The Walk Into Darkness [Bleach RP] Invite only

[Sacred Sin]

Ulquiorra moved so quickly, that even his blur wasn't visibly. When he stopped, he was behind Sky, his face close to hers once more. The point of Murcielago dug into Sky's cheek, but not with enough force to actually draw blood. His voice held an edge of ice, and something very, very deadly.

"While I don't usually act unless it is in my self interest and benefit, I can always make exceptions, child. Don't doubt that." Ulquiorra blinked his large, emerald eyes at her, their depths reflecting the truth and danger in his words. He pushed the blade tip in a little harder, as if to make a point then withdrew, sheathing Murcielago.

{I may have to do a drawing of that. It's fun making Ulquiorra scary. XD}
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Toshiro sighed and nodded mutely. "I know, but Captain Yamamoto has ordered me to stay here. He doesn't want to risk his Captains for a potentially pointless mission. I have no doubt that Senna and perhaps Captain Kuchiki, as well as Ichigo, would offer to come with me, but I can't go against orders." His turquoise eyes flickered to hers briefly, reflecting the degree of his pain and feeling of conflict that was tearing him apart.
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Aya gave him one of her "looks" and then uttered another sigh. "I guess not. But, you'll have to get your butt in gear sometime." She said, eyeing him meaningfully. It really sucked that he was her weak spot.
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Sutetchi jumped down from the window, landing gracefully, her black hair briefly obscuring her ethereal blue eyes. She straightened, smoothing out her purple dress with a purposeful gesture and then began to run, her lips curled into a rather creepy smile as she headed towards the destination Doku had bid her to go to.

Within a few minutes, she was crouching underneath a window ledge, listening impatiently to the two Soul Reapers inside. One was female, and the other was the man she was supposed to speak with. She glanced at the two of them, too quick to be spotted and with satisfaction noted that the red-haired woman's back was to her. She clambered up to full view and stared at Tisagu, making her presence known.

"He wishes to meet with you tonight." She mouthed. "I'm sure you know where."
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Akiko shrugged, but the movement was painful, just like every other damn thing she did. "About as well as I am." She muttered, looking away. She could feel the anger coming from Kironaa and couldn't help but feel guilty, though she wasn't sure why.
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"Present company excluded, right?" Ichigo chuckled, grinning at Elle. He jumped off the counter, setting his soda down, before reaching under the sink and grabbing a towel. He tossed it to her, and then shrugged, his muscles rippling a little.

"Do whatever is comfortable I guess." He said, then grew a little serious. "Have you scented anything out there? Hollows, or any suspicious activity?"

[DannyHorseRules]

Elle caught the towel in her jaws and nodded a thanks to Ichigo before turning and rubbing it against the wettest spots in her fur. She flickered her ears to point at him, and said, "..not really, but... I've been picing up weird vibes. Like, danger, threats, red, angry, its just screaming Get out of my place~! or something..." She refrained from sneezing as the towel's fuzzyness irritated her nose. She took her muzzle away from the cloth to breath, but shot her head up instantly, looking outside into the pouring rain, her differently colored eyes widened in an intense stare. She, instinctively, remained still, and raised her tail in defense, her throat rumbling out a muffled growl.
She picked up another vibe, except this one was a lot more aggressive than the others. It was screaming, Why are you here? Get out! She was certain that wasn't the main objective of whatever this vibe belonged to, but it was a major detail. And it was dangerously close.

[*Skylar The Plant*]

Skylar froze, her bright eyes widening as she felt the tip of Ulquiorra's sword pressed against her cheek and she let out a small alarmed squeak, still frozen in place she listened to the emo looking Arrancars words and she gulped nervously. Her eyes flicking to Ulquiorra and a serious look crossed her face as the man withdrew his sword. "I can make your life a living hell while I'm here, I'm not afraid of you" She bluffed and turned abruptly back to Ulquiorra, her hand twitching to her back where her Zanpuktou was usually sheathed.
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Momo stared at Toshiro sadly, a soft frown on her peaceful face, a soft sigh escaped her pale lips and her chocolate coloured eyes narrowed, a hardness coverinlg her face. "Toshiro, this is hurting you. And would you really not go against orders to save someone you loved? What if they had taken me? What if the DID take Skylar? What are you going to do!" She asked quietly, with more force and conviction in her words then she had spoken in a long time.
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Tisagu grinned charmingly at Aya and pursed his lips. "Sure sure Aya-Bug" He chuckled playfully before his gaze freezing as he spotted something. His eyes widened ever so slightly as his eyes sought upon Sutetchi and he watched her mouth and his head dipped ever so slightly to her, letting her know he got the message. He looked back at Aya, as if nothing had really happened.
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"Well, for his sake only, I hope you are alright, as well at the b*stard child" Kironaa stated coldly and she narrowed her sapphire eyes, she lent against the side of the door frame, more heavyier this time and she let out a soft sigh and ran her fingers through the fringe of her charcoal and sapphire hair, moving it out of her pale face swiftly. Her gaze snapped back to Akiko with an angry heat and she frowned.

