Destined for success (or failure) [Invasion, Close W/Nexus]

Noriko Araki jumped from the mouth of the forest, her pupils dilated. Her home was being invaded by Hollows, it was her duty to kill them but on top of that these monsters where invading her home, she took the mission in a heartbeat. Sure it was part of her job to extinguish them, but she would've done it of her own volition, she told her subconscious that she was freeing the monsters and turning them back into spirits by slaying them with her Zanpakuto, but it was blood lust and anger that drove her.

She landed atop a building in the fifteenth district of the Rukongai, the man she was working with was down below, releasing some reiatsu to draw Hollows to him, his sword was drawn as well. Noriko figured it would be time to release her Zanpakuto, she would provide assistance from the roof with her kunai.

"Freeze. Fuyukage."

She silently spoke her release phrase and released her Shikai, attempting to stay hidden from the Hollows. The holster to her kunai appeared on her thigh, and she quickly drew out one of her white knives. Her reiatsu started to creep out from around her, its cold icy touch slowly waved over to the Hollows below her. Noriko decided she'd wait for the other Shinigami to strike, then she would strike.

WC:223

TWC:223

GP: 4

TGP: 4

As Hitsuyona shunpo onward he could feel the presence of his partner begin to pour outwards. It was cold, and solemn, almost as if hadn't he the willpower to fight the feeling he'd freeze in place. It was actually ironic, throughout the area a reaistu most closely physically effecting one as if both fire and ice. It would seem though despite this woman's presence, all the hollow continue towards Hitsuyona,except the few who remain to devour innocent souls within the town.

His grip on the blade tightens as the enemy draws near, their echoing battlecries booming throughout the surrounding area. Animalistic as they were, these beasts had as hollow a presence as the very term their name had described. Hitsuyona's gaze would lock upon these lifeless crimson eyes while they attempt to swarm his very being, splitting off to surround him from every direcrion. Much like a pack of wild animals, the group of hollow jump to strike simultaneously. Hitsuyona had no intentions to fall victim as their prey, and allows the threads wrapped aroundnhis forearms to quickly fall loose from his direct persons. The threads reach outward as his hands sway endless , almost as if he were sewing the very air itself. The white billowing filling the air, and finding themselves to wrap around the many hollow as they attempt to take their attempts at his life. “Tsuzuri Raiden.” At once the entirety of the hollow that surround him come to glow a fluorescent teal. The electricity spreads to the very essence of their being while the smell of burning flesh quickly fills the air. Griping this thread tightly he would pull inwards while the hopeless beasts begin to fly towards himself all at once. At this moment Hitsuyona lets go jumps upwards into the air and holds his left hand down towards the flock of hollow. “Sokatsui.” Once again, a blue energy pours forth, yet of a different purpose. It consumes the many ,only leave a smoldering stain of blood and smoke in its wake as the Shinigami would land once more.

He steps from this smoke the remains, all the while, the thread returning to his forearms while his arms rotate to pull it inward. While doing so his gaze would fall upon the shinigami standing on the roof. His eyes were solemn, and glowed a bright blue that likely could be seen from even his current stand point. “We must secure the city, waste not a moment!” He shouted outwards. He was by no means her leader in this mission, but there was a sort of echoing dominance about his demeanor and tone. He wouldn't wait to see if she'd comply, and honestly had no control of the matter. He was simply making a valid point, as she could easily do this from that roof, so lond as she was capable in ranged combat.

WC: 479
Twc: 910
Total gp: 18

It became immediately apparent to Noriko that her fellow shinigami she was working with today was a hado user, using the techniques Number 22 Tsuzuri Raiden and Number 33 Sokatsui, Noriko analyzed him, just incase the info would be important later. What division was he apart of? Noriko didn’t get a chance to learn, the seireitei was being invaded so there wasn’t much time to talk. Was he apart of the 4th? Maybe the 2nd like her? Or maybe some other branch. Noriko would be sure to find out later.


