God Yet Lives

Yue busts himself out sending jagged fragments of ice blasting downward at the giant hollow. The bindings on his entire body loosen free and Yue whips them at the exterior arms aiming to bind and explode the shit out of them.

[<You don't have a choice!]

*Water paws burst out of the ground all around Rangiku, who brings Heineko around to circle her.*

[<You're so pathetic! You may have a Bankai, but you don't even understand your own power!>]

*Taiyo starts to regain the feeling in her legs.*
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Urahara<Possibly. It is too early to say. We don't even know who the leader is. Or, indeed, if it is even a singl group.>

Unohana<This is a pressing concern...and I think I may have a lead to investigate. Kite, Kira: I want you to go out to Rukongai and search for a man named Hod. He is a former lieutenant of Squad 9. Having somehow escaped from the Maggot's Nest, he's been looking for former Captains to recruit. He already fought with Captain Shiba to a stale mate. Now he is looking for Netzach.>
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*The arm swings away from the clone, squeezing into Aera with its claws. Basidius opens his mouth, firing dozens of hyphae balls like cannons at the clone. The arms Yue hits explode, but more pop up, emitting more purple gas.*

*Taiyo slowly begins to stand up.*

"Rangiku, get away!"

Kira bowed his head in recognition of the order, but stayed silent.

"This is taking entirely too long" Yue sends his bindings out to bind all the arms present and explode them whilst charging something at his feet.

*The clone makes use of its reflective ability to punch each of the hyphae balls back at Basidius. Aera shoots a Menos Que Cero at Basidius as the hand grabbing her freezes and she tries to break free.*

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Kite: <Will do!>

*Heineko swirls, blocking the paws, which recoil & strike again, only to be blocked again.*

<You're not getting out of this that easily! Use your Bankai!>

[<That's right, Taiyo. Use your powers. Make me even stronger!>]
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<That's not enough!>

*He emits a pulse of Reitsu, sending the purple gas out much farther rapidly.*
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N"With all due respect, Head Captain, what leads you to believe the events are related?"

Unohana<It is unlikely that a former lieutenant broke out of the Maggot's Nest, sought out former Captains, and developed the power to contend with him all on his own. Most likely, he is working for another power. It is unlikely to be the Arrancar, as the power base in Hueco Mundo has been completely destroyed.>
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*As reflection doesn't work that way, it just plain shatters into pieces. By this point, Aera has lost enough Reitsu that the Cero hits & the ice simply falls off of Basidius.*

"No! That's a bad idea."

*Taiyo lets go of the lance and backs away. Perhaps hoping Rangiku will know something's up when she's attacked while Taiyo's not near her weapon.*

"When should we leave for the Rukongai?"

Energy streams off Yue's feet the same color as a cero as his bindings explode around Basidus's arms. Yue continues charging.

Noctis nodded, "Thank you." With that she walked through the Garganta.

*Aera Sonido's down to where the clone was standing.*

[This is completely pointless.]

Aera: <Yue, we're leaving. Unless you'd rather continue fighting it on your own.>

*What instead happens is that the water paws retract, pushing the lance out of the ground. Then it sits at them, jerks back, & hurls itself, stabbing Rangiku in the chest.*
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Unohana<As soon as possible.>
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<It's too late for that now. My hallucinatory toxin has finally taken hold.>

*Aera realizes she's talking to a tree. With her distracted, he fires another big-ass Cero at Yue.*
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*Euryale starts walking to the bus stop.*

"...I'm...sorry...you know, that I got us into all of this."

Fully charged and with his secondary ability now active Yue vanishes. He uses Obscuridad Cobertor's ability to partially mask his presence and sound to maneuver in close to Bas's body and delivers a cero empowered kick to the giant hollow's person whilst also lashing out with explosively armed blades ready to rip into, then blast the mushroom like hollow.

Noctis raised an eyebrow, "Getting us into what?" She asked, "Whatever it is, I can assure you that you don't need to apologize."

*Taiyo runs over to Rangiku and begins calling for help.*

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

<I...told you...I couldn't win....>
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*As the stalk snaps, the Hollow's head opens, releasing a cloud of tiny black orb-like Hollows with feathery extensions, which quickly spread out on the wind.*

<You have not heard the last of Basidius Carpus!>
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"I'm the one who said we should go to the Soul Society to help out. If it weren't for me...."

"Good, a king can't rule unchallenged forever, it breeds laziness." Yue smiles revealing that deep down he probably enjoyed the excitement. Except now he had that wound to take care of and a sneaking suspicion that Basidus's gas cloud had other effects he didn't want to experience.

"But I didn't do anything! I guess I lost control of it..."

Noctis was a bit worried, "What are you getting at Euryale? You don't need to feel guilty for anything."

*Rangiku doesn't answer because she passed out.*
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"But it's all my fault! First that Asmodeus & Mammon died, & now that people from Hell are after us!"

*Someone walking past looks at her like she's crazy.*

*She continues calling for help.*

Noctis put her arms on Euryale's shoulders and tried to sound comforting, "Hey, none of that is your fault. No one blames you, and you shouldn't blame yourself for something you can't change."

*Binah arrives on the scene.*

<What happened here?>
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"Why DOESN'T anyone blame me? If they did, it would be easier!"

*The bus shows up.*

"Maybe, but it wouldn't be right to place all the blame on you. It isn't your fault." Noctis said, putting her arm around Euryale and slowly getting onto the bus. She had to make sure Euryale got to her test on time.