>>1719882
>.....the past is troubling me, that is all I will say
>Wait? you're a high enough rank to lead one of these things? I didn't realize that
>Also, you four, what are your names, stop trying to avoid my gaze dammit

>>1719882
>.....the past is troubling me, that is all I will say
>Wait? you're a high enough rank to lead one of these things? I didn't realize that
>Also, you four, what are your names, stop trying to avoid my gaze dammit

>>1719882
>[]Aizen lost my sister's paintings, so I'm a little in the dumps
>[] Your ears are as sharp as ever, and yeah, I've had a bit of bad luck lately
>[] Well, maybe you can cheer me up later
>[] Also, you four, what are your names, stop trying to avoid my gaze dammit

>>1719882
>.....the past is troubling me, that is all I will say
>Wait? you're a high enough rank to lead one of these things? I didn't realize that
>Also, you four, what are your names, stop trying to avoid my gaze dammit

>>1719882
>[]Aizen lost my sister's paintings, so I'm a little in the dumps
>[] Your ears are as sharp as ever, and yeah, I've had a bit of bad luck lately
>[] Well, maybe you can cheer me up later
>[] Also, you four, what are your names, stop trying to avoid my gaze dammit

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I think for a moment, trying to look at his expressionless mask rather than his still ridiculous star shaped hair. Well there's no easy to tell him exactly what I'm feeling without revealing what's going on to some degree. But if I just say a little, he won't suspect anything in the slightest and I won't be lying.

"the past is troubling me" I say softly, as he touches my shoulder "that is all I will say"

"I understand your pain, you've lost more friends than I've ever had" He says gently "it must still be painful to this day, right?"

"Yeah" I say, my mouth twitching as I remember what happened to them, and where they'd be now, feeling sick once again, but I hide it "Also you're a high enough rank to lead one of these things"

"Oh yes, I was made a seated officer not to long ago, a few years maybe" he says, as our groups of students just watch us, not sure how to react to us being so friendly with each other despite how odd both of us may seem

"I didn't realize, why didn't you tell me?" I ask frowning as he laughs

"Oh, you didn't make a big deal about your promotion, I thought it'd be egotistical and a bit unseemly to do it myself" He says, happily "And you yourself, soon you will be too high ranked to lead little outings like this"

"oh you overestimate me" I giggle, as the trainees look like they've just seen something horrifyingly shocking

"Oh you're humble today" he says "with how you progress I wouldn't be surprised if within this year you're on one of the"

"Sir" a small kid with white hair sighs coldly, with an odd smile "Could we please continue with our work today? as fascinating as this conversation is, we have a duty"

"Yes, I was just about to finish" kaname says sternly "I know I was wasting time, but we still need to come up with a plan, and this gives you all a chance to adjust to the world of the living"

Wait...his hair is white. Like mine. I frown, staring at the little boy as he continues smiling and nods.

"Whatever you say" He says calmly

"Well, I'll see you when out duty is done, kimi" Kaname says, bowing slightly as he walks away with his group.

.....why does he have white hair like mine. I sigh, and turn back to my trainees


"Uh, are we going to head out to lady Kemuri?" one of them, a girl that's a little sickly and thin looking asks

"I am no Lady, and you four what are your names, stop trying to avoid my gaze dammit" I say, narrowing my eyes, making the girl wince "I want to be introduced to you before we start our work"

"Tadao!"the fat man, with a pony tail and a scraggly beard says quickly

"Sute" the sickly girl says weakly, bowing as the boy behind her sighs

"Chiko" he says, brushing his long hair out of his eyes with his hand

The last one one, rubs his throat and shrugs, holding up a piece of paper, handing it to me

"Maro the mute" I say dully, handing it back to him as he smiles, his bald head shining in the morning light
cont

>>1720071

"And you all know me, Kemuri Kimi, Or the hound of the Kuchiki, or maybe the bloody shinigami" I say, bowing slowly "now that we all know each other..."

What do I do?
[] Tell them to try and face a hollow themselves, I will be watching
[]Pull out the profile of one of the hollows sighted around this area, and tell them to track it down
[] show them signs of hollows, and demonstrate how to track them/how they think
[] ask if they're prepared to die if things go wrong
[] Just tell them to follow me
[] Try and get them to figure out how to deal with pluses
[] write in

>>1720094
>show them signs of hollows, and demonstrate how to track them/how they think
>Pull out the profile of one of the hollows sighted around this area, and tell them to track it down

>>1720094
>[] show them signs of hollows, and demonstrate how to track them/how they think
>[]Pull out the profile of one of the hollows sighted around this area, and tell them to track it down

anyone else?

>>1720094
>[] show them signs of hollows, and demonstrate how to track them/how they think
>[]Pull out the profile of one of the hollows sighted around this area, and tell them to track it down

"Follow close behind me, if you want to be effective shinigami, you'll need to know the signs of our enemy. Even the wiliest of hollows will leave some sign behind of themselves, you will just need to know where to look for them" I say calmly, turning my zanpakuto over my shoulders as I walk along "if you have any questions that need answering, ask them now before I start the real lesson here"

"Yes" Chiko says, standing with his chest puffed out "You say like there's always going to be a sign of hollows but"

"There always is, they leave different tracks, but a hollow always leaves something to find them by, even if its just their reiryoku" I say calmly, glancing back at him, looking into his eyes as I stop walking to explain "if you know what to look for, you will find something, any other questions"

Tadao raises his hand and I nod, not saying a word.

