Rikka
Seated Officer
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Post by Rikka on Jan 23, 2008 23:08:42 GMT 1
Rikka had crossed her arms and walked ahead of them in a defiant manner. One of these days she was gonna beat that little brat to pulp... She blew a loose bang out of her face. Her hair looked a bit untamed after her little tuff with Dedrick. Her face was sore from where he had hit her with his shoe, her arms had blotches from where he had pinched her. She glared back at him in time to hear Kaiya utter. "Hey, were getting pretty close to that hill." Making her look forward again. She sighed... now she would have to see her captain... with pinch marks on her arm. She bet he regret having her for his vice captain.
She looked at Kaiya and then nodded. "I'll go in first... sense I'm faster and more quiet then you two. You two follow close behind." She then glared at Dedrick. "You do understand, right? Now from what I sense... It feels like Juno has stopped and that Tahoshi is the cause of this... so lets aid him in this fight. " With a childish nod from his she turned and started to head towards the hill and Juno.
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Kaiya
Unseated Shinigami
Vice-Captain of Squad X
Vice Captain, 10th Squad
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Post by Kaiya on Jan 23, 2008 23:35:28 GMT 1
Kaiya was nervous as she and Dedrick walked quietly towards the scene. Kaiya felt bad at first seeing pinch marks on Rikka, but she had to focus for she Knew a gruesome battle was about to come. "I hope Altair won't..."thought Kaiya as she started to run after Rikka. She was close behind, but not to far up as she knew it would be dangerous if she and Dedrick went straight into battle. "Kaiya calm down" stated Dedrick as he looked ahead already looking serious and not childlike as he used to be.
"Remember! Juno is faster than most of us! So chances of us meeting her at the hill are slim!" stated Rikka earning Kaiya a trip to panic land again. "Man, I just wish we would catch up and get this over with" whispered Kaiya as she started speeding up next to Rikka. "Kaiya, Just remember you are strong, we can do this" stated Rikka with a smile thought she glared at Dedrick who glared back at her. "You two, as I said before, are worse then siblings" sighed Kaiya with a sweat drop as yet again they started to silently bicker at each other. "Man, I wonder what happened for them to be like this?" asked Kaiya in her head as she tried to think back, but couldn't seem to do it.
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Post by Sir Razgriz on Jan 30, 2008 4:03:32 GMT 1
Razgriz continued running towards where Juno seemed to be, with fireballs raining down and exploding like a wayward fireworks festival; Galm's superiority with kidou seemed to be making the flares more closely resemble missiles. While doing a run-and-dodge, Razgriz heard a shout from not too far ahead. Had Galm hit Juno? *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "Boom." As she watched where her shots were going, Galm was learning their speed, and where to aim them to get near Juno, who seemed to have company. "Bing. Bang." Three seconds.... "Boom. Oooh; that wasn't Juno. Bing. Bang... Boom. Argh! So close!"
It was more than close enough to the second person, though; at the next "Bing," an all-too-familiar face suddenly appeared in front of Galm, and the body it was attached to pulled out its Zanpakuti. Gasping but not allowing herself to say the person's name and interrupt the kidou, Galm flicked her wrist; "Bang." She hit air. "Boom. Damn!"
Trying to sense where she was, Galm could just barely make out where she was in time to extend her palm towards Juno's chest; "Sho!"
The captain flew backwards into the wall of a nearby building, just disoriented enough for a blue fireball to get launched at her before she jumped off the wall and flash-stepped back at the mage.
As Juno appeared, though Galm's hands were extended towards her, she did not receive another one-way flight courtesy of Kidou Express. Instead, ten bolts of lightning were shooting at her from Galm's fingers in classic I-am-the-Emperor! fashion; though one bolt grazed her arm as she flash-stepped away, it was just a flesh wound. Her right zanpakutoh going into Galm's arm wasn't, though.
Despite the pain, Galm wasn't quite ready to give up; extending her good arm, she cried "Binding Spell #17: Funhouse of Death!" Juno began to stumble around drunkenly, trying to figure out which way was down and which of the Galms nearby was the real one.
