83 – Where To Go

83 – Where To Go

Harribel nodded carefully. "If you say so I'll trust you," she said with determination.

Nelliel nodded slowly. "I can remember everything now that you've healed me Hisashi. I used to be a high ranking member in Las Noches. The third ranked Espada under Aizen's rule. He has never done anything wrong, but he has always given me a slightly off feeling. I just dismissed it as it just being me, but you seem to feel even stronger about it so maybe it wasn't just me," she admitted.

Hisashi smiled and patted her on the head subconsciously due to being so used to doing that to Nel Tu. Surprisingly Nelliel didn't reject it though and smiled happily at the attention. He inwardly sighed. They would need to figure out their relationship at some point now that she had regained her memories. She was probably old enough to be his many times over great grandmother, so he couldn't keep treating her like she was his innocent little foul mouthed sister. Even if she didn't seem to be fighting it so far it just felt strange between her now very adult form and more adult personality.

"As for joining him we don't have much of a choice. If I'm wrong and he is completely nice and trustworthy as he portrays himself then joining him would be the right choice. If however I'm right and he isn't the way he portrays himself then by refusing we are making him an enemy. One with an army of Arrancar more powerful than that one you were already struggling with," he said.

Harribel and the Tres Bestias looked saddened. They had thought they were amongst the top of the hierarchy in Hueco Mundo only to be instantly disavowed of that belief after one fight. They realised there were still many more powerful than them. Powerful enough that even with all of them sticking together they might not be powerful enough to stand up to them and it made them feel insecure.

"Then what are we supposed to do?" Apacci asked in frustration.

"We were able to beat that Arrancar, who says we can't beat the others in Las Noches?" Mila Rose stated stubbornly.

Hisashi shook his head with a sigh. "Was that Arrancar powerful before he became an Arrancar?" he asked.

They all shook their heads.

"No, Harribel could easily thrash him before. He was one of the weaklings under Barragan," Mila Rose said proudly as if it had been her own achievement.

Hisashi nodded. "So if one of their weaklings grew powerful enough to handle not only Harribel, but all four of you as Vasto Lorde what do you think happened to the more powerful members that went through the same process to become Arrancar?" he asked them.

That silenced them.

Harribel looked back and forth between Nelliel, Hisashi and the Tres Bestias.

"If Hisashi is right we probably don't have much of a choice and if we can stay together like Nel... Nelliel said that's what is most important to me," she said.

Hisashi looked at the Tres Bestias. "Then what do the three of you think?" he asked.

"We'll follow what Harribel and you decide," Sung-Sun said.

"That's right!" Apacci said as if it was something to be proud of.

Mila Rose simply nodded in agreement.

He glanced over at Nelliel's Fracción.

Pesche straightened his back. "We follow Nelliel-sama," he said.

"We do, don'tcha know," Dondochakka said in agreement.

Well not like he hadn't expected that.

He looked over at Nelliel with a smile.

She smiled. "I'll go where ever you go," she said before blushing when she realised what she had said. Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))