God Yet Lives

"That was Senthose. I assume you've heard of him. Anyway, he said if he wanted to kill you he would have, yadda yadda. He really is a nice guy when you get to know him."

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Sab nodded.

"Can I go now?" Atae asked again.

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"I stabbed her." Noct said bluntly, "But that was the worst of it. I think I've actually reconciled with her, or as much as I ever wil-- have you been sitting in that spot since I left?"

"Meow." -Yes.-

Astarte used her sonido and moved back to her position and gazed at the spot where the Garganta had opened.
"I have heard of him..." Her voice was almost unreadable. "I have heard talk of him amongst the hollows of Hueco Mundo. All I know for sure is that he is dangerous... I have survived this long by avoiding his kind- poisonous, treacherous people. Is he one of those fighting the sinners with you?"

*With the chains weakened, Iris breaks free. Knowing what Aera is capable of, he decides to leave her to deal with the Sokatsui and sonidos, appearing a few meters behind the soul reaper, and immediately fires a Cero at him.*

*Aera holds her hands out, freezing a very large shield-shaped portion of air in front of her, and prepares to reflect the Kido back at its caster.*

"You could say he is leading the charge." Mortal replied, "Senthose and I go way back-- Dammit, I meant to ask him about Death's Gorge. Oh well, I'll talk to him about it later." Mortal waved her hand in the air to dismiss the thought, "So, tell me Astarte, what can you do besides run fast?" Mortal said, drawing her zan.

"I can do a few things..." Astarte turned to Mortal, eyeing the blade carefully. "I am not exceptional with a blade..."
As she spoke, she lifted her hand towards her own Zanpakuto.

Mortal thought about sheathing her sword, but it didn't make any sense to go easy on the girl, the sinners sure as hell wouldn't, "That is upsetting. I've got til winter to get you up to snuff." Mortal cut the air a few times to feel the weight of her blade, "I do hope you learn by doing." With that Mortal held out a fist towards Astarte, and launched a bala at her face, using the bright red bala to cover her own movement as she closed in on the woman, slicing upwards at an angle when she was within striking distance.

The balla exploded on Astarte's face, sending her reeling and throwing her palms to her eyes.
In the next instant, three Astartes appeared to Mortal's left, right and behind. Each was lunging towards Mortal, extending their blades towards her torso.

Mortal simply waited until the Astartes were close to stabbing her, then quickly set about redirecting all of the blades. The blade to her right was parried with her zan, the blade behind her received a kick to the broadside of the blade, and the blade to her left met with another bala. Mortal quickly spun on her heel and backed up a few steps, a smirk plastered across her face. "You're going to have to do better than that, I trained a girl who could teleport, so you're going to have to fight smarter."

Two of the clones disappeared without warning, leaving one Astarte to charge Mortal directly.
Above her, Astarte herself somersaulted through the air before extending her leg to deliver a powerful kick to the top of the head.

Mortal side stepped, and watched as the kick whiffed by harmlessly. As soon as it landed and kicked up sand Mortal put her foot down on top of Astarte's, pinning it down, smirk never leaving her face.

As soon as she felt trapped, Astarte's gaze locked onto Mortal's and she shot open her mouth, firing a Balla into her face at point blank range.

*By the time he gets over & fires the Cero, the Soul Reaper jumps into the air, dodging the Cero & coming down with the spear aimed at his head.*
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Urahara<Yes, yes, whatever. Now, where is your Zanpakuto.>

*Aroma slides off her opera gloves & hands them to Urahara. Then she crosses her arms as he examines them.*

Urahara<Interesting.>

A"...I feel naked."
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"Yes. I guess I must have dozed off at some point. I didn't mean to."
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*They eventually come to a hotel building.*

"What exactly do you need her abilities for anyway Captain Urahara? Chesed wasn't exactly clear on it."

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"About friggin' time" Kujaku had been dragging Karasu by the collar.

Karasu had broken free by now and fixed his collar and straightened out his hair, "So this is the place?"

"Unless yer wrong about it"

"I'm not"

They enter.

High above Karakura Town, a garganta slowly opened up to reveal a tall, proud Arrancar standing with his hands tucked behind his back.
The garganta snapped shut as the Arrancar stepped out of the black space and sailed down into the streets.
Almost as soon as his feet touched the pathway by the roadside, Enkidu fired a Balla from his fingertip into the centre of the road to attract the humans attention.

Noct let out a sigh and extended her hand to help Euryale up, a small smile on her lips, "Well, I'm here now. Lets go out."

