paradisalost | [Thread] When Playing Goes Too Far

Loz soon arrived in the courtyard eager to play. He finally found someone with a really strong fighter scent.

The stocky silverhaired man approached the courtyard, Velvet Nightmare strapped to his left leg. He missed his Dual Hound dearly since stupid Niisan broke it when they fought, but he could deal. He had a great fighting prowess and was quite confident in his skills, despite the one fluke loss to Son Goku.

Loz approached the white-clad figure. His green eyes focused on the other in interest and amusement. He stretched out his arm in his usual beconing manner. "Wanna play?"

Hichigo glanced to the side, grin widening at the gesture. This definitely was Loz. Good... by looks, it seemed he'd provide a good challenge.

Wrapping one hand around the hilt of Zangetsu, he pulled the butcher knife-like blade out of the ground, swiping it once through the air before lowering his arm and it to his side, ready for the fun to begin. "Of course," he replied, his voice nearly a purr as he spoke.

He eyed the weapon strapped to Loz's leg with his one good eye. It looked sort of like the thing the whiny guy had been using... but at the same time it looked like a sword too. What an odd weapon.

Giant sword that looked threatening? Check. Unlike Cloud's sword, Hichigo's actually looked like it could do actual damage rather than attempting to beat the opponent senseless.

Psychotic look? Check that too. Seems this guy was more interesting than Loz had thought. He had the look to match the scent and this got Loz all riled up and ready to battle.

"heh heh," Loz snickered, stretching out into his usual battle pose. "Looks like this will be fun!" Now the question was, who would make the first move? Heh, well, challenger first.

Hichigo had to nod his agreement with Loz, rotating his head to crack his neck before raising Zangetsu effortlessly with one hand to point it at his opponent, eyes wide and black pupils dialated to tiny dots within the gold, making the Hollow look all the more like the devil incarnate. "Here I come~!"

The yell was his only warning before Hichigo lept into the air, falling towards his challenger with the seeming intentions to pierce him through the gut, the tip of Zangetsu pointed down, one sandaled foot resting in the curve of the blade near the handle. He knew that this would probably end up lodging Zangetsu deep into the ground upon impact, but ah well. He could always get it out.

This guy was definitely more wreckless than Cloud with his moves and his intent was more bloodthirsty as well. Loz always liked the sense of danger and he could easily take a whole lot of damage before even feeling it. The battle against Son Goku had the odds stacked against him and somehow the kid managed to get past his defenses. Physical and magical impacts were quite easy to dodge against. It was cheap shots, like toes in the eye, that weren't so pleasant.

With a smirk, Loz dodged with ease, swinging around to catch Hichigo in the small of his back with a swift yet sharp jab with his knee when the sword jabbed into the ground.

Ohhh, fun~ Hichigo cackled as he used the momentum he gained from Loz's landed kick to fling himself back away from him, pulling Zangetsu out of the ground as he did. His dark tongue darted out to lick his lips again, eyes flashing predatorily as he begun to swing the great blade above his head by the cloth until it was a blur of black and white swinging round and round again.

"I can tell you'll be a lot of fun!" he yelled, before with a battle cry launched Zangetsu towards Loz, the blade hurtling towards the silver-haired man at near breakneck speeds. A common and trade-mark move of his to perform in battle.

This guy definitely had strange techniques. He was definitely much smarter and more entertaining than Cloud and would prove a better playmate than him as well. And this technique had to be the strangest he'd ever encountered, even stranger than when Cloud split apart his sword to take down Sephiroth. (Loz wasn't all too happy with that memory.)

At the sight of the quickly approaching blade, Loz bent his knees and sprang up like a cricket, doing a partially acrobatic flip off to the side, and landing somewhat gracefully some distance away. His fingertips graced along the hilt of his Velvet Nightmare. It wasn't time for that quite yet.

