Monsterously Tardy [Xiao-Sama]

[Kenpachi Zaraki]

The air become thick as if a muggy humidity rolled through the atmosphere, pivoting through the hearts of every soul present with the area of the Ichibantai HQ. A surging aura could be felt through the entire area. This was torrent wasn't assumed to be a bad omen. It wasn't a shock to any member of the Taisho class. This was nothing more than on of their brethren appearing from the abyss quite tardy. The slight ringing of bells could be heard outside the threshold of the building behind the doors of the closed chamber. As the person beind the dorr, slowly opened it, the heathy aura rolled into the room, encasing it and spreading faster than a putrid gas.

As the door opened and closed again. The large figure walkting through could clearly be seen. The large, brash man in his ragged Taisho haori and and stiff, pulled back hair with bells at the end, ringing as he shifting left and right walking into the meet. It was the Kenpachi, Captain Zaraki, himself. Zaraki's hair was much longer, having three parts cut into the sides of his head. He had been away from the Seireitei for a while training for future threats to the Soul Society since they could no longer lean on the strengths of the fallen SoTaisho or his promoted brethen. Zaraki was now one of the strongest captains and that position but him at a higher bracket of responsibility. He smiled at the change to fight these new enemies that he's heard rumors about.

Kenpachi looked around the room, seeing it was nobody around. Where was everyone? Today was the day for the meeting. Wasn't it ? He couldn't be late. Or maybe he could. He really didn't care. He jus wanted to ask the SoTaisho whats been going on and go back to train. "Xaio-chan! Where the hell are you? Am I late for this meeting?", screamed the man into thin air hoping the SoTasiho would show up.

[Lhin Demizu]

Xiao had dismissed the meeting some hours earlier and she had been walking around her barracks when a voice would pierce into the night sky. A smile would cross ehr face as she recognized it almost instantly. The only absent person from the taicho meeting Kenpachi Zaraki was finally at the divisional barracks. She was used to him being late for the meetings so this would be a rather conventional thing for her.

Appearing at the opening to the division she would see the oversized captain in his torn haori and twisted blade. Dwarfed by the larger man she would slowly approach him his reiatsu not bothering her in the least.

"Kenpachi-san. It is good to see you. And yes you are late to the meeting. It has been over for a few hours now, but I can fill you in if you wish to walk with me?"

As she spoke she would walk over to beside the larger man and would smile up at him. After a moment she would begin walking a few steps ahead of Kenpachi and she would speak back up.

"You missed some fun. Talked about the assassins of human origins in the human world. Captain Ise volunteered the Eight division to be the brunt of this."

[Kenpachi Zaraki]

Kenpachi looked on as the small, blue-eyed woman walked around him, leading him in the direction of the chamber's corridors. She possessed a beauty not commonly seen in in the Soul Society, an innocent face. Kenpachi could feel her power, he knew that she had more reiryoku then even himself. He began to think how fun it would be to spar with this little woman. She was of course his boss for all inclusive intentions so he couldn't kill her but he did want to beat her til she couldn't fight anymore being that she was one of the only captains these days that could possibly challenge him since most of the older captains were promoted.

He stood there watch the entire time she was talking, not truly listening at all since he imagined the joy of fighting her but his entire train of thought shifted when Xiao mentioned "assassins" who the 8th division volunteered to handle. The crooked smile that Kenpachi had on his face fell to seriousness. "So humans are attacking Shinigami and succeeding. Thats interesting", said Kenpachi thinking about the strange phenomenom as well as showing a little disappointment at missing the meeting because he missed the chance to volunteer his division for the job. He looked up and noticed that Xiao had walked a great length forward with Kenpachi.

"Sp what will my boys be doing? ",asked Kenpachi worried about the role of the 11th Division in this new struggle.

He walked briskly so that he could catch up. Once he made it to her side, his stature far exceeding her's, he looked down from his peripheral and began to ponder outloud. "So, Ice-Princess![/color], mocked Kenpachi to his superior. What do you plan on doing if these assilants get close to you ?", asked Kenpachi, knowing that Xiao was a Kido based fighter. [/size]

[Lhin Demizu]

Walking slowly ahead of the monster of a man Xiao smiled when he had caught up to her with little effort. Hearing him offer his team made her smile as this was all a part of her plan. Turning her head to the side she would give him a wicked looking grin before speaking. "Your boys are to guard me. From a distance of course. Basically have Ikkaku Madarame, Yumichika Ayasegwa wait in gigais nearby. Should I be in need of help I will release my gigai and be fully unreleased reiatsu wise. Kind of hard to miss such a beacon being released all at once..."

The smile on her face got broader after she finished her reply and he asked her bout what she would do if one of them attacked her. A moment would pass and she would chime up. "I would catch them with a restraining kidou. If that would not work and they insisted on attacking me. Than I would crush them with reiatsu alone. No human can stand before the likes of you and I when we allow our full power to be released."

[Kenpachi Zaraki]

As the sound waves reached his eardrums, as the speech was translated in his brain...his smile only got bigger. Xiao seemed relaxed, perhaps too relaxed but Kenpachi had the feeling it was not an act, that she was naturally like that.

"Yea, sure why not, Small Fry!" The man defiantly says as he steps towards the Azure-eyed Shinigami, his left hand grabbing the sheath of his dulled blade while his right hand grabbed the bandaged hilt. He tilts the sword down just slightly before drawing out just a few inches of blade. His pace got quicker and quicker, stepping over hallowed ground as boards kicked up behind hid force and energy, not running yet but not walking normally, until suddenly one step, a single step and he was off, his body shooting towards the small woman as he drew his blade, raising the blade to his side like a wing of a bird before placing it in front of him, tilted forward with the tip pointing Xiao's head.

As he reached his opponent his right heel digs into the ground in front of him, his body turns, to the side opposite of the hand gripping his long sword. Using an amazing footwork Kenpachi placed himself back to back with Xiao, his back not touching her but close enough for her to hear the distinct sound of Kenpachi's hairbells. The grip of his hilt changes into an inverted one as he does a stabbing motion to himself, the blade passing by his side, the tip aiming for Xiao's back.

This was a simple test on Kenpachi's part, he wasn't even using his normal strength and speed. If the sword stabbed the woman it would pierce her lung as it was moving slightly diagonally. Kenpachi then takes the blade while turning around and slash Xiao with a killing blow. If she dodges to either of the sides Kenpachi would notice, his head was turned to the side of his blade so he could follow the movements of the sword and the user in case she moved.

[Lhin Demizu]

Xiao was enjoying herself. It was odd for her to have an evening filled with the several tense moments as she has had to be so relaxing at the end of it. Her entire body language was one of indifference and yet to the untrained mind it would seem she was staring off into space which was the farthest from the truth. Her mind was aware of each particle around her and as Kenpachi closed in she was readying herself.

Closing her eyes she followed his movement through his reiatsu as best she could. Which compared to all but a few was flawless tracking of the movement. Each step he made was followed and each movement plotted as he made it. When hs topped and his bells chimed and his attack did not land she brought her hand to her own blade. Moving her sheath as she felt the air around her flutter and the spirit particles give way to his zanpaktou.

Her blade raised up and using the sheath and her size to her advantage. Her reiatsu flared as she made her move. The deflection of his blade came as she moved with a succession of quick shunpo and drew her blade. Swinging it around she stopped her blade but a millimeter from Kenpachi's neck. A smile was on her face as she looked at the monster of a man.

"You know how to make a lady dance Kenpachi... Now is that all your going to try? Or should I actually think about being serious?"

As she spoke she held the blade close and awaited his neck move.