Before the dawn (Open)

[Maho]

As the hollow's last attack was deflected, another one of this maniacal laughs came out. He thought for sure that he could handle Kuro on his own. He knew for a fact that he could, but his main goal wasn't to hurt Kuro, it was to hurt Maho. But if that was what he was trying to do, why was he taking all of the hits? The truth was, he was waiting for the right moment to strike. Strike who? Not Kuro, that was for sure. He was going to leave Maho in such a horrible state of physical pain. With such a powerful blow to the head, there was no doubt that even the hollow would feel that one for days. It may even cause a few migraines too. As the mask of the hollow hit the ground, making a small crater in it, a barely audible cracking noise could be heard. The inner hollow didn't scream or anything, just laughed.

"Very nice, do another!" He yelled out. Just after he said that, another kick was sent towards the beast. Of course he didn't move, who would miss an opportunity like that. The chance to harm your host. When the attack hit him, another crack could be heard, but louder this time, and it came from the right arm and shoulder. What that, the hollow quickly vanished, making the mask also vanish. Now Maho was awake, and in mid air. It took a while for her to notice, and because of that, it was already too late. She had already hit the ground hard on her, now broken, arm. Luckily for her, her arm took all of the fall, and she didn't break anything else.

Almost automatically, Maho eyes widened and a loud cry of pain came out. She grabbed onto her right arm, using her left hand, and rolled around on the ground. She also felt a warm liquid rolling down from her head, which made her stop and touch the top of her head for a second in silence. There was blood covering her hand, causing Maho to ponder about what just happened. The only thing that she could come up with is she got the living daylights beat out of her by someone. But who? The vizard looked around and saw the man named Genno, the other mysterious man, and... Kuro? Now she was more confused than angry.

[Zakura Kessin]

(OOC:Sorry for my absence. I haven't been feeling well.)

While the exchange between Kuro and Maho went on, Kessin would continue the conversation with Genno. He studied his released bankai as he stared at him with an unimpressed look on his face. "Not about power? Trying to push people in the "right" direction?" He then laughed hysterically for a few seconds. "And what would be the point behind doing that Gennosuke? What, I wonder, are you going after? What could you possibly want that you'll interfere with and steer people's lives in the direction you want? Or is the reasoning simply that you are trying to prove yourself to someone else maybe?"

Kessin stood up and stretched a bit. "And what do you mean when you say "I have you where I want you?"....do you truly believe that nonsense?" He stopped speaking for a few seconds as he looked over at Maho and Kuro when he heard her arm break. Keeping Genno in his peripheral vision he spoke again. "As for what happened after you left...we all sat down and drank, ordered pizza and watched some Naruto."

[Kuro Akuma]

Kuro watched as the mask quickly crumbled away meaning that Maho had returned. He began to approach her as she cried out in pain and the blood had began to flow down her head. " Now you return.. You know we should really start taking care of that hollow of yours, he's quite disrespectful I had to knock him around a little bit.. Im sure you're in plenty of pain now so how about I take you home so we can get you taken care of." He had now arrived at Maho's location and carefully grabbed her broken arm. "Now this will hurt aswell but at least its no major injury you know?" He would say with a kind smile, "Take a deep breathe" Waiting a few seconds he would then quickly shove her shoulder into its rightful position reconnecting it so that it would be of use to her.

He was sure she would probably cry out in pain again, but at least she was now able to use both arms. " What are you doing herer anyways Maho? You know there are people who consider you an enemy even though you may think they aren't.. What If I had not been here? You dont think this shinigami would of hesitated to kill you? I understand you can protect yourself, but I cant allow your blood to be on my hands.. I've taken you under my wing therefore I am responsible for you at this point.." He would stare into her eyes before letting out a long sigh, " Dont think Im being hard on you, yet at least.." Kuro would then scoop her up from the ground holding her in his arms. "Leave it to you to show my weakside to these fools." He would mumble so that only she may here him.

[Maho]

On the ground, Maho closed her eyes. She could hear something. It sounded like laughter, a very crazed laugh. The voice of this laughter sounded all too familiar to Maho. It was her inner hollow who was watching everything happen. At that moment, everything hit her with full force. It was him who made all of this happen. Sure, Maho provoked it all, but she never asked to have a broken arm or anything. The vizard growled at her own actions. She wished that she didn't have such a short temper when it came to things, such as cigarettes. All of a sudden, she could hear the sound of crunching grass getting closer to her. Who's footsteps were making the grass make such a noise? It was none other than Kuro, her superior. She quickly opened her eyes, and attempted to push herself up using her unbroken arm, but ended up falling back down. Without even sitting back up, Kuro grabbed Maho's broken arm. She let out a small whimper as he pulled it up to do what ever he needed to do. "Kuro-sama that--", he soon told Maho to take in a deep breath. She complied, and just like that, Kuro heartlessly pushed Maho's arm back into it's socket. Almost automatically, she screamed so loud in pain. It hurt worse than actually breaking it.

After a few seconds, Maho calmed down and grabbed her arm that was just reconnected. "I was just taking a walk. You said you had some errands to take care of, and..." She looked away from Kuro. "I didn't want to be alone in that damn building by myself. I would surely get beat up or something by the other vizards in there. Plus, there's nothing to do but wander around." As Kuro picked her up from the ground, she reached up to his face and flicked his nose. "I was just minding my own business, and then that Genno guy started bugging me! And then he just came up to me with a cigarette in his hand and started smoking! You know how I hate smokers, right?! I was just trying to get my point across so this isn't my fault", her voice had a sort of whiney tone to it. Sort of different than the one she normally has with anyone else.

Even though Maho was very happy to see Kuro, she felt like she had disappointed him. "I'm sorry. If you hadn't arrived when you did, I would probably have broken more than one thing. This is all my fault. I should never leave the building unless I go anywhere with you." The vizard bowed her head in disappointment. Now she really had to work hard when it came to beating up her hollow.

[Kuro Akuma]

Kuro would begin walking towards Viz Co as Maho would tell him what had happened. He could tell she wasnt wanting to come and start some altercation, but apparently someone had different plans for her. As she finished speaking Kuro would say, "Im not mad at you, Its just this could have been a lot worst. What do you say we go treat your wound then challenge that inner hollow of yours? That way he wont be so willing to take over the next time."

Kuro would continue walking towards Viz Co. It wouldnt be long until he and his enforcer had left the park.