He watched amusedly as Loz sailed through the air, before whirling his body around to face him, Zangetsu following the tug and swinging towards the other again in an attempt to cut him in half. If only this were a serious fight, Hichigo could show his true abilities... but since this was only play, he'd restricted himself from using Bankai.

He'd noticed Loz reaching towards the odd weapon strapped to his leg, pondering if he'd draw it, half disappointed when he didn't. It was an odd thing, a hybrid child between a sword and.... whatever the other thing was called, apparently, and he was beginning to wonder how it'd work.

[OOC: Whenever the mun wants to bring Yazoo into play is fine with me~]

Instead of withdrawing the weapon from its spot on his leg, he resumed his fighting stance, ready to take whatever Hichigo planned to send at him. He'd have to do more than swing that giant cleaver at him to catch Loz. But Loz wanted to play. If that's all the kid could do, Loz would just start shooting at him and call it a day, walking away bored and disapointed.

"Cmon," Loz said, beconing, "Let's really play!"

Hichigo paused after recatching Zangetsu, pondering Loz's words. Really playing meant breaking his restrictions and going Bankai... was it worth it? After all, he still hadn't used one of the moves he could perform without Bankai. He eyed Loz again, thinking for a while.

... not just yet. He didn't want to break his toy just yet.

He shook his head, standing straight, concentrating his reiatsu into Zangetsu's large form, causing the blade to begin pulsing with a dark glow. "Not just yet~ I don't want to end this so soon," he replied, before slashing at thin air.

But this wasn't a stupid move, for the dark energy was released in a deadly crescent, tearing up the courtyard grounds as it blasted its way towards Loz. It seemed to radiate an evil sort of energy, as if wanting to engulf its target whole.

[OOC: Heee, Hichi's not willing to risk ending the game so soon~]

Well this attack looked familiar. His wussy older brotheer used something like it, but this one felt different. It had bloodthirst behind the attack. It had power. It smelled like fun.

And so Loz decided to use a similar technique as he did with Cloud in the forest. Positioning his feet on the ground, he withdrew his left arm and with his strength, he drove a hole into the ground, kicking a wall of dirt up into the air. But the wall was unfortunately not strong enough to stop the attack, simply to hinder it, and Loz was hit by the attack. It managed to since some of his outfit but do minimal physical damage and throw him back a few feet.

Now this was getting interesting! Loz smirked. He was having fun, but he needed to get in closer to fully play with this guy.

Hichigo grinned in excitement as he saw his hit land, dashing his way through the falling wall of dirt and debris to charge the other, Zangetsu held in a piercing position. With a yell he slid the rest of the way towards his play mate, thrusting the sword out like a scorpion's stinger lashing to poison a foe. Right now he didn't care so much if he landed, than to just keep the game going and his play mate entertained so he wouldn't walk away before the big finale.

As the dust cleared and Loz shook off the attack, he spotted the next attack. That sword was coming awfully fast and so Loz had to act quickly. He barely dodged the blade. Sticking a foot up, he pushed off Hichigo's sword, launching himself high into the air. Loz's fingers once again brushed across the hilt of the Velvet Nightmare and the urge was great to withdraw the gun and shoot at Hichigo, just to watch him dance on the ground. Oh hell, that thought was just way too amusing to pass up.

While still airborne, Loz pulled out the gun and aimed at Hichigo, firing off several rounds, just for amusement. If they hit, well, more power to him.

So it was like Debitt's weapon. Hichigo smirked, flipping backwards from the bullets, a few imbedding themselves into his skin though he didn't really notice.

Skidding to a halt he suddenly pushed off the ground, flying into the air with Loz, a crazy grin spread across his face as he began to swing Zangetsu again. Being in the air would make it extremely hard for either he or Loz to dodge the other's attacks, and Hichigo liked it-- not only did it work more to his advantage, he liked the risk and danger involved. He launched Zangetsu again, this time not extending the cloth so his body was pulled along by the flying blade, foot extended to plant itself somewhere in Loz's stomach region should the blade not strike true.

