A Chance Encounter [Closed]

Logan Drakeford, a Shinigami that had yet to join that of Gotei 13. Standing at a whopping six foot five inches tall, he was making his way rather quietly through a small forest. His clothes consisted of a black knee length coat, black pants, and black shoes to match. His Zanpakutō lay at his left side, easy access for his right hand if there were to be a need for any type of battle. He had silver eyes, and black hair that reached down passed his ears. Weighing in at one hundred and eighty five pounds, the male had a slender, yet muscular build. At this time, he was trying to make his way back to the Seireitei after being away for many years. He finally decided that it was about time to end his traveling and become a part of something new.

He soon made it to the edge of the forest. It was near sundown and an orange color illuminated the skies above as the sun slowly began to set. He didn't know what it was, but something was either currently happening or something was going to happen. He knew he could more than likely take care of it, if he was to run across whatever IT was. He heard some noises. It sounded like people, so he headed into that direction. He couldn't tell what they were doing at the distance he was from them, but he was able to make out that they were either scared, drunk, or excited of some sorts. That part was obvious since they were being seriously loud.

To get to these people, he had to walk up a hill. "Why are you going that way? Isn't the Seireitei North of here? So why did you shift your direction? Hello!? I am talking to you!? What the fuck is your problem? You always fucking ignore me. Why don't you just answer a damn question and I wont' constantly yell at your stupid ass." Akira, a spirit that lived within his own, spoke to him in her usual disrespectful tone. He would have thought that after all these years she would have learned differently, but apparently she was never going to learn. He ignored her, as usual. And finally he came up to the top of the hill, looking down at a scene before him that he was soon to understand the nature of...

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As the sun slowly made its way out of the sky, Snopy had no time to enjoy it. He wasn't the most pleased with what had been happening, though he was never really upset about much. He would have preferred to have stayed at home and read some manga, but such a liberty would not be his today. The Gotei had discovered that some hollow had somehow managed to enter the Soul Society. Their numbers were unknown, but they didn't seem to overwhelmingly powerful. Squad 5 had received an order to send someone to deal with the threat. For whatever reason, they chose Snopy. The shinigami had one question bouncing around in his head. Why was it that the Gotei kept sending him on such dangerous missions. It almost seemed like they wanted to kill him off.

Snopy looked his usual. His blonde hair extended to his shoulders. His left eye was pink while his right was a deep purple. His build was rather lean, and topped off with a height of 5'6, not really tall in any respect. He wore a standard Shinigami robe, save his left sleeve missing. To is right was his sheathed Zanpakutō, oddly this time Snopy didn't have his canteen on him. He hadn't bothered to grab it with the apparent urgency of the mission.

Snopy walked rather calmly towards his objective, the ground zero of the hollow attack. Oddly, Snopy couldn't sense their Reiatsu as he approached. Either they were weak or they were inactive. If they were hiding he'd have to keep his guard up.

Then, as if from nowhere, he suddenly detected the Reiatsu signatures of quite the number of hollow. This was followed shortly by the screams of the residents of the area. Damn it! Looks like I gotta move. Snopy immediately picked up his pace and ran towards the area. As he approached, he ran by residents who were fleeing in the opposite direction. He only hoped the hollow hadn't gotten many people yet. If there was one thing Snopy couldn't stand, it was when innocent people lost their lives.

As he came over a small incline he saw three hollow, one on a roof, two on the ground. As he looked, one of the hollow, about 50 feet away, appeared to be fixated on something. As he looked closer, his heart skipped a beat. There was a little girl lying on the ground, with the hollow about to devour her. Snopy's fist tightened, he hated seeing this. He always wondered why the hollow always went for the children. Running at full speed, he got within 20 feet of the hollow. Hadō #4, Byakurai! He fired off the Byakurai and it pierced straight through the hollow's mask. The beast screamed as much as it could before collapsing, and fading away.

Snopy ran over to the girl and immediately got into a fighting stance. The Byakurai had attracted the attention of the other two. He was happy they were all weak, but he still kept his guard up. I'll distract them, when I say go, run as fast as you can and don't look back. Snopy never took his eye off of the two hollow eyeballing him. Directly in front of him was the one, standing on a low flat-roofed building. The other was in the corner of his vision, to the right, standing about level with him. They were average looking hollow, but he looked at them as if they were Adjuchas. He refused to die because he got cocky. They both began to close in. Snopy fired off a Byakurai at the Hollow on the building and told the girl to run. As she ran away the last of the three made a full speed charge at Snopy. He jumped out of the way and fired off one last Byakurai. Though it went through and killed the last one, he noticed there were two more coming from behind. Though by the time their Reiatsu was detectable, they were dangerously close and Snopy was in a tough spot. He turned as the hollow rushed him, and he had little time to respond. He had been so focused on helping the little girl, he had put himself in a tight situation.

