"Well, well…" Nnoitra grinned down at Aaroniero and his new Fraccion the next day. "Someone made a good choice."
"Yes." Aaroneiro was proud to say. "We did."
"Who would ever think that of all the Numeros, you'd pick the Janitor."
"Wise, loyal and horribly good at cleaning up a mess." Aaroneiro let a grin creep on to Kaien Shiba's face. "Rudbuornn swore loyalty to me after I told him I am a tidy person. Unlike Aizen, who he at first seemed hesitant abandoning."
"Pleasure, to meet you Nnoitra Gilga." Rudbornn bowed from where he was standing behind Aaroneiro. "I have heard many a story of your strength."
"Yeah. Thanks. I know." Nnoitra turned to yell down the hall at Szayel when he appeared with two white suitcases in hand.
"I am ready to leave." He announced. Today, Szayel was wearing jeans and t-shirt over his gigai as to blend in with the human world. In his hands were two white suitcases. "I am sorry to keep you gentlemen waiting, however, I need to bring Lumina along."
"Lumina?" Nnoitra didn't see the fat lump anywhere. "Where?"
"In here." Szayel gestured to one of the suitcases. "It was such a pain to cut such small pieces. But I managed."
Rudbornn and Aaroneiro shared a look. Not wanting to be the ones to-
"Take these." Szayel ordered, shoving both of the suitcases on the underlings. "Or else."
Aaroneiro frowned and took the one with clothes in it. As he knew that the heavier case had to have clothes in in for Szayel seemed to wear a new outfit everyday. "I thought you would be nicer to me."
"I am." Szayel grinned, "I am not making you carry the case with Lumina in it."
Aaroneiro let out a long sigh.
"Hey, Sza," Nnoitra casually put his arm around his shoulders. "What happened to the first Lumina? You've made so many copies, it remains a mystery."
"The real Lumina? Oh, yes…She was a good hollow to have in my Fraccion. You never met her however… she…" Nnoitra saw Szayel's amber eyes become distant as he spoke. "She valiantly gave her life to save mine. To be honest, these Lumina are not what she actually was like. I modified her DNA and created what we have today. And then Verona was whole different hollow. How we crossed paths ages ago, I will never understand. But we did. "
"What type of hollow was she? Lumina, I mean." Aaroniero asked, not sure if he actually sensed a hint of sorrow in his voice or not.
"A Spider Hollow. She and I somehow got along and, funny enough, Yylfordt always wondered why her name was so simple. I told him that it was because, it was the name that came to mind."
"And, Verona?" Aaroneiro had to know, now that they were on this subject.
"Verona?" Szayel laughed a little as he remembered their first meeting. "He was some frustrating overprotective Cockroach Hollow."
"Now I remember…" Nnoitra muttered, "What a pain in the ass he was to fight."
"So," Aaroniero began before Szayel could say something to Nnoitra over how he killed his Fraccion. "You hung with insect hollows?"
"Of course." Came the reply. "And a butterfly is the only who can rise above all of them. So, I was their leader naturally."
"And…what of Yylfordt? What's the story there? I mean… we all know you two were actually brothers… what happened?"
"That is a story for another day." Szayel told him, hating to remember how he had to cart his stupid brother around. "It is so long that…I won't say. Or I will be breaking the hole on in the fourth wall again."
"Thanks." Nnoitra said, "'cause I don't have any duct tape on me right now."
"Wise idea." Szayel glanced around the hallway, realizing they were missing one. "Where is Telsa?"
"Ah, he's getting my luggage."
"Wonder-"
Aaroniero pinned someone to the wall with his trident, making everyone jump.
"Who was-" Szayel sighed and rolled his eyes. It was that idiot Arrancar… what ever his name was.
"Maybe…" Aaroneiro glanced at Menis who was trying to free himself from the three prongs that went right through his body and into the wall. "I should just leave him here… Like this. What do you think, Szayel? Nnoitra?"
"Little bugs deserve to be squashed." Nnoitra grouched. Annoyed that it was taking Telsa so long to come with his luggage. "So yea. Leave him there pinned to the wall. Might teach him a lesson."
