Even while I'm still working on another fic, after reading chapter 313 this just came to mind and I had to write it before the idea got lost in my mind.
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I am a hollow.
Espada.
Arrancar.
I don't care what name or title you give it, we are all just mere hollows at our cores.
Even with Aizen's help, no matter how strong we become, no matter how far we evolved, no matter what Aizen turns us into...
ALL WE WILL EVER BE ARE HOLLOWS.
That is the truth that enshrouds our existence. We are being reborn from the emptiness of who we once were. We are the personification of nothingness.
To live as such a being is a Hell beyond imagining. It would drive any other being to take its own life to escape.
BUT HOW CAN YOU KILL NOTHING?
That was the first of my revelations. The revelation that there existed an even greater Hell, to die as nothing. There could be no greater damnation.
But a light of hope shined down upon my Hell. This light was the strength bestowed upon me by Aizen-sama. This light opened my eyes and once more I had a revelation.
THE STRONG ARE BOUND TO THIER STRENGTH, AND THEIR STRENGTH FOREVER BINDS THEM TO THE BATTLE FIELD UNTIL THE DAY THEY DIE.
As if to answer an unspoken prayer, I'd found an escape from my Hell. I would fight. I would fight and become strong. And I would grow stronger as I crush all those before me.
I would show no pity, no sympathy, no mercy to any, whether they be weak or strong. I would crush them all. I had no pity for them, because they could not give me what I wanted. All I had was strength, the strength let me fight, the fight let me feel alive, and to feel alive meant that I could die. That was my saving grace.
IF I FOUGHT, I WOULD GROW STRONG. IF I GREW STRONG, THE STRONGER WOULD FACE ME UNTIL I FOUND THE ONE STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL ME.
This is how I would escape my Hell. This is how I wished to die.
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This was hands down the fastest fic I've ever written and amazingly I'm also proud of it (a rarity among any of my works). I took a liking to Nnoitra because his character held a kind of depth in his simplistic nature. Also Nnoitra's death that left me both pleased and dissatisfied at the same time. I hope you liked it and as always please tell me how you feel. I always like to hear what the readers have to say. Well I've got things to do, so until next time.