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[Saki]

Saki was more then familiar with Karasu's Illusions, her eyes relaxing finally after having squinted so long, as the darkness covered her and her opponent. Ahh, that was better, that bright-ass sun was starting to irritate her anyways. After spending 700 years in darkness, light was bound to hurt her eyes. The illusion of a desert built around them, with tall rocks, the dark sky bathing everything in a eery grey light. As the dome completed, Saki noticed her opponents double. A girl like herself decided to join the fight. She could tell from her spiritual energy that she had to be an espada. Well, she assumed at least. Why the hell were the two seemingly working together?

Turning the hilt of her blade around in her hand, she watched with glowing blue eyes her two opponents, designated to her by Karasu. Well at least one of them was. A small smile crept onto her lips as she gave them both a good up and down. "Aren't you two an odd bunch, heh?" she said obnoxiously, now tapping her blade against her shoulder. "Normally I would say two on one isn't fair, but... she chuckled. "I don't think that'll be a problem here." suddenly dashing towards them, she readied her blade, aiming a downwards strike at the Captain, hoping to distract the obviously newly teamed duo, before they could take much time to co-ordinate together.

[Veronika Roussaeau]

Veronika blinked slightly, looking up as darkness fell over the trio for a moment before the area shifted. Becoming a desert like field. Much like the deserts of Hueco Mundo except for the tall set of boulders. Besides that, everything was similar. The dark sky, the gloomy dim light of grey, and the pale sand that sat beneath their feet. Perfectly fine with this, she lowered her gaze to meet their opponent who appeared to be no older than fourteen at most. With her small, slender build with skin as white as snow, her long inkjet hair pulled into two ponytails as her eyes gleamed a bright blue. Her outfit, though casual for combat, was revealing. Not that it mattered to the Primera herself. Raising an eyebrow at the child's comment, she scoffed. "They say that your kind is strong, but I wasn't expecting them to send out a child in the midst of battle." Veronika spoke coolly in response.

Seeing as the girl had dashed forward to strike at her Shinigami "ally", Veronika appeared beside the girl, as she prepared to strike down. Swinging her leg to aim a swift, solid kick to the girl's gut which would be enough to send her sprawling backwards. "And an ignorant one at that." She concluded under her breath. Her form shifting into her "arrancar" state. From the top of her head, two small metallic horns appeared as Her her darkened to black and shortened to the point that it touched her shoulders in soft waves. Her facial features growing softer as she appeared more youthful to a girl who couldn't have been older than sixteen. her skin draining of any color as her lips colored to black. Her body becoming more endowed, as her eyes now gleamed to a neon green. The brilliant blue dress in which she wore, now becoming black and long sleeved, well fitted on her top to be loose at the skirt, finished off with a pair of black tights in which she wore underneath, her heels becoming flats, as a pair of gauntlets appeared along her hands. Though not once throughout the transformation did her face develop a single drop of emotion.

"Prepare yourself." She softly warned the girl as she advanced forward with a graceful twirl of her scythe. "For I won't go easy on you." And with that, she aimed a vertical slash towards the female's waist. Starting the fight.

[Jor'lo Ashikabe]

Jor'lo cursed as his eyes adjusted to his surroundings. All around him was desert. Mother fuck.....nothing....Not a SINGLE THING to catch fire.....I am at a disadvantage here. Great. Jor'lo thought, hating his situation already. Here before him were two people who were his greatest enemies. One was a Shinigami who just broke out of Hell, a Jigoku Shinigami, and the other, based off of the Reiatsu signature, was a very powerful Arrancar. Great, I guess all i have to figure out now is which is more of a threat... But before he could do anything against either of them, he got a pleasent surprise. The Arrancar attacked the Jigoku. Well...That was...Unexpected. Jor'lo thought, then realized it doesn't matter. All that mattered was that he had an ally, and now they had a chance. A REALLY good chance.

Jor'lo smiled, then adjust his grip on his katanas. Well, this is a surprise. Arrancar, I don't know who you are, or why you're helping me, but if we're going to defeat this.....Intruder, then we have to work together. Jor'lo yelled out at his new-found ally. Then, studying what she had planned for an attack, he ran towards his opponent., then flipped over her, stabbing down at her head with his right katana, then landed and spun to his right, slashing at her shoulder.