-All hollow I have spawned are, I'd say, 5-1. Go nuts. And feel free to have more appear-

Logan watched the scene unfold before his eyes. A stoic look on his face as his eyes gazed over the situation. Although he seemed uninterested, this was not the case. In fact, he was rather annoyed, but was not one to show his emotion easily. People ran, fleeing the area, yet someone left a young girl behind. Right before the child was devoured a Shinigami, one that was actually a member of Gotei 13, showed up and killed the first. For a moment, Logan thought he might not be needed, but that changed when two more Hollow showed up after the Shinigami had told the child to run. "Let me guess... You're going to run foward and sa-" Akira once again attempted to annoy him with her rude words, but as usual she was ignored. Her assumptions were right though.

Logan had placed his hand on the hilt of his Zanpakutō and moved forward at a high speed, keeping his spiritual pressure completely hidden. The two Hollows that just appeared were charging at the Shinigami, but Logan was not going to allow them to harm a person that was only trying to help a young child. Using Shunpo, he suddenly appeared in front of the Shinigami, now standing between him and the two Hollows. His swing was fast, his blade so quick that it was hard to keep track of. He sliced easily through the mask of both of the charging Hollow with ease. Their bodies fell to the ground, soon disintegrating and vanishing from sight.

It seemed only one original was left now, but Logan still felt as if there were more powerful ones near by. He turned towards the Shinigami, raising his hand to point towards the other Hollow. It was now jumping away, using the roofs of the buildings as it's flooring. It's target was no longer the Shinigami, but now the villagers who were fleeing the area. Logan wasn't one to hinder another man's mission. Since he assumed this Shinigami was here to kill these Hollow, it was only right that the last be for this Shinigami's blade, not his own. He would only interfere once more if the villagers needed him to, or if the remaining Hollow that were keeping themselves hidden were to attempt to attack.

Snopy watched in shock at what took place before his eyes. The shock was not that the man was so strong, he had seen plenty his strength and stronger in his life. He just didn't expect to have any help. This stranger proved more reliable than his own comrades, and he only showed up a few seconds earlier. He watched as the hollow were dispatched rather abruptly, at incredible speed. He watched as the man pointed at a fleeing hollow. Snopy let out a sigh, these hollow just never gave up. He gave a nod to the man before him. Thanks. Snopy quickly turned and jumped up onto the building, chasing down the hollow. He kept his guard up, as he wasn't sure if the stranger would still offer support if any more showed up.

The hollow wasn't particularly fast, so Snopy caught up to it rather quickly. He had only moved down two buildings at this moment in time. He watched as the hollow stopped for a moment, preparing for a jump to a third building. Snopy had no plan on letting it escape. Hainawa! Ropes of energy shot out and grabbed the hollow by its arms, holding it in place. Drawing his Zanpakutō he stabbed his Zanpakutō through the back of the hollow's head. Then, he dragged the blade down effectively cleaving the hollow in half. Its skin was rather thin, so it didn't take much effort to do. He stopped and looked around. They were all around him, he could smell it. Literally, the stench given off by these hollow permeated the air. He took a deep breath as he closed his eyes and searched for the hollows' Reiatsu.

Quickly detecting one within strike range, he crouched and moved to the edge of the rooftop. Looking down, there was one that apparently didn't sense him. It was strange, seeing as he had used Kidō and usually hollow could smell this sort of thing. He pointed his finger straight at the hollow's mask. Piercing Shot. The bullet of Reiatsu fired off and nailed the hollow through the mask. Seeing as he was able to kill it, he was obviously still on the small fry. Suddenly he sensed a hollow approach from behind and try to attack. He Shunpo'd off to the side and dodged the hollow's giant fist that was coming straight for him. As he looked up, he saw this was a pretty big hollow, it was amazing something this large could even hide itself. Snopy drew his sword once more and attempted to slice through its mask. However the hollow was quite strong compared to the others he had encountered. His sword only made a small crack. Snopy jumped back as he watched the hollow. This one might prove to be a challenge. At the same time, he knew there were still others around. Waiting, watching, preparing.

