Sumoki had been dragged along by his commanding officers and for the most part had fully intended to fall asleep in the sand and wait for this to end. Of course he'd try to save the Shinigami allies he could when he could, but the fact was he wasn't willing to spend the rest of his day waiting for them to keel over and die. Because of this, Sumoki had spent roughly the first twenty minutes of the invasion sprawled out against a rock in the desert without a care in the world. One unfortunate side effect of this, was the fact that he was slowly but surely being approached by an Espada level combatant. Not the best scenario to be in at any time, let alone nap time!

Sumoki turned his attention to his Zanpakuto Spirit, trying to rouse it up into cooperating with him properly. It wasn't going to work, his Zan Spirit Kuma was more or less a robot with a tape recorder lodged inside it and he didn't even sell for as much on Ebay. Sumoki sighed and turned his attention to the Espada who was now standing roughly 30 feet from where Sumoki stood. "So.. don't suppose you wanna just take a nap and pretend this whole fight has already happened right?"

As Wayland drew nearer to his eventual adversary, the sands of Hueco Mundo began to dance about in the air as the Arrancar and Shinigami's Reiatsu collided. As the man came into view Wayland recognized him immediately from Paris. He was the Shinigami that came to aid his ally after she had been exhausted by Wayland. He knew before as he knew now, that this man wasn't someone to be taken lightly. However, in typical circumstances Wayland would most likely defeat him but these were anything but. Wayland knew his fate if he bested the Shinigami. He would almost certainly be executed by Ika, Graven, or both. This was his only opportunity to control the chaos of his own death. No matter how the battle played out, Wayland would be sure to allow it all to end here on his terms. Afterall, is there a need to control chaos if you can escape it entirely? By the time Wayland was within a few meters of the man his words reached him.

"I thought I recognized you. Unfortunately, I don't think either of us have the option of napping on the job. Though, I imagine for very different reasons."

Wayland removed Crucible from its leather strap as his Reiatsu spiked sending a wave of white sand outward radially before the air in the area become thick and turbulent.

"Come Shinigami. Let me use you to control my final moments of chaos."

So it turned out the Espada he had made contact with was the exact same Espada he'd been forced to deter in Paris all those months back. It was a funny story in all honesty, sand began to dance about in the air as the Reiatsu of both men began to collide and intermingle. Sumoki's Reiatsu wasn't weak by any stretch, but it absolutely wasn't enough to keep up with the tremendous output this Arrancar was giving out and it was clear that this fight was going to be an exercise in attrition above all else. As the man drew closer, Sumoki made certain that he was holding both knives up, ready to attack the man whenever he'd seek to approach him. A small frown formed across his face as the man spoke, making it clear that peaceful resolution wasn't on the table..

"Suppose your observation on this whole situation is probably right, though who's to say we didn't just knock each other out eh?.. Ah fuck it who am I kidding. Yeah, I'm gonna have to kill you guy."

Sumoki Shunpo'd into action immediately as the man began to draw his blade, clashing both of his knives with the one sword attempting to push the man back a bit. White sand flew outwards and around this time Sumoki would immediately drop a ball of smoke out of his hand, letting it waft through the air before he Shunpo'd upwards. He was obscured, and the Espada would find that he was struggling to breathe and see. Now to see how he'd respond..

The Shinigami had made the first move. Though he was weaker than Wayland, the man would still serve his purpose in Wayland's plan. Wayland's hammer Crucible met with the incoming daggers and the resulting force of the impact sent out a shockwave that caused pillars of sand to erupt outwards from the pair. Immediately, streams of Reiryoku began to flow from the ground below Wayland into his body and his eyes locked onto the Shinigami's.

"Yes it looks like you will have to kill me. Afterall, this is the purpose I am giving you. A tool to control my chaos."

As the smoke his opponent unleashed filled the area, Wayland began to cough. Although he already knew the outcome of this battle, since he had decided it for himself, he would at least ensure the Shinigami was worthy of the task of taking his life. In response, Wayland's Reiatsu rose even further as he swung Crucible above his head before slamming it into the ground. The directed wind pressure from his strike briefly parted the smoke allowing Wayland to Sonidio through the corridor to regain his sight and breath. Although he was outside of the affected area, he was unable to sense his opponent but he would have to act eventually so Wayland waited for the moment he would make his move.

Sumoki raised a bit of an eyebrow at the way the man was acting. It was clear that the Arrancar was strong, as his hammer made contact with Sumoki's hammers he couldn't help but to feel pushed back a bit by the force. His arms jammed, having to solidify in their hold so that Sumoki could maintain some level of posture and position. Sand erupted outward from the collision, streams of Reiryoku accompanied it and began to flow from the ground below into the Espada as his eyes seemed locked on Sumoki's current position. The Espada spoke, muttering something about Sumoki existing as a tool to control his chaos.. What the fuck did that mean?..

Unfortunately Sumoki didn't have time to dwell on this, the man dissipated the smoke in an instant which prompted Sumoki to draw it closer to himself, filling in the smoke cloud he resided within. Sumoki Shunpo'd downward, on top of the man in an instant before Shunpoing to his back. "Hadou 4, Byakurai!" The beam of energy was from roughly 15 feet away and was followed by Sumoki promptly getting out of dodge. He was hopeful that he could take the knee out with this maneuver, but he wouldn't be surprised if the attack failed.

