A garganta opened in the middle of the sky- five Gillian-class Menos plummeted from the sky and hit the ground. "Our very presence will alert Shinigami to this area. We will destroy the ones that come at first- they will be relatively weak. Only when Vice-Captains or higher rank come shall we retreat," Sekkou said. He and his fellows fanned out and separated, each on the lookout for particularly powerful souls.

Sekkou glided easily down a deserted street, enjoying the cool night air, and the thrill of the hunt he was now experiencing. "M- m- Menos!" Sekkou turned his huge head to see a group of Shinigami looking up at him from the roof of a building. They did not appear to be particularly skilled- but they did have blood on their blades. It was likely they had killed Hollows today. They would make fine morsels. Sekkou reached out a massive hand with surprising speed and snatched up the one closest to him. He quickly devoured the unfortunate Shinigami.

This sudden move caused all the Shinigami to assume attack positions. "We attack on my order!" commanded one of them. "Now!" The six remaining Shinigami leaped at Sekkou bravely. Fools, thought Sekkou. His massive white hand swiped across the sky and swatted two of the attacking Shinigami into the ground. His other hand punched out at the same time, and sent another Shinigami crashing through a building. The last two came at his mask, obviously in an attempt to strike a killing blow. Idiots, thought Sekkou. His jaws opened impossibly wide and he swallowed the two suddenly terrified Shinigami. Their essences flowed into him and spurred Sekkou to continue his massacre.

He reached down toward the ground and scooped up the two Shinigami he had knocked to the ground. The dazed men had no chance. Sekkou absorbed them just as quickly as he had the first three. Finally, he reached into the building he had punched the last one through and felt around, knocking things over inside the building; furniture and walls alike. He felt the a sharp pain in his hand. The impudent Shinigami had stabbed him in the hand! Sekkou roared in rage and grabbed the Shinigami in his bleeding hand. He pulled the Shinigami out roughly and held him up before him. This one would die slowly. Sekkou placed his jaws around half of the man and bit down slowly, his teeth slowly sheering through the man's flesh. The man's scream rent the night. Sekkou silenced him. He watched with a certain amount of disinterest as the added burst of power healed the wound in his hand. Soon more skilled Shinigami would be here, and then...well, then Sekkou would break his bonds.

ooc: spirit power please

Nice development of Sekkou. Can't wait to see what happens when he gets stronger!

+ 2 spirit power

Sekkou would have grinned if his mask had allowed him to do so. His plan was off to a phenomenal start. Already, he could feel the reiatsus of significantly more powerful Shinigami appearing all around the town. He focused on the group nearest him, and began gliding toward it. To anyone who could see him, he looked like a dark spectre of death, of pure malevolence and evil. Sekkou came across the group of Shinigami (six in this group) in the middle of a park. He began charging a Cero.

"There it is!" one of them shouted unnecessarily. "Get it!"

All six of them drew their swords and flew at Sekkou. Sekkou was pleased. These Shinigami were much faster than the ones before, meaning that they would increase his power that much more. Due to his large size, Sekkou knew that he could not engage all of them at once. And that was the reason he had started charging a Cero. As they leaped at him, he released it, causing them to scatter.

Now, he could engage them on more or less 'equal' terms. The first either brave or foolhardy one flash stepped closer to Sekkou to avoid the blast, clearly intent on splitting Sekkou in two. Sekkou relieved him of that notion by grabbing the idiotic Shinigami out of the air and tossing him screaming into his open mouth. Sekkou glowed with more reiatsu as he consumed the Shinigami. It was enough spiritual pressure to give the other Shinigami pause.

Sekkou laughed. The laugh was cold, and a little raspy. "Which one of you gentlemen is next?" he asked. His French voice seemed very strange coming from him, and Sekkou saw some of the Shinigami visibly relax. Their mistake. Three of them came charging at him from below, while the other two came at his neck. Sekkou dealt with the two airborne ones by clapping his hands together and crushing them against each other; and his huge hands. He deposited the pulpy mess into his mouth and roared his pleasure to the night sky.

Almost immediately he reprimanded himself for such bestial behavior. However, he was quickly stolen from that particular line of thought when he felt a sharp pain at his base. The Shinigami had dared to stab him! Sekkou roared down at them, and saw them quake in fear, but relentlessly continue to try to cut him down. Sekkou swooped both his large hands down, scooped up a Shinigami in each one and threw them howling into his laughing mouth. Their screams ended abruptly.

