Fate has a way of bumping into you [Private: Illiana]

America... Why the hell was he here again? Ah, that's right. Ladon was here because he had actually left Nemesis last moment quite some time ago and started to wander the Earth more; searching for something to help him. What may help him? Who the hell knows. He was literally lost. Sure he could get back to the Gotei and back to the Combat Squad. He knows he has been gone long enough that most probably think he is dead by now. Not only that, but, he hadn't left a Gigai since after he had left Nemesis. Why did he leave her last minute? Well, turns out whatever resolve he had wasn't real. Whether that was good or bad, he didn't know. So, he simply just returned to wandering and wandering. That wandering started in Europe and eventually lead him to America. Where he was, he could not say. But, he did know that he was in America; and that was good enough for him. After Ladon trudged onto the streets, he had his face buried in a scarf he had obtained somewhere along the road and was using it to keep his face loosely warm. It wasn't winter, but, Ladon had a habit of making some parts of his body too cold on accident. So, it probably looked weird for most people to be wearing the scarf.

Without a single word to anyone Ladon only continued to walk through the streets as his mind reflected on his past. A lot of his thoughts were on his fiance, the one who had killed him and then was murdered by a hollow. For some reason, some part of him thought she was still out there; given the Shinigami who performed Konso on him looked exactly like her. No matter how he searched no Shinigami had such an appearance. Eventually, he did give up and just became a Shinigami himself and then proceeded to train. Of course, he did end up going to the moon at one point and fought Nemesis. A demon who was much more powerful than he, yet, he only won because of the fact he was weak. Try to spin it as Nemesis being "kind" or something like that if you want; it was because he was weak. There was no other reason than that. Even if someone tried to convince Ladon otherwise, her would not believe them for a split second. She was a demon, not a kind overlord that goes "yeah sure". With a soft sigh, Ladon was lost in thought; almost completely.

Ladon was so lost in fact that he did not notice a girl that was walking right towards him. Just when he was about to run into her his eyes caught sight of her and he tried to avoid her by doing a quick side-step to the left. However, he wasn't fast enough as he ran into the girl; effectively knocking her over. As a reaction her moves inhumanly fast and catches the girl, holding her in his arms for a little bit. Before he could let her go, Gekido yells at Ladon "HOLY HELL FUCKING TALK TO HER". Ladon sighed and he moved away the scarf he had around the lower portion of his face and then talked to the girl; posing a simple question.

"Sorry about that... a-are you okay?"

He asked her this while the girl like lay in his arms. Of course, she could totally just spring out of his arms and run; leaving Ladon with a shrug and a groaning Gekido. It probably wouln't be too bad in the end. Hopefully some part of her won't like this girl. There's a reason why he's pushed so many people away. Regardless, both Ladon and the girl, known as Illiana, were in quite the situation. Where might it take them?