What if…
Chapter 9
A/N: There is a timeskip taking place. We are now on the Fullbringer arc.
Disclaimer: Bleach is owned by Tite Kubo, I only own this fanfiction.
Warning: A wet dream taking place, there will be a warning as well right before the scene. Not a lemon scene.
Chapter 9: Enter the Fullbringer arc
It had been a year since Orihime's first visit. From what she had explained, her very first visit had happened a few months after Aizen's fall, much to Ulquiorra's surprise. Orihime had explained that she was waiting for Kurosaki to wake up back then and that was why it had taken so long. That made Ulquiorra wonder how different did time pass in the human world.
Orihime's visits had become less frequent, due to her getting a job at the local bakery. She would always bring them goods from her job when she visited.
Things were getting a little complicated from what she had told Ulquiorra. Apparently, since Kurosaki was powerless, it was up to the Quincy boy mainly to fight Hollows. Also Chad was up to something from what Orihime had figured out. Things were weird between the human group of friends and Ulquiorra was kind of getting into the whole situation because of Orihime.
He wanted to help Orihime since she had helped him but he knew that things weren't that simple.
"You know it ain't up to me.", it was all Gin replied when he first asked to visit Orihime. "I have tried to contact the Soul Society but they are very busy for some reason and I am left in the dark as well."
Gin wasn't lying. The Soul Society wasn't answering them and neither was Urahara Kisuke on earth. The only time they would talk with either was when Orihime would visit and even then it would be for a little while.
It had been around a month since Orihime had visited them last and Ulquiorra was a little worried since he had no news from her. He sighed as he looked at the bat plushy on his bed. He could only hope that she was well.
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(Warning! Wet Dream, not a lemon though)
Nel's sweaty body moved against his and he groaned in pleasure. He could feel that his face was red and he hated how weak he felt with her on top of him this way. Her lips were adorning his body and he couldn't help but close his lone eye. How embarrassing. He was far more experienced than her and yet he was acting like a virgin. But then again it was her. He opened his eye and their eyes met. She smiled seductively at him and-
(End of the Dream)
"Master Nnoitra!"
Tesla's voice made him open his eye for real this time. Shock and embarrassment hit him like a brick wall that shouldn't be able to make him feel anything due to his hierro.
He groaned and covered his face with his arm. It had been another dream. The third this week. And Tesla had caught him again. He should tell his fraccion to stop waking him up…
Tesla entered with a blush on his face and not looking at him. "… It's time for your morning training Sir…"
"…Yeah… I know…. Was I too loud?"
Tesla sighed. "Louder than yesterday…"
"Fuck!" After accepting his feelings about Nelliel, these dreams had bombarded him. Every time she was in her adult form and he met with her, he would notice her body a little too much for his liking. Of course he had noticed it before and he had been turned on back then as well, not that he would ever admit it. Besides, his anger with her was preventing him from seeing her in a positive light.
But now things had gotten completely out of control. The first time it happened, he had gone to check on her because he wanted to fight and he could sense her in Hallibel's room. He then made the huge mistake of entering without knocking, something that he should have really thought a little more. Nel in her adult form, for some weird reason, was wearing Hallibel's uniform. For a moment they just stared at each other in shock before Nel covered her chest embarrassed and Nnoitra turned away. They were both as red as Nel's birth mark. It was then that Hallibel decided to enter the room, wearing Nel's uniform. The look she had given him made him want to commit suicide right then and there.
"What do you think Nnoitra? I personally believe that this uniform doesn't suit me, but mine suits Nelliel perfectly, right? I mean it's pretty flattering on her, isn't it?"
Hallibel was mocking him. And now he wanted to die even more. He felt even redder now as images of Nel in that uniform doing things to him- Fuck! He had forgotten why he was even there to begin with. And now he had to leave immediately.
"Nnoitra? You aren't answering my question.", said Hallibel and he could feel her smirk behind her bone mask.
He grumbled a little before looking away and replying. "I liked her old one better…."
Nel nodded embarrassed. "I don't feel comfortable in this one either…"
Hallibel chuckled. "I see what a pity… Because you look ravishing in this one."
Nnoitra almost chocked as he excused himself and left to take a long shower. And right now he was also in the shower with the back of his head against the wall, looking up, completely lost in thought. He sighed. He didn't even register getting in the shower.
The only positive thing was that Nel was in her adult form for about two days now, which meant she would turn into a child soon and that would be the end for Nnoitra's annoying dreams for today and hopefully for another couple days.
He really needed to confess. Tesla would remind him this every goddamn day since this whole thing with the dreams had started. He growled as he exited the shower and wrapped a towel on his lower body. He stared himself in the mirror. He usually liked his scars but there were times he wondered whether Nelliel would like them as well. After all, he is the reason she has a permanent scar on her face and much more deep than his. Maybe she hates scars because of this…
"Shit…", he mumbled to himself. He dried himself as best as he could before he put on his pants and boots.
