It was just another normal day in the wastelands for Ryuu. Having gone over the supplies that he had stored in his home, Ryuu noticed that he was a bit short on food. While he still had more than enough food stored just in case, Ryuu knew that was a problem that he would have to deal with eventually. SO NOW OUR HERO WAS OUT IN THE WASTELANDS SEARCHING FOR CARRION. Or something that he could turn into carrion. Either option worked for Ryuu.

Happily skipping along the barren rocks that the wasteland was made out of, Ryuu looked out the cloudy sky to see how much longer until it was dark. "Looks like I only have a few hours." Ryuu said to himself. Surveying the area that he was in, Ryuu then looked for anything that would prove to be of interest to him.

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Many of these caves sit dormant among this particular stretch of the Wasteland. Over the years in which Andra studied these parts he came across no entity of interest. This area was like a gulch surrounded by numerous caves, the steep center of which littered with bone remnants of victims. His research was far from done however as of late he did not visit these cavities of the Wasteland. And so it was long overdue for a scanning. While Ryuu was surveying the area Andra was trying to remember which sets of caves he had not explored yet. Before he can manage an answer for himself, there he sees it. A humanoid figure walking down a path of cave entrances across from Andra's standing point.

Andra just stood there for a second, baffled. Was this a new resident? Did Andra unluckily skip this thing's cave? The red-eyed devil Andra only remained in place for a few seconds before departing off toward Ryuu. After taking a narrow path down to the center of the gulch he moseys on over to the other side, stepping between large bones and stepping on the smaller. Soon he was at the other side of the gulch and walking up the single path leading to Ryuu. As Andra arrives he calls out to the wandering man, "Hello. Do you live here?"

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The Wastelands, the second to final frontier. And at the moment devoid of any carrion to eat. Well at least from what Ryuu could see. However there was plenty of other vantage points that could aid Ryuu in his search. His search FOR SUN BAKED HALF EATEN CORPSES. And it would be a wonderous quest to partake in.

However before Ryuu could take the next steps in his QUEST ACROSS THE BARREN WASTELAND IN SEARCH OF HOLLOW CARCASSES, he was interrupted. Turning to face whoever spoke to him, Ryuu's eyes rested upon the arrancar. Sizing him up, Ryuu could see that he was tall and seemed to be strong. But what else was there to the arrancar? Well Ryuu would just have to find out.

"And may I ask who wants to know?" Ryuu said with a smile.

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"Apologies, my name is Andra Udinaav. I am an Arrancar, just like yourself." he replies. He examines The Smiling Man briefly, quickly deducing that he was not one of any physical prowess. It was not everyday he ran into an Arrancar, in fact it was quite rare. He decided he would not let this one slip through his grasp and so he pulls out the friendly card from his deck of playing cards, figuratively of course. Andra shifts his gaze up toward Ryuu's gaze and explains, "I ask simply because these earthen cavities are usually, if at all, filled with more animistic Hollow. Adjuchas, if you will." Andra makes a bold move by taking a few steps over toward Ryuu, stoping once within range of extending his hand outward. In which he does ever so cautiously, "Nice to meet you--" Andra pauses, allowing Ryuu the chance to muster up an alias, name or false name.

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"So I can see that." Ryuu said in response to Andra mentioning that he was an arrancar. Afterall the man's hollow mask did stick out a bit. However for the moment Ryuu decided that he might be worth talking to. Afterall it wasn't every day that he got to meet another arrancar. Plus talking to this one might turn out to be entertaining.

Taking note that the man was moving closer, Ryuu then saw that he was merely giving a handshake. Grasping Andra's hand, Ryuu gave him a firm handshake before saying, "My name is Ryuu." Afterall Ryuu couldn't think of any particular reason to give a fake name. The man knew that he was an arrancar and Ryuu would only give a fake name if he was trying to hide what he was in order to blend in.

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Andra's grip was just as firm and upon ending the handshake he steps back a couple of feet to regain his personal bubble. "--Ryuu."

"Well, Ryuu, I'm just returning from the Rukongai. Have you been? Specifically I was visiting the third district, in a tavern ran by an old looking drunkard, semi-tall with brown hair and his eyes might've been hazel, I'unno, maybe.. greenish yellow. Most notably, he had a scar on his face. Anyways, should you run into this man, I suggest you be wary as he was not very welcoming toward our kind. I guess my point is, the son'bitch refused to serve me and now I'm hungry. So.. what are you doing out here, hunting I hope?" he mouthfuls before hinting at a hunt. Was he suggesting on raiding the tavern? Or was he just suggesting on nomming on the nearest entity? The world may never know.. until next post.

