A calm moment (Open)

''~And then the girl fell into a deep sleep~'', was one of the lines, which could be heard faintly within Las Noches. If there would be anyone around to hear it, of course. The source of this signing was Aeris. This pink-haired espada was lying in the shadow of a fairly large rock. Her face was calm and she looked like she was sleeping. Her beautiful song continued. ''~The flame inside the breathing ashes~''. Aeris was there to calm herself down. One of the lower arrancars had accidentally killed a flower, which Aeris had in her palace. She had gone incredibly angry about this, but didn't want to hurt any arrancars.

Instead, she tried to calm herself down by singing. Aeris had already been there half an hour and her angry mood had only vanished a little. ''~First one, then two~'' Her second option would had been to go into realm of the living and kill humans. But that would have been too risky. Also, she didn't want to see that world again. Thinking about that world made her little bit angrier, so she hastily continued singing. ''~On the night, when the silver eyes were trembling~''. Aeris was still unaware from the person, who was near.

Scion came inside of a truly magnificent structure. Not only was it enormous, but well designed as well - the difference between the halls and rooms was breathtaking. It was the first time Scion had seen such magnificence, and human hands would never be able to create something as great as this.
Suddenly he heard something, this something was a noise, which kept a rhythm. Scion grinned and decided to follow the direction of the voice. Soon enough he could discern it - it was singing, a woman was singing.

"This is... interesting." - Scion muttered, licked his lips and decided to move stealthily. He was drawing closer. He came outside of the building, it seemed, and into the light of day. But... that was impossible, the sun was shining over the sand of Hueco Mundo! Where Scion had seen only the eternal night - here it was daytime!
Right after this he saw a woman, leaning her back to a rock, and now that Scion was closer he could hear her voice pretty well. She was..... extraordinary. Her voice almost charmed Scion - there was just something about it. He came closer.
The woman herself seemed young, perhaps 17 or 18 years old, and she had cat ears, her pink hair almost reached to her waist. Scion stood there for a few moments, then he leaned forwards a little, still keeping his hands in the pockets of his coat and finally spoke in a cheerful voice, and with a smile on his face.

"Hey there! Who are you, little girl?" - Scion said so because she was a little... little. He tired to smile as pleasantly as he could.

Aeris stopped singing immediately as she heard someone talking. She also opened her eyes to see the person. He was a male with white spiky hair. He was an arrancar, which Aeris figured out from his mask fragments. She was surprised for a brief moment, but then she returned to her passive state. She was still angry, but that wasn't seen on her face. Aeris thought the man's behaviour slightly insulting, as she called her a little girl. Maybe she looked kind a young, but she was probably much older than this person. ''Probably a new one'', she thought as she still stared quietly towards the male.

After few seconds of silence, Aeris finally bothered to answer. ''An espada'', she answered shortly with her monotone voice. If this person really was a new one, there would be a bothering question ''What is an espada?''. Despite of this, she refused to tell more without asking. He could have heard of Espadas. After another few seconds of silence, Aeris asked a question from the man. ''And who are you?'' It would only be reasonable to the man to answer, if he had even the slightest bit of politeness in him. She then waited to man to answer, silently and motionless.

Scion watched the girl as she looked at him and answered his question. It seems the girl could care less and wasn't going to inform Scion much... well at least that's a little better than attacking him right of the bat. Then again.... maybe not.
In truth Scion was pretty much ready for anything. He wouldn't mind a battle, but perhaps the girl was stronger than him - he almost got killed once in a similar situation. The arrancar remembered that his old teacher did say something about some kind of Espada - presumably some group of arrancars, well....
Scion kept his smile as he answered the "Espada's" questions.

"An Espada? What's that?" - he pulled his hand out of his pocket and rubbed his chin, and then continued - "I'm Scion - a traveling Arrancar. Nice to meet'cha..." - he made a short pause and spoke again, mimicking the girl a little bit, - "Nice place you got here, eh? First time I see something like this! You're here alone?" - once again the arrancar showed a smile.
Perhaps there was more of them here, he had to know for sure.

Aeris sighed, as Scion asked questions. ''So you are a new one'', she said quietly. Aeris then stood up to be on an eye level with the man, still on the shadow of a rock. She didn't want to be looked down on. ''This building is Las Noches. Members of an arrancar army reside here. Espada are the ten strongest ones''. Aeris tried to compress all the important things into those two sentences. While Scion smiled to Aeris, her face remained the same. It was very common to her. She didn't probably even remember how to smile.

