[Seireitei] The Streets

"Doesn't look like it! I think he's still on the run!" This was the reply of Minato from afar, as he too killed Menos after Menos in this massive horde. The Hollows were beginning to look scarce, but Tamao was right about one key piece that could have been very beneficial to these efforts. "I have no idea where she could be. I figured she would have been the first one here, after those two. She's more than a little late now," said Satoshi. Just then, something strange occurred. All of the Hollows that had previously been killed were suddenly re-spawning, as if time had been reversed on their deaths. Within a matter of moments, the Menos looming over the Seireitei were of the same quantity they had been when this all started. Minato of all people seemed exceptionally displeased by this. "Not good. Really though!?"

It seemed Tamao wasn't the only one who wished to know the whereabouts of one particular 10th Division Captain. But there wasn't much time for this consideration, because, as the number of individuals was starting to dwindle, the horde returned to its previous size. "That... that's just not fair." said Juri who seemed to find this respawning something unfathomable as it made their efforts seem utterly useless.

Unlike the others Tamao seemed to simply narrow her eyes. "So, I feel like we're about to find Kenpachi-taichou," she said, no longer having the time to think about the missing Captain of the 10th Division. Instead there was an immediate need to try and trace to find the presence of one particular male so that they might defeat him and hopefully figure out what to do about all the Hollows presently in the Seireitei. Not that this would be an easy task, given they'd need to face a powered up Kenpachi.

The rise of these Hollows a second time was not something anyone would like, but surprisingly enough they wouldn't have to deal with this wave. The smallest pitter patter of little feet could be heard as a white haori sporting young woman ran through. "Kuchibuewofukita," said the young woman and whistle her sword did, as a singular strike took down every Hollow in the area. There was no explanation for how or why this happened nor any understanding of how she managed to do it without striking a single other individual. The young woman's pace slowed slightly as she kept walking through the area, apparently like this was the most normal thing in the world. "Ano, all that stuff was in my way..." she said innocently as she sheathed her weapon.

"More importantly, this is an immediate danger," Raizen chimed in following the assumption of Tamao. Feeling there was no other choice at the time, he reached for his Zanpakutou and began to unsheathe it. "Itsu-" Just as he was beginning to utter the true release command of his Zanpakutou, the Menos across the Seireitei were all slain simultaneously. Raizen's eyes widened in this moment, only to then shift toward the source of the most familiar voice he'd heard thus far here. He returned his weapon to its fully-sheathed state while the 8th Division's Captain addressed the woman. "Ah, Himo-chan! We were just wondering where you were. Now we might be able to do something about this after all."

"Kogara-taichou? You left your division?! Sugei, this would have been really fun then~" she said. Of the group wondering where she might have been, she could only assume such a thing was causing major problems. Too bad the Captain or rather the Former Captain of the 10th Division was only passing through and doing it mostly because she expected to find her own Vice-Captain in the middle of all this carnage. "Gomen, minna... I'm only passing through," she said. Tamamura had been about to speak but the assertion that Saori was only passing through made the pink haired woman stop and look at the young woman. "Only passing through, that's surprisingly coy of you, Himotoya-taichou," she said making Saori's gaze shift. "Hai... I got promoted... so I'm leaving. Just thought I'd help out a bit..." she said hopping vertically to meet Raizen she stopped before her young Vice-Captain and smiled, pushing back her hood so she could see him. The news that she'd been promoted seemed to shock both Juri and Tamamura who both couldn't say anything else. Juri wasn't really surprised, she'd faced off against, Saori and found the girl to be uniquely overwhelming. Regardless she seemed to have a few choice words for her current Vice-Captain."Gommenasai, Raizen. I know you'll be fine, but I'm sorry for sticking you with all this. It'll be a lot but... you'll do fine, yeah?"

"Hai. I was on a stroll when all of this started. Looks like we've got an Ouin-powered Kenpachi to deal with in a few," said Satoshi. He figured they would be perfectly fine now that they had three of the strongest Captains present to face off against the fourth member of their tier. However, it seemed Saori would not be sticking around due to a promotion, which could only mean she was joining the Royal Guard. "Mendokuse, of all the times. That Royal Guard is bothersome; they won't even help us lowlifes out."

Soon, about the time the Menos began returning once more, Raizen was found by his now-former Captain. She'd spoken of her promotion, and the 8th's Captain went on to mention the Royal Guard, which Raizen had some small amount of information about. "Of course I'll be fine. This isn't much of a notice, though. Does this Royal Guard not believe in leeway?"

Saori would have liked to question why Kenpachi Nijo had the Ouin at all, but it seemed like she wouldn't get a proper time to question it. From all standards the Royal Guard seemed to have the worst timing known to man and it would be a shame to lose Saori before such a pivotal moment. Still, Tamamura couldn't help but chuckle at the words of Kogara Satoshi who seemed to think it strange that the Royal Guard never helped them out. "Sato-kun, if you consider yourself a lowlife you can't expect to gain help," she mentioned.

While this happened, Saori found herself facing Raizen and much to her comfort he claimed he would be fine in this situation regardless of what happened. He also only really questioned the Royal Guard's apparently hastiness in acquiring their newest member. "Iie. I was actually on my way here when the Captain Commander summoned me. Rikuo-san said something about the timing needing to be specific... and his resemblance to you is uncanny," she said seeing her Vice-Captain in this moment she felt okay about leaving. She'd miss her friends but she trusted in his developments. "Don't forget to make sure everyone has fun, yeah? They get all stuffy when they get old, but that's what people like us are for~" she said as she aimed to keep walking. "I'll leave you a present in my office for when you're ready~" she said to Raizen specifically to everyone else she gave a quick bow. "I'll miss all you guys. Ja ne~" and with that the young woman kept walking through the area. Apparently she had somewhere to be and there wasn't much time to get there.

