Grym sighs as he was watching over the city as he was ordered by someone higher up, someone who's rank outranked his Captains and had him come to the human world this time to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.

When he arrived in this place he heard the citizens speaking about an odd person with three sword walking around seeming to 'acting' out sword fights with nothing, he figured that was odd but not enough to warrant his concern but wondered if that person was able to see spirits or was just a simple human who's psychological state finally gave way.

He would be sitting on the edge of what looked like a business building as he wasn't expecting the odd thing to find him.

Zoro was walking around the city of Los Angeles in search of the monsters he found in his village, and other Humans capable of slaying them like he was. He had taken up training in the area recently given the mild climate and had been enjoying himself for the most part until he felt an energy enter the area.. It was more pure than the monsters he had been dealing with prior to this, but it still warranted examination as far as he was concerned. He unsheathed his blades, leaving one lodged in his mouth before scoping out the Shinigami on the rooftop. He used Blur to get up there as people watched him, perplexed as to what he was doing up there..

"What are you and why are you here eh?.." As Zoro finished speaking he bit down on his blade once more, seemingly ready for whatever might come his way. If he had to kill this guy to get the info he wanted?.. That was a sacrifice he was willing to make..

Grym's senses catch the person suddenly appearing behind him, turning his head towards the person who just showed up, seeing the three swords as he starts to get up not showing hostility at the moment as he looks this swordsman over.

"hmm.... So your the one that soul society sent me out here to investigate, the man with three swords killing hollows."

He would sigh as he rubs the back of his neck while taking in what the man wears as well as each swords design, this person seems human enough.

"from the looks of it your human yet you see things others don't, beings with bone white masks correct? They are spirits known as Hollows, I would explain what they are exactly but that would take too much time."

Grym would move away from the edge while keeping his distance from the man, unsure what his temperament is at the moment but he is preparing himself incase this mane decides to try to attack him.

"I am a shinigami, a sort of..... Being trained to not only hunt down and put hollows out of their miserable existence, but also guide souls who have not became hollows to where I and many others reside called Soul Society, and I was sent here not to hunt hollows but to find you and learn about you since there are humans like you but not many with your talents."

He continues to watch the man, not giving the person his name as he isn't going to tell this person much about himself as he seems to already has all of his weapons drawn.

It appeared that the Shinigami had taken notice of Zoro's presence, and because of this Zoro felt a bit more emboldened to continue on with his current trajectory. "I don't know what the Soul Society is and I don't know why you're investigating me, but I've noticed beings like you popping up all around these areas and it's getting old. Step off." Zoro took inventory of the mans odd attire and seemingly aloof demeanor. He tried to explain what the monsters Zoro had been confronting were called but he didn't really have much to say in response. "Whatever they are I've killed and defeated several and never seen one of you guys around. If your job is to dispose of those fucking monsters you've done a piss-poor job of it."

Zoro cracked his neck, still staring the Shinigami down with irritation written across his face. "Gonna ask you again to tell me your name and tell me more about why you're here, otherwise I'm going to shred you."

Grym sees that apparently this person doesn't seem to think that the info he has given was not important enough to think on, so Grym decides to comply as he remains to try to remain passive to show that he is not an aggressor in this conversation.

"Very well I will tell you who I am and why I am here. my name is Grym Balthorn and I am here to politely ask you to stop harassing my fellow shinigami that come here for like I said before, hunting hollows is not our only job as we are also charged with guiding souls that haven't become hollows to soul society and the reason why shinigami haven't arrived been around when you have confronted hollows is something that I will not tell you since it's information I am not at liberty to tell you.

Now please stop harassing the shinigami that do come here so that they can save lost souls from either becoming hollows or being eaten by hollows fas well as eliminate hollows they are sent here to remove from your world for if you dont, I will have to use force."

Gyrms soft and friendly demeanor became serious as he remained where he stood as again he would rather put in the report that he tried to be peaceful about this encounter before he had to use force, he wasn't given orders to kill the human so perhaps if he incapacitated the human he might be given the chance to imprison him in the complex to not only remove him from interrupting shinigami operations but to also keep an eye on him.