Aeris started to observe the arrancar. It was pretty rare to meet an arrancar, who didn't know anything about Espadas. Or Las Noches. So that person was probably very ignorant or a spy from somewhere. Then one thing on Scion started annoy Aeris. ''Why you're smiling?'' she asked from Scion with a bit angry voice. Scion had been smiling almost the entire time. ''It annoys me''. She also didn't like his way of speaking. It was far more friendly than it should have been to a complete stranger. Or then Aeris just couldn't understand, that someone can be nice without no reason.

Scion's eyes narrowed as the girl explained the Espada thing to him. So... it was some kind of an army, and with the strongest ten. The arrancar couldn't really say who she was, until he remembered that she said she was an Espada. The strongest ten...
Scion continued to smile as the girl said she was annoyed, he put his hand back into the pocket and looked at her. She wasn't small, but her body looked delicate. She was standing opposite him, while observing him, his smile widened even more as he spoke, his black eyes reflected Aeris's image.

"Now-now, no need to be annoyed, right?" - Scion's smile began to transform into a grin, - "I liked your voice more when you were singing."

Scion understood that perhaps the girl was stronger than him, but he simply couldn't hold back this trait of his.
Then he stopped smiling and looked the girl over, from tip to toe.

"Since I told you my name, perhaps it's polite to tell me yours."

The arrancar decided that he wouldn't add that she ignored his other question, but perhaps she was suspicious of him, though for no reason. If he would try and kill her now, or attack this fortress - he'd be dead, for it seemed there was a lot more of arrancars here. But perhaps she was lying. Scion couldn't tell - her voice was too... hollow.

Aeris wasn't quite sure, how to react to Scions comment about her voice. Was it a compliment to her singing voice or insult towards her normal voice. She wasn't able to decide fast enough, when the next question came. She was about to answer on her usual, short manner, but she noticed something. Scion had stopped smiling. Just because Aeris had said that it annoyed her.

Sure he could have done that just because Aeris was more powerful, but that didn't matter. It was still a good deed towards Aeris. ''My name is Aeris'', she said as her hand reached towards Scion, to shake hands. She still used to think, that it meant ''I'm disarmed''. A brief, small wind passed the spot, where the two were. ''Let's try to get along''. Her voice had a tiny tone of warmness in it. it may be tiny, but it's still warmness. Her face remained the same, though.

Scion shook the hand, which Aeris held out, and looked around. It seemed as if she began trusting him, or perhaps not - but Scion discerned a certain warmness in her voice for a moment. He was good with these things after all, her face however showed nothing but boredom.

Perhaps she really was not alone, since if she were - no matter how much of a sociopath one could be, she would be far more happy to talk to someone.
With these thoughts Scion voiced his question again, he didn't try to be pleasant, but he didn't look for trouble as well.

"So... how many are you here, anyways?" - Scion thought a bit and added, - "You think maybe I could... get in as well?"

Whatever would happen, being in the Espada would be kinda fun, and Scion was in search of exitement anyway.

Aeris pulled her hand back after a few shook. Scion looked like he was about to talk again. These questions implied, that Scion really didn't know much about arrancars. Aeris looked at her left hand, which was still up. Her ring shined slightly. ''Maybe it's right''. She then moved her arm back to her side. She moved the ring around with her fingers while she answered to Scion's first question. ''I'm not sure, how many of us are here. Probably an hundred. Maybe more''.

Aeris turned her eyes from her ring towards Scion and stopped moving it. ''If you want to join us, you are welcome to do so. Mine permission should be enough''. Her voice was back to it's hollow form. Briefly after her sentence, Aeris sighed. ''You probably need an introduction to Las Noches, do you?'' Her eyes turned into ones, which were curious about the answer. Aeris hadn't have this kind of conversation ever. It was interesting in a good way.

