Are we the living dead? (OPEN)

[Zain Alfo 嗻燕]

So here he was, sitting on the wall to the cemetery, the wind blowing lght against him. Two people walked slowly past him, one in a somewhat worn and torn jacket and jeans while the other wore more upper class clothing. Both talking amongst themselves as they wandered by, unaware to Zain's pressence.

To Zain there was no bettr place than here, to Zain he was a different person here. No worries ran through his mind as he sa silently beside the dead. However he was not real to the people that passes him, he was a nothing to them. he could not be seen or heard, it was as if he was dead to them. Yet there were a few out there that were able to see him, able to talk to him and fight him.

So was he dead or alive? Perhaps even both, just like schroder's cat.

Soon he let out a sigh, jumping off of the wall he landed on the floor with a small tap. A simple weapon was all Zain had, apart from the clothes on his back. For a moment Zain was silent as a few more people walked past him. It was a pain how no one could see him at this point, right now he would be willing for a good old scrap.

“Know what I need? A fight...something to get the blood pumping.” He muttered under his breath as he turned on his heel and begun to walk towards the gate of te cemetery.

Eventually he stopped, resting his hand on the gate he turned to look behind him. He could feel someone, or at least something. Keeping his eyes keen he looked out for whoever he could feel.

[Vy]

"Kou-chan! Why are we hiding here?" asked the blond hair girl. Although no one can see her as she was just a zanpakutō. Well maybe no one isn't the right term as at least one person can see her.

"Because this is the last place they'll look for me." replied the shinigami in his gigai. The red scarf wrapped around his neck flew with the gentle win tugging on it. Short black strands that didn't even get near his eyes. Dawned on his frame was a school uniform that belonged to a private school. He figured if he acted like a high school student then maybe the people that were hunting him down wouldn't notice it was him. Man, he sure tends to get in trouble a lot, which was why he always have a hiding place. Although it was quite hard seeing that humans with spiritual powers have decreased and so he tends to hide in the places of the dead. That way, maybe they won't be able to find him, or at least hopefully they wouldn't.

His body leaned on a tree that was actually alive. It amazed him how they kept a tree in a cemetery alive since no one would probably care for it but they did. His black pupils closed for a moment, he needed some rest. Running away from shinigamis weren't easy at least no from those that wants him to do his paperwork. Today he had tried to hit on a girl and it worked so well, she fell for it so easily. She even did all his work for him, there was only one problem in his mastermind plan. The girl had told people that he had hit on her with her friends. Of course that was normal, the problem was the fact that he had hit on her friends before too. Now the girls were angry at him.

"This is what you get for hitting on people so much Kou-chan."

The man just nodded not even wanting to think about it. It felt strange though, for a captain to fall to a group of female shinigamis that weren't even seated. He had no idea how that was even possible but apparently it was. Looks like there was strength in numbers after all. Especially with the fact that some of the girls he hit on already have a date and he was getting famous for being a womanizer and taking away people's dates. Really how was the spirit suppose to know that? He simply sighed at that thought and looked up for a moment. Oh well, at least he got a moment of rest.

That was until something nudged him, this feeling, this was strong reitsu. He couldn't exactly tell how strong it was though thanks to the fact that many spirits like the dwell here. Still he knew this kind, i twas definitely an arrancar. Normally he wouldn't care because it meant more work for him when he really rather just hit on the ladies. Today he had a new reason, he was far too tired to care right now. Too bad the same thing can't be said about Hanako.

"You sensed it didn't you Kou-chan! Come on lets chase after it and fight!"

God, he felt so tried right now that he just shook his head. Although truth was, he wasn't really that tired, he was just lazy. Quickly he got up and looked around. He knew that if he didn't bend to the girl's will, he was only going to be bothered and whined to later.

[Zain Alfo 嗻燕]

As he clung onto the gate like a human clinging to live he closed his eyes. It was a pain but perhaps the source of the energy would be of help, or a good fight. It seemed he would have to use Pesquisa to find the person, with a small sigh he let out a small burst of his energy. Waiting for it to bounce back and tell him were the energy was, for a few seconds he just stood there. However, after a second or so a smile crept along his face as he looked into the cemetery. His eyes focusing on a tree within the confines of the area, so that was where the person was.

With a light push the gate swung open, screeching as if in pain. With that Zain begun to walk up the path, his eyes jumping from head stone to head stone. The many smaller and less important spirits floating above, they were sad and useless. They could not even act as a side plate to Zain’s next meal, soon he came within sight of the man. The smile falling from his face as he saw a somewhat lump of meat, a lazy human it seemed. That was Zain’s first thought, however he Pesquisa would not be wrong. This person was a shinigami, and it seemed a strong shinigami. Hopefully a captain, yet it seemed possible it was a Vice-captain.

