A Nice Day for a Kill

It was a normal day in Karakura and the area right outside of it; the sun was out, not many clouds in the sky, and the temperature was nice. Near the river just outside of Karakura town, nothing much was happening. There wasn't a soul there, and everything was quiet. That is, until a Garganta opened up in the sky and an arrancar stepped out, standing on an invisible foothold. The Arrancar was none other than Kuragari, the Séptima Espada.

Standing there in the air, Kuragari looked around, a look of boredom on his face. Anyone who knew the espada would have known that this was a dangerous thing; when Kuragari got bored, he did his favorite thing, fight and kill. Not seeing anyone in the immediate area, he sighed "Damnit, I come here to do some fighting, and I end up somewhere with no one to fight." With that, he landed on the ground and started walking towards Karakura town.

She observed the map on her hollow pager and verified that it was indeed an espada. Like it's reitsu was enough to distinguish the creature Rukia knew she was into some deep trouble if she didn't get some back up. She sent a few signals back at soul society to bring back up, part of her own insecurities was whether she had enough strength to bring the espada down by herself. Although she knew as a shinigami she had to do what she could.

Not quite sure what to expect she let herself be seen as she entered into the espada's view. Holding her katana she had worded the activation word "Dance" before she was in full view, setting her katana in shikai mode,"You'll have to stop right there. What business do you have here.", she was tiny, slender and alone, all the perfect workings for a disaster and perhaps some fun in the espada's view but she wasn't one to be underestimated either. It was obvious why he had arrived to Karakura, it wasn't everyday that an espada came to the real world for a nice casual visit, perhaps dine or dance the night away. They came to kill. Her tone was fixed and cold, never really asking a question, since she already knew the answer to it, it was much more of a formality as though to say "you have no business here".

As the Shinigami approached him, Kuragari grinned a bit. Sure, she wasn't the strongest Shinigami he'd ever seen, but maybe he could have some fun fighting her. "Well now, do I even need a reason? I'm bored, and I was hoping to run into a few little Shinigami like you" he said, a wicked grin crossing his face. As usual, there was nothing he found more fun than taking on Shinigami, or anyone strong, for that matter. "Normally, I would take on at least two shinigami of your level, but hey, I'm still game to fight" he said, laughing afterwords.

"Oh, and by the way, I am Kuragari Hakaisha, the Séptima Espada, don't die too early on me now." With that said, Kuragari used sonido to appear right behind the Shinigami, punching at her back with his left, hollow arm. Of all the Espada, when it came to the basic techniques like Cero, Hierro, and Sonido, he was the best. He also liked to brag that he was the physically strongest of all the Espada.

(This is what Kuragari looks like)

Rukia wasn't surprised the espada wanted trouble and she was up for the challenge. Her eyebrows furrowed a bit at the call of a "little" shinigami, she might be short but had nothing to do with her age. She heard him introduce himself and in her mind she wondered "how quaint but crude", without anymore hesitation off the espada went using his infamous sonido technique. She felt his arm hit her left plate, pushing her in an instant several yards away. Close to hitting face first on the ground she used her right hand to efforlessly push herself off the ground and rebound to a standing position. Both legs spread apart to shorten her skid, she took in a few deep breathes hoping that punch didn't do any severe damange. Her rhythmic beats were solid so it seemed it was alright for now.

She watched him carefully, it was near impossible to trace espada's sonido techniques but it didn't mean she couldn't analyze his maneuvers. "He's powerful, but sneaky.". "I have no interest to play games with you. Specially one that doesn't underestimate their opponents", with that she used her flash step technique to zone in, holding her katana with both hands she aimed to strike across his torso, but even if she missed she hoped it would get his arms in the attempt to dodge.

Kuragari laughed a bit as his punch made contact with the Shinigami; it was refreshing for him to be fighting again. Grinning, he watched as she was thrown back, and barely missed hitting her face on the ground. He then waited for her to make a move. Usually, Kuragari would go all out, but he didn't want this fight to end too soon. As the Shinigami used flash step to move quickly in front of him, his wicked smile widened. Before her blade made contact with his torso, Kuragari caught it in his left, hollow arm. "Hah, foolish Shinigami, did you think a weak little attack like that would even touch me?" he asked, laughing.

