-:- Holy cow I haven't written anything in the longest time! So sorry for the long, long, long wait. I guess I have just had like a massive writers block or something, I really don't know.
Disclaimer- I don't own Bleach, but I do own this story. So no takey!...-:-
When the smoke finally cleared, Ichigo and Nnoitra could finally see what had become of Nel. Nel was now back to how she used to be. She was basically a larger version of the child Nel. She noticed that Ichigo was in the mercy of Nnoitra and that just made her mad. She looked up and over at Nnoitra and narrowed her eyes.
"Well, well look what we have here." Nnoitra chuckled. "You have finally gone back to your normal pitiful self."
Nel didn't say anything and started her attack on Nnoitra. She appeared behind him in one swift movement and slashed down at him, but it was at no prevail.
"Someone is a bit feisty. You don't honestly think the power level of the Espada are the same as they were so long ago?" Nnoitra stuck out his tongue and let out a cero attack straight at Nel. Nel of course had a counter attack to that. She opened her mouth and sucked in the cero, letting out a small burp once it was completely gone.
Everyone was wide-eyed. The little immature child they have been with this whole time could actually be this strong? Was Nnoitra right when he said that Nel was the former third Espada? In a second there answer was quickly given to them. Right as Nel let the cero out and back at Nnoitra a gust of wind blew by and brushed Nel's hair, revealing the large 3 tattoo on her back. So it was actually true, she was the 3 Espada once upon a time. Neliel and Nnoitra's fight continued for quite some time. It was somewhat odd for Ichigo to watch the little rug rat that he was used to seeing fight against a Espada, not something you see every day. Neliel had just released her sword and she was at her maximum power. But unfortunately for Neliel right before she could finish off Nnoitra, she lost consciousness due to the fact of over excreting herself. She reverted back to her normal unreleased form as she fell to the ground.
"NEL!" Ichigo screamed. He knew that Nnoitra would take it upon himself to finish her off. He had to do something to direct his attack away from her. But what? Even though he knew he had no chance of beating Nnoitra in his current condition, Ichigo still tried to save Nel. He jumped up and started running towards her, but was quickly stopped. Nnoitra appeared in front of him and shoved his head down to the ground.
"Give it up…Neliel was your last glimmer of hope and it's burned out. You will all meet your end here!" The very cocky Nnoitra commented. "Tesla, I'm gonna trade places with you. This one is done for. Do what you want with him."
"Yes sir." Tesla replied throwing Inoue away for Nnoitra. Tesla took a few steps towards Ichigo, who was still on the ground, and then released his sword. "Strike down, Verruga." With his command he transformed back into his original state, a huge wart hog.
Tesla started his rampage on Ichigo, beating him very mercilessly, not once taking a break from his endless beating. Poor Ichigo had his ankle snapped in two, along with his forearm. Tesla was of course enjoying this, as well as Nnoitra, but Inoue was suffering. She couldn't scream his name to try and encourage him; all she could do was watch in horror as Ichigo was being killed in front of her eyes. Tesla was about to deal his last blow when something happened. A miracle of some kind. Tesla's punch was stopped! It was….a sword? Not just anyone's sword but…… Zaraki Kenpachi's? Everyone was shocked, not only because he stopped Tesla with his sword, but just the fact that Kenpachi was actually there. Wasn't Soul Society trying to stay out of this whole matter? Well it turns out that it was all Urahara Kisuke and the Captain-Commanders idea. Who knew? With Ichigo out of the way, thanks to Kenpachi kicking him out of the way, literally, Kenpachi and Nnoitra commence in a battle of epic proportion.
The battle lasted quiet some time, but in the end Nnoitra ended up chickening out and he escaped. Kenpachi was wounded, but it wasn't anything fatal. When Nnoitra escaped he took Inoue with him, so neither Ichigo, Kenpachi, nor Nel could be healed. Ichigo managed to get up and go over to Nel along with Kenpachi and Yachiru. With the naked eye he couldn't see anything majorly wrong with her so he motioned for Kenpachi to pick her up, seeing as Ichigo could barely move. They were about to leave when something popped in Ichigo's head. Grimmjow!? Whatever happened to him? Ichigo stopped and looked around for the Espada, but he was nowhere to be found. Strange. The group first went to find somewhere to rest, so they could be a full capacity next time they run into an arrancar. After not to long Nel woke back up, and she was in bit of a daze.
"Ichigo?" She asked rubbing her head, as she slowly lifted herself up. "What happened?"
"Nel, you're up." A more than happy Ichigo cooed, looking at her with immense shock.
Nel blinked a few times and gave Ichigo a very confused look. "What are you so happy about?"
"Nel I never knew you had it in you. You were absolutely incredible!"
"Ichigo I think you're losing it…" Nel said looking at Ichigo with doubtful eyes.
Ichigo thought about that for a second and he was about to open his mouth to speak when Yachiru jumped on his lap and covered his mouth. "Ken-chan is going to have more fun! We are leaving if you want to join you can!" Yachiru chirped and then ran over to Kenpachi and hopped on his shoulder.
Ichigo and Nel both looked at each other, both expecting each other to answer the question that was laid out. Neither knew what to say, should they go with them or try and find the others?
"You guys can go ahead. We have to try and find the others." Ichigo finally spoke up. Kenpachi didn't respond and he and Yachiru just walked off into the distance.
Nel looked over at Ichigo and saw that he was pretty banged up. If he wasn't so hurt Nel would've pounced on him, just like when she was a kid again, but she didn't want to hurt him even more. She stood up and stretched, not knowing that she was barely being covered by her old rob that she wore as a kid. Ichigo's face turned bright red and he quickly turned away.
"Nel…we need to find you some cloths…" He muttered, trying to calm down. He couldn't see Nel like that. As far as he is concerned she is still that little five year old child. For Ichigo this was an extremely awkward situation.
Nel looked down and tried to figure out why Ichigo was like a tomato. Not being able to quiet figure it out on her own, she looked around her trying to see if he was blushing for some other reason. She couldn't find anything "Ichigo. Where did the other girl go?" She asked with a completely dumbstruck look.
Ichigo looked up at Nel and picked himself up off the ground. "Nnoitra took Inoue back with him." He staggered a bit but used his sword to balance himself. "We have to go get her back, no matter what." He looked off into the distance with a look of determination in his eyes.
Nel walked up beside Ichigo and looked off into the distance with him. She blinked a few times and titled her head. "What's ya lookin' at?" Ichigo stumbled forward, not out of pain or anything, but just at the lack of understanding. Ichigo was about to answer Nel when something crashed not too far from them. It caused a huge dust cloud and they could feel the ground vibrate.
-:- Ok so I basically started written this a looong time ago, before all the new manga came out, and I didn't want to change those parts, because well that meant I would have to start all over again. Well I hope ya'll enjoyed it, and sorry again for the long wait. R&R please -:-