He watched the man standing there, it was sad to think that this man may be his opponent. He didn’t seem to be up to the challenge of facing an Arrancar, Zain could have been kind and let the man go. However, Zain had been woken up today by the yells of his Fracción, so he was not in a good mood.

Lifting his gaze he focused on the man, letting his energy run wild Zain wished to grab the attention of the shinigami before he spoke. He did not release all of his energy, not at all. In the end he didn’t want to kill the many humans around here, not yet at least. He just wanted to face this man, or at least have the man run away. [red] “Shinigami, are you at least a Vice-captain?” [/red] Zain asked as he pointed at the man, a smile on his face. He hoped the answer was yes, or even, yes I am in fact a captain. Anything less than a vice captain and Zain wouldn’t even bother, in the end it would be a waste of time.

It was a shame he could not fight at full power though, within hueco mundo the spiritual energy was much more apparent and helped drive the body. Yet earth, the energy was not as dense. It was not enough to give Zain the extra drive, then again it would be the same for the shinigami. Yet Zain had one advantage he hoped to see put into action. From what he had heard, vice captain and captains have limits upon their bodies when in the real world.

A flash of amusement crossed his face, the man would have to be at full power to even stand a chance.

[Vy]

“Shinigami, are you at least a Vice-captain?”

Kousetsu stared at the guy, he had a feeling he had just found the arrancar. Pretty good reitsu too, this doesn't seem to be good. It's best if he pretends he doesn't know a thing. He raised his head as a gesture that he didn't know what the guy was talking about."Shi...ni..ga...mi?" he asked as he pronounced each syllable with as much confusion as possible. Really, he has the worst of luck when it comes to avoiding trouble. It just seems to always come to him on it's own, he wasn't even asking for it. It just comes much to his annoyance. Although truth was he was a captain, not by his own free will though and he can thank those stupid old men for that.

He knew that he had to avoid Hanako for a moment, hopefully the girl could be quiet to not distract him. He stood there, his black eyes starring at the man."You do know those are just legends right? There is no proof that they exist, although spirits for some reasons do." Yes, just pretend that he is just a human with spiritual powers. How hard could that be, hopefully it wouldn't be overly hard. It was his first time after all and he wasn't so sure how these people react to spirits. Yeah, he really doubt this would work now but since he is already faking he might as well do it the whole way right?

"Besides I don't have a scythe with me." he spoke as he tries to insist that he isn't a spirit. Maybe he was trying to do it too hard though. Even he found it to be quite fake but then again he was the one that knew the truth after all. Chances all, Hanako is probably going to get her wish right now. To think, he was going to have to fight two battles in one day. Well who knows, maybe the captain would get lucky. Tch, who in the world was he kidding?

[Zain Alfo 嗻燕]

“Shi...ni..ga...mi?"

Zain raised an eyebrow at the words the man spoke, what did he take Zain for? However Zain cared little, hopefully the guy would realise he was not fooling anyone. After all, Zain was confident that he was a shinigami. Then if he wasn’t one then Zain would just have a very easy fight, not like he would lose anything through the process is it?

“You do know those are just legends right? There is no proof that they exist, although spirits for some reasons do." Zain sighed at the boys words, his head hanging forwards as he took a deep breath. God this guy was even more annoying than Hagi. [red] “You are right, they do not exist...”[/red] He muttered under his breath as his hair hung before his face. Hiding the small smile that had developed.

"Besides I don't have a scythe with me."

Zain lifted his hand and pointed towards the Zanpakuto of the boy, [red] “That would do.”[/red] He said with a smile, wondering if the man was good enough to dodge. With that the energy begun to gather, it took three seconds for the energy to gather. Enough time for the man to get out of the way, even if he was only a human. The crimson red energy soon became the size of a football, the shadows of Zain’s hair swinging across his face as the cero pulsated.

With that the energy blasted forth at the man, the energy strong enough the wipe away the tree and ground the man was on. Yet the man himself, he may stand a chance if he somehow did not avoid it. After all, Zain had done it directly before the man. Surely he would have seen it coming.

[Vy]

“That would do.”

Kousetsu sighd before he raised both of his hands in a small shrug. Well looks like he got found out, Hanako was going to get what she wanted. It was a wonder how these two were paired up with each other seeing that they were very polar opposites. After all the girl love to fight while he was a pacifist, not because he hated violence. Rather it was because he just doesn't want to get into too much fighting. It might get back at him one day after all. Since if he fights, then the person would want to get revenge he wins. Meanwhile if he loses, well, the spirit would want to get revenge too. Although it doesn't look like it, he can get pretty competitive when he sees something that could interest him.

