The 8th's Sake Garden

this is a beautiful garden with many benches. The centre piece of this garden is a beautiful fountain that flows with pure un-tainted sake constantly



sit, relax and enjoy a good sake!

oh this is my kind of place...do mind if i hang out here for little bit?

*Dio walks into his sake garden and strolls around the sakura blooms that are the borderline of his sakura forest*

such a beautiful night...

*Dio spies kazuma and goes to greet him*

hello kazuma how are you? of course you can hang out here as long as you clean up after yourself ^^ i would like to keep this place pristne and clean for all to enjoy

*Dio appears in his wonderful garden and fills his flask from the fountain before he sits down under a quite cherry blossom, watching as the petals slowly fall around him from time to time*

hmm i hope sogyo gets here soonish im ready for a drink already ^^

*As the petals move because of the dash Sogyo enters the garden.*
"I'm here, there's still something left right?"

lol of course sogyo even at my best i could never drink the fountain dry it has magic that keeps it full

*Dio winks and hands him the second flask he filled up*

to the prosperity of our division
*he raises his flask in the air in salute before taking a mighty swig*

*zenny comes walking into the garden, apparently not noticing that he came into the garden, reading a heavy, old, leather-bound book*

SMACK! THUMP THUMP THUMP *zenny didn't see where he was going and hit a pillar with 3 statues on top. the statues started wobbling around and penultimately, fell down right onto zenny. the sound could be heard miles away*

*zenny is laying on the ground and looked to be heavily unconcious and blood was pouring out of his head*

occ: ow...

*Makes her own grand entrance as she appears out of thin air, her form surrounded by sakura petals blown up by the gusts all around her*

Hello boys ^~

*The wind dies down*

Long time no see

*dio jumps up from where he was sitting runs to his fiance and hugs her ferociously*

omg i missed you my love

*Giggles as she's picked up in the mauling of a hug*

I missed you to luv ^///^

*Plants a kiss on his forehead*

So how's the 8th these days?

pretty good ^^ i mean sogyo is a slacker i guess that cant be helped, it is the 8ths true spirit after all ^^ but i havent seen iwaki recently...

*Roan walks into the garden listening to an MP3 player. he notices HDN unconcious on the ground*

Man, always gettin into trouble.

*Picks up the statues and puts them back on the pillar. Takes out two little bottles filled with red liquid, one a darker red than the other. He pours the darker one on the wound, healing it. The other goies down HDNs throat, which should wake him up*

Better?

"Hey Raine-taichou, we're dpoing fine. And as Dio perfectly said, we are staying true to the real essence of the 8th :p. Besides that it's quit calm. So how's the 9th doing?"

*Looks at Dio skeptically*

Uh huh, Sogyo's the slacker... I'm sre that's the case

*Sticks out her tongue as she turns to acknowledge Sogyo*

Good to see you again Sogyo ^^ Long time no see.

*Chuckles*

I can see that =P But everyone needs to appreciate a calm now and then.

*Takes a seat on a bed of sakura petals*

The 9th is the same as always I suppose. I recently got back from the Human world... I got word from some associates that there was some strange Hollow activity.

*Sighs*

There's been some weird activity in Hueco Mundo as well...

*sits up straight.*
"Exactly! I went to Hueco Mundo a while ago, and the arrancar I saw there, it was unbelievable. I don't know if I'm allowed to tell you, but it was the most extrordinary thing I ever saw!"

Really? You to eh?

*Leans forward*

What was so amazing? Did you get any information?!?

*Furrows a brow*

Why wouldn't you be able to tell me?

*drinks some more sake.*
"Well Raine-taichou, it was quite a secret mission. You told me about the strange hollow activity? Well I infiltrated in Hueco Mundo and I'm not sure if I can tell what I saw there..."
*pours in some more sake.*
"But you where telling that you noticed something strange too, maybe you can tell me about it. And if it's similar it wouldn't hurt to tell you."
*drinks the sake and pours some more in the cup again.*

*Thinks to herself "could he be talking about...?" *

Well Sogyo, I guess it couldn't hurt

*She fidgets a bit*

I was sent to the Human world as I heard rumors of bizarre Hollow behavior. Upon my arrival there were several hostile Vasto Lordes...

*She pauses*

But to my surprise a mysterious Arrancar showed up and qwelled the fighting, the Hollows were like docile puppies for her afterwards! She dissapeared with them in tow, leaving the Human world in peace. I didn't even have to step in...

*Dio looks up from his hugging and kissing of his fiance*

really? sogyo its ok you can talk to her abouts almost anything in the division ^^ unless i mark it top secret of course XD

but do go on...

*Looks to Dio for a moment*

What would be so top secret that even I couldn't know?

*Narrows her gaze*

We're both Taichou's working to the benefit and protection of SS... so what would you not be able to share hm?

lol plans for surprises of course ^^ or the secret inner workings of a the HSA or something similar

anything major you would of course be notified about or later informed of

"Well if it doesn't matter, I'll tell."

*sits up straight and pours in some more sake.*

"I've encountered someone of the Espada, a powerfull one. Actually maybe two. Well one arrancar was an espada, that's for sure."

*drinks the sake and puts his cup down.*

"The Espada I saw there, was the 2nd Espada. It was a female. Quite silent and cold. She absolutley had nothing in common with any arrancar in my life. And the weird thing was that she said that..."

*Sogyo looks both the taichou in the eyes. He knew that Dio knew this stroy, but he doubted if Raine would believe such a story by someone who drinks quite a lot of sake. He sighed and continued his story*

"She said that she was Aizen's disciple. He was her master, I tried to attack her. There's no better way to get to know someone's soul than by crossing blades. The depths of someone's emotions reflect in their sword. She wasn't aggressive,.I thought she would attack me after telling me information like that. But it was the opposite, she didn't attack me."

*Sogyo looks up again to check if Raine doesn't think he's crazy.*

"That is what I saw. I don't know her name, I never ask. I thought that as a formality she would tell, but she didn't. She purposely let me leave, as if it was okay to know. I still don't understand who that beign was and what her connection with the hollow is. But it's there, and I know that for certain. I'm going to find that out one day. It still bothers me when I think about it. she was such a complex being.

*Raven raises a skeptical eyebrow, her gaze remaining locked with Sogyo's*

That is indeed interesting... It sounds as if the Arrancar I encountered in the Human world and your 2nd Espada could be 1 in the same.

*Takes a sip of her own liquor*

Complex seems almost not enough in this situation.

*Raises an eyebrow*

I'm intrigued Sogyo. I know you have no information on her, but is there any way you could arrange another encounter; perhaps use our intel and track her down. It sounds to me like she could be of importance to the balance of peace in our world...

*Her voice trails off as drifts into thought*

*Sogyo looks at Raine a little surprised by the calm way she just accepted his story.*
"Well arranging something isn't a big possibility. I'm not sure if she's willing to meet any shinigami again.
She couldn't understand why we did what we did."
*sighs.*
"She kept referring to Aizen as some brilliant man and that acted wrong by going to war with him. I suppose I could try to track her down again. Some support could be good though. She's strong, really strong."

*Dio shoots raine a questioning glance out of sogyos line of sight*

well if your needing help on that mission why not take iwaki when he returns sogyo?
I'm sure he would be up for it