Beginning to think about what he wanted from Derips, Shuichi immediately ruled out money. There really wasn't much that he could think to spend it on. Besides having a powerful being owe you a favor would be much more useful than a bit of money. "A favor or two would be preferable. Can't think of anything to ask you to help with right now though." Shuichi stated. Hopefully Derips would keep his word if Shuichi decided to call in any favors from him in the future. Although Shuichi had a feeling that with his luck, Derips might instead consider it a favor to give him a quick death as opposed to a slow one.

Derips considered his options here...he could very well just tell the guy away, as he could heal himself up with his own ability eventually, though it would take a while till he did. And the offer here seemed pretty safe, as there wouldn't be anything binding him to do the favor...and on another note, if the favors were simple, there was no harm in doing them. Even better, maybe he could take something out of this himself. He wasn't sure how gullible the healer was but maybe he could get him to talk about some interesting information, you never know.

Deciding it wouldn't really hurt him he said "I'm not sure just what kind of guarantee you're expecting but I'm willing to make the deal..."

Thinking what he wanted from Derips, Shuichi decided that he should definitely try to find out about the arrancar's abilities and his allies. "Well I want to know that if I ask you for a thing or two, you'll help out with them. I also want to hear about what you and your allies can do. Is that good enough for you?" Shuichi said to Derips.

Rising a brow at his request he said" Hnh...I don't see a problem with doing the favors for you when I have a chance...But don't you think sharing secrets of me and my race is a bit to much? I doubt you'd be willing to share information like that with me, wouldn't you now?"
Not that he had much knowledge of the figthing prowess of a huge amount of Hollow...still, sharing what he knew about it didn't look to appealing to the Arrancar

And now it was time for negotiations. Shuichi wasn't very good at it but given the situation he just might have a chance. "No I wouldn't give out information about myself. If it'll make you feel better you can just tell me about your allies." Shuichi responded. While he did want to find out about Derips abilities, Shuichi was willing to settle for information on the other two hollows.

Hmm, the Shinigami-like drove a pretty interesting barging. It also said the boy didn't care much about his companions...or at least wanted him to think as if he wasn't. Derips did realize the boy could just be thinking stuff up as it came by...while the idea occurred to him first, he couldn't just disregarded his intellect as well. Still, he would play along saying" That sounds fair...No harm spilling the beans about some of you're colleagues, hehe" Of course Derips wouldn't have much to talk about since most of the Espada seemed to be nonexistent by this part...and there was the fact everyone could see what Ulqioza was capable of. But he saw a lot of Hollow in his lifetime, he could think up of some abilities to mislead the healer if necessary.

Learning quite a bit about Derips character based on how willing he was to give out information on his allies, Shuichi made a mental note to take what he said with a grain of salt."Okay. Well lay back and hold still while I heal you." Shuichi said.

Giving Derips the oppurtunity to lay back, Shuichi then began to heal his injuries, starting with the most serious looking onces first. "So who do you want to talk about first?" Shuichi asked as he got to work.

Seeing how Derips was laying down during their entire conversation, he didn't really need to adjust his position much as the medic began his work. As he asked his question while starting to preform the task, he inhaled deeply as he said "Well,its hard to say since any name I might recall now most likely wont mean anything to you...Also, you have the slight upper-hand over me since you know race I come from...while I can only guess. The shinigami seemed to be slightly familiar with you, but you didn't look like on of their ranks...so with what group did you end up coming here with I wonder?"

Continuing to work on Derips, Shuichi was making steady progress on the wounds. In fact they were healing faster then he had anticipated due to Derips healing ability (although Shuichi didn't know that). Wondering a bit about the unexpected progress, Shuichi decided that with his luck if he looked a gift horse in the mouth it would spit on him...again. "No, I can't say the names will mean much. But learning what they look like and what they can do will suffice. Shuichi said to Derips.

Giving a sigh when he was asked what race he was from, Shuichi could easily see what Derips was trying to do. However Shuichi wasn't so foolish as to let him turn the tables and get more out of Shuichi then Shuichi was trying to get out of him. "I came here by myself on the visitors ship. If I had an affiliation with one of the other groups then it wouldn't benefit me to help anyone from the other teams." Shuichi stated in his usual gloomy tone.