Uh oh. As the cero blasted at him, he lightly jumped out of the way. Yep, this was a fight no matter how he looks at it. So then he might as well just fight right? How hard could it be? The moment that question popped into his mind he knew that the answer was 'very'. Especially with this limiter, another reason why he was a pacifist. The fight was surely not going to be fair, he just knew it. Yet, he wasn't scared, it wasn't the first time he had done this after all. Actually, he has done it many times before doing his missions.

Quickly he got out of his gigai. His appearance changed as he no longer looked human. Once raven black hair had became platinum blond and even more was that he had a wolf tail. Black orbs dyed red as he stared at the guy."Awww man, that was my favorite tree." the shinigami joked lightly. It wasn't really his favorite tree since he had only seen it for the first time today. Well maybe he had seen it before today but it never stuck in his mind. Either way he didn't feel any affection for it at all, there was no point the affection. He stared at the vacant spot to which the tree once was. Well looks like this was going to be another phenomenon for those scientists.

"Looks like you got your wish Hanako." he stated through a deep sigh. He took out his Zanpakuto and it transformed into two hand guns. He held it in front of the man and aimed. He pulled the triggers three times sending six bullet at the spirit.

[Zain Alfo 嗻燕]

Zain watched as the man lifted his arms and gave a faint shrug, what was up with this guy? Was he not a shinigami, to fight for honour and justice. What a weird guy, the man seemed not to have a single care in the world.

Yet Zain just shrugged it off as the Cero made its way towards the man, with that Zain watched as the man made his move. Jumping from his spot he avoided the cero, watching with devoted eyes Zain witnessed the ground and tree being ripped up. Then soon after turning to ash and falling effortless to the ground, swaying as the wind ran through the graveyard.

With that the man emerged from his Gigai, taking upon a new appearance with the light hair and a somewhat tail. What a freak. “Awww man, that was my favourite tree." Zain let out a small sigh at the words of the wolf man, he did seem to be a little dim. However Zain did not give a reply, stupid words like that did not deserve a reply of any sort.

"Looks like you got your wish Hanako."

Zain raised his head at that moment, Hanako? Who was this, for a moment he was lost then he guessed it. Their weapons apparently had souls, it was possible it was that. Or a team mate, which would be good, two vs one would make it much more fun. With that he watched as the weapon changed shape, forming itself into two small hand guns.

[red] “How useless.” [/red] He muttered as he lifted the palms of his hand, his Hierro would be enough to hold back a simple attack like this. At least that was his thought, as long as the opponent was limited then it should not be a problem. Watching the bullets fly Zain swung his hands before him attempting to block the incoming bullets. His hands hitting the first five, missing the final of the batch. Yet he was quick to evade, stepping to his left he smiled as he heard the bullet whistle past him.

So this was going to be a ranged fight? Not something Zain liked, with that he made his move. Gemelos Sonido was what he would use to his advantage, moving around his foe at such speed he produced a number of clones. All just images, but still he hoped they would pose some problem for the man. Apearing above his foe he punched out, five foot above, small blasts of energy leaving his fists. The Bala, they took less than a second to form but the power itself was not great. Even with a direct hit they would not rip through the taget, just small in hard and most likely burn his foe.

In the end it just depended on how strong his foe was.

[Vy]

So close, for the last bullet. Guess that what humans meant when they say so close yet so far. He stood there still with the same light smile on his face, his usual facade. After all Kousetsu can't really say he was enjoying this right now. Not with the fact that he knew he was going to have to use even more energy to do the paperwork on his desk later. His guns was on the back of his head as he let himself relax for a bit. He wasn't serious about the fight mainly due to the fact that he was lazy. A sigh escaped his lips as he wondered if he can fake being dead. The thought amused him seeing that he was already dead in the first place with the fact that he was a spirit.

Hmmm? Suddenly his opponent had came up to him and duplicated. This had to be some kind of illusion or mind trick. He wondered which one it was when he had remembered something in physic class to which if you move something fast enough you would see an after shadow, in other words, a copy in a sense. Only the copy can't think for itself and it can't really hurt you either. He kept a close eye on him still and looked around for a moment. Well he could also use 'that' to help him out. Maybe it might even end the battle quickly as he could always run. No, that would leave his gigai behind and he really rather not do that, he can only imagine the earful he would get from that.

His ears then picked up a sound from the wind. This was definitely an attack from above. He raised his head to find that it was already too close for him to dodge, the impact would cause too much damage. Well then only one this to do, he held his guns in front of his face to from an 'X'. The thing felt heavy but yet it just vanished, not really something that strong her? Seeing that he was still using the shikai form. He looked at the man for a moment with the same light smile even though he knew he was not going to be able to get out of this too easy."You know that could have hurt me." he joked before he threw one of his guns in the air while he pulled the trigger of the gun that he was still holding. His free hand was left to dig into his pocket to take out a couple of coins.

