The Opening Battle.

Black static started to appear over Daisuke's body due to the fact that the friction from his spiritual pressure was starting to build up. He waited and waited and then finally he wonder when he was able to release his spiritual pressure. He looked as it started to hell around him. He was still caught near the battle between the two men and then something told him that this was about to get worst. He with drawls into his inner world and looks for Ranmyaku. "When can i release this pressure it's starting to build up and badly." she looks at him and sighs"You could have released it a long time ago Daisuke."She said as she stepped back and Daisuke finally could not take it anymore and with a loud yell he released it.

Now back outside the static started to grow more and more and when Daisuke yelled he channeled his spiritual pressure and released it and it went off with a big loud bang, like someone firing a gun at close range. He watches and sees the black energy strand go up into the sky lightning up hoping someone would see it and noticed him but then another thought came to him. He looks down and sees his boots. He then sees a brick and presses his boot onto the brick and heard a soft click.

On the other side of New York City no one had been really paying attention to a certain mansion that was home to the Mayor of New York City. In front of the gates a secret passage way appear and a black bike shot out of the passage way and began to make it's way to the signal location that registered as it's owner: Daisuke Damoery.
(Taveling time: 1)

Reyne had noticed Kyle enjoyed her fight and was impressed due to him smiling the way he was, so she was happy. However she wasn't going to let him know she was happy that he was watching her and pleased. She wasn't going to go out of her way for him to show what emotions he might have for her other than friendship. The first move was going to be his and they were still busy fighting to worry about emotions, that could wait till later. Once she was at his side. She listened to his response.

Reyne blushed and beamed at his praise. She then noticed her shirt when he said something, there wasn't much she could do. That was just what shunko did and she felt dumb for not wearing a better shirt for it or having a jacket to cover up with. "It's not my fault, that technique does that to clothing. I wouldn't want to cause a nosebleed for anybody. Then again, I doubt i would cause a nosebleed" SHE giggles at her light hearten joke.However she was disappointed that her lack of shirt didn't seem to make him blush or anything, she wasn't trying to play with him, just wanted to see if he was interested in her.

Reyne had barely noticed the cero in time and had shunpoed out of the way, but had cut her arm some from the rolling impact of when she slipped when landing. “Ow...” She then looked at kyle seeing that he was alright and giving her a warm smile. “For the most part, just a little cold due to my shirt imploding and it starting to snow over us” she said with sarcasm but kindness.

"But who shot that us? Zou is still in the wall last time i checked and it didn't come from her direction....."

Kyle had managed to hide his attraction to Reyne. He had also managed to force himself from blushing. Her clothing was loose around her upper body, which would have made any man blush or have a nose bleed. Kyle was doing well to hide it. He cared, and loved Reyne, but he was afraid to admit it. He was afraid she would reject him, but this was normal for a man to feel, just Kyle was doing a good job at hidding it unlike the other men. He had been able to train himself to control himself; just like the male members of 2nd division.

Once they were both safe, and after he had made sure Reyne was not badly hurt he made his way to patch up what wounds she did have. He removed his sash and wrapped it around Reyne's wound. After he took off his captains coat and put it over Reyne to keep her warm, and hide her somewhat exposed upper body. "There all patched up, and my coat should keep you warm Reyne." Kyle told her. As he did he brushed some of her hair away from her face. He was trying his best to help her. Once he was done checking on her he quickly began to look around for the source of the Cero. Kyle only saw a handful of Arrancar who were kept busy by a group of Shinigami. Kyle didn't bother to check which division they were with, manly due to all that was going on.

"Reyne we should keep an eye out for the source of that Cero that was pretty close to hitting us." Kyle said as he gave her his hand to help her up.

