A lone figure, dressed in an almost standard Shinigami uniform, stands on a building overlooking the city of Kagamino City. A light breeze blows through her short hair as sun was setting on the city. Mizuko Ichikawa sighed as she looked over the city. She had been assigned here due to wanting to be reassigned somewhere other than Karakura Town. Mizuko didn't mind as long as it allowed her to keep out of trouble and in the good graces of the Soul Society.

As she stood overlooking the city she began to wonder why it had been so quiet lately. Over the last two weeks there had been no hollows around at all. Previouisly there had been at least one hollow a week. Now, nothing.

Mizuko sighed and hoped down off the building. She then began to quietly walk around, looking to see if she can find a hollow. She also looked around to see if she could find any plus's to help out as well. "I hate it when it's so quiet. What happened to all the activity?" she said to no one in peticular.

It was a nice and quiet day out. One just perfect for laying back and relaxing in the long grass as the clouds roll by overhead. But no, there were strange occurrences going on now. Somehow a hollow had been attacking people without leaving any traces of reitsu or exhibiting any form of it either. It was a very disturbing case. And of course since i was stationed here in Kagamino City, the responsibility fell to me to take care of. I had requested additional assistance from Central 46 but i had heard nothing back about it. They were probably still in debate over my left arm so it was quite likely they may be using the situation as a means of getting rid of me. Sighing i stood up from where i lay on top of one of the roofs of the city. Thinking over such matters would get me no where and i had more important matters to deal with.

As i looked over the edge of the twenty story building i stood on, I felt the presence of a nearby shinigami. Smiling i jumped down and began shunpoing my way towards the person. When i arrived, I stood before her my red trimmed white cloak flapping in the wind over my sleeveless shuhakshu. My left arm hung limply however, a side effect of Kyokko that i had placed around it to suppress its demonic aura.

"Well i see its about time Central sent someone here to help. I'm Elenia Cristix, Fourth seat of Squad Eleven," I state as i hold out my right hand to the woman before me.

Mizuko was just minding her own business and walking around when all the sudden another female Shinigami showed up before her. She stoped short and looked the new arrival over. She saw that she was taller, but then again most were. She also took note of the left arm before returning her attention back up to Elenia's face. She listened to what she had to say. "I'm not sure what you mean by that. I've been here for a few weeks now. I'm Mizuko Ichikawa, unranked member of Divison 3. It's nice to meet you." she replied, shaking the hand that was offered.

She continued to wonder what Elenia ment by her statement. She then decied to ask. "I actually was actually almost assigned to Karakura Town for a bit. I was, somehow, able to get assigned here though. I'm not here because Central sent me however. It was just a way to keep tabs on me, I think." she said, lowering her head as she spoke. "I'm not by any means a favorite there. Anyway, any idea why it's been so quiet lately? I've not seen any hollows for almost two weeks."

"I am almost...Tired," How long had it been? It had been a few weeks almost now ever since he had expended the life of his vessle and been forced into a meager shadow of his true self. Searching for a replacement was never any easy task, but the demon had managed too with professional tact. For something that had endured the many years that he had this was just one of life's usual problems. Losing a body to this demon was like a rainy day or a lost weager to any human and it was just a slight, temporary set back.

However, he could feel the tight grip of the chains that bound him. The warm, suffocating seals that singed his flesh and stained his spirit locked him up tight, weighing down his power and his ability. Even though he was once again, after such a long rest, whole again...He was back to being a capped bottle. While in this world of the living, this demon was forever bound heavily by the immesearable weight of these restricting seals.

This demon was Cubix.
He looked different in his new body. Darker hair replaced his formally golden cut and an oriental shaped face and body. He was shorter now, by a handful of inches, and he weighed a great deal less. His current body wasn't as built, physically, as his last and was more than an entire decade younger. Even his voice was different, younger and a little more energetic. Yet, the one thing that remained the exact same were those sharp, brillant blood-red eyes.

Cubix was sitting in a dark room. He'd been in here a long time in the same position. He was in a chipped wooden chair in front of a dusty wooden table with his elbow on the table and a cupped hand bracing his chin as those half opened eyes stared dreamily into the darkness at nothing. This home he took for his own, formally belonging to the host, had once been full of life and fun. As pleased party goers were slashed open by a knife, their guts turning the party red, screamed and cried the building eventually went silent. The host, being chosen by Cubix, had no choice but to fall to the demon's influence and kill it's own, sacrificing it's own sanity and indivuality, before it was nothing but a new pair of clothes for Cubix. That just left Cubix the time to settle in...Which he did.