Scion was shocked to hear that there were so many arrancars here in Las Noches, perhaps he should have understood that when he first entered this magnificent fortress. If this palace was built by hollows or other creatures alike them - it was sure to be populated and well defended. Then again, Scion hadn't met anyone besides Aeris while he was scouting out the surrounding... but maybe there was no need for any guards in this place. Perhaps the Espada were so powerful - they did not need guards and sentries.
Scion thought further, while the girl suggested a tour of sorts, with some interest in her eyes. Of course the arrancar wouldn't say a word against it. He wanted to see what this place really was all about. Day instead of night, strong foes or allies, probably a lot of food too - there was no reason to say no to that, and Aeris was ready to speak on his behalf. These thoughts made Scion grin, but for a moment, his smile was even more vicious because of his mask fragment, which made half of his jaw to be sharp fangs. An insane and bloodthirsty spark flickered in his eyes - but then it was gone.
Scion's thoughts rushed through his head like wildfire in the woods. Should he make some position in the ranks of the arrancar - he will be respected and feared, not that he wasn't by some. But on the other hand it could all be some trick and he could be killed at any moment. But this existence was a risk on it's own.

"A tour? Sure, why not? If I'm gonna be part of Las Noches, which if I'm not wrong means - Night Palace, I need to be familiar with the surroundings. I'd visit the local cafe first, but hey - were in the middle of the desert, hahaha!" - Scion laughed at his own joke, which didn't seem one of his best, and waited for the girl to show him around. He was beginning to really like this.

Aeris was somehow relieved to hear, that Scion needed a tour. Not because it was pleasant or because she had some feelings towards Scion, but because Aeris would be able to keep herself occupied until her anger would be gone. ''Very well then'', she whispered to Scion as she took one step forward. In the next instant, she had moved two meters behind Scion, with sonido. She was facing the another direction. ''Follow me''. After she had said that, Aeris started to walk forwards, expecting Scion to follow her.

Aeris didn't walk far, as she stopped about half an hour traveling. It was to get somewhere, where all vital locations could be seen. Not maybe from a close distance, but the outlines were visible. And that was good enough. Aeris wasn't intending to spend her whole day to just tour this new arrancar, even if she needed something to do. ''The buildings at the inside are the palaces of the Espada. Each one has one''. Aeris moved her hand to point upwards. ''Atop of the dome are five small towers. They contain many things, like a meeting room, cells and things like that''. She moved her hand back and turned around to face Scion. ''It takes three days to reach one gate. That's why I didn't bother to make a long tour''. Aeris started to spin her ring again. ''Anything else you would like to know?''

Scion turned around and when Aeris suddenly sonidoed behind his back, and blinked once, looking at her going away. Then his confusion vanished, as a bloodthirsty grin twisted his face. Oh this was good, she was fast - perhaps a lot faster than Scion. It made Scion shiver in both a little degree of fear and a great one of anticipation - on he could already see the opportunities for someone like him here. And this little girl was his ticket to a life full of excitement and fun. The bloody kind of fun.
If he would attack her now - he would surely die, and that's what made it so exciting. So Scion hid his grin and sonidoed after Aeris, placing himself beside her - he was no lackey and had no wish to merely follow her. He viewed himself equal of her status, if not greater, and had no intention to show some respect greater than to an equal. But then again - he wasn't going to brag around and behave rudely in front of the girl, he would say what's on his mind clearly, but he would do so in a way so not to insult her.

As they went on the little tour Scion was already impressed with the magnificence of this place - even more so than before. He would like to rule such a place very much. Lead hundreds of hollows into battle and carnage, pillage and destroy all that stood in the wake of the great army. Scion could already see himself, making the other Arrancars fall to their knees before him - he wouldn't even need to resort to force!
Then Scion realized he was still standing here, and the girl next to him could break every bone on his body. It was surely a feeling of excitement... it made him lick his lips and smile, while he looked over Las Noches from one of the highest platforms, where they stood. He knew he wasn't human - so there was no need to be normal.

Then Scion turned to Aeris. She just finished their little tour it seemed, but she asked if Scion wanted to know anything else. It made Scion wonder for a minute, and then he spoke:

"The only thing I wanna know now is where to sing up, and what status can you give me." - Scion was sure he was going to be tested, however he didn't know by whom. Perhaps it was a good idea to be placed under direct command of this girl, but then again - she wasn't the only Espada around here.

Aeris was starting to wonder, where Scion had been for his time as hollow. Las Noches could be seen miles away and arrancars were quite famous. But there was no need to get suspicious. Scion didn't seem very strong compared to Aeris. She sighed again, closing her eyes for a moment while she did, and then started to answer yet another question presented by Scion. ''You don't really need to ''sign up''. I just need to mention about you for the Primera. As for your rank...''

