Odd Breeze in the Slums[open]

The slums of Karakura Town were darkening in the night, ally-ways becoming as black as the furthest reaches of space. In one ally-way dull grey eye's peered out into the streets. What the darkness of the ally hid was the victim of the owner of the dull eyes. Slurping, dripping, and the occasional chuckle drawl out from the ally. A bit of light at the end of it revealed a growing trail of blood flowing into the streets.

THUD!

The noise rang out as the being in the ally threw its prey into a nearby trash bin. Footsteps echoed before a splat could be heard, foot landing in a pool of blood as the being walked towards the ally's entrance. Suddenly a shadowy blur seemed to leap along a building before landing on a roof and vanishing. The night having now set in the being was evidently moving faster, and reacting even more precisely than before.

Thanatos set out into the depths of the slums, intent on enjoying his time in the night. As the Sueki ran, an eerie wind seemed to flow alongside him. Thanatos had unconsciously allowed his affinities to mix around him creating immensely sharp winds that seemed to shred anything he came near. With a calm smile upon his face Thanatos continued to travel the rooftops before feeling a spike in spiritual pressure nearby.

Coming around a corner Thanatos bore witness to a massive golem like Hollow ripping a woman in half with its immense jaws. For a brief moment an excited grin managed to slip onto his face before he leapt at the Hollow. Winds whirl'd around Thanatos before six mighty broadswords came to life, formed from both wind and vorpal affinities. Each broadsword took a mighty swing at the Hollow, three managing to cleave into its flesh severing an arm, cutting into the ribs, and along its back. The other three blades continued on before Thanatos had them strike once again, piercing the Hollow with ease as it had been distracted by its pain.

Sighing as the fight was over Thanatos made his way through the slums once again, hoping to find another Hollow, or anything really. It was time to make his name known to the world, and he'd start with the slums.

An applaud originated not too far from where Thanatos stood. Standing about twenty feet away was a short, very young looking girl. She stood on the very edge of the same roof Thanatos stood on. Her long blond hair blew in the wind along with the sweet aroma that is her natural scent. Her shihakusho was quite normal but with slight differences that make her outfit unique. Instead of the normal white ribbon at the waist, she wears a slightly thicker sky blue ribbon. Her right sleeve is at the normal length while the left sleeve is a tad bit shorter than the right side. In her hair is a neatly placed gray headband that separates her bangs from the rest of her hair.

"Very well. I must say I'm impressed. You took that hollow out with ease, didn't you?" She leaped down off the ledge and took a step forward. "I don't seem to remember seeing your face around."

The girl that was once twenty feet in front of Thanatos was suddenly directly behind him. She had moved with such speed, such agility.

"What is your name?" She the girl asked.

Clank, Clank, Clank, the sound echoed through the slums as the metal boots of a shinigami hit the ground. The rest of her shinigami outfit looked pretty standard, though her huge blade seemed very different from most shinigami's. A huge European two handed blade sat in the scabbard on her back, held in place by a golden sash that went across her upper body, from her left shoulder to her right hip. Her silver eyes glistened, locked on to the man in front of her. The blonde hair had been pulled back in to a pony tail, with bangs allowed to hang loosely on either side of her face. A small amount of pink lipstick had been applied on her lips which had curled in to a small smile.

"Well, well, looks like I'm a bit late, doesn't it? What's your name sir, and what brings you to this sort of place?"

Kristya could feel it in the man, a feeling of malice, a desire to fight, to kill. Men like this disgusted her, but for now she kept this to herself for now. She then took her eyes off of the man for a second, looking at the shinigami nearby, and gave her a warm smile and a nod.

"Kristya Kallen, 3rd seat of squad 8. Who are you miss?"

Her eyes then snapped back to the man, all sense of a smile gone from her face. Her hand twitched to her sword, ready to draw it should the man attack her or the other shinigami nearby. She hadn't been nicknamed the angel of squad 8 for nothing, she was a born protector, living just to be able to save another person.

"Are you only looking for a fight, to harm another being? Men like that are disgusting pieces of shit, so you better hope not. Since you killed that hollow I have nothing to do out here, I might as well take some shitty killer like that and teach them a lesson."

Her eyes narrowed, her hand gripping the handle of her zanpaktou. The feeling of malice she was sensing, it made her want to puke. This was the very reason she went out of her way to avoid the squad eleven barracks. If this man showed her to correct, she would show him the error of his ways, she would judge him with truth before the angelic presence. This was her essence, the bringer of justice, the upholder of law. She would upend the chaos, she would protect the weak from the preying strong, she would bring down the tyrants from upon their throne. This was the essence of Kristya Kallen.

Thanatos had been ready to leap too yet another roof when suddenly the sound of someone clapping broke out in the empty streets. Slowly the silver haired Sueki turned, as he did so the young looking male flicked his wrist. Instantly the air currents in the area changed... Sure they had been odd before, influenced by the mere presence of Thanatos... But now they were becoming more erratic, such to the point that the winds began to howl as a thin layer of the winds seemed to settle over the entirety of Thanatos' body. In addition to the Flowing Skin the winds seemed to focus in five locations around Thanatos, yet they did not reveal what was hidden by them.

