The duty of a shinigami (Vayle/Tsuyoshi)

Watching as Vayle seemingly lost use of her legs after that magic move, Tsuyoshi almost broke down in laughter while his sword remained as bent on killing as always, almost yanking him away from Vayle and closer to the hollow who, as said by the girl with the magic, was open enough now to have its mask destroyed.

‘'Magic is good, they said.’' Tsuyoshi said, almost doubling over in joy. ‘'Magic hurts people, they said. And they were rright.’'

’'Just not the right people.’' Jidai added hastily. ’'Can we go kill this thing now if you’re not gonna kill the girl? I want to have killed at least one thing today.’' He almost begged, physically trying to yank Tsuyoshi away from the girl with the legs of jelly now. And while the rogue was still laughing, or even because he was, he found himself sliding closer and closer to the hollow.

He did enjoy fighting, but his sword was the one that actually sought out the danger. ‘'Okay okay.’' Tsuyoshi wiped at his eyes as he took a firm grip of his sword again, hearing the howls of the hollow get more and more intense.

‘'I’m not built to think!’' He yelled back finally, and he felt the shock of Jidai then. ’'Then stop doing it!’'

Choosing to ignore that, he reeled back as he came closer to the grounded hollow, who was already trying to swipe at him. But, with the added movement of his sword he found himself out of harms way with ease, opening the hollow up for slashes at his arms yet again. And while it stopped a few strikes of the sword, the act of guarding his hands had gone through in spite of guarding the mask it had.

Tsuyoshi smiled as his sword yanked him closer to the mask, urging him to strike. And so he did before the hands of the hollow could respond. A nice, vertical slice was made through the mask of the hollow and, while screaming, it slowly vanished.

He turned and looked at Vayle. ‘'Say no to magic, right?’'

’'Done celebrating?’' Jidai asked. ’'We can kill her now.’'
Vayle Cameo

’'Ugh, food.’' Jidai rang out. ’'I hate that you need the stuff.. Time spent eating is time wasted. Can’t you like, eat the hollows you kill? Or even the shinigami?’'

‘'That’d be cannibalism.’' Tsuyoshi repliad, looking at his sword briefly before turning back to Vayle with a smile, taking in what exactly she offered.

’'It’s likely a way to get to pick at your brain or something. I wouldn’t let her.’' The sword offered up his thoughts, but Tsuyoshi ignored them for a chance to pick at the brain of Vayle.

He moved closer to her and reached down, extending his hand to maybe help her get up. ‘'I’ll not say no to that offer. I’m a bit peckish.’' He said as he now looked back. And, as he did so his sword trembled a bit as it remembered the blood of the hollow seeping through its ridges. ‘'Besides, with what you’re doing I also kind of owe you my life.’'

’'Dude what the hell? No you don’t!’'

‘'Or at least my free one.’'

’'Oh no, don’t do that shit! Just.. Strike her down right now and be done with it.’' Jidai was sounding quite angry for a sword, and was actually shaking in anger, though only Tsuyoshi could perceive it.

‘'My sword likes you.’' He said with a smile.

’'The hell I do!’'
Vayle Cameo

''Calm down?'' Tsuyoshi confusedly repeated as Vayle spoke, but then he realized she'd been talking to her sword and not him. ''So I'm not the only lunatic here.'' He laughed, putting a hand over his sword and feeling it grumble at his words, almost as if it was complaining. ''Zanpakuto can be a handful, right?'' The rogue added with a smile, though by this point he wasn't sure if he meant any of his expressions or not.

''First of all. You are the only lunatic here.'' Jidai said. ''Secondly, we're not a handful. Well, I'm not, maybe that whiny broom thing of hers is.'' It continued despite seeing and knowing how Tsuyoshi felt about the constant backtalk of his sword. ''Thirdly..'' There was a pause and Tsuyoshi knew exactly what was coming. Looking at Vayle, he began smiling.

''-just kill her.'' He said, no context, stealing the thing his sword was about to say. ''-just kill h- right. You know. So why don't you do it when she's clearly trying to catch you off guard?''

Before Vayle quickly moved from him, giving him no real chance to add anything to his last statement, he quickly followed and felt it easier to keep up with her than before.

''So, full disclosure.'' He began as they both moved. ''My sword is convinced you're trying to hurt me or something, and is constantly saying I should kill you.'' Tsuyoshi said with a wide smile. ''Should I?''
Vayle Cameo

''I know of people they hurt.'' Tsuyoshi said in response. His sword then almost instantly reacting to it, mentally prodding the rogue in the side. ''Don't.. tell her that.''

But he ignored it, at this point just feeling like he needed someone to share anything to, the things he couldn't do with his sword. And it felt that, but was also indifferent to those feelings as the only real emotion it could feel was anger and the urge to kill. It wasn't like a regular person he could share other things with, and the first time he tried ended in disaster.

''Your problems are yours alone. Think she wants to hear them?'' Jidai asked. ''Guess again. She's just another Shinigami waiting for your trust so she can take it and crush you. She's no different from the others. You know, the ones who hurt you.''[/i]

Tsuyoshi sighed as they continued moving. ''Laws are also meant to be broken, aren't they? That they're there doesn't mean they're good for you. Some laws, if not most, just serve to imprison those with something to say.'' He paused for a moment and swallowed hard, digging up things with almost everything he was saying right now he had been burying deep down these past few.. how long had it been? Years?

''I'm telling you, just kill her.''
Vayle Cameo