Somewhere above the hospital...

The sky sucked in a moment, as if taking a breath, a black line forming across a certain area. After a moment, like lips curling back, the sky seemed to crack open, and slowly open wider and wider.

"The Espada.... Some of them will die, it is foretold, your worry deceives me..."

Setoku smiled slowly, slipping a hand into the belt of the robes he wore. He understood her, to only an extent. They may of been close at one time, but that was quite some time ago. Setoku didn't think she thought the same. The "crack" in the sky finally pulled open all the way, exposing Setoku and Michiyo standing overshadowed by constant shadow.

"...This is his hospital. What should we do to draw the fools attention?"

Setoku looked back over to Michiyo, smiling knowingly. He was hinting for her to unleash her Reiatsu to the maximum. That, if nothing else, would call ALL beings to her attention, especially Ganta.

Michiyo smiled before allowing her reitsu to shoot to it's highest in her unreleased form. A haze seemed to flow over the nearby area for a moment as her pressure skyrocketed, then it settled. Not too far off, a young adjuchas that had dared enter the town crumpled to the ground and dissipated into spirit particles.

"That should have brought him to his feet; he will be concerned about protecting the town or saving the lives of his clan. Either way, he will feel honor-bound to face us. Seto, lower your reitsu, there's no need to make him feel entirely outmatched....yet. We don't want him too defensive. He might do something...unexpected."

She surveyed the area for a moment before descending to the roof of the hospital. She didn't bother to slow herself as she hit the roof, causing her feet to sink a few inches into the roofing material; it groaned and threatened to cave in.

"Most beautiful as always, my dear..."

Setoku felt goosebumps as her Reiatsu had skyrocketed, could feel the life of a lone Adjuchas hunting for a meal become no more. Why did he love her so? That was most likely the reason. His Reiatsu suddenly sunk back down, becoming that of a common fraccion number. Setoku reached up, and pulled the collar of his robes closed, quickly covering the number two below his neck - But unlike her, he didn't slowly slip down to the roof, he merely dissipated the particles, and dropped like a brick down onto the roof, sending chunks of material soaring as his feet sunk deep into the roof of the structure. Yet it didn't seem to groan under such assault... no, in fact, beyond the small hole he was standing it... It seemed just fine.

"As I thought... some odd Quincy stone work... This Ganta was no fool... And Michiyo... I... I dunno how to tell you this, but I... I think I lo---"

His sentence was suddenly cut off as another figure seemed to walk from behind an air conditioner, the Reiatsu twisted, dark. Anyone with half a brain would recognize it... especially Setoku and Michiyo.

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"Love her? Are you so pitiful now that you gained so much power, Setoku-kun? As if she couldn't tell.... My Lady."

Fujita dropped his head in a mock bow to Michiyo. What... why was he here?! Well, it didn't seem to add up, yet he was hardly a threat to these two, and they both knew it. So why..? Fujita smiled wryly, before looking over his shoulder, Ganta would be here soon, he had to make this quick...

"Lady Michiyo, you have blossomed, both in looks and power. Setoku, you as well... I... I have a proposition for the two of you..."

Fujita's arm twitched a moment. He remembered the last time he met these two... They... they were scary. Their power undeniable, yet, they seemed controlled, human, even. So he figured this was the time to ask... but just in case.

"...Join me. In my fight with Soul Society."

Oddly, at his side rested not a Seele Schneider, but a Calvary Sabre? Yes, the beaten Shinigami, whom Fei retrieved his weapon, and presented it to him... He must of really felt something for the girl, if he carried it so openly - Besides, he knew the Shinigami in question would just make another one with his Spirit Pressure... they always did.

"Now now my peeps, how about we start with indroductions? I am Ganta, your killer. I see the woman thought she would bring me to my feet with such feeble unreleased pressure. And what's this about attacking the soul society, Fujiita? I'm sure the captain commander would make much quicker work of you than I ever would." Ganta said as he stepped out casually from the hospitals stair well that lead to the top of the roof. Approaching the three with a relaxed, no, maybe even a happy look on his face. He had been waiting for this day, the day when he would kill the espada and Fujita.

Ganta looked at the woman with cold and fearless eyes, as his own pressure shot past hers and Fujita's. Certainly the three would need to either release or distract Ganta long enough for his pressure to drop, but at this rate, the hospital roof caved in where Ganta was standing. Stones that were the equivalent of the shinigami Sekiseki, made to cancel spiritual pressure could not withstand Ganta's own, true pressure.

As the hospital roof caved in, Ganta was left standing, there in the air, his right hand now resting on the tip of a selee schnider. Ready to react to anything at the given second.

