Bleach 294

01
Sidetext: Wounded, immobilised Ichigo. Can he save Nel, pinned down by Nnoitra...!?
Ichigo: ...Nel...!
Orihime: Wa ... wait, Kurosaki-kun! You're still...
Ichigo: Nel's getting beaten ... and I ...
can't even save her...

02
Orihime: Kuro...
Tesla: Don't move.

03
Tesla: I won't allow you to hinder Master Nnoitra.
That woman...
Neriel Tou Oder is a stone.
A stone that obstructs Master Nnoitra's blade
must be utterly destroyed
by Master Nnoitra's own hand.

04
Sidetext: The light, eclipsed, by murderous intent.
BLEACH294. IF YOU CALL ME BEAST, KILL YOU LIKE TEMPEST

05
Neriel: I think that's that.
It's good it's still daylight.
If I'm late those two will fret.
Nnoitra: GET BACK HERE!!!

06
Nnoitra: I said this was a proper duel...
You gotta finish it...!
Neriel: You mean, I should administer the final blow?
Nnoitra: Let's settle this...!
Neriel: I refuse.
Don't speak above your station.
We all changed from humans into bestial Hollows
then changed again into Arrancar to regain our reason.
One with reason waits for a pretext before seeking battle.
You have no such thing.

07
Nnoitra: I have a pretext!
You really piss me off!!
Neriel: That is no pretext.
It's instinct.
You are a beast.
I can't acknowledge you as a soldier.
I have no wish to be burdened
with the fate of one so unsoldierly as yourself.

08
Tesla: ...Nnoitra...
...are you all right? ...Stand up.
Nnoitra: ... Quit brown-nosin'.
Just because I didn't win against her, don't go thinkin' we're the same
Tesla.

09
Tesla: ...why must it be Mistress Neriel...?
Surely someone else among the Espada...
Nnoitra: It just pisses me the hell off.
For a woman
to lord it over me on the battlefield.
That's all it is.

10
Nnoitra: Remember that? You callin' me a beast.
Sayin' I wasn't up to your standard.

11
Nnoitra: How is it?
How's it feel
to get beat by that same beast?
Neriel: Pe~~sshe!
Dondochakka~~~!
Where are you?
You know it's dinnertime?
...Where could those two have gone...
I'm hungry...

12
Nnoitra: 'sup.
Whatcha looking' for?
Neriel: It's none of your concern.
Carrying a weapon on your shoulder is threatening behaviour.
If you want to be seen as strong, travel with it hidden.

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14
Neriel: Pesshe...
Dondochakka...
Pesshe: ...My...
My deepest ... apologies ...
...Lady Nel...

15
Neriel: Their masks...
They've been completely ripped off, by force...
What's the meaning of...

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17
Nnoitra: You'd probably still
call me a beast.
Guess I'll never know.
Szayelaporro: How goes business?
Nnoitra: Your job oughta be over by now.

18
Nnoitra: Szayelaporro.
Szayelaporro: You're so cold.
Aren't we allies, sharing our power under the same goal?
At least let me spectate at the conclusion.
Nnoitra: I don't remember anythin' about a shared goal.
But I guess our interests mighta overlapped.
Szayelaporro: Without a shared interest, a shared goal will not be born.
Nnoitra: Screw your philosophy.
Or I might hurl.

19
Nnoitra (thinks): Neriel.
The gap between us has nothing to do with power.
It's difference in experience.
Once you've healed your wounds and come crawling back into Las Noches
I'll surpass you.
To a height
your sword won't reach.
Sidetext: Las Noches, the place where instinct and murderous intent trump reason.