But there where more important things for Noriko to be focusing on, like the hollows swarming the area, she knew with her Zanpakuto, and her position, shed be able to quickly eliminate five, then she would have to reload. There was a final piece of information Noriko desperately needed. She stuck a hand of her left finger into her mouth and got some of her saliva on it, then she stuck it in the air and quickly determined which way it was blowing. Ok good, now she was ready.


It took her a few seconds to figure out where shed need to throw her Kunai in order for it to hit the five hollows she wanted. She tossed her first at a spider looking beast, it struck the hollow and exploded into a clump of ice around the hollow, killing it and releasing its soul. She did the same to four more, one that looked like a dog, a large snake hollow, a tiger esque one, and finally a flying hollow.

She reloaded her Kunai and analyzed the scene, what hollows should she attack next? Perhaps she should focus mainly on the ones that where aerial as she didn’t know if the other shinigami would be able to execute them as easily as she could.


“Ill handle the ones up above!” She called out to the other, she made her choice, shed take care of the onces above, and he could focus on the ones on the ground, it seemed like a logical plan, but shed see how he felt about it.


Now… if she was going to be sniping the ones above shed need to get to a better position, this one had a building that blocked a bit of her view of the sky. She used her shunpo to quickly hop over to the taller building, then she reloaded her kunai, another five shots where at her disposal.


WC:410
TWC:635
GP:8
TGB:12

Hitsu goes onward toward the heart of the city,while the buildings as a whole sing a song of destruction to the likes of which he'd never heard. The grinding and creaking of their infrastructure would merely cry out in a booming echo as rays of crimson spreads far across the town for all eyes to see. He identified this destruction to be the cause of two distinct low class Gillian, clearly of a higher level than any lesser hollow in the surrounding area. Their cero was clearly of a destructive level close to that of a weaker menos-grande, but it wasn't to be taken lightly by any means. These two hollow had clearly peaked the interests of Hitsuyona, shown by his keen observation of them.

He would take his attention from them for just a mlment as he felt thst reaistu once more. Some nesrby hollow were nearing on civilians who screamed in terror as they all spread like cockroaches. It wasn't this that caught his attention, no, that had been going on since his arrival, and he couldn't possibly save everyone. It was the hollows attacking them being suddenly frozen and vanquished that caught his eye. This woman was starting to become of use, at least in lowering the overall body count. Around this time his colleague would interrupt his train of thought, and notify him that she could handle the airborne hollow. He merely shrugged off her statement, and would comply with her wishes. The flyers could be left for her in this case, but ideally that left him with more cannon fodder to dive through.

His eyes were set on the two more powerful hollow,whom were causing the most widespread destruction currently. He could tend to saving those being specifically pursued by hollow later. It wasn't that he was completely heartless, but he'd felt it necessary to take down the beasts from the head of the pack descending if at all possible.

He gained a small smirk on his face as he closes the gap between himself and one of these hollows he'd kept an eye upon. His zanpaktou spirit didn't take to kindly to his intentions though, taking haste in judging his actions. “Need I remind you of our purpose in this mission? “ his smirk quickly falls as he had gotten mixed up with the idea of slaying the hollow scum before him. Of course he'd never forgotten,but the most wicked must pay the worst.

Gripping the blade in his right hand tightly, his solemn stare nearly pierces through the staggered form of the unique hollow mere meters from himself. It was tall and thin, with a more grey tone than white. Overall, it appeared as though a prey mantis with a more humanoid esque face and legs. “I will make this as quick as possible, so as to help those in need, you have my word.” He spoke inwardly to reassure her worried statement. As he relayed this to her, he would draw the second blade into his left hand. By this time, the prey mantis like hollow had noticed his presence. It had keener senses than anticipated,but it mattered to him not. He makes use of shunpo to quickly close the distance, and swiftly brings his left blade upwards to meet the claw descending powerfully towards his collar bone. He took this chance to make a counter lunge with his right blade towards its torso, but it would leap backwards to avoid him. Amidst its travels the hollow begins charging a cero. He wasn't phased by such an attack, as it could be dodged with accurate timing due to his preciously seen knowledge of this particular hollows cero. Seigyo disagreed though, once again intervening with his thoughts. “ I know how you think, Hitsuyona. If you merely dodge, it would cause more casualties!” His face grows solemn and he knew shenwas right. “Shit.” Even if it were true, it made this more difficult.

