The Rightful Retake!

Ino sprinted up the stairs, his breaths coming in shorter and shorter gasps as the adrenaline began to wear off. The room behind him had been full of bodyguards, a Stern Ritter and the Quatro Espada: Shinkaimora Schiffer. Looking back over his shoulder before the room disappeared from view, he could quite easily see the bodyguards lying here and there. The Stern Ritter had once again evaded him by ducking out of a side passage and away from the conflict, though this wasn't what Ino was worried about. In the confusion of the fighting, Ino had lost his main friend since becoming a Hollow, and after spending over an hour pushing the various bodies aside, he had to give up, shrug his shoulders, and guess Shin had decided to leave the remainder of the fighting to him. Needless to say, Ino knew he could handle the forces within the palace, but he wished he had Shin's help for the Stern Ritter's whom could be lurking around any corner. The direction he was running in was taking him higher and higher through the perimeter of the palace, and he had an odd feeling that the roof would be where he ended up next. He had been looking forward to a rooftop battle since arriving in the palace, for it was the only place within Las Noches that an Arrancar could unleash its full power; The Segunda Etapa. Ino could feel the hum from that power deep within his blade, but he had not as of yet been able to access it within the palace walls. A smile spread across his face as a slight breeze blew down the staircase on which he was slowly ascending. The next thing he saw was the desert, stretching out before him, as he stood upon a domed rooftop upon the pinnacle of the palace. "It was nice of you to come Arrancar, but you see, this is where your journey ends. The Quincy have been pushed back from every dimension except this one, and we will not be eliminated by a single handed Arrancar!" Ino grinned, turning around as he did so to face the Stern Ritter that had eluded him, every step of the way while ascending the palace. To little surprise, the Stern Ritter had not come alone, but instead had what appeared to be half an army of Quincy at his back, with a rather smug look upon his face.

"We are a noble order, who trained for centuries to destroy evil beings such as yourself, in order to make the world a better place. So what gives you the rights to stand before us, as you do now? You seem to think your King of Las Noches already, but you are no where near that level. You stand here alone, a grin across your face as though you hide some form of secret, but nothing can save you from the Quincy cross! At those last words, the Stern Ritter's patience seemed to snap, as a blue blade formed from a silver tube and he dashed towards Ino with skilled prowess. Not wanting to give too much of the surprise away, Ino fired a couple of Cero before being met blade to blade, where he and the Stern Ritter exchanged blows trying to gain the advantage with every second that passed. As Ino spun this way and that, dodging and parrying blows, while attempting to slash at the Stern Ritter's open areas, he noticed one thing which he knew would give him the upper hand. The army, that the Stern Ritter had brought with him, hadn't even made a single attack yet, and now that he thought back on it, they had never been ordered too, so why were they up here?

Pushing his confusion to one side so as to focus on the battle with the Stern Ritter, Ino knew that he was slowly losing the upper hand, and despite his "big headed" appearance, the Stern Ritter before him knew how to handle a blade very well. Slowly but surely, Ino was forced to take up the defensive before being pushed back into a line of Quincy and he realized that during his fight with the Stern Ritter, the Quincy army had circled them, blocking off all means of escape. Coming to terms with the fact the fight would soon result in his death, Ino had no choice but to release his power. "Llamarada en ser, Daemon Fuego!" Ino felt his skin burn as dragon scales appeared from every angle around his body, before attaching to various parts of his body. His mask grew until it covered his face, while his blade increased in size, before bursting into flames. The whole in his chest, which he gained during his Hollowfication where the heart is removed, glowed bright orange, and flowed along cracks through his chest. His white Espada coat turned blood red with a spiral pattern in orange along the inside. His arms had spikes at the elbows and shoulders which expanded for a few inches, while the tricep area had a couple of spikes, which grew to roughly the same length. His legs no longer had the white flowing no longer existed, but rather, blood red and black dragon scales stuck to his legs, with orange cracks running along the joints. His feet became dragon-like with claws sticking out from his toe region and blood red scales which appeared in the shape of shoes covered the remainder of his feet. As for the rest of his face, he guessed he looked quite intimidating, due to the appearances on the Quincy's faces, but all he knew was the only thing visible past the mask was his eyes, though even despite this, an orange glow clouded them but didn't impair his vision. His black hair stuck out from behind the mask in all directions, and as he stood there, leaning against his black-flamed sword which had been stabbed into the ground he had to admit, he felt like quite a badass as the Quincy ranks began to falter. Even the Stern Ritter no longer looked as confident as he had several moments before.

Running forth, Ino ducked the Stern Ritter's blade with ease, and a chuckle escaped his lips as he dived straight for the Quincy on the outside. His plan, was quite simple: Kill off the "army" the Stern Ritter had brought, and once his morale was at its lowest after seeing his comrades fall, he'd deal with him swiftly. His new blade cut through flesh and bone like a fish swimming through water. He found it took little effort to cut a group of Quincy down, and allowed the smell of burning bone and flesh to fill his nostrils as the effects of his new blade slashed through Quincy like a hot knife through butter. Before he knew it, over half the "army" were lying dead on the ground in a smoldering mass. The thrill and the buzz of the adrenaline rushing through him was what made it worth it. He knew, the moment one of the Quincy plucked up enough courage to attack, his life could be over, but luck appeared to be on his side, as the masses before him coward away as the lines crumbled around him. The Stern Ritter had appeared to have lost all hopes of fighting back, for he stood, rooted to the spot. All he could do was watch as his comrades fell around him in Ino's blazing trail and on the odd occasion when Ino caught a glimpse of his face, he could see the pure fear that reflected back at him. It wasn't long before Ino found himself surrounded by a circle of Quincy bodies, with the Stern Ritter standing in the center of the massacre, his blue reishi blade hanging limply in his left hand. "I remember from my Human life, the Devil was a major factor that prevented people committing bad actions. You think your so righteous with your "Quincy Order" yet you have killed more than I but somehow you find the good in what you do. Here in my palace, the palace of Las Noches, I am the Devil, and you must repent for your sins!" Diving forward, Ino swung his blade in a semi-circle though it appeared the Stern Ritter had found some of his courage by this time and was able to parry his blow.