"Now to finish this; Help me help them! ArztKrieger!" Her zanpakutoh, growing longer, began glowing at the end. "Those you have smote return with vengence! Feel terror as you become the victim of-Bhlerk!" Looking down, Galm saw that Juno had estimated where she was based off her incantation, and had thrown her zanpakutoh at her...straight into her gut. Her concentration shattered, and Juno regained her footing. While Galm was clutching her torso in agony, the captain she had been fighting against leisurely walked over and slashed through her throat, spraying blood like a hose. Gurgling, Galm fell over backwards, vision fading, in nearly unbearable pain, barely comprehending that Juno smirked and said to "leave her captain alone" before flash-stepping away.
Darkness swirled around Galm as she struggled to stem the flow of her blood. No...I don't want to die like this...only got one shot...it might kill me anyways...aw, hell; why not...might as well go out with a bang... Feebly stretching her good arm towards heaven and letting her wrist go limp, the third squad S.O. sent all her remaining reiatsu into her left hand. Unable even to speak, she mouthed a final spell; "Bing." A massive sphere of flame formed in her palm, aimed down. "Bang." It shot towards its caster, striking bloody flesh and instantly cauterizing it, boiling away the spilled blood. "Boom." *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Coming around to where most of the kidou missiles were landing, Razgriz saw someone unexpected, slowly jogging, but looking as if she was looking for someone; "Captain Akiko?!" Turning at the sound of her name, the late captain turned toward her pursuer before flash-stepping out of sight. "Oh, no you don't!" Sprinting in the direction he saw her go while thanking his time spent under Juno, he suddenly and subtly felt said captain's reiatsu, which in turn made his mark uncloak.
Peering around a corner, Capt. Hremsfeld saw that the two were...talking? Deciding it'd be best to wait until at least one dropped their guard, Razgriz hid behind the wall. Not that it did any good; the clone of Akiko suddenly called out "Come out from there!"
His cover blown anyways, Razgriz did, while going into Shikai. It was at this point he got his first look at Juno's face, which was streaked with blood; fresh blood. There was also a kidou-inflicted cut on her arm. At that precise moment, a wave of air slammed into the group, knocking them all away as if they were rags. Upon getting back up and letting loose a "what the hell?" for good measure, Razgriz saw what the hell. A mushroom cloud was rising from the East, stemming from where Galm had been, making Little Boy look like a shoddily-constructed-yet-exceptionally-deadly firecracker.
Turning back towards the two nearby with blazing anger, Razgriz drew his zanpakutoh and charged straight at Akiko, going into a distinctively beserker-esque charge; Juno naturally got there first and, as if taunting him, gave him a one-way flight with Kidou Express. Though he didn't go very far, he would've fallen over, had he not been caught by a new arrival.
"Leave me alone! I'll tear her apart!!!" Razgriz shouted, struggling to break free and hack off Akiko's limbs.
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Post by Tahoshi on Jan 30, 2008 13:10:20 GMT 1
Tahoshi stepped backwards, taking the full weight of Razgriz as he flew backwards. "Hey, hold it!" he said, holding onto Razgriz as he tried to attack.
"Don't hurt Juno, I'm sure if we take Akiko down, this will all go back to normal..." he whispered, before letting Razgriz go. Tahoshi had been watching for a little while, he could sense Juno's reiatsu wavering slightly, as if being controlled.
"Dammit, without my zanpakutoh, I won't last too long..." he said to himself before squaring up against Juno.
"I'm sorry Juno, I don't know if i can control this properly yet..." he said, putting all of his concentration into his kidou. A white light surrounded him, before concentrating on his shoulders. "This technique is so new, I haven't given it a name yet." he said, flexing his now thicker muscles. Juno seemed to be waiting for him.
"Ok." he began, getting into a combat pose. "It's you against me." he said, launching his first assault. He didn't put any Reiatsu into his attacks, for fear of hurting Juno, but he also knew that in a straight fight, there wouldn't be a clear winner for a long time. While Juno was alot faster than everyone else, He had the strength advantage, and may well be able to survive long enough to wear her down.