Armond looked up when Marin moved. He was trying what any smart guy would try to do, spread out the snow to try and get a better look. There was but one problem that all people made. It was how he did it. Armond's bankai kicked in and the cero Marin fired quickly converged on a single location. 10 out of the 25 ceros did anyway. The rest made holes and explosions, but Armond was safe. The ten that moved to armond were quickly diverted into his shadow. At which point his shadow stood up and walked forward. The snow storm had been broken up by the cero, but the storm quickly regained it's ground and blew hard over the area. Armond was once again protected, shielded from vision and detection. "Show our guest your power..." The shadow nodded and charged at Marin. Just before it reached him it split up to create two copies. One copy used a blade to try and slash at Marin's left side, the other attempted a slash at his back, and the original went for a jab to Marin's throat.

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Darkness Falls (active) 3
Special Ability (active) 4

Tai started to shiver slightly from the coldness that came from the blizzard that was happening. She went down at Joe as he fell. She said nothing back to him as she heard what he said. She used her blade to slice at his body from the head and down. She effectively cut him up into two equal halves. As she landed on the ground, she wiped the blood off of her blade before she glanced up to see how Armond was doing. With what she saw, she smiled before she decided to look around for any other Espadas that weren’t within a battle or that were already killed off.

Shin stretched while he watched Kaelos get up and dust herself off after taking the barrage of attacks. "Even if I was this would be a fight to the death, instead of a delaying tatic." Shin slid a gloved finger down the sharp side of his blade. "Shall we continue" Shin was figuring out how this woman worked. She was using defence to her advantage. Her skin was also harder than the other Arrancar he had fought up to this point. Lossing some light, Shin looked up, and say dark clouds looming over head. "Using it already are you." Shin shock his body and the thought of Darkness Falls. A tough technique to fight against. It made it impossible to sense your opponent, and visiablity was very poor. Coming out of the thought, Shin stared at Kaelos. What should his next move be? A straight foward charge, and a double attack? No. It would be to easy to block and counter. Mulitple shunpo's, and various attacks? Could work. He really needed to damage the Arrancar, considering his attacks have dealt very minimal damage. Let's go with the second one. Stepping foward, Shin used a double shunpo and appeared on Kaelos' right, swinging his sword with his left hand. Right before the blade could touch her, Shin shunpo'd again and this time appeared on her left side "Hado #4 Byakurai." Shin fired a bolt of lightning at Kaelos before disappearing again, and reappearing behind her, with his sword swinging at full force towards the back of her neck.

Three hundred icy needles flew through the air like arrows fired from an angry hwacha, their razor sharp tips glistening in the moonlight as they sailed in for the kill. Seeing the oncoming barrage out of the corner of his eye Callo used a sonido to carry himself clear of the danger zone, his partner Kallo however wasn't as lucky. His reaction time was just a bit slower and it cost him, a full third of the attack caught him before he was able to vanish, his entire left side from shoulder to ankle became riddled with frozen quills as his body dissolved into a sonido and reappeared a few feet away from his previous position.

Tensing up in agony he turned and glared at Chevalier, “You got lucky shinigami, enjoy it while it lasts because it won't happen again.”

The furry eared hybrid's expression remained neutral as he drew his saya in preparation for another two-pronged offensive, “Care to test your chances again?”

Snarling at his prey's impudence Kallo gestured to Callo before drawing his sword and charging. Chevalier stood his ground though, watching as the distance between them quickly dropped and waiting for the best time to make his move. He didn't have to wait long though, as he'd predicted Kallo's charge shifted into a thrusting attack at the last minute. Bringing his sheath up he executed a lunge of his own, maneuvering the impromptu weapon so that his opponent's blade slid smoothly into the opening at it's top as he pivoted on his heel and executed a back kick into his target's gut. The sudden resistance combined with the improvised lever and the spinning action enabling him wrench the Arrancar's weapon away from him at the same time he executed his attack. This left him with a split second to react as Callo again reappeared in the space that had been behind him just a moment before, more then enough time for him to bring up his sword and block the sword strike that had been aimed at his head.