The fact Ino now had the upper hand was evident to see, for with each swing of his sword Ino sent the Stern Ritter back a step and with each block or parry, the Stern Ritter's confidence lessened. Ino kept up the flurry until the Stern Ritter stood upon the edge of the domed roof, fear and panic now evident upon his face as his sword hand grew less firm. With a quick flick of his blade, Ino sent the reishi blade flying over the edge of the white roof leaving the Quincy weaponless and open to any possible attack. Open your mind Ino, You will know what to do once you feel my power coursing through you!" Ino thought his swords power was already coursing through him, as he looked back at the massacre of Quincy bodies he had left in the center of the dome. He didn't have to think twice once he felt his left arm burn as the a fiery substance seemed to flow through it. Raising his left arm, pointing his palm directly at the Stern Ritter, Ino unleashed the power without much effort, causing a stream of fire to flow from a point centimeters from his palm. The effects, were instantaneous, like barbequed chicken, the Stern Ritter burned within seconds under the intense heat of the black flames. Allowing the flames to subside, the Stern Ritter was merely a standing skeleton before Ino poked the breastbone with the tip of his blade, sending the various bones toppling one after the other over the edge. "Well done young one, but you are yet a hatch-ling, before you gain any more of my power, you must prove yourself worthy, now go and finish the job!" Ino stood where the Stern Ritter had fell, appearing as he had done before unleashing his power, and after giving a quirky smirk to his blade, he sheathed it and turned, heading back for the stairs.

SC: 56
Battle SC: 257/500

Heading back down the stairs from which Ino had entered the roof, he re-traced his steps for some time heading back to the room with the long table and throne-like chair. He was passed the half way point now, he could see the ranks of Quincy were beginning to show less and less as he wondered the palace almost completely unchallenged. That was until he began to make his way around the outside wall of the palace, as after clearing the center, the only way to go was outwards. He entered another room with many exits leading in different directions, but this time, unlike before, the room was circular making it even more difficult to decide which one to pick. As soon as he went to choose a door however, Quincy ranks poured in from every exit, except the one he had just entered through. The room was so small only a few could fit in, while the rest had to loiter behind, craning their necks to get a better view of what was going on. To his disappointment, Ino found no Stern Ritter stood amongst them, or if he did, he had decided to hide himself by altering his uniform. Pulling his blade from its sheath on its back, Ino stood in a ready position, waiting for one of them to make the first move, as he stood there, slowly rotating on the spot. A thud from behind him was the first clue he had that an attack was imminent, and spinning on the spot with his blade at waist height, Ino cleaved the Quincy straight through the pelvis, causing them to fall in two to the floor. The moment their comrade fell, Ino looked into the faces of the numerous men that stood before him, and watched as their expressions changed, their shoulders sagged, and dread began to take its tole. He used this as his chance to do some proper damage, and dashing into the ranks dead ahead of him, Ino began to slash wildly in every direction, causing Quincy to fall left, right and center at his feet. By the time several men had fallen before him, the Quincy had managed to regain their morale, and they all charged in on him, surrounding him entirely."Llamarada en ser, Daemon Fuego!" Ino released his power, and the Quincy ranks directly around him, burst into flame as he swept round in a full circle, slashing at those who were too unfortunate to be beside him. It was during this time, when he had a little space around him to think clearly without instinct taking over his actions, that Ino wished to try something. It was during his time in Hueco Mundo while he was traveling with a group of Menos that he had been told about the Arrancars various Cero. The one that had caught his interest was the "Gran Rey Cero" which meant the Grand King Zero. It's a Cero which is used by mixing the Espada's own blood into the Cero, causing its power and speed to increase. Not only that but the normal red colour of the Cero is changed to one custom of the Espada using it. The only down side to this was that inside the palace of Las Noches, the Cero is forbidden due to its raw power being so great, it could destroy it. Unfortunately for Ino, he was inside the palace which meant he couldn't learn it but he made sure to take note of it for later, should he live long enough to leave the palace in the future.

