Tying Up Some Loose Ends {Open}

[vilmentevendados]

Vilmente unleashed a particularly large cero at a group of nearby Hollows, as the wide beam of spiritual energy exploded into a flash of deep blue light. The explosion echoed across the fair-sized desert expanse that filled a good portion of the inner parts of Los Noches, rumbling a few of the nearby towering structures. There was a large amount of Hollows, at least a score or more, anxiously treading in the sand around the motionless Vilmente. For what reason the Segunda was fighting a group of Hollows in the center of Los Noche's sandy fields, no one could tell. One of the Hollows had circled around the Segunda Espada with great haste and, from its narrow insect-like mask, erupted a cero of its own. "Bold," Vilmente didn't bother to move at all. The blast connected with its mark and for a moment the Hollow that fired the cero let out a guttural laugh of sorts as the smoke faded from the wreckage.

"Was that all?" Vilmente's voice protruded through the smoke and sand filled air around him, casually strolling out of the haze with his hands placed authoritatively behind his back. His body wasn't effected in the least, and even his clothing seemed to be barely charred at all. "I should have known that Gillians wouldn't be anything special. Ahh well, research is research," Vilmente finished with a sigh as another Hollow from his right flank jumped up and tried to strike from above. This hollow was much more humanoid, had a peculiarly square-shaped face, and a muscular physique. Vilmente dodged the aerial punch with a graceful side step, raising one hand very calmly to meet the attacking Hollow's, and then tightened his grip around the creature's large forearm. There was a moment of pause from the muscular Gillian as his gaze met that of the Segunda's - the intensely staring bloodshot eyes. Then there was a crack of bone, a loud tearing sound, and the Gillian was suddenly sent flying through the air with one less arm.

Vilmente swung the limb around playfully. "You shouldn't go and leave things around like this. Children could get hurt or something." With a light toss the torn arm landed with a thud next to the wounded Gillian, and even the bestial and base Hollows that surrounded Vilmente backed off a bit and considered a new strategy. "Come now," Vilmente begged as if he were talking to a pet, "We wouldn't want this to take too long. My associate Espada might get suspicious, or even worse, irate if we carry at this pace," With that statement another sudden flash of light permeated that portion of the desert in a haze of deep blue.

[kanekosan]

"They're already pretty pissed, Mr Rags." A voice that sounds as if it belongs to a young girl states in a sing-song voice from behind the area. "Segunda Espada or not, you can't just walk around willy nilly killin' off all the local wildlife, what else are we supposed to look at from the boring castle?" The person the voice belongs to now comes into view due to the blue light finally dissipating enough for her to become easily spotted. The Segunda Espada would recognize this pink haired, staff wielding girl as the Fraccion of the Trecera Espada if he had been paying attention inside Hueco Mundo at all. "So? What do you have to say for yourself mister? Bossy-bossu-bossman-bosser might get pretty mad if'n you don't come clean!" She said with a smile, pointing her star-shaped rod at the Segunda Espada and waving it around a bit as if it were indeed the real thing.

She doesn't even wait for his response before the three pronged tip begins to glow with three separate pink lights and a series of Bala begin firing out of the rod at a rate reminiscent of a machine gun's rate of fire. What comes next are not the tell-tale explosions and pain normally associated with Bala, but were Vilmente to look directly above himself he would notice that the Bala have frozen in the air in the shape of a large arrow pointing directly at him, and a large number of the other fired projectiles are now in writing high in the sky, reading "The dummy is over here."

"Is this the part where I get attacked or something? I'm freakin' scared man!"

[vilmentevendados]

A not-so-familiar voice suddenly broke Vilmente's focus, forcing him to look hesitatingly to his side, as the speaker gradually came into view. Even though Vilmente had no recollection of having any sort of face-to-face meeting with this woman, he still knew her identity. "Kusubana...Kaneko," Vilmente grumbled to himself as he listened to the ramblings of the fraccion with a blank stare. Come clean? Come clean about what? Vilmente looked to his sides and recalled that the Hollows were still scurrying about a few yards away. But, as soon as he looked back to the fraccion and was about to speak up, a flurry of balas were abruptly launched his way. The Segunda didn't move an inch - didn't even mind to blink - as the projectiles flew close by him but made no contact. Vilmente paused in thought for a moment.

