Tempting Fate (Open to 1)

It seemed that he was struggling a little to answer her question and Chizuru wondered if perhaps it would be better if she tried to keep her curiosity to herself. She was eager to learn more about her new friend but if it was going to cause an issue then the Vizard was willing to let things go for now. From the way he was, she was starting to ponder if perhaps he’d been worked on, so to speak. There were many rumours that had come out about what the Arrancar had been up to during Aizen’s time, after all and while Chizuru had still been just a student then, her eyes had been opened during that period.

His demeanour suddenly changed all of a sudden though and as he suddenly picked up the pace and zoomed off, Chizuru sighed in an almost comedic fashion, before setting off after him. He was fast alright but once she tapped into her own powers, Chizuru was anything but slow and soon enough managed to find a steady pace beside him.

Chizuru had no idea what she was getting herself into here but she felt no fear. Having been through so much over the past century or so, she felt prepared for whatever she and Auerbach were about to run into.

Seeing the building before them, rapidly becoming closer due to their speed, the Vizard would say aloud in an amused tone. “Let’s hope that no one’s home.”

The Vizard didn’t like the opening either, feeling a chill up her spine as she watched it. There was a sense of menace coming from it that Chizuru couldn’t shake off. It looked like a portal of some kind although it wasn;t the same construction as a garganta. A curiosity indeed and while Auerbach might have been rather reluctant to approach, the redheaded woman would move close enough to get a proper look. She didn’t touch the emptiness nor enter naturally but her interest was piqued somewhat. Just who or what had created such an opening?

“I can’t sense anyone either but it gives me the creeps as well.” She answered honestly, a frown crossing her face as she peered a little more.

There was definitely something going on within the darkness, as her keen sight could pick up on various shadows moving about within but for all she knew, it was simply a trick of the light or in this case, lack of it. She was somewhat at a crossroads as to what to do. If her new friend's partition was in there then they probably should go after it but who knew what was…

“SHIT!” Chizuru suddenly shouted, as a large arm lunged towards her from the opening, forcing the Vizard to have to move pretty quickly to get out of the way. It was massive enough that it probably could have wrapped around her own body with ease and definitely took her by surprise. The limb continued to wave about, attempting to grab hold of either her or the Arrancar if he got close.

“Well, I guess that someone definitely is home.” She’d say in a deadpan tone, breathing slightly heavier at the shock of it all as she turned to look at the Arrancar.

The eyes of the Vizard widened with shock at the damage that her Arrancar friend took from the blow but what was even more surprising was what happened next. It was the most unusual form of regeneration that she’d ever seen, with his body almost moving around as though it was one of those child’s toys that always ended up back in its original shape. That was certainly a unique form of regeneration and again brought the question as to just what he’d been through and more than that, what monster had been behind it. Chizuru couldn’t help but think that he was almost like an experimental Arrancar, just like her inner Hollow. It was unlike the norm too.

He was back in action soon enough though and as the arm started to writhe around as Auerbach bit it, Chizuru leapt into action too, charging her fists with spiritual energy before smashing the limb with powerful punches. The Vizard was by no means weak and she unleashed a horrible barrage on the arm, causing it to start acting more aggressively, swinging around in an attempt to both dislodge the Arrancar and fight Chizuru off at the same time.

The arm was made of strong stuff though and no matter how hard she struck it, Chizuru couldn’t break through the tendons.

Just what was on the other end of the arm was what was bothering her most though.

It was a powerful cero and the whole arm shuddered as the attack struck, causing the massive limb to increase in movement even more. The damage was rather clear though and where once the arm had seemed invulnerable to attack, it was now clearly not the case. It definitely gave Chizuru’s morale a boost and she decided to follow suit, leaping into the air and pulling her mask over her face, increasing her power considerably. As she came down, she’d channel her cero and release it from her hand, sending it down towards the massive creation to add to the pain.

Between the two attacks, the limb began to completely spasm out of control, its skin burnt and rotten due to the force of the Arrancar’s attacks. It was most certainly starting to lose its fighting spirit and as Chizuru removed her mask again, deciding to play it safe, she would come down upon it and deliver another few powerful blows to the reeling arm.

“I think we got it where we want it now.” She’d shout towards her friend, rather more cheery now they had the edge.

It looked like an awfully nasty crash and as Chizuru saw the building start to collapse, she instinctively used her shunpo to quickly move upwards, attempting to retrieve her new friend before he ended up getting buried along with the rest of the building. It wasn’t an easy job but she was eventually able to manoeuvre around the falling debris in order to fetch him, before using shunpo again to get safely out of the firing line.

The arm, however, was not so lucky and was soon being pummelled by the falling pieces of building work, until it was utterly pinned beneath it all, unable to move at all. Black, bruised and now pinned down, the limb couldn’t do anything but uselessly lie there, defeated. No doubt whatever was on the other end would be overcome with rage but Chizuru wasn’t sure she wanted to know just what was on the other end.

Putting Auerbach down, she’d ask the Arrancar, looking concerned. “Are you alright? I know you’re made of tough stuff but that was a nasty smash there.”