His fist flew at her arm, hoping to dislodge her grasp on one of her blades. The white light on his shoulders intensified as he moved, sparking around like an uncontrolled flame.
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Post by Juno on Feb 8, 2008 22:30:05 GMT 1
Juno easily dodged Tahoshi's first strike, flashing behind him to launch her own strike which he just managed to avoid. The battle raged on, each combatant landing no more than glancing blows until Juno managed to sink one of her blades into the front of his shoulder, rendering his left arm nearly useless. But, the Phoenix Captain ignored the searing pain and grabbed onto her wrist as she swung her other blade at his head.
Tahoshi struck quickly before she could get away. The haste, coupled with the oddity of the angles in the situation diminished the effectiveness of the open-palm strike to the younger Captain's chest. But that didn't change the fact that there was a good deal of power behind the strike. Juno was knocked back a good distance, but like a cat, landed on her feet, albeit a bit shakily. Akiko was there to steady her.
"Juno... we're getting out of here...." she whispered to the exhausted Shinigami who was once again coughing. Juno's body couldn't take the strain of the past 24 hours anymore. Her vision wavered as she leaned heavily on the woman behind her. The dark-haired woman then layed a hand gently atop the head of her "Vice Captain" before chuckling smugly and flashing a vile grin in Tahoshi and Razgriz' direction, almost daring the two to try and do something.
Razgriz acted almost immediately, charging the smirking Captain with his sword drawn. "I'll kill you for what you've done!" He roared, swinging his Zanpakutoh with all his might only to be knocked back when the blade collided with bright bluish-white. In the next instant, his blade was implanted into the ground, the Shinigami that had been watching just as amazed by this turn of events as he was.
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Post by Tahoshi on Feb 11, 2008 13:33:06 GMT 1
High above the battlefield, a deep black hole tore through the sky. The white light that had apparently blocked Captain Buzzcuts attack shot up into the sky. This bluish-white light was more like a pillar, surrounding both Akiko and Juno, heading up into the sky, disappearing into the black tear.
"No... No way!" Tahoshi yelled looking up at it. He'd only seen this once before, but since then, he'd learned what it was.
"Razgriz, stay back!" he called, letting his flashcry subside. His shoulder was bleeding profusely, limiting his ability with that arm. Luckily, there was nothing more coming. He watched as Akiko and Juno slowly moved upwards, towards the hole.
"It's a Negacion field." he said, keeping all the Shinigami back. "You'll not be able to get into it..." he added, lowering his defenses. "They're gone." he said, kicking a nearby wall in frustration. The wall crumbled in front of him.
"We need to recover. They might come back anytime..." he continued, taking charge of the situation. As the most senior captain around, He was the one to take command when the Commander was unavailable. "If they return, our priority is to take down that fake Akiko, I'm sure Juno's actions are to do with her..."
Razgriz got up, and also lowered his defenses, going back to his normal form. This prompted everyone that had changed to revert back to normal. "Is everyone Ok?" he asked, looking around. He turned to the members of his squad. "fan out, I want a complete injury report!" he called. Tahoshi began to return to his squads HQ, mentally kicking himself for his failure. "Again... i wasn't strong enough..." he said to himself.
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Deep within the Bowels of Hueco Mundo, Three human shaped beings stood around a fire. "Well done." one of them said. he was wearing a suit. Akiko was one of the others. She bowed to him. "Thankyou, Lord Kyuuketsuki." she said. Juno was confused. In front of her stood the enemy that had killed her captain before, something in the back of her mind was trying to come forward, but couldn't quite make it. She too Bowed to the Hollow.
"I have many uses for you..." He said to them both. "That speed of yours will be valuable..." he said as he looked at Juno. "Soul Society will fall by my hands." he said, grinning widely.