Tesla knocked before entering. He had come to tell him he brought breakfast but the way he was staring him made Nnoitra realize he had also come to tell him the same shit he always did. "Spare me the lecture…"
Tesla sighed. "You know what you have to do Master Nnoitra…"
"Yeah, I do… Shut it…" There was no malice behind his words. A year ago that would be considered weird but he had learned to appreciate Tesla's advice. Tesla had been his best help when it came to the whole Nelliel issue and he would have given up long ago had it not been for him.
Now he only had himself as an obstacle and he didn't know how long it would take him to get over this irrational fear. He stared at Tesla and frowned. "Are you going for a walk with Harribel's fraccion again?"
This had become a habit of Tesla and Nnoitra was starting to grow tired with how slowly things were escalating with his fraccion. Mainly because of Tesla himself. Tesla blushed. "We haven't arranged anything yet…"
"Oh god! We are both idiots…", mumbled Nnoitra
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Nel yawned loudly as she woke up. She sighed. She was soon to become a child again. Her transformations lasted about two days now, maybe less and very seldom more.
She got up and decided to go take a bath now that she still was an adult. She hated relying on Pesche and Dondochaka for even that.
She filled her bathtub with warm water and sat inside while she washed her hair. She had to be quick because with her transformations nothing was certain. She wondered if Nnoitra would want to hang out with her now that she would be a child again.
Nnoitra had been avoiding her for a little over a month. Especially when she was in her adult form, he would make excuses and disappear almost immediately much to Nel's confusion. She couldn't understand what the problem was and she was suspecting that he had an issue with her transformations.
She sighed. They had made such a huge progress and Nel had grown to like his presence even more but now he was acting distant, probably because of her stupid problem that she had been waiting for a while t021o have it fixed.
She also knew that her liking him had evolved into her being openly attracted by him. She had tried a lot to subside it because it wasn't healthy to fall for the person that almost killed you, but the more she got to know him she knew that she couldn't eliminate that feeling no matter how wrong it was.
She knew there was attraction even back then, when he still was the Octava and she was the only Trecera, but she never acknowledged it. After he told her he would try to reconcile with her, the feeling had made its presence known again, but she knew that she shouldn't jump into it. But after talking to him about her past life, seeing him care for her even if it was basic stuff and spending some time with him, things had gotten too obvious for her and she was considering approaching him.
But it was then that Nnoitra had started being distant. Especially after a specific event with Harribel's uniform that made him run away when he had clearly been looking for her previously.
And how could she blame him? She was constantly transforming into a child and no normal person would want any form of relationship with someone that was constantly changing ages. Also, maybe she wasn't his type…
"Gah!" She was thinking about it too much and she was getting annoyed by it. She was considering talking to Orihime about it, because she wouldn't judge her like Pesche and Dondochaka probably would and because the other arrancar wouldn't learn about it. It's not like she didn't trust Harribel or Stark or even Ulquiorra, but Harribel would definitely tell this to her fraccion and they would definitely gossip about it with other arrancar, especially Sung Sun was spending a lot of time with Tesla, Stark also liked to gossip despite his quiet nature and he wasn't that good at giving advice and Ulquiorra was spending a lot of time with both Grimmjow and Nnoitra and something could slip up.
But Orihime wouldn't visit as often anymore and it was obvious that something was off with Ichigo from what she had picked up.
She exited the bathroom and found Pesche and Dondochaka preparing her breakfast and cleaning her room. "Good morning Nel!", they both shouted. Nel had asked them not to call her Master a while ago and it was much better now. Also she liked her nickname 'Nel', far more from how serious Nelliel would sound from them. She had started treating them even more as equals and she was glad at the relationship they had built. This also had worked a lot on Nnoitra from what she had realized. Her smile became sad at the thought.
"Is everything alright?", asked Pesche while both him and Dondochaka looked at her worried.
Nel blinked before she smiled brightly. "Everything is fine!" And then Urahara's device started beeping. She sighed. "Almost everything…" Pink smoke engulfed her and she was a child again.
Pesche and Dondochaka stared at her sadly. Nel put on her best smile for them, even though she wasn't fooling anyone. "Let's go meet Nnoitra, right?"
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Orihime stared at Ichigo and Tatsuki as they headed off to God knows where. She sighed as she turned to see her other two friends leaving in different directions. Chad she had no idea where to. Uryu was going to fight the Hollows Ichigo couldn't. She was left alone.
She forced herself to put up her usual smile and started heading towards her workplace at the bakery. She wished she could visit Hueco Mundo again so that she could hang out with Ulquiorra but she barely had any time. Something was off in Soul Society and she could tell every time she contacted Rangiku.
Rangiku didn't know or wasn't allowed to say anything and so Orihime was left in the dark. It was hard to communicate with Soul Society because of whatever was happening and so her visits to Hueco Mundo had been reduced by a lot and also the time she spent there was much less.
Today was the day she decided. She had been planning on talking to Urahara about visiting Hueco Mundo, even though he was also into something that Orihime had no idea about… "Gah! Why is everyone so secretive?!", she shouted out loud. She looked around happy that she was all alone. She sighed. She looked ahead determined. "Today is the day! " After work, she would visit Urahara. And she hoped she would be allowed to visit her friends.
