The Smell of Souls [OPEN TO ALL]

[Clyde]

Clyde looked over at Kimiko, giving her a nod as a "thank you" for helping him in this battle, he did not know at the time who the shinigami was, but he was certain he could rely on her for support. Several soldiers of Teisuke's army reached the the rooftop as well at this moment, most likely to aid Kisaki. At this point the boy did not expect to have an easy victory.

He then returned his attention to Kisaki as she talked and to an extent even mocking them. The human's body seemed to tense up, what appeared to be anger was showing in his face. Clyde himself was not sure how he felt right now, he was wild and uncontrolled and he had no idea how to handle these feelings. "...Perhaps you haven't looked down at the streets below, but regardless of your leaders intentions the humans are being attacked by the hollows and spirits he's summoning as we speak! Do not turn a blind eye to their suffering!" The boy yelled in anger as he leapt from the building moving to strike the with his lance, slashing it down vertically at Kisaki.

"This man is causing havoc with innocent lives, I don't care who's "fault" it is, No man could have good intentions if it involved harming humans! There is no justifying these actions!" He yelled at her, trying to deliver another swing, this time horizontally. "Why don't you tell me something, why would you work for such a mad man if you don't like what he's doing, why wouldn't you try to stop him?" The boy asked as he continued his attack, he was hoping the shinigami could handle the other spirits, if not he'd have to rethink his attack.

[Nanako]

Stupid Human. Tsukasa thought as she moved to avoid the attack. He is letting his anger get the best of him As she moved her eyes scanned over his body for a weak point to attack first. She then swung her sword so that the blunt end of it would smack the boy's right arm. Her face went from a disgusted look to an almost emotionless one. Tsukasa was a veteran fighter from the old 11th Division. Even if she was weaker then her opponents she would not show her weakness and emotions in combat like the boy was doing.

"Why I'm working for him has no meaning here." When she saw the second swing coming, this time horizontally, she jumped into the air and stabbed her blade into the ground to block the weapon's path and to hopefully stop it. She now balanced herself upside down with her feet in the air while holding her right arm straight out. Unfortunately her kimono didn't stay up like her feet did. It feel as far as it could go without coming completely off. However this much was enough as she had now pretty much reviled her panties to the boy.

Whether this was an expected outcome or something completely accidental seem unclear. She could already hear Teisuke's men cheer and howl like animals.

[Clyde]

The boy in his anger was easily countered by the ex-shinigami, striking at his arm, though this did little to slow him down. "You just sound like someone who doesn't have a real answer for me, though that's to be expected I suppose, answers allude me no matter where I look to find them!" He yelled in retaliation to her comment. His strike was stopped by her sword as she balanced herself on it to avoid his spear's attack. Doing so seemed to cause some sort of wardrobe malfunction however, as her kimono was soon falling off back down revealing quite a bit of her figure. Whether Kisaki had done so on purpose or not the human was not sure, but at this point he did not really care as he caught her in his trap.

Squeezing the spear tightly with his right hand he released his power over it, changing it's shape into a almost a whip like object that rose and quickly circled around the blade and his opponent, being made of his reiatsu it was easy for him to manipulate. The weapon would move to constrict around Kisaki and hold her in place. Clyde would then raise his right arm upward releasing another burst of power as he yelled "Crescent Slash!" This would cause the whip-like weapon to release a surge of power in the shape of a crescent moon right on top of Kisaki.

"I don't know what you were trying there, but don't underestimate my abilities." The boy chastised as he retracted his weapon and returned it to it's spear shape. "I'm a human who only knows the ways of battle!" he admitted as he dove for another strike.

[Karzan Zaraki]

Karzan watched everything from a distance now. The human and Abel's Shinigami friend were engaging the Kisaki woman, but Teisuke and Kuro had yet to really fight, they both still seemed to be preparing themselves.

Scanning the area for Abel, Karzan soon gave up, assuming that the Primera had left to get away from the havoc. The events unfolding now were not something they should be involved in anyway. Even knowing this, Karzan hung about, still itching to fight. He was still eager to fight Teisuke, but he knew he'd only get in Kuro's way.

