What is among us?

Ji would slam into the chest of one of the slendermans creatures inpalling it with his saw like Shikai sword, they landed about 4 feet in front of Kaminari dispatching it, there was already a Throwing star that was sticking out from its chest from his first attack. The first wave of creatures that slenderman had sent in were already dispatched, and short of the one that Kuro had killed the two clashing sets of creatures had cost him two others.

The tendrils that reached through the fog and attacked the shadow minotaurs would not find them easy targets to dispatch there was still 13 of them each of them incredibly strong and durable, and armed. They would swing Axes at the tendrils of shadow that came at them, trying to hack them off. And any tendril that dod manage to get around the minotaurs, would find themselves being pried off(or at least attempted to be pried off), bitten or stabbed at with the massive horns on the sides of their heads. These shadow minotaurs were made of shadows and had no need to breath.

He spun around and launched a poisoned throwing star first at one of the tendrils that were going at Kuro, and then one at the one going after Kami, if either of these throwing stars hit their target, they would essentially go limp on the Slenderman for a period of time (3 posts), they were coated with a particularly potent poison that was produced by his Zanpakutō.

He wasn't done there, his senses were not that of a normal Shinigami, he was trained to pay attention to differences in everything around him, like any good assassin. But this time it wasn't needed, he could taste the newcommer appearing behind him and the others, much like a snake senses its prey, He spun around and out of both hands come two new poisoned throwing stars, aimed through the fog at Slenderman, because of Slendermans movements however one of the Throwing stars would be off target, however the second star would be aimed right for the left side of his chest. If it hit, his whole body would be wracked with paralysing pain for a period of time(3 posts).

Did he just get really lucky? did Slenderman make a mistake? Or was Ji just that damned good?

Snopy merely sighed as the events around him unfolded. What exactly did they expect me to do? Snopy spoke in an extremely quiet whisper, as per Kuro's request. Suddenly Snopy sensed a being was standing behind them, though what it was was unknown. Snopy couldn't see much, but he could see what seemed like Tendrils moving in on Kaminari and Kuro. Perhaps most people of Snopy's strength level would have panicked by now, but Snopy was above that. He had already been through enough in his life to keep a cool head. Kaminari appeared to be focusing on the tendril going after Kuro. Seeing as Snopy wasn't currently being targeted he figured he'd try and make himself useful. He hoped that the Shinigami above would lend some form of "fire support" as that would make this easier.

As he sensed the Tendril approach Kaminari he did the only thing he felt he could do. Hadō #4, Byakurai. He fired a Byakurai at the tendril aiming at Kaminari, which he hoped would stop it. Though he couldn't see it, he could feel its Reiatsu which was enough. If he was unable to stop it, he would at the very least stall it so someone else could stop it, such as Ji's stars which Snopy was unaware of as of yet.

He kept his guard up though, should he be targeted he would stand no chance if he didn't keep focused. If he did he might be able to delay his own demise for at least a little longer. He was weak, but he would fight with all his strength, like a beast backed into a corner. Just being his strength level in this situation is like being backed in a corner. Snopy's hand moved to his Zanpakutō, ready to defend himself. Though Snopy laughed a bit in his head. So much for the enemy being hindered by this fog. Look who's wrong. He didn't say his thoughts out loud though. He did understand where Kuro was coming from. Either way, he missed being able to see more than 2-3 feet in front of his face.

Kuro's eyes darted back and forth as the tentacles shot up around himself; he wasn't going to have any of it as he deided he would merely trust an impulse, throwing both of his daggers in the air as he held his hands in front of his face. His right hand and left hands were clapped together before his mouth and nose, with his right pointer and middle fingers going up, his eyes closed as the tendrils got closer. Suddenly, all of them came under assault from every side as Kuro's entire body became covered in a mass amount of shadow, and Kaminari, Ji's, and Snopy's attacks all went towards him and the tendrils.

BAN-KAI!

He thought as the tendril froze for a moment; one of the attacks had hit it. Kuro wasn't sure which one, exactly, but there was no way it would be able to make it out of all those attacks alright as Kuro's body slowly shifted, his right arm going away from himself and his left arm going down to his left side as if in slow motion as shapes began to fall down from above him, five of them in total. One clacked onto his left shoulder as he held it down, another flipping on his right shoulder as he folded the arm in, holding it with his armpit. He opened his mouth as a third dropped in between his teeth, clamping his mouth forcefully on the dagger as both hands shot upwards extremely fast, grabbing the final two daggers as he felt his right leg moving over his left, his arms coming back down to retain their positions as he stretched his neck out, all five of the blades swinging out as...

