Hope Seized, the Iramasha and Shinigami.

Well, from the looks of things, it had appeared that this assembly of Iramasha and Shinigami were beginning to grow larger in number. Keeping a keen eye on his surroundings, The Iramasha Leader would raise his arm in the air to give a swift single to those under his wing not to attack the new presence he felt coming to the vicinity. Why was that, you may ask? Sensing the spiritual pressure of the individual, it reeked of a Shinigami's scent to Koichi's instincts and with a logical bit of deduction, it wasn't hard to deduce that this male was most likely in partnership with the Captain Commander in front of him at the moment. Detecting that energy which radiated off of the raven haired Death God, The Royal Hound assumed he was simply his Vice Captain and gave him a nod of the head when the Shinigami started to make his presence known to the others around the area. "So, it looks like that this little gathering of ours is beginning to turn into a crowd it seems. Will there be anymore guest joining us today? I'd be interested to know." Taking a glance at Hiroshi's eyes, then peering over to Tsubasa; it honestly didn't matter much to the Iramashsa if they did answer this question or not as they'd make preparations regardless at this point due to the frequency of these guest appearing on the island.

Giving them each a few moments to let his words be heard by the other Shinigami males, The Royal Hound soon started to begin to folding his arms together and swaying his lengthy onyx shaded tail carelessly in the wind from side to side; with the twitching his ear made apparent every few seconds as he digested the information that Tsubasa given him. While Moonie Iramashsa's actions were indeed a case that the clan was going to tend to soon enough, especially with the likes of Reimu wishing to discipline him for interfering with the war, The Hybrid himself agreed that indeed this man wasn't the main problem of the war. In spite of that, though, he'd entirely disagree with them not working as a unit and would soon correct these misconceptions that the Commander of the Gotei 13 had been uttering out to him as he seemed blatantly oblvious to the actions he set forth for his Iramasha in that Battle for Australia so many months ago.

"Ah, Moonie Iramashsa. I've heard his role in that war and I feel rather perplexed about that individual myself. I'm not sure he was suppose to be assisting our allies or defending the enemy with the actions he chose in that battle. In fact, hahaha, you can rest assured that one of the Iramasha's within the circle of leaders in our clan are going to deal with his actions soon enough. After all, he left that Miko girl you were fighting alongside quite infuriated with the rhetic he was spewing at her. I'm sure you must've seen the clash between those two, correct?" Briefly pausing for a moment, the tone of Koichi's voice started to soften as his smile eased over and a more easygoing vibe had been pitched from his tone; but he still seemed quite composed, serene to the core and very critical minded of the circumstance at hand. Nevertheless, for some reason or another, maybe it was the fresh air, perhaps it was the cause of these special guest arriving; but a force within him felt rather jovial today.

After coming back to the frontlines, The Hybrid Iramasha has done nothing but bury himself within paperwork, various sorts of drills involving the members of the Iramasha Military, getting back on the grind to the intensity of his training to deal with these threats in the new world they must now face and taking out most of his sorrow, pain and agony in the multitude of fights he has been involved in for the past three months since The War for Australia had concluded. Through all of this hard work, immense dedication to his craft and pouring every ounce of his waking moment into this cause; the passing of his wife was more than suppressed for the time being due to the fact that there was simply too much for the Iramasha to do in this very pressing time of incredible change within their land and throughout the known realms. Although, there were certainly points where this despair within himself exploded like a raging volcano to the surface and sinked it's teeth into whatever miserable target was on the agenda to take down.

As many noted, during his fight against Yako Grim in Toowoomba's city limits, the Iramashsa had acted savagely, beastly and utterly aggressive; showing no signs of restraint as he let the threshold of suffering within his soul become released out to the world and heavily inflicted upon his opponent to quell the inner beast within his mind, body and heart. Thus, as he started to phase back into reality to get his head out of the clouds, the words of Tsubasa woke him up from this daydream and he'd let out a content sigh to at least know that today wasn't going to be very...upsetting...mentally speaking of course. A conversation with this man and his people was certainly eons more comforting and easy than compared to sitting within the solitude of his mind, staying idle within his well of despondency and turning a blind eye to that which aches his heart.

Henceforth, deciding to clear things up further with that which Tsubasa addressed, the time for Koichi to continue onward with his dialogue with the Captain had soon came up: "I'm going to have to say, in regards to our efforts in the war, I think you've simply become rather...blind to the motions, actions and results of that battle. I understand you were preoccupied with that battle in the Golden Coast, but surely you've had time to review all of the reports from that clash now, have you not? Were you not aware of the fact that my men were steadily assisting in the rebuilding of war torn cities? Or how about one of my Iramasha Elites, Cirno Iramasha, working together with the Vanguard to secure the city of Wollongong? Perhaps you've heard of Toki Iramasha's efforts in Alice Springs? Hehehe, heck, at the very least you've seen Reimu Iramasha assist you in Golden Coast with maintaining that city; as she was the only one attempting to recover the damage done to that metropolis and placed the barrier around it to protect it.

