~Gang Wars in West Rukongai.~

"Sure. No prob."

shin steps forward. gathering his reiatsu..

"Bakudo # 26 - Kyokko"

"This will do."

"Thanks.This should be fairly easy now." Gathering reiatsu to his legs Loki lands on the roof in one high jump.Flattening down he keeps an eye on Shiro and Altria's situation.Man,did she have to do that?They're gonna be mad as hell now.

nodding in agreement..

"Very true."

shin continues to watch.

Shiro follows Altria's lead, but realizes he acted to slow. (altria seems to have knocked all of then to the ground) he just stands close by and cracks his knuckles while making a 'come at me' look.

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Having been surprised by her sudden appearance and subsequent attack the group quickly recovers.There's a sound of many blades being drawn.The towering giant of a man in particular steps forward with menacing eyes.
"You!You were the ones near the mountains.I nearly got demoted thanks to ya until it turned out little missy here had quite the reputation.And now ya stick noses into Crow business." Grinning gleefully he motions to the rest of the group,"Get them!Boss wants to meet them so they gotta be alive." His grin turns nasty,"alive but he said nothing bout unhurt." Altria and Shiro get rushed by the Crows.

Shiro looks completely calm and charges right at them, "..." he lashes out with a barrage of punches and kicks, and it looks just like a pouncing tiger. he knocks out five of the guys and sends them to the ground without even breaking a sweat. "honestly.... you think we'll let you pummel us that easy?"

Ducking and blocking the blows she twirls the wooden sword to clear some space before launching into offensive.'This is too easy.Need to be careful,we came here to get captured,not beat them into pulp.But they are sooo easy.' With a sigh she drops low to avoid a slash from behind,striking out at the man's legs.When there's only about half of the group left conscious she pretends to trip and let's one of them strike the wooden sword from her hand.Immediately another points a blade to her throat,"Don't move." Placing her hands up in surrender she pretends to look furious.

Shiro looks up and is about to go over to altria when a wooden sword suddenly flicks infront of his face. "stay right where you are" Shiro puts his hands up and looks a bit ticked off. "tch... alright alright... I give." he glances over to Altria and has a 'we did it' look in his eyes.

Observing from his spot on the roof Loki grins."And here we go."

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Keeping blades pointed at both of their throats they make sure to keep them apart.The big man comes over to gloat,a sneer clear on his round face. "Thought ya could get away,ya brats.Just wait,yer gonna learn what it means to mess with us!"

Turning to another man he barks an order,"Search and bind them." Swiftly complying the man does a quick search of them for hidden weapons,looking rather nervous all the while as if even in current situation he could get attacked.Ones done another one uses a heavy thick rope to bind their arms together at the wrists,leaving a long piece trailing out like a sort of leash.

"All done,Kazuma-san." Looking them over satisfied the big guy,Kazuma, grins malevolently.Taking hold of the trailing ends of the ropes binding their arms he gives each a sharp tug."Let's go.Boss's tired of waiting."

There's a meek protest from one of the man,"Shouldn't we blindfold them so they can't see the way to the base?" Kazuma grins like he won a big prize."No.They 'aint telling no one cause they 'aint coming out.Unless it's legs first and being carried." Laughing at his own crude joke Kazuma moves out,leading Shiro and Altria down the different alleys towards the base,periodically giving sharp tugs to the ropes binding their wrists.

Keeping her face neutral she catches the look in Shiro's eyes,holding his gaze,her own glittering with hidden excitement and warning as if saying,'Yes but the dangerous part is ahead.' When the big guy addresses them she switches her attention to him,staring at him with unnervingly blank look.She takes the search calmly even as the two kunai strapped to her arms are found and confiscated,knowing that would happen and taking amusement from the obvious nervousness of the guy conducting the search.What did he think she'd do,bite him?.Wincing inwardly when the rope binds her arms,biting into skin,she stumbles forward when Kazuma tugs on the trailing end connected to it,just managing to catch herself.Ignoring the joke she sharply observes the route they are taking as Kazuma leads them down the winding back alleys,memorizing the route,periodically stumbling forward when he tugs on the ropes but keeping her annoyance tightly concealed and face blank.

replying back to loki

"Yep. Here goes our part.."

Shiro glares at the guy as he tugs on the rope. he tries to keep himself calm although the ropes are beginning to dig into his wrists.