Aeris stopped as she pointed Scion with her open palm and activated her version from pesquisa. A faint red light was released and lighted Scion for a moment. ''I can't give you a rank, but you seem as powerful as Numeró or Fracción. Depends, if you want to work under an Espada''. Aeris withdraw her hand once again. She wasn't suspicious about Scion anymore. If he would have been some kind of spy, he would have known MUCH more about them. Also, he would have been more powerful to get more information. ''So he is just a ignorant arrancar''.

Scion listened as the girl explained that all there was needed was for her to mention him to the Primera Espada, and that was it. It was way to easy to be true, however...
Scion's thoughts were abruptly interrupted as Aeris used her pesquisa power on him. Scion was quite familiar with it and had nothing to be startled about. After the inspection was done - Aeris withdrew her hand.

Everything that would happen next seemed to be his decision. Scion hated to think this much, although he wasn't stupid - he hated giving things much thought... he preferred to act on instinct.
And now he had to make a decision on an Espada. He hated the expression - "serve under", for there was no one worthy of Scion's servitude - he was no weak little man, that needed a protector - should he die fighting, he would be glad to do so.
Scion spoke:

"I'm quite strong, so yeah - I wanna be a Numero or Fraccon or whatever, but I'm not somebody's servant!" - Perhaps some little degree of attitude wouldn't be so bad. Scion didn't quite remember the names of these ranks so he made a few mistakes in them. In truth he wanted to be an Espada, but he wasn't stupid enough to say that to the girl. - "But first I guess you'll take me to the Primera, right?"

Scion didn't smile at Aeris, or when she was watching him, since she said she didn't like it.

A deafening roar was let out to compliment the Massive reiryoku output that followed, both came from one source; Zerro, the 4th Espada. His unexpected rampage insided his own room was a result of his unexpected hunger. Luckily one of his fraccions was in the same room with him so he didn't remain hungry and frustrated for long. After the hiunger subsided Zerro was panting heavily with a emotionless face, stiff and cold as ever, blood trinkled down his chin and covered his blue hair and the rest of his exposed body. During this fit Zerros' unique pequisa was activated adn he could feel another Espada walking outside and about. It was rare to get another Espada outside of their room without it involving them fighting. Zerro lifted himself up, for he was on his knees while reveling in the gorey mess, and then took the clothes off of another one of his fraccion so that he could whipe off the blood from his face so he could see better. After doing so he nodded towards another one of his fraccion who nodded back at him and sprayed him with a liquid from her mouth. It was clear and it cleaned off the remaning blood on his body. Zerro opened his pequisa again but this time stretching its length to cover Las noches so that he could once again locate the Espada. After finding her exact location Zerro looked towards one of his fraccion with a intense stare, the fraccion nodded at him and then took off their clothes, even though the Fraccion Zerro commanded were just about as useless as they come, their purpose was of course more meaningful than anyone could imagine. After dressing in his regular attire, Zerro grabbed his sheath and his Zanpakutou keeping both seperated by holding on in a different hand (The Zanpakutou being in hte right and the sheath being in the left.). After finally being dried of the liquid previously sprayed on him, he jumped through the window of his Ebony tower from the room on the very top, and flew down towards the Espada and what felt like a Numero. After several minutes of flying he landed gracefully behind the Arrancar, Whos stood between him and the Other Espada and faced her as well. Zerro was facing the Arrancars back with an expression that remained cold and uncaring.

"It is odd that a numero can stand alongside an Espada with such confidence." Zerro stated while yawning.

Aeris was getting tired from Scion's questions. ''Maybe I should just take him to Primera. Then this person can direct all of his questions to him''. She was about to answer, but her focus was caught by something else. Aeris turned her gaze upwards. Something was moving swiftly towards the ground. She didn't react any other way than moving her eyes along with the object, because she already recognized the object. It was another Espada, fourth to be exact. And he was halfway down. The blue haired child landed behind Scion. Aeris moved her head to see him, as Scion was quite taller than he was. ''Hello Quatra. What has brought you here?'' she said, still with her neutral voice. Aeris seemed to forget Scions question. And perhaps she didn't even need to take him to the Primera anymore. If just Zerro would co-operate. And wouldn't kill Scion during the journey.

