God Yet Lives

Noct pointed at the giant cross thing, "So, we going or what? We can argue who deserves to be here when our job is done."

"The depressing girl raises a valid point," Mortal said.

"I'm not depressing."

"Please, you thought hell was a nice place."

"That has nothing to--" She was cut off by Astarte pulling out a weapon, "Christ, I don't trust that girl... Tell her to put her weapon away. No one is attacking yet."

"Fuck, life must have sucked for you guys before you got these cloaks..." Kira sighs as the Guardian flies up and away, "So, I'll restate my earlier question: do you have specific targets or what?"

*Euryale blushes, looking away.*

E"I didn't say I wanted him to be here."

S"Well, shit, you should have said something before we planned this little vacation."

E"I thought we were done arguing!"

S"No, now we're arguing about Astarte's sword. Speaking of which, everyone should stay on guard. I just killed two people. Did they attack us? No, because they're too busy being dead. Now show me some bloodlust!"

*Aroma pushes the picture of Keter off of the platform with her foot.*

S"Everyone, follow Aroma's example!"
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Netzach<I haven't been living here, but I doubt they were too much trouble. Even if they can't be killed, no one can travel as quickly as Malkuth. No one. Now, don't go getting the wrong impression. Keter plans to watch your performance in your first battle very carefully. If you survive, then MAYBE we'll let you in on our actual planning.>

Kira scratches the back of his head, "Fine, fine... What exactly do you want me to do now, then?"

Noct blinked on the beginning stage of her fullbring. Mortal and Sab both released into their resurreccion.

Astarte stepped to the very edge of the platform and peered down, trying to spot more of the sinners.
"Shouldn't Hell be more... crowded than this?" She asked nobody in particular. "I imagined it would be packed full..."

S"The demographics of Hell are precisely what we're currenly deciphering."

*Only Noctis could see the enemy standing just within Senthose's shadow. As he watches his reflection in her eyes, he abruptly turns & slashes. The suited, faceless Arrancar takes a calm step back, examining a hand it no longer has. Dry, gurling coughing can be heard coming from the wound.*

S"...What the Hell are you supposed to be?"

*Immediately afterwards, an enormous skull looms out of the red haze, followed soon afterwards by two purple arms, which grab onto nearby platforms. It raises its upper body out of the clouds, towering almost as tall as a Gillian.*
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Netzach<Kill'em.>

Noct took a step back and looked up at the thing, "What the hell is that?!"

Mortal shrugged, "Who cares? I'm sure it can't be that bad." Mortal punctuates her assertion with a bala to the monster's face.

Astarte yelped and backed away as the giant burst up from the red haze.
This is the giant I could hear approach!
"Cry, Amentia!" She released and took a defensive stance, lightning crackling and flashing around her.

*Euryale widens her eyes, shaking a little.*

E"That's...."

*The monster swipes at Senthose with its arms. He is forced to withdraw his second weapon to block & still ends up being scratched below the eye. At some point, Irukandji's ribbon wraps around his wrist. When he draws his arm back, it enters his Hollow Hole & he enters Resurrecion. For some time, he has enough tentacles to fight back evenly, but it seems to sprout arms out of nowhere & quickly overwhelms him. Lilith attempts a 6 Rod Light Prison, but the rods go right through the Arrancar & shatter each other.*

L"What is that monster? How can my Kido simply pass through it?"

*Meanwhile, the Bala bounces right off of the other beast's skull & smacks Mortal in the face.*

Astarte was about to blast the giant with lightning but saw the rebound that affected Mortal. Instead, she chose to flash up to it's shoulder and slash with a clawed hand.

Noct stifles a chuckle at Mortal's expense, and spreads her arms. A black lanza appearing in the space between her hands, Noct grabs the javelin, and launches it at the monster Lilith and Senthose were fighting. She then looked back at Euryale, "Hey, try not to get too overwhelmed. Everything is going to be fine."

Mortal frowns, rubs her eye, cocks back a fist, and punches the damn thing right in its face with a dragon punch.

*The dragon fist shattered into pieces when it made impact. Seeing this, Lilith points at Astarte, catching her in a Six Rod Light Prison & freezing her attack just before it struck. A chain forms from her hand to the Kido, attaching to it. Once she's reeled Astarte in, both Kidos shatter.*

L"Don't let that thing touch you. I have a bad feeling about it. With no Reitsu, it shouldn't be able to shrug off attacks like this."

*The monster grabs the lanza with all of its arms. The force pushes it off of the platform, but it stands in midair. It then hefts it over its head & tosses it back at Noctis. The Hell Guard clasps its arms together in midair & swings, aiming to smash down on all of them.*

Noct really, really, really doesn't want that shit exploding close to her, so she grabs Sab, and pulls her until she casts a shadow onto Noct. When the Lanza reaches Noct it flies into the shadow, and comes out of another, aiming for the monster again.

"Christ, what if that didn't work?" Sab asked.

"It is my Lanza, that is the only reason it did. I'm just upset he is flying, or I would have shot it out of his shadow."

Mortal looked up at the Hell thingy and let out a sigh, "I'm going to guess that you're not powerful, you're just a cheater. I feel slightly less bad about not continuing this fight."

