Shana, the current captain of the second squad started to have issues with her powers, as another power started to wake in her again now that her Bankai was mastered. This one was the same power that had cost her issues in the past tied to her nightmares. That wasn't the only change she noticed, she could feel a hollow near her all of the time though there was none to be found. Shana wasn't the only one, other members of the gotei started to look at her wierd because of it too.

After a few months of that Shana had her first slip, her hollow woke up and tore the shit out of the squad two barracks before she managed to get it under control. The entire squad and portions of the seireitei were in a panic as no one knew where a hollow of that strength came from, and why it was carrying a Zanpakuto, when Shana had regained control and heard what happened she knew she couldn't stay. Not as long as she didn't have a handle on what the hell happened to her.

Leaving the Seireitei at that point Shana would start wandering the world after going rogue. Years of this and she stumbled across rumors of someone she knew from her past, her former captain setting up shop in Bogota. He had went rogue decades prior just before she took up the mantle. In fact hunting him was her first task as a captain, and the only hunt she had failed in all her years of service. So here she was reaching out to the only person she knew in this world for help with her new powers.

Ika felt a familiar presence heading in his direction, but it had a new edge to it. It seemed that Shana had hollowfied and become a Vizard as well, and while Ika was more than a little smitten with the irony of his hunter becoming the hunted, he knew that it would be in his best interest to help the young Vizard out. Ika took a deep breath before appearing in front of the former captain of squad two, clearly mildly amused by the situation at hand. Ika had a cigarette pursed between his lips, and as his lighter seemed to be failing him he simply used a Hadou 4 to light it instead. Taking a drag off the cigarette as one would, Ika began to prepare himself on what exactly he intended to say to his new friend. "Long time no see eh? You know if you had this easy of a time finding me it surprises me I haven't already needed to kill you.. from what I'm sensing that's probably water under the bridge by now though.. how've you been Shana?"

Ika asked this question pretty much aware of the answer he was going to get but, he needed to hear it from the horse's mouth and so he'd wait for her to reply before moving forwards with the interaction. Whatever it was, this situation was going to be interesting for sure..

"Aye that it has, and I had been better... I think I kind of killed almost a third of our old squad in a blind rampage as well... an old nightmare returned." Shana said, she was looking tired and haggard, almost as if she hadn't truly slept in months... which to be fair she hadn't not since she went berserk in the middle of her squad. "As much as I hate to say it, I am glad to see you. That means I might actually be able get some sleep without worry."

"So how has life been treating you?" Shana would follow up finding something solid to lean against

Ika listened to Shana speak, she had apparently Hollowfied and slaughtered a third of their own squad, and while that was certainly a pity Ika was at the very least glad to see that Shana had made it out of the Gotei 13 alive after that. Sure she appeared to be a bit haggard, but haggard was a whole helluva lot better than the alternative, which was dead for those of you keeping up at home. Shana noted that seeing Ika meant that she might finally be able to sleep again without worry or concern, prompting Ika to smile slightly at the notion that he could provide anyone with that level of security. It was a nice notion, but one that he wasn't going to cling to. Shana seemed to be finding something to lean against, and began to inquire as to how Ika had been since he departed.

"Oh yeah, I guess I did sorta up and leave before you did. Yeah me and my father weren't exactly on the best political terms after I came back from ravaging half the Seireitei, only to shortly after aid Graven in an Espada Civil War of sorts. I suppose I can't blame him, but regardless I can't stand to be tethered to the narrow-minded nature of the Gotei anymore. Other than that I've been fine, I've been establishing infrastructure and contacts within the Human World and I think I might be onto something with that in the near to immediate future, but it's not quite ready yet. Anyway, if you need to rest that's fine, and if you'd like to train I'm always here for that." Once Ika finished, he took another drag off his cigarette and awaited a response from the red-headed Shinigami.

"Yeah I can understand that, and training might be nice. But....." Shana would trail off there, as something in Ika's comment struck a note in the fiery little red head. She knew about the devastation, and the bad blood. But reaching out her senses slightly she realized that the person before her, who she was happy to had found just because he had been one of the only in squad 2 to always stand head and shoulders above her in strength. And probably one of the few that could keep her in check in case she goes on a rampage in her sleep again, it just dawned on her that he might have some clue as to what the fuck is happening to her, as well as maybe some advise for keeping it in check. "Wait you mentioned something about ravaging a part of the seireitei... I had heard rumors about a hollow attack around the time of that civil war, wait did you go monster as well?"

If Shana's hunch was right then finally her luck might finally be turning around.

