Xavier vs Ryo

Xavier and Ryo stared at each other, ready for the fight that was about to commence. Ryo brought Frieda out and she was wrapped around his right arm. Xavier did some stretches and then looked ready for combat.

"Time and time again you show up to humiliate me," Ryo said angrily.

"It isn't that hard you know," Xavier said with a smile.

"I'll make sure that you don't leave this room alive!" Ryo shouted, "Frieda!" The snake doll starts lashing at the area around Ryo. Xavier flash steps behind Ryo and nails him in the back with a punch. Ryo stumbles forward and quickly turns around.

"Come now," Xavier stated, "did you really think I'm going to let you make snakes?"

"You don't have a choice," Ryo said with a smile. Frieda's eyes glowed and the little markings that she made start glowing and snakes came out. Xavier flash stepped away from the snakes and Ryo slashed Frieda's tail behind him in anticipation of Xavier's attack. However, he wasn't there. Xavier thrust a kick at Ryo's back and he went flying into a wall.

"Did you really think that I was going to do the same move again?" Xavier asked as the snakes flew towards him. Xavier turned around and transformed into his bear-human hybrid form. All of the other Bounts stared at him in shock.

What kind of power is this? Jin thought in shock, I've never seen this power. Xavier ripped through all of the snakes easily. He then changed back into a human.

"Xavier," Rukia said in shock, "how did you transform without-"

"I'll explain it to you all later," Xavier explained, "trust me." Suddenly, Ryo was slashing the area around him. Xavier flash stepped towards him and launched a punch. However, Ryo was ready this time and dodged it and lashed Frieda's tail at him. Xavier skillfully dodged and jumped away. Ryo continued to lash at the ground.

I don't know what you are trying to do, Xavier thought as he flash stepped towards Ryo and appeared above him, but I'm not going to let you go through with it. Suddenly, a gray snake lashed it's tail at Xavier and sent him flying into a wall. He recovered quickly and flash stepped towards Ryo again. This time he came from his right side. Ryo saw this and some more snakes launched themselves at Xavier. He transformed back into a bear human hybrid and started to rip them apart.

I don't understand, Rukia thought in shock, from what we know about Soul Shifters, they can only transform into an animal that they have a picture off. Yet Xavier can freely transform into a bear, and a bear human hybrid freely. Why is that?

"Rukia," Ichigo said firmly, "go get Ishida. I'll stay with Xavier and make sure that he gets out of this."

"But Ichigo," Lirin said seriously, "you two can't take on all these Bounts alone."

"Trust me," Ichigo replied, "and go. Lirin, Noba, Kurodo, make sure to help her." Silence fell over them. Xavier had just finished ripping through the last of the snakes and he transformed back.

"Alright," Rukia said with a smile, "let's go." She ran off with the three Mod Souls following her. Xavier stared at Ryo had had stopped thrashing Frieda about.

"What's wrong?" Xavier asked with a smug tone, "giving up already?"

"No," Ryo said with a evil smile, "I'm just beginning. Frieda just had to make some preparations."

"Oh for your funeral," Xavier replied, "that's completely understandable." The other Bounts start laughing.

"It's for a funeral alright," Ryo said as a pattern on the floor lit up, "it's yours."

"It's going to take more than a large glowing symbol to kill me," Xavier replied. He flash stepped towards Ryo and where he landed, a symbol appeared beneath him.

That can't be good, he rolled away and a column of snakes shot out of the symbol and went to the ceiling.

"Nice reflexes," Ryo said with a smug smile.

That never happened before, Xavier thought, maybe it has to do with that symbol on the floor.

What happened? Ichigo thought, why did that happen?

Experiment time, Xavier thought with a smile. He flash stepped to a wall nearby and the glowing symbol appeared again. He then flash stepped away to the opposite wall and it appeared again. He then jumped down to the ground to avoid both column's of snakes that had appeared.

"Having trouble?" Ryo asked with a smug tone.

"At first yes," Xavier said as he turned to face him, "however, I've figured it out. You made that symbol on the ground with that doll of yours. Then, it senses where I'm going to land in flash step and puts that symbol there to make a column of snakes appear to cause major damage to whoever gets caught in it. Like a net."

