Unsightly

Battlefront: Rider City
Raian Getsueikirite stood to his feet, the burning cinders of Rider City flaring up around him as he did. In the air above him was likely one of the men responsible for this catastrophe.

"Lord...Akujin...?!" Raian spat through his intense anger.

"Surprised? You should be." the man replied, "I am Celeste Agostino of my lord's Impero Nascosto. This world is now the territory of the Third Reich."

Raian looked up, glaring at Celeste through the strands of his bangs, "Impero Nascosto? So that's what Akujin calls his army now? You don't look like an Arrancar..."

Celeste gave off a look that would suggest he'd just been slapped in the face, "Arrancar? HA!" he blurted out, a cross-shaped pendant now dangling from his right sleeve.

Raian looked up in shock, "Then you're....!"

Celeste grinned devilishly, "A Quincy!" he roared.

Suddenly, reiryoku flared up on Celeste's pendant, forming into the standard Quincy bow. In response, Raian grabbed his Zanpakutō and unconsciously released the blade's Shikai just as the Quincy released his first arrow. Raian batted the first shot away with ease and leaped into the air to fight the man on even ground.

"So then, Akujin has some new soldiers it would seem." Raian muttered.

"He is not the callous fighter you once knew." Celeste replied. "His army is sufficient to deal with what is to come. Just as I am sufficient to deal with you."

"You must be joking." Raian retorted. "Can you not sense the difference between us?"

"Your reiatsu is indeed impressive, but that's not what I'm referring to. As Halberd of my lord's Tiro con L'arco, I possess all the necessary skills it would take to defeat a captain of the Gotei 13 - make no mistake." Celeste shot back.

"We'll see." Raian spat.

"Indeed we shall." Celeste replied, pulling off his glove. "!"