Wayland watched as the Shinigami maneuvered around him using Shunpo within his smoke. His speed was impressive and he was prudent to not directly challenge Wayland and instead favored guerilla style tactics. Using his Pesquisa, Wayland was able to track the general location of his opponent giving him ample time to deal with the incoming Hado he had launched. Wayland casually turned and fired a Bala from the hammer head of Crucible of equivalent strength to cancel the Kido out. Wayland continued to track the man after his initial assault and fire two additional Bala in his direction before following up with a Sonido out to the man's far right. From here, Wayland would follow wherever the Shinigami decided to doge and had a Cero charged that he would fire with perfect timing between his advisary's evasion and recovery time.

Wayland seemed to be keeping an eye out for Sumoki but it was fairly obvious that he wasn't going to be able to keep tabs on him for the most part. The smoke obstacle had worked almost perfectly, and Sumoki's ability to keep up with Wayland was clearly something the man hadn't been anticipating prior to this encounter. Sumoki watched as the man used pequissa to track a Hadou 4 and cancel it out with a bala. Wayland continued to try and track Sumoki, launching two bala in his direction that Sumoki narrowly dodged by Shunpoing back. Once the man had come to his front, Sumoki would allow the cero to fire before using one of his better tricks. The man was right on top of him and now a puff of smoke and ash would explode out on top of the Cero and the Espada.

The explosion would hit Wayland and indeed probably blow up his own cero, it was close range and had served as a neat disappearing act for Sumoki whom had let out yet another smoke canister by this point and backed off by about 100 feet. It was time to see how Wayland would respond to this kind of guerrilla warfare..

Wayland's Cero was intercepted by a concoction of ash and smoke causing it to detonate early. Initially the cloud of smoke and ash surrounded Wayland once more but the shockwave from the explosion cleared the atmosphere around him allowing a quick Sondio to safety. Wayland scanned visually and noticed another cloud of smoke about 100 feet from him. Clearly, the man had retreated after his last assault and was hiding once again. This all but proved Wayland's theory on the Shinigami's fighting style.

"You know a hit and run is a pretty serious offense. I wonder how long you'll get away with it?"

Of course, Wayland wasn't shaken by this not in the slightest. Instead, he did something his opponent probably wasn't expecting, he sat down with his legs crossed and Crucible in his lap. If this man wanted to dart in and out while trying to pepper Wayland with attacks he would let him. It was obvious the man didn't want to stay close to Wayland for too long. That was about to change.

Somehow the man had avoided the surprise explosion in his face but that sometimes happened. The explosion had dissipated the ash and smoke momentarily, unfortunately for the man it wasn't very long since Sumoki had fine control of it and was able to collapse it back in towards him. The man made some weird unnecessary jab before sitting down like the fight was a pow wow. Not to be outdone, Sumoki matched the mans energy and disregard by yawning and placing his hands behind his back. He sat in his smoke and dropped another ball of it, letting it fill the floor between the two of them. It would form a heavy layer behind the man, a thick wall. flowing into the air as the two of them would enveloped in the smoke. "Is there any reason you've decided to nap on the job Espada?.. I'm not overly interested in a sit-in right now."

Sumoki's speech would alert the man to his location within the smoke, and the smoke would continue to funnel up and around the Arrancar. Sumoki was holding it there, curious as to hear the mans response. He also wasn't dumb, so he was sure to move a couple steps to the left and right in order to throw the man off. Ya know, to avoid any tracking the man might manage from the sound of his voice.

This was somewhat interesting. Wayland had anticipated his opponent would try to take advantage of his actions so it was surprising that he was being passive. Nonetheless, Wayland's opponent was making his final battle entertaining. Wayland took note of the man's actions that resulted in smoke closing in around him. He could already feel the familiar burn in his lungs. It was clear Wayland's tactic of sitting in the middle of the battle hadn't fell well on the Shinigami but this is typical. When people don't understand something they tend to react negatively toward it. Unbeknownst to his adversary, Wayland sat down to throw him for a loop. On the bottom of his thighs, Wayland had been collecting Reiryoku this whole time. Just as the man finished talking, several weaker Bala formed from the Reiryoku beneath Wayland's thighs. They shot downward into the ground blasting out a nice hole beneath the smoke that Wayland fell into. Of course, this little stunt resulted into some collateral damage to Wayland, but his strategic use of weaker Bala combined with his high-speed regeneration and Smelting made quick work of the small injuries sustained.

In the brief moment Wayland fell into the hole, below the smoke, he released his Zanpakuto and entered his Resurrection. Immediately, Wayland's Reiatsu washed over the area cracking the ground as it spread. The man would simply hear the sound of rock being smashed but within the hole, Wayland slammed Crucible into the raw earth allowing him to use his Smithing to convert a small portion of the it into raw energy enabling him to reconfigure it how he saw fit. This resulted in Wayland being boosted upward out of the hole on a pedestal of stone about 20 feet above the cloud of smoke all while streams of Reiryoku continued to flow into him. Wayland quickly followed this up by having the base of the pedestal randomly fire out shards of earth throughout the smoke cloud in hopes of flushing out his friend. As a bonus, even if the shards missed their target they would still spread Wayland's influence across the battlefield wherever they landed. The Shinigami had brought Guerilla warfare with him but Wayland would respond by having the environment fight on his behalf.