Scion was patiently awaiting an answer, when suddenly he felt a slight presence behind him. It seemed that whoever it was - they made no effort to hide their presence. If had to be one of the Arrancars that lived here - and who else would be here if not a "native" of Los Noches.
After Aeris looked past him, Scion moved to the opposite side and turned around. Now he was facing a little boy - probably of the age of seven, with blue hair and cyan eyes.
It would seem that the Espada had a high school/kindergarten community gathering. It almost made Scion laugh, but he decided not to - since Aeris didn't like him smile, perhaps laughing was a bad thing too... when overused. Besides - the kid, this "Cuatra", spoke in the same emotionless tone as did the girl.... these Espada were sure complicated, and Scion hoped that the Primera wasn't a kid of the age of five.
Scion saw no need to change his posture. He was still standing taller than both the boy and the girl - his hands were in the pockets of his coat, which was open to show his hollow hole on the chest, his legs were in a slightly wider pose that normal and his eyes looked down at the Cuatra. He looked plenty relaxed, but truth be told his leg position was a trick - should the need arise, he would be able to sonido in almost any direction.
After Aeris voiced her question, Scion spoke, a little interested that he was called a Numero already:

"Hey there, the name's Scion - and I'm new here... Cuatra." - Scion still showed a little smile, with only his lips. - "And I'm not the shy type." - Scion would admit that he had no fear to stand so high in the presence of two Espadas, judging simply by the name 4 that the kid had, but he wasn't going to say that he did not fear a pair of kids - no matter how strong they were. Sometimes even Scion was cautious... and this was the day.

Zerro's unique pequisa was pickign up the feel of the mans cautiousness. Zerro couldn't tell whether the Arrancar was preparing to do something out of fear or if he just froze out of fear but before long The Arrancar Spoke, revealing both his name and gave a reply, or what Zerro believed was a reply, to his comment after landing behind him. Zerro stared at the Arrancar, and then back at the 5th Espada, who was the entire reason for him coming down from his tower in the first place, almost forgetting that he was just greeted and asked a question. Zerro thought about what his answer would be and before long he spoke. "I'm here merely to see what brought you out here. Unfortunately I didn't you know you had a guest." Zerro said Putting his Katana back in its sheath. Zerro started hopping off of his right leg, and continued doing so until he decided what he wanted to do. "I am incredibly bored and I really want to play something fun. Like a Game of Tag." Zerro said, while keeping his Expression calm and cold as ever. Within 3 seconds after using that line he thrust his hand forward hoping to drive it through the knee of the Arrancar who stood before him. The distance between the knee and Zerros' entire body was 2 feet and Zerro thrusted forward with much haste making sure to try and hit hsi target just after he finished hopping on his right leg. If he touched his target he would then fly upwards and wait for a pursuit, and if not he would Continue to try and 'tag' his playmate until he actually did so, meaning he would follow up with a swing of his left hand which held the Sheathed Katana hoping to hit his adversary in his torso.

Scion watched as the Cuatra started to hop on his right leg, it was kinda weird. He seemed to be like a kid, and only a few moments later he lauched an attack. Scion was ready and could see the attack coming. Once again he thanked his unique abilities as he applied force to his legs, sonidoing back to a distance of 10 feet, leaving the pair behind, and successfully dodging the hand thrust and a surprise sword attack, as a result.
Scion was now standing on the air, seeing as the platform suddenly ended, and pulled his right hand out of his pocket. The smile he had began to widen and turn into his usual one. Actually.... Scion barely dodged that, and that was only due to him being on guard - if he'd be truly relaxed he'd have a hole in his knee by now.

"Whoa, that was a quick one, wasn't it?" - the Arrancar pulled his torso a little back and put his legs apart - one closer to the pair, the other backwards in the opposite direction. Now he had a better position. Now he could dodge both up and down - a good advantage. - "It's no fair to use a sword in a game of tag, kid."

Scion didn't really get into a battle mood yet, but he was ready for a game of tag... a bloody one, even if his head would end up as the boy's stuffed animal. His smile attained some bloodthirsty features to it.

OOC: Never heard of such thing as post order?