With Kallo momentarily incapacitated due to the wind being knocked from his lungs, Chevalier was left with a few moments to engage Callo one-on-one, and he intended to take advantage of that opening before the two Arrancar figured out a way to overwhelm his defenses. Keeping his opponent's blade locked against his own, he used his other hand to bring his saya up, smashing the hilt of Kallo's weapon against his partner's face and cracking the bone in his jaw. Following through as Callo reeled from the impact, he broke his blade free from the lock and brought it across in a quick horizontal swipe, slicing into the hybrid's flesh just below where the bellybutton should have been and causing a serious case of frostbite in the process.

Hearing an angry roar from behind him he quickly used shunpo to move a dozen feet to his left, narrowly avoiding being hit by a Bala assisted punch from Kallo who seemed to have recovered more quickly then he'd initially calculated. Maybe this generation of Arrancar DID have some redeeming values to compensate for their diminished intelligence. Not that it was much of a compensation of course when you were fighting a thinker and not a brute.

Kicking off of the air he launched himself towards his opponents, his blade held up in front of him poised to strike but still ready to make a quick defense if necessary. Bringing it across in a diagonal swipe, he was slightly surprised when Kallo caught the weapon in his left hand, seemingly managing to ignore the pain of grabbing the absolute zero surface as he reached out with his other hand and snatched his weapon back from the Vizard's sheath. As this was happening, Callo took advantage of the momentary pin to come across in a two-heeled kick, the force of which sent Chevalier flying through the air as his mind attempted to assess the damage. It didn't feel like anything worse then a heavily bruised bone, but there really wasn't any way to tell without a closer examination which he couldn't afford right now.

Skidding to a stop in mid-air as snow began to fall, he glanced up at the sky and mentally smirked slightly. He loved the snow, it was the perfect cover. Tucking his saya back into it's special place on his hip he shifted his grip on Shinoyuki, turning her so that her edge was pointing skyward as he gently positioned his left hand beneath the flat of the blade, taking extra care not to touch the frosty shell lest he hurt himself like Kallo had. Using shunpo, he lunged forward at god-like speed, easily bypassing poor Callo's unprepared defenses as his blade pierced the Espada's chest by gliding through his Hollow Hole. Glancing down at the sword sticking out of his torso, the Arrancar had only a moment to give his assailant a sinister and predatory smile before he realized the trouble he was truly in. “White out the Heavens, Shinoyuki Mo Fubuki,” dozens of glowing molten blue cracks formed along Shinoyuki's surface, giving the weapon an almost surreal appearance before it exploded into a blizzard straight from the frozen bowels of hell. Thousands of razor sharp flakes of ice shot out in all directions from the hole in Callo's chest, easily bypassing his hierro as they ripped his body to shreds from the inside out before enveloping the entire area in frozen whirlwind and mixing with snow falling from the sky. As this was happening Chevalier was also undergoing a transformation, the black of his pants and jacket inverting, becoming just as white as the snow which now blanketed the area and enabling him to blend in with his surroundings easily. This was his zanpakuto's final form, a form which he disliked using due to the sheer amount of destruction it could leave in it's wake... but he didn't have time to worry about that now, too much was at stake.

Daisuke knew that the flare had fail and he knew he was screwed for the time being. He waited and waited for his bike to get here and get him out of here. He then notices that this battle was turning only for the worse as he was out here with out his protective gear on and this blizzard was only going to make it worse for him. He sighed and then notices a female walking away as if she was looking at something...or someone. He then shook his head and then heard his AI come on the ear piece. "we have arrive Master Daisuke." "Good. Now get me the hell out of here and fast""Yes sir, activating medical stretcher"It said as the medical stretcher appeared and lowered itself down until it reached daisuke's body. It slides underneath him and lifts him off the ground. The bike pulls in the stretcher and then Daisuke speaks to the bike. "Let me drive." "Master your in no condition to drive." "I don't care, my arms,and legs are disable, not my hands, feet, or calf's, so let me drive damn it. I'm taking a new route to get back to the safe house." The bike agrees to letting him drive. It takes the stretcher and slides him into the seat. When Daisuke slid into the seat he folds it down so he was laying down driving it. He had to make a mental note to install a medical kit in this thing. He revs it up and then pops a wheelie and then lands back down some blood comes out of his arms. He groans and then looks around and nod at the vizard and then drove off into the shadow. He weaves in and out of the alleyways and then hits the main highway and revs it up some more and then burns rubber and is about to hit the interstate when someone blocks his way. He hits the brake and slides his bike and stop and looks at the person."Are you a friend or enemy?"