Now there was just one Shinigami left. He looked up at Sekkou bravely, and then pointed a finger at him. "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south! Hado no Sanjuichi: Shakkaho!" As he was reciting, Sekkou was charging a Cero. They fired their respective attacks at each other simultaneously. There was a large explosion; Sekkou felt his own power easily outstrip that of the Shinigami's. When the dust cleared, he saw the Shinigami lying in a pile of rubble. He stirred, and lifted his sword, defiant to the last.

"For your bravery...I will spare you..." said Sekkou. And then he added gleefully, "From a slow death!" Sekkou swooped down on the helpless Shinigami and threw him into his mouth, absorbing his battered essence with relish. Hopefully Soul Society would send more powerful Shinigami in the next round. Sekkou ground his teeth together as blood leaked from them. This was proving to be very fruitful.

ooc: thanks, i can't wait to get out of Gillian stage. i hate rp'ing overly large things

+3 spirit ^_^

Sekkou drifted throughout the city- it had been fifteen minutes since he had...disposed...of the last group of Shinigami. He was growing impatient; what was keeping the Shinigami? And then all of a sudden, he felt rather than saw gashes appear in his sides. He roared in pain and fury. How had this happened? He glanced around furiously as blood came down in slick sheets from the cuts in his body. Another six Shinigami; however these were clad in ninja-esque outfits. They all had shorter swords and were brandishing them with obvious skill.

Sekkou had no idea why they wore such strange clothing; it didn't matter. All he knew was that he needed to consume one fast so that he could heal his wounds. Sekkou roared his discontent and began charging a Cero. He saw the eyes of the Shinigamis widen, and saw them scatter. Two went down, and the other four dodged to either side of him. Sekkou fired his Cero down, sending debris, rubble, and dense clouds of dust into the air.

Sekkou was tall enough for the cloud to not obscure his vision at all. He could see them immediately all stop moving in the cloud. He heard them call to each other to affirm their positions. Sekkou reached down and picked up the one that had last uttered that he was all right, and immediately crushed him in his bare hands to prevent him from calling out. Then Sekkou realized that the Shinigami would probably notice his reiatsu disappearing anyway.

Didn't matter. Sekkou threw the remains into his mouth and breathed a sigh of relief as he felt his wounds heal and his reiatsu level increase. Now those Shinigami would see what fools they were for trying to best him. They would die just as horribly for having inflicted such pain on him. The dust was beginning to clear; Sekkou seized his last opportunity to act with impunity and snatched up a Shinigami in each hand.

He threw these Shinigami into his mouth and felt his power grow even more. He felt his power dwarf each of the reiatsus of the Shinigamis. He felt their fear...no, he could even smell it. Taste it.

(One of the Shinigamis breathes, "His- his power level! It's over 9000!")

They sprang into action like a well-oiled machine. One came up in a movement to slice him up the middle, the other two went at his shoulders. Sekkou met the first Shinigamis charge, gliding forward unexpectedly quickly and in doing so causing the Shinigami's sword to penetrate his flesh, but not very deeply. In addition to doing this, he jarred the sword out of the Shinigami's hands, leaving him defenseless. Sekkou swatted at the two coming at his shoulders simultaneously, causing them to again scatter.

Sekkou took the opportunity to pick up the Shinigami at his feet and devour him. As the slight wound healed, the Shinigami's sword was pushed out of the wound. Two left. They were goners. Sekkou would make sure these two died slower than their luckier colleagues. They came at him like a unit again. Sekkou fired a Cero, dividing them. His arms came inward, his hands opened wide and clasped down around the two Shinigamis.

"You will die slow and in pain," Sekkou said. He began to slowly squeeze. The Shinigamis gasped and then screamed in pain as they felt their bones bend and then break. Sekkou squeezed excruciatingly slowly so the bones would break slowly, so that each Shinigami would feel their ribcage puncturing their internal organs. Eventually, both fell silent. They had passed out from the pain. "Shame..." said Sekkou. He tossed their broken bodies into his mouth and savored the power they granted him like a child with a piece of candy. Tonight was a good night indeed.

ooc: yeah...sorry about the DBZ joke...i could not resist. but yeah, this is for spirit power

lol +2 spirit power ^_^

Sekkou knew it was risky to stay longer than he had already stayed, but he could not resist the temptation, the lure of power. He decided he would wait for one more wave of Shinigami to come before retreating with his fellows. Sekkou did not have to wait long. He soon felt a group of stronger reiatsus appear in his general vicinity. They were very close by, so close Sekkou could practically smell them.

