Background: We all know about the betrayl of Nnoitra and Szayel. What we don't know, however, is how they adjusted to their lives right after. Prepare to find out the crucial back story, of how the lives of Nel, Pesche, and Dondochakka changed forever....
Chapter 1: The Glimpse Of The Past
Dondochakka and Pesche looked at the sleeping Nel. After the bytral of Nnoitra and Szayel, they knew that they could never go back. Not now that Nel is harmless. Even with the anger building up inside them for Szayel's betrayl, they knew they wouldn't stand a chance against an arrancar, much less two. Injured from their attack, they both slowly started to crawl, sliding their legs against the blistering sand, over to Nel. When they finally got to her, Pesche slowly reached out to Nel, grabbing her shoulders, and sliding her closer to them.
"She's so small..."Dondochakka commented, tears rolling down his eyes. Pesche squeeled a bit in pain, as he slowly got to his feet, holding onto Nel.
"We must go, Dondochakka. The longer we're here, the bigger chance Nel has of getting killed by Nnoitra and Szayel." Pesche replied.
The both of them looked up in anger, looking back the giant building that used to be their home. Up the top, they could see Szayel looking back at them, grinning. Their gaze stayed lock for a few seconds, knowing that someday they would meet again, even if they didn't want too. After a few seconds, Pesche and Dondochakka looked down at Nel, worried, hearing her moan in her sleep. They looked back at Szayel, only to find out he was gone. They didn't even hear anything, except the very sounds of the desert wind blowing against the the sand. Finally getting tired of their angered past, they turned away, walking into the desert, never to take a glance back.
Nel winced a bit as she was awaked, her eyes still closed. As she slowly lifted her eye lids, the beam of light from the sun blinded her vision. Still in a daze, she slowly leaned up, rubbing her eyes gently. When she looked around, with her eye lids half opened, she saw sands and dunes scattered throughout the desert, but she also felt the ground moving up and down.
"Where am I?" She asked herself, still half asleep. When she looked down, she saw she was on Dondochakka's belly, moving up and down as he snored. She also noticed that the strange white clothing she was positive she slept on yesterday, was gone, being replaced by a green tunic that seemed to go all the way down to her feet.
Either way though, she knew she had to get answers from someone, even if the two were complete strangers. She slid off his belly, landing on her butt softly. With her legs still sore, and unable to know why, she slowly crawled along, hearing the snoring get louder as she got closer.
By the time she reached his face, she saw he had a huge white, yellow, and red mask on. The red marks covered around his eyes, his nose, the top of his forehead, and his chin. The eyes themselves were yellow with stripped black lines going from one end to the other. She poked his mask, wondering if it would wake him up. When that didn't work, she kept poking him until he started to snort. He leaned up quickly, half asleep, looking around to see what poked him. When he looked at the ground, his eyes widened as he saw Nel looking right at him curiously, sitting crossed legged.
"Ahh!" Dondochakka yelled, falling on his back. He heard Nel giggling as he did. When he leaned up to look at her again, she was still looking right at him.
"Um...who are you? And who am I?" She asked, pointing to herself. Dondochakka put his fist near his mouth, coughing to clear his throat.
"I am Dondochakka!" He replied, giving an Elvis pose. Nel looked at him still confused. "And this is Pes..." Dondochakka started, pointing next to him. He stopped though as he realized Pesche wasn't there. "Pesche? Pesche, where are you?" Dondochakka yelled around, looking everywhere. He looked back though as he heard Nel screaming, pointing to his feet.
"Y-You have a thwid toe!" She said, pointing to the purple arm under Dondochakka's feet. When he looked down, his eyes widened as he stepped away, seeing Pesche's arm sticking out of the sand. He grabbed Pesche's arm pulling him out of the sand. When Nel looked, he saw what seemed to be a purple skinny guy, with an ant-like mask with horns. She saw Pesche cough a bit of sand from his throat, then glaring at Dondochakka, shaking his fist.
"Dondochakka! You almost squashed me!" He yelled as Dondochakka set him back down. "Why did you do that to begin with?" He said again, before seeing Dondochakka pointing behind him. When Pesche looked, his eyes widened as he saw Nel, just sitting their and looking at him.
"Hi?" Nel said, confused. Pesche brushed off the dirt on him as he cleared his throat like Dondochakka.
"Greetings!" He said, bowing. "I am Pesche the magnificient!" Nel looked at him even more confused.
"But da big guy over dere said your name was Peschew..." Nel replied, pointing at Dondochakka. "Who are you guys anyway?" Pesche felt a sweat drop as he went closer to Dondochakka, whispering to themself.
" She still doesn't know who we really are." Pesche whispered.
"Well what do we tell her? We're hollows who were banished?!" Dondochakka replied. They were both quiet for a moment before Pesche squeeled in delight, thinking of an idea. They quickly turned around doing an Elvis pose again.
"We are your..." Pesche stopped though as his eyes widened, seeing Nel was gone. "Kaiwi!!!! Where did she go?!" Pesche stammered as the two of them looked around. Dondochakka gasped as he saw the tiny foot prints Nel left in the sand, going in a direction. When he showed Pesche, they observed the trail until they saw Nel, who was walking up one of the sand dunes.