~this hollow I'd say 3-3~

Logan watched as the Shinigami moved to attack and in the end successfully kill the Hollow that had attempted to flee. that one didn't seem to be any trouble for the man at all. Logan continued to observe, seeing that the Shinigami had indeed sensed one of the more unintelligent Hollows. This one was so dense it didn't sense the Kidō that this Shinigami had successfully used on one of it's friends. It's lack of sensory skills caused it to be killed by a Kidō as well. Logan's gaze then shifted, turning to look slightly upwards at a much larger hollow that some how was able to conceal itself decently. Since the Shinigami was able to dodge the Hollows first attack, Logan did not rush in. Although he did stay on his guard.

Logan still had his Zanpakutō, which was a rather lengthy katana, at least a foot longer than a regular one, grasped tightly into his right hand. Seeing that crack that the Shinigami made, he came to the conclusion that he should probably help. Although he knew he should. He had a single question to ask. The Hollow went to strike at Snopy with a hard punch, but Logan Shunpo'd in between the two. He brought up his left hand and grabbed onto the Hollow's fist, holding him there. He looked towards Snopy. "One question..." he spoke out in a low, soothing tone, "Are you one who wishes to become stronger? If you want to advance your skills, I will leave this Hollow to you. If not, I will kill him."

Logan wasn't cocky, nor was he trying to show off his power. He was raised to be a gentleman, to be respectful, to consider others, and to care. These things he learned were practically carved into his very being since birth. If this man wished to become stronger, he would stand guard while the Shinigami fought the Hollow. At least this was his intention. It all depend on the answer given by the man in front of him.

Snopy watched as the man easily stopped the fist of this rather large hollow. Snopy didn't even need to think about his response. In a manner of speaking yes. I have b...excuse me for a moment. Another hollow was running in from behind at Snopy. Hadō #4, Byakurai. He fired off a Byakurai and made a nice hole through its head. Snopy abruptly turned back to the man. Where was I...oh yea. I've been trying to regain strength I lost, though it is basically the same thing. Snopy struggled to keep a straight face as the hollow grew agitated. Why you, when I- Snopy cut the hollow off. Excuse me, I was in the middle of a conversation. I would really appreciate it if you didn't butt in. The hollow was large enough, so he felt he could fire off the spell without hitting the man. No, he knew he could. Hadō #17, Pulse Blast. Snopy fired off a large orb, aimed at the hollow's body.

When the orb struck, there would be a small explosion with a 3 foot radius. There was no way he'd hit the man unless the man purposely walked into it. If Logan had released his grip by this point, the hollow would stagger back a few feet. Otherwise, it would still be held in place. Can you do me a favor and deal with the uninvited guests headed our way? Snopy had detected several hollow approaching. Snopy himself would prefer to avoid being flanked while he fought this one.

Logan's gaze shifted upwards only slightly. He too had sensed the Hollow trying to land a surprise attack, but knew this man would be able to handle it. If not, he would have done something about it. Once the Hollow was killed and the stranger Shinigami turned back towards Logan, he glanced down to him. He had once again began speaking, but the Hollow Logan currently was holding off with his left hand had decided to attempt interrupting him. Logan was rather amused with the way Snopy had spoken to the Hollow. It was, do I dare say it, 'funny'. Even though Logan wasn't one to smile or to laugh, a low chuckle emitted from the his throat, the sounds coming through his nose as he kept his mouth shut.

The Shinigami shot off another Kidō. Logan had come to the conclusion that Kidō was his favorite way of battle rather quickly. The blast hit the Hollow, causing a small explosion. Logan let go of the Hollow once the Kidō impacted his body, causing the Hollow to stumble backwards. The explosion did nothing to Logan, except cause his hair to shift due to the wind created from it. Logan's attention was directed towards five more Hollow that were coming this way. All of them seemed to be low level and rather weak, so they weren't going to be hard to take out. Hearing Snopy's suggestion, Logan nodded and began stepping away, his Zanpakutō still in his right hand while his left was casually placed into the pocket of his coat.

Using Shunpo, Logan vanished from sight and appeared rather quickly down the way, about seventy feet away from Snopy's current location. All of the Hollows stopped in their tracks with his sudden appearance. One immediately went for the attack by swinging his tail rapidly towards him, but Logan raised his blade, cutting through the tail clean from it's body. The Hollow howled loudly and began squirming around. Logan's actions had obviously angered the other four, because they too went on the attack. Why so many Hollows were showing up in one place at the same time, Logan was unsure of, but he knew one thing: They weren't powerful enough to take him down or injure him.