[Saki]

Saki could feel her anger towards this woman rise as she called her a child, the blue flame of her right eye flaring with the emotion. As the Arrancar got into position to defend her ally, Saki prepared for an attack, which came in the form of a kick aimed at her stomach. Very well planned, as she was almost incapasitated to defend a move like that with both her hands on the hilt of her sword being swung abover her head. Releasing her left hand, Saki defended the kick with her hand, feeling the bones strain almost to the point of breaking as the attack connected, sending her flying backwards. At least she prevented damage to her organs.

She regained her footing as she was propelled backwards a little, skidding across the surface of the sand, kicking up clouds of dust on either side of her. The Shinigami had jumped over her almost at the same time, she just managed to parry his stab at her head, and brough her sword down at he landed, blocking his second attack with a small grunt. This was going to be harder then she thought, maybe she shouldn't have talked shit to them before she knew she was able to beat them.

Well It definitely wasn't fair, this two on one, so she had to even things out. Shun-poing about twenty feet away from the two, Saki held out her blade, calling the release phrase of her Shikai "Pierce their hearts, Zandra! just as quickly as she said it, a large gun appeared on her shoulder, her left finger over the trigger. She didn't even have to think to aim, it was automatic for her. Pulling the trigger, she aimed the first one at the Arrancar, quickly adjusting the trajectory, then aimed one at the Shinigami, all in a moment's breath.

[Veronika Roussaeau]

"Well, this is a surprise. Arrancar, I don't know who you are, or why you're helping me, but if we're going to defeat this.....Intruder, then we have to work together!" The Shinigami had called out to her. To which Veronika barely caught a hint of his glance, but from what she could see, he had grasped what she had been trying to do and understood what her intentions in this battle were for the most part without much question. Both the determination to win, and the apparent relief to have an ally at his side somewhat surprised her. For had the roles have been switched, the result would have been different. She followed his movements as he rushed onward to make his strike at the girl as she silently thought to herself in awe. This man has no clue of who i am other than the fact I am part of the race in which has been enemies with his own since the start of time, yet he trusts that i mean no harm. "Interesting." She breathed. A hint of a smirk playing along the edges of her lips as she gazed back over her shoulder. Her eyes glowing with a new, respectful light. "In that case, I would assume that you will do your best to keep up with me, correct?"

As the power of a released shikai caught her senses, as well as the sound of a trigger being pulled, Veronika quickly faced the girl. Her gauntlets glowing green as her spiritual energy flowed through them. With this, she pushed forward a baala that was sent to counter the incoming bullet that resulted in a small explosion in which pushed the arrancar back a few feet. As the next bullet was fired, spiritual energy flowed through her weapon, and with a skillful hand, she threw. Controlled by the aura that flowed through it, the scythe spiraled towards the bullet that was fired at her ally. The scythe glinting a dangerous light of green as it sliced at the incoming attack. Once again resulting of a collision of both blue and green that sent the sand kicking up violently. The scythe returned to Veronika's waiting hand, to which she clenched. Wordlessly, she preformed a Sonido that had her reappear behind her opponent as her ally faced Saki's front. With a calm, though rather sadistic but knowing grin that crawled across her face. She used the end of her scythe to aim an attack that would knock sharply against the back of her knees to cause them to buckle, before the sole of her foot would connect with the small of her back which would make her collaps forward. Though not before the chain at the end of her scythe would bind around her shoulders to seemingly "catch" her fall.

Taking to the sky, she swung the chain upwards to lift her captive, before casting it in a forward motion. Unraveling it from her shoulders as it would send her soaring straight towards the Shinigami. "I believe the next move falls to you." She mused. Landing soundlessly along the ground as she took on a defensive stance. Awaiting for the next events to unravel before acting once again. Wondering how the young girl would proceed in defending herself against the Shinigami who's intention was to destroy. At this, she frowned a little, releasing a sigh. "it's a shame that she takes on such a young form... Veronika thought rather regretfully, this thought dismissed by the firm shake of her head. It didn't matter now. The girl had brought it upon herself the moment she had participated in the battle. And now she would have to pay the price, just as the leader would.

[Jor'lo Ashikabe]

Jor'lo readied his blades, ready to fend off the bullet that flew his way, only to have to jump back, as an explosion erupted in front him caused by the Arrancar's Scithe colliding with the bullet when it only had a few feet left until it would have hit him. great, I think I now owe my life to a stinking Hollow, good thing Byakuya's not here, that was simply embarrassing. Jor'lo thought, a look of disgust on his face. He didn't think about it too much though, he knew there was no time. Do not worry, I know how to take an advantage when I see one. I will be your ally, if only until we defeat this abomination. Jor'lo yelled out.