Looking round, Ino began to realize that during his small amount of thinking, the Quincy were beginning to position themselves for another attack. Wanting to hold them away for as long as he could, Ino held up his left hand to the ceiling where a black fireball sparked into life, growing slowly as the flames flickered off the walls. Within seconds the ball was inches away from touching the ceiling, before Ino let it fly with a mental push. Upon impact the ball of black flames hit the ceiling, before shooting outwards in every direction, causing flames to rain all over the small, circular room. Screams filled the air as the Quincy were burned where they stood. Most of the men before him cowered away as the flames burnt holes through their skin, or the unlucky ones were almost completely stripped of their skin, leaving only a smouldering mess on the floor. Within a minute of the ball hitting the roof, half of the Quincy around him were disposed of, leaving the ones in the passageways looking scared to make a move. Using the most of his window of opportunity, Ino dived forward once more, hitting the ground inches away from his enemies and slashing at their lower leg region. The enemies he passed during his slide along the floor, all toppled like skittles as their ankles, knees or lower legs were severed completely. The screams that escaped them only filled Ino's drive to kill more of them, as he stood up, opened his left palm over them and blasted black flames over all of them. With the ones in the room dealt with, Ino changed his focus to those in the passageways whom were slowly, but surely, beginning to make their way into the room. Pointing his blade at the passageway directly in front of him, Ino fired a Cero at the first man he saw, shearing a hole through his, and several people behind him's chest. Diving up the passageway directly to the right, Ino drove the point of his sword through the Quincy's neck, pulling his blade free, Ino leaped backwards as a Quincy arrow barely missed his right shoulder, before diving forward once more and drop kicking the corpse of the man he had just slain. As Quincy bodies fell in confusion to the floor, Ino used Sonido to charge down the passageway opposite him, firing a Cero from his free hand as his body floated across the small room. Slashing at random, Ino found that there were far too many Quincy for him to handle by using this strategy. From the time it had taken him to slow down the Quincy in three passageways, the remaining Quincy in the other passageways had begun to filter into the room, surrounding him once more. Sighing at the fact the battle would seemingly never end, Ino began to feel a little annoyed and at the same time, impatient with everything that was going on.

Slashing around him, Ino leaped from one point to another, cutting down foes everywhere he looked. By the time he had come back to his senses and the blood frenzy ended, Ino found himself in a deserted room, the floor around him littered with corpses and not a single live Quincy in sight. During the fighting, he had lost track of which passageway he has used to come here, and so picked the one directly ahead of him, hoping it would take him where he wished to go. After traveling down some spiral staircases, and walking along black hallways, Ino found his blood red coat fluttering in the breeze, and guessed he had come across a passageway which lead outside. True enough, he spotted the stairs which he had climbed upon entering Las Noches to his right, and the slit in the perimeter wall to his left. He hadn't come out of the main entrance like before, but rather, a side entrance which had been unknown to him until now. Looking round, Ino wondered what his next course of action would be, as he sealed his power back into his blade, and returned it to the sheath on his back. Scratching just below the fragment of his mask, Ino walked over to the small gap in the wall, and looked out at the desert. He missed the days he had spent walking, fighting and resting on the sands, and now he was an Arrancar, he wished he could turn back. The fight with the Quincy was beginning to take its tole on him, as he felt more fatigued than he ever had before. Sitting inside the gap, Ino sat against the wall looking out on the slit of desert the wall allowed him to see. Memories flooded back into his mind, and he felt at peace as sleep began to force his eyes closed and his body to rest.

SC: 48
Battle SC: 305

Ren traveled through unknown territory, he couldn't understand why the place was so... sandy. That's when he noticed a few arrows headed toward his head. In an instant he was far out of the way, he searched in the direction that the arrows came from. So then they were having trouble here too, he noticed that his body wasn't here, maybe it was because human bodies and gigais were not allowed into the spirit world. With a quick snap of his fingers fire shot out at five of them, impaling through and killing them. Without wasting any time he shunpoed, with a quick slice he killed another weak soul. "I'm sorry to cut you down, I really am but you're all assumed to be a threat to one of my friends, so I have no choice." He swings a wave of his flaming aura toward more of the quincies, killing one and severely injuring one behind him. He couldn't imagine why the problem came here, but he knew was thing was sure, he should help out since Rekka's life would also be threatened by them being here, and he couldn't have that.

He wouldn't be able to leave until he killed off the would be pursuers though, there weren't but three left, not counting the badly injured one. He dashed toward the closest quincy, dodging arrows along the way, barely avoiding one that would have caught him in the chest. While he thrusted his blade through one's neck he allowed fire to shoot out through the tip and into another unlucky one. Now there were only two of them, one wouldn't be a challenge as his skill easily surpassed his, the other was pretty much dead anyway. His blade ignited, he knew it would allow his sword to cut through them easily, swings, fire spreads out into the last man, this one was able to dodge after being able to watch him kill his allies, but it would be in vain as he soon realized that a burning blade entered through his back. The wound were the cut began to burn instantly into ashes, he could see smoke exit his mouth as he tried to scream.

After finally killing off all the quincies he went off to search for who was in charge. This invasion must of been world round, were they really trying to take over everywhere? This is nonsense, there's no way possible that could really achieve such a task like this, with odds like these stacked up against them. It was however a valiant effort on their part, although they were destined for failure, he wouldn't be able to understand why they decided to try as he wasn't one of them, but for whatever reason they were doing it for, they tried. He raises his spiritual pressure as a way of luring whoever was in charge of HM.

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Battle SC: 325

Rekka flew through the exit seeing that her gigai had disappeared but she still had the bags of lollipops in her talons. Laying around the white sand were quincies badly burned and bleeding, hiru must have killed them off before she got out. She Flew over to him and dropped the bags of sweets into one of his pockets. He was heading in the direction of las noches where the arrancars had once roamed before the quincy came or so she had heard from another hollow. Why go there when it was swarming with them and hiru was so much weaker then her and even she didn't try attacking the place. Then again she never had a reason to attack the place, she wasn't an arrancar. She had no interest in them really besides there so called great power, she had never even seen one they might just be fairy tale of some kind. "Hiru-kun there are many quincy there are you sure you want to go and get killed."