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Post by Sir Razgriz on Feb 11, 2008 23:26:30 GMT 1
Seeing Juno and his target float away, Razgriz was seething. Sealing his zanpakutoh, he started to storm off, completely ignoring everyone else, before stopping, shouting, and slicing a section out of a wall.
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During the course of the battle, several members of fourth squad had mobilized to aid the wounded. When a Shiitake-Shaped cloud appeared, however, the whole squad immediately surrounded the area and started combing it for survivors. Miraculously, approximately halfway to the epicenter, the worst injuries had been second-degree burns with some shrapnel, but it was a loosely-populated area, so even that wasn't very common. Further in, there were some worse burns, and now the worst injury was someone whose house had exploded around him and essentially made him into a pincushion.
Closer in, the only buildings still standing were completely blackened, with missing doors.
The epicenter. A dull wind blew dust around, accenting the lack of anything moving. The wind went through a house and emitted a low, eerily human moan before dying down. It came up again, and died. Again, but this time the shinigami didn't feel the accompanying wind.
"water..."
That wasn't a moan! It didn't have a reiatsu signature, though; fanning out, the shinigami searched for the source of the noise. It wasn't on the ground, that was for sure. Moving to the rooftops, they still couldn't find it. Where was it? There was some ash over on that building; it was worth a shot. Suddenly, a red spark glowed near the pile and faded out, causing the ash to shift down. Giving a shout, one of the medics rushed over to it; they found a shinigami, utterly unrecognizable for the burns, all hair singed clean off, only retaining modestly through strategically-placed zanpakutoh and hilt.
That zanpakutoh...the medic who gave the shout had seen it before. Scrapping his knee to pick the wounded shinigami up, his memory clicked. "You! You're the one with the broken ribs! Are you still 'fine?'"
"water..."
"I'll take that as a 'no.' Finally." Uncapping a canteen he'd brought along, the fourth squad member poured some water into Galm's mouth. Knowing that neither he nor the other medics with him could do much out in the field, he called out, "Call the captain, tell her to get down here. NOW! Get this one on a stretcher; we'll meet the captain halfway."
Lacking a stretcher, some of the shinigami tore off the upper half of their uniforms and hoisted their patient onto them, before lifting her up and setting out towards the HQ. "You'll be fine..."
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Post by Tahoshi on Feb 14, 2008 13:50:51 GMT 1
Tahoshi walked slowly, the wound in his shoulder still dripping slowly with blood, soaking his uniform. A medic walked alongside him, trying desperately to heal him, yelling occasionally for him to stop. He didn't listen. Instead, he walked directly towards soukyouku hill. He wanted to speak with the Captain Commander.
He arrived after a short walk, and stopped in front of him. "Sir!" he said, bowing lightly. Sato looked down at him from his perch. He looked in pain, like one of his children had just run away.
"Sir, Once everyone is rested, I request permission to take a squad into Hueco Mundo to find and rescue Juno, and find Kyuuketsuki too. With the right team, I'm sure we can do it!" he said, eager to get going. Juno was one of the many Captains he'd seen grow from the moment they entered Soul Society, right up to becoming a Captain.
"Sir..." he said, waiting for a response. Sato looked up. "No." he said plainly. "We need to wait for the right moment. We don't even have the ability to get into Hueco Mundo." he added, wishing for an instant that he himself could do it, so he could restore order to Seireitei.
"But sir! I'm sure the Kidou Corps can find a way to get in..." He said, his blood boiling. He was so wrapped up in the conversation that he didn't notice that the healer that had been following was still there, neatly patching up his wound.
Sato smiled at his strength of will. "If you can get the Kidou Corps to come up with a way to get in, then I will allow it. I will not allow everyone to go though. We need many to stay here to keep order within the Real World as well." he said, and was then Silent. Tahoshi turned to leave, but his loss of blood caught up with him, and he fell to the floor. "Goodnight...." he said, as he lost conciousness.
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Post by Sir Razgriz on Feb 18, 2008 2:27:23 GMT 1
The training room was a mess. All the dummies had been mutilated, the punching bags were torn open, and even the weight set was sliced up. In the middle of this chaotic scene stood the Third Squad's Captain, replete with sickle.
