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THE ONE SOUL ARRANCAR

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A swirling vortex opened in the heart of Denmark, a man with a black cape and dark hair emerged from it. His skin dark like milk chocolate. Eyes of a dark blue, almost like the night sky. His gaze was calm and stoic as he looked over the city. He had a menacing air about him, but no lust or hunger came from this Arrancar. He was scouting out locations, places to potentially begin building.

Hueco Mundo wouldn't do it, it was unsafe and sentient Hollows couldn't survive there. Still, his information network was low at the moment. Nonexistent was the better term for it. He didn't know the scope of the world or the place around him.

Obviously, humanity and earth had come a long way since four thousand years ago. This place was a chance, to begin making goodwill with the people here. The Quincy he'd learned of in America didn't like his kind. Some said they tried exterminating them.

Extending a hand in friendship to be shot would be unwise. So he decided to pick a location further away from their web. Resources and power, things he lacked utterly. Influence and resources were problems, he could build things of the old world.

His stare was one that seemed intently focused, trying to find a way to begin. Denmark was the place, it had taken some time to learn the countries of the World of Man's new names. Power wouldn't help him secure anything, not here.

Dictators die in the end, so that wasn't the way forward. He'd need to produce influence, by starting from scratch here in this world. That was the pathway forward.



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Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:52 am

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The air was rushing in her ears as she moved through it, a monotonous sound, annoying and relaxing at the same time. She had much less chance leaving the Seireitei than before her promotion, so she treasured every operation and mission she could take part in, everything that would get her away from her desk.

She was moving with a small squad of Shinigami, closing in on the danish town of Aarhus. The sighting of an Arrancar had been reported and so she had taken two of her own Division that were on duty, met up with two more from the Seventh, and the five Shinigami had set out in a joint operation. Assess the situation, defend the populace if necessary, observe if not. And if action was required it would be up to Hanako to decide if they could take him on by themselves, or if reinforcements should be called.

With two small gestures she ordered the other Shinigami to spread out but hang back for the moment. She wanted a look on that individual herself first.

A flash step brought her ahead a good deal and she landed on the roof of a one-storey house not far from the Arrancar. She was to his left and far enough in front of him that she could even see his face.
He had dark hair and dark eyes, a strong contrast to Hanako’s own pale skin and bright-blue eyes. They had their black hair - Hanako’s was originally black, before she’d dyed it dark-red - and black clothes in common.

The strange thing was that he hadn’t this feeling of hunger that most Hollows radiated. In fact, he reminded Hanako of Hastur, at least the first impression did. Only that this one was a completely different stage of evolution. And he didn’t look confused or disoriented. Determination was the word that seemed to be a better fit for this one.

She was quite sure that by now he had sensed her presence as well as the presences of the four other Shinigami that had surrounded him in a wide circle. Hanako stood upright and straight, one hand on Bakumusha’s sheath and the sword loosened. Otherwise she made no threatening move. Hollows weren’t necessarily an enemy any longer. Long ago that was the case, but that was ancient history, before the Gotei had learned of Arrancar. Those could be reasonable and more than animals driven by pure instinct and hunger. And, in some sense, they were brothers to Vizards. While Vizards were hollowfied Shinigami, Arrancar were more or less shinigamified Hollows. Even without the training and knowledge she had received at the academy, Hanako would have assumed that, if one gets to serve in the Gotei, the other can’t be hopelessly bad. So she waited for the Arrancar to make his first move.


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THE ONE SOUL ARRANCAR

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His head moved up a bit, sensing the arrival of beings. He'd encountered them in the old days on occasion. Though they were different from that time, less violent and attack first. His frame turned slowly, as his hair and cape moved behind him. The soft wind blowing as his eyes like the night sky looked over them. He wasn't strong as other Arrancar, he got that sense from the situation. His aura that he gave off was potent, not in terms of power but age.

There was an ancient air to the dark-skinned man. His lips parted a bit as a stoic and calm expression remained plastered on his face. "You've brought many, I do not consume beings. I wouldn't harm a human or anything unless you attack me first."