The tendrils were slashed open, completely shredded as their bits went flying everywhere. Standing in the midst of this chaos was Kuro, holding his five blades and with his left hand grabbing onto the shadows created by the tendrils, pulling them towards himself as he wrapped a scarf around his neck, using the fingers of his left hand as he situated it around his mouth. "Shadow Howl, Akai No Korui Inu." He said simply as he suddenly... vanished.

His form seemed to be wiped from existence, his body vanishing into the background. He didn't leave footsteps, and he couldn't be smelled either. His reiatsu was also lower than even before; he was suppressing it so much. Even his breathing made no noise as he side stepped around Kaminari, his blades flashing to the right as the tendrils in front of her were divided into pieces as well, and he put his arms on her shoulders, leaning into her right side. "Nariri. Here's my soul ribbon." He said as he suddenly placed two items into Kaminari's hands. In fact, this soul ribbon was extremely tiny, it barely fit inside of Kuro's fingers as he placed it into hers. The other was a pair of sunglasses. "Give that to Snopy. Use my ribbon to find where I am if you need to. I love you." He said simply as he released her, completely becoming invisible to her and everyone else once more; indeed, he could be sensed by touch or extreme reiatsu sensing capabilities in this state.

As he moved through the fog, he made no noise, dashing as he approached the group of five that had been making their way towards the group of three, Kuro looking up as he saw them approach. His entire body twirled, his arms going thrown out wide as he felt the blades piercing the flesh of two of them, slashing through their heads, neck, upper chest, and stomach as they flew forwards in pieces, his blades executing his Shadow Wave technique, firing five black waves of energy that were able to be viewed by anyone wearing the Shadow Glasses as they tore through ANOTHER one of the beasts, diving three of them into so much pancake mix as they sailed through the mist onto the ground.

The remaining two looked around them with scared looks on their faces, standing two feet away from one another back to back. Kuro heard a noise behind him, blinking and kicking a foot back as he felt the side of a Minotaur, smiling as he ripped his foot down its side, taking its shadow energy for himself. The shadow energy itself was visible as Kuro crafted it, his own body becoming visible as he channeled the energy into the blade in his right hand, causing a black-energy blade to extend from it, flashing like a wakazishi as Kuro held it before his face, still holding the other four as he held the other, smaller dagger in front of the shadow wakazishi, shadows around his body flickering as his eyes narrowed at the beasts, and he suddenly vanished.

He reappeared on the other side of them both, holding his wakazishi out as if he had just made a slash, his head bowed towards the ground and standing with one knee bent low, as suddenly the beast's necks... shifted from their normal places. Those same expressions were still on their faces as Kuro stood up straight, the shadow energy dispersing from his blade as he flashed an eye behind his sunglasses at two more that had approached him. In reality, in his shunpo, he had curved over one of them with the longer wakazishi as he spun around, hitting the other's neck and darting as he hit the ground to his current position, explaining the bent knee.

He flashed out of existence again, as if he had never been there, erasing his presence once more. He reappeared in front of one of the hulking beasts, inside of his blind spot just in front of its body, as Kuro threw his head upwards to look at the beast he was about to slay, his entire body flashing into existence as he brought the blades up. This resulted in five slashes in the beasts deep flesh as Kuro's body spun around gracefully. He suddenly stopped dead as the blades in his arms and upper body kept going, bending at the waist as he slashed open the beast again, Kuro finally placing a hand on the beast's chest.

"Shadow Sniper."

He spoke softly through his scarf blowing in the wind as from his hand discharged a blast the size of his hand, made of pure shadow, piercing the beasts body as it screamed out in horrible pain, falling back from Kuro's gaze from behind his sunglasses as he turned his head to the left, looking at the next beast. For the first time in its entire life, this thing felt fear. There were only two of them left; the one Kuro could see, and another that he could not. However, the screams that soon echoed through the fog clearly revealed that yet another one had just bit the dust, the True Darkness of Kuro's bankai showing its true power in that dark, eerie place...


"Oh, so you're a hollow then." The man said steadily, his gaze behind his snake cloak remaining even as he didn't even hesitate at the masked man's lisp. "Interesting. I've never seen a hollow with so much influence and power before. It would be... exciting... to review you in my lab. But, you never know, you could just be a particularly flashy beast." He said as his gaze shifted to the THING leaving its hidey hole as it walked towards the group.

