CHAPTER SEVEN
I've returned … from the dead!
No, seriously, it probably seemed like I was gone forever, huh? My excuse is that life kinda got in the way of me writing for awhile … visiting family across the country, taekwondo camp, winter-break-homework…you know the deal. *rubs back of head sheepishly*
The GOOD news is, we finally get to see what Kai does to Gin… hehehe ... and, this chapter is the longest one yet! Man, I'm gonna have to start cutting these in half or something … :P BUT ANYWAY. So, you know the deal, before we get to the mayhem:
Kiwi: *sings* Bleach is cool! Bleach is fun! Bleach can be owned by an-y-one! *looks at script* Wait, darn. Bleach is only owned by Tite Kubo. Nevermind. (Also, I don't own Naruto, which is where I got the inspiration for Kai's prank. If you've watched Tsunade versus Kabuto, you'll know what I mean...)
ALSO, I dedicate this chapter to all of you who have favorite/author alerted this story so far! Yea! *clap clap clap* …ooookay.
Once again, it was night in Las Noches … and Lilynette was most definitely having fun.
Currently, she was sneaking through the halls of Las Noches, near Gin's room. She was a bit upset that Kai hadn't let her help in the big mission they had just completed; however, the septima had made up for it by teaching the smaller arrancar some of her 'tricks of the trade'. The trade being 'sneaky ninja moves', of course.
Starrk was perfectly fine with Lilynette doing all the jobs that required actively creating mischief, doing spywork, and anything fun in general (tasks he dubbed as 'troublesome') just as long as she didn't get herself killed. So, while Starrk plotted with Kai and the others – they had pulled their big mission, and they had to be ready for whatever Gin was going to rebuke with – Lilynette was practicing.
What she was practicing for was the coming morning, where Kai had sent her to video tape the results of the big mission.
Before that, Lilynette had done some snooping, and had found that Gin had recruited both Szayel and Nnoitra (along with Tesla and all of Szayel's fraccion) – and also, for some reason, Aaroniero – to help him against Kai. Kai's side consisted of Lilynette and Starrk, Tia and her fraccion, and Grimmjow. So, the only espada who weren't currently involved with this odd war were Yammy, Ulquiorra, and Barrigan, the 10th 4th and 2nd espadas. (A/N: Espadas? Espada? Espadases? Espadi? Whatever…)
Of course, Aizen and Tosen weren't involved either, but Lilynette was pretty sure that Aizen was going to have to get involved soon – that is, as long as he didn't want either A) Las Noches destroyed … B) a full-blown war to break out among the espada … C) Gin killing Kai … or D) Kai killing Gin.
Options C and D were quite likely, now, Lilynette thought. Especially after the successful big mission that Kai had just pulled.
XXX- Kai's room
Kai gave a rather evil-sounding laugh.
It was the fourth evil laugh she had crackled tonight. It certainly wasn't helping her fall asleep, but it felt extremely good. After the success of the big mission, she was feeling excited to see the results… luckily, Lilynette had picked up on Kai's stealth techniques rather quickly.
So – what big mission are we talking about here?
Well, it's obviously Kai's revenge on Gin for putting that nanochip on her hat caused the septima to emit a squeaking noise whenever she touched something.
Kai's plan was based on a nanochip, too, actually. Hey, if Gin wanted to go all mad-scientist on her, than she could do the same thing. Kai was no Szayel, but she was still pretty smart; and she, with the help of her newly assemble team, had finally build a chip that would have the desired effect. The problem was, since Szayel was on Gin's side, they had to be extra sneaky while designing it. So Kai had put in some … extra features.
The extra feature had actually been her cousin's idea. Trust Grimmjow to think up something like that… Kai shook her head in exasperation. But thinking about it again spurred on another maniacal laugh. Pressing her hand against her mouth to stifle the chuckling, Kai rolled over in her bed.
Tomorrow was going to be a long – and extremely fun – day.
XXX- in the morning
The artificial sun was just barely rising in the sky above Las Noches when Gin woke up. He liked to get an early start on the day – there was so much to do in the mornings.
Like, for instance;
Bothering Ulquiorra, rearranging the positions of the hallways, removing objects from various espadas' rooms, drawing on Tosen's rooms' walls, messing with and freaking out random arrancar, putting spice in the teacups (he was careful to avoid Aizen's), replacing Starrk's pillows with ones that would either explode or stick to the primera's body like glue… and of course, plotting against Kai.
He grinned as he thought of the last one, still lying down in bed. Kai Hotaru, septima espada. A wonderful new plaything. Very entertaining.
