Chapter 4

Warnings- Language, excessive flashbacks, possible (probable) OOC

And this- '_' with just the apostrophes means that the person is thinking it. I think I've done that a few times so far. I know that I do in this chapter, and future chapters to come.

I'm adding more and more things to Reino (in my head) so as you see I'm pretty much making things up as I go (aren't I successful?), and forgetting things. So once in a while I'll add things to the character that will be good for the plot.

Almost this entire chapter is in italics because it's the flashback. I warned you about excessive flashbacks, but NO! You just HAD to keep reading, huh? Well you can't turn back now, because I broke the back arrow on your web browser! HAH HAH! Anyways, ITALICS, HO!

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The door opens and Nnoitora appears in the doorway. She glances at him and closed her nerve diagram as she hops off her examination table.

"Well, what a surprise to see you! What brings you here?" She smiles at him. Not a sincere smile, but one that is determining the best way to dissect you.

"I want to know how ya beat me." "Pardon?" She raised a delicate brow.

"I have the strongest hierro in Hueco Mundo. There's no way tha' you could cut me so easily without doing somethin' weird. So, what was it?" She was surprised that he could figure out that something else other than speed and strength came into effect during the battle. Well, if he wants to know so badly, then let's have a little fun with this!

"Alright, since you want to know, then I'll give you a few hints to the answer." He frowns at the fact that she won't tell him outright. "Let's figure it out. What things came into contact during our battle, Nnoitora?" he sighed and rolls his eyes, while she smiled out of pure amusement.

"Fine. It was me, you,… uh… oh! And our swords." "Very good! Now, think. What can you eliminate from that list?" "Well, ya sure as hell didn't touch me or my sword. But I wouldn't be surprised if you did some kind of creepy ass experiment on yerself." She frowns at that last part, but still continues. "Good, so far. Now, I shall tell you that I… have not, nor would I ever have, experimented on myself directly. So that leaves…?" He thinks for a short moment and then his face lit up slightly in realization."You did something to yer' sword?" She gives him a few small claps. "Correct! In a sense…" He scowls. "What the hell do ya' mean, 'in a sense'?" "A good question, Nnoitora!" she says, treating him like a child in grade school.

'Though he does have the intelligence of a grade student.'

She walks over to the large computer screen that spans across the wall, and pulls up a small slideshow. She walks over to see the pictures across the wall.

"You see, most arrancars' resurreccion forms are based off of an animal, yes?" The screen flashes pictures of the resurreccion forms of Starrk (wolf), Hallibel (shark -Rawr!-), Ulquiorra (BATMAN!), Grimmjow (kitty, kitty!), and Nnoitora's own resurreccion (Praying mantis).

"But, my resurreccion is a bit different than others'. Mine combines the powers of a leopard and the powers of thunder/lightning. Why this happens, is, surprisingly, … unknown to me."

"Okay then, why do I give a crap about tha'?" She sighs. "Patience, Nnoitora, patience. The electrical currents generated by the lightning portion of my resurreccion combines and reacts with the reishi in the air, and allows the blade of my Zanpakuto to slow down the vibrations of the reishi inside of your hierro, making it easier to cut through. It is similar to that of the Quincy's "Seeleschneider". In simple terms, it allows me to cut through your hierro like a knife through butter!" she replies, perhaps a little too cheerfully. "Since that answers that, any more questions, my dear Quinta?"

"Why are ya' not an Espada?" "Again, I beg your pardon?" he walks up closer to her. Something that very few people have the guts to actually do, by the way.

"You could easily kick the Sexta's or the Septima's ass and take their position. Either you haven't fer' some reason, or you're too stupid ta' notice it."

Now hold on just a damned second! Nobody calls her stupid, and then gets away with it, damn it!

"Wow, Nnoitora! I never would have thought that you could figure all that out by yourself. Who knew?"

There was a reason why she wasn't an Espada. She could probably take the position of Quinta right now in the lab! But she didn't and wasn't quite comfortable sharing that reason just yet with the Quinta.

He knew by her flat look that she wasn't going to tell him the answer. He thinks for a second.

"Then become my fraccione."

". . .Eh?"

Now that caught her off guard. "Did ya' forget the entire reason why ya' watched me in th' first place?"

"I wanted to study the way you fight."

"If ya' work under me, then you could learn about th' other parts of my life, and all that shit!" "It is true that the environments and the different aspects of your life could have influence of your technique .But before I give you hopes of my acception, let me ask you this. Why do you want me to become your fraccione? I am very certain that you are not doing this out of the "bottom of your heart", just so that I can learn something, so I want to know your true intentions Quinta."

