An arrancar-girl in Seireitei

Sorry, no Nell-Yachiru-chapter this time. But it should be worth reading nonetheless, especially if you, like Insane Immortal Dragon Goddess, like Unohanas evil side (just one little scene, she's no Aizen). And Nell is asking weird questions. Have fun.

I don't own anything Bleach-related.

Nells new powers

„I think you are well enough to at least make it home to 12th division" Unohana admitted, although with a slightly disapproving voice. "But you know that I would rather like to keep you here for at least another day, Kurotsuchi-fukutaichou."

Nemu nodded and stood up. "I know, Unohana-taichou. But while my father is… indisposed, I have to supervise the repair works at 12th division." The female taichou didn't try to persuade her otherwise. She knew fully well what her father would do to Nemu when he found out that she had stayed at 4th division in his absence.

"Very well" Unohana just said. "But if you don't mind I would like to take a look at Nell-chan. Especially after you told me that she was the cause of this… accident in 12th division."

Nemu would have liked to get out here quickly, but she understood that it was important to test the little arrancar for after-effects as soon as possible, and Mayuri-sama wouldn't be able to do this for one or two more days. She had absorbed many different kinds of energy, maybe even the life of the kid was in danger. "Of course, taichou."

"Good." Unohana smiled and looked at Nell. When she had come into the room, the little arrancar had been restless. Probably she wanted to see her new friend Yachiru again as soon as possible. But while she had been checking Nemu, the little girl had eyed her curiously. She wondered why. "Would you please sit down, Nell-chan?" she asked. "It won't take very long. Do you want something to eat or drink?"

The little girl nodded eagerly. "Candy!" she exclaimed with a big grin on her face.

Unohana hid her chuckle behind her hand. It was really amazing how much this tiny arrancar resembled Kusajishi-fukutaichou. She was glad that the two girls still liked each other. She knew that the shinigami had to study Nell cause of her powers, but as a healer she believed that it was much easier to deal with a patient who liked the one who treated him. That was something Kurotsuchi-taichou would never understand, and because of that it was a good thing that Nell had already found friends elsewhere. She hadn't given up her hope to convince Yamamoto-soutaichou of transferring the girl to 4th division.

"Isane!" she addressed her fukutaichou who had been waiting outside of the room. The silver-haired woman still wasn't convinced that Nell was no danger for her taichou… especially after what the girl had done to Zaraki-taichou yesterday. "Would you please bring some tea for me and Kurotsuchi-fukutaichou and some candy for Nell-chan?"

"But Unohana-taichou…" her fukutaichou started, but she quickly shut her mouth after the older woman had thrown her the glance. No one in Seireitei wanted to be the target of the glance. She turned and ran.

As Unohana turned to Nell, she found that the arrancar was eying her thoughtfully again. "Why are you looking at me like that, Nell-chan?" she demanded to know, yet still smiling.

"You are strange, ba-san Uno!" Nell stated, now looking very serious. "How did you suddenly bunch your shiny thing?"

"My shiny… do you mean my reiatsu?" Unohanas smile vanished and she opened her eyes to look at the little girl in front of her with clear, deep eyes. Not many people in Seireitei knew how her reiatsu looked like. Normally the reiatsu of a strong warrior, usually a taichou or a talented fukutaichou, became visible in a serious fight. Only then you could see the colour of the reiatsu. So for example Kuchiki-taichous reiatsu was pink like his Bankai, Zaraki-taichous was bright yellow and Kurosaki Ichigos sapphire blue. Her own reiatsu was of a lively, verdant colour, like a meadow. But she hadn't shown her reiatsu openly for a very long time. So how did this girl know about it?

"Hu-huh" Nell made and nodded. "Normally everything just feels more alive when you're here, ba-san Uno. But when you talked to your friend before, all of this… rei-a-tsu gathered around you and you turned green-ish for a moment." She put her finger to her lips. "I felt a little cold when you took away your reiatsu-thing from me. Was that the reason why your friend was so scared?"

Unohana was impressed. No one had ever figured out that it wasn't the strength of her gathering reiatsu, that made people feeling uneasy around her – like some 11th-division-members knew all too well – but on the contrary the fact, that she withdrew a comforting energy that everyone was used to feel, since it was around her all the time, just barely noticeable. But how…

"Why do you know that, Nell-chan?" she asked warily. "Can you see my reiatsu cause you are an arrancar?"

"No, I don't think so" Nell answered puzzled. It seemed that she hadn't thought about this power before. "I've never seen such things before, neither at home nor in Ichigos world. Am I sick, ba-san?" Now she looked a bit frightened.