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A/N-Bount/Doll telepath talk

(lost internet/ left thread)

As Hiru looked carefully from afar at the massive door he felt something drop into his pocket. When he looks back he sees Rekka, she must of put the candy in there, that would explain it. "Hiru-kun there are many quincy there are you sure you want to go and get killed." He chuckled, she assumed right away that he was going to die, even after bodies that he left behind. When he thought about it he couldn't really blame her, there was that one quincy that was stronger than even an average captain while he didn't even tip the levels of captain. Even with that danger ahead of him he knew that all he had to do was avoid the Stern Ritter at all cost while taking out the more weaker ones, he would have to leave that other guy up to whoever owned the place. At this point with all the dead bodies that littered the front of the door the guy may as well be dead if wasn't already.

"You don't have to worry about me, although I appreciate it" He said as he smiled."I may not be on the level of a captain but I am strong nonetheless." He said, just like that his new friend Lucas was seen moving past him by the use of some kind of transportation. He decided to take the cheaper way there through his shunpo, noticing the injured but alive quincies he decides to put them out of their misery. Beams of flames strikes through them, killing them off and making it to where they wouldn't be able to come back for more later on. All the killing that he was doing was really starting to bring out the original side of him. It became harder to hold him off each time he took someone's life, it wouldn't be long now before all the fighting brought out the original personality.

He walks up the spinning stairs, when he reaches the next floor he sees more dead bodies there, from previous fights that happened before. He takes an alternate rout, thinking that he will find them all over, that place was still infested with the filth know as quincy. There was much work to be done and a lot of time to do it, so he figured he could take his time with this instead of just rushing ahead. After a few turns and tunnels he finds himself confused but in the presence of some more opponents to eliminate. He blocks a few arrows before dodging and launching his counter attack, stabbing the first one that made eye contact with him in one of his eyes. In an instant he had already swiped a wave of fire into the small group, they were easily able to dodge it, but only was able to wipe out a quarter of them with an unexpected wave from their blind spot.

He couldn't help but believe that they really did come unprepared and that they were not expecting reinforcements nor would he ever expect to be working along side with the arrancars, it was something beyond his own comprehension. Even with his friendliness alone he was still a shinigami, a mortal enemy no matter how you looked at him. His focus was back on the battle, he had to worry about killing the quincies before they were able to get any kind of advantage. With his shunpo he was able to get by one's guard, grab and use him as a shield. He then stick his hand through the guys back and shoots fire at an unsuspected target that was nearby but thanks to his reflexes he was able to dodge it in time, suffering only a small burn. He sliced the man in half while he was in mid-dodge, demoralizing the rest of them. He kills the last three with beams of fire in the back of their heads as they tried to run away. He was convinced that even with them out of the way that his work still wasn't done and that he still had some more trouble along his path to free LN from the invaders.

AS Hiru walked he felt a sudden pulsation all over his body, it was much stronger than the last time, it was Ren calling, he wanted control over his body, finally, after fighting a long and hard mental battle he loses control of and switches personalities. Half way in the switch Hiru talked to Ren and explained the situation about the hollows and arrancar now being his friend and that he no longer had to attack them, that and the new friend who met being a bount due to him not being able to sense his reishi like he could when he was in Karakura. Ren smirks in a mixture of anger in humor, he couldn't believe he sociable Hiru was and how easily he just seemed to make friends with everybody. He also admired his ability to get anyone to like him, friend or foe.

Ren dashes through the long tunnel that lead him to another circle staircase, he ran up them to find that their were dead bodies. Whoever it was must of really been doing work from the looks of it, he thought to himself as he swung his sword toward the ground, allowing the blood from his battle to slat everywhere, he then cleans the blade of the blood that did not come off. "So, this is a full fledged war eh, well then, I may as well give them a run for their money..." He lays against a wall to try and recuperate some of the lost stamina from his last fight. "After I'm rested up of course, it would be a quite unfortunate if I was caught at half my fighting capacity, even more so if I became fatigued." As he lay there, covered in blood he wondered if there were any cloths that he could borrow to use for himself as well as a place to bathe himself.

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Battle SC: 382

Rekka let both of them go deeper into las noches but she was frozen at the door. Looking over to the size she saw it, the fairy tale that all the hollows dreamed of, an arrancar. While she hovered in midair her tiny wings beating every few seconds to keep her up she stared at the man sitting in a gap in the wall. Only part of his hollow mask remained just like the other hollows of the forest had stated. It wasn't just some fairy tale, arrancars were real and here was one before her and even when he looked so worn out he was still so strong. Hearing the crunch of sand behind her she looked over she shoulder to find reinforcements had come from inside. She turned quickly blocking an arrow with one of her fire balls that split into four and then attacked the quincy. This would all be long range fights for her so it wouldn't be easy. Flying higher she flapped her wings and looked down apon the quincy. "Too bad I won't be able to eat you" with that said she beat her wings once sending a heat wave towards them. The hot air sizzled there skin and exposed bone, bones then turn into ash and mixed with the sand cleaning up the opening of las noches. She slowly landed again panting slightly she wings loosely against her small finch like body. That was the first time she had ever done that, she was just happy it worked.