Recovering. It had been a long process and the costs were pretty steep. Cubix had a sightly...Elevated hunger and one of the things he took that hunger out on were the Hollow and the Spirits. As his spirit settled deep into the form of the host, Cubix devoured, through the host, just about anything and everything he could get his hands on. Sometimes he even had to use his powers, though he didn't do such for more than a split second as he easily defeated the lesser creatures. All he needed was a single instance. Many may have, possibly, misinterperted this as a Hollow attacking other Hollow. There was more than enough room to do so. Not all were completely familiar with Demon energy and, specifically, Cubix's own demonic energy. Cubix hadn't taken the time to go after the Shinigami, despite knowing of their existance, because they didn't interest him as of yet.

"Hmm..." Cubix thought, breaking that statue form of his in order to touch his forehead a moment. "I've noticed it for a while but...There is something wrong with that one. Something...Unusual," Cubix noted aloud. He was recovered, back to normal, and revitalized after a long process of re-acquiring a new body. It was about time he stop neglecting the next possible meals. Cubix ran a hand through his hair before standing up. At the moment, he shouldn't be expressing all that much Demonic power. It was probably why he wasn't busted as of yet. But, the moment he decided to use his powers, his small pressence would become a much larger one.

"I've rested long enough," He decided, stretching his arms up. All the power that Cubix had been collecting and molding was released out in it's usual fashion. Cubix wasn't making an effort to throw out more power than he ordinarily did simply walking around, but even that much should be fairly noticable to the Shinigami in charge of Kagamino City. If, by chance, there was some sort of tricky Hollow that actually possessed the high level skill of concealing it's power and reastu it would definitely feel the natural power that flowed from Cubix.

Cubix threw the chair back and threw the table next, sending both on their sides, before he made his way, through the cold darkness, towards the door. He would throw that too when he reached it and, for the first time in a long while, take a long breath of the open, clean human air.

I leaned up against a building crossing my arms. My left arm moved sluggishly but at least i had some motor control over it. Central was seriously giving me the short end on this one. "Well i guess I've been to busy to notice but I've been here for a while now myself. From what i have gathered and the reports i was given, there is a creature here that has been consuming souls of both wholes and humans. In the past there has been similar instances, especially during the Aizen incidents. However there is something else about this one that leads my to question what is truly going on, though Central won't listen to what i have to say."

I then decided to do something that i never thought i would of done willingly. Being careful to not tear my coat, i removed my left arm from my coat exposing the demonic flesh it had become. It had been a while since i last filed the thorns so they had regrown to their full, sharp, pointy shapes. If one looked closely, they could see the blood pumping through the black veins that ran all along my left arm disappearing underneath my sleeveless shuhakshu. "You are the first person i have willingly told. I lost my arm in a battle against a hollow not too long ago. Since then i have had this arm and it is the reason why i am still here."

Covering my arm back up I turn away from Mizuchi and begin leading the way towards a place a couple blocks away. A energy signature had flared suddenly and i could tell that it was not a hollow. It was similar to that man who had given my arm and it seemed something akin to the hollow i thought i had been chasing the past couple weeks. "Come Mizuchi. It's seems our quarry may have just announced himself. I do hope you understand the ramifications of what you have seen and that you can maintain your dignity about said ramifications. Now let's go see who our soul eating guest is."

Mizuko stood there, watching Elenia closly. She was curious what Central had to do with them being there, bur she shrugged that off. She quietly listened as she explained that there was something out there consuming souls. This, she thought, was rather odd since she had not sensed anything unusual, at least for any prolonged peroids of time. Mizuko took a step back once Elenia revealed her arm. She was just a bit shocked at first when she saw it. She looked at it almost to the point of staring at it till it was covered back up. She felt sad for Elenia at the fact she'd lost her arm, but didn't have time to think any further. She too had felt the energy, although it did not seem very strong to her. She watched as Elenia began to move towards the energy signature, letting her lead the way. "I understand and I will." she said, regarding the first part of what was said. "And please, lead the way. I'm interested to see who this person is."

Despite the fact that it had been some time since i had seen that man, I knew that whoever this was was not that man. It was someone else, someone who could maybe point me in that man's direction. There were a great many things that i had to discuss with that man. Stealing myself a ran up along the side of a building before leap frogging back and forth between its neighboring building. I was thankful for the training i had during my time as a ninja and assassin when i was alive. By the time i had reached the top of the building, i had increased the size of my Kyokko to include all of me and not just my arm. However i left it leave me visible for the moment.

I waited at the roof of the twenty story building until Mizuko arrived on top the building as well. "Do you know how to use Kyokko, Mizuko? Because if you do, then i suggest using it if we are going to properly track this being. If not then well i hope that you don't mind being the bait."

With that I twisted the energy so the Bakudo would take full effect, turning me completely invisible as well as shielding my reitsu. Silently i ran to the edge of the building and leaped across to the building next door. As i landed not a sound stirred, even if one had been exactly where i had landed, they would not have heard a sound either. Turning around i removed my eye patch and began looking in the direction that the unusual reitsu signature was before making my way towrds it carefully, silently, and invisible to both the eye and sense.