The Shinigami appeared to be doing it's damnedest to appear passive in this situation, but Zoro simply put wasn't having it. Nonetheless it appeared that a bit of confrontation had drawn motive out of the fellow swordsman. He clearly wasn't looking for a fight and perhaps Zoro needed to accept that for now. As the man spoke Zoro made some mental notes regarding what he was saying. His name was Grym Balthorn, a fairly strange name for someone to have while loitering about in Los Angeles but for now it would have to do. The man asked Zoro to cease harassing his fellow Shinigami which prompted several questions and a small smirk to form across Zoro's face. Of course his main thought was.. what the fuck is a Shinigami?..

The man then continued trying to weasel his way out of explaining their lack of presence fully, and this was for anyone with eyes pretty clearly grating on Zoro's nerves. He scowled, his eyes closing momentarily as he began to tighten his jaw. It was at this point that Zoro heard the Shinigami say something he.. well, probably shouldn't have. He would have to use force hm?..

Zoro's smirk formed fully and he pointed a sword in the mans direction. "Try it."

Grym, seeing that this person not only seem to get agitated by his simple request to stop harassing the Shinigami, but also if this person didn't stop he would have to use force. Watching this person raise their weapon and just challenged him to try to stop him only made Grym see that this person likes to fight over anything else so he will indulge this person, he soon goes to place his hand on his zanpakuto.

"may I ask your name since I have given you mine, it would only be fair."

Grym calmly waited to see if the person would try to attack him or respond to his request as he would need a name to the person he brings into the Complex in the soul society when filling out paperwork, as he waited for the person's response he breathed calmly as he focuses his sensing abilities to make sure that he can hopefully predicts the man's movements so he can act accordingly.

It appeared that the Shinigami was finally going to take the hint. Grym placed his hand on his Zan and in that moment Zoro knew that he was going to get to have some fun for the day and a sly smirk crossed his face. "About fucking time...and as for my name? It's Zoro." Zoro donned all three of his blades and Blurred forwards, launching a horizontal slash at the mans torso before following the mans position to strike downwards and vertical with the opposite blade. He would jump back after making this advance and begin to prepare himself for any kind of counter-attack the Shinigami might muster. He wasn't exactly thrilled about having to continue defending his turf from these invading forces but if this was what it meant to have his gifts then.. well, this was what it'd take.

"Come on then, let's see who's swords are stronger!"

Gryms senses could feel what this person who gave his name as Zoro was doing while he drew his zanpakuto at the last moment to block this person's attack, revealing the black blade of his sealed zanpakuto while he performs Shunpo as he sees the next attack coming. He would appear at a different ledge as he watches Zoro for he had a feeling the first attack was testing him, his eyes narrow as he heard the man revel and called out to see who's blades are stronger yet he didn't wish to use his shikai just yet as it would be a poor move to use it so early.

"we will see soon enough then."

After speaking he would raise a finger until he's pointing at Zoro as spiritual energy begins to collect at his fingertip, he intends to try to exhaust this person with possibly some ranged attacks before going into melee.

"Hado #4: Byakurai"

As he finished speaking the name of the Kidou, a beam of white energy like a lightning bolt arcs towards Zoro in an attempted to injure the man at range.

So the man had parried Zoro's attack then Shunpo'd to a perch somewhere presumably because he was a bitch and didn't wanna mix it up with Zoro which was fine right? Zoro wasn't opposed to letting the man come to terms with his defeat before he decided to approach yet for some reason the man thought this would be a ranged battle. "Not quite what I have in mind.."

As the man launched the Hadou 4 in Zoro's general direction he used Blur to get out of the way while spinning his body towards his new target. He slashed his blades at the mans current location in an X-Shaped formation. Provided the man parried, he would find that Zoro would be pushing him backwards to force a reset of position so that he could follow up.

One thing was for sure, Zoro wasn't going to let the man get off for coming in here with an attitude, and without a plan.