"But what if the hollow is just trying to trick you into following them to their turf?" he asks slowly as I smile

"I've never had a problem with that, but that can be easily avoided by being perceptive, and not just blindly rushing in when you think you have them cornered" I say, smiling gently as I can manage, glancing around as I do looking for any tell tale signs myself "Is that the last question"

Maro nods and Sute almost raises her hand but doesn't.

"Don't avoid knowledge when you can learn something, what's your question" I say, walking down an empty street, nearly walking through a passing woman, who looks like she's part of a noble family with how she's dressed. I can hear the students trying to do the same with her entourage

"Will you help us cleanse the hollow we hunt?" She says, squeaking a bit like a mouse

"if it comes to it, yes. But coddling won't teach you anything" I say as I run my hands down the walls of the nearest building. They're bent, and some of the higher parts of the wall have claw mark on them, very slight, by they're there "Now see here? you wouldn't see the claw marks up there if you weren't looking, or notice how the wood was bent if you didn't close to look, now follow the path it made"

Walking into the street I smile, and put my foot in the slight footprint left in the ground "as you can see, its tracks start here...., so can any of you tell me where it came from"

Sute looks into the distance, while Chiko looks over the walls. maro and Tadao both look at me, hands behind their backs, waiting to speak

"Oh? do you two have an idea?" I ask, glancing over my shoulder, towards the slightly dented and wrecked roof not far from where we're standing

"Wait I can" Chiko begins, but I silence him, holding up my hand as Maro points to where the long haired boy is staring and Tadao takes a breath

"It was on the roofs, moving slowly judging from how they're disturbed, then it got into a rush, and leaped over here" He says, snorting like a pig as Sute sighs and pouts

"How did all of you know that?" She asks as I smirk
cont

>>1720094
> show them signs oh Hollows

> pull out the profile and tell them to track it

A straightforward text of their fieldwork will do for a start

>>1720301

"It was simple really" the fat one begins before I reach into my sleeve, and he goes silent again as Chiko fumes, and looks like a child throwing a fit

"Now, tell me" I say as I pull out the profile of the hollow I know caused this, just by looking at the tracks it made "Where did this hollow go after it pushed past the building?"

"this is the work of a hollow called Lord crow, known for picking off unsuspecting ghosts and fleeing before any retribution can be dished out" I say as they get a good long look at it "Its known to roost around here somewhere, and has been getting bold, attacking but not killing any shinigami that it finds on patrol. More of a pest than a danger right now, but don't underestimate it, it may be cowardly, but its gaining confidence, and even if it has fled every other time, doesn't mean it won't be a challenge. It is a weakling, but as all hollows are, it is dangerous, and is slowly making itself stronger the longer it survives to pick up the....scraps. You four are going to track it down, and hopefully end it. Tadao, Maro, lead them, but before you do, tell me where it flew to?"

"...judging from the scraps on the ground" he says slowly as I smirk, didn't point that out in case any of them noticed it "it took a living person, and carried them"

"Down the way we came from" I say as Maro nods and Chiko groans

"Why do they get to lead" he says under his breath, hiding his face as I glare at them

"because they have shown their sense are more honed than yours, and Tadao seems to be rather knowledgeable" I say, making the fat man blush "and can you feel its Reiryoku?see anymore signs of it?"

Maro nods

"Well follow them, but be catious, even with the four of you, fighting a hollow is a daunting task. Especially since none of you have faced one, or experienced a true fight?" I say smiling as Sute glances at me

"are you going to follow us?" she asks, meekly

What do I do?
[] say I'll follow, and do
[] I'll keep an eye on them
[] I can sense your reiryoku, just go on roll 1d20+spirit
[] if you need my help, I'll come
[] Do you not think you're ready to do this?
[] ...only if you would die otherwise, you'll learn nothing if I kill the hollow
[] write in

>>1720395
>[] if you need my help, I'll come

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1720395
>[] ...only if you would die otherwise, you'll learn nothing if I kill the hollow
>[] I can sense your reiryoku, just go on roll 1d20+spirit

>>1720395
>[] say I'll follow, and do

>>1720395
>I'll keep an eye on them

Anyone else?

>>1720395
> I'll follow, but no more unless you are in mortal danger

>>1720488
I'm >>1720428 and I'll switch to
>[] if you need my help, I'll come

"if you need my help, I'll come" I say sternly, leaning against the wall as they begin to head out, Sute standing for a moment looking scared for her life before I add "I'll follow, but no more unless you're in mortal danger"

She looks a little less lost now, but she still has the smell of fear about her. I frown, brushing some stray hair away from my eyes, touching one of my scars as she begins to walk away.

"Good luck you four, know I'll be watching" I say, as my skin begins to blacken, burn and flake away, turning into embers and smoke and begin to float away onto the wind, climbing up and twirling around myself as I rise up to the tops of the buildings rising above us.

peeking over at them, I stand halfway on the edge, my body barely reformed from smoke as Maro and Tadao lead the brat and the scared girl...no idea why someone like her would want to be a shinigami, but I guess its the easiest way to feed yourself when you have enough Reiryoku to be able to eat. Hope they do well without me. Don't want any of them to die, even if Chiko is a little....well rude. I hate people like him who are rude for no reason.

What do I do?
[] Listen in to what they're saying
[] just follow them
[] continue worrying about my problem, while tailing them
[] Sing some poetry to myself
[] Give them a little help if they lose the trail
[] write in

>>1720564
>[] Listen in to what they're saying

>>1720564
>continue worrying about my problem, while tailing them

>>1720564
>[] Listen in to what they're saying

>>1720564
> listen to them

> continue worrying

>>1720564
> listen to them
> continue worrying

He's just making me feel worse, angrier. Even if I'm not showing it. I feel exposed out here, like I'm being watched. And I probably will have this minor paranoia until we figure out who took those notes, for all I know they're already in the hands of someone who could bring me hell even though I am, in my opinion one of the most loyal and fervent Shinigami I know. Or they could be trying to make more Shichūkū like me, or something similar. Forcing people to go through the same thing I have been through. And that would be horrible for everyone, especially if they use them against the soul society, or in some other terrible way. Whatever happened to that research, I know its being used for something bad, I just know it. And ever since it was taken I've had a feeling of dread creeping along to my back.

