Streets of Karakura

Izaya Orihara--Quincy



"No no, he's got no back up." The voice seemed to come from no where but in truth it came from behind the other male, Izaya had been watching Q from a distance of five feet and hid himself from view behind a tree so he would not be seen. He stepped forward from the cover of the shadows of the tree and now stood within sight, he had his hand in his coats pocket; To this man Izaya should look like just another human, someone ordinary who might have happened to be near by when everything went down, who also had a sixth sense as some would say and just hid away to avoid the danger of a battle. Unbeknownst to Q Izaya's left wrist donned his own Quincy Cross and his right clenched onto a little black sack which tied closed, a bag of hollow bait. He had managed to untie the pouch and his hand now rested within it, toying with the idea of calling more hollow, though he could sense immense reiatsu from down town and knew that in and of itself would be enough to call forth more hollow, what was the harm in inviting more to the party? If he so chose to anyway.

"I think that's the last one you'll see for now...Given the fact that something seems to be up downtown though I don't think your calm moment will last too long." Izaya stated mater-of-factually, of course he knew he was right in what he assumed, because of the hollow bait he possessed one way or another this other male would have to do battle once more. The strong reiatsu he felt from the downtown area was the perfect cover for him, since his hollow bait was hidden within his pocket, if he broke it only he would know what truly happened, unless Q had x-ray vision anyway.

Izaya Orihara--Quincy



"So you're a Quincy who doesn't care to engage in battling hollow except for when you feel like it? I thought you guys were suppose to want to protect people but it seems that you wouldn't lift a finger if a Shinigami were close by...Given what you just said." Izaya replied, his tone sounding neutral yet slightly taunting at the sam time, taking a few more steps forward so that he now stood two feet in front of Q, he made no move to attack nor did he seem hostile. In fact he did not wish to fight at all, simply he wished to play with this person until they proved they could not free him of his bordem. Of course as he spoke he made himself sound like he was not one of Q's people, where would the fun be in all of this if he made his Quincy lineage known so early on in their conversation? None, the answer is there would not be any fun, the fact that Izaya blended in so well was part of the joy this encounter brought.

"Also I would think you to want to upstage any Shinigami near by, by acting first. Since Quincy are so bitter about their extermination over two hundred years ago and are an overly arrogant people." Izaya continued, he ignored Q's question completely, if the other male were smart perhaps he could piece things together and gain an answer himself, but still just because he knew the history did not exactly mean he had anything to do with Quincy. Mainly through this conversation Izaya was trying to get some sort of rise from this other male, he wanted to see just how he reacted to his words. As the conversation continued he clenched lightly a disk of hollow bait between his index finger and thumb, still contemplating breaking the disk as time went by.

Izaya Orihara--Quincy



"Did you know, that if a child has parents that are racist, the child has a higher chance of being racist themselves and so on for as long as the pattern continues? It's an issue of environment, if you're raised in a race hostile environment you believe that to be the only true way of thinking regardless what anyone else says. Now I know what you'll say in response and you're right, I don't have a way of knowing if that's the kind of environment you were raised in, except by the fact you said you bare no ill will towards the Shinigami, from that I can say your family must not have taught you to hate." Izaya spoke, his speech was a long winded reply which really did not serve much purpose other than to continue trying to get more of a rise from Q.

"But...You did say you did not care for them...Tell me then, if you don't hate the Shinigami, what is it about them that makes you dislike them? And if you harbor that dislike shouldn't you still want to upstage them? If only to boost your ego?" He asked, he had found what Q said to be a sort of contradiction, if he did not hate the Shinigami what reason did he have to not care for them? It only interested Izaya further, now he knew he had made a good decision by following the other male. It also amused him that Q thought he could sort of trick his race out of him, at his statement Izaya chuckled, obviously the tactic had not worked so well against him.

"Why does my race matter so much to you? Why do you need to know? I don't think it's important currently what race I am, for now just know I'm someone who has knowledge of otherworldly beings and supernatural occurrences." Izaya replied, deciding to at the least acknowledge the fact he was prying for his race rather than completely ignore the question this time around, knowing how he went about responding would only serve to further his attempts at messing with the young man.

Izaya Orihara--Quincy



Rather than reply to the other male Izaya simply watched as he began to leave his general area, he knew he was going to have fun with this man indeed. When Q turned his back he waited a couple of minutes before he removed his right hand from his pocket, holding the bait between his index finger and thumb and staring down at it with a bit of a grin before he broke the disk to pieces; Activating the hollow calling properties of the bait. It wasn't long before the roaring of countless hollow could be heard and they were heading straight for where the bait had been broken and would pass Q on their way, the sky shook as multiple garganta opened to let them all in.

Izaya stood fearless, he did not summon the hollow simply for the purpose of defeating them himself but rather to put another damper on Q's already agitated mood."Seems I was right about this~" He called to the other Quincy, restraining a chuckle as he waited for the other man to react. Rather than stand there and wait to be seen Izaya sped to the branches of a near by tree, three feet from Q's current location, and crouched down to watch the show begin.