As he saw the Arrancar make her move, Jor'lo took his chance. He was not going to be at this much of a disadvantage. Two can play that game, Jigoku! Burn, Rosokaku! Jor'lo yelled out, releasing his Zanpakto. As he did, his katana's lengthened to three feet each, and arced slightly, turning into two scimitars. I believe you are right! You may want to move aside, Arrancar! Hell fire! Jor'lo yelled out, while pointing his blade directly at the Jigoku. A pillar of flame shot out, ready to consume his enemy on contact. He then dropped back five feet, and took up a defencive stance, ready for a counter attack, if there was any.

[[K]arasu]

Where the moon was an huge eye opened that stared down at the people below, the pupil was blue in color, it narrowed slightly when it set its eyes upon the mistress of the night, His voice echoed trough the realm as he spoke. Dont you guys know its rude to pick on the weak and fragile? someone might get hurt and then id have to teach you some manners, besides i did not know that shinigami and hollows worked together these days... Either way your not going to get out of there alive seeing as this cancels itself only when one contestant remains... the eye closed again not waiting for an confirmed answer, he still had a fight to fight, and it was getting rather boring...

It was not because he felt that Saki needed help that he took a look what happened inside this realm, no it was just the hollow he felt uneasy about.

[Saki]

Saki's brow furrowed as both of her shots were so easily destroyed by the Arrancar. How the hell did she just react so quickly. But Saki also hadn't taken into consideration her powers being weaker in this realm. Dammit, if they were in hell, there would have been no way she would have been able to block those, Saki told herself. Somehow this thought made her feel better, but if only for a moment, for then she realized that she had to fight this strong ass bitch with weakened abilities. Her heart sank a little ask the realization hit her, this was going to be way harder then she though. Maybe even impossible.... No, it couldn't be impossible. Setsuna would be so disappointed if he knew she was thinking like this.

Dammit, she dazed off again. It was only for a second, but that second was enough for her not to notice the Arrancar appearing behind her. She only noticed one of her opponents were now missing. She didn't have to look far before a pain in the back of her knees made her knees buckle with a small gasp of pain. She tried to jump away before she hit the ground, but was kicked forward. She lost her equilibrium for a moment as a chain wrapped around her shoulders and caught her before she hit the ground. Her arms were pinned to her sides, rendering both her weapons useless. What was she going to do?

Trying to calm herself, Saki thought of a way to get out of this. When she couldn't come up with anything, her train of thought moved to the next logical step for her. The Arrancar was going to have to let go eventually, so she decided to be ready when she did. Taking a deep breath, Saki began charging her gun, concentrating on pouring as much energy into it in such a small period of time. And it was a short time indeed, before she knew it her body was being hurled towards the Shinigami who had released his Zanpakuto, like herself. As he pointed his blade at her, she did the same with her gun, which was now glowing a bright blue, firing a large blast at him.

Both attacks collided about five feet in front of Saki, her's not holding up long to the stronger fire blast. It was able to hold out long enough to sustain most of the damage, but some of the flames slipped by, burning parts of her legs and stomach, and even a slash along her right cheek. As the flames cleared, an eye opened in the sky, and Saki rolled her eyes as Karasu's voice rang throughout their dome. "Uhhg, shut up, Kara." she mumbled to herself, glaring at the Shinigami. Shunpoing behind the arrancar she fired a shot at her back, hoping that a closer range shot will do better this time. Even though the Shinigami was powerful, it was obvious that her other opponent was the strongest of the three, and was who Saki was going to concentrate on taking down first.

[Veronika Roussaeau]

Veronika allowed a smirk to come to her features at the quick response of the shinigami captain. To which she replied with a light scoff. "You mean to say, when we demolish this abomination." She corrected firmly with a sharp nod as he had released his zanpakuto. Proceeding to make distance between his line of attack to which fired off a powerful gust of flame formed into that of a bright vertical pillar. Just as she would think that the jikogu shinigami would have taken some serious damage, to her surprise, and amusement. The girl had countered with a significant blast from her shikai. To which Veronika proceeded to remark the girl's abilities in approval. "Hn. Good to know that we aren't dealing with a complete amateur." She murmured ever so softly under her breath as the collision of both red and blue caused a drastic explosion that kicked up sand everywhere. Wind blowing through her wavy locks of black, as she looked on emotionless as the girl received damage. At this point, Veronika felt a presence coming up behind her in a flash. To which she turned around to face the girl with her piercing neon green eyes. A glint of new found understanding shining through the girl's eyes, to which the espada faintly smiled. "So it seems you finally understand the difference between our power. Good." Holding out her arms to expose her front, as her head tilted ever so slightly to the side as her smirk held on a confident sense of sternness, as she waved the girl forward. "Come now, attack at me, and don't you dare hold an ounce of strength back. If you do, you will find that would have been the greatest mistake of your life, and the process you will die." She warned the girl. Charging her scythe with spiritual energy that would glow a dangerous green before aiming a downwards slash. Releasing a baala in the form of a large, powerful slash coming towards the girl.

