The Warning [INVITE]

As Expected he'd managed to goad the girl into pursuing... to some degree at least. The majority of the time, attacking someone of the human races prompted one of two responses. They either fled in fear, or they would swiftly attack and try to suppress the hollow that'd attacked them. He couldn't help but commend the girl for her hesitation in pursuing him. Did she perhaps think he were attempting to lure her into a trap? Nadezhda launched a second Bala, not aimed at the girl but in front of her. When all it proved to do was cause the girl to continue watching him, the old hollow shot off another Bala. This one aimed at the girl herself. Perhaps he could gain the same results as his first volley had if he continued the attacks aimed at her instead of shooting and intentionally missing his target.

Much to the Hollow's dismay, his second aimed shot proved to have different results than the first... Instead of dodging the attack and continuing to pursue him, the girl swung her sword, now bathed in blue energy. The attack cut Nadezhda's Bala in half, much to his surprise. "Keh, Figures... humans don't seem to share the same killing intent as the others..." He was both disappointed and relieved at this fact. If she harbored no ill will towards him then perhaps getting his warning across to her would not be an impossibility. So long as the monstrous Arrancar wasn't around to intervene... His thoughts were cut short when he noticed the girl taking a standing stance with a ball of blueish white energy focused between her hands.

This girl could use spells!? Nadezhda made to dodge the girl's incoming attack. He'd been shooting Bala at her and while he was surprised to notice the energy she fired off moved just as fast as his bala, the real problem came in the form of the feeling he got which suggested this one shot was easily four times as strong!

Nadezhda barely managed to avoid the ball of energy as it passed mere inches away from striking him. To think that so much power could actually come from a human!? This method of luring the human girl away from Las Noches was not going to work... Not if she was going to keep firing ranged attacks at him whenever he distanced himself... The old Hollow would need to come up with a different plan of approach if he was going to properly warn her and fast.

The attack went off and the girl disappeared... But how? And where had she gone? His question was answered not more than a second later when he heard the distinctive crack of static and felt the presence of the girl's spiritual pressure bearing down on him from above. Nadezhda looked up in surprised realization that what he'd seen just a moment ago in the girl's movements had been something akin to flash steps. But how did a human know how to do something like that? He could have sworn the only ones capable of something like that were Shinigami, Arrancar, or really powerful hollow...

Forget whatever reasons this human had for being able to perform steps. Something deep inside told him he would regret it dearly if he didn't do his best to avoid her incoming attack. Forget blocking the girl's attack. The spiritual pressure he sensed built up in the girl's weapon as she descended upon him was massive! He was glad she'd aimed for his head. Relieved even more that she'd chosen, for some reason to descend from above where a footing or change of direction would be something difficult to perform. Using all four legs, Nadezhda pushed off backwards, away from the girl's flow of attack. He would escape safely... or so he thought. Even as the old hollow moved to avoid, this girl's attack systematically adjusted. No! This was bad! The girl clearly didn't lack battle experience. He wouldn't be able to dodge with the way she was adjusting her attack mid descent! "Wait!!!" Nadezhda's voice cried out. This whole plan had backfired dreadfully. There would be nothing he could do to help his master if he died here right now!

The old hollow was shaken. The devastating attack had been avoided... somehow. He hadn't succeeded in luring her away as planned but for the moment it seemed he at least had her attention. "I must apologize for my rudeness... Had I'd known you would become as powerful you are now so quickly I would have considered a more appropriate means of approach..." Nadezhda was beginning to wonder if any part of this optional endeavor he'd engaged in had even been necessary. Worse, to think if the Arrancar which resided here noticed him he likely would have already been dead without so much as a sliver of a chance to explain himself... Judging by the fact he hadn't already made an appearance, it was probably safe to assume he wasn't here at the moment. Nadezhda was very relieved if this fact were indeed true. Judging by this human's strength, contending with her master would be one of the last things he would want to do.

Straightening his stance to assume a less defensive posture, Nadezhda raised his head. "I've come to issue you a warning of caution, child... The lands of Hueco Mundo are not a safe place for humans, especially now that my master has deemed all such life to be a threat towards her existence. I advise you leave this place lest you become a target of her misguided wrath. And if this bears any consolation to you, I smell on you, the aura of a Shinigami I met earlier in the human world. One named Kugami, Mitsuoki."

... With the girl confirming what he already knew to be true, Nadezhda was starting to think his precarious visit here had in fact been an utterly pointless endeavor. He had nothing to measure it with, but from what he understood, this Theocelese character was likely the same Arrancar that all hollows in the area feared. It eluded Nadezhda's understanding, why an Arrancar would take a human child under his wing but if his hatred for Hollows was as great as he'd heard...

While he didn't appreciate being called stupid, this was one of very few times in his life where he really couldn't argue with the accusation... "I... will take my leave. If you feel it is your master whom will protect you then so be it. I shall not argue with that logic, but be cautious human. He may seem gentle to you now but know this; As he is an Arrancar, what remains of his heart will be forever tainted by the blood and souls of those he has consumed." Nadezhda retreated a few steps backwards, watching Shiro to make certain she wouldn't launch any form of attack before he made to actually leave. When he deemed himself to be in the clear, the old hollow dashed off into the sandy dunes and out of sight.