Are two heads better than one? (Anthony, and Shinjo)

Seis was leaping from building to building through town. Master Anthony had given him a special assignment and he was bound not to fail, and he was even kind enough to give him a communicator just incase it required master Anthony to show. The job was simple, a soul reaper had appeared in town, and neither Seis nor Anthony could take the risk of the soul reaper stumbling upon something, and besides the hollow knew one thing. Shinigami souls are strong, and the soul of one them would easily help bring him another small step to his goal of becoming more powerful. He kept leaping from building to building, one leap was a bit far so he turned his arm into scythe form and extended it far enough to latch onto the building he was reaching for. He made his other arm turn into scythe form and continued to climb up, so he could get a better view of town and mayhaps even spot his target. He climbed to the top and sat, smelling the air for spiritual pressure, he figured the shinigami must not have surfaced yet, and decided to wait for him to appear. He opened his mouth to speak into the communicator and talked one way so he could leave a message. "Master Anthony, I am in position, and will strike once the target has appeared." He then ended the message and began to wait patieintly for his prey to appear.

'And here I am, back in Karakura Town after so long...' Shioshi thought as he stepped through the gate between Soul Society and his destination. And indeed, it had been quite a long time since he'd come here. Heck, it had been a long time since he'd been on Earth period, having been secluded in the Seireitei, training with his newly achieved Shikai. Thinking about that, the Shinigami brought a hand down to the hilt of his Zanpakutou, a grin winding its way across his face. His last visit here had been when he'd reached one of his longest-sought-after goals. That moment, seeming so long ago now, and the events surrounding it had been the driving force that moved him to submit for a Squad change, allowing him to join his new friends in the 5th Division. And now he was finally being sent out on his first assignment for his new squad.

Sure, it was just a simple patrol in Karakura, but that didn't make it any less important of a task as any other. He'd already determined to perform this job to the best of his abilities, and while it shouldn't be too much of a test of his strength, he doubted he'd have many issues. Sighing, and refocusing on the now, he quickly took in his surroundings from the roof of a building a few stories high. He was nearer to the fringe of Karakura Town, he noted, and it took him only a few seconds more to pick up on a higher-than-the-norm Reiatsu. His interest piqued, he immediately took off in that direction, still resting a hand on the hilt of his weapon, but not yet drawing it. As he approached the general location of the large Reiatsu, he came to a stop, purposely picking a larger building to land upon so that he could survey the area.

"Well then, lets see what it is I'm picking up on..." Shioshi muttered, before striding over to the very edge of the rooftop and crouching, beginning his inspection of the area and making it no secret to whoever it was with the higher-Reiatsu that he was around, if said person could sense those with strong Spiritual Pressure. If not, then, well the Shinigami would eventually locate the person- or Hollow- himself, and the problem would solve itself. And to tell the truth, he was hoping it would be a Hollow. He was itching for a chance to apply his Shikai in a real-world combat situation...

Seis began to get bored as he continued to wait for his opponent. At first he had begun to try and strategize a plan, but he was always against whatever he came up and just decided to stick with a sneak attack if the Shinigami would actually show up, and if he didn't; well then the Hollow would go just a little bit nuts. Finally, after an agonizing boring wait the Hollow saw the usual gate which connected this world to the soul society. Seis stoos up excitedly and his blood began to pump. "Finally!" He thought. "Now I have something to sharpen my scythes against." The Hollow then began to leap from the building to the next moving only a couple feet at a time, so that way his spiritual pressure would not be easily detected.

Time seemed to slow down for just a second as the beast watched the door begin to open, and Seis looked on in anticipation feeling as if he wouldn't even be afraid to take on a captain of the court gaurd squads, but he soon forgot that idea because he knew that he would just get maimed. He saw the Shimigani walk out of the gate, and the monster felt the Soul Reaper's power, and quickly deduced that this man was stronger then him, but if he could land a lucky blow the odds could be evened.

He watched the man say something aloud, something about being here again, so that means that the enemy knew this territory a bit, so there went one of the advantages the Hollow was hoping for, but he pushed the negative though aside. He knew he had a chance, and knew one person wouldn't stand a chance against all of Mr.Rourke's forces. He watched the soul reaper leap to a building, and slowly followed him from a distand, and saw the Shimigani stand on the edge of a building looking around, and having an ever so confident look on his face. It annoyed Seis, but he knew he wouldn't be seeing it much longer. The hollow began to inch his way, and leaped to the building the Death God was on, add landed on the opposite ledge he was facing, and then the hollow slightly climbed down a bit to keep his hands hidden and smirked at his own clever plan.