"Because I want a rematch. And because I need a fraccione who doesn't suck ass in battle. I mean, Tesla's as good as servants go, but he can't hurt a damned fly."

"Hmm, I suppose a rematch can be arranged. Though Tesla seemed quite strong enough back there."

"He's jus' protective, but sucks most of the time."

Should she accept? She doesn't see the reason why she should. This was purely scientific curiosity, and what could being a fraccione gain her? It wasn't like she needed any more responsibility; she already has enough of that at the lab. This would take time away from her experiments, and from training. Though, she could still learn quite a bit about the Quinta through further observation and could probably whoop Nnoitora's ass on a daily basis.

"Alright, I accept."

"Then, then w-"

"-Under the conditions that you will answer any questions I may have, and you do not ever interrupt me during my morning training times or at the lab unless it is apocalyptic and/or life-threatening. And, when I've learned everything that I'd want to know about you, I'm not going to be your fraccione anymore. In order to learn, I'll give you my service, but after that I'm done. Agreed?"

"Yea, fine. Whatever. I guess we should go tell Aizen. He'll have a fit if he finds out abou' this before we tell 'im."

"Very well."

Once again she was whipped out of her dream lands upon arrival at the intended destination, only this time brought back to reality by the impact of her face into the door to one of her few examination rooms.

"Reino, are you all right? You were kinda spacing out for while. It looked like you were on auto-pilot."

"Huh? Oh, yea, I'm fine Tesla." She opens the door to the simple room with few pieces of equipment. This was her smaller examination room for simple things, so it has an average sized computer (compared to her few main computers that stretch all the way across the wall). "Come in, I'll fix those scratches, Tesla." He sits upright onto the long navy blue-cushioned table as she heads over to a cabinet and pulls out a few supplies, pulls up a rolling metal table next to Tesla, and puts the supplies on the table.

She opens the bottle of antiseptic. "Alright, this will sting a little at first." He nods and she applies the antiseptic. He winces slightly, but the expression fades quickly. After taking off her the ring she wears on her finger, she puts on a pair of latex gloves and opens a jar of white powder.

This powder is a creation that she had made a while back. It heals a wound, while not leaving any marks or evidence that there anything was ever there, all in just a few minutes.

She puts some powder in a small ceramic bowl and mixes it with a little bit of water, turning it into a sticky white paste. She dips her middle finger into the bowl and dabs the paste onto the wounds on his face. She then closes the jar of powder and puts everything away in the cabinet, puts the ceramic bowl in a place where Szayel's fraccione will know to clean it, and disposes of the gloves. By time she finished and checked on Tesla, the scratches were completely removed, and his face was once again flawless.

She pats him on the shoulder. "All right, Tes'! All good to go." She puts her ring back on, after having removing it to put on the plastic gloves.

"Thanks, Reino." He slides off of the table and walks to the door.

"Hey, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, anything."

"What is that ring for?"

She sighed, knowing that this subject would come up eventually.

"I always see you with it, and you're always subconsciously touching it. It looks special to you."

Not special. A special reminder. More important than you could ever know, Tesla.

"May I know what it is?" She looks at the floor.

"Nothing. Just a ring."

"Oh… all right. Uh, see you later then." He knew by her tone that the ring was more than just nothing, but had the foresight to leave the subject untouched for a while.

" 'Later."

He walks out and closes the door.

She stands in the middle of the room, still for a moment. She walks over to the nearest wall and leans her back against it, gently hitting the back of her head against the wall. She closes her eyes and slides down the wall and onto the floor while burying her head. Hugging her knees to her chest, a few stray teardrops fall down her cheeks. She looks up and holds her hand out in front of her, looking at the yin-yang encrusted ring.

"Nothing. Just a hell."

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Dramatic ending! Dun dun duuuuuuuun! But that ring will play an important part in this story, so be warned! I tried to make the end as dramatic as possible, but that kinda failed as a climax.

AHHH! So much freaking dialogue in this chapter! And like, 90% of this entire story so far has been flashbacks! I hope I can actually write at the present time a little more.

I don't actually know how to take care of something medically, so any of her "procedures" will probably be very wrong. So if you see if anything is completely inaccurate, then please tell me, and if you are kind enough, tell me how it's actually done please.

Again, I am pretty much making this crap up as I go, so a few things will be changing from the original (I'm a real success, aren't I?)

Now, I'm creating… a Beta profile! Yay! So if you need a Beta and like my stories, then please PM me! I'm on essentially every single day, so it'll be done fast and as best as I can. I also love to Beta, so PM me if you have something.

Please review and I'll speak with you in the next chapter! If you have any questions that won't completely spoil the plot, then I'll be glad to answer!

Arigato minna-san!