The Eyes Of The Blind See All.

[Adimus]

Li Kazuki. "JongJong" the children in his human life and even some in his time as a lost soul affectionately called him. Sixth Squad Captain of the Shinigami and head of Law Enforcement within Seireitei.

And all of that meant absolutely nothing to him. "A title is nothing more than words and empty, hollow thoughts." He wrote down in his journal, a record of events for others to take note for when his time to move on would come, if it ever came for him, to use for their future. "It is through truth, knowledge, and strength of spirit that worth is known and value is kept. Strive for the future some may say, but know to never forget the past." He finished writing. And that was it for that day. Another entry, and another detour into JongJong's past and wonders of the future.

But enough of the two ends, for it was the middle that demanded the most attention right now. If it had been any other time period not one damn soul would give a flying fuck as to what was going on in the human world, but as of late, with ALL of the old captains leaving for Division Zero, and their previous squad seats following them, Soul Society had entered a reign of temporary chaos. To add fuel to an already frenzied inferno, the damned Espada didn't collapse and die as they should have after the death of Aizen, but instead decided they were going to go apeshit and create an order of Arrancar on their own and self evolve. As to a way of that beign possible remains yet to be seen, but what is known is that these bastards are organized, powerful, and deadly.

Not too long ago, or as what JongJong Percieved not too long ago, their Primera, Taskai as they called him, literally burned closed the doorways between the Human World and Soul Society, cutting off the shinigami completely. This left a bad taste in JongJong's mouth, and he was damned determined to do something about it, and since his Squad was in charge of Law Enforcement, he felt that it was his duty to use those good old detective skills and investigate a method for dealing with these new Arrancar, and to police the human world once again.

Of course, this would all have to wait until he got Soul Society's shit together first, and that would take a bit of time. As such, he decided to call one of his fellow captains and see if they would accompany him in a bit of a sparring match to kill time.

"Now then......Who to call...." He said holding a Hell Butterfly in his hand.

[masorin]

Markus had gone for a walk around the barracks’ of the gotie thirteen and found himself lost as all hell. his sense of direction had always been flawed but now he found himself unable to locate where he was. He was the captain of the fourth squad healers, and he sighed at the thought janitors. His squad never had the respect it disserved with out his work those squad eleven idiots would kill themselves, squad two would be dead as a doornail, but still squad four was mocked.

Markus looked around the area he was at. Finding himself at division six. He gave a small shrug why the hell not. there was a new captain here, maybe he could find something to do, or some directions back to his squad. He looked around entering into the barracks “Um hello? Anyone around?”

Markus gave a sigh as he walked threw the barracks even here it seemed like he had no idea where he was going, ~damn it why is it always so hard to find the captains office.~ he looked around his expression becoming more and more lost with the passing of time. “Hello? Captain of squad six! Im lost and I need directions!”

[Adimus]

JongJong turned around to address the noise coming from the front door. Walking to the Lobby, He found the 4th squad captain standing in the doorway, clearly lost and not knowing where he was.

Moving up to him, JongJong spoke to him, saying "Well now it would seem you lost yourself Captain Nearmont. Fourth Squad am I correct? I do believe I owe my life to you and many others from there on many an occasion." JongJong moved and picked up his actually captain's uniform and put it on over his robes. "Well now, I was going to go for a walk anyhow. I guess it couldn't hurt to help you get to where you were going as well." He said as he picked up the hell Butterfly and told it "Go find Captain Kyo, we need to speak." and motioned for Markus to join him as he began to walk.

"Come my friend, let's see about getting you to where you need to be."

[masorin]

Markus shrugged there was no place he really had to be there was just a place he wanted to be, in his office working on the pile of reports, but that could probably wait. He turned to the other captain and addressed him in a formal matter. “Captain Kazuki good to see you. I was really just passing threw when I got lost, it turns out that I honestly have no sense of direction, its weird I never had a problem in the underground tunnels but up here, I just never have a clue where im going.”

Markus gave a small shrug as he heard Kazuki say he owed his life to squad four, hay it was what they did, but at least someone outwardly acknowledged it most people just bullied squad four around. It was nice to recive the recognition but he couldn’t acknowledge it. “Captain Kyo? Why would you want to meet with him?”

[Adimus]

"I need to speak to that fool about "borrowing" resources to set up a few things." JongJong said. "It would seem that for when we finally get our asses back into the human world, we're going to need a massive surge of policing and military down there, and I need to speak to him about coordinating the movements that will be needed for the venture."

Moving through the halls and passages of the area, JongJong began to speak of other things pertaining to the series of events that were yet to come. "Also, when such a thing happens, needless to say, Squad Four will be needed at it's best and fullest strength, which brings me to my next point." He said turning to face Markus as he kept walking. "I hear that Squad Four is known as "The Janitorial Squad". I for one do not appreciate that, for a medic is the most important thing on a battlefield. The Captain Commander has made mention of strike teams going to The Human World before we open the gate completely. I wish to ask that you yourself join such a team, that way I can rest and fight easy knowing that I am in the medical careof your hands, Captain Markus."

[masorin]

Markus gave a small smile in all honesty he had thought about it. going to earth to leand the aid of fourth squad sounded like a good idea. until you realize that the only one in his squad who could defend himself was well himself. Brining any fourth squad member to the front lines would only hurt there chances. And there for would be a bad idea, unless it was markus himself. He shrugged unsure of what to say, he was no fighter not any more. He looked at the other captain “I don’t know if it’s the best idea me going to earth that is. im the leader of a squad who needs supervision if I were to slack in my duties many members of my squad would be taken advantage of.”