Derips took in a deep breath as he felt the accelerated rate his body was mending itself up. It was an unusual feeling, after getting used to how slow the process was normally...now it felt slightly rushed in a sense. Hopefully it would work out just fine after the healing. He went silent for a while, waiting for the healer to answer his questions. The answer he got was something he could expect...still, it wasn't all the pleasing sadly.

Still, two could play that game, as he spoke" Hnh...guess that makes sense, though it kind of begs the question why you came here in the first place...unless you just a big fan of figthing competitions, or you're such a benevolent person you want to heal everyone... So, have you seen any of the fights before? One of my companions had been in battle. He looked similar to me cloths wise, it shouldn't be to hard to notice him when he was around earlier..."

Having finished up a few of the serious wounds, Shuichi took note of the progress that was being made as he got to work on some of the other wounds. "Well the competitions seemed like it was something worth checking out." Shuichi gloomily said to Derips. "I haven't seen any fights but I do know who your talking about. What does the guy do?" Shuichi said upon recalling the other Arrancar that he had healed. So far this (as expected) Derips wasn't being too cooperative and Shuichi had a feeling that he would be just as useful with any of the favors that Shuichi might ask him for. Just his luck.

Sighing a bit he said 'That's a shame...Ive also have yet to see any of the other fights before my own. And I'm probably missing other fights to... the last of my team should be deciding the fate of my team as we speak... And Ulqioza... A very elusive fighter. Prefers a sword to using his limbs. Haven't seen much of his special abilities, just know it has something to do with shadows...and he has the same general skills I showed of in my fight. Have you seen my fight?"

"Can't say that I have." Shuichi responded. Continuing to work on Derips wounds, Shuichi could see that it must have been pretty brutal. Given how powerful Derips seemed that would say a lot about Malik if he managed to give him those types of wounds. "So what exactly did happen in your fight?" Shuichi asked, his curiousity having gotten the better of him.

Sighing a bit, from the memories of his scuffle, he said "Wasted to much time. Held myself back for to long. Also didn't expect how adapt he would be with the Shinigami Reiatsu tricks...damn Kido. Cant remember quite how it went... He released his Zanpakuto, I miscalculated his strength, and a concentrated gale of wind cut through me...and that's that in a nutshell." Talking about it made him feel disgusted with himself...but it sounded more fair then talking about other Hollows

Finishing up the last of Derips wounds, Shuichi took a step back to indicate to that he was done. All in all Derips looked pretty well for someone who had been cut by a gale of wind. "Well your wounds have all been healed." Shuichi said to Derips.

"Anything else you remember from your fight that you care to tell about?" Shuichi asked Derips.

Blinking as the medic stepped back, Derips sat up slowly, still feeling rather sore at the healed parts, but for the most part feeling pretty well. Stretching his body just lightly, he said "You have my thanks, stranger...It'll give me a lot of time to prepare for the upcoming fights... And about the fight? Be weary of the Sou-Taicho, as he truly deserves the title. He is proficient in every style of the Shinigami Combat, and regretfully, didn't need to use his Bankai to defeat me...his powers are wind based, and they hit pretty hard. And he is a ferocious fighter...wont stop till he cuts you down... In fact..." Derips couldn't help that small smirk forming around his lips as he said "You could easily compare him to a hungry Hollow trying to get its prey...Would be a scary sight to see him actually angry..."

Slowly standing up, he said "Once again, thank you for you're assistance...if you'll ever need help when on the Island, You'll probably find me. If you don't exhaust you're favors before we leave...well, who knows when our path's may cross? Now if you excuse me...I must see my fate being decided by factors I can not control..." he said with a rather gloomy tone, walking out of the tent slowly, wondering just how far did the fight between Leiko and whoever her opponent was went..."

(Exit)

Staring at Derips as he checked over his own wounds and said what he wanted to say, Shuichi gave a shrug in response. Taking note of what Derips said about Malik, Shuichi really hoped that he wouldn't come across the man again. Although knowing his luck they probably would meet again. "Great. So now a guy who doesn't need his banai to take out powerful hollows knows about me." Shuichi thought to himself with a sigh.

Making a mental note to tell Shirio about what he had learned, Shuichi watched as Derips left. Taking a seat on one of the empty spaces, Shuichi would begin to doze off and hope that no one needed his help for a little bit.


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