Just as the cero nears a climatic point before its firing,he holds his blades in an x formation. “Okasen!” The blast would be doubled up to shoot in two arcs towards the beasts cero while it fires off. Just as the attack is launched he gets out of dodge, leaping backwards himself. The two attacks colliding would cause an explosion that circumferences ten meters ,and the mantis had clearly not dodged;however, he could still feel its life force present. “Hitsu! Make note of its hierro, it may not be fast, but its defense seems rather astonishing. “ Yami had spoken to him this time, but it wasn't so.ething he wouldn't have figured out on his own. Still, they had a point. He needed to deal with this swiftly, but without exhausting himself too much in the mean time. Holding back for too long would cause more exhaustion in the long run though, and casualties. Hitsuyona grips both of his blades tightly, and let's out a vibrant sigh while eyeing down the beast who acted like the rest. A howl, a cero, slash and mediocre attempts to dodge with a preemptive strike. Mindless was easy to deal with, but this ones sheer force and defense was aggrivsting his nerves. “If you insist on a hastened victory to the extent of any costs then so be it.”

WC: 885
Twc: 1,795
Total gp: 35

She was finished reloading, and just in time too. A few flying hollows let out loud echoing screeches as they closed in on her, but those screeches where quickly silenced by three kunai, one for each of them. She readied her next two, and looked out for a target, but before she could find a suitable target she overheard the screaming of civilians, they where on the ground which was that other shinigamis territory… but it shouldn’t matter, he wouldn’t be angry if she took out a few of the ones on the ground would he? Two hollows where closing in on them, but before they could devour the civilians, Noriko threw her two remaining Kunai at them, which froze and killed them.


She started to reload her Kunai, but she quickly noticed a flying bat like hollow was closing in on her, shit. She has been caught off guard, she tried to react as quickly as possible and narrowly avoided being bit by it by using her Shunpo. Noriko needed to counterattack fast before the bat hollow got another chance to attack her, she gripped the purple grip of her Katana and quickly unsheathed it, revealing its beautiful pure white blade.


The unseated officer gripped her blade with both hands and made a quick step for the bat, making a nice clean cut to its torso, killing it, what the monster had in speed it lacked in defense. She kept an eye out and formed more Kunai in her pouch. She could hear the voice of her Zanpakuto speak up…


“Noriko! That was far to close, be more careful hun. That big bat creature almost got you.” Her quiet voice wavered, she sounded afraid. Noriko loosened her grip on the sword for just a moment, and held it more delicately.


“Im sorry Fuyukage, ill keep my eyes open.” Her Zanpakuto spirit was afraid, so Noriko attempted to soothe it, and reassure it. Hopefully it worked. Fuyukage was a strange Zanpakuto, not at all what she expected, she was supportive and almost motherly towards Noriko, and she barely ever took things seriously, usually trying to provide subtle comedy in an attempt to make Noriko smile more. But Noriko didn’t need to be smiling while working, fighting Hollows was not an appropriate time to have a laugh.

She finished reloading, not interrupted again by another annoying hollow. But she could feel something, something much stronger than the lesser hollows she had been clashing with. A low class Gillian Hollow has fired a cero at her Shinigami comrade, he was strong, and could probably handle himself, but she could sense another Gillian class Hollow. Where was it?