The leader of the Arrancar and Hollows, Marin, though he sensed something for a moment during his onslaught against the storm. In fact it happened a few times, if was like trying for something just out of reach. It was a few seconds later that he noticed a silhouette, shadow, charging him for an attack. Its form shimmered prior to the blow, almost like sonido, enacting their own attacks! In addition to the unusual nature of these shadow forms they seem to be unaffected by the raging storm.

Due to Marin's current state of attack his options were limited. He leaned backwards choosing to evade the most critical blow, the one to the throat, the shadow's blade coming into his sight mere inches from his face. The lean defense cost him, while his vital spot was saved the slash to his side hit his Heirro, normally this would of slown the blade down enough to evade completely, but Armond's power rivaled his own and so the blade tip cut into and gashed through a small portion of his side, blood sprayed into the storm freeing before it hit any surface. But this wasn't all, the unseen aft attack came in as well! Fortunately the Arrancar's evasion changed the blade hit from a back hit to a shoulder hit, his right shoulder.

Marin then quickly halted his ongoing attacks, the Cero at the tips of his flayed out hair dissipated. He had to go to a more Defensive tactic for now. The Red, ever long hair wrapped around his body tightly and reinforced his natural defenses, potentially a costly enhancement considering the unobvious drawbacks as Hatsu Heirro...

He had to use his second option, he hadn't another choice... he couldn't fight here, not like this. Marin used sonido to move through a ^swiftly opened Garganta^. He reappeared above the storm clouds that plagued his senses so and he began taking in Reiatsu.

"Looks like I might have to use even more of my power if he gets the jump on me again..." He said to himself

Shinrei Shouchi (Active) [clear above cloud level]
Hatsu Ouso [Canceled]
Hatsu Heirro (Active)
Hatsu X Yougeki![Canceled] C-1
Cero Charged 2 (As MIRV, 5 stage) D-2
Regeneration 1
^Garganta Mastery C-1
*Zanrei Blade=Lvl 15


Battle NPC Espada (Area of Skill/Ability)

0- Joe (Discerning Weak points)[KIA]
1- Gimel (Agile)[KIA]
2- Zoushi (Stealth) [Attacking Reyne\Kyle]
3- Corvus (Brute Cero)[KIA]
4- Jade (Poison)[Attacking lesser forces]
5- Red (Adaptive Tactics)[KIA]
6- Razer (Percision) [[KIA]]
7- Fran (Brute Strength) [Fled]
8- Callo (Cooperative attacks)[KIA]
9- Kallo (Cooperative attacks)[attacking Chevalier]

Kaelos smirks as she snickered at what Shin said. “Heh, a man after my own heart.” She joked as she put a hand over her heart in a semi-dramatic way. The smirk on her lips grew as she moved her hand away from her chest. “Yes, let’s continue.” She didn’t even look up as she felt dark clouds start to happen around above them. She simply waited for him this time to make the attacks towards her. Since her defense was much stronger then normal, she was going to take full advantage of it. She got into a fighting stance of sorts as she sensed rather then watched him move. She moved one of her hands up to protect her right side while she was charging up a cero within her mouth. With her left hand she touched the bolt of lightning, snickering as it tickled her more then anything, before she turned her head suddenly over her shoulder when feeling the tip of his sword touch her neck. She fires off a bit of her cero from the corner of her mouth, making it a bala instead, before she moved away from him and shot more balas out at him in rapid fire.

As Daisuke was waiting for the person to present themselves to him he had a bad feeling about something. He felt hollows approaching his position and if this person did not answer him soon he was going to take another route and get back to his safe house. He looked at the person and revved his bike at the person. "If you don't address yourself and tell me if your an ally or an enemy then i'm going to move on and take another route to get out of here."

