The Yellow Eye [open]

[Dark Kabuto]

There were many places in Karakura Town you could feel save. After all, this city was a hotspot of the real wold - many humans, many Shinigami, all with powers. However, even in this shining metropolis, there was death. Darkness. Places nobody wanted to go, nobody cared about enough to keep them save - hidden slums in the shining metal walkways, forgotten by the normal people. Here, only those on the run and those too poor to live outside of them resided - truely, nothing but a ball of cancerous cells. At least in the eyes of the Primera Espada. And a tumor had to be ripped out before it could grow into something bigger.
Walking through the darkest parts of Underground Karakura, parts that would never be finished out of various reasons, his evil Reiatsu was surpressed mostly - feeling it was hard, almost impossible. Wearing his black armor, only the yellow, bug-styled visor was really visible - even the glowing red circuits on his chest seemed to not shine through this dark halls at all. As the Espada heard a sound, he turned his head only slightly to the right - a human child, nearly starved, was spying on him with big eyes. Maybe about 7 years old at most... Without saying anything, the Arrancar raised his right hand. In his head, he heard the voice of his Zecter laugh, since it knew what would happen next.
A ball of concentrated spiritual energy appeared infront of his fist - a Bala. Firing it off without saying anything, the black and red energy hit the child in the head before it had even time to realize. The following, small explosion blew away said head and nearly all of the body into bloody pieces. Continuing his walk as if nothing happened, the Hollow yawned in his mind only - this hunting down of rats was quite hard, but preparing the ground for the Quincy to take over inside of Karakura was not a work he could leave to normal Hollows. They died too quickly inside of the dome. He himself was not affected by the shieldings at all - his power was far superior to normal Hollows, naturally. He believed himself to be the strongest Arrancar in existance, actually.

[Dark Kabuto]



Like he had no single care in the world, the dark figure turned around. The eyes behind the yellow shining mask fixated onto the man who dared to speak to him - a normal human would be dead by now. Why? Because of an evil glare? No, but because Dark Kabuto started to lift the limiter on his Reiatsu. Unlike a Shinigami Captain, his limiter wasn't a 'seal' of sorts - he simply surpressed his aura, making him nearly impossible to detect. But now that it was leaking out, the sinister nature of his Reiatsu was revealed - the Reiatsu of a Hollow, an evil spirit of Hueco Mundo.
The cold glare behind his mask could not be seen, as his voice could be heard clearly through the material.
"Apologize? What, do you think you are someone of significance, human?" His voice had a mocking tone to it, taunting his enemy with it alone. He didn't even turn around fully to the possible enemy - why should he, the strongest of all Hollows, be forced to do this? At least that was what he thought. As usual, he underestimated anyone who dared to face him - but this meant not he was completely careless. A keen mind would notice that the soul of the boy Dark Kabuto just killed was nowhere to be seen - in fact, his energy blast destroyed it completely, just like his body, tearing it to pieces. Sinister? Maybe.
"Listen up, now. If you turn tail and start running, I might spare your sorry life. I'm purging this place, and you are in the way. Unless you have a death wish, run along. Otherwise... thing will get ugly real fast."
Suddenly, an energy spike could be felt in Dark Kabutos left hand. As always, before even transforming before coming here, he had cut himself in the left hand to have some of his blood handy - he needed it for one of the Espada techniques he knew. It wasn't weakening him, the amount of blood wasn't nearly enough for that, of course. But it was the catalyst for something destructive, one of the moves the Espada were not allowed to use inside of the dome of their 'home' - the Gran Rey Cero. But the bug-like looking creature did not release his blast just now, actually giving his opposer a chance to turn tail. Maybe he was a monster, but a monster with some honor still left inside of his mind.
"Or do you wish to fight... the Primera Espada?" For this last sentence, his voice wasn't mocking anymore. Rather, it wasn't quite as loud as before, it was a bit low in tone, and had a strange ring to it. Did Dark Kabuto even want to fight? Maybe, maybe not. As usual, reading his words and actions was nearly impossible, even for himself. The Dark Zecter laughed inside of his head, hoping for quite some carnage to throw down here.

[Dark Kabuto]



