Abyssal Night [Zenke]

It had been a while since he had visited the world of the living. He rarely ever dared to leave where he was birthed, and when he did he normally was just there to watch. Yet this time his motives were different, he wanted to see what a human tasted like. Not that big of a problem, no one would miss a single human, yet the problem was that his goal was just a little bit to big. He wanted to go about and devour an entire village, and his caution got the better of him. He had spent most the day just completely circling the the small settlement his mind racing before he finally realized he was actually hungry. He didn't mind it all that much, he actually pushed it out of his mind when he came across some bones in the ground. That was the time he finally took in the surroundings.

He was standing on the outskirts of a settlement in the desert, and not only that, what he had just found was actually the remain of livestock. Yet he couldn't have known that, he had figured it was one of the humans within the settlement and merely let out a laugh, "What pathetic trash to die out here." He turned his attention back to the surroundings, there was little shrubbery in the area and off in the distance he could see cactus. When he paid attention to the sky he was capable of noticing that the sun was setting and a welcome sight was rising, the moon. He had come to love the moon in his life time, always hanging above his head.

He let out a grunt as he kicked the cattle's skull into the town as people were beginning to head back to there homes to head to bed. He let out a large burst of his reiatsu hoping someone would notice him, or atleast one of the humans would be dumb enough to come investigate.

The night air was cool on her ivory skin. Silver locks of long straight hair trailed behind her, as the young woman who wore a red skirt and skimpy black top walked through the desert town. Her feet were bare, and the squish of sand between her toes was quite satisfying. People were heading in, and many gave her strange looks before vanishing.

The girl had her Reiatsu suppressed, so to most she appeared and felt perfectly human. Now, as she walked she noticed she picked up a tail. She looked back, spotting three men, and as if startled she picked up her pace, so did the men. She took a wrong turn and ended up trapped. And then she felt an interesting Reiatsu not to far away.

Helena spun around and backed away from the men. "Who are you? What do you want?" She said, acting cowardly. As they got closer she let out a very loud scream, sure enough the arrancar would here it and might come looking. The scream made the men freeze. people seemed to peek out of houses but no one came to her aid. A pity. The more bloodshead, the better.

The scream set him off, launching with near full speed into the town before letting his reiatsu pulse outward throwing his arms up over his head he let himself continue in a near direct route for where the scream had come from, rushing through buildings with near ease as he came across the small alley with the three men, his face coated in what could be only be described as boredom the moment he noticed what the scene before him was. He had expected something better had been hiding within the town that he had awakened or stirred, but all he saw before him were three humans trapping another, opening his mouth as he began to charge a cero in his hand that he held towards the three humans, "Worthless garbage... This alone should be plenty enough." As he finished his statement he sonido'd past the three men holding his hand out towards them and firing it at the closet. His head turning to regard the female. He spit on the ground as he looked at her, punching his left hand into his right then letting himself rush towards her for a punch to the gut.

Helena felt the arrancar move as the 3 men started to react. Then before they could do much, the arrancar burst through a building and blew up the 3 men with a cero. The blast should have sent her flying really but it didn't, though the arrancar didn't seem to realise or notice. Blood splashed across helena's face. Her purple eyes glowed brighter. The arrancar didn't seem to catch on, as he tried to punch her expecting an easy kill. And in exchange he got claws slashing at his face as she moved with raw speed around his fist.

Helena stopped on the opposite side, six inch claws vanishing back into her fingers. "I came here expecting some fun... But I never expected I'd meet someone so very entertaining." Helena said, with her back to him. "Lets turn this town into a bloody ruin little man, then I'll drag your soul to hell, you'll make a good toy." Helena turned to look at him and as she did, wings started to sprout from her back, and black scales formed on her skin, covering her lower legs and lower arms, hips, chest and shoulders. Helena flexed her wings and let out her sinner energy. "Well... Don't just stand there."

He felt the sudden burst of energy just in time to slam himself into a wall without completely breaking it barely making it past the women as she darted by. When he found his footing again and turned to regard her his eyes went wide for a second before registering what exactly he was looking at. Before him stood a women, who instead of being human as he had previously figured was actually sinner, to allow her own pride to be hurt even a little he was surprised, then again the only one left here to witness the damage was him, and she had just gotten the best of him. "Don't you mock me!", he growled out through clenched teeth holding his left arm realizing how close she had gotten to him. He let his anger subside just along enough for him to collect him composure. Laying his hand over the hilt of his sword that rested on his back, he looked over her once before continuing. "Wouldn't you rather know who you're dragging to hell first? Before taunting someone into a trap. As for the town... I doubt it can be saved at this point, anyone that escapes here will have no where to return."