The winds continued to flow with purpose around Thanatos as he eye'd what appeared to be quite the young girl... But Thanatos knew she could easily be many times the age she appeared to be, after-all he himself only appeared to be seventeen & he had lived for over four hundred years. Thanatos noted the girl's seemingly custom Shinigami uniform... What one was doing here, Thanatos could really care less.. His hunger for a fight had been growing since defeating the Hollow moments ago, which the girl seemed to have witnessed if her words were anything to go by. Hell, she even seemed to be impressed with him.. Not that it really mattered.

Thanatos was about to respond when the girl made too move. Though she cleared the twenty feet between the two in a mere instant, that instant was all it took for Thanatos to know where she'd end up. It was only because of this, and his own superior speed that when the girl appeared, Thanatos was already facing her when she asked for his name. At this a immensely calm look seemed to creep onto his visage, the only remaining sign of his hunger for a fight being his twitchy hand.

"My name, you ask? Why I'm none other than..." It almost seemed as if Thanatos was going to answer her when suddenly he continued, "It's a secret!" At this a calm, smooth chuckle escaped Thantos' lips before he first felt the presence of another, before hearing the sound of metal connecting with solid ground. Soon the source came into view... Another Shinigami.. Immediately Thanatos was slightly suspicious, why? Because unlike any other Shinigami he had encountered, this one seemed to carry a broad-sword like weapon, rather than a katana that most sealed Zanpakutō take the form of. The one thing about the new arrival did amuse him, she was also blonde.. Who woulda thought he'd run into two Shinigami in a day, let alone two blondes.

Thanatos had heard the new arrival speak, not even blinking at the hidden disgust in her voice. Yet another seemed to want to know his name... Well maybe if they made it worth his while, he would share it with them... After-all he did wish his name to spread amongst the world once again.. It really did irk him that his name had become a lost legend in the times, though he didn't do much about it in the first place. Well... At least he learn't this ones name as she introduced herself to the other Shinigami. So a third seat was here eh? Perhaps thing's could turn out to be pretty fun after-all.

At the mere thought of a battle the calm visage that had come across his face vanished, replaced with an all to anxious grin. Whether the grin held a malice to it or not would be unknown to the two... Though they'd feel the growing blood-lust begin to roll off of Thanatos. The one who introduced herself as Kristya snapped her attention back to him, her sword hand twitching towards her blade. In reaction to this Thanatos merely snapped his fingers causing the five points of wind around him to die down revealing five menacing weapons made from the winds themselves before being infused with vorpal sharpness. The two Shinigami where bearing witness to but a taste of Thanatos' Armory of the Gale ability. Each of the five weapons created were either some type of spear, halberd, or pole-arm, and each could be controlled effortlessly via manipulating the very winds they were made from.

The Sueki didn't bother listening to this Kristya go on about how she was disgusted by people like him, people who simply looked for a fight. But when she had mentioned teaching him a lesson, Thanatos had perked up.. She wanted a fight huh? Well a fight she would get! Thanatos took a step forward, malice filled grin plastered upon his face, he took another step forward. "So you want to fight huh? You think you can harm me, right? Teach me a lesson? Let's see you try!" He challenged the Shinigami, watching as she gripped the handle of her blade.

Another step forward and suddenly Thanatos seemed to burst into shadows right in-front of the first Shinigami who had arrived. A mere second later Thanatos appeared a good ten feet behind Kristya, reforming from the shadows. As he did so all five of his wind-based weapons pointed towards her, the breeze in the area suddenly became an immense gale, strong enough to begin pulling apart weaker structures in the area. Thanatos' grin grew larger as he reached into the air, forming a sixth weapon with his armory ability. This one was a wicked claymore, the large two handed weapon held weightlessly in a single hand. Thanatos allowed himself a larger smile, he'd be able to maintain these six weapons for a while, and could still create more if needed.

But this wasn't all.. No, Thanatos had yet to even begin his assault. In the moments it would have taken to form the sixth blade, he would have also used his Wind Affinity in order to create a whip of solid air. Using said whip Thanatos lashed out at Kristya, aiming to simply get the whip snagged around some part of her body in order to pull her to him, while doing so Thanatos would send two spears towards the other Shinigami, aiming to impale her with repeated stabs at the torso. As this occurred Thanatos would rush Kristya, whether or not his whip succeeded wouldn't really matter, as Thanatos's speed would be enough to close the gap between the two in the blink of an eye before he delivered a powerful knee to the gut, followed up by a mighty swing of the wind-claymore he held, aimed to cut her torso in two.

Thanatos would continued his assault using his agility to quickly land hard punches, knee's, and kicks to any spot he could. Once done this assault Thanatos would jump back, allowing himself vision of both Shinigami while thinking up his next move.

"My name, you ask? Why I'm none other than..." . . . "It's a secret!"

She didn’t realize he would be that kind of guy. “So you won’t talk, huh? I should have figured that much.” Which was understandable, she didn’t allow herself to seem very friendly at all, so why should he?