"Ready to go again, Tode?" he asked his zanpakutoh.
"There's still something left to test me on? Wow. There must be alot of stuff in here. Or at least there was... Let's do this, comrade!"
Grinning, Razgriz visualized Akiko-clones face on the dummy in the best condition. Standing a foot outside his normal reach, he swung his zanpakutoh, and shouted "Ten-Hut!"
His zanpakutoh straightened to catch the dummy on the neck, and decapitated it. Jumping at Mr. Stumpy, Razgriz swung again, calling out "Constrict!", causing his zanpakutoh to wrap around the dummy's torso, shrinking prodigously, until he'd separated the top and bottom halves of the dummy. "Nice!" he added, with a slight cackle, "Kyuuketsuki...you will pay for what you did to my squad!!"
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It's official. It's better to be the doctor than the patient. The beds aren't that bad at first. After very plural hours of laying in the same position with doctors making temporary skin grafts on the worst-burned areas to prevent death before treatment, however, you might as well be lying on a nailed rack.
There would be scarring, that much was obvious; throat-slitting and disembowelment tend to leave marks, even with the best medics working on you. Of course, Galm admitted to herself, she was lucky to be alive, as she had second-degree burns on the 25% of her body that didn't have third-degree burns, and had so many IV's running through here she looked like a crispy porcupine. There was only a litle pain, though, coming from her back. As she had been lying on it when she caused the nuclear inferno, it had gotten off better than the rest of her
That is, until a medic healed a third-degree area. That hurt like a bitch. On some levels, it probably would've been better to just leave the nerves burnt off.
While the doctors worked their magic, she asked a trainee to send a message to her HQ to let everyone know she hadn't prehumously cremated herself, then continued to wait... And wait... And wait... And cringe in pain... And wait... And- Is that Captain Tahoshi on that stretcher? What happened to him? Sitting up, her head hit the bed again as the blood rushed out of it, earning her a scolding from the medic that had brought her in and was still working on her. "Ta...ho...shi?" Galm said, still rather dizzy.
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"So, why exactly are you trying to get me to do this?" Todesannaherungen asked. "Simple: I need to avenge my squad and former captain.There's also the fact that, as long as Juno's trying to kill us, there's someone I might not be able to consistently block on my own. I need this extra strength from you so that you don't end up dead, too." "...That part about me not dying was a nice touch. Very well; you beat me with swords three years ago, and now you beat me with words. Do as you will." "Thank you, Tode."
Heading back into his HQ, Razgriz told an unseated shinigami, Karl, that he needed to borrow him for a minute. Going behind the HQ, Razgriz told the rather-nervous reaper to simply attack him, as he needed to test a new defensive move.
"Wait, what?" queried Karl. "Simple. Unsheath your zanpakutoh and try to stick it into my chest." "Why?!" "So I can test something. Chivalry and Bushido: Become as One! Bankai!"
This, of course, made Karl make a rather embarrassing mess in his underwear and then pass out. The braver members of his squad came out to see what the hell was going on, which earned one of them the right to try to assault the captain
"Wait, what?" "Just do it! I came up with a new defense and need to test it!" Sighing, the Captain did something he hadn't done in awhile; yearn for his 11th squad days. At least then, if you asked someone to attack you, they did. Here, though... ...Say. That actually isn't a bad idea. "Never mind. I'm going to 11th squad. Be back in fifteen minutes."
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"Wait, what? And why are you in bankai?" Asked Yui "Baka-Chan" Takeda, Vice-Captain. "You heard me. Stab me. Anywhere. Even below the belt. I need to test something." Replied Capt. Hremsfeld, shaking off deja vu, his hands behind his back. "Why me? Why not get the captain to do it?" "I saw you first." "Okay, if you want..." Uncoiling her zanpakutoh, she swung at her former-subordinate, the ribboned blade striking him where guys least like to get stabbed...
...resulting in it being caught by Razgriz's bankai. She couldn't get it back due to the metal of the aforementioned bankai having wrapped around the small blades.