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Giving a blank stare at the arrancar, Ryuu was impressed by how much he could talk. He wouldn't even let Ryuu give one of his amazing and witty lines. Let alone an actual answer to any of the questions that he was asking.

"Yes i've been to the Rukongai. In fact I hear it's quite lovely this time of year. Although I can't say that i remember a barkeeper like the one you described." Ryuu said in response. However Ryuu had to admit that he was a bit suprised that Andra thought he could get away with barging into a tavern when it was obvious that he was an arrancar. "And to answer your question. Yes I am hunting." Ryuu continued.

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Andra slings his hand aimlessly in the air, waving it off in the direction Ryuu was heading, "Well then, lead the way Ryuu. We can assists each other in gathering food supplies." The Arrancar begins a steadily even stride, crossing his arms at his chest. During their walk about the area he shifts his left and right, studying the areas for any stalkers and or predators. After moments of walking hastily down the path of caves Andra says, "I do know of a particular toxic pit in which Adjuchas normally gather around. I must warn you though that once entering this territory you must be prepared for battle." The Arrancar lazily turns his head to set eyes upon Ryuu, still wondering what potential he had.. if any. However it is not an easy feat, becoming an Arrancar, and so he felt deep down inside that there had to be something useful in him.

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"Works for me." Ryuu said as he went down the path. Adjusting his pace so Andra would be next to him instead of behind him, Ryuu wondered if he could trust the arrancar. For now Ryuu would try to give him the benefit of the doubt although he would have to be sure to not lower his guard around him.

Briefly considering Andra's offer, Ryuu decided that it wasn't the best idea. Ryuu knew that it would be easier to kill and transport a solitary hollow. If he went to an Adjucha gathering place he would have to deal with multiple enemies. Besides it would be easy for Andra to use him as a decoy if things went badly. "I'll pass on that. I'm trying to find a single hollow. Not a group of them." Ryuu said as they continued to walk on the path.

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"Very well."

As they walk the only other sound beside talk was the noise of their footsteps. It was between the conversing that Andra would hear a light, very light scratching noise. The noise seemed so hushed, almost even soundless. And so he did not mention something to Ryuu, just merely peered about the area and advised him briefly, "Check our six, every few minutes." Andra begins getting this terrible feeling, sorta like a disturbing being intruding upon his general area. It was like a sixth sense ringing throughout his entire body. They were being watched and Andra did not like being watched. The red-eyed Arrancar starts to pick up the pace, leaving Ryuu behind only a few steps.

Then BAM like sack of bricks to the side of someone's face, Andra is horribly impaled from the side by large, bull-look demon from one of the caves at their side. Thankfully the horns on this Adjuchas were spiraled and dull, much like that of a Goat and the gap between the horns was plentiful enough to fit Andra in between them before bucking him off and down the steep side of the gulch. Like a ragdoll, the Arrancar tumbles aimlessly down into the array of bones. For the moment he does not get up and so it appears like he is down and out.

But is he?

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Continuing to walk, Ryuu was unaware of the scratching sound behind them. However what Ryuu did notice was that seemed to be on edge. Noticing that the arrancar was glancing around, Ryuu got the clue that he heard something following them. If the two of them were indeed being followed by a predator that would raise some questions. Was the predator alone or was it part of a group? How powerful would the predator be if it thought that it could take on two arrancar at once? WHEN DID THE PHRASE 'WATCH YOUR SIX' BECOME COMMON? That had been the first time Ryuu had used that phrase used. Was a rather odd way of telling someone to check behind them.

That was when things took an interesting turn. Andra had been impaled and thrown down the side of the gulch. But he would probably be fine. It was probably just a fleshwound. However now Ryuu would find himself alone with the bull hollow. It truly was a pity that Ryuu didn't have a cloak of some sort with him.