Aeris wasn't really surprised about Zerro's reason to be there. He always wanted to play something. His face was always emotionless and cold, but his reason was boredom. Aeris kept herself still, when Zerro started attacking Scion. She followed from the side, as they moved 10 feet behind her. Scion seemed to be skilled enough to dodge all of Zerro's attacks. It was quite impressive. Aeris started to walk closer to those two. Even though she didn't want to get involved into that ridiculous game, she still would need to guide Scion to Primera. Or to tell Zerro to guide him there without slaughtering him on the way there. She stopped five feet away from them in the air, thanks to ability to control reiatsu. Aeris wasn't quite sure what to do, as she didn't want to interrupt them. She then decided to continue watching.

Zerros' attack did nothing but fail. Zerro stood tall and remained unstanced as the Arrancar flew back to avoid his attack. Zerro's expression remained unchanged but he looked over to Veronica to see if she would try and protect this numero, in case it was her Fraccion, but then again Veronica wasn't the Fraccion type of person, always cautious of everyone, seemed so paranoid to Zerro but he didn't mind cause she was the only other Espada that kept to their self. Zerro looked back at the Numero and used Sonido off his right foot to travel towards the Numero. In a second Zerros image reappeared in front of The numero except this time Zerro was stanced in the air, his Zanpakutous' hilt in his left hand as he thrusted his right hand forward towards the Numeros shoulder, Zerro charged a bala in the same hand, releasing it just before making contact with the Numero, Zerro wasn't applying much speed behind his thrust and not nearly enough power into his bala to do default damage with it.

As Scion stood on the air, waiting for the Cuarta's next move, he cast a sideways glance at Aeris, who was standing nearby. It would seem she wasn't going to help him in this game of tag... but it would be more fun if she did join them. Scion's eyes darted back to the boy, only to see him sonidoing in front of him and thrust his hand again.
This time, however, his speed was less than he used before. Perhaps it was a sign of pity? Or perhaps Zerro wanted for this game to last longer... well at least now Scion had a chance, but he was a bit irritated when someone pitied him or gave him a handicap.
Scion did not use sonido this time, he simply dodged below, evading the bala and the opponent's sight. This was of course not such a big deal in this situation, but perhaps not. Then Scion flew upwards a little - so that he was directly behind the fourth Espada and turned around in a split second.
Scion forcibly stopped himself from trying to stab the kid's back with his own hand, since he remembered it was a game of tag - not a fight to the death... for now. But the fact that he faced a stronger opponent didn't phase him at all.
He flew backwards a few meters and spoke:

"I'd play with ya all day, but I gotta see the Primera right now, and maybe we could play a lil' bit later, huh? And I know a lot more interesting games than simple tag..." - Scion showed a bloodthirsty, yet not a hostile smile as he spoke about other games. Oh, but he wasn't lying about it - he played a lot in the human world a few years back. But almost every game required a human or some other non-hollow species to... "participate".

OOC: Sorry for posting here, but....Zaq....are you forgetting our deal? 800+ words per post or you lose your position. None of this posts seems to be above 600 words.....so you need to bump it up.

Ooc: Shit of course, Got caught up in the moment. And D, Post order is irrelevant with you, since of course me and Scion are fighting, there is no need to get worked up, you'll have mroe to post about.