Placing his focus back on the two fighting with Kisaki, Karzan chuckled as the human caught the weaker woman with his weapon, and attacked her with a blast of reiatsu.

Jumping down to where they were fighting, Karzan came up beside the Shinigami woman and whispered in her ear, "Why don't we let blondey handle the servant girl, those puppets over there look like they might try to interfere with the fight."

As he spoke he would point to behind where the human and Kisaki were fighting, to where the Spirits and Hollows were advancing on the pair. Smiling he turned to stand in front of the Shinigami and said with a slight bow, "Abel never properly introduced us. My name is Karzan Zaraki, I'm second in command to Lord Anubis, and commander of the Espada. Now I think we should let the human boy enjoy some alone time with Kisaki, and try to distract those unfortunate fellows over there."

[Zakura Kessin]

Kessin had felt surges of familiar reitsu's gathering once again in town...being that his place of residence was close by, he had decided to take a stroll down and see what this latest unrest was all about. "Yet another battle....these constant crisis' get old..." He said aloud as he lazily yawned. He held a bottle of sake in his left hand half finished. "Lets see what's up."

He strolled into the vicinity of the battle, walking right down the middle of the street with his right hand in his pocket, whistling a depressing sounding tune he had heard earlier. The whistling was loud, its sad melody echoing down the street as he walked on, a downtrodden look upon his face. "Most are here...and I remember scary over there from a previous engagement." He thought to himself, referring to Teisuke.

[MeressXIII]

Teisuke's sword smashed into the sheath put between it and the intended target. It was at the same time he would feel Kuro's kick to his ribs. As it connected he pushed himself off of Kuro to lessen the blow. He seemed to slide across the sky a foot or two before stopping and looking back at Kuro. A smirk on his face. "Come now. I wanna see what you got." Teisuke stood up straight and waited for Kuro to make his next move.

Meanwhile as Tsukasa started her fight the six men started their own. Four of them pulled out whatever weapons they had. It ranged between short swords, daggers, and even a simple bat. They ran forward at the Shinigami and Arrancar shouting, "FOR LORD HIDRAI!"

The other two, who also pulled out their weapons, instead moved in on the human to help Lady Kisaki. As the boy was attacking her with the ability of his. The 1st attack from the men was a large large axe swinging down onto the boy's weapon. The other swung what appeared to be a type of cutlass at the boy's back.

[Kimiko Sasaki]

Kimiko had been given permission to join in on the fight that was developing between Clyde and Tsukasa and she would have joined in no matter their answer. Although once she had turned her full attention to the two that were still standing on the roof, she had found that they had engaged into a fight. Clyde appeared to be able to hold his own in the fight but Tsukasa was obviously much weaker than Teisuke was. She turned her attention now to the 6 men that had approached Tsukasa to offer her some help and a grin came over her face thanks to Kaji Kitsune because of her spirit's excitement. They appeared to be small fries and it was obvious that they would be easy pickings for her especially in her Shikai state, which caused her to tighten the grip on her zanpaktou hilt.

Kimiko was startled, however, when the other Arrancar came up beside her and whispered in her ear telling her to just let Clyde handle Tsukasa before talking about the men that had just showed up. She had been planning on attacking the small fry anyway so it wasn't such a big deal to her and the grin came back to her face. She noticed a smile came to the Arrancar's face when he stood in front of her with a bow and smiled as he introduced himself as Karzan Zaraki the second in command and commander of the Espada. She nodded when he said that they should let Clyde enjoy his fight with Tsukasa while they distracted the men that had showed up. "I'm Kimiko Sasaki, Captain of the 13th squad in the Seireitei." Kimiko would say bowing to the Arrancar as she introduced herself before returning upright and grinning.

Kimiko heard a sound that was pretty familiar to her and looked over to the six men that had just been standing there. They had pulled out their weapons or rather only 4 of them but they all weren't carrying the same thing and the only sound that had caught her attention was the sound that the swords at made, which was close to the noise that her zanpaktou made when she pulled it from its sheath. It seemed that they weren't going to waste any time in heading for them because they ran forward towards her and Karzan shouting a lame battle call. She looked over to Karzan for a split second and suddenly shunpo'd closer to the 4 men that were charging them. She had landed close to one of the men that was holding a short sword and slashed at him with her blade, which if she'd been able to hit him it would leave behind a cut that would only seem to produce normal pain but that would only be the start of the illusion because as he would continue he would start to feel like he was being burnt from the inside.