Jumping back and drawing his sword on reflex, Ryuu faced down the beast. Observing his surroundings, Ryuu had to give the advantage to the adjuchas. The path that he was on was narrow which would make dodging difficult. Plus Ryuu would now have to go one on one with the the beast. "El Toro. El Toro." Ryuu said as he moved into his combat stance. Keeping his guard up, Ryuu continued to observe his surroundings to look for any type of advantage. Or if he was really unlucky another hollow which might join the fight.

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Andra sighs as he erects into a sitting position. He dusts himself off and glances around the bone-littered area momentarily, taking in that he was just blindsided by a damned bull. When getting up onto his feet he looks upward, noticing Ryuu alone with the Adjuchas. He doesn't observe the situation for long but instead takes off in a rush. Andra ends up approaching the confrontation from Ryuu's side, he barells past Ryuu whom had his sword drawn and at that exact moment of Andra's appearance, the Adjuchas takes off. The bull was raging in a thrashing buck-like charge that while starting off slow, was gradually picking up. However the gap was not enough to allow the Adjuchas acceleration.

Seconds before clashing with this bull, Andra preps his hands out in tense, open palms. With precises timing and flawless accuracy he lunges out not only these palms, but every last inch of strength in his body and quite literally grabs the bull by it's horns. His stances does not waver albeit the brief skidding a few inches back. "Huuu!" he bellows in a deep grunt as he shifts the bull slightly to the left before heaving it heavily to right and down the same side of the gulch he went.

As the Adjuchas takes a tumble Andra seizes the opportunity to take a second to regain himself. He glances down at his hands, almost instantly taking notice to the reddening around his wrist. While not even being able to feel the pain he gently rubs his wrist and mumbles something about it being sprained. Luckily however this was his left hand, and not the primary, right. Andra walks up to the edge of the steep gulch side and looks for the nearest ledge, upon spotting one he takes a leap down to it and continues this process a couples times more until he reaches the bone pit. Strolling over to the dazed Adjuchas he clutches his right hand into a tightly balled up fist. Upon approaching the injured prey it looks up at the Arrancar and before it could even utter a howl, Andra gives it a knuckle sandvich square in this kisser. Then a second directly center of it's mask and a thrice in the same spot which causes the mask to take on an array of cracks the shape of which is a spiderweb.

"Cheap shot dirtbag!" he growls at the twitching, barely conscious Adjuchas.

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It was just Ryuu and the bull. Two monsters, both of which were hungry. One would survive and one would fall. Well that was the case until Andra began his charge. Noticing Andra enough in advance so he didn't attack him out of suprise, Ryuu lifted an eyebrow when he grabbed the bull by the horns. "Come on Andra. I believe in you." Ryuu called out as the arrancar threw the hollow down the gulch. As he looked at Andra's success, Ryuu knew that it was all thanks to his inspirational encouragement.

Watching as Andra then went down the gulch (again) in order to finish off the hollow, Ryuu chuckled to himself. "Seems like that one enjoys fighting." Ryuu muttered to himself as he watched Andra punch the hollow in the face. However, Andra would soon find that he had company. In this case company consisted of a hollow that looked like a gorilla which was approaching from behind him. Standing at eight feet tall the beast had four arms and it didn't look very happy.

However that was when Ryuu heard something move behind him. Quickly turning around, Ryuu found himself face to face with another hollow. This one was as tall as Ryuu and looked like a velociraptor. "Seems like it wasn't alone." Ryuu said to himself as he prepared for a fight.

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Yet again the Arrancar musters up a sigh as he turns around to the sight of a four-armed demon Gorilla from hell. "I'm guessing these Adjuchas are more advance. Otherwise why would they be in a pack? Stay on your toes, Ryuu." Andra calls out briefly as he quite literally has a stare down with the Adjcuhas before him. It was quite large, muscular and extremely pissed. After minutes go by of neither him nor Adjuchas making a move, Andra says, "What are you waiting for you monkey fuc-" And with quite the reflex and agility, the gorilla juts forward and gives Andra and a good ole 1, 2. And 3.. and 4, all directly aimed in his gut. The strikes came quick but Andra felt literally nothing. After the Gorilla was finished with it's mini barrage, Andra just staggered slightly place, chuckling evilly. "Hahahahaha-ahhehehehe-kekekekekuuuuu~"

Andra grasps up onto the Adjuchas shoulders and pulls him forward into headbutt. He knicks the Adjuchas mask in the clashing before stumbling back, breaking into more laughter as a thin trail of blood runs down from a small cut on the impacted point of his forehead. Unlike the red-eyed devil, the Adjuchas took a small tumble backwards. Only briefly before it released a dark, deeply distorted roar. This bellowing howl ended in the Gorilla once again charging forth at Andra however this time Andra was gathered and ready. He unleashes a small combo consisting firstly off a right jab to the charger's face which loosens his footing for the following. Andra drops low in a spinning maneuver with his leg extended for a sweep-kick to catch the Adjuchas off guard.