Suddenly, Yui's ribbion was pulled out of her hands as Razgriz spun around (causing the ribbion to come with him), pulled the pointy end out of his crotch (causing the armour to return to normal), and swung the "borrowed" zanpakutoh back towards her, stopping a foot away from where her neck (causing her to duck).
"Thanks. Oh, and two for flinching." "Wait, what?"
Two arm-punches, a return to Third Squad HQ, and a mental note to never twitch in front of Tahoshi later, a hell butterfly fluttered by Razgriz's head and started playing its message:
"Attention Third Squad. This is the Medical/Relief Squad's seventh seat. As you are undoubtedly aware, there was a massive explosion earlier today. Your Fourth Seat, Galm Ingram, was at the epicenter of this blast. She has been found, and is alive but in critical condition, currently undergoing massive surgery. I repeat: Galm Ingram is alive. If anyone..." The rest of the message was cut off by a massive cheer from all those present; Galm had been the only one unaccounted for from their squad after the explosion, so it was a relief to hear she wasn't vaporized or otherwise dead.
Realizing that nothing was going to get done today anyways, Razgriz announced, "Let's go pay Galm a visit; all scheduled sparring is canceled for today." Cue second massive cheer. Hopefully, no one gets trampled along the way...
Edit because I'm making Baka-Chan's profile, and her zanpakutoh description no longer applied. If you read this before I post it, you'll see why. kukukukukuku...
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Post by Tahoshi on Feb 20, 2008 20:55:33 GMT 1
Yuudai kicked and screamed like a baby being held against its will. He had a bandage around his chest, and he was pinned down. Since his return from the Real World, he had medics around him almost constantly, trying to heal him. He'd been hurt more than anyone else, and would have a new scar to show for it. Nevertheless, now he had a real reason for not really liking Juno... She'd killed some Shinigami, and now appeared to have gone Rogue.
He wanted to say one thing. "I told you so." But try as he might, no one would let him leave. All he could do is lie there, and wait for the medics to be done with him.
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"Again" Tahoshi said, punching a rock-face in front of him. "I" he continued, punching it again. "Failed." he finished, piling a load of Reiatsu into his arm, and blasting the rock away without breaking a sweat. Instead of that, he fell to the ground, a fresh pool of blood around his shoulder. A nearby medic ran to his side, and patched him up again.
"thats the fourth time in an hour!" the medic shouted at him, helping him up. "You need to rest now, doctors orders!" he said, trying to pull Tahoshi away from the training area. Amazed that the wounded captain could still muster enough strength to do that, the medic called for assistance. Tahoshi relented after a while.
"Fine. I'll rest... But only so i can get enough strength to train harder." he admitted, walking with the team of healers. His hands were still itching for a chance to beat whatever it was that had taken control of Juno. He hadn't seen Akiko get killed.. Only Juno had seen that.
Was she working with the enemy all this time? Or was it something that this... Akiko... was doing. She was one of the only captains that had been around when he started. Since then, he'd learned alot from her, and become the strong captain he was now partly because of her training.
There was something different about that Akiko... If they were really rogue, she would at least have had her Shikai ready... Heck, if she'd wanted to, Akiko could've personally killed the Captain Commander with her Scythe Bankai. But she didn't.
Tahoshi stopped suddenly. "That wasn't Akiko!" he yelled, and almost collapsed since he'd pushed the medics away from him. They managed to catch him, and almost carried him back to 4th Squad HQ.
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Post by Juno on Feb 22, 2008 18:29:25 GMT 1
Hotaru had still not recovered from the shock of her Captain being whisked away to Hueco Mundo. While it did explain some things, it only justified Kotone's theory on what was going on. She's been working for the enemy... The words still rung painfully in her ears. She sat as her squad HQ, the events of the past hours swirling around her mind. Why... she thought, her eyes starting to tear up as she continued coming back to the thought of Juno being a defector. Why would she do this...?