"What the? How is she able to walk after what's she's been through?" Pesche asked, noticing Nel's quick recovering. They gasped as they saw Nel fall just as she was on the other side of the dunes. They took off with quick speed, running to the top thinking she fell off a very steep dune.
"We'll save you Nel!" Dondochakka yelled as the two of them jumped when they were at the top of the sand dune. But when they looked down, they saw Nel looking up at them with a curious face as they continued soaring. The both of them felt a sweat drop behind their head as they started to fall, screaming. Nel watched as the two started rolling down the hill.
"Dat looks like fun." Nel said in delight, as she started log rolling down the hill. After a few seconds, Pesche and Dondochakka finally came to a stop, coughing at the dust that got into their mouths as they fell. When they looked bcak at the dune, they saw Nel rolling for a bit before finally stopping near them. They both let out a drawn out sigh as she giggled at the fun. After awhile, they sat in a triangle formation, ready to talk.
Meanwhile, back in the giant-sized castle, Nnoitra was walking down the hall. No one aside from Szayel said anything since they betrayed Nel. Everyone new of what he did, sensing Nel's riatsu vanished and the fact that he was the only one who held a grudge against any woman stronger than him. Nnoitra noticed Grimmjaw leaning against the wall, his arms crossed and his eyes closed. He couldn't tell if he was sleeping, but it didn't matter to him either way. But as soon as he wwas a few feet past Grimmjaw, he knew that Grimmjaw was looking at him.
"So, you killed Nelil?" Grimmjaw asked, not even looking at Nnoitra. Nnoitra just chuckled to himself.
"I always was the stronger one." Nnoitra replied, squeezing his fist.
"Is that why you needed Szayel's help?" Grimmjaw said, raising an eyebrow. Nnoitra looked a bit surprised.
"H-How did you know?" Grimmjaw just chuckled.
"Ask him." Grimmjaw said, pointing on the other side of the hall. When Nnoitra checked, his eyes widened when he saw Aizen.
"S-Sir Aizen..." Nnoitra said, seeing Aizen, Gin, and Tousen looking at them. Gin and Tousen had the usual expression like they always do, but Aizen's expression seemed a bit more stern then usual. Nnoitra bowed in respect, not wanting to anger Aizen.
"So, it was true then. You did get rid of Nelil?" Aizen said, walking closer to Nnoitra.
"W-With all do respect sir, she was weak. She didn't deserve to work for you." Nnoitra replied, nervously.
"And she was strong enough to defeat you?" Nnoitra just gulped a bit nervously. "What do you suppose, Szayel?" Nnoitra's eyes widened, as he saw him stepping from behind. He started squeezing his fist in anger, realizing Szayel ratted him out.
"Well in my opinion, even if killing him would please you, I don't think it'll be good if we were to lose any more Espadas'. Besides, he didn't even kill Nelil." Szayel replied. Nnoitra stood a bit schocked at what he just said.
"W-What?!" Nnoitra stammered.
"Hmph, I do admit you have a point..." Aizen said, smirking. "But..." In a quick flash, Aizen reappeared right behind Nnoitra. Everything was silent for a few seconds before Nnoitra gasped, as a large X mark was slashed on his chest, and blood was dripping out. Nnoitra fell to his knees, holding himself up with one hand, and using the other to stop a bit of the bleeding. He breathed a bit heavily as blood seeped out of his wounds.
"Let that be a lesson next time you try to kill another one of our Espada's, and if you do go out to kill Nel, I will kill you myself." Aizen replied, as he started walking away. Gin and Tousen walked around Nnoitra, following Aizen. Grimmjaw just smirked as he walked down the hall the other way. As Nnoitra breathed heavily, he glared back at Szayel in anger.
"Szayel you bastard! You're a traitor!" He yelled. Szayel just smirked.
"It may not look like it, but I just saved your life. If I hadn't told Aizen and earned a bit of his trust, he would've surely killed you." Szayel replied, turning to walk away. Nnoitra just continued to breath heavily, glaring at Szayel until he wasn't in sight.
"S-she's...still alive?" Nnoitra said to himself.
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They both let out a drawn out sigh as she giggled at the fun. After awhile, they sat in a triangle formation, ready to talk.
"So, as we were saying, we are your big brothers!" Pesche said, doing an Elvis pose with Dondochakka. Nel just blinked a bit confused.
"Big brudders?" Nel asked qeustionabbly. Pesche and Dodonchakka nodded. "So den...where are we?" Nel asked, looking around.
"We're in Hueco Mundo, desert of the..." Dondochakka started, before Pesche covered his mouth from finishing his sentence.
"We're not suppose to reveal too much, remember?" Pesche whispered to him, reminding him of the situation. Dondochakka nodded as he remembered. As they looked back though, they were a bit surprised as they saw she was asleep.
"She fell asleep?" Dondochakka asked, a bit confused.
"Must be exhausted still from the other day. Speaking of which, just the three of us, sooner or later we'll all get bored." Pesche commented. Dondochakka looked like he was in thought until his eyes widened.
"I have an idea!"