"Now, now. I'm sure we don't need to be too hasty." He said as the snake before him opened its mouth, a scroll appearing within it. "Why don't you combat one of my toys... hmm? Maybe if you interest me enough with a demonstration... I'll allow you to go back to your games as well." He said as his hands shifted, laying on the ground as a large barrier of rock appeared in front of the Slenderman, his winds beating harshly on it. "You can communicate fine." He told the Masked Man as the scroll in the snake's mouth began glowing, and the earth next to the man began to tremble. "I speak madness, you see." He explained as a coffin began rising out of the ground. He reached a single hand towards it, a scroll forming in his hand as it seemed to PASS through the coffin, into the contents within, at his head height.

EDO-TENSEI.

His voice said clearly as the earth around the Slenderman, Masked Man, and himself shuddered, the coffin lid slamming off as he removed his hand. From the contents of the box emerged what looked like a small boy, clearly a corpse and unliving, barely older than highschool. Its eyes were closed as it, without any warning, took two steps forwards, before its eyes opened to reveal yellow eyes with black scelera around them. The corpse was fully alive, brought back with Edotensei. The being became enveloped in power as in its hands appeared a red scythe, the scythe leaning on its shoulder as it stood slightly in front of the snake-cloaked man, as he pointed towards Slenderman.

"Near-Complete Destroy." He said, as the figure's head moved to face Slenderman, before a twisted smile consumed his face, throwing his scythe to its right side as it ran forwards, throwing its hands with its scythe up into the air as it leaped towards Slenderman, aiming its first strike right for that faceless mass at its head.

Yako Grim. A commander of the organization of K-World. And a powerful weilder of scythes. His Soul Ripper ability should be adaquete in this battle. He had made the Edo Yako roughly 1-1 in power; he had no desire to kill Slenderman, but he wanted to see how he fared against someone like this as his snake-like eyes shifted back to the masked man, waiting to see his reaction...

(Yes, Austin, you can have a fight scene between Edo Yako and Slenderman where Slenderman eventually wins.)

Holds up his hand and snaps his fingers loudly, and pointing in the direction that Slenderman was moving, and his fingers kept moving with him, he could taste him. He ripped his sword free of its sheath. The large serrated blade came free easily, he then held up his hand to indicate not to attack as the thirteen remaining Minotaur retreated back to their position as the tenticals and the Slenderman had retracted before actually finishing them off.

He looked to Kaminari, wondering if she had completely forgotten about him. or had she left him to his own accord. He shunpoed into the mists, drawing out another poisoned blade, he had not been given an order direct or indirect so he moved into the mist. He didn't make any sound at all when he moved, not even his clothing, so he shunpoed attempting to get to a point where he could attack.

Only this time Slenderman wasn't his target, He shunpoed through the mists and lined up attacks according to scents and voices, aiming first a poisoned Throwing dagger at the center of the spine of the masked man, attempting to either kill him, posion him, or paralyze him. His second attack would go at the doctor, attemptng again to put a throwing dagger on point at the center of his back.

Jigoku was an assassin, and incredibly good with his weapons, having been trained pretty much from the day he could walk to hunt down people. Not animals.

Snopy felt as the sunglasses were placed in his hand. Placing them on his head, he could see further. It was only about 5 feet, but it helped. Snopy could tell his powerful eyesight was not factoring into what the sunglasses allowed him to see. This alone was sign enough that this fog was extremely powerful in its own right. He had been in dense fog before and had minimal loss of sight. Still a little worried about this fact, he kept himself calm. Kaminari had told him to stick together, which he thought was funny, cause technically that would be an order. Though what would she do if he disobeyed, he'd probably die. However, Snopy had no intention of a premature death. On top of that, being alone was not a good thing. He would not want to cause someone else's death either. Considering that and how concerned she was, he would just stick with her.

Kaminari nudged him along and he ran close by her side. If anything should attack, his senses should be able to detect them. If anything approached, he would be able to hear it, however the stench of death combined with the fog rendered his sense of smell useless. As he went with Kaminari he observed the bodies the best he could while running. Judging on the new info he had gathered, he deduced that the beings that the Beast summoned must have done most of the carnage. Why the beast did what it did to the woman in the building remained to be seen. Perhaps she was some sort of threat. Either way, with Kaminari's Shikai active, he felt a little safer. He stayed close, hoping and praying that the beast did not shift its focus on them. Slowly, Snopy tried to formulate more answer in his head.