"But if you and your baby ruin my family, I'll kill you both"

[Sacred Sin]

Ulquiorra paused, listening with a detached, silent air that seemed to cause a chill to creep into the room. He felt, rather than heard Sky's hand twitch towards the hilt of her Zanpakutou and the smallest bit of grim amusement entered him. His own hand, pale and white, reached to touch the hilt at his side, and he waited for her to make a move.

"Contrary to my tattoo, I am no longer the fourth Espada. I'm the second." Ulquiorra's voice was absolutely dead.
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"I don't know Momo. I just don't. What if she did really go there on her own? What the hell would I do then?" Toshiro said, a low note of anger in his voice. He sighed and rubbed the back of his beck, fingers brushed his white hair briefly.
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Akiko let out a vicious snarl, conviction and fury jolting through her entire body. Her purple eyes burned and she restrained the urge to get up.

"Don't you dare call my child a bast*rd and don't you dare threaten my baby's life or I swear to god I'll kill you first. Never get in the way of a mother and her child, no matter what type of woman she is." Akiko said, her voice very soft and very lethal.
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Sutetchi gave Tisagu one of her creepily wide smiles and nodded before disappearing beneath the window ledge. She sped back to Doku, as fast as a Soul Reaper in flashstep and gave him the news, her porcelain face glowing with excitement.
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"So what does the child want to do?" Aya asked sarcastically, her smirk both amused and slightly irritated. She crossed her arms and huffed a sigh, flicking back the red bangs that covered her face and semi-fell into her brown eyes.
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Ichigo's face twisted with concern and frustration. "That's not good. The reason I asked was because there have been several, Hollow-like murders, but they don't seem to be entirely Hollow. Then there are the disappearances." He rubbed his eyes tiredly.

[*Skylar The Plant*]

"Ya think I'm scared of a number two?" Skylar asked with a tight smirk, not realizing her unsubtle pun. She lightly clenched the hilt of her Zanpuktou and slowly unsheathed it, her eyes narrowing coldly as she held her sword out in front oh her, the silver/green blade looked sharp and she smirked. "Lets go" She yelled at Ulquiorra, then flashstepped forward, she was sick of mind games for now, she wanted to prove she was better, and shouldn't be scared of him.
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"Well, why did you think of marrying someone who would leave you so quickly? And someone you wouldn't bother to save?" Momo asked quietly, her dark eyes flaring, she always thought it was unfair that Toshiro had chosen Skylar, she would have prefered it to be herself, but it seemed he was never happy with Skylar. Momo frowned increasingly and sighed.
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"You child is a freaking b*stard, and I'll stamp on it's freaking head" Kironaa screeched at Akiko, her blue eyes full of anger and indignation, she clenched her fists and her jaw was clenched. "Your just stupid, you know if you die and the baby lives, no ones going to let it live" She snarled, her dark blue eyes still full of anger.
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"The child wants lunch, and a nummy lunch! With ice-cream!" Tisagu exclaimed brightly with a laugh before glancing to the window the mod soul had disappeared out of with a small smile on his lips at the thought and he looked back at Aya with bright eyes.

[Sacred Sin]

Ulquiorra stared at her with unfeeling eyes as she flashstepped forward, his hand still resting comfortably on the hilt of Murcielago. He remained motionless and silent, though his spiritual pressure flared suddenly, engulfing him in a dark green light.
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Toshiro grit his teeth, feeling a surge of anger grip him tightly. He turned to Momo slowly, his fists clenched. It was the only sign that he was furious, as his face was absolutely blank, though his eyes burned icily.

"At least I've had better taste than you have, Momo." He said, his voice flat. The words came out before he could stop them and the anger gave way to a gut-clenching guilt. "Sorry, I-I didn't meant hat." He murmured softly, sitting down with a heavy sigh.
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Akiko let out a fierce, feral snarl that echoed loudly in the room. It end shortly when it turned into a piercing scream as the baby kicked. Then....she froze, gasping. Oh god, my water just broke. She thought in desperation. I'm going into labor....Hisaraku.....god....please....help me.
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"Ooo!" Aya said in a mock excited voice. "Then we can go get you a teddy bear! And then I can read you a bedtime story before you fall asleep all snuggly in your blanky." Her lips quivered as she held back laughter.