His words were spoken with a confidence one got after so long. He didn't act as he could beat them. But a fact remained, he'd never eaten a single soul in his entire lifetime. But it didn't mean he'd not had to deal with attackers in his life. That was one aspect of life that was difficult to escape. People for some reason held a deep interest in assaulting others.

It was a tired and endless cycle, one he wished to snap. But the problem had been, the King of Hueco Mundo. Had decided that the progress Hollows made meant little to him. It still bothered him, he inhaled a deep breath. His eyes looking over Denmark again. This would be a nice place to set up a home in, even if he didn't lead or anything.

It was a place to call his own, without people jumping him or he thought anyways. "Do my kind cause this much trouble in this realm? I was hopeful with Vegas things had changed around for the better, awakening from my slumber I see much potential has been wasted."



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Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:04 am

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“Sadly yes.” Hanako said. She relaxed a bit when she heard the Arrancar speak. He seemed fairly calm, that was good. Nonetheless she continued holding Bakumusha’s sheath and keeping the sword loosened to be able to draw it quickly, should he decide to try something. With a flash step she moved onto his level, still about 30 feet in front of him, but at least they could really speak face to face now.

“Hollows feed on human souls and many are controlled by their hunger. How could Vegas change that?”

She constantly kept an eye on the Arrancar, watching every move. It was a precaution, but it didn’t really seem as if it was necessary. Still, caution with someone you didn’t know was never a bad call, no matter which species he belonged to.

“Even if it is our job to cleanse Hollows...we have learned that there are some that aren’t a threat. Just recently I have met one, in the ashes of Vegas. That is why we are still talking and not fighting, because I want to find out if you are one of those. I would like that. My squad is just here as a precaution.”

The situation appeared reasonably calm and there was no immediate danger to any humans around. Hanako decided she had the time to stick to a civilised conversation.

“So...can you tell me what you are doing here? You say you don’t consume any beings...how do you sustain yourself? Are you looking for another source of food?”

Her voice was cool and firm, but not unfriendly. Her experience with Hastur came to her mind again. Although this one seemed to be a lot more coherent than the Hollow she had found on the other side of the world, he did also refer to a slumber, Vegas and the devastation of it. Was he also a victim of the destruction there? While she thought about that Hanako realised that she had been pretty rude until now.

“Please excuse me, I was being rude.” she said and bowed politely, although she didn’t take her eyes off the Arrancar.
“My name is Hanako Yamada, Vice Captain of the Fourth Division of the Gotei. Pleased to meet you. Have you also been one of the civilian victims from Vegas?”


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THE ONE SOUL ARRANCAR

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He listened to her quarries with interest. It was regrettable that his kind was violent at all. It caused strained relationships and thus put a load on him to prove innocence on occasion. It seemed his slumber had not evolved his peers as it had him. But, they'd always been different so it wasn't terribly surprising.

"Vegas proved that our kind could coexist on earth. It proved that we weren't all violent and mindless unless a state of evolution was met." He said calmly answering the question. It was done with a matter-of-fact-like voice.

He listened to her statement about the one in Vegas, it was good that more were appearing. Those who like him lacked malice or hunger, he'd never been one for all the violence and abhorrent eating of someone akin to a cannibal.

"For Four Thousand Years, never once have I consumed another being. Because to answer your question, I consume energy instead of beings and souls. My evolutionary process doesn't require the same as others of my species. So in that sense, I am a singular Soul in this body. Thus the tempest of confusion and emotions that others are known for, I lack." He said calmly explaining that he didn't have it.

He could get by consuming energy, in the truth that was what he did. It satisfied any cravings he may have had. "I came here looking, to see if it would be a suitable place to settle. North America seems like a place with many issues and problems evolving within it. I'd rather avoid fighting, violence is rarely the answer to any situation. But Hueco Mundo is often violent incarnate without reason or pause. " He didn't mind the conversation, truthfully he preferred it vastly over the mindless striking and violent outbursts of his other situations.

"Regrettably, I am not from Las Vegas. My power puts me into a hibernation state when I change forms or evolve into a different state. I awoke to find it gone, which is a tragedy of untold proportions. "

A sigh left his lips as he looked disappointed more than anything, almost like a parent finding the child had done wrong. But he knew the paddle and scolding simply wouldn't accomplish anything.

