As Nel slowly awoke, she could feel that she was being carried. When she focused more, still in a daze, she saw she was riding on Pesche's back. But she couldn't completely open her eyes, seeing how she still felt a bit sleepy. She closed her eyes again, falling back asleep. When she awoke a second time, she saw it was night. As she stretched, she felt her hands hitting a tree. When she looked behind her, she saw she was resting on the the side of what appeared to be an average tree, but it was all grey with no leaves. When she looked in front of her, she saw Pesche and Dondochakka looking at her, sitting.
"Hey, your awake." Pesche said.
"It's been awhile. You were out for awhile." Dondochakka added. Nel stood as she stretched again.
"Where are we?" Nel asked, a bit confused.
"It was the only place we could find food." Dondochakka replied, looking like he was rummaging through his pockets (added he even has any). Nel looked at him curiously, wondering what it was what he was looking for. Finally, she saw him pulling out what appeared to be a type of fruit, completely round. She grew a happy expression as Dondochakka handed her the fruit. She was about to take a bite out of it when she saw Pesche and Dondochakka continuing to look at her.
"What about da two of you? Aren't you hungwy?" Nel asked.
"Na, we already ate, heh heh heh..." Dondochakka said, rubbing the back of his head. He started feeling nervous though as his stomach growled, and based on the size of it, everyone could hear. Pesche just laughed a bit while rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh, don't worry about that, Dondochakka's belly is always growling. It's a bottomless pit." He joked, rubbing the back of his head nervously as to whether or not Nel would buy it. Nel just shrugged a bit, seeming to believe what he just said.
"Well ok den..." Nel replired, as she started to take a bite out of the big round fruit. But the minute she tried biting it, she let out a yelp in pain. "Ow!" She yelled, covering her mouth. Dondochakka and Pesche looked at her a bit concerned.
"What's wrong?" Dondochakka asked, worriedly.
"Da fruit hurts my teef." Nel replied. Pesche felt like slapping himself on the face, forgetting that because Nel is now young, her teeth aren't all grown, or fully grown.
"Here, give it to me." Pesche replied as Nel handed him the fruit. Pesche quickly and softly jabbed the big round fruit as a small portion of it broke open. "There you go." Pesche replied, handing Nel the fruit back.
"Dank you." Nel replied as she started eating the contents of the inside. It tasted sweet like a watermelon, but with a orange flavor. As the two watched, Dondochakka was monaing on the inside because of how hungry he was. Finally, with a joyful sigh, Nel finished eating, putting the fruit away from her mouth. Pesche and Dondochakka looked at her strangely, seeing an orange mess on Nel's face from when she was eating it.
"Uh...Nel?" Dondochakka said, getting her attention. "You got something on your face."
"Huh?" Nel asked, confused. When she wiped part of her face with her hand, she grew a bit surprised as she saw a bit of the orange smudge on her hand. "Oh, sowwy." Nel apologized, thinking it was rude of her to eat so slopoly. She tried wiping the rest of her face off, but saw it wasn't coming off. "I can't get it off." Nel complained.
"Here, let me get it." Dondochakka replied. Using his large finger, he easily wiped off the mess Nel had on her face.
"Dank you." Nel said happily as she smiled. Suddenly, they felt the ground shake violently as a tremor ran through the ground.
"W-What's going on?!" Pesche stammered, trying to keep balance. As the three of them looked at the ground, they gasped as they saw a large portion of sand bulging out, as it started moving from one area to another. After a few seconds, a giant purple worm with a scaly belly and what appeared to be an eel fin on its tail popped out, surprising the three of them. It just kept getting longer and longer and longer, until when it finally all came out, it was the size of two large buildings put together. Pesche and Dondochakka looked a bit scared, whereas Nel just looked at the giant worm curiously. When it all came out, it landed on it's belly with a loud thud, looking at the three.
"What is dat?" Nel asked, a bit confused. She then saw Pesche and Dondochakka jump in front of her.
