Jack of all Trades vs the CC

Karakura...one of the most highly active places on earth...when it comes to the spiritual side of things. Why he was here he had no bloody idea. He was escorting a convoy bringing in supplies for the shinigami. He was also supposed to get the Captain-Commander's signature. Whatever they were about to do, it was gonna be something big.

The helpers and the shinigami were unloading the trucks, with a few higher up shinigami directing them. Yuri kept his normal look. No one here would recognize him anyway. He also left his gun and knife at his apartment. He didn't expect to get into a fight. So he had silver hair, cyan eyes, pale skin, and a T-shirt with a jacket and jeans and steel-toed boots. Plus his reiatsu suppressor in the form of a cyan colored ring on his middle finger.

Of course, finding the Captain-Commander had to be difficult. He was unknowingly causing a ruckus. He needed the person in charge of this to sign off on it. And no one seems to understand that. Things started to escalate when one shinigami finally just threw a punch. And ended up on the ground knocked out. Whether they were armed or not, they were taken down when they attacked the young man.

When Yuri was done knocking them out, he had to ask. "Ok...now that you're all out of idiots, where can I find the Captain-Commander so that she can sign off on these supplies so that we can get the hell out of your hair?" He was not in a good mood.

There was a young girl sitting in a small office, deep in the current base of what was once known as the Gotei 13. The girl looked far too young to be working in such surroundings, but there was more to her than what appeared. For this girl was actually running the show. She was Grainné Xios, the Captain-Commander of the Remnants of the Gotei 13. Grainné was a pale-skinned girl, just over 5 and a half feet tall. She had long black hair and curious yellow eyes, a trait she shares with her sister, Diath, who was also in the room helping with the load of paperwork. She wore her usual clothes, choosing to spurn the usual Shinigami uniform, as she found them too bland.

Preparations were currently underway for the long-awaited reclaimation of the Soul Society. Grainné was busy sifting through cargo manifests and requisition orders, with the pile of papers getting bigger and bigger despite her best efforts. Suddenly a harassed looking Shinigami walked in. "Captain-Commander, a shipment has arrived from the Coalition, accompanied by a Mr. Romanov. He is causing quite a scene and is demanding to speak to the one in charge." Grainné stood up, rubbing her stiff spine. "Very well." She noticed that Diath had risen to her feet as well. "It's okay, I got this." Diath slowly sat down drawing her sword a tad closer. Grainné chuckled, and headed for the door.

When Grainné reached the courtyard, she found a young, casually dressed man standing in the center of a pile of unconscious bodies. She approached the young man cautiously. "Hello, I am Grainné Xios, Captain-Commander." She offered a handshake. "You must be Mr. Romanov. Would you care to explain why you knocked out half of my guards?

The silver haired, five foot nine, teenager looking guy turned at the voice. Finally! She offered a handshake. But the question kinda made him want to keep his distance...not like it'll matter much. He instantly started to grow nervious. "Well...they were being idiots by not telling me that they were fetching you or telling me where to find you to sign off on this stuff...whoever in the world actually sent you this...and they attacked me..."

It was at this point that the supervisor actually came up and spoke to them. "It's from the Coalition...Kai Allard-Laio gave them a good deal with hopes of "discussing a possible alliance between us, as like-minded organizations."" The man cowered under Yuri's glare and flare of reiatsu, clearly signifying he was at captain level, and at Toukai level at that. Suddenly, in front of each of the workers, a ball of white, holy energy appeared. And slammed into them. It didn't kill them, but it did knock them out.

"That manipulative bastard. And he switched jobs too! No wonder Angel was so nervious in relaying this mission to me!" Throwing the clipboard and pen down, he started to stomp out. He was gonna have words with his werewolf friend...and that Mage!

If the Captain-Commander didn't stop him first...

Grainné did not mind that the youth did not take her handshake. In truth, she was a tad relieved as she was not big on physical contact. He seemed incredibly impatient and short-tempered. She found this intriguing. It seemed odd that the Mr. Romanov did not seem to know who sent the shipment and that the shinigami workers were so quick to attack him. "Well, if that is indeed what happened, then I apologize on behalf of the Gotei for our people's... misconduct." Grainné took the clipboard and signed off on this shipment. "Thank you for your efforts in delivering this to us Mr. Romanov."