With that, he used his grip on her Zanpaktou to lift her over his head and toss her away. As soon as he tossed her, he quickly charged a cero, taking less time than most other arrancar, and fired it at her. "You should know Shinigami, I have the strongest Hierro of all the Espada, nothing can cut me!" he shouted boastfully. Although this wasn't a challenge yet, Kuragari was just enjoying fighting something that really fought back.

"impulsive", another quick note as he caught her blade. She wasn't surprised, it was all mere tests, maybe he would catch on but it seemed his ignorant onslaught was catching the best of him. She tightened her grip on her Zanpakatou as he gripped the blade above his head and hurled her once more. She was ready this time and connected two small dots in her framework, impulsiveness and boastfullness meant for one show off espada.

"That means...." she muttered short under her breath as she back flipped to change her angle of rotation and have her body face his once more. She wasn't off by one second when she thought his next move would be a cero. Gripping her Zanpakatou, and putting her footing on an invisible foothold she called on her skills before she got deep fried and buttered all over. "Tsugi no mai, Hakuren", she didn't have the luxury to boost her attack but instinctively pulled off the attack to cancel his cero as the colossal wave of ice that shielded the shinigami began to break apart. She took several deep breaths, it had taken a bit of toll but she was still strong, for how long she wasn't sure.

Johnathans smoke flipped out of his fingers, as he felt some rather big spiritual pressures right here in HIS town. Sighing, he stood up from the bar table where he sat, flipping some coins onto it, and moving towards the door.
"Hey Mister, what about your change?" The barkeeper called, but the Quincy simply raised his right hand in a 'don't care' manner. As he opened the door, the wind blew up his long hair on the back, revealing the Kanji on that side of his shirt. The kanji for Kindness. And just after his first step out of the door, he disappeared, using his equalivent of the flash step, leaving behind a rather stunned barkeeper, who tried to make himself believe that nothing happened.

Rushing through the air, John heard a familiar voice within his head.
"If I had to guess, I would say it's a Shinigami, Arrancar and... Hm. Ziamichi or human, it's too variable to be one of the 'big' races. Sounds like quite some fun - lets run wild, John!" Shiro exclaimed in his soul, giggling with her ringing voice. The host smirked.
"Of course we will. Saving Shinigami isn't exactly my favorite thing to do, but I will kick the ass of anyone who tries anything funny in this town!"
"Kehe... just like I know you. Unleash it!"

In a flash, he appeared right besides the Shinigami. A big flash of light had just passed him, and now someone attacked the Arrancar with a rather bombastic elemental attack. Seemed human, definiatly.
"I know you Shinigami don't like it if someone interferes with your fights..." he began, skipping introductions. A bow appeared on his arm - he wouldn't change into his form right away. "But would you mind if I helped you out? I hate it if someone messes with my town." In a split second, John released the blocker on his Reiatsu that protected him from detection by accident. It was almost as big as the one from the Shinigami, and equal to the one from the Arrancar - and wilder than the one of the Reaper. Though not as wild and untamed as the one from the dark being, it was clear that this Reiatsu was not Quincy or Human-like.

Kuragari laughed at the Shinigami's attack "Hah, you can hardly even take my weakest cero!" he shouted boastfully. Suddenly, however, he felt another presence, a familiar one, and looked up to see a little runt he knew well. "Well now, if it isn't the little brat who doesn't know when to quit" he said with a laugh at Sharu. Grinning, he easily anticipated the kid's attack, and dodged the ball of energy, and easily used his sonido to escape the electric attack and the vortex before Sharu even knew. "Heh, with moves as pathetic as those, you'll never hit me kid!"

