Complain and Explain

Staring at the two for a moment you can’t help but feel the pulse of a headache begin to throb behind your eyes, “I’d ask if you’re serious but I get a feeling that would just be a stupid question.”

“I’m sorry John but it takes quite a lot to get to Hueco Mundo without being a full hollow,” Shinji says with blushing embarrassment, her dainty hand gently scratching the back of her neck as she speaks, “we were only just able to open a Garganta with the use of our masks and some of Hachi’s barrier spells…”

“But we were only able to send two of us through,” the shorter Hiyori grumbles, her arms crossed over her chest as he gives you a sidelong glare, “so here we are.”

“And let me guess, they were really counting on me to help you get back and give the good word with a Garganta right?” you ask receiving the expected nod in response.

“Bingo, now open it up fucker so we can get back and out of this desert shit hole,” Hiyori happily proclaims, her sneering smirk on her lips revealing the single fang hanging from the left side of her mouth.

Normally you’re a nice guy, hell given all of the events that have taken place since you got here and the number of times you’ve actually lost your top over any of it you might as well be considered a saint among hollows. However, it had been a REALLY long day and this Hiyori was not improving any bit of it so you decide to level your gaze to the short woman and with the flattest voice you can you respond, “No.”

“What do you mean no you asshole!?” Hiyori predictably snarls, her hand reaching down to her foot so as to take off one of her flip flops.

This actions is stopped thankfully enough by Shinji, the woman taking the opportunity to smack Hiyori upside the head with a balled fist as she growls, “You immature snaggletooth bitch! Show some fucking restraint as ask nicely!”

Hiyori rounds on Shinji in seconds, her intense brown eyes glaring with the heat of hell as she damn near shouts, “Fuck you! This ass is an ally so I should be able to treat him just like I treat all the other idiots I have to deal with!”

“Do you think any of us ENJOY your fucking ****?!” Shinji howls back, “Would it fucking kill you to be civil for five minutes?!”

It is easy to tell that the two are very close to coming to blows, Shinji for Hiyori’s attitude and Hiyori for being…well Hiyori. Deciding enough is enough and with Rukia still in hand you reappear between the two in a burst of Sonido, your reiatsu rising ever so slightly as you firmly speak, “This is the THIRD bedroom I’ve been through because of people fighting in it. I’d appreciate if you DON’T start anything or I WILL get very angry.”

Shinji for her part seems to flush with utter embarrassment, her face turning bright crimson as her tooth bearing half grin turns into a disappointed frown at her behavior.

Hiyori on the other hand, still livid as all hell, growls out, “I don’t want to hear anything from a lazy ass like you who refuses to help his own fucking allies!”

Hiyori blinks and you are instantly eye to eye with her, your speed sending a brief shock of surprise through her body as you quietly growl, “There is a saying where I come from. ‘Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies.’ Right now, you’re starting to push the friend’s part, do you understand?”

Briefly a fleeting glimpse of defiance races past Hiyori’s eye before it vanishes, her teeth clenching hard as she swallows her pride and nods, “Y-Yeah…I got it…sorry I guess.”

Leaning back you reel your spiritual pressure into your body, a tired but soft smile crossing your features as you speak, “It’s alright…trusting is a very difficult thing to do and you barely know me except for the fact that I’m an Arrancar but trust me when I say this Hiyori-chan, I am what you might call an excellent friend and a terrifying enemy.”

For a moment Hiyori simply looks up at you with a curious look on her face, something that causes you eyebrow to slightly lift in wonder before a small grin crosses her features and the slightest hint of a blush lights up her cheeks, “Alright fucker…I’ll trust you for now but if you screw us over you’re your head.”

“I’d never dream of it,” you chuckle, turning away from the smirking Hiyori and to a wide eyed Shinji, “is that alright with you Shinji-chan?”

Shinji can’t help but stare at the smirking Hiyori, disbelief obvious on her features before she turns to you with a wide teeth-bearing smile and a slight flush on her face, “I’m on the side of anyone who can do that to snaggletooth, I’m in.”

Before another argument can break out you hear a sudden knocking on your door, the voice of you numero uno fraccion Nel calling out with concern and worry, “John! Are you alright in there!?”

Turning to Hiyori and Shinji with Rukia still in your arms you give the two a soft smile, your head nodding as you speak up, “Let’s go meet the rest of the family shall we?”

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“Nemu! What took you so long!?”

A massive man dressed in white addressed his subordinate, the black haired woman bowing her head in submission as she offers up a small sample of hair and saliva to her Taichou, “I apologize; it took time to acquire the samples without drawing attention from the subject and jeopardizing my existence.”

In the blink of an eye the man snatches the samples from Nemu and in the same movement roughly kicks her in the stomach, a powerful strike which drives every last bit of air from Nemu’s lungs and causes her form to crumple to the ground. However this was not the end of Nemu’s punishment as the man brings his foot up again, slamming it down onto Nemu’s back as he roughly snarls out, “Idiot! I created you so I know how difficult it is to even injure let alone kill you! You probably could have taken a Cero from him and still gathered my samples without a problem!”

At the end of his vicious stomping Nemu coughs, her eyes slowly turning up to stare at the painted man with tears gathering in the corners of her teal orbs, “I…am sorry Taichou…”

With a few more swift kicks the man turns and leaves Nemu alone, his precious sample cradled in gentle hands as Nemu lies on the floor and softly, nearly silently whimpers in pain. Perhaps what she had first told you when you asked her reason for being there…wouldn’t be a lie the second time around.