I shake my head, freeing my thoughts up as I nearly step off an edge, but stop and look at the clouds. Sighing I look down, seeing the four students slowly find their way along through the streets, walking back beggars.

I lean closer so I can hear anything better

"She's...is she mad at us or something?" Sute says, looking around "She sounded like we were missing something and annoying her"

"I think that's just how she talks" Chiko sighs "She doesn't seem like she cares much for appearance if she's scarred like that, or skill. I've studied more than those two and yet"

"be quiet, your whinging is going to get us found, we need to be quiet" Tadao says angrily "and don't bad mouth her"

"Yeah, its...you've heard what she can do right? I heard she scarred a lieutenant and captain once"Sute says, making me frown. Thought people stopped talking about that but I'm not surprised that they still are, it is rather...impressive when you don't know the truth of it "What do you think she'd do to you"

"So she's envious? Chiko says angrily "I just don't like being down talked to like an idiot"

"She didn't" Tadao says angrily

"she didn't?" Chiko says, making me want to beat him more than I did already, and I am not a usually violent woman when my blade is sheathed "I understand she's a prodigy, but"

"is you're pride really that hurt?" Sute asks with a sigh as I glare at the long haired boy "You know this isn't going to end well for you right"

"Oh....can I taste him?" Kotei asks curiously "probably tastes of mud, what do you think bloody?"

"He insults our honor, I'd kill him" Bloody snorts as both of them trying to unsheathe their body

"Oh will the hound call its mas" he says before Maro glares at him and shuts him up

"You're going to reap what you sow" Tadao huffs, scratching his second chin

What do I do
[] keep watching
[] remind Chiko the importance of respect and obedience
[] Oni's smoke behind him
[] Yeah, well an idiot like him will die quickly, no reason to worry about his opinon's
[] "I'll be putting all of this into my report, just a forewarning"
[] write in

>>1720706
>[] keep watching

Let him talk all the shit he wants. Cause when everyone else gets their asses saved from the crow, we might take a few extra seconds getting to you pretty boy. Also GIN. This may be from my time with Shinigami Savant, but my adoption senses are tingling.

>>1720706
>>Keep watching
>Yeah, well an idiot like him will die quickly, no reason to worry about his opinons

I keep walking along with them above their heads, listening in one what I can hear, as Chiko begins to get into a rant. Most of what I can hear seems to be about my connection with the Kuchiki family and Loyalty to them. Guess he seems to think I think I'm better than everyone else because my talent and power gives me opportunities to rise from former position with more ease than others.I sigh, hanging my head as he gets into my quick promotion to a seated officer. But as Lord Kuchiki told me, I already had experience with war and battle, and natural talent and prowess to compliment it. The little I can hear of little sickly sute is just her trying to calm down the handsome, but prideful boy. Mostly because she's scared of me and my scars....wait, did she just say the air around me scared her? guess it would, since I've been so stained with blood and killing from both my lives, makes since

The other two are quiet, or at least not loud enough to say anything. I stop to watch them, as Maro and Tadao notice scratches leading up the wall next to them. Turning to smoke, I press myself to the ground as the head up the building top, and find a singular golden hued feather stained by drops of blood and


and

I nearly reform and stand back up as I smell something familiar.

Hollow bait, but not the type aizen uses. It isn't strong enough to wake up my inner self. Its the type quincy uses, smelling tasty but not as irresistible as Aizen's strand. It smells.....close

what do I do?
[] keep tracking the students
[] stop them, and tell them plans have changed
[] Track the smell down
[] Unsheathe my zanpakuto, and release my Reiatsu as a warning to any hollows it draws in
[] Warn the students, and Tosen
[] Wait to see what happens
[] write in

>>1720921
>stop them, and tell them plans have changed
>Warn the students, and Tosen
We don't want them to walk into something we are not sure if we can handle

>>1720921
>[] stop them, and tell them plans have changed
>[] Track the smell down


This is a trap and these kid are nowhere near ready for a hoard, or a Quincy. There will be other days for this, but not if they're all dead.

>>1720921
>[] stop them, and tell them plans have changed
>[] Warn the students, and Tosen
>Open a portal for them back to SS

Oh, so I guess the woman survived. A daughter trying to avenge her blood, not knowing that some of it still lives, caged and locked away. Might be another quincy, completely unrelated to the Todesjager. But with what was stolen recently, this is too much to be just a coincidence. Besides the quincy were wiped out besides those crazy fools and unless the twins escaped, that only leaves her. The daughter of the old man with the stolen zanpakuto, who tortured my little sister. Knew I should've made sure she was dead, I have to admit I didn't think she would be sane enough after all that too survive this long, or be this patient.

Still, while I might be able to weather a storm of hollows, these trainees wouldn't be able to. And neither would the one's Kaname is leading.