As he said that, he noticed another presence approaching and scowled "Damn, you guys are like flies." Having said that, Kuragari lifted up his right hand and snapped his fingers. Instantly, a large garganta opened up behind him and two lower ranking arrancar came out, accompanied by his Zanpaktou, which flew right into his hand. "Alright, you two take on the Shinigami and the Quincy, but leave the runt to me." As he said that, the two arrancar. With that, the two arrancar grinned and one went to the quincy and the other to the Shinigami. Grinning, Kuragari turned to face Sharu and pointed his large Zanpaktou at him "Well now kid, let's finish this" he said, before using sonido to appear right behind Sharu. Once there, he swung the back side of his Zanpakotu (the side with the spike) at Sharu's back.


The first arrancar, a cocky looking female, used sonido to appear in front of Rukia, a grin on her face. "Heh, looks like I get the little girl without any boobs" she said in a rude tone. Without hesitating, she drew her Zanpaktou and licked the blade with her forked tong "Come on little girly." With that, she used sonido and appeared behind Rukia, kicking at her back from behind. "Die!" she shouted as she kicked.


The second arrancar was a calm looking male arrancar. Having used sonido to appear in front of Johnathan, the second arrancar sighed. "Ugh, so I get stuck with the quincy? how boring, you can't even use a bankai" he said, shaking his head. With another sigh, he drew his Zanpaktou and pointed it at Johnathan "Well, no matter, orders are orders." With that, he used sonido to appear right in Johnathan's face, slashing his Zanpaktou down across his chest.

For what it was worth, Rukia's stretegy worked well. The arrancar had fallen into the frozen depths of her Some no Mai. Her kido technique got blasted in midair with no target at impact for the arrancar didn't seem to have dodged the initial attack. She didn't take long to proceed, she had a few foes in the past break her ice moon and she didn't want to underestimate her opponent now. Hooking her katana tight once more she thrusted her zanpakatou straight into the center of the ice encapsulation making sure to give the final blow. She wasn't too sure if she had indeed captured the arrancar but worst case scenario would be to let her stay there too long before having a gander to whether she was indeed there or not.

Breaking the ice she looked within hoping her zanpakatou would have either pierced the arrancar or whether she'd see pieces of her limbs scattered apart before disappearing.

In a blinding blaze of bright white lighting, the 7th Noticas Espada was no more. His death was caused by severe injuries to the brain and heart, massive burns throughout his body and intense damage done to his organs. When the all was said and done, he came falling from the sky as a burnt crisp of his former self.

The 7th Espada was no more.

His two faccion were also killed by the side effects of Sharu's attack along with great efforts from both Rukia Kuchiki and Johnathan Walker.

"What the..." The Arrancar did dodge his Seele Schneider, mostly at least. But he wasn't prepared for what hit him next. In a red spiritual explosion, he was literally torn apart - pieces of what once was a mass of accumulated Hollows with a broken mask rained down, before starting to glow and disappear into nothingness, like all Hollow who where destroyed by Quincy. There was no salvation for them, no rescue, one he shot. Any kill from one of the proud was a definate and absolute destruction of the soul matter it was made off.
Sighing, he folded his big, white wings on his back and landed. The giant figure of Johnathan really towered above the relatively short Shinigami - and of course even more above the young boy. The red eyes of the Ziamichi still had a slight glew in them... normally, a kill didn't really stimulate anything in him. He had seen too much death already - not enough to not care for life anymore, but also not so few that killing his enemies would leave any scars. But Shironeko wanted more, again. It had been way to long since their last real death fight - this Arrancar there was only a joke. Even without any form, he could've beaten him - but anyone who stepped on his pride was in for a BIG beating.