Just as Grainné gave him back his clipboard, a supervisor came forward and told them that he had received information that the delivery was from Kai Allard-Liao of the Coalition, and that the delivery was sent with the hopes of strengthening the relationship between the Gotei and the Coalition. With this knowledge, the youth snapped completely. He knocked down the surrounding workers with a surge of energy. The energy signature showed that the youth was at a high level of power. What he said after was really curious.

Just as the youth started to storm off, Grainné suddenly shunpo'd to about 5 ft in front of him. "Wait." She drew her sword and pointed it at Yuri. She gazed penetratingly into his eyes. "If you do not work for the Coalition, then who are you and who do you work for? You are not leaving here until you explain yourself." Grainné readied herself for talking or fighting.

Just when he thought he had gotten off, she did stop him. He blurred away as she drew her sword, only 30 feet, but still some distance. He put up his arms, like a martial artist, ready for a fight. He stared back. "I'm a mercenary. I hire myself out to the highest bidder. For almost anyone. I'm a bit of a Jack of all trades. I do combat situations, intel gathering, even plumbing and espionage. You name it I can do it. And if I don't, I learn how. Then do it. But I refuse to work for the Coalition. I'm not exactly a huge fan of them. The fact they're now led by a former Board of Directors of the Society only makes it worse. Kai and I go back...and we do not like each other. May I go now? I don't particularly like to fight. And one usually doesn't become the leader of a military organization by being weak. I can't help but think that I'm outmatched here..."

He couldn't sense spiritual pressure at all. Thus could not tell for sure how much stronger she was than him...if she was stronger than him. He'd rather not bring out his Heaven's Gate sword just yet...not until he knew that this was going to end in a fight or not...

Things were getting interesting. It wasn't the fact that Yuri seemed so skittish. Or even that he was a mercenary. It was the fact that he had history with the newly installed leader of the Coalition Against Spiritual Interference, Kai Allard-Liao. This organisation that Kai was formerly a part of, the Society, is what intrigued Grainné. Yuri seemed very eager to leave, but Grainné decided that she would make him stay as long as it took to answer all of her questions. She began to advance slowly towards him,  weapon readied. "You seem in an awful hurry to leave. But I am afraid I am not done with you yet." She advanced until she was about 10 ft away from Yuri. "You are correct that I am not weak, and as things stand I owe you for flattening a bunch of my guys. So as Captain Commander I order you to submit for a more thorough debriefing. Please do not resist. I do not like fighting, but if you resist I will be forced to respond in kind." Grainné had a feeling that Yuri would not come quietly, so she prepared herself for anything.

Yuri frowned heavily and went into a more relaxed stance. Really? C'mon! "They did some misconduct, you apologized, I accept, it's behind us. Unless you intend to pay me for intel. that I have, whether it's from what happened to Chicago or about Kai, I have no intention of staying let alone fight you. I'm pissed off and I don't want to take it out on you, your people, or innocent civilians. Catch me if you can."

Directly below Yuri formed a white magic circle that the guy just fell through. Unless one was a holy user, they couldn't go through it...but non-physical attacks could. Yuri reappeared in an alleyway 300 yards out. Taking off his hat and snapping his fingers, he looked like a fat guy with a beard. His disguise spell. He started to walk away with the crowd, hoping she wouldn't find him...

Grainné had expected something like this. Yuri dropped through his summoned circle and disappeared. Fortunately, Grainné's bird traits and sesing abilities made her an expert tracker. While they were talking, she had analysed Yuri's spiritual configuration. Her energy sensing did not give her an exact location, but it gave her a direction. Transforming into a her animal form, a black raven, to avoid detection, Grainné set off in the direction her senses guided her to. She would be very surprised if Yuri hadn't disguised himself physically as well.

Grainné covered the distance quickly. She arrived at a busy street, with the pavements crowded with people. She landed on a nearby streetlight, and began to concentrate. She got a signal, a large bearded man walking the pavement. Until she was absolutely sure, however, she would simply follow him stealthily, remaining in her raven form.