I sigh, and without thinking step off the edge of the roof. Wind rushes around me, lifting my snow white hair as I plummet like a rock. I hit the ground with unusual grace, opening my eyes to see Chiko and Sute scared white and in eachother's arms. Maro looks confused, and reaches for his nameless blade as Tadao stares at me

"....did we do something wrong? I thought we were tracking it perfectly" He says, looking lost in disapointment for himself as I shake my head

"No, plans have changed, and you four need to return to the soul society if you value your lives" I say calmly "I'll open the gate back for you just"

"oh don't think we can handle one little" Chiko begins, blustering as I turn to him with a cold look

"I don't think you can survive a horde of hollows" I say, sniffing the air and frowning as I realize the smell of bait has gotten closer somehow, snarling as I see all of his confidence and outrage vanish from his face "even with four of you, you'd all be washed away, so please unless you have a death wish, go back"

He nods, stepping behind Sute who's nearly frozen with fear, the only life in her body in her constantly darting eyes. Maro just crosses his arms, and closes his eyes waiting.

"...how do you know there's a horde of hollows coming?" Tadao asks as I frown

"I saw the signs when I was following you from the rooftops" I say calmly as he frowns "don't worry, you'll get a chance to prove yourself again soon"

"I know" He says, keeping his head bowed as I smile and nod

"Well I wish you luck on your next outing" I say, smiling as the hell butterfly flutters out of my sleeve and into my palm and then to Tadao's, burning white as the gate back the soul society opens.

I turn my back, already on the move as they vanishes from the world of the living, hurrying out in what would be a blind panic if they weren't already escaping.

Now....now, to find tosen, and warn him and his students.

But...but where is he?
hmm

roll 1d20+int or Spirit

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1721153
spirit?

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1721153
int

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1721153
Spirit, It's our highest afterall.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1721153
Spirit

18+8=26
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Well its simple enough, I'll just see if I can sense him. I know his Reiryoku well enough, so that won't be a problem, I just need to hope I'm close enough to warn him before the hollows start to swarm through the streets like the night parade. oh, there he is, he isn't far. Seems he led his group up the hill the town is sitting on. Shouldn't take me long to catch up to him, especially if I abandon my body for a bit. I keep walking, not missing a step as my body burns up into smoke, my hair burning away first as my scars burn away for just a moment. The rest of me soon follows, and soon I am snaking through the streets, tasting blood as Kotei and bloody start to get excited and I do as well, somewhere within my heart.

Kaname is standing with his students, and the white haired boy, looking over the tracks of a hollow through a road in the dirt.

"Kimi?" He asks, not even turning around as I begin to reform behind him, giving his students except the boy quite the fright "Did you're group finish already, or am I right in thinking some disaster is soon upon us?"

"How'd you guess? and yes, you need to send your students back now, Hollows are already starting to gather, its a horde of them" I say, as he turns to face me, chuckling

"Oh? it seems they always seem to converge around you" He says "Maybe they enjoy the taste of a moral heart"

"I wouldn't know" I say, sniffing as the scent begins to close in again

"Ah...ah" the girl from before tries to speak as Kaname hands her his hell butterfly

"No need to speak, we can handle this. Me and Kimi have fought side by side before, so don't worry about me" He says "and if I do die, remember to avenge me"

"B..but why can't you come with us?" she asks as the white haired boy stares at her with closed eyes

"because, we can't leave them to feast" He says laughing

"Our honor would break if we did" I say calmly as I unsheathe my Ryūketsu no kōtei, seeing the bloodstains on the blade as I hold it up to the sky "And this is our duty, to free these lost souls"

"As is protecting those regretful spirits who can't hope to protect themselves" Tosen says calmly as the gate begins to open

I just frown, then smile. Remembering that even as just a "ghost" I managed to kill the hollow that is now part of me.

"Well, with all respect i am staying" the boy says

"Gin, don't. It will be the death of you" Kaname says

"Oh, I just have something to prove, sorry sensei" he says, staring at me, smiling a bit wider

"No, I will not have blood be needlessly shed under my watch, you will return" Tosen reaffirms
What do I do?
[]Force him to leave
[] toss him through the gate
[] fine, just don't die
[] Oh? and what's that
[]......why is your hair the same as mine?
[] Pride before the fall
[] then prove it later
[] write in

>>1721358
>[] Oh? and what's that
>[] Pride before the fall

>How about this? Tell me the name of your sword, and I'll let you stay close to Tosen and help. If you can't, you go back through the gate. And remember, your life, and the lives of those you might save in the future, isn't worth dying or crippling yourself here. You have the heart, in one way or another, you just need the experience to know where it is needed most.

No way are we letting the cleverest of all fuckers stay here if he doesn't even have his city killer yet.

>>1721358
>[] Oh? and what's that
>[] Pride before the fall

>How about this? Tell me the name of your sword, and I'll let you stay close to Tosen and help. If you can't, you go back through the gate. And remember, your life, and the lives of those you might save in the future, isn't worth dying or crippling yourself here. You have the heart, in one way or another, you just need the experience to know where it is needed most.
...Oh shit, OH SHIT GIN'S OUR FUCKING HUMAN BROTHER WASN'T HE! HOLY CRAP!

>>1721455
I'm gonna freak the hell out in the best way possible if we're in any way related to that wonderful son of a bitch.

>>1721358
>[] Oh? and what's that
>[] Pride before the fall

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"Oh? and what's that?" I ask, leaning closer to him as he looks up at me, his expression unchanging and his eyes closed, framing his smile.

