Chapter 2

Shit.

Nnoitra's eyes narrowed and he began walking over to me.

Shit shit shit shit... run dammit RUN!!!

Turning on my heels, I began running madly towards the other side of the balcony, in the hope that I could jump off and Sonido out into the desert.

"Oi. Wait up, bitch."

Run run run!!!

No way did I stop, or have any intention to. I was sure that if he caught me, he would slice my head off and eat it. Or something.

"I said wait up, for fuck's sake!"

Ruuuuuuuuuuuuunnnn!!!!

But no. Too late. I should have used Sonido there and then; just like he did. I skidded to a halt, stopping inches from his stomach and trying to gulp down my fear.

"Are ya' fuckin' deaf? Wait means wait, you fuckin' twit."

"No... I heard you...um...sir."

Nnoitra slammed his huge hand down on my arm and dragged me back to the place where the pink-haired Arrancar was standing, adjusting his glasses. When we stopped, Pinky bent down to my eye level and wagged his finger in front of my face.

"Oh tut tut tut, naughty Arrancar girl. I'll have to cut you up and use your pretty little body for experiments in my lab as punishment."

I gasped and took a step backwards, crashing into Nnoitra again. This time, I was too embarrassed to apologise.

"N...no! Please don't... please don't let him do that. If you are going to punish me, please just cut me up with your sword! In fact, I'd be privileged to be killed by you, Nnoitra-sama!"

Flattery should work... I hoped. Nnoitra simply let a 'tsch' fall from his mouth, and then he too bent down to my level.

"What I wanna know is, why the fuck were you followin' us anyway?"

I racked my brains for a suitable answer. The first thing that came to me was 'because you're hot', but that would have been suicide.

"Um... because. Because I wanted to see how you would kill an Espada who was one... two... five ranks higher than yourself. I knew you could do it because you are the strongest, but I just wanted to see the method."
Both looked surprised. Pinky grinned madly and ruffled my hair rather violently.

"Shall I tell you how we did it? It was really my idea and Nnoitra-sama carried it out..."

Blah blah blah. He rambled on for what seemed light years, and the whole time I was staring at Nnoitra and his violent, angry hotness. A man who was in control, who got what he wanted when he wanted it, and did anything to get it. That's the kind of man I like. Someone who I can follow with no problem.

"So, what do you think of our plan, girly?"

Pinky had finally finished and was now asking my opinion.

Dammit. Come up with something that will inflate both egos...

"...Fucking genius! How the hell did you even come up with a brilliant method like that? And Nnoitra-sama, I think it's all justified. I mean, females being higher ranked than males? That's ludicrous. Too right if you got pissed with her. She sounds like a bitch to me."

I couldn't quite believe I had just bad-mouthed the dead third, I really had nothing against her. But... if you can't beat them, join them.

Nnoitra tilted his head to the side, staring at me for a while.

"So... you agree with the whole males are stronger than females stuff, right?"

I nodded profusely, nervously tapping my fingers against the hilt of my sword which lay against my outer thigh.

"Right. Got any good fighting moves?"

Raising an eyebrow, I nodded again.

"Show 'em to me then, you moron."

Shifting about uncomfortably, I raised my right hand in the direction of a muddy brown rock sitting on the pale sands below. I stuck out two fingers, and parted them as if I were about to poke someone's eyes out. My breathing became so fast and patchy I wasn't sure if I could mutter the words at all. But after a few seconds, they came to me.

"...Tela Cero!"

Two thin cords of lime green Cero burst from my fingertips, entwining with each other like a rope. The spirit particles gathered quickly and hotly, forming four more cords at the end, reaching out like a hand and then slamming together, exploding into a burning hot lime Cero. I shifted my eyes to Nnoitra, who seemed only slightly interested in my technique. But it was not over yet.

The Cero seemed to be going aimlessly towards a random dune in the desert... until I clamped my two fingers together and pointed to the rock. The Cero grew bigger and turned in mid air, now hurtling towards the rock. Nnoitra's eyes grew wider. He watched attentively as the Cero smashed into the rock, blasting it to tiny peices.

"Y... you can control your Cero's path? The fuck!? Who are you!?"

Shaking my hand off, I smiled a little and replaced my hand onto my hilt again.

"Arrancar number ninety-three, Adoriana Hertz, sir. I can also shoot two Ceros at a time, although the impact they cause is weaker."

He grinned and looked down his nose at me.

"Well. That's a pretty fuckin' cool technique you got there. S'a pity you're a girl... I would' a taken you on as a Fraccion."

The smile was wiped from my face instantly. A Fraccion!? That thought had never even occurred to me.

"Oh! Oh, go on... I could act like a boy. I could strap... these down... and just cut my hair or something."

But he shook his head and gestured his hand for me to leave.

"Nah. I'd rather not. S'later... bitch."

Ah crap.

Maybe he really will see me later.

Well. I'm going to make it my duty that he does.

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A/N: Argh argh argh, sorry for shitty cero description. I suck at describing things like that.