[Hasaki Ryo]

Screams of horror filled this small shady bar in a underground alley way. Yet it seemed not to phase a single person, a soccer game played on a TV attached to the far wall, as the patrons in there drunken stupor watched it in a daze of the poisons of there choosing. A few would cheer at every goal, others would sit staring blankly at the TV or talking to each other, a few seedy patrons trying to pick up some women. But in the middle of this bar, at the bar, atop a stool sat a man, in front of him a tall glass of what seemed to be rum from its color and smell.

" Hey Buddy,you have bin sitting here for the past week, i think its time you went, people are starting to get the wrong idea about this bar...not to mention...how much booze you have drank isn't even....close to normal tolerance of most people..." A tall scruffy man with brown wild hair would say,obviously the bar keep.

" To watch ones comrades be slain by your own blade...to lose everything you have ever known,to lose the woman you loved before your eyes and helpless to stop it....to be helpless to stop the people you are sworn to protect being played with like toys.....Tolerance...of any nature doesn't exist any more...only hatred and destruction of life. Mercy...is a fleeting nature......" The man atop the stool would say slowly looking up at the bar keep, revealing his dark red eyes, from under his white and green bucket hat.

" What are you talking about...i think you have had way to much..your out of here...." The barkeep would reply only to stop for a second as Ryo would smile. " What am i saying?...I'm SAYING....I had I just released natures call all over your bar when you where serving me the last drink " he would say with a dark chuckle. Two large men would pick him up one on each side. " Time for you to go bub " the one of the right would say. " Oho....go time already huh? Okay poke....but first! ' he would say and quickly reach over the counter and grab the bartender " You sir....serve a fine drinky " he would say and realse him laughing as he would snatch a bottle of sake from the counter as he was now being dragged out.

They would toss him out side and into a wall. " Don't ever come back here you washed up bum! " one would shout at him as they slammed the door. The screams would still echo from the chaos near by. " Why...." Ryo would say tears slowly starting down his face. " wont...they....go AWAY! " he would scream tears rolling down his cheeks. A sigh would escape his lips after a short silence of no reply. He would slowly find his way to his feet and use the wall to hold him up. Looking ahead, he would notice a large snake like hollow chasing a spirit of a fat businessman.

He would slowly look into the sky trying to forget what he had just saw, only to see the flickering lights and explosion in the air, his dulled sense slowly come back to life as he came to realize it wasn't the voices in his mind screaming...but real people outside.


Ryo would start to stumble and make his way towards the battle...
As he would find him self eventually at the battlefield he would notice Kimko and another up against a good amount,he would glance up into the air to see Clyde and Kuro near by fighting other opponents that he couldn't quite make out. As Kimiko would strike one of the men trying to assault her and Karzan, he would stumble behind emerging from what would look like the shadows behind Kimiko and throw a no restraint punch in his stupor at one of the Arrancar's neck. " Whatcha y'all doopin...a pound here....i dot..ya....lefts..." he would say stumbling over his words still quite drunk from his drinking spree.

[Kuro Akuma]

Kuro watched as his opponent was pushed back from his kick, and before he had time to finish his sentence Kuro's reitsu instantly changed positions. He had used shunpo to appear behind his opponent sending a fully powered slash down onto his back aiming to not only seriously injur him, but also to possibly damage his spinal cord and put him into a state of paralisis. Somehow his opponent had forgotten that the time for talk was over Kuro however would remind him quickly as during his attack a red light would attempt to engulf his target. The obvious effects of the ninth bakudo as Kuro was attempting to paralyze him only for a split second to allow for his attack to succeed. He knew such a low level spell would hardly catch it full effect on his opponent for anything longer than a few seconds which was why he struck at such amazing speed and power. It was as if each blow would be to end the battle if he was caught by any of them with their full power. Kuro wanted for this man to use his real power, or at least attempt to but it also wouldn't hurt his feelings if he died before he had the chance to do so either. The vaizard elder didn't care about anything else going on in the area, as of now he only had a one track mind. The complete destruction of his target and the former captain would make sure his mission was carried out, at this point he wouldn't allow anything to stop him.