"If it is a problem, I can go somewhere else...It just seemed calm, I've no money as of yet so I thought perhaps a job or some form of work would be wise. "



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Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:46 am

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Hanako remained silent for a few seconds. Then her thumb, that she had lodged under the tsuba to fling the sword out of it's sheath in a split second, went up and grabbed the tsuba's rim. Slowly she pulled the sword fully into it's sheath, where it locked in place with a soft tug. The Arrancar may or may not have seen the movement, but at least to Hanako it changed the whole situation.

With a mental command she activated her denreishinki implant.

"You can stand down. I think there's no immediate danger to the populace. Stay put for now." She said, seemingly to thin air, while she held the Arrancar in her gaze.

When she ended the short call to her squad she nodded at him.

"You still haven't told me your name." She said as she stepped a few paces closer.

"Our being here is nothing personal." Hanako said. "We just registered an unknown Arrancar in the world of the living, so we came to investigate. It also has nothing to do with the location."

There was no need to reinforce that it was the duty of the Shinigami to protect the mortals. He probably knew that. It was a piece of luck that Hanako was here today. She had no personal grudge against Hollows as a whole, even if some of them had played their foul game with her. But the connection to project her anger and hatred of a few to the whole of a species was never made in her brain. Others would probably just have cut down the Arrancar, reintegrated him into the soul cycle, and be already on their way back home by now.

"Tell me a little bit more about yourself." Hanako said.
"The more I can write in my report, the better. For example: How does that absorption work? I've never heard of a Hollow that could survive without eating souls. The one I met before was peaceful as well, yes, but he had lost most of his memories, so there would have been no way to be sure if he had or had not consumed souls."

She paused for a moment. Hanako just realised a very fascinating fact: if he was really a Hollow of only one single soul, he was in fact closer to being a human, than any Shinigami was. At least in a way. He had humanoid form, he had supernatural powers and could release his Hollow form...but even a Shinigami, hollowfied or not, had his or her soul split into at least two parts: the Shinigami and the Zanpakuto. Sure, both parts of the same being, but also separate individuals.

"Say...how long have you slept? Because...I visited Hueco Mundo a while ago. It was practically deserted. Las Noches, a huge city-palace, centuries old, was completely empty. No one lives there, it seems. Maybe they all just hid, but...well, just saying."


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THE ONE SOUL ARRANCAR

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He observed her movement, sensing some tension disapparate. It was tragic that his kind couldn't coexist better. It made life far more difficult for those who could. He listened to her quietly, not until his name was requested. His form came forward, giving a polite bow.

Revealing the small hole he had, something else different from other members he shared a species with. "Calatravos Clopin, I understand, I don't take it personally. It is a matter of duty and principle. If my kind is want to cause trouble, it makes sense for you to be on guard."

He listened gathering answers to her questions, it was at this moment a Garganta began to form. Not of his making, but of a lower-ranking hollow. His eyes shifted as he turned slowly away from her. "I believe this one can help answer the question you asked of how." It wasn't summoned by him, but the timing was helpful.

It began charging an orange orb, his frame stood in front blocking any innocents from being struck. He brought a hand up as it released the Cero, slowly the orange glow began to bleed into his skin. Flowing through his body as it seemed to vanish.

"Child, return to the sands you do not belong here..Cease causing problems for those of this realm. "

An intensity a pulse seemed to form and the creature began to retreat. Causing him to sigh, he'd exercised his power to order it back. He'd not called it, but obviously, it had been drawn by the power here.

"Apologies, but as you see, my body consumes the energy and diverts it into my core instead of souls. Cero or other such capabilities act as a means to feed for me. While I've no doubt a soul is more potent, I find cannibalism of any kind distasteful and a practice bereft of Honor."

His eyes looked to her now, as his frame turned back around. He'd handled that matter, it seemed living here wasn't possible. They were drawn to him yet, foolish beasts didn't know what they tempted.

"Las Noches didn't exist when my slumber began, nor did many of the factions or Organizations of this day and age. Papers and books have been helpful in catching up. As it seems much has changed, to be honest, I'd suspect it somewhere between two thousand years or fifteen hundred years. This form took much longer to obtain than previous ones."