Kazuma leads them down one final,twisted alley that ends in a dead end.Coming up to the wall he knocks on it three times in a specific pattern.There's an answering knock from within the wall.Without a sound a heap of crates at the wall shifts away to reveal it being a masked door.Without a word he tugs on the ropes again and leads his two prisoners inside.The whole group disappears into the opening and the masked door swings shut again.
Inside the structure looks like an ordinary lived in building.Kazuma leads them down the wooden halls,periodically they come across other members that just look at them curiously and whisper to each other.At last stopping before a door Kazuma swings it open to reveal a bare room with a rug over a wooden floor,light supplied from the only tiny window high up on one wall."Get in here." Roughly he pushes Shiro and Altria into the room."I'm going to go report the big news to the boss.You punks sit here and don't even think of trying anything." Shutting the door with a bang and a click of a lock it could be heard as he instructs someone to guard the door and take "heavy measures" if the brats try to escape or anything funny.

Making sure to memorize the route,the password used and which hallways they take now she stumbles when Kazuma pushes them into the room.Trying to balance she only manages to stumble more and land on the floor."Ow..bloody damn ruffian." Glaring at the closed door she rubs her leg.

Shiro stays quiet although his wrists are bleeding.he survays the area but says nothing.

Getting to her feet she walks over to Shiro,frowning upon noticing his wrists are bleeding.Her first impulse it to heal it,she even raises her bound hands,remembering about keeping shinigami part secret at the last moment."Drat.." Letting her hands drop she sighs in frustration."Sorry..I can't..help with that.." Sitting down resolutely to wait for Kazuma's return she quietly notes,"The way we came in..it must be difficult for anyone outside to get in..but,I think that was a back entrance..there must be front too.." She hopes he understands what she's trying to say,being unable to say the words outright as the room might be listened to.

Shiro nods at Altria understanding exactly what she's trying to say. he looks at his wrists and glowers. (in thought: '..... this.... really... SUCKS!!!')

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There are footsteps outside the door.It swings open to show Kazuma,grinning from ear to ear like the cat that got the canary and the sour cream."On your feet,lets go.Boss just can't wait to..m.e.e.t you." Drawing out the word "meet" he makes it sound ominous.

Shiro just narrows his eyes at the guy. (in thought: If we wanted to.... we could seriously kick all your butts right now and walk away like nothing happened.') Shiro gets up and waits for Altria.

She stands up slowly."How nice." Looking at Kazuma with distaste his
smug look really irritates the heck out of her.'Look at him,gloating..we could level the whole damn place in seconds if we wanted to..' Moving towards the door she settles for giving him a cold,blank look.

Shiro follows close behind Altria and gives Kazuma the most terrifying glare that could send shivers down even an Arrancar's spine.

Taking a step back momentarily from the glare Kazuma remembers himself,hiding a shiver behind a scowl.Picking up the ends of the rope he tugs on them again,forcing them to follow.Leading out of the room they take the stairs at the end of the hall,going up two flights.At the end they stop before grand looking doors.With a nod from Kazuma the two guards at each side pull them open and he leads them inside the big,expensively decorated room that's full of members of the Crow to stand before a man sitting in a decorated chair at the back of the room.With shortly cut brown hair,piercing black eyes and a heavy built the man creates quite an impression.There's also something animalistic about him that's hard to pinpoint."Yusuke-dono.I have brought the prisoners as asked." Bowing,Kazuma pushes them a little forward before retreating to stand on the side.Regarding each of them in turn with those piercing eyes the man,Yusuke,speaks in a deep voice that is almost a growl."Why have you involved yourselves in my clans affairs?You are strangers here."

Shiro just looks smug with a slight grin but says nothing.

'So this is the boss we want..it won't be easy making this guy talk..' Regarding the man she indiscreetly counts the amount of potential opponents from the corner of her eye.'Let's see..about..twenty-five..that I can see,plus the big guy himself..heh..' Smirking she tilts he head a little,deciding to draw out time to give Shin and Loki a chance to get closer to their location."Your clan affairs? Harassing a defenseless girl?Of course we couldn't just walk by. Anyone with an ounce of consciousness and honor would have done the same.Did you get thrown out of your usual haunting grounds with a beating and now go only after those defenseless?" Smirking,she taunts him with the words,hoping he'll say something useful in anger.