Izaya Orihara--Quincy



"Oh but given the large amount of strong reiatsu downtown and the general strength I'm not shocked that this many showed up." Izaya stated in reply to hearing Q's statement, he had dropped from the branches of the tree and stood underneath the shade the leaves provided. He saw that another Quincy, this time a female, had shown up as well.'Seems the bait isn't just for hollow~' He thought to himself in an amused manner, chuckling under his breath at the site. Though now that there was another here he knew the hollow would all be gone shortly, and since he could be seen he could not break another disk of bait, not wanting to reveal his race at this moment. It was too fun watching Q try to grasp at straws as he guessed, however he felt a somewhat familiar presence heading their way and knew that his cover may be blown shortly.

Despite feeling the presence he did not move one inch nor make an attempt to hide himself from the man, for he was also some fun to mess with at times. Yet given his stoic nature he could not easily rile him up, but the effort it took only made it that much more enjoyable. Right now he played dumb to his impending entrance and kept his eyes on the fighting pair, once Hei saw Izaya on the scene, regardless of whether or not he was involved, he knew he would be accused of causing the mess, so he was going to act like he didn't even know Hei was coming.

Rouge Shinigami, Hei/Li Shengshun



Hei had been out and about on a trip gathering some things for Kisuke's shop since they had run low on certain supplies and everyone else was busy he had to do the shopping, coming back from dropping off the groceries at the Shoten he discarded his gigai and went out to patrol since he felt the strong reiatsu from downtown and wanted to catch anything before it got to the shop. He also wanted to gather any information which might be useful to Kisuke and compile a report of sorts, while out he noticed the hollow swarm and also just who happened to be near by. Knowing what most likely went down, Hei made way for the location of the swarm, shunpoing as fast as he was able, arriving quickly on the scene. Sure enough he saw Izaya, whom he had encountered a couple of times in certain situations, and immediately was able to piece together what had happened.

Since they were mostly weak hollow Hei felt no need to use his shikai, instead he unsheathed his daggers and shunpoed into the crowd of hollow, ignoring Izaya's presence for the moment as the more important thing was getting rid of the hollow he had summoned. He was glad to see though, that thanks to the two other Quincy, their combined effort would be enough to finish off the group in a short amount of time. Quickly moving Hei slashed through several masks of hollow, even managing to take down a menos without initiation of shikai, soon the numbers were few and there were less than a dozen left to be taken out.

Rouge Shinigami, Hei/Li Shengshun



It was not long before the last dozen hollow were defeated, once they were all gone, Hei gently landed feet first on the ground below; His feet kicking up a small cloud of dust as they made contact with the dirt covered concrete. Right now he was not concerned with anyone else but the one he suspected to be behind the mess, with a sharp pivot he turned his body to the right and shunpoed directly in front of Izaya, his eyes were narrowed into a glare at the other man. Though he took the appearance of someone infuriated it was merely an attempt to intimidate and in fact Hei kept much more of his cool than his outward appearance led one to believe, he was never one for allowing himself to show many emotions during a confrontation.

"You were responsible for this, weren't you? You used hollow bait and planned on using the events downtown as a cover." Hei stated in an accusing tone, his voice low and muffled by the sound of his mask which covered his face. Truthfully he did not need to wear the mask at the current moment, but given the fact that there were so many high ranking Shinigami and especially the Head Captain he did not want to take the risk of being recognized even though they were all a good distance away from the altercations taking place Downtown. He stood only about a foot away from the other male, almost as if he was trying to trap the man and prevent him from running away as he often loved to do.

Izaya Orihara--Quincy



"Now come on, just because I'm here doesn't mean I caused this mess~" Izaya stated with a smirk an amused expression in reply to the other man trying to intimidate him, he should have known that such a tactic did not work on him. He knew Hei had figured it out, since he had caught him in a similar situation a couple of times before, though he knew denying what Hei knew was true would only make him mad, and he did indeed enjoy arousing anger in others; It was one of the more fun emotions given that anyone could do anything when enraged, though he also knew Hei was not one who was easy to get to that point, not like some other people he knew and played with on a regular basis. His hands were buried deep in his coats pockets, his left hand clenched a flickblade which was more of his main weapon than his Quincy bow, but this would only be used as a means of trying to make a quick escape for himself by hopefully landing a quick blow and forcing the other man to place distance between the two.

Rouge Shinigami, Hei/Li Shengshun



"You and I both know that, even with all that strength, the events unfolding downtown aren't enough to attract such a mass of hollow. So the only logical conclusion is that you used your bait to summon them all here, what I want to know is why, what reason do you have or what do you gain from doing that?" Hei questioned, speaking as though he were interrogating Izaya and he was to a point. It irritated Hei that Izaya would put so many people in harms way, for no good reason at all. In fact he never truly understood why hollow bait even existed, why would a race which wanted to help people make something like that? It made no sense at all in his mind.



Izaya Orihara--Quincy



Izaya simply smirked and held silent for a moment as he decided just how to answer, but he had already come up with one which would serve it's purpose as soon as the words left his mouth."Why? Well...Why not? I think it's fun watching people scramble about like that." He chuckled, his tone sounded rather amused as he finally admitted he was indeed the one behind the hollow swarm and it was for no other reason other than to rid himself of his bordem. He continued holding firm and unafraid of any reactions his words would invoke, that amused expression hung glued to his face and showed no signs of faltering any time soon.