And so with success he brings the mighty beast down onto it's back before drawing both his swords. In a messy, yet thorough swipe, he cleaves off the bottom set of arms, leaving it with only one pair. Upon removing it's limbs it reacts by thrashing and flailing around in pain, bucking Andra off with a clobbering left hook to the ribcage. The Arrancar flings over into a pile of bones, gripping the hilt of his swords tightly as to not lose grip.

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"I'll keep that in mind." Ryuu called back to Andra. Noticing out of the corner of his eye how Andra's fight was going, Ryuu had to admit that he was impressed. It seemed like he was as strong as he looked. Plus he could take a good amount of punishment.

"Seems like your friend isn't doing so well." Ryuu said to the velociraptor. Smiling at the hollow, Ryuu slowly began to move closer to the hollow. Searching for an opening, Ryuu looked for any muscle twitches that would indicate that his foe was making a move. Hopefully Ryuu would be able to provoke the hollow into doing something stupid.

Meanwhile Andra would find himself in for a nasty suprise. While he was busy boxing with the gorilla, the bull had managed to recover regain it's bearings. However instead of attacking, the bull instead backed away and moved to the gorilla's side. By the time Andra would have gotten back, the bull would have used it's healing power to heal both it's wounds and the two bleeding stumps that had been the gorilla's bottom arms.

Giving a snarl which turned into a loud roar, the gorilla would pick up it's two severed appendages and charge and Andra, wildly swinging it's severed arms. Meanwhile the bull would attempt to circle around the two combatants in order to find an opening. Surely this would be a battle for the ages.

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The dinosaur-like Adjuchas before Ryuu releases a battle scream as it inches in toward him. The pitch of the scream seems to elevate rapidly and begins to get to a point in which the pitch begins to cause damage to nearby eardrums. However by nature, by ability the velociraptor concentrates and scopes the pitch into stream-like force which is aimed directly at Ryuu. The appearance of this attack is an array of rings emanating from it's dropped maw, each of which grows in size as it travels toward the Arrancar. If struck by this Ryuu would suffer from temporary deafness. (1 post)

Meanwhile down in the bone pit Andra was in some deep shit. Not only did he have two enraged enemies to deal with but he needed to take a tiny break to recover his breath. And so now it was the evasion phase. As the Gorilla came forth flailing it's limbs Andra sheathed his swords and jumped to the right. He takes off down a cave, this particular cave was a connecting cave which led down and out the other side of this gulch. Andra took position from within the darkness of this cavity and quickly gained the element of surprise.

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Ryuu continued to approach the velociraptor when suddenly it began to scream. Gritting his teeth as he felt the pain in his ears, Ryuu had to think of a way to deal with the scream. Knowing that the sound waves that the velociraptor was screaming could be cancelled out or at the very least weakened by another loud noise, Ryuu began to laugh. Loudly.

Whipping his swords down into the ground then back into a standard combat stance, Ryuu brought his free hand up to cover his eyes this kicked up a fair amount of dust between the two combatants. Stepping forward, Ryuu swung his sword down onto the velociraptor's location. Assuming he was lucky enough he would manage to hit the beast and put embed his sword into the monster's torso. This would mean that Ryuu would take the velociraptor's sonic attack head on although if he was lucky his carefree and bloodthirsty laughter would have some sort of dulling effect on the attack.

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Andra would find himself in hot pursuit by the two adjuchas (insert benny hill theme here). While he did manage to keep a constant distance between his two pursuers, something strange would happen. The gorilla being the hotheaded adjucha of the pair, would blindly charge down the tunnel. However upon going a few meters in, he would respond to a roar from the bull and go back out of the cave. It appeared that the wily bull had come up with a dastardly plan. Grunting in disappointment that he wouldn't be able to bludgeon the big man to death with his severed arms, the gorilla stood behind the bull as the bull moved closer to the cave mouth.