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bsc: 395

Ino awoke to the sound of flames nearby, a strange Reiatsu in the midst of it, but for the most part he knew there were Quincy involved. Leaping up he found himself to be too late as a bird-like Hollow landed on the sands not too far away. It appeared that during his little snooze, which he had only taken to regain his energy, Quincy had managed to sneak around him and fortunately the Hollow had been here in time to prevent them succeeding. Deciding not to leave the silence too long, Ino addressed the Hollow wondering what had brought he or she his way. "It would appear that I owe you my life, if it wasn't for you those Quincy would have pulled of a sneak attack and killed me during my rest. My name is Ino Miyuraki, Primera Espada, and currently, the only Espada since the disappearance of my comrade." Ino let the silence fill the space between them as Shin briefly popped into his mind. Focusing back on what he was doing and the task at hand, Ino turned towards Las Noches. "Judging by the fighting and Reiatsu I feel within the palace, you didn't come here alone? If you'd like to find those you came with easily, you could follow me as I stumbled upon an entrance which leads to the upper levels?"

With his adrenaline now pumping through his veins, Ino decided not to wait on a reply from the Hollow who's name he didn't even catch. Instead, he sprinted towards the side entrance he had found before his nap and headed back up to the circular room. Stepping foot inside, the smell of burnt flesh was still strong from his previous fight in this location, but Ino didn't stop to double check his work, and rather headed off in the direction of a Reiatsu seemingly locked in combat. He found the clues when Quincy bodies began to appear in places he had never visited before, and followed them through a large doorway before coming out along a long tunnel and seeing a human figure up ahead. Slowing down his speed, Ino came to a stop several feet away from the person, for he knew exactly what the person was even without having to ask, a Shinigami. Showing no friendliness towards the stranger, Ino pulled his blade from the sheath on his back and exerted the full force of his Reiatsu hoping to at least scare the person in front of him into submission. Holding his weapon up so the blade was horizontal, Ino pointed it directly at the Shinigami before opening his mouth to speak."Why are you here Shinigami? You must have some form of death wish to wonder in here like that and expect to not be unchallenged. My name is Ino Miyuraki, Primera Espada and as the first Shinigami to come across me, I wish to speak with you with no hostility. In order to do so, for the moment, I would suggest we let the Quincy whom invaded Las Noches to be the enemy, while we think of a better solution. I met a Hollow outside, who saved my life and I was wondering if you knew them, I'm also sensing a third who might be in your party though I have yet to meet them. How is it you all came to be here, in the palace of Las Noches, fighting the Quincy who temporarily call this place home? It seems I have many questions to ask, but I shall let you speak, and your friend too if my suspicions on you being here together are correct." Ino's hostile tone lowered slightly throughout his slight speech, but his blade made no such movements as it remained, fixated on the Shinigami's chest. Whether his next move was to attack, or to talk, it now all depended on the two strangers he had met since waking up.

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As Ren rested he wondered how many more quincy were left, he tried to put all the dead bodies along with his kills to venture a guess. He figured there were probably a few more that roamed the place, a few more bodies to add to his swords name. "Why are you here Shinigami? You must have some form of death wish to wonder in here like that and expect to not be unchallenged. My name is Ino Miyuraki, Primera Espada and as the first Shinigami to come across me, I wish to speak with you with no hostility. In order to do so, for the moment, I would suggest we let the Quincy whom invaded Las Noches to be the enemy, while we think of a better solution. I met a Hollow outside, who saved my life and I was wondering if you knew them, I'm also sensing a third who might be in your party though I have yet to meet them. How is it you all came to be here, in the palace of Las Noches, fighting the Quincy who temporarily call this place home? It seems I have many questions to ask, but I shall let you speak, and your friend too if my suspicions on you being here together are correct." He smirks as he looked in his direction, then he laughs as a sign of disrespect.

"Really, is that how you thank someone for lending a hand? And don't group me up with the rest of those shinigami. I came here simply to eliminate all the quincies that are here, that is all. As for this death wish you speak of, I'm already dead in the first place. As for those two, the hollow and the bount, their friends with my other side, so I decided to do him a favor and help his friends out, nothing more, nothing less. Now if you'll excuse me." Ren said as he rose from his resting place, orbs of fire lighting up everywhere and followed him as he walked away. "There are obviously more quincy to deal with so speaking about the current situation would be a complete and utter waist of time if you ask me... You're welcomed to join me if you want. With that he went along the long tunnel to find him self in a dome area with a hand full of quincy at the center of it and stairs on the opposite side. In an instant half of the quincies had already been impaled through and burned by the flames that he had out. He then met eyes with one of them, one second he's there and the next he was gone, with a circle of sand where he left. A second later he was in the face of the one he looked in the eyes, slicing down with brutal force, almost slicing him completely in half. Blood spilled out rapidly from the guy's body as he fell to the sandy ground, filling it with blood. Turning around he see arrows coming at him, he tried to dodge but this one caught him in the arm, it stung badly, and mad his arm unable to move. He dashes towards the man, he felt a huge surge of anger run through him, when he was in range of the guy he stabbed right through him with his fire covered sword. A massive beam of flame shot out and hit the wall, causing the area around him to shake violently, sand from above fell down, it almost caused the top to collapse. He really had to be careful as the place was fragile even if it was holding up.

There were still more of them, and even more were coming down the stairs, with his sword still holding more of his fire he swung his blade horizontally, sending a enormous wall of fire into the army. With nowhere to go they tried to run back up the stairs but ended up being crowded and stuck. He listened to the sound of screaming from the men as they all burned to a smolder right were they stood. He sheaths his blade then runs his fingers through his hair as he sighed. "Man, how much more of this do I have to deal with?" He asked as the pain left his other arm, allowing him to move it again. He looks back to see if Ino had followed to ask him a question. So, are there any other places that you haven't checked yet, I have a lot of steam to blow off after being trapped for so long. He said, smirking at him. "By the way, my name is Rensaku, the rogue of Soul Society, but you can call me Wolf, Red or even, Red Wolf, I'll understand you're calling me either way." He said as the remaining orbs of fire began to disappear.