Shin smiled as Kaelos fired the first bala at him from close range. "All I need is a touch up" Shin slightly flared his reaitsu, weakening the strength of the Bala. He kept his reaitsu up from the flare weakening all of the Balas. Dust gathered around Shin as the Balas hit him at a weakened force. The dust setteled revealing Shin in perfect condition without a scratch on him. "Pathetic." Shin raised his level of reaitsu to that of the 1st Division Lt, which is slightly higher than a normal Lt. Shin let out a sigh. Kaelos was proving to be a better opponent than the other hollows, and even the Vasto Lorde he fought earlier, but he had taken back his comparision to Tai. They were definetly not the same. The woman in front of him may have skin that is harder to pierce than normal, but it wasn't the same as facing an opponent that made him smile with each strike, that made him feel death when swords clash. He sighed again. He just didn't feel that with this woman. Shin slid his arms out of the sleeves of his haori. Shin shunpo'd infront of Kaelos and placed his hand in front of her face. "Hado #1. Sho." Shin sent a blast of reaitsu from almost point blank. Just after the release of the Hado, Shin used his doubled shunpo'd, and appeared behind Kaelos with his palm facing her once again. "Hado # 33 Sōkatsui." Shin fires a wide blast of blue reaitsu towards Kaelos.

Reyne watched Kyle as he took care of her looked worse than it was bleeding arm and he kindly handed her his captain’s cloak. While she watched him, she blushed the slightest shade of pink. “Thank you Kyle” She looked at him slightly wide eyed when he moved her hair out of her face, that wasn’t the normal strict composure person she knew and smiled slightly.

“Well I have a feeling they were aiming for you. However I agree. My question is was it the second espada or just another Arrancar…Either way we need to take care of this quickly.” Reyne took Kyle’s hand and stood up. Reyne looked down and giggled “Your coat is looks a bit long for my being only 5’3’’” Reyne then folded it up around her waist so it was shorter then took her hair ribbon and made in into an obi, so now she looked like she was wearing a kimono. “Hehe there that is better” she smiled kindly.

Reyne closed her eyes and focused to find where Zou was hiding. It was difficult to say the least, but she found her hiding in the shadows behind her and Kyle. Reyne sighed and took a deep breath and then whispered to Kyle “I’m going to finish off the other espada, why don’t you take care of the one who shot at us or help those who need it more than I, or stay and cover me your choice, but I will be done quickly” She smiled and blinked out of sight.

She then reappeared to Zou’s hiding place in the same building where Reyne had sent her flying to. She casted Kyokko and appeared behind Zou, Reyne then casted Haien . This incinerated Zoushi into smithereens. She felt kinda bad about not giving her more of a fight, but she didn’t have long to play around anymore. Reyne then came out through the hole in the building and looked around to see if klye was still there.
Reyne thought to herself “Miss you brother, you would have enjoyed today I think.”

Armond looked up at Marin he arched an eyebrow as he stood there. It seemed that Marin wasn't going to come to him. Fair enough. That is what Armond had his shadows for. One of his shadows jumped back and launched himself forward, blade extended, to Marin's stomach. Another one of his shadows was just above the first, hacking across at Marin's chess. The third shadow fell back deep into the storm. Armond looked at Marin. He debated using one of his more powerful techniques, but looking around it seemed that things were cooling down a bit. It'd be pointless at this point. He focused his attention on Marin, and then to the shadow that stood next to him. He jerked his head to Marin, and the shadow sped away. The shadow was using the storm as cover to come up from under Marin, aiming at his left foot with his blade.

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Darkness Falls: 2
Bankai Clones: 3

Kallo looked on in shock as his friend and partner exploded right before his eyes, blood and gore momentarily mixing with the snow to create a strange red mist before being overwhelmed by the deadly flurry. Losing sight of his opponent thanks to the white-out caused by the sudden blizzard he used sonido to leap back, reappearing about two dozen feet away from his previous position as he tried to come up with a new plan of attack. It was obvious now that he had seriously underestimated this lowly soul reaper, and that misjudgment had just cost him the life of his closest confederate. This bastard was going to pay for that and pay dearly.