Assuming Andra was watching the cave mouth, he would see the outlines of the two hollow as this occurred. He would also see a red light begin to form in front of the bull hollow. Of course this could only mean one thing. THE BULL WAS ABOUT TO FIRE A CERO.

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An eye for an eye.

As Ryuu walks directly in and through the path of this attack he takes on the full deafening force of the attack, regardless of his laughter. The scream manages to do it's job before the raptor is impaled at it's side by the Arrancar's sword. The scream ceases as the Adjuchas is injured however in pain it lunges it's head forward with a snapping maw directly after being struck. Each one of it's teeth are razor sharp and arranged neatly in thick rows. Then, suddenly, it's passive kicks in which allows the raptor to temporarily unhinge his jaw to literally take in the entirety of Ryuu's head and snap it off at the neck.


Andra sighs as he notices the accumulation of a Cero from the mouth of the cave. Under his breath he mumbles, "I could just wait in here, chance are they'll miss. However they could collapse this entrance in on me, gaining a decent window to gang up on Ryuu." Deciding he shouldn't abandon the Arrancar just yet he steps into the path facing the cave entrance. "I hate doing this.. it feels like I'm throwing up.." he continues to mumble. Before the opposing cero is fired, Andra gathers up the energy required for a Cero, it's form gathering and literally filling up in his mouth. Both cheeks inflate and his eyes squint as if struggling to hold it back. In one foul load he upchucks a hefty cero blast in which rockets forth at the Adjuchas in hopes to either stop the attack at the source or simply negate it.

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Gritting his teeth when the roar defeaned him, Ryuu continued to laugh. It was fun. It was uplifting. It let him focus on something other than the ringing in his ears. It was nice to see that he had impaled the hollow. Adding to the fun by twisting the blade inside of the beast, Ryuu was disheartened at the inability to hear any screams of pain. However the tension brought about by the pain would have to do.

As the monster lunged forward, Ryuu pushed the blade forward in order to slow down the velociraptor's lunge. Noticing how large the creature had opened it's mouth, Ryuu brought his fist up in an attempt to uppercut the unhinged jaw and force it closed. Moving his head back as far as possible without actually allowing himself to be pushed backwards, Ryuu began to move his sword arm down in order to cut through more of the velociraptor.

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Releasing it's cero at the same time as Andra fired his cero, the two beams of energy would collide inside the cave. However luck would be on Andra's side for the resulting explosion didn't cause a cave in (although there was a possibility that some of the dislodged rocks would fall on him). Growing impatient with his fellow adjucha's fancy plans, the gorilla hollow gave a mighty roar and charged in to beat the adjucha to death with the two arms that he had severed (those were two of it's favorite arms). The bull adjucha would roll it's eyes at it's fellow hollow's foolishness and remain outside of the cave where it would have a better tactical position.

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The Adjcuhas before Ryuu takes the wicked slugger dead-on and luckily right before he was about to snap the Arrancar's head off too. The punch, while directly impacted was however sort of weak and only managed to redirect the head momentarily before it was coming right back at him. While snapping once again toward Ryuu, the raptor's claws lunge forward to grip tightly against Ryuu's wielding hand, but more specifically the hilt of the sword.

Andra moves away from the position in which he fired the Cero. Not because of falling rocks, but because it'd merely be foolish not to regain a tactical advantage such as stealth in this pitch black darkness. As he maneuvers deeper into the cave he is luckily unharmed by the falling roof. Littered now amongst the cavern floor are rocks of all sizes and shapes, completely obstructing the Gorilla's rampaging path of destructive arm flailing. Momentarily Andra closes his eyes and focuses primarily on hearing where the Gorilla is coming from.

Then suddenly it hit Andra, all at once, his body was worn down and because he couldn't feel it wearing down he utilized to much reserves. He drops to a knee as a sweat breaks down the side of his face, "Hnnnn. Fuck. These Adjuchas.. they won't-" he winces as a sharp spiking pain beats a single time against the side of his body the bull had struck him on. "-kill me.. All I gotta..- hnnngggg-.. is sit here and let my body heal itself." he mentally reassures himself. Because he could not feel pain earlier, his body could not heal what it did not perceive.