Instinctively looking skyward, where the balas had all amassed, he noticed that a rather...childish display was all that the fraccion had committed. He lowered his head and sighed, then perked himself up in an attentive stance once more, his hands behind his back just as usual. "I haven't the slightest idea what your blabbering on about, Kusubana Kaneko. My affairs are none of your concern," In a whispering voice just barely audible enough for the woman to hear, Vilmente continued, "Upbeat, adventurous and brash. Honestly, doesn't that Furiko know how to train her subordinates?" Vilmente chuckled a bit with his last statement, amused at his own comment. "In any effect...your display just then was completely irresponsible. I order you to dispose of those balas immediately. I'll let the whole firing-an-energy-blast-at-a-superior thing slide for now...perhaps. And I'd like to also clarify that neither my name nor title is 'Mr. Rags'. You will address me as your superior - Segunda, or perhaps, Honorable Segunda if you're feeling generous."

"Now," Vilmente continued, clapping his hands twice in succession as the Gillian with the insect-like mask approached from his side and slashed at the Segunda with its scythe claws. Vilmente respectfully took the hit, rendering no damage whatsoever, and turned briskly on his heels to confront the beast head on. The Espada raised one palm and thrust it towards the Hollow's face, the force of the strike easily bringing the creature down to the ground as its face was utterly crushed into nothingness. Vilmente then swiped his hand quickly in the air in order to disperse the faint traces of blood and turned to regard the excited fraccion with a content and somewhat challenging stare.

[Shachiho Koga]

Koga had left his quarters out of boredom, feeling the urge to destroy something nearby, he decided to go out and kill some hollows. When the Espada left the main building of Los Noches, he noticed a blue light in the distance. He smirked, knowing the blast was from the Segunda Espada, before dashing off in the direction of the blast. On his way there, he noticed a pink arrow and words appear in sky. "Looks like someone beat me there... This should be fun. I get to beat up two Arrancer today!" the Espada thought with excitement, with a grin on his face.

As he closed in, he noticed that there were Hollows nearby, so he let out a loud, hysterical laugh before jumping into the air and shooting off a high-powered cero through the pink sign, barely missing the Segunda Espada's head, and into the Hollows in the distance, killing most of them in one blow. "Tch. What kinda Hollows get killed so easily by a freakin' cero?" the Espada said with a frown before turning to notice the other Arrancar was the Tres Espada's fraccion. "I was hoping I'd be able to beat up on some strong Arrancar, but it looks like one of 'em's just a pathetic fraccion." he said, before turning to the Segunda Espada and walking past the fraccion without a second glance.

"What are you doing out here with these weaklings, Number 2? Trying to get strong enough to take me on?" the Espada asked with a smirk, using the term "Number 2" as an insult to try and get the other Espada to start a fight with him.

Meanwhile, within the main building of Los Noches, Koga's fraccion Ageha was walking, heading towards Koga's quarters. When he got to the room, he noticed much of the furniture was broken and scorch marks from his cero were still on the ground. The fraccion let out a sigh, knowing that the Espada had left to go kill Hollows. "Why do you always have to do this to me?" he thought with a sigh as he headed out of the building, using his Pesquisa to pin-point his superior's location, noticing there were two other Arrancar by him. "This can't be good... Please don't do anything rash before I get there, Koga..." he said to himself as he rushed to Koga as fast as he could.

