Searching for Answers(open)

Mitsuoki turned his head and narrowed his gaze at the bellowing cry of a hollow that he heard across the winds. There was a hollow that was currently dangling from the end of his unreleased zanpakuto that he gently removed and said "That's the fourth one in the last two hours." in a soft tone, naturally not speaking to anyone but himself. He flicked his sword, sending the blood flying before sheathing it and vanishing with his flash step, leaving the dissipating hollow behind him.

It was a fair distance away and each time the hollow sounded off made Mitsuoki feel like he had failed yet another person, with Haruka, Michino, and himself being the first three. No matter what mission he was on, no matter how many hollows he killed, no matter how fast he got to them and killed them, he had always failed all three of them. Nothing was good enough for Mitsuoki to change that line of thinking...

He had stopped atop a roof, looking down at a human who had somehow made the hollow begin reeling back in pain whilst shouting obscenities at him. He hadn't seen what happened before, only heard the sounds of gunfire that he had confused for thunder since he had no prior experience with firearms. They were somewhat rare in the soul society, even rarer than dual wielded zanpakuto, like his.

The hollow seemed to have a thicker shell than others of its class since its mask was cracked severely, rather than the entire head being destroyed. Mitsuoki saw the creature vanish in a black portal, returning to Hueco Mundo to regenerate, most likely. He slowly his left hand on his sword's hilt in preparation for the hollow's return, knowing that the beasts had a very primal means of dealing with enemies they couldn't kill quickly. Mitsuoki raised his right palm with his blade's hilt in his left, extending the palm in the direction of the human and began chanting, speaking in a very hushed tone that would require highly trained ears to hear. "Ye Lord... Mask of flesh and bone, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man... Truth and temperance, Upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws-"

Mitsuoki paused with a blue orb appearing at the front of his palm, waiting for it to happen... A black portal appeared behind the human and Mitsuoki immediately said "Hadō thirty three, Sōkatsui!" The blast of blue flames shot forward, barreling towards the portal and impacting the hollow just as it emerged, sending the creature flying backwards and sliding on its back. "Bakudō eight, Shitōtsu Sansen!" he declared with a triangle drawn in light directly in front of his body, a beak-like protrusion sticking from each corner. The beaks shot out and impacted the hollow's arms and midsection, pinning it to the ground.

Mitsuoki vanished and appeared standing on top the hollow's chest with the hole a few centimeters behind his heel. He looked down at the creature with the same cold, elegant expression that nobles always seemed to have in this world. "I will spare you the usual lecture that others would force you to endure, hollow. Do not forgive me, for I am committing murder in the name of peace." Mitsuoki pointed two of his fingers at the hollow's face. "Hadō twenty six, hidenkō." he said and a crimson lightning bolt shot from Mitsuoki's fingers and went straight through the mask.

The hollow began dissipating into black particles and Mitsuoki slowly floated back down to the ground while removing his hand from the hilt of his zanpakuto. He looked to the moon briefly before letting out a sigh and walking away. If the human had called out to him, Mitsuoki would pause and look at the man, saying "You are clearly not dead, human. Are you certain that you are able to see me, and are not currently dreaming?" in the same aloof tone that he had used with the hollow.