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Sadly his attack while successful, wasn't as effective as he had hoped. Deciding that he would have to pull back so the velociraptor couldn't grab his sword hilt, Ryuu pulled back while simultaneously taking a step back in order to avoid the second bite that the velociraptor attempted to use.

Seeing that the velociraptor's momentum would make it stumble forward a bit, Ryuu took the oppurtunity to attack it. Taking a step forward and raising the sword forward, Ryuu would attempt to put his sword through both the jaw and the adjucha's brain in order to end the fight.

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Stumbling over those cursed charge obstructing rocks, the gorilla gave a roar of anger as he stumbled through the cave. Managing to retain his footing, the gorilla would press forward and stop a few meters in front of where he had last seen Andra. Carefully looking around the cave, the gorilla would attempt to pick Andra's shape out of the darkness.

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The Velociraptor shrieks as the sword is withdrawn from his body and while he tumbles forward he is caught off guard with a swift strike from Ryuu. The blade slices cleanly through the jaw and out the back of the skull, the head slides down the sword until reaching the hilt. The Adjuchas' lifeless eyes gaze aimlessly upward at his killer.

Andra could feel the sweating cease as his body slowly mends itself. He looks up from the cavern floor and notices that his eyes have already readjusted to the darkness. Ambling around the cave like a stupid Gorilla was the stupid Gorilla in silhouette. "My body is still to strained to go on the attack, I need to sit here and defend, if needed." he says under his breath. The red-eyed devil watches, waits and prepares to give the Adjuchas one hell of a beating. As the seconds pass his eyes make out more and more of the large moving shape.

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Smiling as he saw that his enemy was dead, Ryuu pulled his sword out of the dead velociraptor. Giving it an experimental poke just to make sure, Ryuu chuckled a bit when he saw it get pushed by the sword. Indulging himself in a few more pokes, Ryuu eventually got bored. Bringing his sword closer, Ryuu then wiped a finger against the bloodstains and gave it an experimental taste. "I know what i'm using to marinade the meat in." Ryuu said in a sing-song voice.

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Growling as his eyes slowly began to grow used to the dark, the gorilla continued to scan the room. Eagerly anticipating the moment when it could beat the arrancar to death with it's arms, the gorilla then noticed Andra's shape in the darkness. Unleashing a furious roar, the gorilla then charged towards Andra, wildly swinging it's arms in an attempt to bludgeon the arrancar into a pulp.

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Andra's ears perk up once the Gorilla turned in his direction. When it began it's charge Andra erected his posture and slowly pulled back his right arm. As his arm began to tense up greatly, his dominant right hand changes from a fist into a palm. Each fingertip however was curled down onto the ends of his fingers. As he prepares to deliver a Buddha Palm Andra starts to target areas on the Gorilla's body in which the impact would do the most damage. Once the Adjuchas was within striking range Andra lunges forward and his right arm juts free as if it was bound by chains, the desired point of impact was centered directly at the Gorilla's stomach. And with the carpal being extended out, it was the primary source of force that would utterly devastate the Adjuchas internally if directly impacted.

"Huuu!"

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Giving another taste or two (or six) of the marinade that he was going to use for the night, Ryuu smiled to himself. "I think it might need something else to spice it up." Ryuu said to himself as he surveyed the rest of the velociraptor. Making light scratches on it to signify where he would cut the corpse up while preparing it, Ryuu was interrupted from his meat surveying by the sound of the echo of the gorilla's roar which came out of the caves. "Alright. Alright. I'll help with the other adjucha. I was just finishing up with the velociraptor anyway." Ryuu grumbled as he tore his eyes away from his dinner and looked at the bull hollow that was outside the cave mouth.

Humming a tune as he licked the rest of the blood off his sword (it tasted good), Ryuu then sheathed the blade and began to collect a few decent sized rocks. "HEY STOP BEING SUCH A BULLY." Ryuu yelled at the bull hollow. Smiling a bit at the rather bad pun he made, Ryuu then began to throw the rocks that he collected at the adjuchas. Even if none of the rocks did hit the adjuchas it would divert it's attention onto Ryuu.

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Giving a grunt as Andra's attack hit it right in the stomach, the gorilla stumbled back. Partially bent over due to the force and placement of the blow, the hollow while in a lot of pain was still far from being taken out. Giving several wild swings at Andra with it's severed limbs, the hollow had calmed down enough to use it's severed limbs to their fullest extent.