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Battle SC: 424

Rekka stared at the arrancar as he spoke, so not only was he and arrancar but he was also an espada. Before rekka could open her beak to speak he was already going into the building. She followed after him to find that he found hiru or ren as it seemed to be now. He was just as annoying as ever to which would get on her nerves. Landing onto the arrancars head she got the chance to talk "so your back huh how annoying I should just eat you now." Settling herself on the arrancars head she got to speak to him as well. "My name is Rekka and its nice to see our race gaining some strength back I never thought I would see an arrancar." She brushed her tiny beak through her feathers and hoped the arrancar didn't mind her stealing the ride on his head. Though he might not have even noticed seeing how small she was. Looking ahead at ren her feathers ruffled up, it would be much harder to manipulate him like this maybe she could beat hiru back into power.

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Ino listened to what the Shinigami had to say, or rather, what half the Shinigami had to say despite his confusion over what was said. He found it quite surprising, that despite using the brunt force of his Reiatsu to try and prevent Ren from moving, he was able to continue as if nothing had happened, despite the obvious differences in their strengths. A movement above his head caught his attention, and he realized it was the Hollow whom had saved his life, talking about the Arrancars. Placing his two handed blade back into the sheath on his back, Ino followed the Shinigami while continuing the conversation. "what do you mean by "my other side" you have some sort of mental condition that causes there to me more than one of you? I suppose thanks could be in order, but then again I had most of the situation under control with one Stern Ritter down and one to go. All that remains are the scattered forces here and there around the palace. Most of the building itself are clear as the other Espada and I worked our way up when we arrived. The only other place I can think of are the tunnels below Las Noches though how large the network is or how you access them is beyond my knowledge. Glad to meet you either way Ren, I certainly hope, once this is out of the way we can come to some form of agreement on working together." Having forgotten about Rekka, whom was positioned atop his head due to her light weight and small size, Ino reached up and stroked the small phoenix a few times before turning the conversation towards her. "Nice to meet you also Rekka, it is always a pleasure to meet other Hollows and aid them in whatever they are doing. As for our race, we were lucky we had the Forest of the Menos to hide in after their rampage or we wouldn't be here now. Due to that, we are lacking severely in numbers, and until my friend went missing during our raid on this palace, I am currently the only Arrancar and Espada unless he shows up again."

Rekka's last words brought a reminiscent smile to Ino's face as he thought back to his time as a normal Hollow and thinking the same thing. "To be honest, I never thought I would be one let alone see one. That is something you have to look forward too when you are ready to attempt it. Of course, should you become an Arrancar like myself, I'll see you as a little sister and protect you, help you and in general do anything I can to fit such a role." Walking along, Ino decided to hang back as they entered a domed room with quite a number of Quincy inside. Due to having done all the fighting before they turned up, Ino let Ren take the lead in order to see his capabilities, and found with some amusement that he was also using a fire based weapon. When all of the Quincy were either slashed or burned to death, Ino took over the lead and led them back to the main room he had first entered upon arrival. Choosing a doorway to his left, Ino was glad to find a staircase leading down and knew that it led below Las Noches and ultimately to the tunnels he searched for. After some time of descending, Ino led the three of them into a large brown stone room with torches lit at regular intervals along the walls to keep the place well lit. Upon reaching the bottom step, Quincy poured out of the three available tunnels: Left, right and center, blocking their way forward entirely. Reaching behind his back and pulling his sword from its sheath, Ino used Sonido to quickly close the distance while exerting the full force of his Reiatsu. He could only hope that due to it having no effect on them before, that it did the same this time, or he would be hindering his new-found comrades in battle. With his right hand, Ino swung his sword at chest height, slicing through the rib cage and internal organs of the first Quincy he reached. With his other hand, Ino held it up with his palm facing towards his enemies as black flames blazed forth, causing screams and chaos to errupt within the room. During all the action, Ino's eyes darted here and there amongst their ranks, but to his disappointment, he found the Stern Ritter was no where in sight, though he had a feeling he or she couldn't be too far away.

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He looks back, so many questions, he really had to answer that many, but then again he owed him answers. Really he had questions to ask himself as well like, what in his family name was he doing here? Hiru messed up bad this time, there was no way that after this he would be allowed to leave without a fight. It wasn't even that but the fact that he has no idea how he's getting back to the living world."Yes, there are two of me, me and then my other side, Hiru, you'll see him whenever he decides to show himself. Are you trying to start up some kind of partnership with me, a shinigami?" He chuckles for a split second. "What a strange time we live in, but anyway, I don't mind agreeing to this... 'Agreement' that you speak of, but after this is over with I need some kind of way to travel between here and the world of the living on my own." He follows Ino to a main room, then through a doorway to their left. When then found a staircase to the tunnel he walked down into a large brown stone room with torches. As they reached the bottom step Quincy began to swarm out of three tunnels. Ren didn't hesitate to unsheath his blade, it seemed that they had some more work to do. He stood next to Inu, prepared to attack whenever he did, he was going to use the switch team tactic for the first time, just to see how it worked.

