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Umehara arrived in front of the Vizard Hideout, easily slipping through the kidou barrier that had been set up to protect the Warehouse from intruders. Dawn still carried in his tired arms, he stepped silently into the Warehouse, looking around cautiously, hoping not to be noticed by any of the others, especially Yuka Hana, his superior, who would have his head for harming someone... Let alone Dawn...

He quietly tiptoed through the room as he silently made his way into the Vizard Medical Room... He placed Dawn softly on the only, white-sheeted bed within the room. He pulled a medical kit from the wall, washing off any exposed wounds and binding them with bandages... He then sat in the comfortable armchair beside the bed and held out his hands, a blue crystal shield formed around Dawn in an glassy-blue oval like cocoon, feeding her with whatever reiatsu Umehara had left...

This should give her the strength to at least survive... At the rate she was going, she would have been as good as dead.

Umehara nearly stumbled out of his chair upon seeing the blonde woman step calmly into the room. There was no way she would keep herself this composed after seeing Dawn's condition... "H-H-H-Hana-san!" He stuttered. "Yes... I experienced quite a bit of a rough day." He said as he gestured to Dawn, the blue crystal cocoon now shriveling away, exposing her once again... The crystal disappeared entirely. "I am healing her..." He explained, with much difficulty, he was beyond tired, and there was only but a thin line keeping him from falling into a deep sleep, from blood loss and from loss of reiatsu, but he was determined to stay awake...

Despite the situation, Umehara attempted to smile. "So how are you fairing this fine day?"

Realizing her calm, Umehara retained his confidence... Now that she had restored his reiatsu and strength,, he could feel his muscles once again, able to move his body more efficiently, however he was still tired. "I do agree I am at fault for that... Though the only thing I actually did destroy was the vase itself. I will have to purchase another one to replace it." Umehara decided, folding his arms as he sat back, wincing in pain as he realized his arm was still burnt, he awkwardly placed it on one of the arms of the chair.

"Am I to blame that she fell for the trick Hana-san? You should well know by now that I entertain myself by playing with others' minds..." This was very true. Umehara enjoyed messing with the minds of others in order to provoke them to do things according to his will. He had not anticipated a fight, though he did wish for her to get angry with him... It had resulted horribly, and the both of them were now injured and confined to the med-room.

"But... Since when were you watching? I barely noticed your reiatsu..."

Umehara smiled, his devious, sapphire blue eyes peering into Yuka's soul as if he were submerged within it... "I did expect her to challenge me to battle... somewhat..." he stated blankly, as he attempted to cross one leg over the other, realizing the area just above his ankle had been sliced. He hissed in pain as he eased his leg slowly back again to the ground... "However I did not expect her to go as far as she did... My version of 'bark' appears to differ slightly from your definition, Hana-san." Umehara, despite Yuka's observant mind, was extremely brilliant, and could develop tactics at a very efficient speed. He was, however more of an inside observer, appealing and damaging one's emotions, rather than their exterior... Seeing as Dawn was not a very open person, it was hard to access her mind, however he succeeded when he was able to conjure the image of the little blonde girl.

He had already figured out Yuka, to some degree, however it would never cross his mind to damage her emotionally... He glanced to Dawn... "Indeed, I am glad to see she is fairing well once again, Thank you for coming when I needed you most..." he paused, studying Dawn on a more observant scale. "I am intrigued by her usage of crystal... despite her uncanny abilities with it already, as much as I hate to say it, she still knows not how to wield crystal to its wide range of attack-styles... I would give her a few pointers if she allowed me to..."

Umehara shrugged once she had asked the question about her leaving him to fend for himself. His eyes followed Yuka's returning to Dawn's motionless body, her chest rising slowly and falling with every slow breath she took. "She almost did beat me to a pulp too... If I did not have bankai, surely I would have lost that battle." He said, a half-smile growing on the side of his face as he looked back to Yuka. "I personally prefer using it though... confusing others to my maximum abilities. I only know of one other individual whose zanpakuto could confuse others, even better than mine..." His voice trailed off. That was normally a very delicate subject... Everyone had hated Sosuke Aizen, and Umehara's mention of him brought a slight chill to the room. There was a long pause of awkward silence before Umehara's eyes fell on Byakko... "I've always liked your zanpakuto..." he complimented, staring at the faded outline of the large animal he knew very well was a tiger. "Truly it is one of pure beauty..."

Umehara smiled a half-grin as he held out his palm, unraveling his fingers to reveal his palm... Within moments, blue crystal unfolded from the center of his palm, twisting and churning, like a ball of delicate glass water forming as it began to take shape, blossoming as its glassy-blue petals unfurled... It was a beautiful sapphire rose, cut intricately to detail, the light filtering through it casting a beautiful spray of blue light around the room as Umehara continued to stare at it in slight wonder... "Indeed... Beautiful indeed..." he said rather softly, as if his mind was disitracted by other thoughts as he stared at the sapphire rose.

His mind returned to Yuka at her mention of Sode no Shirayuki, Rukia Kuchiki's zanpakuto, supposedly the most beautiful... "Indeed, a battle would most likely result between the two. Their abilities are somewhat similar... I know not who would emerge victorious, however I have achieved bankai, where I am unsure if Kuchiki-san has already..." He said, smiling, sensing Yuka's amusement and chuckling softly as he placed the sapphire rose on the table between the two of them...

He slipped a shard of amethyst crystal from his pocket, turning it in his hands as he showed it to Yuka. It was fairly smaller than the rose Umehara just created... "This, is some of Dawn's reiatsu.... crystallized." he explained as he set it on the table... It was sharp, but a beautiful diamond shaped purple amethyst that added a purple glow to the room...

"Twice..." Umehara pointed out, as he fastened a more suitable bandage around his ankle. Once he completed he sat back up and continued to explain his success in collecting a trace of her reiatsu. "Everyone at some point in a fight must charge their reiatsu in order to continue, either that, or at the beginning to gather as much reiatsu as possible in order to start off the fight..." He plucked a damp cloth from the kit and handed it to Yuka so she could dab up the excess blood prevent the cut from bleeding all too much, despite its small size...

"Dawn apparently seemed to do so at the beginning, when she first activated the necklace, crystallizing some of her reiatsu was a simple task, however I had lost trace of it in the course of our attacks, seeing as I never retrieved it... It was lying on the ground..." He looked down to the amethyst crystal as he touched the softer side of it, still cautious of its sharp edges... It seemed to stir as if something was inside of it... It had a bit of a warm feel to it... "This however..." he said as he lifted up the amethyst to show it to Yuka from a better perspective... "Is not from her reiatsu, rather, a part of her flame that I was actually able to retreive... the only part I was able to crystallize. She summons large amounts of reiatsu-stuffed purple flames that rush towards her opponents... It was difficult for me even to get this much of a trace from her... That is why this one appears so... unique..." He finished off as he placed it on the table once more... "This was shortly around the time in which I had summoned bankai... so as you could imagine in a short amount of time I was flowing with pure energy, where my reiatsu spiked, it was then I was able to do it."

He paused, allowing a moment of silence to slip past. "It would make a wonderful addition to my collection..."