Ic:
Zerros' Attack was dodged and his hand was thrust through the wind hitting nothing while his Bala was fired and flew at incredible speed towards a Red pillar. When it collided there was a loud boom but instead of the pillar falling over, crushed and in pieces, the only change the bala made to it was a small crater in its side, which smoked after the smoke cloud disappeared. Zeros intention wasn't initially to hit the Numero, or land any of his hits, but for the numero to Dodge a bala given the distance was incredible by Zerros' standards which intrigued him even more. But his attention was still mainly on the Arrancar so Zerro Didn't fail to notice his every movement; taking advantage of flight to fly underneath him and travel behind him, Zerro didn't have to turn his head to catch sight of his opponent; His unique pequisa helped him keep tabs on his opponent even as he stood behind him. Zerros' unique pequisa also picked up that he was gettign irritated at the fact that Zerro wasn't going 100%. But as Zerro turned his head to see his opponent jump back 3 feet, increasing the gap between them to 6 feet, He spoke, and after speaking Zerro felt as if he was trying to end their game of Tag merely because he was frieghtened but Zerro's insight said otherwise, he wasn't in the mood for playing such a game right now, he felt he had an obligation. Zerro narrowed his eyes while keeping the rest of his face cold and calm and then he put his right hand in his pocket, uninterested now in finishing their game merely because the otehr person wasn't into it. Unfortunately Zerro was stirred up after the first dodge and now wanted to do something other than tag, so he became a bit more serious, in his eyes as they squinted he seemd a bit aggrivated himself, but didn't let his childish need to play get the best of him. ". . . No, You are not allowed to see the First Espada. I'll kill you before I let you evade my five senses." Zerro said without applying much feeling or emotion into his facial expression, He instead withdrew his right hand from his right pocket and clenched his Zanpakutou hilt to unsheath it. Zerro was of course not even close to serious, he jsut wanted to test the metal and power of this Arrancar before allowing him to seek council with the primera, Zerro was interested in seeing if he was in fact stronger than he appeared in Zerros' unique pequisa and this thought was born from the fact that the numero dodged a Bala at close range. Zerro wanted to look over to Veronica and ask if she wanted to try and stop Zerro she could do so at any time but Zerro hasn't ever tested her abilities and though Zerro was a Vasto lorde, there was still the possibility that Veronica had hidden strength No other Espada knew anything about. So instead Zerro decided to bait her; "Hey Aeris, If you're up for it you should join too, I doubt this kid will last long now that I'm serious, I only want to test his power but I may end up killing him, so I think it would be best if you joined the fun so that my killing intent won't all be directed towards him." Zerro suggested, keeping his Gaze on the Numero hoping that he was intimidating him with his stare alone, adn in case not he released a massive ammount of his reiryoku, hoping not to bring the numero to his knees so that even after the fight started he knew this guy could go on all day if he wanted to.

Without further Adeu Zerro used aimed his right index finger at the Numero, positioned 9 feet away from him, while holding onto his Katana hilt, and charged a cero, he charge it to its peak and then fired which took him about 5 seconds, after performing the act, he broke off the stream of his Cero from his finger and used his unique pequisa to anticipate where his opponent would move, If the opponent would have flew to dodge it Zerro would use sonido to quickly travel in the Numeros path and send a quick roundhouse kick aimed at his head followed by a swing of his Katana with his right after turning around 360 degrees if he had missed the roundhouse kick and continued spinning thrusting the tip of the blade towards the Numeros' arm, Zerro intended to use everything he had to push this numero to his limit jsut to see if he posed a threat and he did so with killing intent.

Scion was ready for almost anything. And now the Cuatra talked as if he wanted to kill him... perhaps it was a test, for Scion would do the same if he was in the place of this kid... however all observations Scion made before told him otherwise. This guy was gonna kill him... the Arrancar was 60% sure of it. Scion felt a small surge of fear - fear for his life, his future. But the next moment he threw it all away. It always happened to Scion when he was about to go into battle, a real battle. He wasn't going to go all out just yet and wouldn't try to end it quickly - after all, he lived in the heat or battle, feeding his primal hunger on the emotions of war and fighting.
Scion's face was twisted by a wide bloodthirsty grin, as Zerro spoke to Aeris. But from what he saw - the girl would probably just watch the show. Probably...

"Me? Die?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm not going down that easy, kid!" - Scion voice was becoming even more high-pitched that it usually was as he felt a small surge of adrenaline. He pulled out his left hand out of the coats pocket and assumed a battle stance. This time his posture was a little hunch-backed and his body weight was mainly transferred to his upper body, hands and his legs. He also felt as the Cuatra released his reiatsu, perhaps trying to break Scion's movements or slow him down. Not today.

As the Cuarta fired his Cero, after charging it for some time, Scion quickly dodged it upwards, without even using a sonido - he did so in advance. The next moment the boy was near him launching a roundhouse kick to his head. It was win or die now. Scion did not dodge - instead he blocked the kick with his right hand. It was a lot easier than it was expected, the strength was lacking, alas Scion could not tell if it was his real strength or he was just playing around... but Scion was quite strong - even for his peers, some called him a berserker for his physical prowess in battle and relentless style of fighting.
The kid's katana sliced off a little strand of Scion's hair as he lowered his head.

"Got'cha!!!" - Scion simply clenched his fist, and now he held the Arrancar in place with his right arm, having grabbed the boy by his leg. Scion made a step forward and thrust his own left arm towards the Espada, aiming his fingers at his chest. Scion wondered how durable would his hierro turn out to be, unless there was a hole in the boy's chest. The Arrancar's eyes were filled with desire to kill.