So it was an air battle he wanted huh. Well unlike Hichigo, Loz was quite accustomed to odd battles. Despite his hulky size he was able to maneuver in the air and defy gravity for a short period of time. The ability was limited and usually required some sort of tree or tunnel nearby, but if needbe he could just parry the oncoming attack and push back to the ground.

Seeing the incoming attack, he used his foot to push the blade away, taking the foot into the gut. His grimace quickly turned into a strong smirk as he pulled his Velvet Nightmare forward and pointed it at Hichigo's head, pulling the trigger. Granted he'd break his toy, he'd be satisfied.

Even though he was relatively untrained in guns, even Hichigo knew that if this thing hit he'd be dead. he quickly tugged on Zangetsu's cloth in such a way as to manipulate the blade into flying in front of him, deflecting the bullet just in time. So he was looking to break his toy...

Pushing off of Loz's body, Hichigo caught Zangetsu's handle and flipped elegantly backwards, white-washed form flying through the air before he landed gracefully on his feet. He supposed he'd show Loz what he was made of now, moving the great blade in front of him, smirking darkly.

"Don't die too quickly, okay~?" he called to Loz, before shouting the familiar invocation: "BANKAI!!"

A bright flash lit up the area as a strong wind suddenly blew out from where Hichigo stood, though it died down soon enough. When it did Hichigo stood there, different-- his white shihakusho had changed into a long white coat, and the butcher knife blade was no longer seen. It had apparently changed form too, as he now held a white katana in his hand.

He grinned, waiting for Loz to land before starting his next wave of attacks.

Loz flipped backwards and landed on his feet with a thud. He wasnt too graceful, but it was adequate. Loz looked up when Hichigo spoke then temporarily crossed his arms to shield himself from the light and wind. The power he put off was immense, but that only excited Loz even more. But when Loz dropped his arms to look at Hichigo once again, Loz was disappointed. He looked more psycho, yes, but his weapon shrank as well as his outfit. "Oh come on," Loz scoffed. He wanted a challenge, not a light show.

Loz's disappointed look didn't bother Hichigo in the least. His grin shrank to a smirk once more, raising the blade, the broken chain attached to the hilt jingling quietly. "Don't blink~" was the only warning he gave.

Suddenly he disappeared, reappearing suddenly behind Loz, blade ready to slice the other man's throat. Shunpo was always a nifty trick, yes it was.

"Ha?" Loz's quick eyes followed Hichigo's movements but then lost him quickly, until he briefly caught sight of him coming up behind him. Hichigo was fast, faster than himself. So this new form wasn't just a stupid trick, it boosted his power.

Loz's expression hardened from his usual soft smirk as he used his quick movements to get away before Hichigo had the chance to slice his throat. Loz, however, might be easy to follow, given the one watching could see something other than the afterimage Loz left behind.

"Heh, well," Loz said, "That's more like it." A slight smirk drew across his face but it was apparent that he wasn't as pleased with the situation as he would've liked to be. Something about Hichigo's new form gave him an odd feeling, something that he couldn't define. Something that told him to move to the aggressive mode.

Ichimaru was sitting in his room, as he was wont to do, when the burst of reiatsu hit him. It was unmistakably bankai, but it reminded him somewhat of when the Arrancar released their zanpakutos.

He figured that's what it probably was. Goddamn it, he had told those fools to stay out of trouble until he was ready for them to make a mess.

He sighed and removed himself from his gigai and decided to go see just what in hell was going on.

Hell.

Not only did that burst of reiatsu give Tatsuki something bordering on a migraine...

.... it felt just like Ichigo. But as far as she knew, Ichigo didn't have any reason to be fighting right now - and if he fought anyone, it'd be Grimmjaw, and that reiatsu wasn't near the burst she'd felt.