[Zain Alfo 嗻燕]

Zain watched as the man let a sigh escape, ‘is he under estimating me?’ Zain thought to himself, anger running through his veins as the thought came to his mind. With that he made his move, the man at first seemed confused by Zain’s technique. Perhaps he had not seen it in use before? How strange, the man had never seen it before...perhaps he did not have a great amount of battle experience. Or he had just thought against the easiest of Arrancar.

Now above his foe he let his Bala go, watching it get closer to his foe. Yet the man was ready, he had raised his guard, blocking the Bala. So he was able to block a single bala? What about three? Or maybe even four, a grin crossed Zain’s face. Perhaps he could push this one to the limit and see how strong he truly was.

“You know that could have hurt me."

Zain heard the words but made no attempt to reply, it was pointless for him to talk during combat. He needed all of his concentration on his foes movements, not his words. With that the man threw his gun into the air, what a fool. With a smirk Zain invoked Sonido, in his left hand a Cero charged. Appearing beside the weapon he let out a smile, Zanpaktou could break, he had seen it happen on a number of occasions. Would this one break under the pressure of a fully charged Cero?

Zain floated in the air about four foot from the gun, punching out with his hand he let the Cero forth. There was no way he could miss the gun at this range, however his foe may be able to grab it. But the chances were he could be caught in the strike, perhaps he would have enough faith in his weapon and leave it be.

With that Zain watched as his foe dug into his pockets, with a smile Zain punched out with his free hand. Sending out two Balas at his foe, hope fully it would stop him from doing whatever he was hoping to accomplish. Having his foe attempting at avoiding the Bala should give Zain the chance to rid of one of his weapons.

[Vy]

Another one of those blasts? Really this guy had no originality at all. Those were the thoughts that came through Kousetsu's mind as he never liked to see the same moves over and over, it gets boring and repetitive. Like a child he always wanted to see something new so he could come up with a new strategy to counter it. That was the only fun in battle there was because it was almost like a puzzle. Too bad it can't be said in this battle. The attack had speed but it was missing strength so it's not hard to dodge. The only problem is that he can't use his attack that way so that let him with one option, shunpo. It was a good thing he practiced it since he was someone who depended on speed rather than strength which is already a little obvious seeing he was the captain of squad two and not any other squad.

Quickly he was able to dodge the energy blast with the help of shunpo. Just like every other attacks with reitsu it caused a smoke so he quickly threw a coin at the smoke and shot a bullet at the coin. He made sure it was flipped right that it would bounce off towards his opponent. He stood there for a moment and tried to observe on what he should do next. There was a good amount of things to do after all. He quickly threw more coins into the smoke and at the air and kept on shooting it with as many ammo as he can so that it would rebound up into the sky and then bounce off the coins in the sky to rain down.

His eyes watched the man as he stood there. This guy was quite straightforward with his battle tactics wasn't he? With ease he raised his gun so that it would be in the direction of his other gun and pulled the trigger. He wasn't going to let the man grab onto Hanako like that. He smirked as he stared at the man for a moment and waited so see what he would do. The gun was only going to go higher with each bullet and even more was that there were raining bullets right now.

[Zain Alfo 嗻燕]

Zain’s eyes focused as the man avoided the Bala, he was a quick one. Hitting the ground it knocked up the gravel and with that came the cloud of dust. Obscuring the vision of Zain, and most likely the shinigami as well. Yet his hearing was still good, as he heard the sound of the bullet leaving the gun he lifted his hands getting ready to block the attack. He watched with keen eyes, seeing a the bullet came from the cloud of smoke, yet the man was not within the smoke itself. Nonetheless, the bullet had come from the cloud. So he could make the bullets come from other points, perhaps ‘teleport’ them or curve them?

Yet he watched as the bullet came form the cloud, with a smile he leant to the side as the bullet. Having it skim past him, causing his hair to jump up once more. It seemed Zain would have to release as well, it would be interesting to see how this shinigami would deal with Zain in his first release. Then came many more bullets, flying upwards he watched as they bounced off of the coins the man had thrown before. ‘So that was how he did it, the coins.’

With a grin he watched as the bullets rained down, yet he would have no problems with this attack. With a small grin he use Elrato, with that there was a sudden flux of spiritual energy. With that the blast of energy shot from his body, knocking back the bullets that would have caused some pain to him. A grim on his face, that defensive move was able to knock back enemies. Bullets would not be hard. He had protected himself from the rain of bullets, however his opponents weapon was now out the reach. First it had been moved by his foe, then it was batted away by Elrato.

With a smirk he looked towards the shinigami, unsheathing his weapon he swung it before him as he darted towards the man. His eyes focused and determined as the distance lessened with each second, as he got no more than ten foot away he used Sonido. Apearing to the left of his foe, his blade sweeping down, the plan was to cut deep into the man. Hopefully removing his arm.