Mizuko found it hard to keep up with Elenia even though she herself was in good shape. Once she had caught up she listened to what was said. She was about to reply as Elenia disappeared. She had only heard about Kyokko and had never really used it outside of classroom training. "Wonder what she means by bait?" she said as she used Kyokko herself, thoguh not fully hiding her reiatsu as she did. She didn't see where Elenia went so, since she now felt the energy much stronger now than before, she decided to head right for it. She arrived near where Cubix was just as he was kicking out the door. She watched as it flew quit a few yards before comming to rest in a multitude of pieces on the ground. 'My but he is strong.' she thought as she stayed right were she was. She wanted to wait for a little more time to ensure that the person before her was the person Elenia and her were looking for. She quitelty watched him from around the corner of the building where they were, hoping not to be seen or heard.

I almost felt bad for disappearing on Mizuko like that but i had a feeling that it would be extremely necessary if we were to discover the culprit. As soon as Mizuko had began heading towards the possible target, I began to keep my pace somewhat equal to hers. After a few moments we arrived to the location of the energy source as a door was suddenly kicked out into the street. It appeared we may have found our target. Silently i stepped to the edge of a three story hardware kiddy corner from the house that the door just flew out of.

The dense reitsu emanating out of the door was not as strong as that man's but it was more powerful than Mizuko and myself could take head on. We would have to be very careful it seemed, especially when Mizuko was only around the corner form the target. I could feel a surge of energy coming from Arrenok.

It appears that we are tracking a demon Elenia. Do you plan on letting me spill his blood.? The sword asked me in a whisper.

Perhaps, Arrenok. He may not be the target we are looking for though. I replied mentally to the demon sword.

Awww, that would be a shame. What about that girl then. I've always wondered what a shinigami's blood would taste like.

Watch your tongue Arrenok. Just as you are sworn to not attack Divus, I am sworn not to attack those of Soul Society. Only if they become a threat to Divus or the innocents of Soul Society will I allow you to draw their blood. Is that understood?

Such a stubborn girl. It must be why the master likes you. Very well, i will try to stay my tongue but we better find some blood for me to spill soon. It's been so long since the last time i tasted its sweet flavor.

I nodded in agreement. It truly had been too long since the last time either of my swords drew blood. In silence the three of us waited for the moment.

"Hmph," Cubix looked at the thrown door a moment before his eyes wandered slowly over the surroundings. Cubix closed his eyes a moment, taking in a deep breath as he held up his hands slowly, lightly, with his palms skyward. A single pulse ran from Cubix's legs, running through the ground like a ripple of spirutal power that traveled through the ground, around each and every building, and back to the ground where it traveled a great distance which, eventually, would cover the entire city.

"Invisibility. How clever," Hardly impressed, the demon immediately dropped his arms to his side and slowly opened those red eyes of his. It was annoying to him how small, unimportant creatures thought they could get over on things that far surpassed them. It was beyond ignorant to assume that such a typical tactic as hiding your pressence was enough to always steal victory and surprise over your opponent. Just what sort of being did they assume Cubix was? He definitely wasn't something to be played with. Cubix was beyond this game of stragety and tactics. There was no need for him to ever lower himself to trying anything but the direct approach on an insect. A simple stomp of his foot or bat of his hand was all that was required against such small, tiny prey.

"I assume," Cubix started, walking out into the middle of the street looking dead ahead at a spiffy little business building, "That you are prepared to confront me seeing as you are masking your energy and hiding your body. Then it is also fair to assume,"Cubix was simply speaking out in the open. He wasn't looking at or around for the Shinigami and he waved a hand as if implying that it were no big deal at all, "That you are fully prepared to die?" Cubix would say, a slight grin appearing on his face as he asked that.

Cubix didn't move. There wasn't any indication that he had done or was planning anything, however, he did send out an attack. The ground underneath Elenia and Mizuko's feet cracked and, from those cracks, a spray of jagged rocks and cement flew upwards at them, aiming to run across their skin and bash them. All were sharp, as if someone took a jackhammer to the ground below to leave hundreds upon hundreds of pieces, but a few were large. Large enough to bash and thrash the two females. The spray was wide and came directly under their feet. It wouldn't be all that easy to counter, but, perhaps if they were fast, they could avoid it altogether.

"I wonder if either of you are even worth eating..." He said, though this was mostly to himself as he was seriously considering it. Cubix would eat them were it necessary, but it wasn't. He was tired above all else, so eating them would just be his stuffing himself. As far as he could tell, with their concealing their identies and one everything that defined herself, there wasn't anything interesting about them. Cubix was the sort that enjoyed being entertained and dealing with invisible ghosts was not entertaining. But, he didn't outright try to smash them on purpose. Just something to break their concentration over that spell they held was enough.