at the blade. It wasn't much of a change, but that was not to mean Byakko was an inferior zanpakuto. Quite the opposite was true, as Tomoko swung outward in a horizontal arc. "Tenseisei...", and then with the spoken words, the sword extended outward in a blade sixty feet long of white, hot flames, which cleaved a path through the beasts.

After she laid waste to a large number of Hollow all at once. An earth-shattering reiatsu could be felt in the outer edge of the Rukon Districts toward the sparring arena. "A Vasto Lo...No, an Arrancar. Seems a worthy fight has presented itself. Say, Byakko...guess it's time to demonstrate our bankai, huh?", She inquired of the blade's spirit. The white tiger god manifest beside her, visible to only her, and he looked to his owner and partner. "Tomoko..You know our bankai is violent and full of the truth of the world. Aren't you worried about your allies?", he inquired. The spirit was right, as the Bankai had a devestating effect that would likely kill some of the Kidou Corps members if they got in the way, but at the same time, it would give her the power to get rid of more of these minor Hollow before they became a big threat again. "Bankai!...", she shouted as a surge of reiatsu blasted outward from her, blowing back some of the Hollow from the sheer force of her release. Tomoko's outfit shifted into a white hakama and obi, with black stripes. Her sword split into two, a black metal katana with white stripes, and a white metal katana with black stripes. Beside her manifest two versions of Byakko, a black version and a white version. The tigers are not physical, but seem to attack and move as her blades do. Things just got serious, and she hoped Isabella could either keep up, or evacuate. "Shinkage-Byakko..."

Lucy after her bankai training, she goes to the scene of what she had sensed earlier. Destruction was already going on as there was 11th division and the 4th division at the scene including herself one of the new 4th division. Lucy even sensed a very powerful spiritual pressure from one of the 11th division and it appears a women is in her bankai state after a long sequence displaying her power in valor. Lucy smirks thinking"Well if someone is going Bankai, ill make my entrance this way then."Lucy listens to her Zanpakuto spirit Ayumu as she says"Well alright, be ready to test this power." Lucy nods as she tends to yell out on purpose in order to catch people's attention as she floats in the air. "May The Timelines Merge and Become One With Thee Arts, Chiharu Ayumu!" Huge amount of reiastu gathers around Lucy transforming her into a new form and her Zanpakuto changing into duel wield scythes. Her hair changed from blue long hair to long black hair with gray at the end of the hair as over her eyes wears like a Masquerade mask with a rose in her hair. Her outfit resembles to like a witch as there is belts around her chest, waist, wrists along it has like a cloak around her lower half of her body really extending down past her upper level of her legs. Her legs contain like a metal wrapped around the upper level of her legs as the lower contains black legging tightened by belts as they go along her legs with loose belts around her ankles with black like witch shoes. Her scythes are different color to each other as one is red referring to past as one is blue referring to the future as they both have spikes on the back of the scythe as if it could be used to impale enemies. Lucy then floats back down as she hops down seeing Isabella smiling a bit but she goes back to her serious posture as her scythes she holds very close to herself. "What is going on here?" Lucy asked as one of the soldiers can tell she means serious business specially with Lucy activating her Bankai and told her that Isabella is running the 4th Division Operations. "Alright ill speak with her." Lucy goes to Isabella as her new aura could be felt but she is very well holding it back preventing it from affecting any soldiers that could be weaker then Lucy. Lucy couldn't risk any soldiers getting weaken by her aura and not able to help any patients. Lucy couldn't help but look over seeing the 11th division along side the lady Tomoko destroying the place preparing it for future conflicts ahead. Lucy goes up to Isabella though she feels attempted to hug Isabella but now its not the time."Isabella, inform me what is going on here." Lucy's voice is deeper within her Bankai since it restores her true adult self and on top of it, the power of her new Bankai may not be up to level with Tomoko but its still fierce. Lucy puts her scythes on her back which its held by what seems to be a time current gripping it as she raises her left hand to her right cheek with her right arm as a rest for her left elbow looking at Isabella with seriousness in her eyes. Lucy knew her duty as a Shinigami but she has a long way to go about fixing her hatred and turning it around into love like Isabella stated before long awhile ago.
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"Looks like I'm late to the party, shame on me." Zero would mumble to himself before approaching where the hollows where taking attempting to pour into soul society once again. "This is why we can't have nice things!" he would exclaim. Soul society had managed to secure the pillar at one point, but then someone had to go and ruin that. Now it would seem that the pillar had started to activate once again, and now the process and started all over. Only this time every pillar was up for grabs. "Come to me Elly!" he would call out with his arms outstretched. The black and red little kitty cat would hop into his arms, before making another little hop onto his shoulder. 'It's not when you show up, it's what you accomplish once you arrive. Meow~' little Elly would speak within his mind. It was true statement. Zero briskly jogged to where the majority of the action was. Unfortunately, he did not see anyone he recognized right away. Perhaps, Kokoro would not be far behind in joining him. 'Besides, you are an ally most would be happy to see~' Elly would continue in her usual cheerful tone. It was like her to take anything and make her it more positive. It was something that he needed more than anything.

"Secure the pillar! We're not going to be the underdogs! Not today!" he would exclaim. 'Best rally speech ever!' he could hear Elly respond. At least he had one fan, it was more than he ever expected. Really he was just saying unnecessary orders. He would find a group of hollows clustered together, using their numbers to attempt in take him out. He would point his index finger at them and make shooting gun like motion. "Bam." he would say playfully. There was just so many of them. He could swear that the numbers had increased since the last time. After the words left his mouth Elly would fire a lightning storm at them. It would collide into them, electrocuting them. It was not long until he found another girl trying to get everyone to work together and take the pillar. Apparently she was such a bad a** that even the hollows didn't want anything to do with her. Note to self: make friends with her. "Let's go. I'm with you." he would reply to the woman. "We can do this."

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