Location: Hueco Mundo
Summary: Kurono watched atop a pillar as Xenethis broods; the two start picking at eachother's nerves before an unwanted guest arrives. With Tres butting in on Quinto and Septima, irritation only rises before more nerves are struck.
[spoili]Bleak. Gray. Dark. Things often seen in the outskirts of the deserts of Hueco Mundo, the only thing standing out from as far as the eye can see would be Las Noches. However where this was taking place was plenty afar from it. Atop what looked to be a large, broken pillar in some ruins stood a lone figure in plain view. Some would say it looked human, but anyone that even belongs to this place knows otherwise. This figure was Kurono Akitachi, one of the Espada, fifth in line. With her arms crossed, her short pink hair gently bristled in the wind as the back of it entailed into a braided ponytail ending at the middle of her back.
Her outfit the same colors as all the others who've come to wear it, the neck of it was long and wide enough to cover her lower part of the face. At the moment, it was unzipped, a mask underneath covering her mouth and jawline rimmed with 'teeth.' Zanpakuto sheathed on her back, it was almost as long as she was tall, the woman just staring off into nothing with a stern and somewhat angry look to her. She could smell a bloodlust in the air and had a good idea who it was, Sexta. The silence would have otherwise held if her patience had stayed, voice calling out with a rough attitude, "Oi, how long are you going to be hiding under a rock anyways? It's getting boring here damnit...."
The moon, the odd shape of the moon. For some reason, it always reminded Xenethis about where he was, Hueco Mundo. The emptiness that filled the space from and around Las Noches, was nothing but sand. It was dull, useless and everywhere. With each step, he dug deeper into the sand, with a careless expression plastered on his face. Xenethis was a part of the Espada, being the seventh in line.
His Zanpakutō was hanging down from his right hip, and as always, like the rest of the Espada, he wears a white hakama, along with a long jacket, and a black sash. However, his jacket has longer coattails than others, while the collar is higher, but black and not white like the rest of his clothes. His jacket is however, not buttoned up, and as always, it exposes his muscular chest. What's left of his hollow mask covers the right side of his face.
His crimson hair fluttered with the strong wind, before a sharp but familiar voice rang through his ears. "Tch.." Xenethis' golden eyes squinted slightly, before he tilted his eyes up and towards the top of the broken pillar. "Whats it to you?.. Huh?... Always interfering with others when they want to be left alone..." A small vibe of annoyance was uttered through his voice towards the fifth Espada, Kurono.
Turning around, Kurono's green eye was staring at Xenethis like daggers, "Pheh.. What's it to me, eh? Bite me, that's what. You're sittin' here wading through sand all broody wanting to be alone as if you're the Primera.. For someone lower than me, I'd still expect ya to have some balls, not another pair of legs to bend over.."
Xenethis disappeared from the sight, using Sonido to appear behind Kurono, on top of the pillar before he responded. "You may be higher in line than me, but if you're looking for something more.. Like a fight.. You may as well say it right to my face.." His expression was casual at the most, his golden eyes gazing at the female Espada.
A moment later, an evil grin formed on his face. "Having a bout with you should suffice... Quinto.." Xenethis' intentionally made the last word sound condescending, despite being the Séptima.
Her brow visibly twitched violently as a finger moved to pull away at her collar and then yanked the mask off her face, her eyepatch being the true 'mask' of her hollow self, "Well then I'll say it again. Grow some balls or bend the hell over, dog.. I'll shove this so far up your ass the paralysis will last for months. Think being a Vasto Lorde lets you be all high and mighty while I was still an Adjuchas? I'd be glad to remind you why I'm the fifth here and not you."
While the two weaker Espada bickered and tempers flared, Aikuku almost went unnoticed before he appeared closer. He had been watching from a distance, not close enough to hear the Quinto and Séptima talk. Saddening, but that was the way of life. Aikuku, or Ai as he preferred, wore the standard Espada outfit with no altercations to the outfit like others. His bright blue hair was tied up in a ponytail as it had grown out to some extent. His Zanpakuto was strapped to his left side as he was right handed.
A playful smile was on his face as he made his presence known to the two.He always treated the lower Espada with no real respect, almost like children. They were weaker than him and he couldn't take them seriously to save his life. "Now what is going on here?" His voice chimed out as he casually walked over to the two, even stepping between them and ruffling the Quinto's hair. He almost started laughing when he did it. A small chuckle escaped his lips before he turned to the Séptima. "Can't you two just play along?"