"So, are you guys deaf or something? Answer me" Ganta said with a serious tone

Michiyo ignored Ganta at first, gazing at Fujita. She saw how he was weakened, perhaps by a fight earlier....the fight with Seth. "Fujita...we shall talk. At the moment, however, I have a certain...matter to tend to." She inclined her head very slightly in an almost unnoticeable nod. Then she turned to Ganta.

His reitsu was indeed impressive; it outshadowed her own at the moment, the power left the area he was standing in ruin. She looked him up and down carefully, noting his hand on his Steele Scnider. She cocked her head to the side and smiled lightly. "Our killer? My, how bold of a statement from you, Ganta-kun. You must be indeed confident in your abilities. But you forget..." and here she moved slightly, moving her left arm away from her side where it had been covering her tatto. "You forget that we are not so weak as we once were." Her smile widened, showing her teeth.

There was something about his reitsu...perhaps the sheer size of it...that was getting to her; her pulse quickened and her muscles tensed slightly. She was itching ti draw her sword and confront him. She rarely had opponents who could stand up to her...among them would be Seth and the Commander, perhaps a few others...and it appeared that Ganta was one of those few. But she restrained herself.

"So, Ganta-kun, do you intend to fight us? OR will you listen to what we have to say? Of course...if it is the former, we would be happy to comply......" At this, her right hand drifted, almost casually, to her waist, where her sword was belted. She wrapped her hand around the hilt slowly, caressing it with her thumb. Outwardly, it would look both threatening and non-threatening; grasping her weapon, and yet making no move to draw it and strike.

And yet...the look deep in her eyes, the way they seemed to light up, the orange irises that so resembled flames...if Ganta was paying very close attention, looking deep into the center of her eyes, he would notice how she was craving to spill his blood.

"Stop holding back... Michiyo..."

Setoku took a few steps forward, his hand patting Fujita's shoulder as he walked by, and his eyes dead set on Ganta. Setoku's reiatsu was low, matching that of a Fraccion as he had said, but he was debating letting it spill out, letting the world know who he was... But, some things were better left unsaid.

"He is the enemy, foolish enough to stand before us like he is something, but that's the question...."

Setoku was gone, only long enough for the echo to catch up, and his voice coming from behind Ganta, while he stood behind him, smirking slowly.

"Could a mere fraccion level hollow be killed by the Quincy leader, or not?"
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Fujita stepped back slowly - Before smiling. He could run, he should run, but no... there was no need too. Fujita would leave unscathed, or at least alive, either way. He slipped one hand into his pocket, while the other rested on the Shinigami's sword, and finally, he sighed.

"Over-confidence was always our weak point, Ganta-kun..."

Fujita said softly, just out of earshot. This wasn't Ganta's finest moment. He was strong, yes. A slight bit stronger than Fujita even... But this was Zero he was talking too, as if the Captain Commander himself stood there. How had he even pressed his Reiatsu up so high?

Lokijima appeared without Avathos only to find that Setoku and Lady Zero had gotteb there first. This was absolutely unacceptable, but there was nothing he could do. His plan to scheme was down the drain, however he could still be a good little hollow and form the alliance. He glimpsed at Setoku with a glare hoping he wouldnt notice, but didnt speak because he knew he would surely get killed. He looked at Fujita and smiled.

"So this is the man who wounded the Primera. Interesting. I am Lokijima Septima Espada and I am not here to fight. I am here to talk business; I am here to talk mutual benefits."

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Meanwhile...

Octavius had been watching the whole thing from 350 yards away with his hand on his crossbow's trigger. He was aiming at Fujita, someone of blood relation to him and of mutual dislike. He was just observing but not afraid to pull the trigger and escalate the conflict into an all out war.

Fujita raised an eyebrow to the approaching Espada, he had just posed that question to Zero and Setoku moments earlier. But, this worked in his favor. Fujita suddenly reached out, and grabbed the Espada's wrist, and the two would be gone. Fujita was far more powerful then this man, even in his weakened state, so taking him clear of the area wouldn't threaten him to much, and it would also serve to get the man who was watching him from a distance distracted, and off his tail. Also, it would serve to protect septima from the coming battle Fujita was almost sure was about to ensue.

"Come."

And the two would be gone.

"Huh, never Imagined Espada 0 would step out of her dungeon. As for you setoku." Ganta said turning his head, looking directly into his eyes. "The quincy have perceptive reiatsu sensing abilities, so fraccion-level my ass. C'mon show me your true pressure, Espada 2." Ganta said with a smirk on his face as he turned and faced Espada 0 again. How did Ganta know? It was simple, Quincy's specialize in gathering and analyzing data. And no fraccion would talk to Espada 0 as casually as he did. Simple stuff that gave him away.

"I'll hear what you have to say I suppose, Espada 0." Ganta said to her, his grip on his selee schnider getting tighter by the second. Mainly because of the threat of Espada 2 standing 2 feet away from him.

