Chapter Four: Rain of Silence
Nakura stood on an empty sidewalk late at night, full moon glaring down at her. She was somewhere in Japan, the human world. She pulls out a cell phone like device and flips it open; two dots appear one green and one red. The green one was in the center that told her of her position. In a flash she was gone leaving the sidewalk blank, as if nothing was ever there.
Nakura now stood in the middle of a road, apartment buildings surrounded her. A roar came down through the street and Nakura looked. A giant snake like creature was there, white mask on its face bearing fangs of its own. The hollow charged at Nakura, she pulled her Zanpakuto, "Mizu rise through the lake." At this the hollow slowed to a stop eyeing Nakura. The katana shortened in length, considerably, turning itself into a small dagger, with a thunderstorm design etched into it. "Ame o hikisaku," Rain clouds formed overhead; and it starts to rain drowning out the hollows roar. The hollow roars again looking up towards the sky, nothing was heard except for the pattering of the rain falling onto the asphalt. Nakura held her hand up and mouthed the words, "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! Hadō #31, Shakkahō." A small red ball appeared in the palm of her hand and a beam shot out at the hollow exploding on contact, when the smoke cleared the hollow was dissipating away.
A man stood in shadows not too far from the action taking place he scribbled down some notes onto a small piece of parchment and walked into the darkness.
The cell phone goes off again, "Hmm two in one night, something must be going on." She pulls out the device again and a flurry of red dots appears on it all moving very quickly onto her position. "Shit," Spiritual pressure in the area made Nakura turn around. Standing not too far from her, three Black robed men stood, each with their hood covering their faces. "So what should we do with this one?" the one in the middle asked. He had a sickle like extension rising from his chin going upwards and stopping just before the eyes, his neck was covered in a white cover. To the left of him stood a huge muscular man he had two spikes on either side of his lower jaw. The last one had a full on mask except for his mouth, in his hands he held a glowing white ball.
"What are you?" Nakura asked holding her dagger in a battle stance.
The muscular one stepped forward. "We are The Avatara, and I am 101," He slammed his two fist together to show 101 printed across the two of them. "Zander Grolit and I will be your bringer of doom!"
"No you can't fight them yet, you idiot." Croaked, the full masked one. "He hasn't given any orders to do so yet." He turned and walked away. "Zander, Heori, let's go before any more show up, you scared her already. "
"Avatara huh, to bad I can't allow you to leave." Nakura rushed them. Zander grabbed her right forearm and twisted it shattering the two bones inside of it.
"Can I fight her now?" Zander said with a wicked smile on his face.
"Fine but be quick about it." The Masked one stated.
Zander looked at Nakura and kept twisting her right arm.
Painfully Nakura said, "Hadō #1 Shō." Zander flew backwards a few feet. "Hadō #4, Byakurai." Lightning left Nakura's left hand and struck the asphalt in front of the three Avatara. The three looked around the smoke looking for any deviations in it. "You can't run little girl." Zander spoke.
"Oh yeah, Ame o hikisaku," Rain clouds formed over head again, and rain battered the area drowning out the Avatara voices. Nakura ran into an alleyway trying to escape the three. She put her Zanpakuto forward and opened a Senkaimon, a black butterfly fluttered out and Nakura ran in. The Senkaimon closed behind her and vanished with the rain.
The rain and smoke vanished and the three looked at the immediate area in front of them.
"Look you brute you scared her away before we could have any fun." Heori said smacking the back of Zander's head. A yellow tunnel opened up behind them and they stepped through.
Nakura stood in front of all the captains while she held her bandaged right arm.
"They said that they were Avatara."
The Head Captain leaned forward, "Are you sure that's what they said to you Nakura?"
"Yes Toshiro-Sama." Nakura said bowing her head.
Toshiro sat back in his seat. "Did they say what they wanted?"
Nakura shook her head no.
"Hmm I see. Everyone is dismissed."
The Captains left the hall, Nakura turned around and Jin stood there concern crossed his face.
"Toshiro-Sama I would like to put in a request for Nakura to switch to Squad 3. "
Toshiro stood up. "And why would you do something like that?"
"To protect her."
"That is a good point, but that is not a decision I can make myself. Nakura do you accept the switch to Squad 3?"
Nakura stood there motionless, head down, holding onto her right arm. "I'm sorry Toshiro-Sama, Jin-Kun but I can't." Nakura ran out of the room.
Jin bowed then ran after Nakura.