From what I've observed in that battle, in fact, we held our ground strongly within it compared to efforts made on Earth in the past couple of years, would you not say? The Yuudeshi's, Yayjuu, Vizard Corps, Gotei 13, Vanguard and Iramasha were all working together in order to fend off the likes of the Monsuta from having a grasp on that country. Morale has been heavily crushed in that organization and it's on the verge of death the last I had heard. Collecting that bit of information, I'd say our combined efforts together had proved the difference in that war. So, while you may arrive to our island with good intents, I believe you are a bit more late for the talk of an alliance....because we've already established one with the Shinigami. We've never been against the Gotei 13, as we're merely two organizations working towards the same goal at this point. A coalition wouldn't make that much of a difference in my opinion because we'd still need to conduct ourselves properly as a unit; yet alone the mishaps of various cultures colliding with one another.

Instead, I purpose we simply work as the likes of The Yayjuu, Vizard Corps and Vanguard do on Earth and have a better means of communication with one another along with allocated resources. You can have all of the coalition's you want, but it will prove futile and useless if you cannot achieve a sense of understanding and direction for the people behind this front. It's why I believe the likes of Shadow Fall, The Kokuryuteshi and The Monsuta, along with all affiliations to them, work so swiftly together: they have a transmission of intelligence, tools and people to give them the professional discourse of guidelines and instructions during war to make their force truly something to be trifled with.

So in the end, I agree with the fact that our various factions throughout the organizations should work together more often, I do not agree with the means of it because the purpose of what you speak of is already in existence; you'd merely need to ask us and we'd be there to assist. You have my support at the conclusion of it all and I can certainly see the other leaders of these followings doing much the same now that war seems almost imminent for this year."

Now, taking a long exhale of breath after uttering his assessments on the war in Australia, the point of view from Tsubasa and the stance of the Iramashsa a whole; the next few minutes we're going to be rather interesting to watch take place as he'd give sharp observations as to how they would react to these words he spoke out. Would they take that which The Iramasha Leader said the wrong way? He'd certainly hope not. The intent of all that he had discussed was in the notion that based around what The Captain Commander proposed appeared to be an urgent issue, but the means of achieving it was already in place and the method in which he implied was certainly unnecessary. For, in Koichi's point of mind, great progress has been carved out over the past few months in this effort mentioned. This is because The Iramasha had been noticed so much more interaction with the world since that point in time. So from where things stand now? The way to improve this performance is through better guidance, swift direction and constant stream of communication. These were the methods which were going to be the tools that made a difference in stepping forward from here on out. And, consciously, this was a step that The Iramashsa Military would heavily support.

Though, in any case, a more confused expression steadily crept across the face of The Hound's face in regards to him stating that he desired to surpass the now late Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto. With a cocked eyebrow, he'd ponder how this had much relevance in the conversation they were having. It made him question if he was merely talking to himself, or just making these claims to make them. It made no difference to Koichi as brute strength alone wasn't going to get you anywhere unless you had absolute power; which is one thing in the universe that did not exist. Therefore, before closing out everything, he'd address that bizarre announcement.

"Well, that's certainly a fine goal you pose there, but I have little idea as to how that is related to your stance on these matters. I will say that you can have all the power in the world, but it won't make much of a difference if the foundation in which you stand upon isn't entirely up to par. The strength that lays vested within me is indeed strong; yet without a disciplined mind, knowledge and experience behind my belt I'd be nothing more than just another brute fighter. So, I say to you, don't focus so much on that desire to surpass someone; but rather, retrain that focus into actually progressing what you have now and not adhering to some relic of the past. Trust me, trying to make your movements based on someone long dead in the past will get you nowhere in the future. I understand that sentiment all too well, my friend."

Sounding slightly more somber towards the end of his speech, The Iramasha soon closed his eyes and chuckled slightly as a vision of his wife briefly flashed inside of his head; quickly being followed by the months of eternal blackness that took place and essentially freezing his mind within that place of time to make himself disconnected, detached and severed from the present and never allowing himself to move on towards the future until that fateful day in Australia where something within him...snapped. The chains of bondage which held him in captivity for all of that time no longer seemed as important as plainly dealing with that pain, accepting his lost and trying to get on with things as best as he could. In this, the history was no longer important and he'd have to mend his own path in to a brighter tomorrow....somehow...someway.