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One out of like fifteen rocks, one hit the bull. It struck him second to last. The barrage of rocks caused the bull to look over and up to the ledge in which Ryuu was on. When the Adjuchas did gaze upward that one lucky rock smacked him right on the left side of his mask, causing him to shreik in pain and counter in defense by charging and firing a small trio cluster of cero at Ryuu and the ledge itself.


Andra applied pressure into his palming which did cause the gorilla to stumble back. In this small window Andra would unsheathe his swords from their bindings in two heavily set swings. He was primarliy aiming to delimb the gorilla once again, though with such sloppy accuracy he was unknowingly on path to severe the already severed limbs into unuseable stumps. While not the area he wanted to strike, it would suffice for the moment. Those dead arms were getting annoying.

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VICTORY WAS RYUU'S. One of the rocks that he threw managed to strike the hollow in it's face. Sticking his tongue out to mock the hollow, Ryuu noticed the cero in time to dodge. Moving down the gulch, the explosion caused Ryuu to lose his balance and instead roll down.

Quickly stumbling back up, Ryuu felt the numerous bruises and cuts that he had obtained begin the process of healing. Drawing his sword as he faced the incoming bull, Ryuu picked up one more rock and was about to throw it when a more pressing concern came to mind. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS DINNER. Quickly following the bloodtrail down the ledge, Ryuu saw that his precious meal had been ruined by the fall. Well not so much ruined (Ryuu would still eat it) but instead of taking home a nice corpse with only a few stab wounds to eat, Ryuu would have to make do with a dirt covered corpse with lots of cuts and scrapes. Not only that but the explosion made Ryuu LOSE SOME OF HIS PRECIOUS MARINADE. THIS WAS AN ACT OF WAR.

Facing the bull as it approached Ryuu with it's charge, Ryuu threw the rock at it's face and took the oppurtunity to charge slightly to the side but still forward. Once he was within range, Ryuu then gave a wild swing of his sword at the hollow's head in order to put a swift end to it's life.

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Growling as it noticed that it's severed stump weapon had once again been severed, the gorilla moved back and gave another roar. Quickly throwing the two stumps at Andra, the hollow then picked up two nearby rocks and moved forward in an attempt to club Andra's skull in.

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Ryuu's sword slash would seemingly fail as when making contact with the back of the bull's neck it only managed to make a half inch impact. Apparently it had an overly thick hide. When the Adjuchas notices it's failed attempt at charging into Ryuu, it skids to a stop and bucks it's back set of feet in an attempt to impale Ryuu's gut and temporarily knock the wind out of him. As it did this it sneakily begins to charge another cero.


The Arrancar watches the gorilla lift up two objects from the ground. "Fuck you!" shouts Andra as he dodges the first two skull bashing attempts the gorilla barrel led at him with. Andra drops his swords and throws out both arms in an effort to securely grip the Adjuchas' arms by the wrist. If successful he would begin to apply a mass of pressure which would cause for the gorilla's grip on the rocks to be loosened. At this point Andra would try an bring the gorilla forward in another headbutt that with proper placement would strike on the previously impacted point and causes for maximum damamge.

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Immediately jumping to the side when his attack failed, Ryuu made a quick about face and attempted to keep up with the bull. Once again jumping to the side when the adjuchas attempted to kick him, Ryuu moved so he was perpendicular to the hollow and attempted to stab his sword in the creature's stomach.

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Finding his grip successful, Andra would find that the rest of his counterattack would not go as planned. Instead of letting go of it's bludgeoning rocks, the gorilla would instead pull Andra towards it before bringing it's knee up in an attempt to knee the arrancar in his stomach.

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Ryuu sword strike lands directly where he puts it however with his sword now lodged into the Adjuchas, he was stuck in close range. And so the bull turns it's head, cracks it's maw and from it's depths it releases a doom blast in which hurdles toward Ryuu at point blank range. The cero severely lacked force and at best would only leave a large burn-like wound on Ryuu if hit.

Andra was struck directly in his gut, however to no success did it deliver him pain. Instead his grip was kept strong and got even tighter. And since Andra was now pissed, it would not be a singular headbutt. No, this time Andra would begin a barrage of headbutts that did not cease until his face was covered in both his, and the gorilla's blood. From the cave, no doubt, Ryuu could hear with every hit landed a very shiny and imaginative cuss word.

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