"Oh, he is talented like you are, and I've heard is actually in the graduating class though he joined only this year" Kaname says calmly, tilting his head towards Gin was it? "however, even though that is quite the feat in of itself, as that would make him the second quickest through the academy he"

"I am only the second quickest, and no one, not a single one of the teachers or shinigami would let me forget it. Whatever I do is compared to you" He says, his voice falling a bit "I simply think I am equal to you when you were still being taught....every mistep, every mistake, I am reminded that you graduated in just a couple of months. it...gets tiresome you must understand"

"as I was going to say" Tosen sighs

"Oh yes, I could imagine, which is why I don't care what other's think about me unless they get insulting or want to kill me...besides of course my friends" I say smirking "Still, be proud of what you can do yourself, no need to prove yourself to anyone beside yourself"

"You faced a horde of hollows when you were in the academy, and slaughtered a menos by yourself" He says calmly "I just want to see if I can do similar, if only to stop the criticism, and I am certain I can....I don't want to sound rude of course"

"Gin, realize that a full soul reaper nearly died that day, and so did she" Tosen says slowly, wiping his hand over his hair "it was a testement to her endurance and luck to last through that"

"And careful planing, teamwork, and general wildness of hollows leading them to not notice the traps we set" I say calmly "not to mention with my shikai, every one that fell, fueled my fire, we don't have time to prepare defense, only fight"

"Which we are more than ready for" Tosen says with a nod

"So, we trade defense for your experience, I know how to fight as part of unit, I would not be" He begins to say "a weight, or in any more danger than you two"

I crouch down to meet him at eye level, and lean in close to him, as he tilts his head looking right at my scars if he can see...or maybe my eyes

"How about this? Tell me the name of your sword, and I'll let you stay close to Tosen and help" I say, stabbing my zanpakuto into the ground in front of him as I put a hand on his shoulder "If you can't, you go back through the gate. And remember, your life, and the lives of those you might save in the future, isn't worth dying or crippling yourself here. You have the heart, in one way or another, you just need the experience to know where it is needed most"

He pauses, not saying a thing as his smile vanishes and is replaced by a frown as his eyes barely open.

"I can see why you respect her sensei, she is wise" he says slowly
cont

>>1721581
Holy shit my speech made Gin open his eyes a little. Should I be concerned that I think of that as an accomplishment?

>>1721581

"I'll go back, since obviously I lack the one thing she had at my level, a connection with her sword" he says "that is my handicap...the one you and everyone else sees but....I will respect this, and you might want to be a teacher, you a have a way with inspiring words, Kemuri sensei"

"That is not the only reason, despite her war torn appearance, she has a pure heart" Kaname says softly "and an unbreaking ideal of justice and what is right, of course I consider her my friend and..own ideal, and don't feel inadequate about that, she was a warrior in life she felt the blade was part of herself. An extension. all because of her world view, which very few share, nothing to be ashamed of"

"You hold me up to high Tosen" I say, feeling my face warm up with blush as gin looks at me, as I wait for his answer which I already know "And he's right, I am just...a natural swordsman, I've listened to them even when I was alive, as much as I did my own arms or eyes"

"But....despite being so skilled, you're afraid?" gin says, smiling "despite being able to grow in power so quickly, there is something here that has disturbed you, I can see it in your eyes. That's a bit strange isn't? Sorry if I am being rude. I just didn't know people like you could get scared? Sensei was saying you'd probably be promoted again soon, so what's scaring you"

The...the smell is getting closer again. its nearly right on top of us, I can feel the hollows around us.

What do I say
[] *make something up to satisfy him* 1d20+int
[] without fear, life is meaningless. without fear, you cannot truly fight to your fullest potentail
[] listen here you little brat
[] Why, I'm scared of you
[] tosen, push him through the gate before I punt him
[] Hmm. well I'll tell you when I come back, okay? Hope you can become a challenge for me later in life
[] You're quite the perceptive one aren't you
[] Hehehe, I fear myself
[] *Push him through the gate* Okay bye
[] write in

>>1721643
>[] You're quite the perceptive one aren't you
>[] Hmm. well I'll tell you when I come back, okay? Hope you can become a challenge for me later in life
>[] *Push him through the gate* Okay bye

>>1721643
>[] Why, I'm scared of you
>[] You're quite the perceptive one aren't you
>[] Hmm. well I'll tell you when I come back, okay? Hope you can become a challenge for me later in life

>And if you'd like to get a head start on that, drop by the Kuchki manor in two days or so, and we'll see just how small that gap really is

We will be best friends with all of the best people from the original cast! Except probably Kenny, but oh well.

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>>1721686
Can't wait to see what the relationship is like, since he basks in his bloodlusts, while Kimi tries to control/mask hers. Both enjoy battle, but for different reasons. One is brute strength. the other is skill

>>1721646
Changing to
>[] Why, I'm scared of you
>[] You're quite the perceptive one aren't you
>[] Hmm. well I'll tell you when I come back, okay? Hope you can become a challenge for me later in life

>And if you'd like to get a head start on that, drop by the Kuchki manor in two days or so, and we'll see just how small that gap really is

>>1721692
I have a vision where he comes up to us when he have the 11th ( I'm just going with that narrative, do with it as you please) to try his shit, Kimi knocks him on his ass and forces him to join in at 3rd Seat (As Lieutenant Aya will not easily be replaced). And maybe somewhere along the way, Kenny will learn his daughters real name a lot quicker, and Kimi will find a bit more peace with her darker instincts. Unlikely, but a happy thought nonetheless.

>>1721730
When he has the 11th? do you mean when he's leading it, or when its an option to try out

>>1721744
Sorry, I meant "When we (Kimi) have the 11th"

I was following the "Current Kenpachi either gives in to her madness and Kimi must put her down, becoming the new Kenpachi, or we cure her of it and she gives the title and the squad to us anyway. Either way, we would be turning it from the "Fight crazy assholes who don't like Kido" squad to the "New Samurai" squad. And then Kenny shows up and we yell at him to use his sword right until he does.