She ran down the stairs as fast as her legs could carry her. This had to be that Hichigo guy. The hell could he be doing? But on rushing outside, she was presented with a sight she .... didn't expect. That... thing .. had to be Hichigo. Not good.

It felt good to finally get out of the castle and explore the grounds around it. Yazoo had been in need of some fresh air, and since he had gotten bored enough up in his room, he had decided that now was as good a time as any to go for a walk. The time alone was welcome, as was the fact that he could now hear himself think.

But all good things always came to an end at some point, and now was no exception as gunshots rang through the air. Wait a minute. Those shots sound familiar. He took off at a run in the direction the shots had come from, and soon found himself in a place he had yet to visit. He didn’t take the time to enjoy the scenery, though, as something else had caught his attention.

It was Loz, and he was fighting some guy that Yazoo had never seen before. I knew that gunfire sounded familiar, he thought to himself as he spotted the Velvet Nightmare in Loz’s hands. That wasn’t all that had his attention, though. Hichigo had just unleashed an attack that was very familiar to Yazoo, as Cloud as pulled an attack like that on him back in the Forgotten City, except this one was faster, larger, and black in color.

He hadn’t been planning on jumping into the fight, but when Hichigo’s attack hit Loz, effectively wounding him, he wasn’t going to stand around idle any longer. Reaching behind him, he pulled his Velvet Nightmare from its holster and took aim, firing off a couple of shots toward Loz’s opponent before running the short distance and coming to a stop between the two of them. “You dolt,” he snorted over his shoulder at Loz. “What made you think you could take him on?” Wait, why was this any of this business? Giving his head a slight shake, Yazoo focused his attention back on Hichigo.

More of those stupid metal pellet things. Hichigo growled as they hit him, gaze shifting to the one who'd decided to interfere with he and Loz. They looked similar... family perhaps?

He raised Tensa Zangetsu, eyes narrowing at the two. "It's just all good fun~" he said, smirk appearing on his lips. "And sometimes you get hurt when you have fun." He was getting tired of this, though. If Yazoo were like Loz, ability wise... it wouldn't be too fun even if they tag-teamed.

Hitsugaya had barely opened the door to his room (he'd intended to pick up Yachiru, who was supposed to accompany him outside as he did a few things) when the strong blast of reiatsu hit him. His eyes widened in understandable shock as he comprehended that the burst was undoubtedly someone's bankai.

The reiatsu was recognizable to the boy genius - it was most certainly that of Kurosaki Ichigo's Hollow. The reiatsu was similar but not identical to Ichigo's; it possessed the dark aura Shirosaki Hichigo had, or whatever he had called himself that time.

As Hitsugaya had predicted, the Hollow had finally attacked someone who lived in the castle, but truth be told, he had not expected it to be this soon. He swore through gritted teeth and re-entered his room, removing himself from his gigai. Yachiru would have to wait.

He left the room, zanpakutou securely latched to his back, and used Shunpo to get to the desired location quickly. Hopefully, no one had interfered already, though he was beginning to think a random Paradisa resident stepping in to see what was the problem was inevitable. There were just too many people around this place, and Hitsugaya knew he had to either take the conflict elsewhere, where no one innocent would get harmed, or stop it completely.

So many people had suddenly arrived once he'd allowed himself to go Bankai... he giggled as he glanced around briefly at the new ones. Tatsuki, traitor, chibi-taichou...

And one other. Hichigo heard more shots, before the pain of those metal things came again, and he glanced unamusedly at the one now standing in front of Loz. They looked similar... perhaps they were related? Loz had spoken about brothers before. He grinned slightly, but the moment ignoring the others, raising Tensa Zangetsu up. If the Shinigami and company did decide to try and ruin his fun... more power to them, he supposed. As well as more fun for him.

He used Shunpo again to quickly cross the distance between himself and Loz's brother, elbow darting out quickly to slam into Yazoo's side, while he swung with Tensa Zangetsu at Loz. If they wanted to tag team him after this, that'd certainly be a challenge he'd be willing to accept.