"Very good," Ryo said as he clapped his hands, "this is Frieda's Snake Net."

"Well named," Xavier replied.

"And now you can't use your flash step without it eventually it being used against you in the end," Ryo said with a vile smile. To everyone's surprise, Xavier smiled.

"You are right about that," Xavier said while holding onto the smile, "if I keep using flash step, I'll eventually be caught in the net. No doubt about that. But you talk as if you have won."

"I have."

"That is where you are wrong Bount," Xavier replied, "you haven't. Because I have many different ways to beat you. Such as that form I took when fighting you in that loading bay." Ryo's eyes widened.

"Where you turned into a mongoose?"

"A mongoose human hybrid," Xavier explained, "and while that would be the best and easiest way to defeat you, I'm not going to use it."

"Xavier!" Ichigo shouted, "this is no time to fool around!"

"Trust me," Xavier said calmly, "I know what I'm doing." He pulled on his chain and the book flew out of his pocket. He grabbed it and opened it to a random page.

"What are you doing?" Ichigo asked in shock.

"Let's see how well your luck holds out Ryo," Xavier said as he started to change. Everyone stared at him in awe except for Jin. He was intrigued by this power.

He opens it, he thought, looks at something and transforms. Interesting ability. When Xavier was done changing, a humanoid figure was standing there. He was mainly dark gray and had a gray shell on his back. He had a tail about three feet long that matched the color of the shell. His mouth and noise stuck out a little and his ears were on top of his head.

"A human armadillo hybrid," Xavier said with a smile, "this should be good."

"How the hell are you doing that?" Ryo shouted.

"It's my power," Xavier replied, "which is no concern of yours Ryo. For you are going to die." Xavier started running towards Ryo. Ryo then lashed at him with Frieda, but Xavier jumped into the air to avoid the attack. He then curled up into a ball as Ryo launched another whip lash at him. However, the shell repelled it. He then started spinning forward and also falling towards Ryo. Then, he lashed his tail at Ryo and landing a hit on his face. There was a deep gash on his right cheek with blood coming out of it. Ryo put his left hand up to it with wide eyes.

"You. . .filthy human!" he shouted in shock.

"But I'm not an ordinary human though," Xavier said with a smug smile, "I'm your worst nightmare." Ryo starts lashing at Xavier wildly, but he curled up into a ball and was hit on the shell. This time, the force of the impact sent him flying into a wall, but he bounced off of it.

"WHAT?" Ryo shouted angrily as he followed the movements of Xavier. All of the other Bounts were as well. Then, Ryo couldn't follow his movements any more and the other Bounts lost track as well. Xavier was bouncing all over the place at a incredibly fast pace. It seemed that only Jin and Ichigo could follow his movements.

I can't believe he got this momentum, Ichigo thought in shock.

Impressive abilities, Jin thought, however, this does put a hindering on my plans. Suddenly, Xavier flew towards Ryo and got him completely off guard. He wrapped his tail around his neck and used the momentum to snap his neck so bad, his head was on backwards. There was a great loud cracking noise to go with it too. Ryo stood there with a shocked look on his face. Xavier turned around to face Ryo's backwards head and changed back into a human. Ryo then started to turn to dust. Xavier just stood there with a smile on his face, watching as Ryo became dust. Soon, a pile of dust and Ryo's clothes were on the floor and Frieda was gone as well. All of the Bounts stared at him in. Some had neutral stares, one was smiling, and one looked shocked about what had just happened. Xavier then cracked his knuckles and his neck while holding on to his smug smile.

"Now that asshole is dead," Xavier said as he reached into his pocket. All the Bounts stood ready to attack. But then, he just pulled out a small notebook and a pen. He opened it up and was looking for something.

"Ummm. . .what are you doing?" Ichigo asked curiously. Xavier walked over to Ichigo and showed him the small notebook. Inside at the top of the page it said; "People I need to Kill.' Ichigo's eyes widened and then Xavier crossed off 'The Bount that called me an annoying pig.'

"Now that is done," Xavier said as he put the small notebook and pen away, "which one of you vampires wants to go next?"

End of Chapter

Xavier and Ryo fight with Xavier being the victor.

Who will he face next?

Or

Will they escape with Ishida?

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Unforeseen Problems

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