"But…" Telsa saw the blood dripping down the walls as he appeared next to Nnoitra, "I don't think that Lady Tia would like to have clean up."
"So." Aaroneiro glanced behind him at Rudbornn. "He'll clean up. And you… You piece of scum… what the hell do you have to say for yourself?"
"I.. Want…" Manis choked out, "to… be… in Fraccion."
"And why?" The Fifth Espada inquired, glaring at him.
"Be…cause…I…wan..t. Pow…er."
"So do I." Aaroneiro laughed, happy to have such control over the weaklings surrounding him. "So, I may decide to eat you if you keep bothering me."
"Don't decide." Szayel said, "just eat him already!"
"Um… good idea…I like the way you think, Szayel." A cold smile crept onto Aaroniero's face and his right hand morphed to become a mass of purple tentacles. "And that way.. I would be rid of your annoyance forever…and in a way, you will be apart of me as you so wish to be by becoming my Fraccion."
"..wa…wait!" Menis cried, but it was too late. The purple tentacles began to weave themselves around his form. "Espada! I don't want to be-"
Aaroniero smiled happily as he chewed. "Not bad tasting."
"See?" Szayel told him, "Never pass up a good meal. Who knows, it might be good."
"Or taste like poo." Nnoitra added, having tasted a few foul tasting hollows in his time. "If there is one thing I've learned is never go near the beetle hollows…"
"Yeah…" Szayel made a face as the flavor that he never forgot came to mind. "You can never tell if they are dung beetles or not."
"Gross!" Telsa screamed, almost dropping Nnoitra matching luggage on his master's toes.
"Come on Telsa," Szayel playfully slapped the smaller Arrancar upside the head. "I am sure you have eating some foul hollows, no?"
"…You're right… I never should have eaten that…snail hollow. Now, that was gross. Slime everywhere… But I was desperate."
"Speaking of which," Szayel said after he stopped laughing at the image of Telsa trying to eat a slimy snail. "What kind of Hollow are you exactly, Aaroneiro?'
"I'm a not so average Squid Hollow."
"…Makes sense and all… But how did you and Tia get along so well?"
"We didn't Szayel. She kinda rejected me, but thankfully she didn't eat me or anything… although, the fact she's a Shark makes me kinda nervous sometimes."
"Don't blame you. And now that everyone is here… Shall we leave?"
Ten minutes later, the five of them were standing outside of Los Noches, Telsa carrying Nnoitra's ten pieces of matched luggage and
Rudbornn holding Szayel's white suitcase at arms length as it began to drip violet blood onto his shoes.
"Next time…" Rudbornn whispered to Telsa as Nnoitra opened a opening in the sky. "I am not going to carry Pinky's suitcase…"
"That's a wise idea… but…" Telsa leaned in to whisper in his ear, "I don't think you should refuse… Szayelaporro-sama can become rather angry."
"I hardly care… I don't want this….goop all over my nice shoes."
"You should. He gets nasty when he's mad. Master Nnoitra will yell and scream and try the slice you up when he's mad… But, Szayelaporro-sama will slowly feast on your insides and leave you to die."
"…Eek…That is… rather…" Rudbornn stared at the dripping suitcase, "worse than carrying this."
"Good choice…" Telsa gave his new companion a grin. "Just follow my lead and everything will be okay. I know you are new to being a Fraccion…so, I will let you know when to say no and hell yes I will because I don't want to die."
"…Thanks…" At this point, Rudbornn could use all the help he could get. Before he chosen by Aaroniero, he was nothing but the janitor who no one liked. And now, he was somehow the hated hero of the Fraccion quarters.
"Oye! Telsa!" Nnoitra yelled, pointing at the opening that Szayel and Aaroneiro disappeared into. "Get the hell over here! You too, Skullface! I ain't got forever to wait! The wall is programed to be put back in place in less than a minute."
"Okay!" Telsa staggered over to the opening and walked inside, followed by Rudbornn who ran awkwardly with the suitcase in front of him.
Nnoitra grinned and once he was inside as well, shut the door with a slam.
Author's note: Sorry about the notice for the other chapter. I had trouble again with my writing program as I have so many documents for this story in one large document. I kinda love Aaroniero... Just saying again.