Astarte nodded her thanks to Lilith before flashing over to a different platform to avoid the attack.
"How are we supposed to defeat something that is so utterly immune to our attacks?" She asked herself before firing a single arc of lightning from each hand that would strike the creature in it's yellow eyes.

*The lightning flashes inside of its skull, but doesn't appear to do anything.*

L"My guess is that this thing is like Aamon's final form, but much stronger. It also seems to focus on raw strength & power, whereas Aamon relied more on Kido-based defenses."

*Euryale grabs her head.*

E"ARE YOU PEOPLE ALL INSANE?!"

*She stomps her foot & everyone who hasn't moved falls through the platform, landing on a wider one below. If anyone looks up, they'll see that the Hell Guard has smashed right through the one they were just on.*

E"You're just lucky it turns out I can FullBring Hell-Earth!"

S"There's a group of Sinners over there. Let's lose this thing in them."

E"Wait, what about the other--"

*After Senthose runs off, the Suited Arrancar appears right in front of Euryale, tilting its head to the side. She swings a haymaker at it, but her fist is deflected before it even reaches it, scratched & bloody.*

Noct pops out of Euryale's shadow with a lanza, and stabs the thing right in the balls.

OOC: Because having Dawn scream from its crotch would be absolutely ridiculous...

*It grabs the lanza again, this time with one arm. When the thing finds itself draped in strings of white goop, it "looks" back at Aroma. Once it lets go of the lanza, it bends, twists, & stretches through the air, until it stands behind her. All of a sudden, its arms flail around in a wide circle, cutting thick chunks off of the platform they're standing on.*
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*Up above, Noah jumps from platform to platform, firing sound waves at the Hell Guard. The waves bounce harmlessly away from either of them, but the monster slowly turns its attention towards where Senthose went. Once it starts following him, the platforms suddenly move around Noah, trapping him in a box.*
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*When Senthose reaches the group of Sinners, they all have their hoods drawn over their heads, bowing in submission to a central figure--Tipheret. The ex-Lieutenant is already in Shikai.*

Tipheret<Nice. I was hoping to get either you or my so-called Captain.>

*Dozens of Gillians rise up behind Senthose, roaring. Each is wearing a giant, sloppily-cut black cloak. A Negacion slams down around the entire platform.*

Tipheret<As you can see, I brought some friends from Hueco Mundo. This should keep it a proper duel.>

Astarte decided there was nothing she could do about the Hell Guardian and turned her attention to the faceless Arrancar. Instead of going anywhere near it, she fires arcs a few arcs of lightning at it's many arms in an attempt to electrocute it.

Mortal drops down between Aroma and the monster, throwing up a scale wall to protect against his random slices. She then extends her hands and grips the air, in front of the monster the action is replicated by dragon hands, grabbing the monster's arms to cease it's wanton destruction. At the same time she unleashed a fully charged Gran Lagarto cero.

Noct catches her dropped Lanza and launches it back at the monster, who was now in no position to catch it.

*The monster goes sprawling. When it gets up, it has several large cracks running through its head. Looking through them reveals none other than the sky behind it. It waves a hand in front of its face & all of the cracks mysteriously vanish. Two more Hell Guards emerge from the clouds on either side of the group.*
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*Tipheret takes a few quick steps & swings the mace towards Senthose's head. He catches the shaft with his blades. Noticing the green gasp seeping out of it, he slips to the side.*

S"I thought Squad 11 was all about direct combat."

Tipheret<We are. My Zanpakuto has no fruity Kido powers or cheap tricks.>

S"I don't believe you."

*Tipheret shrugs.*

Tipheret<See for yourself.>

*She makes another swing at him. When Senthose ducks, she kicks him in the chest.*

"I highly recommend leaving those things alone," Mortal said.

"No shit," Noct replied, "You were the only one dumb enough to try attacking it in the first place."

E"Kind of hard to leave them alone when they seem pretty determined to kill us."

*One of the Hell Guards swipes at them. The Suited Arrancar opens up several small Gargantas behind him, resembling static. They merge together & he disappears through the tear. Up above, a large white bird is flying.*
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*As he's in Ressurrecion, Senthose just catches himself with his tentacles. This doesn't stop Tipheret from dashing in, stabbing him with the point of the mace.*

Tipheret<Excellent. Now we can begin the fun part. Bankai.>

*The point of the mace widens & lengthens, so that it becomes a sword again.*

"It seems a little underwhelming, if you ask me."

*Tipheret just smiles & slashes at him. When Senthose moves to block, several scratches appear on the floor.*

Astarte gritted her teeth as more of the giants- "Hell Guards"- appeared. It seemed the only way to avoid being killed by them was by running away. She noticed the bird up above as she considered her options and was immediately reminded of the red Arrancar she had killed back in Hueco Mundo.
"It couldn't be that same Arrancar..." She mused, turning her full attention the the bird and scattering a few clones about to make herself less of an easy target. "But I should still treat it as an enemy."
On that note, she fired a sheet of lightning at it.

Noct launches another fuckin' lanza at the bird after pulling herself half way through the shadow on Mortal's stomach, created by her breasts, after Mortal jumped to get away from the Hell Guard.

"Hey, Ulquiorra, you mind asking before crawling out of my fucking chest? Kind of an invasion of privacy."

"Shadows are mine, I'm already in most of them within a half mile, and my sight extends further than that."