As she stood, in waiting for a counter to her attack. The sky of the dome brightened slightly, taking a form of a gigantic eye that loomed over the three. Narrowing slightly as a voice echoed into the enslaved area."Dont you guys know its rude to pick on the weak and fragile? someone might get hurt and then id have to teach you some manners, besides i did not know that shinigami and hollows worked together these days... Either way your not going to get out of there alive seeing as this cancels itself only when one contestant remains..."

At this being said, her eyes narrowed in return as a look of disgust crossed her intense stare as she spoke towards the male voice that had interfered with their fight. "You would think being a shinigami yourself that you would have been taught this at an earlier stage. As a hollow who walks the path to obtain power in order to solely survive in the harsh conditions of Hueco mundo, it is in my nature to be arrogant to an extent. However, this doesn't apply to ungrateful beings such as yourself. The fact that you and the other damned traitors that have went against your own kind to fulfill whatever selfish desire that lead you all to end up in hell, disgusts me. Which is why i stand by the side of the shinigami for this brief moment." Veronika shook her head slowly, frowning as she continued. "Of course, i wouldn't expect such trash like you to understand the concept of honor. Enemies or not, the shinigami is my ally. And as my ally, i swore not to lay a single harming finger upon his head until your existence has been destroyed or enslaved away back to the damnation from whence you came. Your words further prove of your own weakness, and unlike your female comrade, you are not worthy to even be considered an opponent, or even a warrior."

A bright green wave of spiritual energy released itself from her body. Enveloping the inside of the dome in an eerie bright flash of bright green light as the density of her power revealed what it meant to be the first espada. Grasping her zanpakuto in both hands, she once again faced the younger girl. Nodding once as she once again proceeded to await her next move all while glancing back at the shinigami. "After this battle is over, we will discover a way to escape this together. If you still wish to fight me even after this, then i only ask that we do so somewhere else. But not here, not while the Jigoku still remain breathing and free to roam. " She spoke. voicing her intentions if the outcome of the battle turned towards their favor as she looked on forward. Calm, and certainly unafraid.

[Saki]

For some reason, the Arrancar's taunt did nothing but anger Saki. She was too cocky, that Arrancar. Saki's soft features were pulled into a snarl as she glared at the other girl, the blue flame of her left eye flaring up. She wasn't going to let this bitch talk like that and get away with it. She knew that Setsuna didn't want them going into Bankai for this battle, but in Saki's mind, she had no other choice. She was out numbered, unlike the other, who were just fighting one on one. She was sure he would understand her need to jump into it so quickly. Even though she had only recently started to perfect her Bankai, it was still very powerful, and was obviously needed in this situation. At least Saki thought so.

"Blast through their souls, tear through the darkness, Lady Zandra" she cried out, her gun transforming it's shape into a more sophisticated looking weapon, her blue hyper beam cannon. Quickly charging her energy into it, she fired a beam that was about a foot wide at the Arrancar's exposed chest, ready to adjust her aim if she tried to dodge. Her other hand gripped her blade, ready to defend against an attack from her other enemy, who was bound to be planning something as Saki's attention was placed elsewhere.

When the barrier broke around them, Saki couldn't help but squint as the sunlight invaded her vision, her eyes stinging and watering from the unexpected light. Saki was confused, who was able to break Karasu's cubes? Averting her attention from the Arrancar for a moment, her eyes darted over to an unfamiliar face, an Orange haired boy resonating an incredible amount of power. He must be the one who broke the barriers. Well, at least she wasn't trapped fighting two on one anymore, which made her feel a little bit better. She wanted to look over to see how the other two were going, but knew her battle still required her attention, so she held off on checking up on her fellow Jigoku.

((I fail at life, and posting. Im sorry! XD))

[Ichigo kurosaki]

(OOC: time skip since, Veronika has left us and idk if jor is planning on returning?)

IC: The young female stood alone left having made a mess of her shinigami target, while the hollow or arrancar opposition had stood tall until one of Karasu`s hell techs had "missed" their initial target and wiped out the bold arrancar leaving Saki withouth a contestant, Karasu had waited to get his revenge on the one person who had made him slightly annoyed which in itself was rare, but this was not of that no Another arrancar approached with blinding speed having released himself from his fleshy skins.