[OOC: Plz to be replying here now, pplz~ It'll make this less confusing, and I'll continue making new threads when the current one gets too long. Kthx!]

Hitsugaya wore a very peeved frown on his face as he glanced at everything within immediate view. His eyes quickly scanned the area, noticing the Hollow, the man he'd been fighting with, and another person who looked eerily similar to the Hollow's original opponent.

An irritable scowl soon took place of the frown, though, once he noticed Ichimaru Gin had arrived at the scene earlier than he had. And what was this? He swore again, recognizing the tomboy he'd seen at Kurosaki Ichigo's school. That idiot girl Tatsuki was here... He figured she had probably sensed the same reiatsu he had and decided to see what was going on for herself, but was she really that stupid to neglect the fact that she was powerless against this sort of threat?

Hitsugaya glowered at the two familiar faces, but wasted no time starting a conversation with either of them. Swiftly, he removed his zanpakutou from his back, and headed towards the fighting trio. He used Shunpo to step in between the Hollow and his opponent, quickly using his zanpakutou to block the Hollow's from reaching its target.

Tatsuki just watched as more people arrived on the scene, pressing back against the wall of the castle. Not out of fear - she didn't want Hichigo to take any particular interest in her until she was ready for him to. Right now she was just watching, and waiting for a good moment.

But her head snapped up when she sensed Hitsugaya's reiatsu. It felt cold, prickly - it was unmistakable to her. She shot him a nasty glare. She hadn't forgotten the headaches he'd given her, just because he was feeling bitchy. She'd punch him later.

She didn't exactly know what was going on here, and she had no idea who those two guys were with the gun .. things going on. Hitsugaya's presence annoyed her, and she didn't even pay attention to Gin's - Hichigo was her focus. She stepped away from the wall, moving closer to the fighters. "HICHIGO!" she bellowed, at the top of her lungs. Maybe she could distract him... let one of the other people here get a hit on him or get the injured one out of the way? And either way, it was him she wanted to mess with.

Hichigo growled as Hitsugaya got in the path of his sword, blocking it with his own. "Chibi-taichous shouldn't interfere with play," he hissed, before pushing harshly against Hitsugaya, then using Shunpo to get around Loz's other side. He'd just been prepared to stab him when Tatsuki yelled out, and his attention was diverted for a second.

A slight smirk spread over his lips. Maybe she would be fun to play with... after all, she'd admitted she couldn't feel a difference between his reiatsu and aibou's. Using Shunpo again this time he transported himself behind Tatsuki, changing his voice so that instead of sounding like the higher, echo-y version of Ichigo's, he sounded exactly like his king. "You shouldn't be here, Tatsuki. It's too dangerous for you."

If she fell for it, he was sure her expression would be priceless.

It worked.

Tatsuki's heart lept in her chest, beating so hard against her ribcage she thought it might burst. She whipped around to look at the source of the voice - no way it could be Ichigo, no way he could have-

The expression on her face - immense shock and maybe a little fear and maybe a little worry - twisted into something a lot nastier when she saw just who it was. "You fucking.." she bit out, infuriated at having been tricked. And like that! Ichigo was already a sensitive topic for her lately.

The hollow's taunt probably held some truth. But she was so angry she paid it no heed, instead instinctually lashing out at Hichigo. It didn't occur to her that she was human, and what little power she had was dormant right now. Nor did it occur to her that she was taking on an incredibly powerful creature that could crush her without blinking.

That was Tatsuki. Take out the opponent first, and worry about broken bones later.

Soi Fong had felt the sudden burst of reiatsu in her room, easily recognizing it belong to none other than Kurosaki Ichigo or in this case, his hollow – Shirosaki - to be exact. Initially, she didn’t really pay too much attention to this specific incident. However, it did come to her attention that a certain human was butting in (and refused to listen to her and Gin’s advice) and more recognizable reiatsu was rushing to the scene.