Michiyo flashed Ganta her widest, brightest, friendliest smile; that alone should have him on edge even before what was about to happen next.

In the blink of an eye her sword had left it's sheath and was leveled at Ganta. "Too late, Ganta. Arremeter, Caballo de guerra de Satanás!"

The last bit was spoken in a shriek. Power exploded outwards from where she stood, blasting the roof completely off the building. Her figure was obscured for a moment, then she leaped towards Ganta, but her form was entirely different. A terrible creature was charging him; it resembled a horse, but was much larger, black in color, and with sharp talons instead of hooves. The body was all skin and bones, and yet every muscle was clearly defined and visible. Her humanoid body joined smoothly with the horses', her torso the same as it had been before the transformation.

And yet, there was change; her upper canine teeth had turned into long fangs, protruding from her mouth, and her hands had razor-sharp claws instead of fingernails. Her mask was gone, replaced by two long horns that her sprouted out of her skull just behind her ears, curling up and outwards like a bull's, but they were thinner and more graceful-looking. Two pairs of leathery, bat-like wings had sprouted from her horse back; the tail was long and flowing, black and green in color but the hairs were thin razor blades, ready to cut at the slightest touch. There was also a sword blade hidden amongst the hairs. Her spine seemed to have burst through her skin in the form of spikes running from her human neck down to her tail, and a few appeared on her face.

Her clothing had vanished, only to be replaced with a tight black leather wrap across her torso, keeping her decent. Her eyes were like flames, boring into her prey...Ganta. Her reitsu was incredible, twice what it had been before the transformation, and far outweighing Ganta's. She formed a blade with her right hand, ready to slash at Ganta with her claws. "Seto...get out of here if you do not wish to die!" She yelled at she lunged towards Ganta with frightening speed.

"So beautiful..."

Setoku was gone, before appearing high above the battling two, his eyes focused only on Michiyo. He hadn't seen her release before, but he had seen her Vasto Lorde Form, which was similar. He bit his bottom lip, as she charged forward, intent to cut him in half.

"So the story of the Quincy ends, eh?"

Setoku placed his hand atop the hilt of his No-dachi, and just observed, ready to clear way if the fight was to go much higher. The Quincy had picked the wrong fight, and if he wasn't careful, this... this would be where it ended for him.

As the pressure of Espada's Zero's release affected him, Ganta began to sweat. He was only human, the espada were seemingly immortal per say. Ganta raised his selee schider into the air. "Sorry, I plan to live to die another day." Ganta said as his eyes turned fierce, something was wrong with him, wrong with his pressure. As Ganta was enveloped in a torrent of blue pressure, his selee shider began to crack from the handle. What the hell was happening? The torrent of pressure around Ganta suddenly dissapated and a massive blade came forth from his selee schider. Looking much like a buster blade in apperance, this blade was literally longer than Ganta himself, and about half as wide as his own body.

This was it, Ganta's full power. Well, not exatcly. This was most of his power.....

Ganta braced himself for the colliding impact of the Zero's release with his own weapon. As they collided a massive shock wave was produced that destroyed the main office of the hospital completely, leaving only a crater in it's stead. Ganta was pushed back several feet from where he previously stood, but still in contact with Zero's weapon. The shock wave traveled well thought the town, through the school, the parks, what was left of the hospital...

Ganta, made eye contact with Zero, his eyes as threatening as hers. "Now, shall we begin? Zero." Ganta asked, he was no longer bluffing, this battle, he would take seriously.

Ganta thought to himself "I can't die, I must inform the commander of this invasion. And kyoto, this town will likely be destroyed by this one battle."

Octavius was watching the whole time from over 300 yards away. He could see that the Quincy was being overwhelmed, and even though he didnt like either of the clans, the Quincy was still human. He fired his Vernichtung cross bow bolt with intense accuracy, power, and speed at the female hollow that had just transformed. His shot was as powerful if not more powerful than an Arrancar's cero and she would feel the full force of it. He used Hirankyaku to cover ground as the arrow mounted its viscious impact.

The arrow was suddenly smacked aside long before it reached Zero. And as the boy begun to Hirenkyaku to cover ground, he would come face to face with Segunda. Setoku's hand shot forward, to grab the boy's throat. Speaking as his hand shot forward..

"And what do we have here, hmmm?"

Setoku was doing all he could to allow this battle to ensue, it was time for Gorou to get his little wish, and no one, not even this boy, would prevent it from happening.

As she approached, Michiyo only paid half attention to the gigantic sword now coming from Ganta's Steele Shneider. She watched, from the corner of her eye, as Setoku intercepted an arrow aimed at her from a young quincy. But the greatest part of her attention was focused on where her claws would meet-!