He took two steps back taking a firm grasp of his sword unsheathing it before whispering his true name out to her, "Burittsu, inazumasenshi". The shield adorning his back spread around him as he took the form of a large armored knight his sword now standing just barely above him. His body fizzled and sparked with electricity as he made a dead sprint at the women his body leave after images as he began to perceive everything increasingly faster, his own body spasming to match the speed at which he was now viewing the world as he ran about her once before bringing his blade over his head with such speed to try and cleave her down the middle.

"Who's trying to save it, little Arrancar? Well, I suppose it helps to know my future toy. Why not." Helena said with a laugh. The arrancar then used his ressurection and she smirked at the considerable power increase. He then came at her moving at an incredible speed. He brought his sword down and cleaved her down the middle. Or so it would have looked, as she side stepped at the last second, the blade hitting the ground beside her. She smirked, and shot forward towards him before he could continue his assualt.

Helena spun herself like a top a she sped past, slashing with her claws and the blades of her wings. As she passed to the opposite side of him she moved into a back flip and landed on the roof of one of the buildings, but in the middle of her flip several spikes of crystal formed in the air around her, and shot as soon as her feet touched down. While the spikes were easy to break they were quite sharp and moved fast.

The sparks around his body began to die down, his expression became one of an oh shit when he registered she had moved, her speed was slowly picking back up as the electricity coursing though his mind began to return to it's original nature just barely being able to comprehend what she was doing next moving in a counter circle and throwing his left arm up to catch the last of it as she reached her normal speed again. He he moved his arm out of the way he caught her just landing from a flip and multiple spikes launched at him. Pulling his right arm towards himself he placed his left arm on the flat of his blade and held it before him using it as a giant shield to protect himself. When he heard the last one crash down against his sword he straightened up and lifted the blade off the ground and cracked his foot down onto the pile of crystals. "I am Styxx the Abysswalker. Child of Arngrim Wolfcloak!"

He held out his left hand holding a new ball in his hand one that sizzled and crackled like lightning but looked like fire. He continued to grow the ball quickly until it was the size of a basketball. Sonido'ing towards the woman with less speed then before but more then he originally had when he made his rush for her in the alley. His sword being held across his back, and his left hand arched back prepared to shove it into her face, when he was about 10 feet away he threw the ball. Flying from his hand with half the speed of a cero, but double its punch.

Helena paused for a moment when he spoke. She considered the fact that he might be joking... But then again her father was well known for his lust.. That fact that there were more kids of his running around sort of amused her, considering her own violent temperment, the others probably weren't much different, and the more violence, the merrier.

"Oh my. I hope I didn't offend you, dear Prince of hollows." She said. He launched a ball of energy and Helena launched herself into the air flying over head as it shot away from her. She landed down on a different rooftop. "Is that the power of royal blood? Only.. You missed.." Helena said, with a sweet giggle.

Helena raised a hand and formed a large crystal spear, and launched it towards Styxx. She then moved, using ranzig to dash ahead of her own attack and attempt to round house kick her playmate in the face, with the rear claw of her foot extended. She then used her wings to propel herself backwards and up, and launch a barrage of tiny crystal spikes at the same time.

His body began to sizzle again and his entire world slowed down again he noticed her next to him. His face spreading into a smile as he threw his left arm up to take the blow, the electricity coursing across his body spreading to the point of impact and biting into her foot causing her to feel as if a bala had hit her before stabilizing back into a slight sizzle. When the contact broke the electricity jumped for a second in the place of contact before continuing it's coursing motion. With the ability to see things faster active already he noticed the spearing coming for him and acted as if he couldn't move fast enough, side stepping it at the last moment. Then forming a bala in his left hand again he threw it into the group of crystals, causing them to be propelled in directions away from him, and for the few that still came for him he cleaved them out of the air with his sword. "Offend? Oh you didn't offend me... You challenged me!"

Finally processing her last words. "Royal blood... He exiled me as a child for not showing any potential as one of his children. Yet that didn't stop me, it didn't kill me! It made me what I am today!" A three fourths circle surrounded him as he spoke a smile upon his face when he looked up to see a full moon rising. Casting shadows from the buildings around them. He sonido'd towards her again with the same speed as previously. When he was within range to swing his sword at her he instead had spears of darkness erupt from the ground towards her, a smile upon his face as they launched out of the ground, his sword following quick pursuit after he sonido'd behind her, once again in a downward cleave.