"Damnit!" she cried, slamming her fist into a stone wall as she closed her eyes tightly, the liquid that had collected in the corners of her eyes sliding swiftly down her cheeks. Her rough exclamation causing her to start coughing again. Her subordinates looked to her in confusion, one of her various admirers swiftly moving to her side. "T-takahashi-san...? Are you ok?" the young Shinigami asked as the brunette started to ramp off, lapsing into a fit of coughing yet again. One of the other Seated Officers followed quickly after her. "Where the hell are you going?" He asked forcefully, grabbing her arm in an attempt to stop her. She easily twisted her way from his grip. Hotaru stopped and looked back at him before walking off at a somewhat calmer pace. "I wanna meet with the others that were directly involved! Maybe we can make some sense of this."
(Disclaimer: This post sucks and I know it. Don't ream me out xP)
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Post by Tahoshi on Feb 23, 2008 19:55:47 GMT 1
Tahoshi groaned as his shoulder clicked loudly. The wound that Juno inflicted upon him in their battle previously hadn't healed fully. He lay on a bed in squad 4's HQ, a medic standing over him.
"Sir, you'll need to rest. This would will take time to heal..." the medic said. For once, Tahoshi relented, and let the medic do his job.
"How are the other wounded?" he asked, looking past the medic to the beds further down. He could see Yuudai was in one of them, but there were too many things blocking the other beds from view.
"Maki-san, you ok?" he called, getting a thumbs up in response, but little else. Tahoshi looked back up at the medic. "Do enough to get me moving, I want to keep training, it'll heal on its own after that..." he said, in a tone that suggested it was an order. The medic looked down on him.
"No sir. You're staying until it's fully healed. You still haven't fully recovered your Reiatsu either... And not to mention your Zanpakutoh is still recovering. You'll not get any meaningful training done until you're both fully healed anyway." he said, stopping his healing. "Doctors orders."
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"Sear the land, Scorch the sky. Bankai!" Yelled Tahoshi from the centre of the training grounds. Rocks shattered in the area around him from the sheer power. Opposite him, Yuudai held out his sword.
"Thor! Lend me your Might! Bankai!" he yelled. Quickly, the form of Thor himself appeared behind him. A gigantic hammer in his hand.
"Bring it!" Tahoshi shouted, causing a pillar of flame to erupt from his wings. They exchanged blow after blow, until both of them were out of breath. A Hell Butterfly fluttered towards them, prompting them both to re-seal their swords. Tahoshi put his away first, and let the butterfly land on his finger. After a few seconds, the butterfly disappeared, and Tahoshi turned to Yuudai.
"Come on, There's a meeting with the Commander." he said, walking off in the direction of Soukyuoku hill.
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"Thankyou all for coming." Sato began, sitting down in his large, pearly white chair. All the assembled Captains and Vice Captains also sat, around the giant table that stood in front of them. Sato looked over them all.
"I am glad to hear that everyone that was involved in the incident last week is fully recovered. I now wish to discuss what happened. Tahoshi, I believe you came to me first, with a plan of action." Sato finished, and looked at Tahoshi.
Hirako Tahoshi, one of the oldest living Captains in Seireitei stood in front of the gathering.
"First, I would like to remind everyone that Captain Akiko was killed by Kyuuketsuki. I believe that what we saw last week was not real. If both Juno and Akiko were here, and Rogue... We would all be dead." he said, his eyes not moving from the congrgation.
Kotone stood up, slamming her hands on the table after Tahoshi had finished. "But Sir! with all due respect, She hurt people, and nearly killed Galm!" she shouted. "She even stabbed you!"
Tahoshi raised his hand to her head level. "Please, sit. I'm not finished yet." he said, lowering his arm. Kotone reluctantly sat on her chair again. Tahoshi watched her for a second, before speaking again.
"I know that some of you may share Kotone's thoughts, but while I was fighting, I didn't sense anything from Akiko... She didn't even have a Zanpakutoh, let alone any other weapon. This is why I believe her to not be real." he said, turning his head towards Kotone again.