As the guy attacked Ren felt a massive amount of weight push down on him, he was surprised at the power that was released just then. He was stuck in a neal position for three seconds, then he sluggishly raised himself. That was way more power than what was used on him when they first met, the amount that he let out was impressive to him, and he isn't impressed, ever. He ran toward a quincy that was closest to him, he swings at the guys legs, decapitating them and with a lateral arch of fire he burns two of them into a wall. He tries to move again but the strain of the last fight along with the power being used around him was enough to keep him stuck there, standing, but not useless. He sheathed his blade and holds his hands out in two directions. A small ball of fire shoots out of his hands and into the chest of two more quincies. "Hey, I don't suppose you could hold back some, I want to get in on the action as well." He said as he breathed deeply, it took a bit out of him to even say that which lead him to wonder just how strong that guy was.

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What was with people and petting her she wasn't some pet to take lightly but he was her kind so she would allow it. "I highly doubt hollows would ever become exstint even if all the hollows died out here. There will always be tortured souls" she said not really showing much emotion at all. Suddenly more quincy came and rekka flew up off of Ino's head right before he used a sonido and engaged the quincy. Watching the other two fight she felt she really didn't need to do much. She was having to much fun watching the quincy be ripped up by the arrancar. Taking the time she flew over to one of the corpses and had a bit of a snack before flying aftr the two of them.

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The last remaining enemy stood, rooted to the spot at the center of the room, their sword hanging loosely in their hand as they looked around. It was rather fitting, that after slaughtering so many, the last, remaining Stern Ritter within Las Noches should be the last to fall. Pulling his sword free of a Quincy's neck he had just dispatched, Ino wiped the blood on the clothing of the corpse before returning his blade to its rightful place in the sheath on his back. Now only one death remained, Ino hoped to show the Shinigami how much trust in him he had, by allowing him to perform the final deed. "Due to having dispatched of a Stern Ritter on the roof earlier, I think you should have the pleasure of doing so this time. Believe me, I'm not doing this out of laziness or anything, I said I wish for an alliance to grow between us either during or after this battle, and performing such a deed would be one to go down in history. Every Arrancar that arrives at Las Noches after this day, shall know who slain the final enemy here and how our alliance commenced. That is, if you wish for such a thing to happen?" Ino swept his hand across his body, pointing an open palm at the Stern Ritter, showing clearly that Ren had the opportunity to commence. While he waited on Ren moving, talking, or doing anything similar, he walked across the room, being careful of where he stood for the amount of bodies that crowded the floor. When he got to the outer perimeter of the room, Ino stood, leaning against a wall with his arms folded, waiting for an action to be taken.

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Ren took a good look at the guy, as much as he wanted to fight the last guy he seemed to be far out of his power. "Fine, I'll see what I can do." He said as he held his sword behind him, flames covered the sheath. He swings his sword out of it's sheath, throwing a horizontal arc of fire at the guy. While it was headed in the direction of the quincy he stabbed his sword into the ground, fire tunneled it's way under the ground and back out from behind his enemy, the plan was if the first attack missed then the second one would undoubtedly hit. While he was in the middle of performing the said actions he checked to see if Inu had joined him in the fight. 10 He then looked back at the guy, he could tell by the burn marks that both of his attacks seemed to of hit him, he then carefully examined him, he appeared to be weak from his last fight.

Using this new found knowledge he shunpos, leaving a large orb of fire from his last position. He appears in front of him and swings at his face. When the guy tried to block it he switched up from a punch that was originally going to hit him in the face to an elbow that caught him in the ribs. Without hesitating he pivots to his side and roundhouse kicks him in the neck, or at least he thought. When he looked closely he noticed that he hit his elbow, impressed at the guy's ability to block he wanted to see how far he could push him. Ren pulls on the quincy's elbow and with a quick thought he caused the orb that he left in his last location to pelt him in the chest. Still pulling he flips the man over into a kick that was prepared to catch him on the fall.

Jumping back he sheathed his blade then starts swinging his hands like they were claws. An arch of fire came out of his hands each time he swung them. He stopped to land on the ground and see if he had finished the Quincy off, an arrow fired out into his stomach just before the smoke cleared, sticking there for a second or two, then vanishing, allowing blood to come out. He held his hand where it hit, slowing down the bleeding. inFuriated and wanting revenge Ren sheathed his blade, for a second he charged up his reishi, then a massive amount of fire covered the sheath and even his arms. In a split second the flames rushed inside of the sheath, pouring out somewhat. Finally without hesitation he swung his blade, an arc the size of half the building bum rushes the guy, he could hear him screaming as he started to burn to death.

As the quincy lay on the ground, smoke sizzling off of him Ren decided to give him a merciful death, he walks up to him, puts his blade into the back of his head then jerks it to the side, breaking his neck in the process. Finished with his enemy he pulls out the blade then swipes his blade, moving the blood to the floor, it was finally over, the Quincy race had successfully been driven away. He walks up to Inu, holds his hand out, and waits for him to shake his hand. "Well then, I guess this settles the deal here, right?" He asked, waiting on a response, whenever or if they shook hands all the power that Ren ended up using ends up causing him to fall back to the ground.

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I uess the quincy weren't very strong seeing that little weaking could beat them and no its going to be harder to eat him. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she thought then she flew over and sat on the arrancars shoulder. "I'm surpised you managed to beat him at his power level ren. I guess you can be useful for now at least." She fluffed up her feathers and stared at him wondering if he would get mad at her like last time so she could have the chance to eat him. Why didn't she just eat him from the start then there wouldn't be as much fuss as there was now.

