Rukongai Adventure [OPEN]

In lieu of vocally confirming the plan, Mirajane responded by simply nodding in Takehiko's direction. She knew there was no guarantee any step of this plan would proceed without hiccups, but doing something was certainly better than doing nothing. Thus she allowed the Shino Academy student to leave and go provide a distraction for her to get in and do the dirty work. Once he turned the corner she raised her head slightly and began observing the demons and their current positions. They were spread out across the main room with the two healthiest standing while the most injured of the bunch was on the floor, leaning against the left hand side wall. All three were pretty worse for wear however, and their general morale seemed quite abysmal. Perhaps they would welcome death.

As Mirajane kept watching, her gaze was drawn to all the various openings and hiding spots they could use to escape. Only a couple windows...can't discount possibility of reinforcements from above or below. she thought to herself, considering various potentialities. Being prepared for everything meant being surprised by nothing, a lesson hammered into her consciousness throughout her stay in Soul Society's most brutal wilderness. Mira's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden appearance of an energy chain orange in hue which quickly wrapped itself around the demon standing in the room's center; it would have gotten all three had the other two not immediately dodged out of the way. Though not incredibly powerful these warriors certainly had decent reflexes, a fact which didn't surprise Mirajane given their chosen career field as Shadow Fall soldiers.

Without hesitation the purple haired Shinigami leaped through the window and immediately crossed the distance between herself and the demon to her right, currently recovering from diving to the ground to avoid Takehiko's chain spell. Before the enemy soldier could prepare for battle Mirajane's copper blade found itself impaled in his chest, causing him to cough up blood. Quickly after she withdrew the sword and sliced cleanly through his neck, beheading the demon where he lay. By swiftly cutting one down, Mira made it easier for Takehiko to hold the other two down with Kido which is exactly what happened. The middle demon remained in chains while the injured one was now glowing red, trapped by the Shinigami's Geki spell. From the straining lips of the demon still suffering from wounds of war a few choice words were uttered "We...surrender...!" To the demon, even life in the Maggot's Nest was better than immediate death.

"I accept your surrender." Upon saying this, Mirajane turned to face the two remaining enemy combatants and her unfeeling gaze remained trained upon them. Without waiting for Takehiko to act again, Mira walked forward and raised her Zanpakuto before beheading the chained up demon; immediately after she walked over to the final enemy and did the same to him, leaving three headless corpses in the otherwise-untarnished building. With her objective complete Mirajane turned to leave and headed to the front entrance where Takehiko still was and voiced her appreciation for his Kido "Thank you for the assistance. You performed above expectations. All that's left is to--" Before Mira had a chance to finish her statement suddenly the floorboards of the house shattered with such force she was pushed against Takehiko before both of them would be sent flying across the street, as if an explosion had erupted underground.

Mirajane found herself disoriented as her ears rang and eyesight was now blurry, but this lasted for only a few seconds before she recovered and realized, rather awkwardly, she was currently laying atop the Shino Academy student's body. Rolling off, Mira brought herself to her knees and turned to look at what happened and a look of astonishment spread across her face. While she had been prepared for reinforcements, a fifteen foot tall hulking behemoth of a demon standing where the house had been was not considered a possibility. Evidently the strongest of the pack had been hiding in some kind of basement and their actions had drawn it's attention and ire. The beast had stone-like skin, four arms, and an enraged look about it indicating a berserk-like state. "I hope you can still use Kido, Takehiko Kuchiki."