"Meow." -Sure, leave me here, not like I have anything better to-- fuck happened to the wall?-

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Mortal tanked the shot and launched a kick to Astarte's stomach with her other foot. Her aim was with one leg driving Astarte back, and the other locking her in place, Astarte would have no where to go but down, with Mortal standing on top of Astarte like she was some kind of surf board.

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Sab examined Aroma's hands as the gloves were removed, then averted her gaze when Aroma said she felt naked, feeling embarrassed for looking.

"Bandages," Atae answered.

Urahara<Not just bandages, a new & improved MODEL of bandages that actually promotes healing. Perhaps I could even separate that protein to make some kind of crazy super healing paste. Of course, I'll need sophisticated instruments & a careful technique for that.>

*He tosses the gloves on the table & stabs them with his Zanpakuto. Aroma looks on in horror.*

Urahara<Trust me, I know what I'm doing!>

*He stabs them a few more times.*
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*At that moment, they hear a knock at the door. Euryale roughly shouts for the person to come in, & glares at the door as Lilith opens it.*

L"...You look mad. Are you mad?"

E"Why the Hell would you go behind our backs like that!"

L"Yeah, you're mad."

E"There's a good reason I didn't just throw the card away when I picked it up, I'd planned to involve BOTH of you in the decision!"

L"...You did?"

E"Yes, gods damn it! ...Wait, did you just say you stabbed your mother? That didn't fully register until just now."
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*They see a man who looks roughly like a singer from the Beatles with small, round, mirrored glasses sitting on a couch in a spaceous bar area.*

John<Huh?>
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*Everyone ignores the crater. One man looks briefly at it before answering his cell phone & continuing to walk while shouting angrily into it.*

Noctis nodded, "It was only her shoulder, I'm sure she'll be fine. She has no heart, so it is literally impossible for her to bleed out (even by Bleach's incredible standard)." She replied nonchalantly.

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Sab looks horrified too.

"No, no, really, he's got this." Atae said, unsure of her words.

Enkidu sighed heavily and strode over to the man with the phone, "How could they be so stupid?"
When he reached the loud-mouth, he grabbed him by the air and lifted him off his feet with one hand.

Astarte yelped as she was pinned to the ground, her delicate features twisting into an expression of pain and fear.
Unsure of whether Mortal would let her go or not, she lifted both palms to face her attacker and began charging a Cero in each.

*Euryale stares at her blankly.*

[<You should have gone for the kill, like I did.>]
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Urahara<Okay, I think we're done here.>

"Wha...wha...."

Urahara<I've collected the necessary information onto Benihime, & your own Zanpakuto should heal in about a day or two. You can still use your Resurrecion & its abilities in that time, but I wouldn't overdo it.>
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*The man passes out. The woman walking behind him collapses. When she does, out of her body pops a dark-skinned Soul Reaper with black hair & a lieutenant badge.*

<...You aren't very bright, are you?>

Enkidu looked back at the woman and grinned before casually tossing the man at her.
"A Shinigami? Much better..."

"That was actually... pretty cool. My confidence in you has increased good sir" Yue said.

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"We got the card in the mail" Karasu said.

"What's this Xcution shit anyway?" Kujaku added.

Mortal put her sword to Astarte's throat before the arrancar could launch her cero's. "Concede, I won." Mortal said, doing her best not to put too much weight onto her ankle, though she was a bigass dragon lady.

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Noct shrugged, "I wanted to hurt her, I probably would have killed her, but Lilith but a shield around her, and I didn't feel like tearing down the entire floor around me just for her."

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Atae clapped her hands, "Awesome, I'll be off to squad 4 now."

"Huh, that didn't seem as bad as I thought it would be." Sab said.

"I know, I thought this was gonna turn out bad."

*She catches the guy by the scruff of the neck & tosses him aside.*

<I don't think you understand just what position you are in. I am Tipheret. The Lieutenant of Squad 11. Or do you not know enough about Soul Reapers to know what that means?>
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[<That's the spirit! Now slap the bitch for questioning you!>]

*Euryale slowly looks away from Noctis.*

E"Well, anyway, what's done is done. I guess there's no sense in being upset about it."
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*Aroma cradles her gloves before putting them back on. Urahara stumbles off into the room where Venezuela is.*
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???<That's impossible. I haven't found any new FullBringers. And Euryale & Noctis sure as Hell haven't been helping with the search.>

"I'm begin' ta feel like this was a trap Karasu"

"You sure?" he fumbled around his pocket and pulled the card out.

"WHAT!!?? YA HAD THE CARD KARASU, FUCKIN'!!" he decked his brother for the third time.

"Owwww... you never asked if I did."