"Why" I say, grinning as he smiles back at me as he has been since I first saw him today "I am scared of you"

He chuckles, smiling a bit truer as he shakes his head

"Well, then I'll try not to distract you with fear" He says, almost seeming to sneer a bit "but...honestly, you seem shaken yet..what could shake one who has seen the horrors of two lifetime of wars"

"....there is always something, sometimes its just memories" Tosen says "a life time of war allows for plenty of tragedy"

"You're quite the perceptive one aren't you" I say, nearly ruffling his hair like I do with Aya or Byakuya when I decide to tease him "Hmm, well I'll tell you when I come back, okay? Hope you can become a challenge for me later in life"

"Hmm, well don't want to disappoint a lady" He says coolly "I do have plenty of growing to do however"

"I think you could make it eventually" Tosen says, off handidly complimenting the bay

"and" I say as he turns to the walk into the gate leading back to the soul society, the white glare washing over him "if you'd like a head start on that, drop by the kuchiki manor in two days or so, and we'll see how small that gap really is"

"Hmm, I'll have to take up the offer, I have been wondering what makes you so special in the eyes of everyone who speaks your name" He chuckles, as he vanishes away

"So.....someone set hollow bait then, not caring for the mortals and pluses that would be lost because of it, again?" Kaname says as I cover my mouth, feeling it fill with drool, as the smell creeps up to us

What do I do?
[] tell him that's what it seems
[] Explain exactly what's going on, and what I actually am
[] Its the quincy again
[] See why the smell is getting closer
[] Nod, and say no more besides telling him to get ready
[] ....What a mature kid
[]You'll have to pull a bit more weight than last time, haven't been getting enough sleep
[] write in
>>1721782
Well, fat ken hasn't killed bunny Ken just yet

>>1721800
>[] tell him that's what it seems
>[] Its the quincy again
And only if we're sure no one else but us is here or watching
>[] Explain exactly what's going on, and what I actually am

>>1721800
>[] tell him that's what it seems
>[] Its the quincy again
>[] ....What a mature kid

We should let Tosen in eventually, but now is neither the time nor the place.

>Well, fat ken hasn't killed bunny Ken just yet

True, but something tells me a rando whose two accomplishments were A) Getting that one loser from the Bount arc to hate Kenny, and B) being the guy Kenny one-shot to prove he was a badass will be somewhat less important to the quest than a new character with interesting problems that are worth solving. Or I'm wrong and one thread I'll be sad, who knows? Aside from you of course HM.

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>>1721843
Well I know how I'd do the potential fates of asagi, already

>>1721800
>[] tell him that's what it seems
>[] Its the quincy again
>[] ....What a mature kid

>>1721800
>>[] tell him that's what it seems
>>[] Its the quincy again
>>[] ....What a mature kid

sorry i'm a bit slow voting. i'm participating in 4 other quests while also participating in family tv watching time

>>1721863
And I still hope we get the one where we help her and she runs off to the woods to be alone. Or at the very least finds peace. No one deserves that kind of hellish life.

>>1721888
Oh, nice

>>1721905
yeah... during your absence i got sucked into other questing sites since your quests were some of the few I still read on qst, so I have a ton of quests i'm reading now between akun and SV.

Glad you're back by the way!

"What a mature kid" I say after a moment's pause, making Tosen throw his head back and laugh

"That's one of the reasons he is graduating already" He says, nodding "Wise beyond his years"

"Yeah, I just hope all his talk wasn't blustering" I say calmly as I turn back around and sigh "And yes, that's what it seems judging from the number of hollows coming, its the Quincy again"

"I thought we wiped out those zealots years ago" He says quietly, like he thinks someone is listening in on us

"No, one escaped" I say calmly "she ran while I fought her father. I thought some hollow or disease got her, since she didn't try and get revenge quickly. But, it seems she's more paitent than the rest of her family"

"What a dangerous combination, and just as careless with innocent lives?" Tosen asks, turning to me as I nod and I can feel his scowl "All the more reason to finish the task of cleansing them from this world"

"undoubtedly, the longer she's alive, the more people die because of her grudge"I say, swinging my sword, planning out my movements and getting in tho the motion of battle already "Killing her...well its our duty at this point"

"One life, so many more can live unmolested, just as the actions of one can make the world a better place, the choice of another can make it hellish" He says coldly as I nod

"Precisely, and I still have a grudge against her family I need to seal" I say grimly as Tosen remains silent
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_sKa3OuMRI
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there's a feeling like hands choking the life out of me. a dread chill, a feeling of anticipation as the empty hunger of the hollows surround us like a gaping void.

And then a single figure emerges from the shadows of the alleyway. Wearing barely even rags, more like worn piece of cloth tied around it starved, mutliated form it walks slowly forward, shuffling like a cripple on its last breath. The man weezes, his voice rattling as I see that it is a mortal, a living person. I freeze up, as it collaspes to the floor. And then...then with a pit in my stomach as I smell all the wonderful smells flowing from him.

Then

I see what the quincy has done to the poor soul. His flesh, is cut and red with infection, dirty strings sewn into his flesh to hold the broken baits inside of him, on him, over his skin. His eyes have been burned out and replaced with more hollow bait as well.

I can feel my bloodlust rising, a pressure building in my mind a gullet as my blood begins to boil. I bite my lip, holding my hands down as white smoke flows from my wrists and stops. I can feel myself turning hollow just being near this wretch, only held back by my disgust and rage towards the monster who could commit such things on their fellow man
cont

>>1721947
I highly suggest checking out some of the stuff on Spacebattles, And if you're into stories they have some really good ones on their creative writing forum.