The second Gillian class Hollow spread its large wings and began flying through the sky toward her, she figured since the other Gillian was handling her shinigami partner, this one would attempt to deal with her. Its speed picked up and it swooped in on her, beak first. Noriko jumped upwards above it and threw a Kunai at its back, she detonated it, but the beast simply shrugged the attack off. From this she could gather that the Gillian class Hollow was fast and sturdy.


Her grip tightened again, Noriko clutched her sword with both hands, her priority now was to analyze the enemy and search for a proper weakness. She got into a more defensive stance and waited for the birds next attack.


WC:569


TWC:1204


GP: 11


TGB: 23

The insect like beast before the eyes of the Onmitsukido member would not remain stationary for long. It allows the two bladed arms to ground against one another at an intensified rate of speed, and in a seconds time fire would appear across its entirety. All the while,Hitsuyona stands still. He stares into the eyes of the beast, and his face remain most emotionless as that of a man with nothing to lose. His spiritual presence wasn't so lacking of a purpose however, being more so revealed as the young man would clutch his grip upon the twin blades he wielded. The light blue flickering flame that were his reaistu would spread outward to become an aura that consumed the area surrounding Hitsuyona.

By this time the prey mantis hollow would have taken off in a sprint towards the shinigami. Its flames blew with intensity;although, the fire held nothing against that of the resolve exhibited by Hitsuyona's releasing reaistu. Holding his ground , he would allow one blade to point towards the sky. As the other did reach towards the ground, the young man allows the threads surrounding his forearms to once again release from their confinement. This time would be different from its previous use though, shown by the ‘tapes' capabilities to flow seamlessly without his assisted movement. Just as the beast were within five meters did he finally take a real course of action. “Consume, Seigyo Yami”

The words escaped his lips much like the fog that would come to consume his entirety. This smog of a black entity also stretched out for five meters in either direction of the man, and had a somewhat transparent appearance. Despite reduced visibility, the beast would attempt a basic slash -accompanied by the flame on its blade- towards that of Hitsuyona. The Shinigami would not attempt to dodge this oncoming attack;rather, he would embrace it forcefully with an attack of equal force. His silver blades quickly turn a black shade as his right sword would heighten to intercept the blazing claws . the two come to a halting stalemate; if not but for a moment, before his left swords tip would point to the mask of this foolishly ignorant beast. The blackened blade seems to extend exponentially ,before coming to a crashing halt on the mask of its perpatraitor. The mask would crack significantly as the beast attempt to retract its claws, but it were all In vain. He was within the ‘heart' of his power source, a dangerous location indeed. Upon the several threads flowing seamlessly, one would turn blackened before shooting outwards taking the form of a sharpened tendril. Caught By surprise the beasts skull is penetrated from this crack. It would vanish before the eyes of Hitsuyona as he goes to let out a sigh.

“Perhaps it is past due for me to lend aide to the heart of the city.” He walks to the edge of the platform he stood near and looks onward with a very obstructed view of the city itself. He could feel that the presence of some hollow pursuing humans had vanished. While this woman hadn't been necessary, she was indeed saving lives who would have otherwise been lost during his struggle with the stronger hollow.

Looking to a nearby building top he shunpo forwards to land gracefully at its edge. He were a fair distance from his partner, but he could still he fighting presence, not to mention see the vibrant display of her zanpaktou power. He however didn't have the time to survey her battles, and turns his attention elsewhere. Looking down upon the city of destruction he would allow the grip on both his weapons to be released. ‘We've all but lived in a world worth loving for.’ The blades would somehow remain in the place where he'd released them,as this pitch black essense consumes them entirely. ‘But perhaps it isn't until we find something worth dying for, that it shall be possible.’ His eyes would meet two different hollow on ground level. They were several meters apart from one another, and the two blades would upon his will shoot forth at a hastened speed to prosecute the damned souls as executioners. ‘But on this day, I shall not die.’

WC:710
Twc: 2,505
Total gp: 50