Fixed. My naming errors were a good example of being rushed and being tired at the same time.

The Lieutenant wasn't quite sure what was going on; however, he could tell that something rather strange was happening. There were no more enemies that he could hear or sense; it seemed as if they had gotten them all. His eyes shifted and widened, as he realized he could see Ji throwing daggers. His eyes widened and blinked; he wasn't sure what Ji had just done; but for some reason, he had the most ominous feeling, as he began to race, heading to Ji's location...


The Doctor looked at the being before him with interest in his eyes, listening very closely to what it was it had to say. He tilted his head to the side, his hand reaching up as he pulled on the zipper, moving it out of the way and allowing the hollow to see his face at last. "Most interesting... Fine, I will." He said simply. Just like that. He watched as the Edo Yako was attacked by tendrils with interest; the Edo moved quickly as it cut them down with great oomph, non relenting in his ministrations with the scythe as he mowed down the tendrils. However, Dr. Hebi realized as soon as the hollow had chosen to use only its tendrils that his test would end preemptively. He watched with interest, or rather sensed it, as a tendril wrapped around Edo Yako's leg. The Edo fought it's power; however, the other tendrils began wrapping around him too fast, and one yanked his scythe arm out of the way, as the others wrapped all around him, binding him and holding him into the air.

Dr. Hebi merely looked up at his Edo. He was glad that it was unharmed; but he couldn't support the method by which the hollow had bound his little creature. He looked over at Edo Yako as the masked man spoke again. "Well, you have your puppet there, this is similar to that for me. However, he is a dead corpse that was changed to be something else and was completely revived once again; it is a marvel of my energy, to be sure." He said, blinking and bowing before Slenderman. "Now time to fulfill my end of the bargain." Dr. Hebi said simply as he raised his head up, his eyes flashing as a cursed smile crossed his lips.

From his leg, out of one of his pores, a cobra slithered out. It SHOT from his leg, racing beneath the Masked Man's as it leaped into the air... as it was impaled with a dagger, being flung to the side. "My sensory skills are... impressive." The doctor said simply as he reached out his right hand, gripping onto another dagger as it attempted to hit him in the back. He held the hilt in his hand as he brought it to his lips, licking onto the blade itself with his tongue, having it lengthen as it could as he drew it all along the blade. "Ah... yes... this..." He said, chuckling to himself. This wouldn't have any effect on him at all; he broke the poison down into its base compounds with his energy, as he searched in his stomach for the antidote, before with a smile he found it, neutralizing the poisons as he looked back around to where the thrower had thrown his dagger...

And was suddenly standing right behind him. Chaos warp... He thought slowly as he reached his right hand out, laying it on the man's shoulder. He had become completely invisible once again; until his hand actually touched Ji's shoulder, there was very, very little way possible for him to notice the doctor, as his hand went alight with a dark red energy. The energy coated around his hand and touched the man's shoulder, as from the arm fired another cobra, as it gripped onto his other arm, snaring it and pulling it onto the man's side, pinning his actions down...

As it completely slashed off the inner workings of his arm. His arm would go dead, limp; the nerves would feel like they were on FIRE, a pain that would consume his entire being that would make him want to do anything just to make it END. All from just this one touch on his right shoulder. This was Dr. Hebi's Reiatsu Scalpel; it was destroying the man's shoulder from the inside, as it were, as Dr. Hebi removed his hand, taking a single step back, his arms laying back on his sides as from his feet fired more and more snakes, circling around the man as they constricted, binding all around him. "You're not even worth having..." The doctor said matter of factly as he turned his head to look at the man approaching the two of them, blinking at him as the snakes stopped pouring from his pores and circling around his foe, as suddenly the Doctor... vanished from where he was standing.

He had gone into the earth as he used Earth Pass, popping back up standing next to the Masked Man. "There... That should stop them quite well." He said simply as he glanced over at them, a small smile on his face still. The snakes remained around Ji, constricting constantly, slowly, painfully; whenever he tried to fight them, they would constrict harder, as they began to wrap themselves around his chest. They weren't gong to kill him; Dr. Hebi had no reason to kill him. However, with one arm dead, his next best choice would be to go to sleep. That was what the snakes were doing now as they slowly constricted their slimy, scaly bodies all around the man, Dr. Hebi able t0 feel every bit of the snakes actions as he was linked to all of their minds through the snake that was his tail... and that snake... was wriggling...