"This is no illness, Nell-chan" Unohana assured her. "But it is still strange. Could this have been caused by the accident in 12th division, Kurotsuchi-fukutaichou?"

"Maybe" Nemu admitted. "The storeroom Nell hid in was filled with Hollow masks, Shinigami and Quincy artefacts. It could be a form of an arrancars Pesquisa (1), but heightened senses could be a sign of Quincy powers too." She thought back at the time when she had met Uryuu Ishida, the last Quincy. She knew from the data Mayuri-sama had collected about this human, that his spiritual sense was incredibly sharpened. She didn't know if this was common for a Quincy, but it was certainly something that made him… different. Like her…

She blinked. Where did these thoughts come from? Fortunately no one seemed to have noticed since Unohana-taichou was still focused on Nell-chan.

"Have you been able to shoot Ceros before yesterday, Nell-chan?" Unohana asked her little patient.

"Nope" Nell denied. She looked sad. "I wasn't even able to use a freakin' feeble Bala (2) or Gonzui (3). Everyone said there'd rather be a shinigami-invasion in Hueco Mundo than me being strong enough to go into the human world and have fun there." Nemus eyes widened slightly. Fun? Then Nells face brightened. "Does that mean that I can use it now that Ichigo and his friends slaughtered through Las Noches?"

"I don't think it's that easy, Nell-chan" Unohana replied slightly smiling again. "May I touch you now? I want to see if you are still alright after your… sneeze." Nell nodded and Unohana put her hand onto the little arrancars chest. It began to glow green again which caused the girl to giggle. "It's like we thought" Unohana announced after a minute and removed her hand. "There are still energy traces from the artefacts in 12th division inside your body, Nell-chan. Not many, so I think they'll vanish in time, but until then you should be very careful with your emotions."

"You mean like yesterday when I was scared of the big mean maniac?"

Unohana smiled again. "You shouldn't call Zaraki-taichou that way, Nell-chan" she advised. "After all he is Yachiru-chans father."

"But why was he so angry at me?

"He was just worried about Yachiru, Nell-chan" Unohana explained with a soothing voice. "He doesn't know you and he won't let anyone or anything hurt Yachiru. He is not a bad man."

Nemu was tempted to openly disagree, but she decided to say nothing. It wasn't wise to argue with Unohana-taichou, like they had seen yesterday at the example of Zaraki-taichou. But she would warn Nell-chan later that the 11th division's taichou was still very dangerous for her.

Nell looked at Unohana and then she nodded slowly. "Did I hurt him yesterday?" she asked timidly. "Will he forbid Yachiru to meet me again?"

This made even Nemu smile. "Even if he did, Yachiru-chan wouldn't listen to him, Nell-chan" she assured the little girl. "She likes you and she usually does what she wants."

Unohana nodded, smiling too. "Besides, Zaraki-taichou is very tough. It was hardly necessary to treat him yesterday."

"Oh? Why did you do it then, ba-san Uno?" Nell asked somewhat perplexed. "Or did you two just fuck?"

This question caused quite some reaction. Unohanas smile froze on her lips. Nemus eyes flew open. She gasped, jumped on her feet and managed to bring out a hissed "Imouto-chan!". Outside the door they could hear breaking cups and Isanes shocked whimper. For a few seconds no one said anything, then Unohana regained her composure.

"Why… would you think that, Nell-chan?" she asked. It was the very first time, thought Nemu, that her voice sounded a little bit shaky.

"Well, cause you two were in a room alone and he made some strange noises. Pesshe said once, when a man and a woman are in a room alone and they make strange noises, then they are probably fucking each other, and I shouldn't attack them then. That would be bad manners, he said."

"Ah" Unohana aspirated. She was still a bit shocked by Nells question, but at least she was able to answer, other than the pale Nemu and the probably numb Isane. "Well… no, we did not… have sex, Nell-chan. Zaraki-taichou was just uncomfortable with me healing him. He doesn't like being exposed to powers he doesn't understand." She coughed and stood up. "I guess we should stop talking now. Kurotsuchi-fukutaichou, didn't you say that you have to return to your division?"

Nemu blinked. "Wha…? Oh, yes, I really should. Come on, Nell-chan, we have to go now."

"What? But what about my candy?"

"Another time, imouto-chan" Nemu said firmly, took Nells hand and bowed her head to Unohana hastily. "Thank you, Unohana-taichou. I'll let you know when something happens to Nell."

"Please do that" Unohana agreed. She even managed to flash Nell a smile, which was quite impressive in Nemus opinion. "Good-bye, Nell-chan. Have fun with Yachiru-chan."