I was mentally ready as always to face my foe with little to no hesitation, it was only a matter of time before they would beat them now, i took note of the other fights happening around me. The man in question had a pale face and two linear lines running down his cheecks as if he was crying. A helmet rested atop his head confirming anyone that he was an Arrancar, His Zanpakto murushielago rested on his left hip and was ready to be used on a moments notice, his clothes composed of a espada uniform with elongated tails that split in two on the other end, his clothes where completley white and covered large parts of his body, he wore the standard sandals with socks. He kept both of his arms in his pockets regardless if he was facing an enemy or not, his hair was black in color and quite long his style was a bit messy allowing his hair to fall between his eyes and nose, his upper lip was also black while his lower lip remained white. I let my reitsu flow freely not supressing it but neither pouring it out confirming my existence to the world around me, the radical change in reitsu levels caused the air to grow denser for a few seconds as i stepped down after using a sonido, i stood there high up in the air aroud the same height as everyone else, eventually the air became used to the reitsu levels that flooded out of my body in terms of strenght they where perhaps around the same level as the previous arrancar, regardless i studied the opponent in a calm level headed way confirming my suspicion that these hell spawn really where the cause for the breaking of peace, a real cause for concern if you asked me. For the moment i would remain silent yet observant of this new threath.

Rain clouds started to form across the sky, devoiding it seemingly of life, they moved fast but to him these rain drops where the same as the dust he had walked on the desert of hueco mundo. Just as pointless any diversion he just had to take in the details that rain and possible thunderstorms would mean, it was not big though so he could probably ignore it for the most part, a few lightning bolts jolted in the distance as the rain started to pour down a bit harder.

Rain before the storm

[Saki]

The rain started pouring down over all of them, soaking her hair and clothes. Steam rose from her gun as the droplets evaporated as soon as they hit it. Her two targets had fallen, but she knew more would be along soon to replace them. Unless Noboru's distraction was working, which it just might be. They had no way of knowing until they all met up later after this whole ordeal. Another presence announced itself with a spiritual pressure about the same as the Arrancar she just defeated, if not more. He looked so strange, but who was she to talk, she had a blue flame coming out of her eye at all times.

She made eye contact with the new man, water streaming down her face, her gun buzzing with energy. "Come to avenge your little girlfriend?" she asked in a mocking tone, a mischievous smile pulling up her lips. Maybe her previous consecutive victories had made her a little cocky, but she had confidence that she could defeat this one as well. Charging a large shot, she fired it at him, shunpoing behind him just before the beam hit it's target, fired another shot at his back, hoping to trap him between the beams. He could of course dodge to the left or right, but that's only if he was able to in time.

[Ichigo kurosaki]

I stand tall against those who defy me, i rareley speak my mind, and no doubt had this abomination just done that, for an execption to the latter. I took direct note of the guns in her hands they made rare subjects to fighting and would remain invaluable to the opponent no doubt.

Withouth no warning she took a shot at me literally speaking, foolish move that was certain, she was despite being a hell spawn, worthless of note and most certainly not a very bright one, secondly she seemed not knowing true despair, maybe someone should teach her some manners?

Before she appeared behind me my pupils peered at that location about a second beforehand, there was not much time for him to manuever so i had to get the timing in perfect, i did not turn to face her however when she appeared behind me, she did one little mistake aside attacking me that is.

She appeared too close which would allow me to close up to her withouth much trouble, as i kicked off the air towards Saki, i spun my body around before she could fire the second shot i caught one of my legs kicking her in the arm disabling her gun in the process from her, i kicked off again following the events, the shot she had fired first was about to hit her straight on.

Right after the attack that either hit or it did not i was willing to finish her off before i would find out about that, i sensed her as i used sonido next to her sending a punch into her stomach then followed by a knee kick up her chin finishing up with a fullbody rotation as i turned 360 degrees gaining speed i sent one final kick into her chest with my other leg, in case that one hit which she would feel, she would go crashing into a nearby building that was tall enough to reach the clouds, one of the few around. She would spin in rotation being quite beat up already, but this all was a possible scene a worst case scenario for her.

I kept my leg in a upstraight position confirming weather that was a hit or not, i faced forward lowering my leg back down, my facial expression remained solid, yet a few words escape my lips as they break up into a small frown.

... No i do not care not for your petty quarrels with these people...