A scowl form across her face as she grabbed her zanpakutou, fleeting out her door. With the use of Shunpo, she speeds down the hallways and the massive flights of stairs. She had tried her best to minimize collision with the many inhabitants of this castle; still it wasn’t perfect. Her head glanced back a few times whenever she felt she had knocked some stranger down without slowing down nor did she gave any form of apology. She’ll just have to apologize later after she takes a quick look at the current situation.

Moments later, she had finally arrived at the courtyard, staying hidden against a nearby tree as she examines the current situation as she witnessed Hitsugaya’s blocking an attack from Shirosaki. Her eyes then quickly darted to a certain short hair girl who dared challenged the hollow. “Idiots,” she muttered as she gets ready to perform a binding spell on this pathetic human. Before Soi Fong can even finish the spell, this girl has already charged at Kurosaki’s hollow. Her face quickly turned sour and scowled in annoyance as she dashed to this dark-haired girl with the use of her Shunpo, hoping to pull her out in the nick of time from her brainless actions.

[OOC: Asking permission for Soi Fong to interfere between Tatsuki and Hichigo, saving her butt in a flash with Shunpo?]

[OOC: It's cool. That's why I left it vauge so you and Hichigo can work with it. Just give a head ups when you want people to start butting in to save her XD]

Hichigo grinned, pleased with Tatsuki's reaction as he caught her fist with one hand easily. "Ah ah ah~ You're out of your league here, Tatsuki. This isn't one of your martial arts matches," Hichigo warned her. Thought it was half-taunting, some part of him didn't want to see her injured, either-- a small piece aibou had instilled into him, he guess.

As Soi Fong suddenly darted up he growled, golden eyes flashing angrily as he lashed a foot at her, aiming to connect with the ninja's stomach. At the same time he twisted Tatsuki's arm behind her back so she couldn't attempt to hit him again, speaking quietly. "If you want to live to beat the crap out of aibou, it'd be wise to run when I let you go, instead of attempting to hit me." Why he was even trying he didn't exactly know, which pissed him off, but Tatsuki wasn't exactly worth playing with right now either. She had power he eventually might want to test, but right now she needed to develop it if she couldn't sense a difference between him and his alter.

Besides, he doubt she'd heed his warning either. If that happened, he'd beat her around a bit, then allow someone to take her away from the battle field.

[OOC: HICHIGO WTF IS WITH YOU? xD;]

Hitsugaya had stepped back when Hichigo pushed him, turning to see an impending conflict coming up with the schoolgirl and the Hollow in the next few seconds. "Damn," he muttered angrily, clutching his zanpakutou even tighter. The Hollow had said some sort of comment to Tatsuki to make her extremely upset, from what it looked like, and now, Soi Fong had appeared, possibly to rescue the idiot from a certain death-

This shouldn't even be happening, he thought to himself in irritance. "You fool!" he called out to Tatsuki, before using Shunpo to land right where the two were standing.

Holding out his zanpakutou, he spoke sternly. "Let her go."

"You think I don't know that?!" she growled at him, furious. A small part of the back of her mind was frantically searching - the armor, the power she'd had during the Menos fight. What had happened to it? Why couldn't she call it now when she needed it most? Shit.

Tatsuki turned to give Soi Fong a startled look - who the hell? - then made a surprised noise as she felt herself get twisted around, with her arm pinned behind her. She went dead still, face stoic and back ramrod straight while she listened to his words. It was bizarre - she'd thought hollows were supposed to be evil. And while this guy didn't seem good, was he .. trying to protect her? From himself? Tatsuki growled low in her throat. She didn't like that he was right. Hitsugaya only made her angrier - fool, whatever! She didn't need to be saved by some jackass who gave her headaches just to spite her!