[Nanako]

Tsukasa still balancing herself on her sword felt foolish for letting herself get like this. Of course she only felt foolish on making herself trapped in this attack. She had to make due regardless. When the men attack the weapon. It loosened and she managed to slide to the ground and roll away before getting back to her feet. Damn, I almost got a new look I didn't want. Can't take this kid lightly. Kisaki moved away a bit more and let the men fight while she did something else.

"Shine Brightly, Rainbow Thorn." Her words come out soft and easy. Tsukasa's sword started to change. It soon became a blade of photon light. This was were her nickname came from, Tsukasa, Lady of the Light. "Thanks boys for giving me time to---" before she could finish thanking Teisuke's men who were still fighting. She heard a voice from where the other were.

Looking over to the shinigami and arrancar. She saw someone Tsukasa would never be able to forget. "C-captain Hasaki?!"

[Clyde]

Clyde was forced to remove his hold on Tsukasa and to roll back to avoid the swing of the two opponents that attacked him. As he rolled back he would release a Crescent Slash at them just as he rolled to his feet, the blast would push them back and prevent a further counter attack. Not wasting any words the boy charged the one with a giant axe, leaping over a large overhead swing from the man; the boy landed on his head and pushed him to the ground with his feet, allowing him to jump over the second man as well and he took the opportunity to swing his weapon down upon as he flew past him.

"Stay out of this fight." He stated behind them now, he once again slashed his weapon and fired off another crescent slash upon the ground they stood on, destroying that section of the roof perhaps causing them to fall into the building. Clyde then returned his attention to Kisaki. He eyed her blade as it changed shape into its shikai. "A Zanpakuto...you're a shinigami? But how-?" He cut himself off as she called out a familiar name, his teacher Hasaki Ryo. "Ryo-Sensei?" The boy exclaimed as he turned his attention towards his teacher as well and sure enough where she looked there he stood, looking to be in an obvious stupor. "This woman knows Master Ryo? No, not just that...she called him captain as well...what does it all mean!?" The boy thought to himself, surprised that his enemy knew Ryo at all; this unintentionally leaving him open as he was surprised to see his master up and about and was focusing on him.

[Karzan Zaraki]

Karzan side stepped the drunk man's punch, but felt the movement of air, realizing that the punch had quite a bit of power. Blinking in confusion, Karzan re-focused on the attacking men. One of the idiots came at him with a baseball bat, which Karzan grabbed in mid swing and shattered with his claws. Grabbing his assailant by the neck, he squeezed until his clawed fingers punctured the man's throat, then tossed the corpse at one of the two remaining attackers.

"I don't know who you are old man," Karzan said turning back to the drunk, "but so long as you aren't working with Teisuke, I am not your enemy at this time."

[Zakura Kessin]

Kessin saw Hasaki was in a drunken stupor and decided to join him. He shunpo'ed next to him with a stupid smile upon his face as he took a gulp of sake from his bottle before offering it to him. "Ahh, Ryo...I have been waiting for you to return from your solitude...care to join me in a drink?.." Kessin then looked at Clyde and his opponent, a woman who had just released her shikai. "Hey Clyde, that's quite the date you have there! If you need any help, I can show ya a few techniques that will make her go cross-eyed." He then winked at him and clicked his tounge two times in rapid succession. He was obviously a little tipsy.

"By the way, I haven't caught your name little missy...who may you be?" He eyed her up and down from top of her head to her feet, completely ignoring the morons that followed her, showing them disrespect by doing so. "I love a woman who can handle a blade...sorry Clyde but I believe she may be a little too much woman for ya to handle there, catch my drift? Eh? Eh?" He had a big smile upon his face as he nudged Ryo with his elbow.