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Ino waited for Ren to dispatch of the Stern Ritter before he made a move and spent the entire time with his arms folded against the wall. He had a hunch the fight wouldn't be a huge amount of effort for him, and after hearing what he had to say took the Shinigami's hand and shook it, finalizing their deal of alliance. Just as he released Ren's hand, it became apparent that the fight between the Stern Ritter and himself had used up a lot more energy than he had been expecting. Seeing the movement before it happened, Ino bent down and gently lay Ren on the ground, checking that he wasn't in too serious a condition to be left to recover by himself. The fact Ren had made it this far was quite a feat, and even Rekka was a surprise to him for there was a definite difference in their strengths, and Ino was sure his Reiatsu was bound to have some form of affect on the others. Obviously for some reason, the effects were quite the opposite and it appeared to have no effect on them whatsoever, which could only mean the fight had worn Ren out completely.

When his new friend was awake, Ino turned to them both, his arms folded once more as he looked around at the mess they had created. "What happens now Las Noches is free? There is quite a bit I would like to do, but nothing is urgent if there is anything either of you require of me. If it weren't for you two, ending this battle may have killed me in the process, and Rekka has already saved me once before. If you wish something of me, you only have to say, if you find suitable rooms here then your welcome to stay." Ino waited for a reply from them both, he had been hoping to find the Primera's quarters and make himself at home, but a favor done is a debt which needs repaying, and the Primera's quarters would be there when he returned if Ren required him away from Las Noches.

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Ren finally opens his eyes to a question, he thought, Las Noches was in fact free, not only that but the Quincy race was wiped out. wondered what he could do, he didn't have anything in mind either. 'Ren, I have a mission for you, go to Tokyo, there I want you to take control of it, claim Tokyo in my name.' His zanpaktou said to him, he gave a mental nod in return, as he recalled he hadn't been successful with bringing members into the pact. He thought about it, no one was in, but he could start with Ino. "Well then, something came up with my zanpakuto, he want's me to take Tokyo if you want to join." He said, holding fire in his hands, he then reaches out to shake hands with him once again. "Don't worry about the flames, it's apart of the contract and won't hurt you at all... If it works." He said, upon shaking hands with him if he accepts, a fire logo will burn onto his chest.

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Rekka looked up at the arrancar "I'll stay here I want to get stronger so I can help out with this place one day." Looking back at ren she was sorry to see prey lost but what could you do about it when hat prey helped save your home? Now more hollows will start to return and new arrancars would be born. There race was raising from the ashes once more and would become mighty once again. But for what, just to let the soul reapers come back and start another war? She wouldn't have that she would have to do something about that.

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Ino wondered what Ren's Zanpakuto could possibly need doing in Tokyo, but he guessed he'd have to wait on the details for another time. He had to admit that the flames on Ren's hand made him slightly uncomfortable, especially after seeing him in combat, but putting those thoughts aside, Ino took Ren's hand once more. The moment their skin touched, Ino's chest became ablaze, though despite this, he felt no pain as the flames died down, before disappearing completely. With the contract now sealed between them, Ino had a few questions he wished to ask as he released Ren's hand. "What does this contract consist of, is it just something that binds us together for some future purpose or is it for other causes? You mentioned your Zanpakuto wants you to "take" Tokyo, does that mean we're going there to rule over the city or do you have enemies there?" Turning to Rekka, Ino was glad to find she would stay with him at least for now in order to help get their race back to how it formerly was. A grin spread over his face as he looked at the little phoenix for unlike Shin whom attempted to kill him most of the time, Rekka he thought was a friend he would have for a very long time. Not only that but with the amount of bodies both in Hueco Mundo and Las Noches they would need to work together if they were going to succeed quickly. The amount of dead Quincy around the place wasn't the only problem, they then had to repair Las Noches from the recent battles, and get the other Hollows out of hiding and back onto the desert.

Turning back to Ren, Ino nodded and plunged his right hand into the space directly to his right. A sound of ripping filled the air as a Garganta opened from the wrist and tore wide enough for Ren to fit through. He then waited on his friend leaving for Tokyo while thinking of his plans for the foreseeable future.
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"What does this contract consist of, is it just something that binds us together for some future purpose or is it for other causes? You mentioned your Zanpakuto wants you to "take" Tokyo, does that mean we're going there to rule over the city or do you have enemies there?" Ino asked, he knew he had no enemies, but once his plan began he would have more enemies than he could toss his powers around.

"I don't have any enemies there yet but my zanpakuto does want to rule over Tokyo... As for the contract, it's simply does nothing more than allows you access to most of my powers, especially my shikai and bankai whenever I use them." It won't be long before he had the place for himself, the only thing that he was concerned about was the difficulties that would be ahead of him. He then looked to Rekka, ready to annoy her before he left the place. "As for you, you little brat, I hope you get devoured by one of your brethren." He then grinned, expecting her to respond negatively to what he said.

Ren leans against a wall, ready to leave whenever a portal was opened up to the living world. "You can take as much time as you want to, I'm not in a hurry at all." He then closes his eyes, the wound he received from the quincy was starting to hurt a little now that his adrenaline had worn off completely. It wouldn't matter if he was in bad shape anyway as it wouldn't affect his ability to use his gigai. He watches Ino open the portal then step back, allowing him to walk through. Ren steps through the portal, then appears in the world of the living.

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