[kanekosan]

Well, that could have gone better. Vilmente (otherwise known as Mr. Rags) doesn't seem to enjoy the fact that Kaneko had come all the way out here to check up on the Segunda Espada. "Jerk." She states after he mentions that his affairs aren't any of her concern. Upon mention of her elder sister Furiko, Kaneko perks up again, showing it by jamming her staff into the sand and then clapping excitedly with an upbeat smile on her face. "Yes yes yes! Furiko trains me quite well in the ancient hollow art of beating up shinigami!" With a chuckle, it seems that Vilmente had asked her to not call him 'Mr. Rags'. What a blowhard, not like he's actually going to do anything about it. "Oh my apologies! I have been very rude." The fraccion states with a curtsy while also removing her little hat at the same time.

"Honorable Mister Rags." She says in a mocking tone with a snicker as she places the hat back on her head and grabs her staff to leap backward as a hollow attacked her superior. Easily dispatched, this particular hollow was, but the problem is what comes after that. A thick and oppressive spiritual pressure begins to fill the air, so much so that it feels like the atmosphere has changed. It's almost disconcerting the way Kaneko begins to frown and clutches her shoulders while shaking at the thought of what is to come. "M-Mr. Rags... I think... he's coming..." The shaking fraccion says with a hint of fear in her voice as a cero soars right past her head and into a crowd of hollows in the distance.

"Oh no... Someone turn on the scary theme music..." She says as Koga does indeed appear on the scene, manic and looking like he's trying to pick a fight, as per usual. When it does indeed seem that Koga has come for the sole purpose of antagonizing Vilmente, Kaneko simply clutches her shoulders harder and does her best to make herself unknown. There's no way she can actually enter and hope to survive a fight between the two highest ranking Espada on the force after all.

[vilmentevendados]

After a few more moments of what Vilmente perceived to be childish ramblings from the present fraccion, the Segunda was growing a bit impatient. Despite his impatience though, Vilmente was eagerly studying everything he could about the situation in a very discrete manner. Every inflection of the voice, every hand gesture, movement in posture, and facial expression of the fraccion - all simply data to be stored away afterwards. A few moments before the young woman noticed anything the Segunda felt an all too familiar presence in the air. It was an ominous and foreboding energy thick with bloodlust and the intent to kill. "Koga..." Vilmente whispered just as the fraccion mentioned that 'he's coming'. The Segunda watched the fraccion's apparent change in demeanor and felt a bit content when he saw her frown. So, at least she recognizes some amount of power from her superiors.

With the only warning being a crazed bout of laughter, the comical sign of spiritual energy above the the two Arrancar was decimated by an extremely powerful blast. The cero darted directly past the Segunda's head but Vilmente only looked to his side and regarded the blast as a nuisance when it flew by, not moving an inch. Kaneko seemed to hunker down in half-terror and half-obedience before the infamous Shachiho Koga finally made his way on the scene. Vilmente remained completely silent as the Primera made his way closer towards him, listening to each comment and intently watching his superior as he had done just moments before for Kaneko. More data. Excellent. Then the moment of truth finally dawned between the two high-ranking Espada. The wild Koga questioned "What are you doing out here with these weaklings, Number 2? Trying to get strong enough to take me on?" to which Vilmente replied with a very bored expression. The Segunda straightened his posture. "Was that an attempt at insult? To be truthful, I thought even your taste in brash comments was better than such a moronic statement. You have my sympathy, Primera," Vilmente proceeded to bow politely.

"I do have to say, though. You have my gratitude for disposing of most of those Hollows for me. They were really becoming such a nuisance," Vilmente looked over his shoulder and spotted a bit of movement still, confident that a few of the Hollows were still alive or at least functioning for the moment. "Back to business though!" Vilmente suddenly suggested. "As you can see, I was just giving our little fraccion friend here a little advice about superiority. Your timing is most convenient but I don't believe I'll be needing your assistance at this time, Primera," Vilmente's bloodshot gaze wouldn't falter as he continued to stare intensely at his superior. "By the way, where's that watchdog of yours? Oh, you know? Jakou Agiga...Agyu...Argon...something like that. I thought he never left your side? Don't tell me there's not a single soul overwatching the formidable and all-powerful Primera himself! Oh heavens, what will we do?!" Vilmente finished his statement by tilting his head awkwardly to one side.