"Stay away from her you giant slug!" Dondochakka shouted, raising his fist in anger. All it took was the beast's great growl in order to scare the two, causing them to jump behind Nel. The beast just looked at Nel, even though it was hard to tell, seeing how it didn't have any eyes. It lowered its head down towards Nel, giving one big blow through it's nostrals, blowing Nel's hair back a bit.
"N-Nel." Pesche said, trying to get her attention. "G-Get away from it!" Nel just continued looking at the strange wormed as it continued sniffing. She gently rose her hand up, touching the worms great head. Pesche and Dondochakka looked really nervous as she did this. But the beast seemed to simply sway it's head to the side, as Nel kept petting it. Nel looked at the worm curiously as it moved its head right in front of her. She giggled in delight as the giant worm licked her everywhere with her giant tounge in one lick.. Nel giggled in delight as she leaned against it, hugging it's head.
"It's alwight guys. He's fwiendly." Nel said looking back at the two. Nel just continued leaning against the giant bug who simply seemed to moan in delight.
"I think she likes him." Pesche commented.
"Yeah. Even though she looks difrfrent, she still has the same scent from before." Dondochakka replied. "He's always been one of the more friendlier towards Nel than than he has to us though..." Dondochakka replied, feeling a drip of sweat behind his head.
"As long as he's friendlier towards Nel, thats all that matters at the moment." Pesche said, sounding confident. As the two looked back though, they saw the giant worm putting Nel in it's mouth. They screamed in fear, thinking the giant worm ate Nel
"No! Spit her out, now!" Dondochakka shouted. The worm just looked at them for a moment before turning it's head to it's back. As they looked, they gasped a bit as they saw it opening it's mouth, and Nel came out landing on it's back.
"Yeah, piggy back wide!" Nel said, throwing her arms in the air in delight as the giant worm moved across the sand, Nel hanging on it's back. Dondochakka and Pesche sighed, thankful that the giant worm didn't eat her. As they looked again, they saw the giant worm near them, and both Nel and the worm were looking down at them.
"What do we call him?" Nel asked. Pesche and Donchakka looked nervously at each other, forgetting the fact they would've had to name him as well.
"Uhh...." They both said, thinking. After a few seconds, Nel smiled as she thought of an idea.
"I know! Bawabawa!" Nel cheered. The beast seemed to snarl in delight as well as it looked back at Nel. Pesche and Dondochakka looked at her, strangely.
"Bawabawa?" Dondochakka asked. Nel nodded, smiling.
"Yeah, cause he mades da ground all bumpy when he moves in da sand." Nel replied. Dondochakka and Pesche would've argued, but they couldn't really think of anything else like she did. "Den it's settled den. His new name is Bawabawa!" Nel cheered, followed by Bawabawa cheering.
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Back at the castle, Nnoitra grunted as Aaroniero continued stiching up his chest. He had been there ever since yesterdays, but because of Aizen's intense power, his injuries were very deep, and making stitching the wounds back up take a rather long time. The part that made it hard, was the fact that he had to put the stiches deep down into his wound, and then pull it out.
"AH! Damn it take it easy!" Nnoitra shouted.
"Well excuse me, I'm not the one who pissed off the commander, nor am I the one with hard skin." Aaroneiro replied, taking out a stich, which caused Nnoitra to squeal.
"Damn that Szayel...I swear I'm going to kill him!" Nnoitra replied, squeezing his fist in anger.
"Well how about we stich you up first, and then you can worry about who to kill." Aaroneiro replied. Nnoitra looked at him questionably.
"What do you mean "who"?"
"Would you rather..." Aaroniero started. At the same time, one of his heads popped out of the strange glass as smush and such started to take shape around him. With in a few seconds, he looked just like Szayel. "Kill me?" He asked, then changed again. This time the other head came out of the glass. When it was done morphing, Nnoitra's eyes widened. "Or would you rather kill me?" Aaroniero asked, would was now in the shape of Neliel. Instantly, Nnoitra thrusted him against the wall, holding him by his fake neck.
