( music in Cross's headphones.)>--

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The gargunta opens slowly above a apartment complex. The sky was dark, teh stars were shinning. "this is one of the reasons why i like the human world..the sky.." I smile looking up towards the moon. Stepping out of the gargunta slowly, i float in the sky, turning my head towards Iza. the smile still on my face as i fold my arms.

The white headphones shine in the moonlight as music blasts full volume out of them. I started to like this kind of music, even memorizing the words a little. My mouth forms the words as they past in the music. My eyes look over Iza's body,"it's better with music, not so..quiet around here." I say smiling wide. i tilt my head while turning around motioning her to follow me.

"You know if you smile more, people would start to like you more..I would think you would have a great smile. try it more"
i say sticking my tongue at her, floating down towards the apartment building below.

As Izanami stepped through the portal between the worlds she lifted her arms up and placed them behind her head following Cross' lead and looking at the stars that sparkled in the sky. Her eyebrow gave a soft tick at the words he said about the human world and why he liked it. She dropped her hands over her chest with a look of discontent on her face before heaving a sigh before turning her gaze to him. She could hear the soft hum from his headphones but could barely make out the words.

When he made a comment about her not smiling often she pulled her brows together and fully turned to him, "If we ruled this world, we could look at the sky all we wanted, and I smile more often than you think. Just because I don't walk around with a stupid grin on my face doesn't mean anything," she retorted back, but as she thought about it she realized she smirked more than she smiled. The truth made the foxes head hang a little bit to the side before she put the best forced smile on her face. It seemed out of place a moment as she showed him before letting it drop from her features, "okay, so maybe I just don't have a lot to smile about these days," she corrected herself.

"Truth be told, I would like it if people warmed up to me, but in the end I don't care for attention as much as I play at it. It's just easier to watch people when they're gaze is on me. I don't trust our comrades anymore than they trust me" she admitted scratching her neck softly leaning it back once more towards the sky, "you'd be surprised what people will do for power," the look she gave off seemed one of reminiscent memories before she snapped herself back to the world and looked at Cross she began to flux her reiatsu in order to draw the attention they were looking for.

"Why do you love the humans anyway? It's not like you have much reason to outside the fact that you were one a long time ago," she said raising her brows in wonder but placing her gaze on the ground where there were several people scattered around although they looked more like ants from where the two hung in the sky the pressure she was giving off probably made the people below have a hard time breathing, but not enough that they were in tremendous pain, "They're so....fragile."

Cross slowly rose his reiatsu. the mark on his chest he gained a few days back could serve him a good purpose getting attention. looking at the sky still he smiled,stretching his arms in the air. "If we ruled this world, there wouldn't be anything to smile about. Everything would be predictable." He said, fully turning towards Iza. He wasn't one for being over something, so that thought never crossed his mind.

As he listened to Iza about her smiling and people not warming up to her. Not trusting the other Espada, Cross let out a slight chuckle. "For people to warm up to you, you have to warm up to them." eh stopped for a moment, thinking about what to say. "Trust is not given..It's earned." He said smiling once again. This is the most he smiled since he became an espada.

"power? That is not the most important thing to me. maybe in the future when i have something or someone to fight for..but this moment does not call for it." he said, Shrugging his shoulders. He did a quick roll of his shoudlers and neck, yawning slightly as the pattern ended.

"I only protect the ones that cannot see hollows. I don't believe in blind strikes like that. Plus the children and women..I may be a monster in their eyes..but atleast I know I am doing something good for them.. he Smiled towards her once again, tilting his head slightly. "I may not be an arrancar you trust or like, but atleast I can promise you I will not stab you in the back. That's not how i play my game.

Izanami began to laugh, not at him, but his words did give her reasons to chuckle, "Of all the arrancar, I would place my trust in you the most, Cross," she admitted placing her hands into her pockets. It would have been so easy to open up, and gain his trust it seemed, but Cross truly was different than the rest of them and she respected that. So much so that even the fox was having trouble playing him into her hand. He seemed like a shinigami in arrancar clothing. Her brows pulled together as she turned her eyes at him considering him a moment before she let the thought go. There was no way that was possible.

"But like I said I do not care for peoples trust, you may be an acceptation Cross, but I wouldn't put money on the riley bunch the Ancient has gathered. Most of them are not here to make friends.." she concluded before he continued in saying that he would not be the one to stab her in the back. She lowered her eyes at this statement, a sadness returning to her face before quickly being hidden. She didn't doubt he would be the one doing the back stabbing. A soft sigh passed her lips once more before she covered up her frown with a smile he had asked for. A smile somewhat genuine, but not looking forced like her first one had been.

She began her decent down to the earth below and as she made contact began to look at her surroundings. They seemed to be in a less populated area. A parkway seemingly for leisurely night strolls for those in questionable love. Crushing her brows together she surveyed the area. Everything seemed exactly the same. The urge to go find something to do and blow off the mission crept up, but she guessed there was always time for that later. The sooner they got information about what was going on here and the Soul Society the sooner they could get a plan into action.

While wiggling her toes on the concrete she looked back at Cross, "Do you really wanna know why I hate this world?" she asked her gaze turning back ahead of her. There was nothing to do really until they ran into someone of interest so she figured a short story may kill the time. If he was willing to listen, perhaps it was time she was willing to share.

