Wanderin' the desert

OOC: Alexx will not be in this post, but she's fighting and releases a few flourishes here and there, just if you were wondering what kind of battling she was doing.

Ren POV:

I glanced around. One Quincy, one Shinigami, and two Arrancars, including myself. I dodged a charging hollow from behind, planting an explosive feather on it. When it ran into a group, I activated the feather, blowing up that group of hollows with almost no effort at all. I returned the Reaper's comment with: "I am..honored to battle along side you." I wasn't. The only reason I was fighting with my enemies is because we have a greater enemy attacking us. I defended Alexx from a stealthy hollow blow, and took out two more groups using the same method as before. I was glad she hasn't been harmed...and that she still cared enough to return my mask to me. The only real friend I've ever had...Diced another, blew up a group, dodging attacks, eventually ending up in the sky where I threw a handful of feathers onto the battle, feathers exploding like WWII bombs.

"I could careless, about what you notice.." Roy said this in a low tone. He continued to kill hollows taking about 2 minutes per reload as he rose about 5 feet higher with his Hirenyaku.. "Worthless people..." Neo said in a even lower tone... "As Roy finished the final remaining hollow his hirenyaku lowered... The final hollow looked at him as he killed it mercilessly.... Neo was distanced from everyone where no one could really see him as staying distanced was his best thing... "[b]So now what?"

"Now Eclipse this world in darkness." Kage Ryuu roared once more and then seemed to focus what resembled a Cero in it's mouth. Drake then yelled out "Katsu!" as a black beam of energy launched out of Kage Ryuu's mouth, decimating more than 50 Hollows at once. Drake then said emotionless "Ren, what do you know of Xenax, The Keeper Of The Dead?" Drake waved his arm after saying this and Kage Ryuu's tail slashed at several more Hollow, killing them. Drake then continued with "I've got a score to settle with him after this."

Ren POV:

I answered the reaper with the same tone as he asked me. "He appears to be in a different dimension, but he really is under the desert itself, near the cavern where Alexx lives." Alexx interrupted with, "No wonder I feel like someone knows I'm there and wants me for their own plans." I continued, glaring at her slightly. "Near the cavern is a large plain, not even the trees you see around here are in that area. That is just a mirrage, an illusion. If you go through the illusion, you'll come to a black hole in the ground. It leads to his safehaven, and it is very easy to figure out where to go, unlike Los Noches." I cracked my knucles and neck, still abit sore from the beatings I took earlier. "I remember where it is generally located, but not exact."

OOC: I hope that's okay, because Xenax is your character and I don't know too much about his history.

The hollows were now all dead as roy lowered on his hirenyaku he got off of it as his spiritual pressure lowered slowly.. "So then now what?" Roy was anxious to find this person to end all the drama that he had been causing..

"Thanks Ren, that is the kind of place he would go, and Roy, maybe a Garganta? We need to get out of here and that Hollow was probably what redirected the earlier Garganta." Kage Ryuu shifted back to a sword to it's Shikai as he said this.

OOC: No problem. I didn't really know where to put him, so thanks Alexx.
P.S: When Drake spoke to Roy about the Garganta, he seemed to know of Neo because of Kage Ryuu, but as he doesn't have proof, he wants to see you do it up close. Well, that and he wants to leave of course.

OOC: ur welcomez

Ren POV:
I nodded curtly, and waited for the portal to be opened. Alexx caught my attention and took something out of her bag that held everything.

Alexx POV:
I tossed the necklace to Ren, the look on his face was then as he realized what it was. "Finished it a few days ago. Hope it's to your liking." I told him.

Drake's POV
"And that is?" Drake looked at it, confused. He then added "And Ren, that face looks freaky as Hell (OOC: Jesus, what is wrong with that emoticon!?!)."

Flekoon's POV
After I woke up, I left to see my master, and entered the room without even pausing to knock. My master then said "I know. I doubt she will help us, she seems to know Little Jon." I then bowed and said "Should I reinforce everything? Maybe even protect you personally?" The Keeper shook his head as he continued "Don't reinforce, that would simply be a waste of time. I will send you to fight them, and if you come back having lost once more..." my master turned around and then continued in an annoyed tone "Well, let us just say that I will be most displeased." I immediately bowed lower and said "I apologize master. To have lost to a lowly Fraccion, an exiled one at that, and the other two is shameful, but I shall kill them and redeem myself master." The Keeper nodded and said "Make it so. And bring me Ranpu. I want her back, even if you must kill Little Jon to get it." I nodded and left in search for those who had defeated me, to show my master that I am his ultimate Fraccion.