Xenethis immediately noticed another uninvited Espada before him, though felt that he had nothing to add or say to Aikuku, the third Espada in line. He glanced before over to him before shifting his attention back at Kurono, until a figure stood before his line of sight. 'Tch..What is he doing here...' An unpleasant thought ran through his mind, before his eyes met with the Tres'. "That's none of your concern..." He finished, showing no sign of being afraid of the third Espada. Even if it was the Primera or the Segunda, he would've responded in kind.
If looks could kill, the one Kurono was giving Aikuku was a clear intention of that as he ruffled her hair as she growled loudly, "Get the fuck off me, will ya'? I am not a god damn pet.. The hell do you want if you're here, Ai..." Even the name she spoke dripped with venom, a grimace on her visage yet showed no sign of true retaliation. She'd gladly fight Tres for the fun of it but with what Septima was already starting she wasn't in a mood for that, whether she was seen as competition or not.
Ai laughed as the two showed him no respect. He really didn't care, but he found it fun to mess with the weaker ones as they tried to bare their fangs and show just how fierce they were. As Ai ruffled the Quinto's hair, he could of simply added pressure and pushed her head into the ground, but that would start a fight and he was never in a mood to fight those that were weaker. You had to impress him to get his attention when it came to fighting, and these two simply didn't have the power; however, if they did attack him then he would have no choice but to put them back in their places.
"Now, now Kurono. Treat your betters with respect. You want Xen boy over here to respect you, yet you don't give very good examples to follow." He pulled his hand away and back down to his side, posture relaxed as he had no real worries from these two. "I'm here simply because I can be." As the Tres spoke, his smile never waned or broke.
A small but pleasuring smirk came across Xenethis' face due to how Kurono reacted to Aikuku and his comments. But it waned away at the nickname the Tres used for him. If anything, to him, it seemed as if Tres was an even a bigger asshole than Kurono, but one thing was true. From the Espada, Kurono was the most amusing one. He wanted no part in the small gathering on top of the broken pillar. Aikuku wanted attention, and if anything, Xenethis wasn't the one to give that to him, despite his garbage remarks.
However, one good point came out from what he said, but respect was something that went both ways. In order to get some, you'd have to give some. Xenethis may be someone who doesn't follow this example either, but it was something they didn't have to know. "And I will leave because I can." Xenethis last word was harsh and definetely the same as what Aikuku said. A moment later he turned his back towards the both of them, before he took a few steps towards the edge of the pillar.
Tilting his head back, from the corner of his golden eyes, he looked past Aikuku, ignoring him, and straight at Kurono. A sheepish smile came across his face, before he continued. "You can have your fun with her, Aikuku." His attention diverted back towards the scenery before him, the vast desert and the grey but dark sky, and obviously his golden eyes peered over to the oddly shaped moon.
Not even giving Aikuku a chance to respond to any of Xenethis' remarks and letting whatever bullshit Ai said to her go over her head in ignorance, Kurono snapped a growl at Septima before voicing out, "Ohh FUCK no, you're not trying that with me Xenny boy. This shithead may be Tres but that still doesn't change anything between you and me.. You want to go? Let's go right now, right here. Hell, maybe I'll even call Sexta here so she can make it INTERESTING.. Fuck, it's like if I want to have any fun I'd be better off trying to grope Primera to try and make her not look so damn gloomy all the damn time. I'm sure that'd be interesting. Fuck yeah, dangerous and stupid but it'd be better than your limp-legged ass."
Ai listened to Xen boy, but before he could laugh at the Septima, the Quinto exploded in a rage of words. He could only start laughing before Kurono could even finish. He didn't even hear the rest, but his lungs could only hold so much air for laughing.
The words, the high pitched voice, the blabbering, it was all too amusing. Xenethis, albeit his back was turned against Kurono and Aikuku, he had a grin plastered on his face. However, once he turned around, his expression was casual and not caring. A yawn almost escaped his lips. "Hearing you call me Xenny boy doesn't actually sound bad.. You know?.." He carelessly started, before he pocketed his hands.
"Heh.. You're too amusing.. Hahaha... Sexta?.. The Primera?.. Be my guest... But as of right now.. You've taken the fun all out of me.. So I'll fight you another time, when I have the luxury to waste my time on you again.. Because right now, I find it more interesting to see you raging like a kid. Hahaha.. If you're going to throw another fit, then Aikuku here will surely fondle around with your hair.. Being an object and all.. Quinto" A smirk was all over his face. He was enjoying the moment.