[Nanako]

W-why is Captain Hasaki here, and why is here drunk. She questioned in her thoughts. Kisaki hadn't seen him since the time in the gotei during the war. last she remembers he saved her life. She covered her left eye with her right hand as she thought about that time. Then she pulled it away to look at her fake arm. So many things were different from those times. Tsukasa then shook her head trying to refocus herself. The past is the past and I work for master Teisuke now.

She turned to look at the boy who seemed shocked by Hasaki as much as she was. He left himself open which was a bad idea. Sorry captain, but if i don't fight. He'll kill me. Kisaki left her into the air and began to gather reiatsu to cover the blade. With a downward slash she dispersed and sent a large amount of photon needles at the boy.

[Kimiko Sasaki]

Kimiko shunpo'd away from the man she had struck landing beside Karzan and shook her blade to rid it of any of the blood that may have found its way onto her blade. She looked over at the Arrancar just as he was dodging a punch from a guy that seemed to have snuck up from behind them and had also managed to confuse Karzan but he appeared to get over it pretty quickly. He attacked one of the men that had charged them, the one with the baseball bat, and turned his attention back to the man that had snuck up behind them. The Arrancar had thrown the man he had struck down at the other two attackers but she shunpo'd over to them and swung her blade at yet another of the men that had been charging herself and the Arrancar just to be sure that he wouldn't try to get up. She ran her blade through the second one that had been hit by his companion and shunpo'd back to where the Arrancar was confronting the man that had snuck up behind them.

Kimiko shook her blade once more causing the blood on it to fly about and looked to where the Arrancar was talking to the man. It took her moment as she stared at the man before she realized who he was. She grinned at him and dismissively waved at the Arrancar telling him that this guy was okay but it wasn't like he was about to attack him anyway. She figured that the size of the reiatsu wouldn't be able to pass by him very easily and it seemed his apprentice was here too. She had barely caught the words he had said before she had shunpo'd away and realized that it all made sense now but the only reason she hadn't left yet was because she had a different agenda than before now.

"'Bout time you showed up Ryo-kun. I'm surprised you could ignore this reiatsu for so long. Since you’re here now, I won't feel so bad for leaving to attend to some different things." Kimiko said addressing the drunken man while sheathing her blade. "It was nice meeting you Karzan." She said to Karzan before she shunpo'd out of site.

[Exit]

[Karzan Zaraki]

Surprised that Kimiko was leaving already, Karzan looked at the strange drunk man again, and decided it really was best to leave. He'd search for Abel a little longer, than retreat to a safe distance, and open the Garganta.

"Time to go then," Karzan said looking at the oddball assembly, "I do hope the rest of the fight goes well for you people."

Using Sonido, Karzan went down to the ground, then ran off, sealing his powers, so that his Cazoleta was once again in its sheath at his left side.

[Exit]

[Clyde]

Clyde paused and watched his companion talk, as Zakura seemed to jump over to Ryo and act...well, less than professional. Way less; DRUNK some might say. It was times like this that Clyde got that heated and annoyed feeling...embarrassment was the name of it, but he could not quite be sure, it felt pretty similar to anger for him. Sighing heavily, the boy placed his left palm to his face, a small vein crawling across the top of his forehead. "S-sometimes you two are just ridiculous you know that...!? We're in the middle of a battle with our enemies in case you haven't noticed and you're out drinking to your hearts content!" He sighed again swinging his arm around as if to physically demonstrate the fact that they were fighting. "This sure as hell isn't a "date", or whatever!" He spat out at Kessin in threatening matter. This moment would appear incredibly goofy to Tsukasa most likely as the boy seemed to be bickering with his mentor's.

Kisaki did not wait for Clyde's attention to return to the battle, sending powerful strike with her blade, as some sort of light beams seemed to fire out at the boy, He turned to face her just as the attack cut into him. The attack mostly only cut a few spots of his arms and legs, but the force was enough to send the human backward down into the hole the human had made earlier. "Augh...that's what I get for letting my guard down..." The boy sighed, lifting himself back to his feet he would jump up from the hole returning to face Tsukasa.