He smiled once again, with a slight chuckle as she talked about trust." i'm kinda in the same box as your iza..They are..shady." he said. lowering his smile into a more serious face. He bursted out more of his reiatsu, almost 45% power to start gaining some attention. He turned to face her once again, a slight smirk came upon his face "i'm glad you feel that way..Atleast i have someone to lean back on in this weird group ya know?" he said, slowly floating down towards the ground.

Once he landed he looked around the area. not a lot of people were out, only a few couples. The lights on teh trees covered the area, it was still dark, but ti was just a dim light. The water nearby could be heard crashing against the shoreline. It was a romantic spot for humans, Seeing them on benches together made him smile. he never knew what love was like, he probably never will. all he could do was smile towards the humans.

"Do you really wanna know why I hate this world?"
He looked over towards Iza, walking near her before turning towards tehe water, sitting ont eh dock as he released more of his reiatsu, about 59% now.
"sure I would like to know mor3 about why you feel so about this place. i like listening to others opinions compared to mine." the arrrancars smile was unatural, why did he smile so much, especially around her? He didn't care, Cross was just enjoying the time out of that god forsaken desert.

OOC: for those wondering what the mark is, CAt teh 4th captain fought cross and ut this on him so she can track him. its part of her bankai apparently, so cross is using ti to hsi advantage

[ooc: could Masaru join? xD I assume this thread takes place before Taz's vizard thread??]

ooc: sure its open, jsut trying to get into contact with some SS peeps xD.

Masaru had been spending the past few weeks in Karakura Town, somehow remaining hidden through the recent activity in the city. Masaru had been relaxing on the roof of Karakura High when he sensed a burst of hollow reiatsu. Without a moments though Masaru launched himself from the roof, landing with a roll on the ground far below. Straight out of the roll Masaru sprinted for a series of buildings and leapt to the roof of the closest one, before continuing towards the reiatsu he had sensed travelling by rooftop.

Sticking to the shadows of buildings and trees Masaru closed in on the reiatsu signature and spotted two figures, Masaru was pretty sure they were arrancar. Not feeling the need to engage them Masaru decided to keep an eye on them for now and keep his presence unknown to the two. Though if they did somehow spot him they would only catch a glimps of Masaru's silver hair and eyes in the darkness.

Izanami turned her eyes down when he said he was willing to listen as she drew her hands from her pockets and rubbed them against her face as if preparing herself for the story she was about to tell. She didn't take a seat with him but rather tilted her head back to the stars while placing her hands behind her head. She said nothing for a long while as her human life etched its way through her mind. It seemingly clouded her eyes before she closed them allowing herself to take in the calm of the night for what it was as it surely wasn't going to stay like that for long.

"I died...eons ago it seems like. It was when the Yakuza had rule over a lot of the land. I was living in Kagamino city, not that I had the choice...it hardly felt like I was living at all[/color]" she trailed off before tilting her head down, " My parents had been in debt from my father's gambling and paid in flesh rather than money. They're alive but had traded me in return for clearing their debts...I started out as a pick-pocket. Using my girlish charm on tourists visiting the city, and asked them to help me find my parents. When they would look up and around I would take their money to meet my quota. However, by the time I was fourteen...fifteen maybe..." she clenched her fists and closed her eyes once more as her nails dug into the flesh of her palm.

"I became a geisha for the local boss... I was bathed in jewels and fine clothing, but even if I was dressed like royalty I was hardly treated as such. The geisha now-a-days are a fine evolution from what the Yakuza had made the name to be..." she sighed bringing a hand to her forehead as though the topic was giving her a headache and it truly was, "I had to do everything they asked for. Cook for them, clean for them, wash them. Anything you think of I had to do without protest...and they made sure to start me off young," the bitterness behind the last of her words had her choke on them a little bit. Making her move her hand to her mouth as she took several moments to collect herself.

Shaking her head she heaved a heavy sigh before wrapping up with a quickness. Seemingly she was exhausted by telling her story. It had truly been the first time she had told anyone. Then again there hadn't been many around willing to listen, "When they no longer had a use for me they passed me around like a rag till I had finally gave up hope and wished to die...and I got exactly what I asked for. No one knew I was dead for weeks until I was found by a hotel maid. My body was naked in its own blood. ..Betrayed by the people I thought were going to take care of me. I festered in that room as a spirit for what seemed like only seconds before I turned hollow from my anger at my parents, and the yakuza, and myself for being so weak...I didn't stand a chance at being saved and going to the soul society...that's why I have no respect for humans. I was a child...and they hurt me...as a woman I was merely a body...I saw many people being treated like they had no soul. Anyone who wasn't killing was a slave. We were not people to our bosses...we were pawns. What kind of respect can you find in that?" she asked her voice sounding broken by the end of her story the respect she held for herself seemingly gone and the persona she projected seemingly shattered as she returned to the soul she had been all those years ago for a moment. Broken down and hopeless just wishing to die.

Izanami shook her head before taking in a deep breath as though she had been holding it and returning to the person Cross knew her to be, "Took out a boss or two in my day, though, that's ultimately why they killed me. Poison in their drinks or metal in their sushi..." she smirked out before looking around trying to change the subject quickly as though the story she just told him hadn't been something deeply personal, "Where are these soul society fools? You're pouring your reiatsu out so much that its even making me uneasy" she drawled lifting her nose to the air to try and get a reading of someone else, but with Number 3 being so close and letting so much out all she could smell was decaying bodies, "I would say lets snack on a soul, but I know you don't like doing that...so may I snack on a soul or would that offend you? I'm sure they would come running after that." she snickered out she turning her back to the water and Cross and began pacing towards an un-expecting couple.