Now it paid off that Dark Kabuto didn't turn around fully to face Giovanni. His ability to sense Reiatsu was one of the few weak points he had - reacting to a sudden strike from behind took him longer than some other Arrancar. In this situation, though, he was quickly facing the sharp blade speeding at him. As long as the Espada didn't use Clock Up, his armor could take some punishment - but he didn't want to try out how strong the steel of this sword was. Swiping out his dagger with the right hand, Dark Kabuto let the tip of the attackers sword hit the wide side of the dagger, and the first loud sound of metal crashing against metal was heard in the underground for this fight. The sparks flying upwards revealed more of his jet-black armir with the red circuits, now not molding into the background as good as before.
The second swipe was blocked by Dark Kabuto using his still energy-charged left hand to lead the blade astray, hitting it on the side to push it away from his chest, leaving only a small cut through the armor on his Hierro-enhanced skin. The Hierro wasn't strong, but not so weak that it was ignoreable completely, either. It got the job done for a fast fighter. Before even a third attack could come into range, the dark dagger of the masked warrior blocked it off again, pushing it back a bit. When it came to swordplay - or rather, daggerplay - Dark Kabutos skill was insane for an Arrancar, and a match for Giovanni at the moment.
However, now, his inability to sense Reiatsu very fast came back to haunt the dark warrior now. As the first of the girls appeared beside him, it cought him off guard, the claw-blades nearly severing through the armor. Only a jump to the side saved the Primera from a dividing experience. Oh, this was going to be fun for him - tearing this guy and his spirits apart. Being out of range of the claws now, Dark Kabuto knew this could change fast, and reached down to one of the parts of his belt - and that saved him from being blasted thanks to his Adept-level Prequisa again.
Clock Up!
As his belt exclaimed this, time seemed to slow down for Dark Kabuto. He knew this feeling, and loved it - his own time was enhanced now, increased to intense levels - he was now able to reach the fastest speed in the eyes of others in the brink of a moment. This was the ability of the Zecter, to heighten time.
Thanks to everything about him being faster now, he actually noticed the blasts coming from above in time. Raising up his left hand and opening the clenched fist, Dark Kabuto had an evil smirk on the face under the mask.
"Gran Rey Cero!"
Erupting from his palm, a blue, lightning-strike like blast searched it's way upward. This skill was very destructive - one of those was enough to kill a Shinigami without leaving a trace. The explosion that resulted blocked off the energy blasts and caused some parts of the ceiling to come crashing down - though for Dark Kabuto, the parts of the ceiling were falling in extreme slow-motion. He didn't care if his energy blast actually hit the girl spirit, but it surely kept her blasts from pinning down Dark Kabuto in a hitlock so that her host and the other one could tear him to shreds. Dodging the now for him slow-moving claws and blade of Giovanni with elegant, minimal movement, he aimed to aggravate his enemy with that.
He always aimed to make others mad in fights, so that they looked even more like babarians compared to him - as an ex-Quincy and person, Heroism was extremely self-centered and viewed himself as the center of it all. So it was only natural for him to control the flow of feelings and battle. At least, that was his goal. He also wasn't stupid, though - in Clock Up, his armor was weaker. Jumping backwards, the Espada charged a Cero Blast in each of his hands before hitting his belt again. Time flowed normally for him again when he landed safe on his feet after a backflip through the air. His dagger was back in the holster on his belt, and only the shining yellow mask and circling energy around his hands was visible for the eyes - his Reiatsu was easily found, though.
"I shall remember your name after I kill you, human." Without noticing, this was maybe making Giovanni more mad than his mocking fighting style. "Cero." Releasing the two red energy streams, they would explode once they hit something, discharging their energy, even possibly piercing the target before the eruption of energy. Cero surely was on par with higher level Kido when used by an Espada in Resurrección.
Also, the Primera slowly started to feel... it. The drain Clock Up put on his body. He had to be careful, or esle the zecters power would draw him into the world of Clock Up forever - or rather, until he died in there from exhaustion.

[Clock Up Counter: 1]

Giovanni continued to parry with the arrancar, who was quite skilled in swordsplay. As Kaerimiru and Terikaesu attacked, Giovanni saw the arrancar move at sublight speeds to avoid their paired attacks. He was surprised by this, in a way. He was more intrigued, and realized something. This something was that a normal arrancar could NOT move like that. It had to have been an ability.

Giovanni saw the arrancar fire a beam of energy in the air towards his two spirits. Even though the arrancar was moving faster than normal, that wouldn't mean that his energy attacks would be. Giovanni's training with Terikaesu and Kaerimiru had increased his reflexes. And so, he snapped his fingers and the two spirits...disappeared? No, it was like a shunpo or sonido. As the arrancar avoided his moves, possibly in an attempt to cause Giovanni to become aggravated, Giovanni smirked and jumped backwards. "I'll explain wha' I did with these li'l girls earlier. Ya see, it's basically a call for them. Think of it causing an...whaddya call it...an enhanced fight or flight reflex. It'll cause them to appear beside me, or rather it's their free choice but they know what to do. Anyways, that ability of yours that you just used...it's interesting."

Giovanni released his reitsu in a burst, as well as firing a pair of Haiens, a level 50 hadou, from the tip of his sword. The combination of Giovanni's reitsu and the Haien was barely enough to match the Cero's strength. And so, Kaerimiru fired as many of the shots from her rifle as she could at the ceros. This combined strength cancelled out the Ceros, though Kaerimiru was exausted. Giovanni wasn't even sweating.

However, what Dark Kabuto probably did not realize is what happened when Giovanni released that burst of reitsu. Giovanni's blade, which was once the handle of the umbrella was now a katana. It had a black handle that was glossy and looked unused. The blonde-haired male smiled at the sight of his sword. "Mister Espada, be glad you're seeing Utsushidasu's true form. Not ma'y have been able to see 'er." His tone was full of pride. An arrancar, who was a simple species to experiment on, wasn't going to break this man's pride. Giovanni swung his katana around in circles before pointing it at the arrancar. "Let's dance."