The Annie Who Stole Karakura Christmas

Hanako Iramasha & Yuu Raion

While the arrancar was making the excuse for the neighbor, there is a cold vibe corrupting the yule spirit as a petite woman with dark, dolphin-styled, long hair and red eyes appear from a flash of chaotic energy. As if it is like calling forth an old great one, the vain utterence of her name will bring forth painful retribution to this unsuspecting sacrifice. As the woman was going to sneak out, two women stood before her; one who is clearly amazonian by height with long, light-red hair and gray eyes, and a petite woman of aforementioned description. To those who knew the duo; the tall one is Ichikage Raion, a mercenary working for Shadin Yuudeshi--the Beast of Karakura--and Hanako Iramasha, the wife of Koichi Iramasha--the King of Hellhounds. Having one of them would raise quite an alarm as Hanako Iramasha was known to have nearly killed Mana Asthavon, a feat that Eric Zarathos failed to reach before; Ichikage Raion escaped several attempts of capture, including one attempted by Dr. Hebi and Suzu from the Kokuryuteshi.

For a moment, Ichikage Raion's eyes flicker with a violet glow before it dies off. Should the arrancar pay attention to that, then Hanako will already be right behind the arrancar due to the infectious nature of Occult Energy making it look like Hanako Iramasha is still in front of the arrancar. And then, Ichikage Raion says to the arrancar,

(Raion) "So, the Grinch Who Attempted to Steal Christmas. How did that end in this reality...Oh yeah; flying high on his sleigh of burning death."

Hanako is swift with her handwork that the chill the nulls the arrancar's senses would be an easy pick for a pickpocket as she lightly grasps the Santa bag, making sure to not alert the arrancar. With a quick butt from her hip, the arrancar would be already off-balanced before being bumped closer to Ichikage Raion. As the bump happen, the Hanako before the arrancar and next to Ichikage Raion vanishes as the trickery was dismissed. If all goes right, Hanako has the Santa bag in her hands as she swings it over her shoulder. Ichikage Raion simply helps the arrancar up, then straighten out her shirt, pushes her chin up. With the feeling not needing any word, Ichikage delivers her threat.

Ichikage Raion points her left index finger down to the ground while that hand is in plain view of the arrancar. Then with her right hand in front of the arrancar's face, she wags her index finger with her right hand leading it. As she does so, she keeps a straight face of pure disappointment. After the initial pair of gestures, she then twist her right hand inward and curls her hand into a fist in front of the arrancar's face while she turns her attention to that fist, implying that the arrancar will look at that fist as it becomes as it is. Then she raises her left hand while turning her attention to direct the arrancar to look at her left hand as it follows up the process of forming a fist. Each time her hand form a fist, the arrancar could figuratively hear Ichikage's knuckles popping. Then Ichikage Raion looks at the arrancar, clearly into her eyes before nodding her head up briefly to see if the arrancar gets the silent memo that if she does this again, Ichikage Raion will kill her on the spot. Whether she nods or does nothing, Ichikage Raion is quick to get her arm around the arrancar's shoulders as she walk the arrancar off the yard. As the Ichikage speaks, the tone was light-hearted as if she can really pull through with her potential promise. Given the time and place, no one was around to hear Ichikage Raion explained all these things to the arrancar.

(Raion) "I do not know you and you do not know me. Here's the cinch, I am giving you a chance to either do the right thing and buy stuff for your friends, or get dragged away by me. Once you're dragged away by me, you'll be executed by bursting. What is that you say? I am glad to answer that! I strip you nude, shove a tube up your rump and stuff you full of helium. Arrancar are spirits, so they can get as big as they can be, but once over-inflated, I'll release you and watch you fly up higher-and-higher helplessly until you hit the dome. Once the dome touches your outstretched body...KABOOM! Quite effective when you are registered as an enemy here and you would die a very shameful death as that stupid--helpless--grotesquely obese arrancar who died like a balloon in the sky for ALL to see! As for now, do enjoy this second chance. Hanako! Can you give her a running start?"

(Hanako) "Hai!"

Hanako runs up to the arrancar after returning the presents to the owner and explaining that the woman is just a burglar lying to escape and defusing a potential divorce. Before Hanako would approach for a football punt, Ichikage Raion uses Sunlight Energy to shock the spine of the arrancar, causing muscular contraction; or for layman's term, the whole body locks up due to the neural interruption. At the moment Ichikage Raion releases the arrancar, Hanako rams her shoe up the arrancar's butt with enough strength that the arrancar would simply shoot helplessly into the sky.

(Raion) "Well. That's one bullshit down. Hanako, why are you here?"

(Hanako) "Heard someone said my name even though they would have no relevance to me as I have no relevance in his city anymore after marrying to Koichi."

(Raion) "Like that Call of something? Where you say their name thrice and you summon them."

(Hanako) "Roughly. Generally, the special ranked people like Shadin and Koichi would be given a calling if their name is uttered in vain while something they do not like is being committed. That's how you would see news about super-powerful beings beating on unwitting contestants of power struggles some of the times."

(Raion) "Heard other names mentioned other than you and Shadin?"

(Hanako) "I'm not a name-whisperer, Baka."

Hanako pouts with that idea that if she is a telepath, she would be able to hear things from across dimensions. She was close to being a goddess, but even she lacks that omnipresence to hear everything. Then Hanako sees Ichikage Raion already moping at a corner, already in tears. Hanako panics because she realizes that her respected former-mentor is still sensitive about her intelligence around people she knows deeply.

(Hanako) "Eep! I'm sorry for calling you the I-Word! How about I'll treat ya to some dark chocolate! Just don't cry!"

Passing torch to a new player as the gift keeps giving and Hanako and Yuu no longer has concerns with Annie.