Taking his sword by the blade, he jammed the weapon into his chest and became enveloped in a swirl of energy. Moments later he emerged transformed, taking on a rather canine appearance and brandishing two large katar claws as he lunged deeper into the whirlwind to attack his prey. It was time for the kitty to met his fate at the hand of it's natural predator.

Sensing Kallo's presence as he lunged, Chevalier leapt to the side, narrowly avoiding being gutted by the lone Espada's blades in the process, 'Blind fury... how refreshing...' Following his successful evasion, he swept his weapon through the air in a wide arc directing the blizzard's path and sending it hurtling towards his opponent with vengeance.

The lowest Espada had only a split second to realize that the flurry was shifting before he felt thousands of icy fragments begin trying to shred him alive, cutting through his hierro almost as if it were tissue paper. Hoping to save himself from his foe's frozen wrath he launched himself into a sonido, moving forty feet forward and finding himself back out in the open and clear of the strange blizzard. 'So it can't mask and attack at the same time then? Or is he just screwing with me for some reason? What advantage would that give him though?' Turning to face Chevalier again he snarled out, “Is that the best you've got little one? I've felt harsher stings from mortal insects... you should make your peace now.”

Keeping his gaze locked on his opponent's, the fledgling Vizard didn't respond. Instead keeping his focus on controlling his zanpakuto as he merged the snowstorm into three, foot long ice spears and hurled them via mental command at Kallo's unprotected flank. The frozen missiles blasted through his defenses and shot out through his chest, reforming into their natural state and taking up their standby position around the battlefield, leaving a small “eye” in which Chevalier and the Arrancar now stood. The attack had barely seemed to have phased his opponent though, having only caused him to stagger and his torso exploded outward like it had just taken an icy shotgun blast. This was due to his natural powers at work, his advanced regeneration abilities allowing him to barely survive the attack and his long practiced acting talents allowing him to seemingly shrug it off.

The ex-shinigami wasn't fooled however, his skill at reading the body language of others allowed him to pick up on the subtle inconsistencies in his opponent's stance, read the pained look in his eyes as he willed his body to pull itself back together. He had only a few moments to act before Kallo would recover so he was going to have to move quickly. Launching forward into a shunpo he lunged at his adversary, reappearing at point blank range as he thrust his weapon into the dwindling cavity at the center of the Arrancar's chest. This however was exactly what the Espada had been waiting for. Timing his movements exactly from the moment Chevalier distorted, he brought his left hand up quickly, smirking in satisfaction as the Vizard materialized right on top of his blade with a bone shattering crunch, as if by magic.

The sword in his chest was of little consequence now, he could easily remove it once he disposed of this lowly creature, “I told you that you were finished little one.” The furry eared hybrid seemed to pause for a moment, a pained expression flashing across his battle expression, before once again vanishing beneath his mask like poker face, “Don't try to struggle, in a few seconds it will be over and you can move on to play in that giant cat box in the sky.”

Chevalier's gaze narrowed as he looked up into Kallo's sneering face, a glint of evil mischief seeming to appear in his eyes for a moment before being overshadowed by a burning fire spurned on by his last quip, “I'm getting really tired of everyone giving me flak over my appearance... and as far as last words go, yours really suck...”

The Espada looked at him in confusion for a second. Was this guy delirious from shock or was he just plain crazy? He'd just been gutted like a fish and he was daring to lecture his natural superior on last words? That was when it happened. Chevalier rolled backwards, his body easily falling away from Kallo's bloodless katar as he planted his feet against the Arrancar's chest and used him as a springboard to aid with the withdrawal of his blade. As he felt the super cold steel leaving his body he felt something even colder entering through the small exit wound in his back, almost as if hundreds of icy needles were trying to all worm their way into his body at once. But by the time he noticed this it was already too late, his time in this world was already over. What he was feeling were the flakes created by the shinigami's bankai burrowing into his body, using the wound his zanpakuto had kept open as their entry point while they began working their way throughout his entire body. Ripping him apart from the inside out in a similar manner to what had happened to his partner just a few moments earlier, and moving too quickly for his regenerative powers to keep up with. It was probably one of the most gruesome and painful ways to die imaginable... it was more then Kallo deserved.