Snopy felt safe leaving the other hollow to the man. They wouldn't try to attack him, seeing as the man had much more energy in his body and thus, to them, was much more appetizing. The hollow that stood before him, however, was focused on Snopy. It was obviously quite angry. You don't really think you can defeat me you little twerp? Snopy just smiled. If I can I will defeat you, if I can't, I'll lose. Its as simple as that. Snopy was rather blunt on the matter, he didn't feel like talking to a hollow anyway.

The hollow moved in and slammed its fist down on the Shinigami's location. Snopy, however, had jumped into the air, sword in hand. He held his blade with its tip down and pierced into the hollow's arm. As the hollow's arm jolted, Snopy jumped off. This thing was getting madder by the second. The hollow tried once more to punch, this time with its other hand. Snopy found this hollow's style rather dull. The definition of insanity is trying the same thing again and expecting a different result. He jumped up and poked another hole into the hollow. Your plan fails once and you think to try it again? The hollow moved backwards and rebuilt distance. They were now separated by 20 feet once again. You think you are so smart, but you don't listen to reason. I am stronger, so naturally I will win. Snopy shook his head at the hollow's argument. The hollow opened its hands and ran forward. His arms were spread far apart. What, is he going to try and squish me? The hollow was sorely mistaken if it thought it could. As its hands came from both sides, Snopy Shunpo'd forward in between the hollow's body and its hands. He put a lot of force into his swing, and rather than piercing the mask, be brought his blade from under its chin, up to its head.

Steel's stronger than skin, hows that for reason. He pulled his sword out as the hollow faded from existence. He wondered for a moment, where are these supposedly saved souls. They were already in the Soul Society, so where did they go? They must go somewhere else, which to him seemed pointless. Either way, he turned to see how the man was doing behind him.

As the one that had his tail cut off squirmed around and howled in it's Hollow manner, the other four had begun their attack. None of them had enough skill to take him. With a simple swing of his blade, Logan sliced through one of the masks. The Hollow died without even getting a shot off. Two of them, looking rather similar, jumped into his direction and attempted to bring scythe likes claws down onto him. This wasn't going to do anything. His blade was much longer than most, and with a horizontal swing towards the Hollows, it went straight through both of their masks and, like the other, disintegrated and vanished from his sight. This only leaved two of them. The one that was squirming around on the floor, he merely walked up to and sliced through it's mask, putting it out of it's misery. Normally, he would not have let any creature suffer like that, but with the others being a distraction, it was forced.

Logan turned to see that the other Hollow had charged towards Snopy, decided that going up against Logan was a suicide mission. Using shunpo, Logan vanished and reappeared in front of the Hollow, looking down at it. It resembled a dog of some sorts, it have two tails instead of one, and what looked like claws. This didn't matter though. As he appeared, the Hollow slammed into his body, but Logan didn't even flinch. With a short swing of his blade, the Hollow met the same fate as the other two. Logan then sheathed his Zanpakutō, coming to the conclusion that he was no longer going to need it. It was about that time that he heard the demise of the Hollow the other was fighting.

Now standing about twenty feet from that scene, he turned to see whether the Shinigami had been injured or not. Like Logan assumed, he was not. He had just gotten done with his own fight, and now was turning towards Logan. He walked over towards the Shinigami and then looked off. A large amount of villagers were standing on the hill, watching them to see if they would become food for the Hollows, or whether it would be safe for them to return to their homes. Logan looked back down to the Shinigami and waited for him to move, speak, or anything.

Snopy stretched a bit. From what he could sense there were no more hollow, but he was still wary. He could easily be wrong. He looked up towards the man, who was a lot taller than he was. He wasn't surprised at how easily he had dealt with the others. This man was no joke, Snopy knew that much. It was about time, Snopy thought, to actually find out who this man was. Thanks for the assistance, normally none of them would be too much of a problem, but I'm not as strong as I used to be. If you hadn't shown up, I might be dead. Snopy was still trying to fathom as to why he was sent out alone when somehow hollow had broken into the Soul Society.

I suppose its about time I told you who I am. My name is Snopy Saika, member of the Gotei 13, 5th division specializing in Kidō. I was sent out here to deal with these hollow, why someone of my strength was sent out alone remains to be seen. But I guess I shouldn't complain seeing as I'm alive. So, what is your name?