As the conversation went on roy turned his back towards then.. Closed his eye.He gave a small deep breath as they were talking it would probably be unnoticeable because of the small commotion they were having, but it wouldnt really matter... Roy then opened his eyes from what looked like he was meditating standing up as he then waved his hand and a garganta opened up. "I've opened up another garganta leading to Alexx's cavern... This one isn't messed up and i know it"

Ren POV:

I tore my eyes off my necklace to look at the reaper. "I apologise for that expression. I have not been excited for a long time..." Alexx zipped her bag up, and hoisted it on her right shoulder. "It's a summoning crystal. By examining that bakoto, I saw some inscription on it, oddly enough, I could read it. That necklace has been made with my reiatsu, and can summon me for a small while when Ren needs me the most. I can assign it to other things as well, like a katana for example, but I didn't have one with me at the moment that I wanted to give up." I put on the necklace, hiding it beneath my collar. "It would have been useful earlier." I playfully complained. She brought her fist down on my head, saying "Shut up!" and moved to the garganta that was just opened.

OOC: Haha, glad u like the expression

Drake then said "Cool. That should come in handy if we ever get seperated and need your help. Also, Roy, how can you make a Garganta if you're just a Quincy? That doesn't make much sense. Wait... You could read it? That's weird... Oh, wait, I forgot Arrancars have that..." he drifted off thinking about how she read it. He then shook his head and went through the Garganta, this time with his sword ready just in case there was a trap.

OOC: Did you have any plans with what the Bakoto said? 'Cause originally it was just gonna be blank, but if you have any awesome ideas then I'm all ears.

Roy followed them through the garganta completely ignoring the question "So now that we all have had our reunion what do we do now? The first objective of killing szayel completely went out the window. Instead we saved Ren. So now what?"

OOC: Not really, but maybe something like the one it was made for could only read it or something like that.

Alexx POV:

I went through the garganta after the two guys, Ren taking the rear. "Now we look for that plain thing, right?" Ren just nodded and pointed north east east. "That way." He started to lead, and I followed.

I'm surprised you can take orders from men, my dear girl. You have grown stronger since That.

Shut up, whoever you are. I didn't invite you and I don't want you in my head, so just leave. I thought back.

...I cannot. Even I have tried so many times to rid you of myself, I cannot leave. I guess we're stuck for a while. I'll just sit back and relax until i am needed.

OOC (again): The voice in Alexx's head is her from the past that she can't let go of. Sometimes that past her takes over and fights for present Alexx so she won't die so she can heal. (You know what 'heal' means, lol)

OOC: Okay, it's a pretty good idea, so I'll go with that.

Drake's POV
Drake saw that Alexx had seemed to zone out for a second so he said "Alexx? You look troubled. What's the matter?" Drake thought about how she could have read it 'How..? Only a chosen person can read them. That's why I can read Kage Ryuu... How odd.' He looked back at Alexx hoping for an answer that was more than a simple "Nothing."

Flekoon's POV
They made it. They are near his base. i can't let them find him! He needs his Zanpakuto to fight! I must get him a Bakoto before they kill him with his own blade!

Insert cryptic sentences above..... Yup, I think it's cryptic enough, though maybe a little to obvious.

"If you really want to know, then in my head is the past Me, and She won't go away and it's bothering me because She just randomly pops up out of nowhere and starts annoying me."

I heard that.

"I know you did." i said back.

You also said that out loud.

"I know."

Roy looked at the girl as if she had lost it and he started to laugh as he continued on the the cavern... "This is all to funny... Dungeons and dragons. People with sub-conscience problems. Feral soul reapers. How comes they haven't noticed you left yet reaper? This is to much for me... Now since were getting close to this guys lair why don't we make a big entrance while were at it? I mean if anything they'll here you coming!" Roy just wanted to kill this guy and stop the bickering.. And if anything try to develop something that can wipe old memories from brain waves... But then again.. Shes a hollow shes already dead "Also since your both technically dead... How does your brain even work?"

I sighed. "Weren't you taught anything about Arrancars or Shinigami before you came here? We don't use our brains, we just think we use them. It's our spirits and souls that have moved on, our memories with them. We remember we had a brain, so we made ourselfs think we had a brain. We also remember functioning with brains to move our bodies and speak. We made a reality that has them both in it. Is that good enough?"

OOC: Kyaha, I sound all professional and smartical this time.

Drake's eyes opened wide as he grinned and said "I think I skipped that class or something. Also, they probably did notice, it's just someone's probably covering for me back there. Or they think I'm dead... Either way, I'm kind of a, hmm, I guess you could call me special so they pretty much hate me and want me dead already. The fact that my Zanpakuto died yet I still can use my abilities means I'm different. And that means one of two things. Kill them or hand 'em over to Mayuri Kurotsuchi. That guy is creepy. Before they came to any conclusions, I was sent to Karakura town. After that I found a portal to this place. And finally, Xenax is insanely powerful, so now would be a good time to rest for a second. We'll get slaughtered if we don't go in there with our full power, and Alexx might be able to use that Bakoto, after all, she could read it, and Ren needs the rest as he was severely beaten and tortured. We all need the rest. Unless you guys think we should go on, resting is just my opinion." Drake then stretched his back out while waiting for an answer from the both of them.

OOC: Flekoon's still a ways away, and I think that since Alexx has some new stuff that she should learn to use it. What do you guys think? We could go fight Xenax if you want.

