Omg I am sooooooooo sorry people! It's been months hasn't it? Well guess what, it's partially your own fault. Reviews give me motivation! And no one reviews! So seriously, review, or this suckers just not getting finished. And that would suck, because there's not gonna be more than two chapters after this one. So Nyah. Your loss!

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Oh btw, I warn you, this chapter is soooo bipolar, it goes from dark to bouncy to dark to funny to just plain random. Consider yourself warned.

Disclaimer: Yeah, I just realized I've been kinda spotty on the disclaimers huh? I don't own anyone or anything but Mari okay? It'd be nice but if I did the whole anime would just be yaoi and fluff and Orihime's blood smeared on the walls. (Ulquiorra stealing whore…) Yeah. So. On with it!

Chapter four

Mari's P.O.V.

Nnoitra stared at me. Well, no, he glared. Really scary like. Seriously, what was going on? I sat up in the net, now untangled.

"Okay, let's go through this slow: What. The. Fuck. Are. You. Talking about?" I glared right back at him. "One minute you were fine and the next you're jumping around like you've been elec …trocuted…" oh shit. Something loose in my head thunked into place, and it all slammed into me. The pills Szayel had given me. Shit shit SHIT!

Nnoitra's already narrow eyes thinned even more.

"You really don't know what's going on." It wasn't a question, and his voice had changed from shock and anger. His voice was low and menacing. I nodded mutely, acutely aware of the pill bottle stashed in my tank top. He took a step closer to me.

"You're positive?" He hissed.

Shit. He was in bloodlust mode. I wasn't coming out of this alive, I was sure of it. Unconsciously my hand had strayed to the strap of my top, nervously tugging on the material. Again, I nodded.

It was an incredibly stupid move. Nnoitra's eyes flicked to my chest, widening, and before I could stop him he had unhooked the net and dumped me out of it. I hit the floor hard, rolling to absorb the fall as my arrancar ninja battle skills kicked in. Before I could even register my freedom he had swept in and picked me up by the ankle, making sure he kept the cloth of my pants between his hand and my skin. I squeaked as the ground disappeared from me once more.

Nnoitra raised me with one arm so I was staring into his upside-down face, just inches away from him. My breath came quick and shallow. He looked oddly calm now. That was bad. Nnoitra didn't do calm. It wasn't in his programming. It just didn't happen!

"What did he do?" He asked. His voice was almost pleasant, polite. I whimpered. The one time it would've have been great for Nnoitra to stick to his all brawn and no brains routine, he had to start being a genius. He knew it was Szayel, that much was obvious. That was the problem with Nnoitra. He could be incredibly intelligent when it suited his purposes. Yet another reason I had chosen to be his fraccion, I knew he was smart. I could never get bored around him, when there was always more to him I was figuring out.

I groaned and covered my face with my hands. Here I was totally at his mercy, and I was admiring the traits he was gonna use to kill me. Wow. This was pathetic. I wasn't even thinking of ways to get out of this!

Oh wait. Ways to get out of this… The pills! There we go!

Nnoitra's P.O.V.

"Mamph mm mph napht, mphd mnd mm msk oo mm mmmm!" Mari said. I raised my visible eyebrow.

"Speak up girl, I can't hear you. What did he do?" I yelled.

She uncovered her face and looked at me, "Eat my face last, and send my mask to my mama!" She whimpered. I blinked. Son of a bitch, she was cracking jokes. What the hell was wrong with her? Angrily, I shook her back and forth.

"Tell me what he gave you!" I roared. And a little bottle fell out of her shirt and onto the floor, the pills inside rattling loudly. I froze stunned, and that was all the time she needed. Her hand came up and smacked me in the face. The shock that I now knew came from the pills sparked into me and I dropped her, clapping a hand to my cheek.

Mari's P.O.V.

Nnoitra dropped me when I touched him, and I whooped and hit the floor in a crouch, snatching up the pill bottle and making a dash for the door. Before Nnoitra could recover, I was out the door and dashing down the hall. My joy was short-lived though, my legs were incredibly stiff from their time in the net. While I was still way above human speed, I was slow for me, and definitely slow to Nnoitra.

Closed my eyes, I melted into a sonido. Now I dashed at super-sonic speeds. Despite being able to hear Nnoitra right behind me (damn he recovers quickly) this was a beautiful moment for me. It felt so good to be running again, my legs stretching and propelling me forward, the air whipping past me… I lost myself for just a second….But Szayels lab door appeared in front of me, and I dashed inside and slammed the door behind me. I took just enough time to giggle as I heard Nnoitra slam into it, and then I was off again, dashing and weaving between beakers and Bunsen burners and creepy things suspended in unknown liquids. Reaching the very back of the lab I entered the familiar pink door that led to Szayels private quarters, eyes widening as I heard a crash behind me. I slammed that door too, and dashed through the annoyingly feminine furniture to the open door of Szayels bedroom.