[DannyHorseRules]

Elle continued to concentrate on the outside, but she felt the feeling die down and turned to face Ichigo, her eyes glistening. "Oh... you wanna know something funny?... I smelled blood this morning, and went to investigate, and found someone with their torso slashed to shreds by large fangs of some sort, but, some other people in black kimonos were there. I have no idea to tell if one's reitatsu is evil or not but, I'm going ot ask you this..." She narrowed her eyes a little. "Are they allies..? The only person that I know to have a black kimono like that in spiritual form is you." She tilted her head to the side a little, and thought about "disappearances."This was all, of course, new to her, but she had at least found a trace of one murder, and felt shamed that she didn't know about disappearances. But, since she didn't really know anyone other than Ichigo, she couldn't really bash herself too hard on it.

[Sacred Sin]

Ichigo frowned and rubbed his chin with a grim thoughtfulness, his slender fingers moving rapidly. His brown eyes narrowed and he let loose a very soft sigh. Jumping off the counter, he walked over to where Elle lay and pulled a seat over, face serious.

"I guess I should give you the basics, so try and bear with me a little. Before I had this spiritual pressure, I was just a regular guy who could sense and see spirits. Then, I met a girl named Rukia, who was a Shinigami, or Soul Reaper. She came from the Soul Society, an organization of Soul Reapers that protect the World of the Living, or our world, from monsters called Hollows. The Hollows are nothing but cold killers that prey on innocent spirits. They themselves are spirits, only they lack a heart, hence the name Hollow. The Soul Society deals with other...err creatures too. At any rate, Rukia was deployed here and through a serious of events, gave me her Shinigami powers. The people you saw in black kimonos are most likely other Soul Reapers, if their spiritual pressure is similar to mine. Each of them has a sword called a Zanpakutou. The Zanpakutou is a part of each Soul Reaper and depending on how strong the Soul Reaper is, the Zanpakutou will be stronger or weaker than others. It has many releases, the highest being Bankai, which you will most likely see the strongest Soul Reapers using in particularly hard battles. These Soul Reapers are most likely to be Lieutenants or Captains and they are pretty easy to distinguish based on their reiatsu. The Soul Society has thirteen squads, each with a Captain and Lieutenant. I am an exception and am a Substitute Soul Reaper, though I have reached the power level of a Captain. The Soul Reapers don't usually come to Karakura Town unless it's urgent. These murders that have been being reported, like the murder you saw, is most likely part of some plan that Aizen, a former, exiled Captain has created. He betrayed the Soul Society, trying to dissolve the boundary between Hollow and Soul Reaper and created something called an Arrancar, as well as Vizards. Vizards are part Hollow and have a Hollow mask. I could technically be considered one. An Arrancar is different though. They are Hollows that have ripped off their masks and retained the power of Soul Reapers. They have holes in their chests where their hearts should be, like Hollows, but wield swords like Zanpakutous. Aizen and the Arrancars live in a dimension known as Hueco Mundo, which is basically a place where all Hollows "come" from. Anyways, the murders are most likely linked to Aizen and the Arrancars, though from what I've sensed, the spiritual pressure found at the scenes doesn't feel like anything I've felt before."

Ichigo released another sigh and looked at Elle. "I suspect we'll be meeting the Soul Reapers that you saw, or others that are coming later on. They are our allies."

[DannyHorseRules]

Elle raised her head and listened to his entire story, taking in all of this information. Once he finished, she simply continued to stare at him, then shook her head and buried her muzzle into her paws, thinking. "..so, they're our allies. That's just about all I needed to know... but its nice to finally understand what you are. I guess you're more than a ghost in a kimono!" She gave a weak laugh, sounding more like a sigh, then raised her head and held her ears backwards a little. "...so, this 'Aizen' character... and this Hueco Mundo place... is it possible we could... travel there? Have a little talk with these 'Arrancars' and see what their motive is? Or... is it out of the question?" She attempted not to ask any stupid questions, but she was curious. She liked to see the good in people before she killed them. You know... when she actually had a choice.

[Sacred Sin]

Ichigo nodded, offering her a small smile before he downright laughed. "Well, unless you want to be killed or imprisoned, then I suggest we don't go to Hueco Mundo willingly. The Arrancars are basically pure evil and Aizen isn't known for...compassion or mercy. He tore the heart out of the woman who loved him, and then stabbed her once she had outlived her usefulness."