So instead of waiting for Hichigo to let go, she struggled to give herself just enough room to jab him in the stomach, hard as she could manage, with her free elbow. "I don't need ANY of your pity!" she shouted - though to Hichigo or Hitsugaya, it was hard to tell.

Hichigo grunted as his stomach was elbowed, the wind temporarily knocked out of the Hollow as he released her, stumbling back and clutching his stomach. His eyes narrowed at Hitsugaya, Tensa Zangetsu raised in the hand that wasn't currently wrapped about his injured abdomen.

"C'mon then, Chibi-taichou~" he taunted, the smirk quickly beginning to form on his face again, dark tongue darting out between white lips. "If you're so intent on destroying me, let's go."

Using Shunpo, he moved himself behind the ice-wielding captain, stabbing Tensa Zangetsu down towards a back in an effort to stab Hitsugaya through the chest. If Tatsuki were smart, she'd leave and worry about other things, train or something-- here in this battle royale she was completely outleagued, whether she liked it or not. Hichigo glanced at her quickly with his good eye, glaring slightly at her to send her the message.

Whether he liked it or not, apparently aibou was having an influence on him right now.

Tatsuki sprang back, moving quickly out of his range as soon as she felt his grip on her arm vanish.

But she didn't leave. She just stood back and watched, her expression dark. She didn't get it, why he seemed to be trying this hard to protect her from himself. It made no sense. He HAD said he was part of Ichigo and maybe... maybe that was it?

She met his glare with a fierce one of her own. "No, Hichigo!" she called out. "I'm not letting you off the hook that easily!" And that was how she saw it - he chose to dismiss her, but she wasn't just going to let him go. "There're still things I want to know and I'm not leaving until YOU tell me!" Not that she'd interfere - she knew they were right, all of them, that this was totally out of her league. But Tatsuki had seen fights like this before - been in them, against her wishes. She wasn't scared, and she was not going to back down.

Hitsugaya scowled angrily. This girl was as clueless as they came! "I have no need to give you 'pity'," he snapped viciously, eyes narrowing even more so.

What happened next stole everything he was about say to her. Right before his eyes, he witnessed the dark-haired girl elbow the Hollow in the stomach before moving away to a safer spot. Taken aback by the swiftness of her attack, Hitsugaya's eyes widened as the Hollow doubled back for a few seconds before regaining his posture. Something like that shouldn't have happened; after all, wasn't the girl nothing but a rag doll to that Hollow in strength? What was happening here?

Hichigo stole his attention away with another snide remark. Hitsugaya turned away from Tatsuki to face him again, eyes full of nothing but fierce rage.

He did not have the chance to retaliate, however, as Hichigo attacked within the next second. Recomposing himself, Hitsugaya moved quickly, directing his zanpakutou across his chest to prevent the Hollow's from piercing him.

"I am going to kill you," was all he spat out before using Shunpo and vanishing for a split second. In an instant, he was suddenly above Hichigo, diving towards him with his zanpakutou pointing straight down, eyes expressing his killing intent perfectly.

"TRY IT!!" Hichigo yelled back, voice sounding insane as he grinned broadly, golden eyes wide as pupils turned to nothing but tiny black dots. He laughed psychotically, jumping back from Hitsugaya's dive, amused at the fact they had both tried the same tactic against different enemies.

With a yell he charged up his sword before slashing, the dark crescent tearing across the ground towards Hitsugaya. "C'MON, CHIBI-TAICHOU! SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!!" he laughed, eager to see the full extent of this taichou's powers. Oh, if only Byakuya could have joined in... then it would've been a party.

Her eyes narrowed, catching a glimpse of Hichigo moving towards the foolish girl; using Shunpo, she quickly materialized from her current location to two feets away from the hollow. Soi Fong having read his actions, reappeared above him as she swiftly swung her leg over to nullify the attack in her stomach. Clutching her zanpakutou in its katana form, she performed a backflip until her legs touched the ground as she pulls Suzumebachi out.