The boy dragged his weapon across the ground and sent a crescent slash at the woman as she would surely be descending back to the roof from her jump. "You know Ryo-Sensei, how is that possible?" The boy asked out to her as he closed the distance between them, asking his question between strikes with his spear.

[MeressXIII]

Teisuke quickly moved. As Kuro appeared behind him Teisuke swung around with his sword out to slash at Kuro's midsection. His movement was fast enough to turn around, but the attack Kuro had started managed to cut into Teisuke's left shoulder. Teisuke smiled at his feeling of pain. Something he was never one to cry about. He hopped now that his attack being so fast might at least cut Kuro enough to draw blood. Then some real fun could begin.

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Some more men climbed onto the roof and watched as Kisaki released her sword. However they had a look of surprise on their faces when she faltered at the sight of her old captain, but they soon cheered her on when they saw her continue attacking the boy. If need by they would step into the fight, but for now they just watched and cheered.

[Hasaki Ryo]

Ryo would smirk a bit of drool coming out the corner of his mouth, as Kimiko and Karzan took off with his arrival. " Always the hero...ant we Zakura-senpai " he said with a small chuckle as he would grab the bottle of sake. " Im'a borrow dis...i has some thing to take care of...if ya would handle any messes around here there especially any peanuts gallery's...i don't much like them looking at my student like that " he would say looking to the battle over head and to the audience on the roof as he took the bottle of sake, and would jump into the air flipping and landing on the roof with one foot and pushing off like a pogo stick into a lightning fast flash step kicking Clyde's crescent slash into two pieces protecting Kisaki from it. He would put his back to Kisaki not even looking at her yet. " Oi...now i cant be having none of dis......it ant right ya see...." he would say and glance at Kisaki. " It isn't right to have two students of mine fighting each other to the death...i can see spars...but dis...ut uh. " He would say and shakes his head and take a sip of his bottle of rum, then his newly gained bottle of sake and turn to Kisaki. " mop things up with Zakura-senpai, clyde-kun, I have to have a talk with my misbehaving student " he would say with a grim smirk,his eyes seeming to fill with a bit of anger under his bucket hat.

" Ms.Tsukasa Kisaki....It's bin a while my dear...you seem to have devolped into quite the woman i must say. " he would say with a smile then frown. " But i can not let you do this....I don't know who is pulling the strings...i don't know why you are following him...but this is not our way....this is not your way..." he would say and toss both bottle high above him. Slowly reaching around his back and pulling for a dark wooden bokken, a wooden katana. He would then point it at Kisaki.

" Tell me your reasons to break your oaths,and show me your resolve for it.....the old way. " He would say just as the bottles began to fall he would strike them both quickly with one swing, spraying booze everywhere. Follow with a quick dash in front of her with a simple single.

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Reiatsu: 650 /2 = 325
Attack: 645 /2 = 320
Speed: 575 /2 = 285
Weapon Skill: 575 /2 = 285

[Zakura Kessin]

Zakura had a bigger dumb smile on his face as Ryo gladly accepted his bottle of sake. "Oh, them dumb looking oafs over yonder? Certainly." He stumbled a bit over to Clyde and put a hand on one of his shoulders and laughed at him. "Hahaha, yea...I'll handle the peoples over there...you can have a drink of tha....!" He watched in horror as Hasaki chucked the bottles of liquor into the air. In extremely slow motion, all that was heard was "Nnnnnoooooo!" As he ran for the bottles trying to stop Ryo from smashing them which proved in vein...

Once the bity pieces of the glorious bottles fell to the ground, Kessin dropped to his knees and let out a painful wale as he sobbed. "Noo...they were...too young to diiiee!...." Just as fast as he began his tirade over the perfection that was liquor, he was back to his happy drunken self. He walked before the group of men who were cheering the woman on. He abruptly turned to face them all with a goofy look on his face. "Ladies and women in front of me, this is a message from your host Zakura Kessin. You all have been a good audience but unfortunately your tickets have been revoked and must leave. Thank you, goodbye!" As soon as he said the word goodbye, his full sealed reitsu roared to life, bearing down and pushing through the crowd, trying to see how many he could blow off of the roof and into the street. All the while he was laughing hysterically.