Helena laughed loudly. "Exiled? Really? Daddy must be getting soft, because he tried to eat me." She said with a smile and watched his reaction. She didn't expand on the statement however, as the arrancar attacked. Helena danced forward as he sonido'd forward, and weaved through the spears of darkness. She didn't quite make it through as one sliced against he hip, but as she ended up on the opposite side of the attack staring at styxx the greatsword hit the ground, and a crystal spear spiked out of the ground in an attempt to catch the arrancar in the chest.

At the same time Helena back peddled away from styxx and opened her mouth to take in a deep breath. When she exhaled, she fired a breath attack of crystal that would hit with extreme force, causing shreading and blunt damage. The attack covered a cone of 10 foot long by 5 wide. Even if it missed styxx, it caused some damage to the houses nearby. But when she was finished she intended on wiping the town off the map.

It finally clicked within his head who she was. She had relations to him, she was his sister, all of it came to him quickly before he felt a sharp piercing pain in his chest. Feel his feet lift off the ground before he broke the head of the spear off in his chest looking up he caught the glimpse of a giant storm of crystals flying towards him within a few feet a shield of darkness encompassed him. The shadow of the blast before him protecting him from it, his feet dragging across the roof top before he fell out of the force of the blast, the entire thing blowing over him as the ripped the rest of the spear head out of his chest. He watched the blast as it tore through another building now that it wasn't obscured. He shook his head to shake himself from the shock before letting his body slowly regenerate.

Leaping back up onto the side of the building which had deep gouges and rivets in it he looked across to the women. His face seeming to be that of just plain curiosity now. His face kept the appearance of curiosity as he spoke, "So you're also a seer of Arngrim? So that would make you my sister...or, half-sister?" He shook his head as he placed his head down into the palm of his head. He had mostly lost his urge to fight at those words, he cared for his own race, even those of lesser race then him the hollow. Yet family had always meant something to him and he found it curious that he was now staring at a relative he had just met for the first time. When he moved his arm though he felt the pain within his chest and shook his mind off the subject. Sonido'ing over to his blade he ripped it up out of the ground placed it upon his back and generated a spear of azure, sonido'ing again before lobbing it at the woman. "So sister! What's your name?!" He watched anticipating what her next move would be, prepared to block whatever he could.

Helena watched his reaction and smiled. He was taking it pretty well, but he hadn't tried to stop the fight. She could respect that. And she wouldn't be killing him today, or any day. She understood the value of family. But she would give him a hard time, just to see how strong he was. "Half sister I think. I recall our father not staying with one lover for very long. I've heard of you before. You are my elder, it seems." Helena said. Styxx attacked, charging forward with a bolt of lightning. 

As he did she formed a thick crystal armor over her body, and blocked the attack with her right hand. Lighting flickered over her, causing a few sparks and twitches from her before it went into the ground. "Helena Elenesta, nightwitch, The horseman of pestilence." She said and dived back into the attack. Slashing with her claws and wings she moved about Styxx using raw speed alone, attacking from various angles with claws wings and feet. "So tell me, is it true there is another child of Arngrim roaming around?"

His body kept away from her using speed as his entire essence began to crackle and sizzle, an occasional scratch appearing on him as an arc of lightning chased his step-sister. When he caught a single opening he finally spoke. "Yes there is another spawn of Arngrim about." As he finished his sentence he rose a wall of darkness between the two of them too break off her assault before leaping up and over the wall using it to propel himself higher his sword resting upon his back he generated a spear of darkness within his hands and lobbed it at her also before sonido'ing onto the ground his foot already up to catch the shaft of the spear with his heel and spin it about to launch it back if she were to dodge the throw. His entire body would spin like a top after lobbing it the second time with his foot, causing him to spin side ways with his blade cutting into the building they stood on, all in an attempt to still cleave her in half. He wore no smile, but held the face of a warrior in combat prepared to defend his honor, pride, and kingdom. "So Helena. Even though you may be my sister you hold little place in my heart other then family." He spoke as he found his foot, a smile cracking across his face as he fell through the roof and the floor of the building below them onto the ground floor. Bursting out the door of the front of the building.

She was interested in his reply. He didn't specify who exactly this other child was though. A wall of darkness appeared between them and she jumped back reflexively. He appeared atop the walll and jumped higher still, then launched a black spear towards her. Helena formed a crystal wall 5x5 feet and sent it spinning towards the spear. She half expected it to continue but instead they cancelled each other out. 

Or so she though... Having ranzig'd to the right straight after,  Her brother landed and caught the spear with his foot and kicked it towards her. The attack would have been fatal if she were slower, but it only puntured the far right of her chest below her breasts and continued on. Sh was left smiling wildly from the pain, as she took deep weezing breaths and blood ran down her side to pool at her feet. "That was dangerous. You almost cut our chat short." 

