Title: Time
Author: celemna
Date: 9/2/08
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Nnoitra Jiruga x Neliel Tu
Challenge - Table: 365- A
Prompt: 37 - Dust
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Don't own Bleach!
10 years
He was staring into the sands of Las Noches pondering who to kill. He was wondering if he should bother with those weaker than he. He decides not to worry about it and does not pick and choose his opponents. He does not care.
12 years
He kills those he pleases to. He stops as he had many times in the last 12 years and ponders killing his opponent. For the first time he looks at the weaklings and decides against it.
14 years
He still kills many. Yet for some reason he can't bring himself to kill many.
16 years
His hand is often in the sand now- detecting those that are strong and powerful. The dust rises when he pulls his hand out of the sand. He can't kill those far weaker than he- he isn't sure why.
18 years
He's sure why now- they're not powerful enough.
20 years
He kills none but the strongest.
What value does the life of a weakling have?
His clothes are dusty- his mind is clouded. He is sure it's nothing to do with that woman who is only a memory now.
He knows that none of those people he feels the power of are her.
She made sure he remembered the bitter taste of her perfectly cut blade.
And they are all dust- compared to her.