I nodded. "That's a good idea." I dropped my bag and teleported it to my quarters in my cave. "This thing's been vibrating anyway, and it might want some action." I pointed to the Bakoto on my arm.

Ren POV:

I gave a curt nod, and sat down nearby. Closing my eyes, I created a barrier around me, so it would shut out all sounds except in emergencies to let me rest. (OOC: It kinda reminds me of orihime's healing barette-thing but it's a mint blue color instead)

Drake used Shunpo to get in there as well and said "It should just clip on. After that, just call out the phrase on it's side. You read it, so you should know."

OOC: You choose what it says, it's pretty much like a Zanpakuto's call.

OOC: Cool, Two zanpakuto's for me! lol., Should I make another abilities thing for my Bakoto? Or just add it onto my old one?

The words came easily like I had known them all along. "Slaughter, Kushu!"

A whirlwind surrounded me, and when it dyed down, blades coated in poison were on my outer forearms, attached to a metal bracelet that looked like it was part of my armor and my gloves were gone. The same thing happened on my boot, now sandals with the blades on the sides of my feet (kinda like Falcon's Talons from Ninja Gaiden 2). I bent my arms to stretch them a bit, and smiled slightly. My eyes had markings around them, swirls and curved lines made up most of them. The bracelets were the same as the armlet, but half the size. "Not bad." I quickly figured out I could turn the blades on my arms to face outward, offense, and back, defense. Same with the ones on my feet.

OOC: Well, I don't really know. I planned on it being like an event item, but if you PM Lucon and he says you can then he would tell you. That would be awesome to have two Zanpakuto.

Drake looked astounded as he said "Wow. You look awesome." while thinking 'Sweet Raptor Jesus, how did she do it already?' Drake then asked "Question, do you hear anything out of the ordinary, besides your past self?"

I never thought I could say Raptor Jesus in a situation like this...

A few grains of sand rose into the air as they started to form.. first they formed an eye then more and more sand clumped together as the mysterious figure made it's way into formation next to Roy.. When they saw what it was it was an Arrancar his hollow hole wasnt visible... He stood there silently next to roy.. "finally decided to make your grand entrance huh?" The Arrancar merely nodded and continued to stare at the fatigued. Yet amusing beings... "Neo's been in Las Noches for a long time.. He knows everything that goes on in the damn place... I knew from the start that you were going to be captured alexx. I also know about kage ryuu and the keeper or whatever and flekoon. There are no secrets in Las Noches. The walls, floors and maybe the sand. All have eyes.." Roy took a quick breath. "I highly doubt il have any problems with this keeper guy as well he cant be that strong.. Why.. Because if he is able to avoid my intel for so long then the inevitable shall soon come for him..." Neo's spiritual pressure was still hidden from them.. as Neo looked over to the soul reaper and arrancar he just.. laughed..

"Baka." Drake then uses Kidou #77 Tenteikūra without speaking to say to Roy without Alexx or Ren hearing "And you think he hasn't noticed? Both Xenax and I know about you're spying. If you thought either Xenax or I would be that stupid, then you thought wrong." He then closed it and did the same to Neo "Watch it Arrancar. I don't trust you, and neither me nor Drake enjoy being smiled on or laughed at." Drake then smiled normally as he said to Roy "Hope Kage Ryuu didn't scare you two." which probably confused Alexx and Ren confused.

OOC: That was Kage Ryuu using Tenteikūra to speak to Roy and Neo. Also, if you don't know what Tenteikūra is (It took me a while to find it's name) its just a Kidou that lets you transmit a mental message to someone nearby.

Ignoring the message that was sent towards them. At the same time Roy and Neo laughed... Then they both spoke in unison "Compared to the four of you we are like deities... Calm yourselves and remember who your talking to... The Espadas dont take disrespect very well. And you wouldn't want to anger any Vasto Lordes would you? We cannot stress how funny it was that you both thought you could take on szayel... Ahahaha, We only offered our friendly assistance. " Neo then spoke on his own "We.. well i, Could care less if you trust me or not because well... I can kill you ahahaha. You see Hueco Mundo is a large place.. That cavern that you've been hiding in has just been discovered.. Of course i have no need to destroy because in a few days time some hungry gillian or something like that will inhabit it and force you out" Neo simply continued to laugh at them "Neo calm down.. This will be your first fight in a long time.." Neo then stopped laughing and regained his composure.. "I can feel it... all of it... There disgustingly tainted spritual pressure all mixed together.. They have no control... Exile... the weakest of the group for they show no loyalty, Cannot be trusted, are weak, and overall die way to easily. And the Soul reaper... Child's play. Of course if they wish to fight.. It will have to be on neutral grounds.. I cannot risk another battle with the soul society right now.. or atleast at this moment.. The Exile can be dealt with.. But first we shall kill this fabled 'Keeper' that they speak so highly about..." Neo then turned around and roy followed him as they walked towards the area Drake and Alexx had told them of before Neo then spoke up "Are you coming or not? Hustle your lazy asses"