"Hey Szayel!" I chirped, as said pinkette shot up at my rude entry. "I'm gonna bunk here for a few kay?" I dived under his bed before he could even register my words, and just as my foot disappeared beneath the bed skirt, I heard the door fly open again.

Nnoitra's P.O.V.

With a growl I stepped into the room and began scanning the room for my little escapee. "Now I've got… Aw hell! Now where the fuck is she?" I moaned. I was sick of this. I'll admit it. I wasn't pissed at her. I was pissed at Szayel. Szayel. Well, speak of the devil, I was in his room wasn't I? With a leer I turned to face him. Szayel was glaring at me with all the prissiness of a PMSing woman kept from her chocolate.

"Ooh," I grinned, "Scary!"

With a very put-upon sigh Szayel slid out from beneath the covers, His pink-silk pajamas mussed and his hair a mess. I gave a nasty smirk.

"Good morning sleeping beauty. Care to explain what the hell you did?" I kept my voice low and menacing, the same one I had used on Mari not five minutes ago.

"Why me…" he muttered. "My dear Mari-chan?" He raised his voice, "What on earth has possessed you? It's two in the morning!" A disembodied giggle floated out from somewhere in the room, but I couldn't tell where it came from.

"Sorry Szayel-sama, but those shocky pill things you gave me kicked in at a bad time." She laughed.

I growled. "Mari! Get your sorry ass out from wherever the hell you are!" It bothered me to be addressing the ceiling, but where the hell was she?

"Never! I value my life and sanity thank you very much!"

My retort was cut off by a heavy sigh. Szayel sat back down on his prissy silk duvet, crossing first his arms and then his legs neatly at the ankles. I fought the urge to retch.

"Mari –chan, I think your sanity is safe in its grave right now, don't worry." Szayel laughed.

"Uh! Are you calling me insane?"

"Your Nnoitras fraccion. Need I say more?" Szayel shot a smug glance at me.

"Mari!" I yelled, "What the hell is wrong with you? You know I'll find you eventually, you're my fraccion, and you're stuck with me!"

There was a pause that seemed to last forever.

"Maybe I don't wanna be you're fraccion anymore… I don't need this you ass…" Her voice sounded strange and quiet all the sudden, like she was choking. She should've been screaming at me. I blinked and looked at Szayel. His eyes had grown huge and round behind his glasses. He looked as though he had just been hit over the head.

"Oh Mari-chan… " He shook his head, and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Don't tell me you've actually fal-"

"DON'T!" Mari shrieked suddenly, "Don't you dare!"

"What?" I said, "What's she done?"

Szayel smirked at me, "I can't believe I didn't see it before. Mari-chan, you're a fool. I hope you know that. I have to say though, when you think about it it's perfect. You're so exactly the same." He laughed.

Mari heaved a huge sigh. "I don't suppose you have a pill to fix this?"

Szayel laughed again, "If only!"

I'd had it. I wasn't understanding a word of their conversation, but I had a feeling it involved me. I couldn't tell if it was insulting or not either. "Alright bitch, I have no idea what you two are talking about, but I've had enough of this. Where the fuck are you?" I shot over to Szayels wardrobe and opened it. No Mari. The closet. No Mari. I tore around the room turning things upside down trying to find her. Szayel shrieked at me like some prissy girl the whole time, I was making a huge mess, but I ignored him. I wasn't going to sit here and take this. Mari had chosen to be my fraccion, this was her own fault if she wasn't happy! She didn't have to stay with me!

I stalked toward the bed, but as I lifted Szayels girly golden bed skirt, a red and white blur shot out the other side, and ran for the door. I blinked. All I could think was

"Did she seriously hide under your bed?" I asked Szayel.

He facepalmed. "Yes." He walked over to me and spun me around pushing me toward the door. I was still too shocked to resist him, my mind trying to sort through Mari and Szayel's conversation. Did she really not want to be my fraccion anymore? "And I suggest you go catch her before it's too late. Good luck Romeo." And he slammed the door in my face.

I stared at the door. Romeo?

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Kagome: Well, I hope you enjoyed. R&R dammit! I tried to make this extra long to make up, it was 8 pages as a word document so…. Anyway, I got a new laptop FINALLY! (Its razzberry colored! And SPARKLY! Yay! Suck it guy-in-my-class-who-rubbed-in-the-fact-that-he-had-a-laptop-when-I-didn't!) So I'll be able to update regularly now, since I have a place to store my documents!

I actually had this done days ago, but my beta never responded T_T and NO I'm not playing 'blame the beta' I know it's my fault, but I'm just sayin…

Comment responses:

amber-was-here130 ~ I'm sorry! T_T yes it is cruel and unusual punishment to have to wait. I feel like such a hypocrite cuz I'm the least patient person EVER! But she did get out of the net, so rest easy.