Shioshi's eyes narrowed as he felt the vibrations from the Hollow's landing. He gave no other outwards signs that he knew that this foe had arrived aside from a tightening of his grip on the hilt of his Zanpakutou, though, instead continuing to look around, as if searching for someone or something. He had to give this one credit; the fact that it had managed to sneak up on the Shinigami was no small feat, even if Shioshi wasn't exactly the strongest Soul Reaper out there. He waited a few moments before he began to mumble something under his breath, taking care not to speak too loudly so he wouldn't give away what it was he was doing.

Finally, though, he completed the chant, and then he whirled, hand already extending as he cried, "Bakudo No. 4, Hainawa!" A rope of energy exploded from his hands, moving to entangle and bind the Hollow's arms and hands even as he drew his Zanpakutou and went on the offensive, heading straight in with a series of furious, complex techniques meant for intimidation, not yet attacking as he wanted to get a sense for this Hollow's power before he proceeded any futher.

"Come on then, Hollow. Been a while since I've had a good fight," Shioshi laughed as he waited, his eyes never leaving the Hollow's mask, eyes narrowing even as he seemed to joke since he did not yet know the strength of his opponent.

As Seis got closer to the soul reaper he began to scythe his arms to get ready to land a sneak attack, and continued to advance on his prey. Though, the hollow was surprised that the Shimigani had not picked up his presence yet, and was disappointed thinking that this Soul Reaper was weaker then the rest, but shrugged anyways. Soul Reapers were Soul Reapers, and they all needed to be eradicated for the greater good.

He rose his left scythe once he was a few feet away; his eyes full of bloodlust ready to chop the Devil up, but was then taken by surprise that his target had immediately turned around and already cast. Seis backed to dodge the move, but the scythe he rose earlier had gotten caught on the rope and the Hollow was stuck.

He watched the Soul reaper laugh after he had been caught, and this merely infuriated Seis, but he slowly grinned as the Death God had not called the name of his blade, so it was possible he had not discovered it's name yet. Seis immediately yanked upwards on the rope in an attempt to lift his opponent into the air, and to help in courage that he extended his second scythe arm and sliced horizontally at his enemies side.

He supposed he should have seen it coming. As he was pulled up into the air by the rope and the strength of the Hollow, Shioshi knew that he should have realized this would happen, and, letting out a low curse, went into a spin, wrapping himself with the rope so he would be pulled away from the Hollow's second scythe-arm, narrowly avoiding what would have been a very painful gash in his side. Then he let the Bakudo dissipate, dropping back to the ground and then going into a roll, before hopping back up a yard away from the Hollow. With a new appreciation for this enemy, Shioshi decided he needed to be more cautious in his next attack. Perhaps he'd have a chance to utilize his Shikai sooner than he'd thought, and it wasn't like he was complaining.

But not yet. Quietly, he began readying another Kidou spell, this time an offensive one, while at the same time beginning to shuffle to the side, closer to the edge of the rooftop. His eyes narrowed as his body tenses, ready for him to begin. "Palace of the dead sleeping within the wombs of the earth, tower above the wicked, pass your silent judgment. Hado Number Nine, Pillar of Hades!" Shioshi said, snarling and raising his voice at the end, then slamming his hand on the ground and then leaping from the roof of the building, doing a flip before reaching out a hand to the window sills beside him and scrabbling for a handhold to slow his fall. He scraped and bloodied up his hands a bit, but he managed to slow himself enough to land less off-balance than he'd thought he would. Still, he hit the ground hard, and was forced to lean against the building for support until he recovered.

Spoiler:

Recovering after a few seconds, he pushed himself away from the wall and moved out into the street, eyes scanning for the pursuit that would almost certainly follow. He prepared to activate his Shikai soon, though, building Reiatsu into his Zanpakutou even as he settled into a calm position with his blade, a stance meant for easy flow from defense to offense if the need arose for either. Then he waited, not sure from where the Hollow would approach, although the most direct seemed the most obvious.