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So now he stood there... in front of him a Shinigami and a spritually aware human. Sighing, he decided to release his form. In a flash of light, the white mantle disappeared, together with the guns, the wings retreated back into his backside, and the hair grew longer and black once again. Also, the blood red eyes once again turned grey. A stinging pain was now flooding through his body, but nothing really dramatic.
"Well, he gets what he gets for stepping on the Quincy Pride. Nobody can do that and expect to live through to the next day, really." Johnathan said with a slight grin. "After all, I am awesome." Pulling out a smoke and lighting it, he looked back at what was left of the Espada the boy killed. Man, that guy was toasted, literally. It had been a long time since he saw someone getting killed this way, and a slight tremor was in his stomach now, as he looked away. Some views simply where not things you could get used to easily. The kill of the Shinigami had been cleaner - a simple stab and encasing in ice. It was a simple kind of beauty, he had to give her that.
"My name is Johnathan Walker, one of the Quincy Race, best gunslinger in all the world, last heir of the Walker family, heirs to the german Quincy Legacy. And the one guy that will pretty much kick the ass of everything that tries to mess with my world." The overconfident man introduced himself, inhaling the smoke of his cigarette. He didn't even have time to smoke during that battle, so fast had it been... "I would invite you to a beer on a succesful battle, but... well, you are too young, and you... he slightly pointed at the unknown Shinigami with his cigarette, "Are a soul. So that won't work quite as good as usually, I guess." There was one thing that he couldn't say. And that Sharu better didn't say, either. They both knew each other, it had simply been the first time the boy had seen the Final Form.
Because Johnathan was the fourth Head of the Hashiamatsujiyuu.

The raven haired shinigami ascended to the ground, witnessing the other fighters that devoured their prey almost as immediately as she did. They both approached her and introduced themselves, she only listened until they finished. "I see, so a human and Quincy huh..." her clothing had obviously given away her side of the team. "Rukia Kuchiki, shinigami, and member of the 13th division". She heard Sharu mention the Karakura Defenders and couldn't help but give a confused expression, as well as to the Quincy in front of her. For the longest time she had only known Uryu to be the last standing Quincy, it sure was some time since she was back on Earth.

"You two seemed to have taken care of things rather well, considering they were espadas...But Sharu... I can't help but ask who and what is Karakura Defenders? I'm actually been away from the real world for some time now, seems things are a bit different now. And by the way thank you. " she kept it short and simple. Her gigai suddenly came out, hidden from the spectacle, as she got close to the shinigami she padded Rukia on the shoulder. And without having to interrupt the conversation she let her soul society form enter the gigai body. A little green pill like ball was spat out and placed in a small container for future usage.

Johnathan Walker

Johnathan had quite the big grin himself as Sharu exclaimed proudly how he has had his experiences with alcohol already. The Quincy himself didn't start drinking anything till the age of 18 - and also, he only did it because he knew that no amount of alcohol could cause any permanent damage to him, thanks to his Ziamichi nature and regenerating abilities thanks to that. Though he could still get drunk, of course. Maybe even addicted, like he was to his smokes. But why care?
"Well, one castrated beer could be in for you." Pretty much a german spelling, this simply ment one without any alcohol. Something John himself would never even think about drinking.
"He, you are being cruel again..." Slowly, a white figure manifested itself right besides the Ziamichi. A nearly lion sized cat with giant, folded wings on the back.
"Nearly forgot to introduce you. This is Shironeko, my partner." John explained with another inhalement of his smoke.
"I like your attitude, boy. And you got the strength to back it up just fine, very damn nice. Though I doubt your awesomeness can reach mine." He himself also hadn't even known that something like the Karakura Defenders even existed, but he kept that to himself. He was the fourth head, and Sharu shouldn't really get to know that his boss didn't even know any organization in the city.

The ravenous Sharu was very liberal in Rukia's point of view, quite a spunky kid even though he wouldn't admit to being one. But she listened attentively to what the Defenders were, surprised to see what had come about. " So Ichigo hasn't been pulling his weight has he... seems about right" she joked, although in all truth she was a bit surprised to see that he wasn't on par with everyone else. She then heard Jonathan talk and be one with the kid as they talked about drinking and taking one up for the spontaneity of the moment.

" I'm surprised you think those in soul society do nothing progressive with what happens in the human world, but perhaps it's not me you should take that up with anyhow.". She only meant after one of Sharu's earlier comments of soul society, she was sure if nii-sama would have heard what he thought of those in soul society he would have a good word or two in his mind to share. But that not being the case she just smiled after she finished, "Sadly, I'm not much of a drinker, there really isn't much about loosing all of my inhibitions that makes the behavior any more enticing" she finished with a slight cackle trying to be as "cool" as humanly possible even though she personally didn't feel she was fitting in to the setting rather well.