>>1721997

".....Good...I..that's, that's, what am I hearing right now kimi?" Tosen asks, feeling uneasy though he is spared the sight of the man, clawing out, pleading for help as his breaths grow weaker and shorter

What do I do?
[] tell him
[] leave the man to his fate as the hollows near
[] rush to protect him 1d20+will
[] mercy kill him, free his soul, and tell tosen to grab it
[] Challenge all the hollows with a yell, drawing their attention to spare the man the fate of being devoured alive 1d20+Spirit
[]....proof of the quincy's madness
[] write in

>>1721947
Yeah, sorry, lots of stuff went wrong in a short amount of time
But everything has mellowed out now, more or less.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1722020
>[] mercy kill him, free his soul, and tell tosen to grab it
>[] Challenge all the hollows with a yell, drawing their attention to spare the man the fate of being devoured alive 1d20+Spirit
>[]....proof of the quincy's madness


That poor bastard... We need to immolate him with Kido. Free or not that bait will still distract us if it's left around.

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>>1722020
>[]....proof of the quincy's madness
>[] tell him
>[] mercy kill him, free his soul, and tell tosen to grab it
Jesus H Christ....

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1722016
Been checking them out too, there just seems to be a crap ton there so its taking a bit to sort through to find stuff I wanna read.
>>1722020
>[] tell him
>[] Challenge all the hollows with a yell, drawing their attention to spare the man the fate of being devoured alive 1d20+Spirit
>[]....proof of the quincy's madness

no need to apologize HM, shit happens, glad things worked out.

also: jesus christ the quincy need to go and stay go

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1722020
>tell him
>rush to protect him 1d20+will

>>1722041
I highly suggest Don't Be the Tsundere on SB, It has some GREAT writing that only gets better the more you get into it.

>>1722064
Well, I'll take a look at it then, thanks for the recommendation!

I swallow hard, trying to think of a way to describe the poor creature in front of me.My eyes can barely stand looking at something so...so brutalized.

"A man...its a man, a living soul who is more brutalized and ruined than any I have seen in battle, in death, or even in the nightmares I've had while fevered. To describe what the quincy did to him, would be sickening, all you need to know is that it is proof of her madness....and he has hollow bait implanted into him like so many boils" I say slowly, hissing out my words as I watch him, seeing hollows of all sizes gathering on the rooftops and walls, sniffing the air as they slowly close in on the misfortune wretch, Tosen looks shaken, but determined. His rage is clear in the air and its making the haze in my head even deeper, mixing with the smell of the bait. I need to get that poor soul out of his torment, and destroy that bait so it doesn't distract me

"Tosen" I say calmly as I raise my hand, clenching all but two of my fingers as lighting dancers down my hand "the second after I cast Byakurai, run up there and grab the soul. If you don't, it will be devoured by dozens of hollows. Piece by piece"

"Understood, Kemuri" He says, lowering himself as I sigh

"I wish aya was here, she's faster than either of us, and could get him far away from here" I say through my gritted teeth "but"

"She shouldn't see what you are, I understand, but she would be helpful" He says, sounding ill just from what little I did say.


In a moment, chaos erupts around us as lighting flies from my finger tips with a loud roar, as I scream. Tosen runs forward as I release my Reiatsu, drawing the attention of the hollows to me as I stare them down with a smile on my face

What do I do?
[] Blast one with Byakurai 1d20+spirit
[] cast a different kido 1d20+spirit
[] Rush them, and whirlwind 1d100
[] Stand my ground, cut the legs of one, slice through it as I step past, and try to strike another one through its mask 1d100
[] Grab the first one to charge, and slam it into the others 1d20+str
[] Rush at them, and barrel through them 1d20+endurance
[]Turn to smoke, and appear in the middle of them 1d100
[] RUN, make them chase you 1d20+speed
[] write in

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>1722155
>[] Stand my ground, cut the legs of one, slice through it as I step past, and try to strike another one through its mask 1d100

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>1722155
>Stand my ground, cut the legs of one, slice through it as I step past, and try to strike another one through its mask 1d100

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>1722155
>Stand my ground, cut the legs of one, slice through it as I step past, and try to strike another one through its mask 1d100

anyone else?

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>1722155
>[] Stand my ground, cut the legs of one, slice through it as I step past, and try to strike another one through its mask 1d100

>>1722274
The savior! Nice job anon

I don't move a muscle, as the first of the hollows begins to charge me. It is like a bull mixed with a wolf, and is pale blue. I raise up my zanpakuto with both of my hands, the steel already hot with bloodlust as the hollow tries to to take a bite out of me. I step swing low, stepping out of the way, nearly getting trampled as it charges past me. Its leg sprays blood, and it crumples, stumbling as I turn to run past it, and finish it with a deep slice through its side.

It somehow manages to stand, and tries to charge me, slamming into me with its mask. I barely even feel the pain as I grab onto its horns, and flip my Nodachi and slam it through the base of its neck, killing it instantly. Turning I toss the rapidly vanishing body to the floor, just in time to raise my blade to block the strike of a praying mantis with the legs of a snake, and a mane that would make a lion envious.

I glare at it as it screeches at me, howling "scarred meat"

I snort, and pull my blade across the side, pulling it free with a quick slice that cuts through its blades. It looks confused, before the fire fades from its eyes. My heart is beating, my blood is flowing, the rythme of battle and death sings in my head like music.

I turn my blade around, cutting through its carapace, exposing its inside as I nearly make its hole even bigger.

It staggers forward, falling before I pull my blade down and with all my strength arc my zanpakuto up with a mighty swing. The cut it makes through the air sounds like Kotei howling in pleasure. The hollow falls around me, dead.

I snicker, licking my lips as I try to think up a poem to keep up the pace with. But before I can, a monkey spider like one flings it self at me.

