God Yet Lives

*She pointedly looks away.*

<I'm sure it was nothing. Thank you for retrieving the guaze.>
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*Venezuela closes the Garganta behind her.*

"I see why she & Taiyo get along so well."
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"If there was anyone from Hell in the Soul Society, I would have noticed--"

*Both of them notice a sudden flare of Hellreitsu not far away.*
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*A Garganta opens & an Arrancar with mask fragments around his right eye, a black cloak, & unusual Reitsu emerges. He narrows his eyes at Kira.*

<Is that truly the best the 13 Court Guard Squads has to offer nowadays?>

Mortal tries hard not to respond with a shit eating grin, "As I was saying, there is someone here. We should probably respond, don't you think?"

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Noctis wrapped her arms around Euryale, "I think I may be paranoid..."

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"It didn't seem like--" Atae fidgeted, "I mean, yes Binah. Is there anything else you need me to do?"

Kira took a half step back from the Arrancar and drew his Zanpakuto, "Identify yourself immediately!"

Atsuko went outside and sat under a tree where she began writing on a piece of scrap paper.

*Noah Flash Steps behind Kira.*

"Is he after us?"

Malkuth<As a matter of fact--->

???<This could be exactly what we need.>

*A Soul Reaper with short, slicked-back white hair appears behind them.*
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Binah<...Yes. Go into the Rukongai. See if you can help with the mission going on there now.>
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"Why do you think that?"

"What's going on here?" Kira demanded, not taking his eyes off of the Arrancar, "Is this an enemy?"

Mortal and Sab looked around at the scene quietly, waiting for someone to either attack, or give off an exposition filled speech.

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Atae nodded, "Yes ma'am. Where exactly in the Rukongai, and what mission?" Atae asked. The Rukon was huge, and it was more than likely that there was more than one group of Soul Reapers there; mission or not.

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"I don't know... but the entire time Ven was here I thought she wanted to eat me... like food." Noctis replied.

Kite: <Doesn't look very friendly, that's for sure.>

*Kite draws his Zanpakuto and holds it out towards the Arrancar in the usual reverse grip.*

<Do not fret. You will find them.>
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*The Arrancar points a finger at Kira's Zanpakuto, which becomes sealed in a Negacion box.*

???<Scary. I'm glad we're friends.>

Malkuth<We are not friends.>

*Noah decides not to waste time, whips out the Bankai, Sonidos behind the Arrancar, & slashes. Malkuth escapes damage by causing a Garganta to open at his shoulder. Meanwhile, the unknown man appears behind Kite & slashes at his back.*
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"I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding. She told us herself she hadn't eaten people since before she became a Menos."

*Kite throws himself forward and turns around, releasing his Shikai and swinging the spinning bladerang at the man.*

Kira clenched his jaw, enraged at the sealing of his Zanpakuto.
"Rikijokoro!" He yelled, pointing at the man attacking Kite before immediately switching his aim to the Arrancar, "Sajo Sabaku!"

Noct nodded, "Yea, yea I know I'm just being paranoid... but... still. She said some things that put me on edge." Shaking her head she tried to get her mind off of Ven eating her, "But enough about that." She said, kissing Euryale's neck.

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Atae nodded, bowed, and headed off in a random direction, guided only by plot convenience.

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Mortal let out a small sigh and released, assuming it'd be a good idea to should she be attacked. Pointing her finger at the Malkuth she shot a cero. With Sab's help she did this about 3 more times from different angles.

*She feels several Arrancar & Captain Reitsus flaring off in the distance.*
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*Garganta emerge to swallow the Ceros.*

Malkuth<You must be joking.>

*Another Garganta emerges from his midsection, pulling the Kido into its depths. The other one, on the other hand, ends up smashed with a boomerang & on the ground.*

???<Freeze, Yeti!>

*His Zanpakuto explodes into steam, which then freezes in the shape of a scythe made of connecting ice crystals. As he grips it, the Kido starts to crack.*
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*Euryale hugs Noct around the lower back.*

"Well...alright, then. So, what do you want to do tonight?"

Noct bites Euryale softly, "Eat."

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Mortal simply continues to fire off ceros, content to let the Soul Reapers fight it out before getting too involved.

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Atae heads that way.

<Gravitate, Demi.>

*Malkuth's sword turns into a marble-sized orb with a skull-like face. This quickly replicates into a cloud of dozens that surround him. Occasionally, one fires a Cero to counter Mortal's.*

<You've chosen the losing side.>

*The Kido binding the unknown man shatters. Noah points his sword at him, but nothing happens. When Atae shows up, he swings the scythe at her.*
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"Sounds awesome."

*She squeezes Noct's ass.*

Noct and Euryale presumably make their way over to the bedroom and have sex.