"Don't ever show this face to me!" Nnoitra yelled. Aaroniero seemed to not even care about his expression, as he simply changed back to normal.
"My apologies I suppose. What I'm trying to get at, is if your so frusterated about this, sir, why not hire someone?" Aaroniero suggested. Nnoitra looked at him qeustionabbly as he got rid of his grip on Aaroniero's neck.
"Are you thick headed? Who would simply kill her without anyone ratting me out?" Nnoitra asked. Aaroniero grinned as he started morphing again. This time however, he morphed into someone who Nnoitra's never seen before. Finally, as soon as it was over, Nnoitra saw Aaroniero finished. The person he changed into was truely mysterious. He had red hair and brown eyes.
"You can find him in Menos woods, and in my professional opinion, I suggest you have him kill all three of them, not just Nel." Aaroniero said.
"Preposterous! How am I suppose to go there without anyone knowing I'm g..." Nnoitra started. Before he could finish his sentence though, Aaroniero quickly morphed again, this time looking like Nnoitra.
"Problem solved." Aaroniero replied. They both grinned a bit as they finally had a plan to put into action.
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Back to Nel and the others, they were riding Bawabawa still. Nel seemed to enjoy it, while Dondochakka and Pesche simply laid on his back, appearing to be either resting or sunbathing. They both enjoyed the nice gentle breeze they had while riding on their back. It was refreshing to them, especially when they were sunbathing. Suddenly, without warning, Bawabawa stopped suddenly, causing Bawabawa and Pesche to fall off, landing on their heads in the sand. It took them awhile to pull their heads out of the ground, gasping at the fact they could breath again. They both glared back at Bawabawa angrily.
"Bawabawa!" Pesche shouted. "What the heck was that for?" Nel started to stand as she went closer to the top of Bawabawa's head. When she looked over her face, she grew a happier expression at what she saw.
"Look!" Nel said, pointing. When Pesche and Dondochakka looked, they grew a surprised expression as well. "Wadder!" Nel said, sliding off of Bawabawa, and running over to the water. The other two ran over to the water as well, relieved to have finally finding fresh water after practically a day. They ran over quickly, drinking the fresh water from the oasis. Nel put her hands together as she scooped up the fresh water, slurping it up.
"Ah." She said happily, at the water's sweet taste. Pesche and Dondochakka looked at the water a bit curious.
"How is there any water around here?" Dondochakka asked Pesche.
"Must've been a storm around this part of the desert. Nice little hole to put all the water in, and enough shade could sustain it I suppose." Pesche replied, as he started drinking the water. As the two looked, they saw Bawabawa looming over them, taking a humongous gulp of the water. Nel smiled as she thought of a funny idea. While Bawabawa was drinking, Nel splashed some of the water on purpose. Bawabawa was caught by surprise, shaking the water that Nel splashed. When he looked back, he gave Nel an angry glare as she chuckled. Getting back at her, Bawabawa spat all the water from his mouth at Nel, completely drenching her like a water fall. As soon as the water stopped, Pesche and Dondochakka looked at her nervously. They saw her sitting there, still looking into the water. As they looked closer though, they saw her eyes watering up as she began to cry. Pesche rushed over to her while Dondochakka glared at Bawabawa.
"Bawa! Look what you did!" He shouted.
"Bawa?" Bawabawa replied nervously, as a sweat dropped behind their head. Meanwhile Pesche ran over to Nel, seeing how she was crying.
"Are you alright Nel?" Pesche asked worried. Nel sniffled a bit trying to control herself.
"B-Bawa bwoke my head!" Nel said, crying as she pointed to her reflection in the water. Pesche and Dondochakka grew extremely nervous now. If they tell Nel about the skull, they can't tell if it'll bring Nel's memories back...