Sekkou began charging a Cero to make sure that they would register his presence by the sudden flare of reiatsu. The Shinigami did not appear immediately, however, and soon Sekkou was struggling to maintain his charged Cero. Luckily, he was not disappointed; three Shinigami rounded the corner in front of him, swords already out. "Remember, this one's already killed many Shinigami tonight; be careful, we'll take this one out and get the others after," said one of them.

So this group must be particularly strong, thought Sekkou. Doubtless they are seated officers, if these are the only group sent by the Gotei 13. Sekkou released his Cero. The three Shinigami vanished as they flash stepped to avoid the blast, and the ensuing debris and dust. Sekkou noted that although all three emerged relatively unscathed, one of them had a nasty purple bruise on his forehead, and one of the others had a torn sleeve, and Sekkou could see that it was not flapping, meaning it was soaked in blood.

"Gentlemen," he said cordially before aiming a devastating swipe at the one with the bruise on his head with his right arm. The Shinigami flash stepped at the last second and dodged the attack. So the head trauma has dulled his senses, thought Sekkou. And then he had an idea. Sekkou plunged his hands into the skyscrapers on either side of him and ripped out chunks of concrete and hurled them at the two other Shinigami.

They dodged; Sekkou saw the eyes of the head-damaged one follow them for an instant. That was his opportunity. Sekkou lashed out with his left hand and sent the Shinigami flying into his mouth. Sekkou laughed at the other two as he absorbed their comrade. "Your friend should've paid more attention," he mocked them. He saw both of them tighten their hands around their blades in anger. They attacked as one, both going at his shoulders.

Sekkou whirled, his arms windmilled and struck more chunks of concrete into the air at his attackers. One of them chopped down and split the missile in half, the other tried to do the same, but his damaged arm could not muster the strength and the chunk of concrete crashed into him. Sekkou's right hand leaped out with surprising speed and he snatched the Shinigami out of the air and deposited his dazed figure between his jaws, where he crushed him in half before devouring him completely.

The last Shinigami glared at Sekkou. "I've lost two friends tonight...you're going to die for them!" He flash stepped right in front of Sekkou's face and slashed down recklessly. Sekkou clapped his hands right where he was for that instant, crushing the Shinigami instantly. He threw the bloody pulp into his mouth and absorbed his essence. "Ahh...like fine wine," he commented. "Time to go though." Sekkou tore open a Garganta and entered it. Upon seeing it, his companions also headed towards it and retreated back to Hueco Mundo.

+1.5 spirit power

The dull thunk of a blade against Sekkou's scaly skin reverberated through the night air. "You're going to have to do better than that," he told the Shinigami. She growled and slashed at him again, this time modifying her reiatsu around the blade. Sekkou sidestepped the slash and looked amused for a second. "You learn fast though. Way of Destruction#27: Reishi Blade!" His right arm glowed blue, and a blade of blue reiatsu about two feet long emerged from it.

Sekkou thrust forward with his glowing blade; she parried it away by chopping down at it. Sekkou reversed his movement and slapped her across the face with the flat of it, sending her spinning to the ground. She growled and flash stepped toward him, swinging her blade horizontally at his torso. Sekkou mimicked her previous movement and smacked her blade away. "I thought someone from 11th Squad would be more of a challenge...I suppose not," Sekkou goaded her.

She slashed at him again, screaming, "I trained under Kaiyo-fukutaichou, I can definitely take you down!" Sekkou merely smiled at her boast, and proceeded to riposte her slash; he managed to cut a slight gash down her torso; nothing serious, but definitely painful. She growled and began a flurry of quick cuts and stabs at him, a desperate attempt to bring him down with sheer force of numbers (in terms of attacks).

Sekkou's facial expression never changed as he parried each of her blows. His blade flicked up to deflect and overhead strike. He chopped down to knock away a stab. A quick twist of his wrist caused her blade to stab the air above his shoulder instead of piercing it. And then, Sekkou began his own attack. He began pushing the offensive, aiming blows at her head and shoulders, using his height to his advantage. His opponent became more bruised and battered the more they continued, but finally, Sekkou intentionally showed an opening.

Quickly, she took it, stabbing out at his upper chest. Sekkou Sonido'd behind her and pierced her spine with his blade, killing her instantly. He smiled, and began to feast...

ooc: fighting skill plz

+1 Fighting Skill to Sekkou