Not even seeming to bat an eye as he watched his adversary explode into a bloody vapor, Chevalier dismissed his zanpakuto and resheathed it as he reached under his shirt. Pulling out a skeletal looking mask as he placed his other hand against what would probably prove to be a pair of cracked ribs, he looked down at the strange object and smirked slightly. Once again he'd been saved from a fatal injury thanks to the demon sleeping inside him. A demon fighting demons... wasn't life just full of strange little ironies.

Done with strange thoughts and witticisms for the moment, he tossed the mask aside and resumed his trek across town. With the battle seeming to be reaching it's final act there really wasn't anyone left to stop him and so he was able to reach his destination fairly easily. Upon arriving however he found that his worries had been unjustified, Reyne was doing just fine thanks to a little help from another shinigami. Making sure to keep his reiatsu suppressed to the best of his ability, which was considerable considering his training as a member of the Onmitsukido, he remained hidden in the shadows for awhile while he kept his eyes and ears focused on the dying embers of the battle. The final act may have been drawing to a close, but there was still time for one last twist...

Daisuke decided to take the second route to get out of the city before anything bad happen. He weaves in and out of the shadows of the buildings and then takes another route to get back on the interstate and then after driving a little further up the road he pushes a button on his bike and a part of the road dipped down which revealed a underground tunnel and he vanishes as he reaches his underground safe house. He stops the bike and then having the bike lift him on the medical table the machines wire themselves up to him and he begins his recovery process.

The storm sounded almost hollow due to the distance above. Marin was now beyond the storm clouds and thought he had a few moments to recuperate. It seemed that his moments were really just one. He sensed the shadow clones as they left the jamming field that was Armond's Bankai.

The two shadows proceeded with their attacks, one going for a stomach thrust and one slightly above that going for a chest slash. The Leader of the Arrancar had been far too over confident this battle. He tapped into his baser fighting instincts like when he was a low Menos drawing on a mix of intellect and intuition. He didn't like to do this as well it could increase his reaction time and potentially his prowess it was a lack of control he didn't like loosing, but... he wouldn't be overconfident with Armond, the Leader of Vizard and the Void of Night, again.

Now he reacted! He parried away the oncoming wrist moving the blade up. He then immediately went for a stab ith his spiked hilt. If that hit he would move the parried clone with the impaled blade to between him and the second, slashing, clone then removed his blade and released a Gran Ray under the shroud of the first clone hoping to kill both clones. He then almost missed the new signature with the Shinrei Shouchi as the third clone swiftly ascended from the shroud of the storm below him, to his back. Marin then swiftly spun in a hilt punch and kick to the oncoming third clone, the punch to the head and kick to the stomach.

Assuming he dispatched the clones he stared down as if he could see through the clouds and shroud, "I will not overestimate you again. I've gotten much to learn from this and I will strengthen" he said to himself.

He then spoke through the use of broadcast garganta to Armond, "It seems things are coming to a cloths here I request that our dual be adjourned?" After Armond's response he then turned and spoke, though not as pronouncedly, "I will be stronger by next we meet... my worthy foe..." The broadcast garganta terminated.

Marin then Broadcast's to what remained of his Espada within the human world, Jade and his fraccion Valintine.

"Jade,Recover, regroup and retreat remaining allied forces. All sides have suffered much for their gain. My dear Valintine, I need you to complete remaining objectives and then exicute the previous orders." Upon closing this broadcast he waited for his forces to retreat before powering down and returning himself to the Spirit World.