"Rikuo?" Raizen repeated with an upward inflection when told of this man who looked so similar to himself. Moving on, it seemed it was time for Saori to take her leave, which she superseded by mentioning the leave of some present in her office for the young Vice-Captain. "Hai. Sayonara, taichou," he said as he watched the woman walk away. Taking up the former Captain's role in this battle would be his next aim, as the Gillian had to be dealt with for the Captains to have a clear shot at the Kenpachi, whose Reiatsu was now becoming present at a higher tier than any that should be containable in one Shinigami's body. As such, Raizen began reciting an incantation while focusing his Reiryoku; specifically, it was the unmistakable incantation belonging to the 99th Hadou. With Kenpachi returning to the crowd of Gillian, he intended to wipe out every Hollow to make a necessary opening.

And just like that, Saori was gone and as she walked away there was an increase in the Reiatsu of Kenpachi Nijo. This was something which she felt, and it sort of made her want to keep going, even so, she had more things to attend to than this, and would simply disappear. Still there was something else altogether which Raizen was going to do to help out the group as a whole which made Tamamura look at the young lad with a raised eyebrow. "Hadou 99? That's his opener..." she said to Satoshi whom she nodded to, figuring out rather quickly what was going to happen she figured he and she would have to put in most of the actual effort to felling the Kenpachi.

"Be still you two, that isn't necessary..." these were the words of the Captain Commander who'd showed up to this area, with the pink haired Captain of the 12th Division at their side. "Nobody's seen my fifth seat right? It'd be a pain if she got herself killed but I figured she'd be here somewhere..." said Akiko, who was presently eating a lollipop. She didn't seem to be worried about this situation either for whatever reason.

"That's a hell of an opener... and will make a hell of an opening," Satoshi said with a glance in Tamao's direction. He knew what the two of them had to do, and that they had a limited amount of time to do it if this Vice-Captain managed to create space for them. Satoshi's sword was at the ready, and he could now see the Kenpachi in the crowd ahead of them. The 11th's Captain had glowing red skin, and he wielded a massive halberd of a Bankai that had a multi-colored shroud of Reiryoku around it.

Raizen reached the end of his incantation, but Satoshi for one didn't seem ready to move out. He'd turned to view the Captain-Commander and the 12th Division's Captain, having no real clue why they were here and being so nonchalant about everything. As if to answer an unasked question, Raizen's spell charging came to a quick halt, as it immediately became unnecessary. Suddenly, every Gillian across the Seireitei was struck by a massive shock wave of Reiatsu, which slayed them all instantly. Following this, another male approached the group. He had incredibly long, black hair, and a goatee reaching his diaphragm. He wielded a strange sword; it was the size of a fork, but it seemed he was quite serious about using it instead of the nodachi worn on his hip. The most interesting thing about this man was not this weapon, though, but instead the absolutely massive quantity of Reiatsu pouring from his body. "Pitiful. You brought me out here, and this is all there is? Fuckin' bullshit," he said in a deep, guttural voice.

Nijo Kenpachi, who now stood alone, seemed to take special notice of this individual. "Heh! Is this what you use all that time for? That's downright adorable! Come on then, Kenpachi against Kenpachi!" This statement caused no alteration in the newcomer's face. He looked just as generally hateful as he did during his approach, in fact. "... Kenpachi? Hmph," he replied. Knowing Tamamura Tamao was present, he had a few words to share to all, and her in particular, as he walked forward. "Get the fuck outta my way. And... cut my hair. I wanna feel like myself when I do this."

"What?" the words of the Captain Commander and the 12th Division Captain stopped Tamamura as well, but a rather sudden explosion of Reiryoku let her know exactly why her work was no longer necessary. A bit of a smirk crossed her face as she surrendered to the idea. "No one ever lets me do anything," she said as if she was cross at the idea. The approach of a certain bearded gentleman let her know that her services during this fight were no longer necessary, much like Saori clearing out all of the Hollows earlier this man's doing it seemed to mean that all of the gathered Captains now were no longer needed. Juri took this as a message and let her Shunko fall away, after all, it was starting to feel straining anyway.

Meanwhile, Benihime appeared directly behind her Captain falling into the woman's back. "Ayatsuki-taichou, don't make it sound like I'm incapable of doing my job. I'm not dead, I was out here doing field research. There's a thing..." she said which made her Captain jump ever so slightly as she didn't expect the girl to rather suddenly appear behind her. A moment after this though she was removing a lollipop from her sleeve and feeding it to the young woman where her head was over her shoulder. "Fuck. You need a bell... tell me about it later." she said to the girl who eyed the new man and frowned slightly. "And you... this is a time is of the essence thing. You can kill all of them at once, timing says... that's better than wasting the efforts of multiple people. Plus... whats a 2 decade early release?" she said with a knowing smirk. "Come on, out of his way~" she said.

While Tamamura had the largest smile one had ever seen on her face on right now, and didn't even bother expressing to the Captain of the 12th that she should watch her language. "Inuzuri~ They let you out?!" she chimed seemingly a lot more excited by this fact than one would have expected from the normally upright Captain of the Sixth Division. Since he said he wanted to feel like himself, Tamamura stopped in front of him drawing her sword and holding it upside down as she angled up both sides of his face. Instantly she pushed her blade forward and began cleaning up his hair cut. In about six strokes she cleaned up his beard and the sides of his face completely. Until he was left with a short pointy goatee with two small side burns and an incredibly thin mustache. As she spun around him two quick sweeps of her sword allowed the man's over grown hair to return to its normal short cut. Hair would fly all around him as this happened but he'd be left feeling like himself. "You should feel about yourself now, right?"