He glanced down at his hands again, noticing his dark skin and fingers yet again. His body had always been different from the skeleton-like appearances of other Hollows.



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Before Hanako realised it at a conscious level she had drawn her sword and was ready to attack. So were the Shinigami from her squad. But it wasn't necessary. The cero Hanako was completely prepared to block just vanished, absorbed by Calatravos. It was rendered completely harmless.

'I'll de damned.' she thought as she waved her squad away, which had sprung into action as soon as they had felt the energy of the second Hollow. Ceros were dangerous, even of low level Hollows, but Calatravos had really consumed the destructive energy of it. Hanako made a mental note...this was important information, if Calatravos and the Gotei should ever find themselves on opposite sides of a battlefield. But on the other hand, this was indeed something that could free him from his hunger. Her decision hadn't changed: as long as he would leave innocents unharmed, there was no need to see him as an enemy.

She slid her sword slowly back into it's sheath. She had a hard time taking in what she had heard. This Hollow was even older than Las Noches? The giant palace was lost in history for the current generation, and it was only a few centuries old. Could Calatravos really be older than a millennia?

"Well, I am glad to hear that." Hanako said carefully. "As I said, it is not unheard of that some Hollows are free from hunger and malice. The Gotei even allows Vizards into their ranks. Sure, many are not much more than instinct driven animals and some are simply evil. I experienced that first hand. But we don't just kill anymore and ask questions later. Although...I hope you know that our swords don't kill Hollows completely. It kills the Hollow and cleanses the Plus inside it, to send it back into the soul cycle. Or hell, depending how the Plus had lived when alive."

It was common knowledge for any Shinigami, but maybe not for every Hollow, and quite surely not for one that has slept since the early 10th century.

"So..what do you want to do now? You seem to have a great deal of knowledge about Hollows and some power over them as well."


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He glanced down at his hand for a moment, considering the question. Reflecting on the problems that seemed to follow them. His dark eyes slowly fell closed as he brought his arms up. The plan had been to establish some sort of colony. He was no scientist or being of great power. He lacked many fragments, he couldn't truthfully say as he opened his eyes. "At present, though it pains me to acknowledge this. I am not strong enough to protect those who are meek or mild among my species." He said with a grim expression, his power paled in comparison to some here. It was an ant fighting a mountain if he tried it.

A leopard couldn't change its sports either, this was a fact that he wasn't a being of great charisma. He didn't have a scientific mind, the only knowledge he held was not worth anything in this day and age. "I believe, for now, I will roam these lands to gain perspective on those who rule the Human World. "He said pondering what else could be accomplished.

For now, perspective was required, on the world and the many powers that ran the corners. This world was cut into fragments, divided like pieces of a pie among the powers that be. But who were they, why did they seek this? Vastime one of the most powerful was in South America. K-World and another called Lux Orior, not to mention a band of especially different humans called Quincy. It was all very confusing when it came down to it.

But the pieces fell where they must, his dark orbs looked over the peaceful place. Hollows came and went through the world, hungry and trying to devour things. He never understood the bloodlust or hunger that dominated them. But it seemed this world didn't want for bloodthirsty beings. He'd noted the swords and quick action they took,

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Sun May 09, 2021 6:17 am

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Hanako let the silence stretch for a few more seconds before she answered. What would they do? The question had hung over the whole conversation like clouds in the sky, foreboding rain. Only now the drops really needed to fall.

"I guess we will just leave." She said slowly. She made a long pause before she added: "And let you go free."

It was the first time for Hanako to actually and officially make such a decision. But was it a decision at all? Calatravos showed not a single sign that he was a danger to the mortal world. She simply had no reason to detain or even slay him.

Of course there was always the possibility that he was just acting, pretending to be what he wasn't in order to avoid a fight against superior numbers.

"I believe you that you are no danger to the mortals and will report accordingly."

She didn't mention that her and the other's soul pager implants had scanned and registered Calatravos spiritual pressure and that the Soul Society could track him down, if he chose to make trouble. It was something that could be done and was done centuries ago. Also it sounded just like another threat and that just didn't feel appropriate.

"I would really appreciate if you don't make me a liar." She said with a slight smile that curled the corners of her mouth upward.


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