The city of New York left in shambles and the majority of humans baffled as to what had truly transpired...

Shinrei Shouchi (Active) [clear above cloud level]
Hatsu Heirro (Active)
Hatsu X Yougeki![Canceled] C-2
Cero Charged 2 (As MIRV, 5 stage) D-3
Regeneration 2

Battle NPC Espada (Area of Skill/Ability)

0- Joe (Discerning Weak points)[KIA]
1- Gimel (Agile)[KIA]
2- Zoushi (Stealth) [KIA]
3- Corvus (Brute Cero)[KIA]
4- Jade (Poison)[Enacting retreat order]
5- Red (Adaptive Tactics)[KIA]
6- Razer (Percision) [KIA]
7- Fran (Brute Strength) [MIA]
8- Callo (Cooperative attacks)[KIA]
9- Kallo (Cooperative attacks)[KIA]

Kaelos rolled her eyes at Shin as he spoke and called her pathetic. She felt herself start to get pissed, but she kept that hidden inside to build. “Pathetic you say? The Sotaicho is using his blade as well as his Kido on an Arrancar who is still alive. It’s obvious I don’t need my blade nor my ress against you.” She pointed out as she smirked. She bent over backwards as his hand got near her face evading the 1st Kido, but her back was hit by the second. She laughed a bit as she was hit, her skin only getting slightly red of where the Kido had hit her body. “Are you done giving me sunburns? Or do you want to get serious?” She said as her smirk widens before she looked up as she saw Jade start to gather the other Hollows so they could retreat. “Heh. Looks like we’ll have to continue this later Sotaicho. A shame. Oh, and by the way, next time we fight...I won't be so nice and gentle by playing these games with you.” She winked before she used Sonido as she made her way back to Hueco Mundo.

Valintine had just folded his arms and sat down when Marin made the announcement. Damnit... He thought to himself with a sigh. He looked up at Kaelos and silently told her he'd see her later, as she spoke to the Sotaicho. She was always so completely confidently. Shifting his cold eyes to Shin he spoke only a few words. "Never wound what you can't kill..." He turned around as his instructions were given, "Yeah, yeah..I'm on it..." He sighed under his breath and vanished completely from sight. He reappeared in front of Chevalier and ignored him. All he did was take out a small container, capture a mask fragment inside it, and vanish again. He then opened a garganta and closed it behind him as soon as he was through. He hated taking gargantas with other people. It was so troublesome.

Armond smiled up at Marin. "Ciao." Was all he said to him. Armond wasn't much for byes. He turned and sealed his zanpakuto. As usual he hid it somewhere on his body. Always the assassin. Looking around he noticed Valintien collect something from Chevalier's area. Must be part of his mission. Valintine taped the air to open a garganta. He raised his voice high above the noise. "Vizards! To the House! Victory is ours today. Nothing more is to be done here! Dinner's on Tai!" It might have been a funny joke if he wasn't serious. Walking inside the garganta he closed it behind him. He didn't want any unwanted guests following him.

:: EXIT ::

Tai blinked some as she watched the Hollows start to retreat. She sealed her zanpakuto as well before she started to move towards where Armond stood. She raised a brow as she too watched a Hollow move somewhere near Chev for something before he went on his own way. She looked back up to Armond as he opened a garganta and spoke for all of them to hear. As she heard the last bit, she sweatdroped some as she shook her head, a light smile on her lips. She opened up her own garganta and walked through it as well, turning back once to wave a farewell to Shin, before she disappeared along with the garganta.

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This battle is officially over. If you didn't post an exit, just assume you exited in some exit of epic proportions. Thank you all for making this such a wonderful opening, it seems like we all had a good time being able to fight without worrying about character deaths or anything. We may be able to do something like this again if the plot allows for it. Not this up coming week, but next week we will start the new plot. So take this time to do whatever you want with it. Solo RP, plot your enemy's demise, kill, pillage and plunder, or just laze about in the C-box if you want. Just keep in mind, the new plot does start is a little under two weeks.


~BBC Staff


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