"Please remember, Akiko was a very strong, and experienced Captain. Her shikai alone would have been enough to kill you, if she had the chance. With her Bankai, no one would have survived very long." he continued, turning back to the congregation. "We need to get Juno back. I think the best way to do this is to kill the fake Akiko." he finished, sitting back down.
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Post by Sir Razgriz on Feb 26, 2008 6:38:06 GMT 1
Entering ten minutes before the meeting started, Galm was surprised at how easily she got in. "Huh. I thought the room would at least have a guard; I didn't expect it to be deserted and have the door open." Looking around, she saw a pillar, perfectly shaped for hiding behind, which she promptly did, just in time. The footsteps she'd heard in the distance were getting closer. By now, whoever they belonged to was probably in the room. Please don't come over here, Galm thought, immediately before thinking Shit, you're coming over here.
To her surprise, though, it was Officer Hotaru, instead of...well...just about anyone else she'd expect in the room.
"What are you doing here?! You're not allowed in here, especially before a meeting!" Galm demanded, conveniently ignoring the fact that she wasn't, either. "How'd you even get in?"
[Passed to Juno for a fun lil back-and-forth]
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Post by Juno on Feb 27, 2008 1:42:11 GMT 1
"Bastards! Why hadn't they told me about this...!" Hotaru grumbled as she snuck her way through the many hallways, managing to remember and make her way towards the meeting room with at most 5 minutes to spare. "Fucking....BWAH!" The officer was startled, as she had encountered one Galm Ingram, who was now inquiring as to her prescence in the room.
"Well... I could ask you the same bloody question!" She replied, possibly a little more harshly than she had intended to. But she couldn't help it. She was livid. "...And for why I'm here... Juno's my Captain, for Christ's sake! Why wouldn't they ask me to come here? I know her better than anyone else in Seireitei! I'm sure I coulda helped... Somehow...." Her anger slowly faded and her eyes slipped from Galm's face to the floor. The silence soon became akward. But no sooner than it crossed the line, Hotaru was grinning, hiding behind the huge column as well. "Sorry about that. It's just.... Anyways! Now's the part where you tell me the reason that you're here. I'll leave how I got here for another time."
[[Yay for banter! Eagerly waiting your reply Buzzcut-san~]]
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Post by Sir Razgriz on Feb 27, 2008 3:53:24 GMT 1
"Anyways! Now's the part where you tell me the reason that you're here. I'll leave how I got here for another time," Hotaru said, with a wide grin.
Galm's response of "Hey! Cheater..." only caused Hotaru to stick her tongue out, so the spellcaster started to explain her reasons for sneaking in. "First of all, I really didn't want to wait to see if anyone came up with a reason for why Juno went rogue." This comment, offhand though it was, caused Hotaru to frown. Not seeing this, Galm continued, stating that she also wanted to "see a captain's meeting firsthand," drawing an unnoticed smirk, and "most of all, I wanted to see what the top brass want to do with Juno. I mean, amnesia or not, that was high treason."
Now ticked off, Hotaru started towards the door, saying "Okay, this is turning ugly. I'm out."
From behind her, Galm called out, "Don't run off with Juno, now..."
Wheeling around, Hotaru matched Galm's stare. "EXCUSE me?! What are you getting at?" she demanded, anger blazing in her eyes.
"Well, Juno obviously liked Akiko alot," retorted Galm. "How else could she have been so manipulated? You obviously like Juno, given that you snuck in here..."
All pretenses at hospitality gone, Hotaru snapped, "Are you saying you think I'd abandon Soul Society? Why would you EVER think that?"
"Well, I DID have to restrain you when Juno was running off," fired back Galm. At that exact moment, however, a door was heard opening at the end of the hallway leading to the meeting room. "Crap, they're here. You going or not?"
Deciding she could finish her conversation with Galm later, Hotaru ran back to the pillar, doing her best to hide behind it without glomping the person who insulted her dear captain.
The Captains and Vice-Captains sat down at their respective areas, as Sato stood before them all "Thank you all for coming," he began...
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