She struck, her claws colliding with Ganta's weapon. His reitsu had raised even further, and the force of the collision blew the roof of the hospital right off, the whole outbuilding was destroyed. Michiyo was now practically face-to-face with Ganta, and she smiled widely, exposing every tooth. As the shock wave traveled outwards, she looked Ganta straight in the eye, unflinchingly accepting him as...well, not quite an equal, but as a worthy opponent.His eyes were as fierce as hers were as he said, "Now, shall we begin? Zero."

"Well done, Ganta. But how will you react to this?" Michiyo inquired, then she used sonido to attack from his left, also beginning to charge a cero atop her head, between her horns. She wanted to know if he could deal with both attacks, her previous...and her incoming, just as effectively, especially with the threat of a cero charging. And how would he deal with the cero? As it swelled in size, Michiyo's smile slid from her face, her expression growing serious. Her bloodlust was growing, and she feared it; she feared she would lose hold of her reason and attack blindly, perhaps even kill him.

No, I will not kill him.....I'll just have a little fun. I WILL maintain control!


Or so she hoped.

"Hmph!" Ganta only managed to say as he blocked the oncoming attack with little effort. But then his eyes grew surprised as he noticed a cero charging. "Shit, looks like I'll have to use it." Ganta said as he was enveloped in a blue spirit pressure once again, this time the pressure was more intense. The spirit particles gathered around Ganta as they were absorbed into his clothing? Yes, they wrer in fact being absorbed by his clothing. "Blut." Said a much deeper voice as the particle flow stopped. Revealing a Ganta with a Pure White overcoat, black sleeves. And metalic looking in apperance. This was Ganta's blut. His defensive form at least, now, Zero's cero would only deal a moderate amount of damage. Ganta was fully prepared to take a point-blank cero now.

Octavius was grabbed by the throat, but he was ready for it. He had alread thrown his Bulstag and it was coming back to him at a very high speed. It was vibrating rather fast and with its velocity it wouldnt have a problem cutting an Arrancar.

"Hah," Octavius smiled and he pulled out his ginto planning a second attack possibly. He gurgled, "Stupid hollows, always underestimating humans. This is my city."

"Blut." Ganta said in a deep voice, then his clothing absorbed the reishi around him, turning into a pure white overcoat with black sleeves, looking similar to metal. Michiyo grinned and fired her cero, about a foot away from him now. Then she used sonido to retreat to a safe distance, wary of what he might attempt to do.

Standing in midair about 30 feet from him, Michiyo watched with interest as the cero struck him. Blut? I'm not sure if... But the thought trailed off. This time, she began to charge not one, but two ceros, one in each hand. Sweat beaded on her brow, she had to focus more to be able to charge two at once, which was why she had put so much distance between them.

"Well, Ganta, you are strong indeed, but how much will you be able to take before you are left broken?" She shouted. She was impressed already, impressed that he'd managed to keep up with it all, but she was left wondering how much longer he would last...how much longer her self-control would last, actually.

"Sorry Espada I have no time for you anymore." Ganta said as he was revealed from the cero with only flesh wounds. "I have other, more important things to do. I do look forward to fighting you in the invasion of the Soul Society though." Ganta said as he fired two arrows toward the ceros b oth at high speeds, if they hit, they would implode. Then Ganta used hynreiaku and left toward the park.

"Foolish Quincy, both of you."

Setoku suddenly spun around, holding the man's feet higher then his own, and squeezing down on his neck tightly. Why had he turned around? Simple, that weapon was coming back, and instead of Setoku... it'd hit this kid, instead.

"Let me correct you, boy. This is -MY- City, not yours."

Setoku threw the boy toward his own weapon, before he was gone, his Sonido carrying him to the side of Michiyo.

"Let's go, Ganta will die on his own accord, I assure you. Maybe we can learn more about this so called "Blut" from the other one, too."

Michiyo let her cero dissipate, a shadow of a snarl upon her face. She then sealed her resureccion.

"Very well...this blut, it interests me. Is is a common Quincy technique, or did he develop it on his own? Perhaps Fujita-kun can explain. Or this boy," she glanced at the quincy Seto had been fighting. She wondered where Ganta had run off to.

"We'll learn nothing from that one..."

The boy Setoku threw into his own attack was suddenly enveloped by a white and blue light, and was gone. Was he dead? Unknown, but Setoku didn't think so. Setoku's senses begun to adjust to all the beings around him, the fights. alot was going on in the park, and Primera was there.... He looked to Michiyo, before reaching up, and wrapping his arm around her waist. What...?

"Michiyo-chan, let's go...."

The two were gone, as Setoku pulled her with him in a Sonido, off toward somewhere where they could make a clean get away back to Hueco Mundo... and away from Tsubidaki park, or whatever it was called by these mortals... But why? He needed to get Michiyo away from Seth...