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Harribel sighed as Ulquiorra came to the throne room with the same expression as usual. If you had been looking into Ulquiorra's expressions, though, you would know that now he had an equivalent to a frustrated look in his face. And Harribel had learned to read these expressions. She looked at him in understanding. "I will talk to Ichimaru. But don't expect much. After all, it's not really up to him."
"I know." , he said looking down.
Harribel smiled at him. "I'm glad that you found someone to care for."
Ulquiorra blinked. "I suppose I do care for her. It's weird. I never had friends before."
Harribel nodded in understanding. "I hope that Ichimaru will manage to contact them this time, besides, it's a request from me this time and as the queen I deserve their immediate answer."
Ulquiorra nodded in what seemed to be satisfaction and left the room. Harribel sighed. Her fraccion entered the room and sat next to her. "Is everything alright, lady Harribel?", asked Appacci.
"Yes. I just wish that I can actually help him. Ichimaru can't do much and I can't contact Kisuke or Soul Society on my own. Let's hope for the best."
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Nnoitra flinched as he heard child Nel's voice calling him. He turned and looked at her as she approached with her two fraccion. He wanted to go train on his own but apparently Nel had other plans and the way Tesla was looking at him was implying that he should indulge to the girl's wishes. He sighed defeated. "What is it?"
"Nel wants to hang out with Nnoita, ok?", she said grinning.
He frowned. It's not like he didn't enjoy spending time with her, but with all his annoying dreams he didn't want to be around her. Even if she was a child right now, mainly because he forgot that it was also her and stuff could slip up. "I want to train. Are you sure you wanna be around?"
Nel nodded. "Nel doesn't mind. She just wants to hang out.
Nnoitra turned to Tesla who was smiling at him. He frowned more before he said. "Fine! But don't nag if I don't pay you enough attention."
Nel giggled. "Don't worry! Nel will correct you if you make mistakes."
"Hmph! As if I need you to correct me!"
"You do."
"I don't "
"Yes you do."
"No, I don't!", said Nnoitra and crossed his arms. He glanced at Tesla who was trying hard not to laugh. He felt heat rise to his cheeks. He was acting like an idiot again and all because of her. Even her two fraccion seemed amused. "Whatever! Come on!"
He put her up on his shoulder and she giggled. Nnoitra sighed but he wasn't annoyed. On the contrary, he felt a little amused. Obviously her child form was a huge drawback and in order for him to seek a relationship with her in any way she would have to get rid of that form. But at the same time the child form was the reason Nel started being more open about the way she felt and thus he got to know her better, so in a way he was thankful for it, even though he cursed himself every day for causing it. He was considering it another reason for her to actually say no when he got the guts to ask her and he hated himself even more every time he saw her like that. But at least she seemed happy to spend her time with him in this form and he could forget that he had these annoying dreams.
Before they could turn around a corner though, Stark appeared in front of them with a serious expression. "Harribel wants us all in the Garganta room. It's an order."
He left immediately after that. They both blinked and stared at each other. "Nel wonders what's going on."
"Probably something stupid. Anyway let's go, before Harribel decides she wants to look for us herself."
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Everyone was gathered in the room as soon as Stark got to them. Harribel and Gin were standing in the middle and a huge screen had been placed on the wall. Ulquiorra didn't even remember when they got that screen in that room. He stared at Harribel and he could understand that he felt anticipation of what she had to tell them.
Harribel stared at everyone and cleared her throat. "Everyone, thank you for coming in such a short notice. Gin and I managed to contact Urahara Kisuke and Orihime Inoue."
At that everyone started whispering. Ulquiorra was certain he was feeling happy, but still a little unsure of what he might hear next. Harribel waited for the fuss to die down before she spoke again. "Apparently something is going on regarding Ichigo Kurosaki and Soul Society and Orihime needs our help to figure these things out."
Grimmjow seemed to be getting excited when he heard Ichigo's name. Ulquiorra though was sceptic about something. "Doesn't Urahara Kisuke have any idea what's going on?"
Gin was the one to answer this time. "We believe he knows, but as always he wants to do things his own way. Apparently though Orihime is getting impatient and wants to find out what's going on. And Kisuke wants to keep her safe, so…" He turned to Harribel with his usual smirk on.
Harribel stared straight into Ulquiorra's eyes. "He wants us to go to the World of the Living and aid Orihime Inoue."
End of Chapter 9
A/N: And it's finally done! I'm really sorry fo the huge delay guys, but a lot of stuff have been going on. Sorry for the little cliffhanger at the end, but if I wrote more, this chapter would be huge XD. I will try to put a warning on the lemon scenes or the semi lemon scenes so that people that aren't into them will be able to avoid them and as I have already said lemons won't be available on due to its guidelines. This scene though will be because it's not a lemon. We are starting the Fullbringer arc and I am very excited about it. I also finally got my university degree so I hope I will be able to upload more often on both of my stories. I can't wait for your comments and reviews and I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Till next time!