Still, Gin thought, he had to be careful. She had gotten quite mad at the last trick he played on her, and instead of becoming discouraged, she had enlisted more arrancar to help her. Gin had taken the initiative and copied her. Actually, this whole prank was sort of getting out of hand…
But there was no WAY that Gin was going to give up or forfeit. Either Kai would surrender or Aizen would order them to stop, hopefully before they ended up doing something TOO damaging.
With that happy thought on his mind, Gin stretched his arms and jumped out of bed.
Or at least, that's what he MEANT to do.
BANG – "Aya! … … wha' the hell?"
You see, instead of swinging his legs over the side of the bed like he meant to do, for some reason Gin's arm swung out and smacked the wall instead. Hard.
Now, Gin is a fairly intellectual person, so he was immediately on guard. Cautiously, he tried to form his hand into a fist.
His foot twitched instead.
Okay. This … is def'nately weird. Just what was going on? He attempted to move his left leg.
Hs right arm then attempted to smack him in the face. It had more success than his leg did.
Gin glanced around until his eyes fell on his left wrist. What? Oh great. Was that …? Gin took in the situation carefully, and came to the more probably conclusion almost immediately.
"…Kai!"
XXX – Kai's room
"So, basically, the chip that you planted on his wrist messes up his nerve signals? Like, if he tries to move his arm, his leg will move instead?"
"Ding ding ding!" Kai shouted, pointing at Apache (who had just spoken). "That's correct!"
"That's fairly … ingenious," Sun-Sun stated, inclining her head slightly. Tia nodded in agreement. Grinning, Kai stepped up. "Starrk actually helped a lot with the initial design and mechanics. He may look lazy – okay, he IS lazy – but he's actually very smart underneath it. Of course," she went on in a mumble, "he traded his help in that for being able to take a break from the pranking and sleep in more … actually, that's where he is now. But still." The little septima spun around and marched over to the wall, where she pulled down a large projector screen.
"That's new," Lilynette remarked.
"Hit it, Mila-Rose!" said Kai.
Mila-Rose flipped a switch and an image appeared on the projector. Whipping out a ruler (from who knows where) Kai gestured at the image.
"This is the nanochip's basic design, enlarged," she said, sounding very scientific. She ruined it with a giggle, though.
A bored yet angry voice called from the far corner of Kai's room. "Whatever. We don't care about the mechanics. Let's get to the 'special feature' part already." Kai grinned. "Whatever you say, 'cuz." "And don't call me 'cuz," Grimmjow growled.
"Yea, yea. Okay. So special feature one…."
XXX
"Whaddya mean, it won' come off?"
"I mean just what I say, Ichimaru-sama. It appears to be stuck. Irremovable. Not budging. In other words," Szayel said with a slight sigh, "it won't come off. At least," cue maniacal scientific grin, "…not by force."
Nnoitra and Aaroniero were in the room also, but neither was paying much attention. To Nnoitra, if it wasn't involving force (and lots of it) then he wasn't all that interested. Aaroniero was … well, who knows what the hell he … she/they/it was doing or thinking – you know what? Who even cares?
Anyway. Szayel dropped Gin's wrist and snapped his fingers, and one of his many strange and bouncy fraccion brought him a small clip.
"I'll just short-circuit the devices inside of the chip," Szayel explained. "It'll be too easy."
Gin frowned. Almost too easy, one might say… but now was no time to be saying that. He attempted to bring his wrist back up, but instead kicked the octava espada in the shin, nearly falling over from the sudden change in balance. Szayel hopped back on one foot, hissing at Gin and telling him not to move while the chip's effects were still activated.
XXX
"Ha ha, look at them fight!" Lilynette squealed.
The projector was now showing a real-time video image of Szayel's lab and the four who were in it. Grimmjow grunted in response to Lilynette's antics, and Tia looked on calmly while her fraccion pretended to be uninterested. Kai smiled.
"Now here comes special feature number two," she said. This was Grimmjow's idea. They watched as Szayel attempted to fry the circuts of Kai's chip.
Attempted being the key word.
Instead, Gin and Szayel experienced a little … shock … of their own.
XXX
Now, Nnoitra was interested in what Szayel and Gin doing.
Or, actually, that's a lie. He just happened to finally be paying attention now because about three seconds ago, both of them were electrocuted in a rather brilliant display of light that originated from the nanochip. Gin and Szayel turned towards the fifth espada (who was currently laughing his head off) momentarily dazed.
Both of their white clothes were singed and ripped, and small sparks zapped randomly around their bodies. That wasn't the funnies part, though. The funniest part was their hair. It was COMPLETELY on end – two bright halos around their heads, one sliver and one pink.
XXX
In a different room, Kai and her friends… associates … accomplices? Well, Kai and the others were rolling around laughing, too.
It was a good morning, all in all.
Whewf! So, happy New Year and all, and please review if you have time or have something interesting/ helpful to say or add! K thnx BAI!
Kiwi out!