Karakurachō

*As Shiro was sitting down waiting on someone to appear. He heard a out burst of his Tercera Espada next to him. With the rise of his reistu to her he was impleased with what she said. Then he moved his right on onto the arm rest and prompted his head on his arm with his reistu still up and focused onto Nana.*

"That was Disrespectful my dear. Calm. They will be here shortly."

~Mashiba~

-Watching the Espada doge his fatal slash Ryoji's attack missed as she dodged just in time causing Ryoji to leave his left side exposed. Using the momentum from his missed attack Ryoji quickly shifted his left hand underneath his right arm and used it to grasp the Arrancar's exposed left wrist, grasping it and tossing her in the opposite direction allowing the two gain space in between them as the two recovered from their respective maneuvers-

"I apologize...but yelling at one's comrades is not much considerate is well" Ryoji spoke calmy sizing up the young woman as he straightened his posture, returning his katana back into its sheath. "Sanada, Ryoji, a pleasure to meet you..." he introduced himself locking eyes with her.

"While shiro was sitting in his cahir waiting for an opponent. He had looked over to Nana and saw she already started her fight. Then while he was watching her, he felt a couple of reistus appearing in front of him. Turning his head to the direction of the Captains and seeing one was trying to be all tough. After he saw them with his bored expression. Shiro stood up and kick his chair with the back of his foot. Once he kicked the chair and it crumbled into dust. He looked at the two captains and stared at them.

"So who you two might be?"

Do to recent events I must place a time fast forward on this thread. It has been a full six months. I will give a short outline of what happened.

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Karukura Honchou

20;38 Karukura Shoppiing District . . .


*The sun had long since sat over the horizon of Karukura Town causing the many distributed street lights to activate via electronic timing. With the streets unusally quiet the blanket of nightfall covering the skies gave off a calming sense as lights brezzes flew through the streets blowing up the small amount of trash to be found every so often; however these streets were not entirely empty. Thoes out for various reasons moved from location to location. In contrast the nightime life of the city was truly different. One area in particular, Karukura Honchou saw many people concluding their days work and sat off for home, all but one of course. . .*

As Ryoji walked the thinning streets he saw many families make preperations to return to their typical nightime lives. Still wearing his school uniform he loosened the tie in which he wore to compliment his tan hued pants and brown dress shoes watching as a small human couple playfully ran out the entrance of a nearby store carrying a nice amount of shopping bags which clanged in the night air. In times of peace humans were truly a sight to observe, living the lives so many fought to protect. Laughing to himself Ryoji watched as the couple ran off rounding a corner, They were most interesting, these relationships they formed. Continuing his leisure stoll around the area. Under normal stipulations Ryoji would have been spending his time searching out and eliminating Hollow; however, with the arrival of one of his former comrades, Ryoji thought it better to spend his time observing what the city had to offer. A fitting source of distraction as there were no Hollow to be seen or even sensed in the general area. Approaching a nearby bench Ryoji moved to sit on it, lying back until his gaze faced the dark sky above and arms resting behind his Sapphire colored hair. Taking the moment to reflect on the day's earlier events Ryoji found himself pondering the arrival of so many high-spiritual individuals within the World of the Living in such a condensed area.

He had heard her long before she had landed before him. For some reason Ryoji had long since learned to trust his ears more so than what remained of his sight. As the mysterious girl named Lucy approached him seemingly gliding on the air Ryoji took the guess that she had indeed found him through the traces of his reiatsu. Sitting forward up forward on the bench Ryoji turned to face her as she smoothly drifted before him. Her voice, although appearing calm, was filled with something he couldn't quite register. As she questioned his being in this exact instance he found it more suiting to entertain her, if not for the sheer sense of curiousity that surrounded him.

" Hello...Lucy-san was it?" getting to his feet he stood before her, his somewhat tall slender body foreshadowing her own. "I'm simply enjoying my free time, humans have it rough...school is truly a tiring exhibition. You seem to be doing the same I take it hmm..." Turning his head slightly the moonlight reflected his dark colored eyes as his hair quickly fell over the left side of his face hiding it once more.

Ryoji appeared to be taking aback by Lucy's sudden questioning of the military endeavours of the Soul Society. Moving back slowly Ryoji stepped backwards onto the bench moving up until he now sat on the area reserved for the back rest. At that instance another breeze swept through the streets, whisping his tie about into the night air. From the moment he had encountered her he could tell that she was no regular human, she knew alot of Shinigami affairs, but that surprisingly did not appeal to Ryoji for he himself had his own story to tell. Such would have to wait.

Placing his left hand underneath his chin and resting it against his elbow and knee he decided to indulge in his curiosity.

"Well in recent events we find ourselves short handed. Me revealing such information to one who is not amongst is could be viewed as treason and surely would be repremanded; however, you continue to astonish me... You have served the Gotei XIII havn't you Lucy? That much is obvious..."

Parting the drapped hair from over his face Ryoji leaned over now resting both arms on each leg. He had on many occasions felt a familiar presence from Lucy that he could not place. Her words rang true somewhere within himself he knew the words she spoke were sincere.

"I see, Ryoji chuckled to himself "...you seem to have thrown me for a spin. It has been so long Anju-san, or shall I call you by the later?"

Ryoji wasn't one for emotions but he felt a sense of gratification to reencounter one from his past. Remembering the day he had met her in the Rukongai he laughed to himself once more.

"This is why we cross paths so often it seems..." he spoke to himself more so than to her.

An off beat reiatsu swept through the area. An empty feeling, dark and lonely. It seemed to stretch far, possibly causing people to ignore the man. The man...his average height made him no different than the others. His eyes where a bright red on the other hand and under his eyes stress lines had grown. Sighing he brushed back his long hair, showing his mask fragment. The fragment was toothy and located on the far end of his jaw and stretched down a few inches. This was his only memory of being an espada. With power comes loneliness. A single tear formed but vanished amongst his burning eyes. Stopping he let his hair fall back down and cover the fragment. His eyes darted back and forth and in one swell swoop he sonido'd into Mashiba town, where he waited amongst the traveling people, never moving, only watching.

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It wasn't long before the Espada tracked down the girls reiatsu. Though she was in a gigai it did not shield the taste of strong human reiatsu. He stepped into traffic and disappeared into a sonido, only to appear before the young girl. His red eyes soft, and misunderstood. He looked down at her and spoke dryly. Are you a vizard or soul reaper? His question was simple, and he wanted the answer.