I grab it by its mask, feeling its teeth grind against my hand, before I raise up my blade, and slam its pommel down breaking open its mask in the right corner. I see blonde hair, and terrified hungry look before I sever that part of its head with a flick of my rest. the scent of blood fills the air as I drop the hollow and walk forward. I see Tozen attending to the poor man's soul, getting ready to get him to move on to his next life.

And I nearly get barrel over by another hollow that comes flying at me...Lord crow.

I frown as it laughs and caws, and swing my blade as it comes back around, crippling one of its wings. It falls to the ground with a loud bang. it tries to crawl away with a whimper. I step on its back, and get ready to finish it.

When I hear cloth fluttering in the wind. Glancing up, my eyes spot a figure in the air, hanging onto the spires of a distant tower. In pale white, and blue robes. I can just see the glint of the crucifix she wears around my neck.

What do I do
[] finish the hollow
[]stare at her, and yell I'll kill her
[] Tell tosen where she is.
[] Toss the hollow at her! 1d20+str
[]write in

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1722367
>stare at her, and yell I'll kill her
> Toss the hollow at her! 1d20+str

>>1722367
>[] finish the hollow

>Understand this! I took your fathers head to my lord after I killed him, as well as your brothers. A pity there won't be enough left for a third!

She has to fall for the bait, not us. She knows we are poison to her in Hollow form, and has certainly planned around it. Let her come to us that we might flay her on our terms, not hers.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1722367
>[] Toss the hollow at her! 1d20+str

>>1722415
And reroll please

I move to toss the hollow at her like a ball, but I get nearly tackled to the ground as a hollow that's a mess of hair and tentacles tries to wrap around me and take my head. I feel its teeth sink into my neck, managing to draw blood before I turn into smoke and flow through it, turning my blade solid before I do myself, hearing it shriek as I hold it to the ground and stab through it into the Lord crow, making it caw out for mercy, pleading and begging in a way I can't understand through all its blubbering and cawing.

I glare up at her and hiss

"Understand this!" I yell at her "I TOOK YOUR FATHER'S HEAD TO MY LORD AFTER YOU KILLED HIM! AS WELL AS YOUR BROTHERS! ITS A PITY THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH LEFT FOR A THIRD"

She stands there, as I grin, feeling blood dripping down my aching neck, struggling to stay standing as another hollow grabs at my leg, and other sends vines of its fur down my arm.

She raises her hand, as a brilliantly glowing bow made out of blue fire forms in it

Roll 1d100 (Arrow breaking)

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>1722450

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>1722450

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51NYwhVecCg
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I grin,my smile widening as pain runs through my leg and arm, my heart beating slower as I pull my sword down, dragging the hollows down with it as they try to pull me down to futily chew at my flesh, not knowing just how much I am like them. Except they don't know how to cut through this armor of spirit that comes naturally with power.

The flash flies, faster than lighting, faster than a bullet. FASTER than anything a normal human could see. But I have long since stopped being normal. In half a blink I'd be hit by it, so I just swing faster than that as my vision is consumed by the blue flames. The roar ends, replaced with an explosion as my bloodstained blood sheers through it with a loud shriek. The metal shrieks as the spirits in my swords, and my bloodlust for this whore burns brightly in one combined pit as shards of her arrow fly around me. Dust, stone, splinters of wood and steel rain around me as the hollows get burned and thrown back, still living but crippled. Good, she didn't destroy the souls lost inside of them

I grin as the smoke clears, My black Kosode in tatters as I raise my blade as my pony tail blows wildly in the wind. The cobalt ribbon with the markings of my lord, and the same colored sash still stand proudly as I laugh

"COME NOW, Todesjager!" I roar at the top of my lungs, smoke pouring around me and surrounding me before I blow it away with a swing of my zanpakuto "COME, AND LET US END THIS BLOODY DANCE, THAT HAS CONTINUED FOR TEN YEARS TOO LONG"

She just notches another arrow, as Tosen yells

"KIMI! I'LL STAND BY YOUR SIDE AS SOON AS I CAN THIN THE HERD"

Well
[] GOOD, LET US END IT THE WAY IT BEGAN
[] NO, STAY BACK! THIS FIGHT IS A DUEL
last update of the night

>>1722537
>NO, STAY BACK! THIS FIGHT IS A DUEL

>>1722537
>[] NO, STAY BACK! THIS FIGHT IS A DUEL

>Honor demands I finish this my friend, stay here and protect these people from her trickery. I have complete faith in you.

To the dead woman

>It's time to send you to hell with the rest of your family gaijin, tell them I said that the two kids are growing up to be upstanding citizens of the Soul Society.

I hope to make that not a lie at some point, but oh well. It'll piss her right the fuck off.

"NO, STAY BACK" I say throwing my left hand back towards his voice "THIS FIGHT IS A DUEL"

"DON'T STAIN YOUR HONOR WITH INNOCENT BLOOD" He yells back as I snort, and raise my head up to stare at the quincy once more

"HAH, DO YOU THINK ME SO BLIND!?" I ask, grinning as the fire flies again

"OF COURSE NOT, JUST REMEMBER THE HOLLOWS AROUND YOU, DO NOT BECOME TOO FOCUSED!" He yells back

"NOTED" I shout back "BUT I NEVER FORGET ANYTHING ON THE BATTLE FIELD

the arrow flies, burning through the air, cracking any building it get closes to and
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and we'll end here
I've archived and will answer questions

>>1722611
Great thread as always HM, thanks for running. By the creepy fucker who ties existence together I want to kill her. I'm just glad the only one we really care about nearby is Tosen, cause we're going to have to break out our new best trick to take her apart.