Yuri walked to an apartment complex on the other side of town, completely unaware of a little birdie. He went inside his apartment, closed the door, and disguise disappeared. The apartment was large-ish, but a little rundown. Single room too. Wardrobe by the bed, basic appliances, bathroom to the right. The abnormally spacious wardrobe was his. First, he needed to get out of town. He refound his vibro-knife and gun and placed them on the bed, with the three extra clips he had. Then he opened the wardrobe...to reveal clothes, clothes, and more clothes. Worse than any woman...and there were even some women's clothes in there too. All visible from the lone window in the apartment...shades open...but he was also three stories up. Window open too.

First, he grabbed some hair dye and some color contacts, tossing them on the bed. Stripping down to his plain white boxers, he started sifting through what in the world to wear. Eventually, he decided on a polo shirt and a pair of khakis. And dress shoes. Grabbing the make-up, hair dye, and color contact lense, he went to the bathroom. Forty-five minutes later he walked out with natural red hair, green eyes, tanned, and overall looked to be in his early thirties. And looked dumbfounded at what he saw.

The captain commander in his apartment. "Where did I go wrong?" He was still in his boxers. Then he looked at his ring. "I forgot to hide my spiritual pressure didn't I?" If looks could kill, she would be dead. But now he waited for her response.

Gliding swiftly and stealthily through the air, Gráinne stalked her quarry through the streets. The portly man arrived at an apartment complex, which he entered. Gráinne watched him enter and followed his energy to his particular apartment. She swiftly landed and entered the building, careful to keep her presence hidden. She arrived outside the door to the target apartment, and surveyed the door thoroughly. She could have blasted the door or use reiatsu to unlock it, but she wanted to be stealthy, and she was not sure if Yuri could sense spiritual pressure or not.

Gráinne drew her sword and cut the hinges of the door silently, with surgical precision. She quietly entered the apartment and, holstering her sword, she waited for her target to come out of the bathroom. Sure enough, after a little while, Yuri emerged from the bathroom... in his underwear. Gráinne nodded at his question, feeling her pale cheeks starting to blush. Locking her yellow eyes with Yuri's green ones, she took a small step forward. "Um... look. I don't particularly enjoy ambushing people in their homes, but you have left me no other choice." Gráinne closed her eyes, took a deep breath, swished her hair to the side, and opened her eyes again. "If a trade is what it will take to get you to talk, then let us discuss one. What is required for your cooperation?" Gráinne calmly awaited a response, keeping her eyes locked on Yuri's, all the while inwardly cursing her now-scarlet cheeks.

Of course that was how she tracked him. He stayed silent. Really? No choice? What a bitch! "At least hand me my clothes right there on the bed. Thanks for blushing though, you actually made me feel normal. Also, don't make me laugh. You DID have a choice...leave me alone or follow me. That was your choice." He put on the pants first, then the shirt. "I'm a mercenary. Money makes the world go round. At least this one it does. Or give me some valueable shinigami tech. I could sell quickly and make a hefty profit. I don't care which. Otherwise, if you'll let me grab my shoes, we might as well go off into the woods and start the fight. Even though I don't want to."

He crossed his arms and stared at her. Please just let him go or give him money. That's all he could hope for. Or she could do the most unlikiest thing and just let him go. That would make his day so much better.

Gráinne considered for a moment. Yuri brought up a good point. Why did I follow him?, she thought. She tossed him his clothes as he asked. She blushed even more when he pointed out that he had noticed her blushing already. He finished talking just as he got his last garment on. "Well in that case I have nothing to offer you. I also know that I probably cannot convince you otherwise. So I will simply let you go. Let us hope you and I do not cross paths again. I might not be as forgiving." Gráinne bowed politely before exiting the building.

(OOC: I'm sorry I can't do more. I really struggle to complete threads if I am not emotionally invested in them. I can handle most threads, but occasionally I find a thread that I simply cannot handle. If I can, I will authorize Yuri's tier-up to 1-3. Sorry again Jun.)

(I second this motion. That is all.)