<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff6600">"Come now, there's no need for that kind of talk. Besides, there will be plenty of time in a bit."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Gin said.<br/>
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He took a sip of his tea and gestured once again to the chair. Then he pointed towards his waist.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff6600">"Besides, I don't have Shinsou with me, and I don't plan on damaging you. You see...you're a key component in my plan, Minna-<i>Chan</i>"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00"><br/>
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Grimmjow nodded. Then he felt Nnoitora's reishi and gave Daisuke a few heads-up pointers. Mainly about the 'bug bastard's' hollow hole being where his left eye should be, and the fact that once he released his Zanpakutou, he had six arms and as many scythe-like weapons.<br/>
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"Ah, so you're the Shinigami they sent for me to play with." Aaroniero said, holding up the katana. "This should be fun! <i>Rankle the Seas and Skies! Nejibana!!</i>"<br/>
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Two pillars of water swirled around the blade, and when the water and swirling winds cleared, he was no longer holding a katana, but a trident with blue horsehair tassle on one end and a corkscrew-type appendage at the opposite end. Water seemed to flow freely from either end.<br/>
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"Now, Shinigami. Let's fight!"<br/>
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With that, Aaroniero charged.<br/>
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Koichi finally arrived at the end of his passage, and he paused, feeling the intense will to kill laying in wait. He took a deep breath and proceeded into the room cautiously, noting the intensive damage that had been dealt to the room already, and he guessed that Tenntou had gotten pissed with him taking his sweet time. Although he couldn't see her, he knew she was present.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"Tentou-San? I don't suppose there's any chance that you'll let me pass so I can go to Neliel-Chan, is there?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">He placed his hand on the hilt of his Zanpakutou, knowing the answer before she spoke. He took a stance that resembled the Hiten Mitsurugi form that his mother had taught him a few years prior to his graduation from the Shinigami Academy, preparing to counter any preemptive attack she might try. His normally midnight blue reishi flowed from him, taking on a slight lilac-pink tint to the edges, signifying that he was already drawing power from his darker half.<br/>
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As Neliel continued to shed tears in fear of her beloved's life, Starrk sighed, He waited for Neliel to finish crying, then he tried to explain Tenntou's feelings, based on what he could see in it.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffcc">"I think her hatred stems from the fact that Koichi is allowed free access to Las Noches and has been somehow transformed into an Arrancar, but claims no loyalties to Aizen-Sama. Personally, Neliel, I sympathize with her in that regard. However, she is apparently unaware that he was not deemed an Espada, but your Fraccion. Even if the boy does have a Bankai, he hasn't revealed any form of ResurrecciÃ³n to any of us, yourself included. If he does have it, Tenntou is in for a very nasty surprise."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff00">"R-really? D-do you think Koitsy-Kun is going to stand a chance?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffcc">"Who knows. All I know is that Ririnette thinks of him as a little brother and I kind of see him as a potential replacement for the son I was never able to see born in life."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff00">"You...you almost had a son when you were alive? What happened?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffcc">"Long story, but since we have some time on our hands, I suppose I could tell you all about that time before I died."</span>