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Atae shumpos away, freaked out that she was just attacked by a soul reaper, and not an arrancar, "What is going on here?"

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"Didn't you say something about choices being absolute, but not final? Either way, I like my choice so far." She said, continuing her cero spam, adding in a decent amount of balas now as well. Aside from teleporting, Sab also shot out her own ceros ahead of Mortal's hoping to intercept Malkuth's before they intercepted Mortal's.

"Hold on. We should try something new today."
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"Funny you should mention that, we're not entirely sure."

*Unfortunately, the unknown man is much faster & has an extending weapon, so she still ends up with a gash on the leg that's bleeding at an alarming rate. Worse yet, it then starts freezing, ice crystals poking out of her skin.*

???<You should know, killing me won't stop the effect. Only I can do that.>

*Meanwhile, all of the Ceros were overtaken, & they fired their own Ceros at Mortal in a blast not unlike Starrk's Cero Materella. Malkuth appears in between Mortal & Sab. When he snaps his fingers, Sab disappears into a Garganta.*
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*Sab emerges in a strange city of multicolored Negacion boxes of various sizes. Beyond that, there's no light. The floor is made of some kind of twisted, black substance.*

"Kyokko" Kira whispered before disappearing entirely from sight and sense. He then shunpo'd to the top of a nearby building and began observing. When he spotted Mortal, having not noticed her properly earlier, he clenched his fists and suppressed the urge to hit her with the most powerful Kido he knew.

Sab teleports into the air to see where she is, as well as get away from the black substance. After looking around she closes her eyes and tries to find Mortal's or anyone else's spiritual pressure.

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Mortal sees Sab disappear and flares with anger, marked by an explosion of spiritual pressure. Releasing her Segundo Etepa, Mortal puts up a scale wall to block the ceros and slashes down on Malkuth with an Aliento rugir del fuego del Gran lagarto cero.

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Atae tries to use healing kido on her leg to stop the bleeding, and ice... thing.

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Noct looks at Euryale, "That being?"

*Kira releases Bankai and flashsteps a couple dozen yards away from the battle, sending his blade wheels flying towards the unknown man enveloped in flames.*

*The unknown man jerks his hand. Atae is pulled, by her leg, into the Zanpakuto's path. Noah streaks past it, being hit in the back by Kite's attack & passing out. The man smirks as he grabs Atae by the throat.*

???<That's one down.>

*Meanwhile, Malkuth simply sidesteps the attack. The cloud of orbs stays there & takes the attack, to pelt Mortal with Ceros while she's open.*
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"I don't know...you wanna try being on top?"
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*Here & there she sees a Gillian mask sticking out of the floor. She does not find a trace of anyone else.*
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*In Hueco Mundo, a man in a white robe, with long, dishevelled brown hair, & a mask like a white dome that has cracked open just below his eyes, revealing his face, Sonidos up to the throne.*

<It's been too long, hasn't it?>

Yue has his back resting against the back of the throne leaning against it, "Who are you?" he asks in a polite fashion.

Sab line of sight teleports miles trying to find something or someone.

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Mortal is hopped up on adrenaline and anger so she tanks the ceros, and attacks with another Aliento rugir del fuego del Gran lagarto cero. After firing that off in an arc, Mortal extends her arm and tries to latch her scales onto Malkuth at any point. Assuming she is successful she uses the scales to create spikes to impale Malkuth.

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Atae, gurgles out her release command for her Zan and points her hand towards Noah. Using her ability she siphons some of her reitsu off and gives it to Noah to get him back in the game, while at the same time squirming to free herself from the man's grip.

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Noct smiled and rolled over on top of Euryale, "And I thought I was supposed to be the lazy one."

Kite: <N-Noah?!>

*Each of Kite's blade wheels hovers above one of the enemies' head spinning and envelop each of them in a flaming whirlwind. Kite flashsteps near Noah and checks his wounds.*

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*Aera frowns at the stranger and just sits there staring at him and waiting for him to answer Yue's question.*

Malkuth<Damnit....>

*Malkuth disappears behind a ball of fire & lightning. The unknown just spins his scythe around, frozen wind cutting through the tornado. He also elbows Atae in the face.*

???<Cut that out!>

Malkuth<I can't believe....>

*The remains of the explosions are sucked into a black hole on Malkuth's chest. His eyes are solid black orbs & he also has black holes in his palms. His robes are behaving like wisps of dark gas.*

Malkuth<That you drove me to use this.>
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*Eventually, a Gillian emerges from the ground she teleports to, roaring.*
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<You don't remember me? I said you hadn't seen the last of me.>
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"Well, you planned a pretty full day so far."

"That is the fastest I've ever seen a hollow ascend. Forgive me for not immediately guessing who you were" Yue's voice went from polite to dull lethargy.