Helena launched towards him and spun like a top launched off a string. Crystals formed along her wings and arms and shot at styxx in rapid succession creating a hail of blood and bards. But before she herself reached styxx, she kicked off the ground and shot into the air, cradling a glowing orb. A smile crossed her face and her purple eyes flaired brightly with excitement as she let it drop towards her brother. 5 feet from the ground it exploded in a twenty foot radius with the power of 2 gran rey, and sent crystal srapnel in all directions farther than that.

He sprinted away from her his speed slowly returning back to it's natural state as he reversed his direction, used the changing momentum to slide his blade off his back and slammed the tip into the ground as the barbs and blood flew towards him he leapt up and pushed his blade down, causing the ground before him to explode upward causing a natural shield momentarily. He planned to take this time now to crush her in what could only be described as a desperate last assault. He generated an azure ball in his hand leaping over the earth he had launched up. His eyes grew large as he saw a ball of purple energy within his sisters hands, he pulled his arm back ready to throw his attack when he saw her drop it. The resulting seconds afterwards seemed like a blur to him as he slammed his own ball of energy into his chest to enforce his own hierro before his legs took the place of his head and the world seemed to spin all around him.

The he felt himself pinned to the wall, he was more surprised that the wall was holding him at this point, his head limp as he laid with his back to the wall. He had taken the blunt of the force with his enhanced hierro and his armor. Yet in the end he had to revert back to his sealed state afterwards. It was the only way he could handle the situation before him. He tried moving his arm and was met with a sharp pain when he lifted his head to look over he saw that it had three crystals shoved deep into it. Looking off to his left arm it was pinned only by a single crystal through his clothes pulling his arm out he was met with another sharp pain. Great, not only was his right arm skewered, but his left was broken. He tried his best to rip the crystals out of his arm before pushing himself off the wall. Landing on his feet he landed awkwardly spraining his right leg. "FUCK!!!" He let his anger be known his sword and shield lay on the ground before him. Grabbing his shield in his right hand, his sword in the left he tried his best to walk out of the building towards his sister. "You..." He snarled blood coating his face. He had flown through a building and stopped in the next. "..Win..." He took a deep painful breath through broken ribs. "But what does that entitle me to... death?" He took a wheezing breath before collapsing to the ground passing out.

Helena dropped to the ground after the explosion, to find her brother half dead but still moving towards her. Helena watched him collapse and shook her head. That was lucky, given the amount she was bleeding she probably didn't have long yet. Why did he pass out? Its impossible to gloat when the person your gloating to is unconcious. Maybe she'd leave him a note.

Helena ripped open a hell gate and was about to leave him when she looked back. That was family... "Damn my kind heart, i can't just leave you there." She sighed and formed a small crystal ball and closed the gate. The ball resonated with a counterpart in hell, held by her daughter, who would use it as a beacon to find her. Helena walked over to styxx and rolled him over. He wouldn't die before Anna arrived. She sighed again and collapsed.

***

10 minutes later a hell gate ripped open above them, and a young girl in a business suit appeared. She seen her mother lying on the ground and rushed to her side. "What were you two doing!" She said. Anna looked at the arrancar.. He was still alive, but was she suppose to kill him? or help them both.. Anna didn't know which so she put a hand on her mother and read some of her memories. Seemed he was to be saved.

She lifted helena with Telekenisis and placed the pair of the side by side. Then she ripped out the spikes of crystal from the arrancar's arm and removed both her gloves. Placing a hand on each she let her healing go to work. It shouldn't take long to get them conscious again.

He felt himself falling through a darkness, he didn't truly understand what was happening to himself. The only other experience he could describe like the one he was going through was sinking in water, yet in that case shouldn't he be floating back up by now? He just felt himself sinker deeper and deeper, his body feeling heavier. Then suddenly he felt the tension breaking, he felt himself raising, but as his body became lighter his breathing became heavier. He couldn't understand what was happening, he couldn't even move his arms or legs. Just where exactly was he? He had no clue and he doubted he would ever learn.

He began dry coughing, before blood rushed into his mouth and he turned his head to cough out some blood. He tried sitting up but felt the immense pings of pain that were his broken and punctured arm. When he saw the woman near him he tried moving away but had no more energy. He just sat there and watched wondering what was happening to himself, before finally trying to have speech past his heavy tongue, "Who... are you?" He had his eyes positioned on her, watching he as best as he could from his position on the ground. Turning his head again to cough out some blood before looking back at her. When he felt his foot slightly twitch he figured he would feel the pain of his sprained leg, but instead he was met with no pain. He understood what she was doing he thought, she was either giving him energy, or helping him. He really couldn't tell. Putting his head down onto the ground and looking up towards the sky.