Markus sighed inwardly, he was a poor replacement for what had been before him. unohana was a mother figure to many in soul society, even his own squad had a hard time accepting a father, the rest of soul society even less so. He could never heal the wound she left when she accepted promotion. He shook his head. “I’m not the healer for the job, I need to focus on my own squad, I cant go off in the wake of battle not when my own squad is in shambles and carries as much disrespect as it does, squad four is full of janitors remember?”

[Adimus]

JongJong took note of what Markus was saying: He was the top dawg for his squad, and even though it was full of the whipping boys, he still had to be present within soul society. It was a harsh reality, one JongJong did not enjoy seeing and wished to change in the future.

However, for the time being, he would have to put up with it and find another way to get a medical outfit for a trip to Earth. "I see you're point Captain Markus, and as much as it pains me that you and the rest of Soul Society sees you and your squad as 'Janitors', you still have a valid point, and sadly you cannot be spared. However that does not nullify the fact that a healer, or group of healers will be needed for this, so I ask you, is there anyone else you can spare?" JongJong asked in a gentleman's tone, hoping to begin building a point of respect for the 4th squad that would grow to be more than just JongJong himself.

[masorin]

Markus thought for a moment “once she reports in I belive my vice captain is a bit of a blood thirsty one. Ill see to it she is pointed in your direction but I don’t know how aoife will react to that kind of expectation on her.” he gave a shrug he hadn’t really meet his vice captain but he would keep the request in mind.

As Markus walked with the other captain he had a small question for him. “it has been a while my friend so you will have to pardon if this question sounds strange but could you spar with me? latly I feel slow, all the desk work is bogging me down and although im a healer I was not always one of fourth squads men, I take precautions to make sure I don’t fall out of shape but latly I feel like ive fallen behined, would you mind?” he asked in a inquisitive tone, he didn’t really know how the other captain would react to such a question.

[Adimus]

"Aoife eh..." JongJong noted to himself. "Thank you Captain Markus, I am sure she will be happy to attend the mission. And as for sparring," JongJong stopped walking for a second. "Are you sure you wish to do that? Not that I'm suffering from a lack of confidence or anything, but I thought all the fourth squad fellas were medics and warriors only on occasion?" JongJong asked Markus.

"But, if you wish to have a practice fight, then the 11th squad barracks will do nicely as a fighting ring. Damn bastards fight all the damn time, i hardly think anyone would notice that they're houses were destroyed by two captains practicing what they know. Come, let us go to their area." JongJong said as he motioned for Captain Markus to follow.

[masorin]

Markus laughed slightly that was the proper reaction when a squad four member challenged someone to a sparing match. But there was a simple reason. “I wasn’t always in squad four.” He smiled at the thought he hated his old squad these days, his leaving had burned a few bridges and the gaining of his shikai had proved it wasn’t the right squad for him but a long time ago he had been someone completely different.

Arriving in the eleventh squad barracks Markus gave a smile as he looked at jong jong. “ill give you a guess, as too which squad I was from.” He threw off his captains jacket the jacket seemed to fall heavy to the ground as though the cloth like jacket wighed upwards of 100lbs. Markus’s clothing was different from most of his squads. Most fourth squad members had the more bulky awkward robes of healers. Markus’s was thin cut tight to the skin. The type worn by members of the second squad. Markus took up a hand to hand fighting position his neck cricket “and ill simply let you know I was the former third seat of my old squad.”

[Adimus]

"Oh? Is that so? If I recall correctly, you were from the second squad correct, the one with the Omnitsukido Corps. If that's the case, then perhaps I do need to brush up on my skills, and perhaps help you with yours as well!" JongJong said as he moved to a training hall within the 11th squad barracks. The area was surprisingly empty, which made the area perfect for a sparring match between captains.

Pulling out his Zanpaktou, JongJong commanded it to take her true fore, and out came the giant halberd, and JongJong struck his battle pose. "Ready whenever you are my friend!" He declared. "The first move is yours. Show me that your squad is more than just janitors!"

[masorin]

Markus smiles he was correct markus was a former second division member and had only been a part of the fourth squad for about fifty years. And in that time he hadn’t let himself go… to badly. Still cleaning and chores as well as healing had kept him busy as a fourth squad member but now as a captain it was different he needed to find new ways of keeping himself healthy hopefully this match would be a repeatable thing. “don’t worry I promise to mend any of the bones I break, and you are correct I am the former third seat of the second squad, and former head of division three of the omniskado.”

Markus smiled of course that didn’t make him much more then an over glorified jailer. But hay it was something he could put on his resume, prison master to master healer it was all the same. “now then, shall we?” he charged a head breaking into a run around jong jong at the speed only his old job would have given him, the jacket was a weight and without it he felt free still he should have added a few hundred pounds to it. as he went around jong jong he used flash step to get in close in front of jong jong striking out with a solid punch towards his gut.

[Adimus]

JongJong was surprised by the speed of Markus, and was taken by surprised with the punch to his gut. Unfortunately the punch did indeed land, and knocked JongJong back a good 30 feet. Getting up from the attack, he said "My my, I really did underestimate you! Seems I actually get to play well today!" He said before shunpoing in and stabbing the halberd into the ground, using it as leverage to polevault a kick to Markus' head.

[masorin]

Markus had already taken up a new fighting stance when Jong Jong polvolted towards his face. taking his arm up he blocked but the force pushed him back his ballince was takin back and he was thrown head over heal. Stretching out he caught himself now standing on his hands. He he walked forward and kicked towards jong jong using his hands as his feet and his feet to attack. “not bad your self really. Looks like this wont be an easy win.”

[Adimus]

JongJong dodged and parried the incoming jump kick attack, and retaliated with a flurry of his own attacks, from both the Halberd and his own kicks. JongJong knew that even though was going to be a basic sparring match, it would be fought like a real one, and it would be a battle of wit and coordination over strength, making it all the more enjoyable for him.