Shana seemed reluctant initially to accept training, and her thoughts seemed to trail off for a moment after Ika had finished speaking. Frankly it was fucking weird and Ika was about to shake her awake, when she asked him about whether or not he had Hollowfied all those years. This prompted a pretty heavy eyebrow raise on Ika's part, before he returned to his normal demeanor to answer. "Kinda figured you'd piece that together by now but yes, I was Hollowfied all those years ago. Hence why half your squad died, and also hence them trying to send you and a multitude of other unsuccessful Shinigami to kill me. I'll be honest, I was a little hurt when pops sent you guys after me when I was at my lowest, but I'd like to think that he knew there was no way in hell any of them would succeed.."

Ika's voice trailed off for a minute, before he continued to speak. "I know it's not really what he thought, but i'd like to think that was what was going through that daft old fucks brain ya know? I'd like to think he cared about whether or not I survived that whole ordeal. Probably a bit of a pipe-dream but enough about that, you didn't come here to hear about my daddy issues you came here because you don't have anywhere else to go. At least not anywhere safe.." Ika pondered what to do to push the issue at hand and decided a demonstration might be the best course of action. "Watch me for a moment." Once Ika had Shana's unwavering attention, he would don his mask instantaneously, then wave at the new Vizard. "So.. this ring any bells?"

Shana's mind was definitely running a bit slow, well being without sleep for months on end kind of attributed to that. She was out on mission at the time he went berserk, and she wasn't given the full details when she was sent out. She was only told that he had gone rogue, and might have been with the monster that ravaged the seireitei. "Well your old man kind of left out the part about you being a monster." Shana would just shrug weakly at that, she was truly tired, and when ika pulled a hollow mask down over his face from quite literally out of thin fucking air, she didn't even bat an eye, she was far too frazzled to show any kind of emotion to it, "Eh not really, well other than the fact that it looks like a hollows mask, but it doesn't bring one in particular to mind."

Deep down in the murk that was her mind the pieces were slowly coming together as certain words just started to click in her mind, after a moment or so her dull eyes glowed with sudden realization. "Wait a minute, are you saying that I am part hollow, and ..." With that last burst of energy the fiery little red head's lights went out and she fell face first into the dirt snoring.

The girls mind was clearly running on E by this point, and it appeared that she hadn't really slept for month. Shana piped up, pointing out that Ika's father had left out the fact that Ika was now a monster in the eyes of much of the Soul Society and this knowledge prompted Ika to give her a light smile and a chuckle. "Yeah well there's a lot the old man leaves out, sometimes I think he's right to and other times well.. I'm not so sure." Shana appeared to simply shrug weakly at this and seemingly no-sold Ika's Hollow-Mask change. Not being one to be out-done, Ika raised an eyebrow in her general direction. "Listen, I don't know if your character arc is the edgy brooding type but I'm going to do this again and this time you're going to react and have a mild epiphany. Alright? I'd hate to need to beat you over the head with it."

As Ika was about to give her the demonstration again, it appeared that in Shana's mind this whole ordeal had finally clicked and she realized what he was saying. Unfortunately, as she realized what was going on she fell face-down in the dirt unconscious, seemingly from sleep deprivation. Ika sighed. "Great.. hope she doesn't snore.." As Ika said this he lifted her over his shoulder and escorted him to the guest bedroom he had installed in the hallway in Bogota. He walked out into the hallway and didn't expect to hear from her for the next 24 hours or so and that was fine, he was patient, he could wait.

Most of what Ika was saying was lost in the fog of the sleep that was encroaching on her up until she finally fell out. Almost a week had passed since that moment when a loud growling noise, as she stirred awake she felt a gnawing in her stomach. As the fog lifted from her vision, and the rest of her senses returned to her she found that she was lying on top of a bed, in a dark room. Rolling out of the bed she would cautiously leave the room and start wandering about. Reaching out with her senses to find her way to a familiar reiatsu, Ika.

Upon finding him she would scratch her head, "Sorry about that, how long was I out."

Ika had taken to smoking yet again while waiting for Shana to come to and he was pondering what exactly he intended to do about the current situation. He definitely had living accommodations squared away, he didn't necessarily mind the company but could taking in a rogue Vizard paint an even larger target on Ika's back?.. Even more so than that, did he actually care if it did? Ika's thoughts were basically interrupted by Shana's sudden jump back into consciousness, which prompted Ika to exhale before speaking to her. She had scratched her head lightly and asked him about how long she had been asleep. A silly question but Ika figured he'd cast a glance at the clock and see how long it'd been.

"You've been out for around a week, to be honest I had to check to make sure you were breathing a few times. Would've hated to see you become glorified Hollow Bait, that shit smells pretty awful if you've ever been around it.. Anyway, I think I know what your problem is, and you're going to hate how I go about showing you.."

Ika Shunpo'd forwards with a gut-punch to buckle Shana's knees before following with a Hadou 4 from the side through both of her lungs. If Ika's hunch was correct, she would Hollowfy and this was going to get very interesting, very quickly.