Still looking at Xenethis with an angered look, Kurono's eye narrowed as she slipped her face-mask back on before she used Sonido to get closer to him, close enough that she'd send a boot to his face and plant it firmly there for the duration of her talking, "Still trying to act high and mighty huh? Go on and give me a minute of your time then, I'll be sure not to fuckin' waste it while I use you as fertilizer to plant the biggest Dumbass tree with your head. Better yet, maybe I'll force you to go and rile the Primera, see how many limbs you may lose. I bet Tres here might even find that entertaining..."
Xenethis' pesquisa was and always is activated, noticing exactly when she used the Sonido to approach him. 'Another nerve?' He amusingly thought to himself, intentionally letting her get close enough, but before he knew it, a boot was planted on his face, and he was lying on the surface of the pillar, with a very small crater around his head. Kurono's boot covered most of his face' left side, only showing his right side, which was covered by his broken Hollow mask, or what was left of it since he became an Arrancar.
He was quiet and kept on listening to her useless blabbering that made no effect on him and, or his emotions. Though he eventually became somewhat annoyed by her boot in his face. If anything Kurono would be able to see Xenethis gazing through his mask with his golden eye. His eyes narrowed down before he grabbed her ankle with his right hand, and quite tight at that, which she would notice, keeping her pinned there with him.
A smirk escaped his lips yet again, before a grin was plastered on his face, followed by a soft but evil "heh" kinda laugh ushering from his lips, which Kurono would be able to see. But at that close range, she had no where to run, and Xenethis wanted her boot off of his face. At that very moment, he used one of his abilities, which would easily hit its target at almost point blank range. Muriendo Empuje. Black spiritual energy sparkled before his left hands index finger, pointing it straight at her head, giving her no moment to react, especially with him grasping her ankle tightly, before he released the beam like energy.
Ai finally sat up, the laughter dying down from him to notice that Kurono was no longer standing in the spot she was earlier, and now she was over on his right. She was stepping on Xen boy's face, which was fine with him. As the two would handle their own dispute, he stood up, brushing the white clothing off, making sure no sand was clinging to the fabric before turning attention back to the Quinto and Septima.
Ai watched as the two, or mainly Xen boy, planned on making a real move. Though he would only watch as fighting either one of them, or both of them, would be a waste of his time and no real challenge.
Watching as Xenethis grabbed her ankle, Kurono's emerald eye narrowed as they looked down on the man, watching him as his facial expressions changed. Hearing him laugh, she wanted to know what he was planning and soon enough she'd see what. With little reaction time at all and where he tried to aim, she lunged her upper body backwards to avoid something fatal, an angle enough to snap her facemask in half otherwise from the fast attack, leaving a lined-trail of blood across her cheek.
She didn't look angry at all at that point, rather by the end of it she was smirking wildly, teeth bared as her eye shifted down back to him, wondering if he'd let go or not, "Well well.. So you do have some balls.. Guess what. You actually did something. That mean you'll actually try and be a little fun then?"
Xenethis still had a wide grin plastered on his face, using the same hand which was still grasping her ankle to pull her boot slightly off of his face, before he tilted his head to the side, gazing at Kurono with his eyes. "You sure are weak, being the---" He started, before he used Sonido to disappear and appear behind her, standing with a satisfied expression.
He dusted the dirt away from his clothes and face, but quite casually, before he finished his sentence. "---Quinto and all..." His eyes veered over to Aikuku for a moment, knowing exactly the type of fun the Tres was having, before Xenethis shifted his attention back at Kurono, and continued.
"Try a different approach next time, maybe it'll make a difference..." Xenethis turned around, now with his back against her.
"Hmph.. Pissant, fine. Maybe I will go find Tora, she's bound to be fun with her attitude.. At this point you're killing it.."
"At least she isn't an attention seeker like you.. Onna.." Xenethis responded, before he used Sonido to disappear from sight, ignoring Aikuku completely.
"Hah... That's a laugh.. Whatever. Mood's been killed, I'm gone, need to grab a new facemask." And with that, she also paid no heed to Tres as she vanished away in the opposite direction of Septima, leaving Aikuku to his own devices.[/spoili]