A new presence came forth soon after. Kristya Kallen. The young looking Shinigami had heard that name, though she had never met her in person. She looked over to see the face of the women introducing herself. So she was a third seat, not bad. At least she was nice enough to smile. Not many people smiled to the young Shinigami. Just like her captain, people would underestimate her abilities all because of her small appearance.

She returned a soft smile to Kristya but only for an instant. “I am 4th Seat Odaue Numataki from the 10th Division.”

Odaue could feel tension between these two increase heavily as each ticking second passed by. She knew that neither one of them were to be underestimated, she could feel the Riatsu pulsing strongly from both bodies.

Then, suddenly, he moved. He stepped forward and with his next step, he was 10 feet behind the other Shinigami. He attacked her, then sent his air swords after Odaue. She managed to dodge the surprise attack and pulled out her sword. She wasn’t exactly prepared for a fight, let alone did she really even want to but it looked like she had no choice. She stood there, Zanpakutō in hand just waiting to release her Shikai.

"Heaven's Element, Shielding Light."

The words escaped Kristya's lips, a whisper as a white glow surrounded her and the fourth seat, providing them with protection from half of any damage they would receive. Drawing her huge European sword, its golden blade shining in the light of the day. The malice coming off this boy was immense, sometimes she wished she could stop the ability her zanpaktou gave her, to be able to sense malice. Now that she was holding her weapon, ready for combat, it was obvious she was left handed. A quick swing of her sword and the whip was sent away from her body, unable to tangle around her. The spears thrust at her, she brought her hands up, the spears slamming in to them. Her sleeves ripped apart, revealing the metal bracers beneath them, protecting her from the attack.

Standing there, as the man moved towards her, a blinding flash exploded from her body, covering the area within forty five meters of her. All the shadows in the area were erased, and people with weak focus would be blinded by the light. As the knee to the gut connected, the man would feel the light resisting him, and Kristya came out unscathed. Her hands moved quickly, her sword coming in to the path of the wind blade he held. Ignoring his kicks and punches, she focused on blocking the wind weapons. As he jumped back, Kristya performed a flash step to get in front of him, her large blade raised high. Quickly, she brought it down towards his skull, her eyes no longer glistening with any love, just narrowed in preparation to deal justice.


((OOC: All shadow based powers around her are dispelled, and can not be used for two posts due to her heaven's element - blinding presence ability. In addition if either of you have a focus of adept or less, you are blinded. Check my app for more details on the abilities I used: heaven's element - shielding light and heaven's element - blinding presence.))

A white glow seemed to bathe the two Shinigami in a protective aura as Kristya called out some technique of hers. Thanatos hadn't heard what was said due to Odaue introducing herself briefly. His current target, Kristya drew her blade before slashing the whip of wind in twain, rendering it useless until Thanatos called upon the winds again. What did surprise Thanatos for a moment though was the Shinigami's hasty reaction to the thrown spears, she merely reached her hands up as if to block them. And when she did this caused a slight sting to the pride of the Sueki as metallic gauntlets were revealed.

Though Thanatos had to thank one thing, the spears proved that his foe was in-fact not strong enough physically to merely destroy the weapons created by his Armory of the Gale ability. Continuing his attack Thanatos was surprised when a brilliant flash was released rendering his shadow based abilities useless, though this mattered not when it came to Thanatos' own speed. He eyed her with amusement as she brought her own blade forth to block his large wind claymore. By now he was growing slightly annoyed with how that odd aura she caused earlier allowed her to simply shrug off his kicks and punches.

It was amusing when Thanatos jumped back and his foe flash stepped before him, blade risen high. Thanatos had tracked her movements with quite the bit of ease allowing him to raise his own blade created by the armory to block hers with time to spare. The hunger for battle glistened in his eyes as he locked them with the foe before him, his own eyes flashing gold yet again. As his blade locked with the Shinigami's Thanatos reached out before being set against the winds of his blade. Eyes shined with horrendous intent as he began to increase the vorpal sharpness of the blade via his Vorpal Affinity. While it wouldn't show quite yet, he had just increased the sharpness of his Armory blade extensively, allowing it to surpass the sharpness of a Zanpakutō blade.

With a mighty shove the Sueki pushed his foe's blade from him before vanishing in a burst of natural speed. In the moment he vanished she would feel immensely sharp winds slice along her ribs multiple times as the Sueki passed by a single time. Claymore in hand the Sueki continued his pace, speeding for the Shinigami standing at the sidelines, in the same instant the other five weapons of the Armory lashed out a Kristya, aiming for any body blows they could land, be it fatal or not. The grey eyes of the Sueki were alight with the thirst for battle as he suddenly appeared to the right of the passive Shingami, swinging the extraordinary sharp blade of wind at her body, aimed to cleave her in twain before following up with a number of quick successive strikes aimed to cut tendons and muscles of her limbs. The strikes flowed with such ease and grace that the Shinigami would find herself quite challenged to block and evade the blows.

All this while the Sueki had been calm, the only sign of any difference in emotion being the malicious gleam in his dull grey eyes... Wait.. did they just flash gold again?..

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