"So we're finally visiting Yachiru-chan? YAY!" Nell bounced. "Let's go, Nemu-nee! Bye-bye, ba-san Uno!"

A second later the two were gone. Unohana took a deep breath. No one had managed to knock her out of her stride in a long time. Well, not even the Bounto had blown up that much 12th division either. AND Nell had nearly knocked out Zaraki-taichou. Unohana wondered what this kid would do next. Make Hitsugaya-taichou laugh? Become adopted by Kuchiki-taichou? Then she looked at the still gaping Isane.

"I guess you should remove the shards from the floor, Isane" she mildly chided her fukutaichou. "Someone could get hurt."

That brought the silver-haired woman down to Seireitei again. "Oh… yes, of course, taichou" she muttered quickly and bent down. Unohana briefly struggled with her conscience, but then she decided that after Nells question she deserved some fun too.

"You seem to be a little fazed, Isane" she remarked as she went out of the room. "Don't you think that I and Kenpachi-kun would be a cute couple?"

She chuckled as Isane froze in her tracks again.

"Nell-chan" Nemu addressed the little girl as they left the 4th division. "I really must do certain things in 12th division now. You have to visit Yachiru-chan alone."

"Alone?" Fear was shining out of Nells big eyes. "But the big scary maniac will be with her, Nemu-nee! I can't go there alone!"

Nemu grimaced slightly. "Nell-chan, Unohana-taichou told you not to call Zaraki-taichou that way. And he won't hurt you. Not with Yachiru-chan present."

"But…"

"Hey!"

They turned their heads. In less than a second Nells frightened face changed into a happy one as she recognized Renji. The 6th division's fukutaichou didn't seem to know whether he should be relieved or angry.

"Renji-nii!" she exclaimed. "Are you going to visit us? Is Ichigo here too?"

"Nah" Renji answered curtly. "I just heard that you blew up 12th division and I wanted to make sure that you are still in one piece. Are you crazy, Nell? Why did you do that?"

"It was an accident, Abarai-kun" Nemu interjected. She put an arm on Nells shoulder. "Nell-chan didn't do anything wrong."

"Well, tell that you your father" Renji replied. "I bet he won't think about it that way. Still, it's good you weren't hurt, Kurotsuchi-san."

"Actually, I was" Nemu admitted. "Quite badly. But Nell-chan healed me."

"Really?" Renji asked. He lifted an eyebrow and looked at Nell a little disgusted. "Did you do this drool-thing again?"

"Hai" Nell answered and beamed at Nemu. "I had to save Nemu-nee!"

"Nee?" Renji shot Nemu an astonished look. That doesn't sound like you at all, it said.

"Yes" she replied. "Since Mayuri-sama adopted Nell-chan, she decided that we are now sisters, Abarai-kun."

Renji sighed. "Alright, alright. But what do you think your father will do to her now, Kurotsuchi-san? When Ichigo returns, I definitely don't want to be the one to tell him that…"

"That's fine for the moment" Nemu quickly interrupted him. "Mayuri-sama is… busy right now." She looked at Nell for a moment. "Abarai-kun, could you do me a favour, please?"

He cocked his head. "What favour?" he demanded to know warily.

"Nell wants to go to 11th division, someone is waiting for her there. But right now I have to go back to 12th division and help there, so I've got no time. Could you please…?"

"11th division?" Renji repeated. His eyes widened. "Don't tell me…"

"Please, Renji-nii" Nell pleaded with teary eyes. "I promised Yachiru-chan to visit her today. Pleeeeeease?"

"Yachiru?" Despite all the worst-case-scenarios that went through his head, Renji had to smile. He patted Nell on the skull. "You're really just like Ichigo, you know? You come here, wreck a lot of stuff and find new friends while doing that. Alright, I'll escort you to 11th division."

"Thanks, Renji-nii!" Nell exulted and hugged the shinigami's feet. "I was really scared when Nemu-nee said that I had to go alone. You know, cause I hurt Yachiru-chans daddy yesterday…"

Renjis eyes widened. "You did WHAT?"

"Thank you for your help, Abarai-kun" Nemu said out loud and bowed slightly. "I will go now. I'll come and pick you up in a few hours, imouto-chan."

"Bye, Nemu-nee!"

Renji was rather overwhelmed, otherwise he would surely have told Nemu to stop before she vanished. He blinked and looked at the grinning little girl at his feet. Then he groaned.

"What have I gotten myself into now?

(1) The arrancar power to sense spirit pressure

(2) The technique Yammy used against Urahara – weaker than a Cero, but faster

(3) The soul-suck-technique Yammy used when he visited earth for the first time

Well, another one finished. How was it?