Suzumebachi’s long thin body vanished, materializing into thin air upon Soi Fong’s cried. It mysteriously reappeared as a golden and black stripped stinger on the middle finger of her right hand. Annoyance was written all over her face. She had no intention of interfering with the fight if it was between a hollow and its kind or shinigami. But since it dealt with some persistent Paradisa residents, shinigamis would get the blame for not stopping it.

Seeing that the boy genius Hitsugaya was now talking care of Shirosaki, it was best if she get all spectators, non-shinigami, away. Taking a breath, she charged up, appearing nearby where Tatsuki was standing. “What are you doing? Run!” she barked, sending a glare at the girl. Seconds later, she turned her attention back to the dueling males; ready to assist Hitsugaya.

Tatsuki shot Soi Fong a flat look. "I'm staying," she said, her tone making it clear that nothing could make her leave at this point. She was determined to wait, to see if she'd have that chance - she wasn't going to let her questions go.

Loz lay on the ground on his back, looking up at Yazoo. "Am not!" he shot back childishly at Yazoo's calling him a dolt, even though his description was entirely true. Loz was hurt and pretty bad at that, simply because he picked a fight with the wrong guy. For once, Loz was severely outpowered and there was no Yazoo to back him up with a tagteam, except now.

Loz sat up, several slashes bleeding across his chest from Hichigo's attack. For once it felt off, perhaps even painful. "I'm.... not done... playing...." Yeah, he could barelly stand up without grimacing. What did that palefaced jerk do to him?

But Hichigo was already distracted with other people wearing large black outfits and some girl. "Play...." Loz said weakly falling to his knees next to his Velvet Nightmare, "with me...."

If he hadn’t suddenly heard Loz trying to get back up and continue the fight, Yazoo would have retorted to Hichigo’s comment. He glanced back over his shoulder at Loz, narrowing his eyes as he glared at the other as if daring him to keep on fighting while. For some unknown reason he was feeling very protective of the other male, but he couldn’t figure out why.

Seeing that Hichigo was being distracted for the time being, Yazoo divided his attention and turned halfway around to face Loz, crouching down beside him and putting a hand on his chest to halt Loz’s movements. He took care not to touch any of the slashes as he looked them over. “Oh, no you don’t, you idiot,” he said as he pushed against Loz to get him to stay still. “You’re done playing for day.”

He looked around to check and see if Hichigo was still preoccupied, his other hand unconsciously going to his side where Hichigo had elbowed him. “Come on, we’ve got to you inside so I can tend to these,” he gestured towards the gashes that were now staining the leather with blood. Taking his hand away from the other’s chest, he reached down and grabbed Loz’s arms to pull him up. “I can’t believe you were stupid enough to go through with this.”

Loz flinched at the touch, and began to object, "I wanna...." Wait, was Yazoo caring for him just as he did back on the Planet? Did the castle finally give his memories back? Was that even possible? Loz sure hoped so. Well either way, Yazoo probably was right. They'd fled before but never in defeat. Loz wasn't happy but he wanted to spend time with his brother, since he thought Yazoo was dead. Well, maybe this was the time to do that.

"Fine," he scoffed, picking up his Velvet Nightmare and stuffing it back into its holster. He staggered to his feet then took a glance at Hichigo. The creature was strong, he'd give him that. And Loz wanted to play but playing again with Hichigo would have to wait.

Good. Hichigo’s attention was still drawn away from them. Yazoo scoffed at Loz’s protest, reaching down to take one of Loz’s arms and sling it around his shoulders so Loz could lean against him for support him as they walked.

“This’ll be the last time you play for a good long while,” he huffed as they started making their back to the castle, Yazoo checking back over his shoulder to make sure that Hichigo wasn’t following them as they went. Once he felt it was safe enough, he stopped for a minute to let Loz catch his breath before they continued and were back inside the castle.

[Thread] When Playing Goes Too Far

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