The Second Part of Espadas Undercover. Please read that story before continuing with this one. Thank you.
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Nnoitra gently knocked on the door of Szayel's lab in the depths of his large palace. It was four in the morning, he couldn't still be working…"Hey, Szayel."
No answer.
Maybe he's in the lab shower, cleaning up from the most recent explosion…But, I would hear the water running and… I haven't seen him all day.
He knocked again, louder this time. "Szayel! You in there? Geez…" He reached in his pocket and pulled out a long sliver key. Anyone could have opened the door, but they would have been hit my the security system.
Nnoitra unlocked the door and stepped inside Szayel's lab that smelled sulfur and many other chemicals. "Hey, I'm sorry for…" His voice trailed off as his eye laid itself on a figure hunched over one of the many tables. "Szayel? You okay?!" He quickly made his way over to the table.
Hopefully he hadn't been blown into pieces or his skin melted off his face or-
A loud snore echoed in the silent lab.
Nnoitra's heart started again. "Oh… Damn it! Why did you scare me like that, you-"
Another snore was heard.
"Geez…" Nnoitra rolled his eye and gently stood a sleeping Szayel on his feet. "We have to get you to your bed…granted, I'm not gonna risk waking up to your panicking… so, I think I will stay in my own room…is that a good idea?"
He took Szayel's drooping head and made it nod.
"Good. And off we go…" Nnoitra picked him up and left the lab after flicking off the power. He walked down the hallway and was greeted by Aaroneiro who was checking Szayel's study. His palace was so large that it took two of them to look everywhere.
"Glad you found him!" Kaien Shiba's face grinned as he saw what Nnoitra had in his arms. "Just in time for bed too. Not that we have a bedtime, but we have to get up early tomorrow."
"Yeah… I would hate to have not of found him and had him be cranky all day tomorrow."
"It would be bad to have to tattoo a cranky Szayel… now that I think of it."
Wait! Aaroniero cried,"Tattoo?! AHHH! NEEDLES!"
Nnoitra back away before he was tackled by a panicking Espada. "Oye! Calm the hell down! It doesn't hurt at all!"
"BUT NEEDLES! AHHHH! I HATE THEM! I HATE THEM AND I HATE YOU! WHAAAA! I HATE THE WORLD!"
"Shut up! Or you're gonna wake Szayel!"
"GIVE ME NOVACAINE! PAIN! NEEDLES! AHHH! I HATE THEM! AHHH!"
"Oh… my experiment….Wha…"
"See?! You woke him up, Aaroniero!"
"WHAAAA! I DON'T WANNA TATTOO! I WANNA STICKER! A WATERPROOF STICKER! AHHHH! WAHHHHAAA! ONE THAT'S PRETTY AND PURPLE AND-"
A foot smashed into his head. Sending Aaroniero flying into the wall behind him. "Damn it!" Nnoitra grouched, annoyed that he had the nerve to wake Szayel up. "Can't you shut up for once?!"
"Ugh… No… ta… too…" Aaroniero muttered in a daze. "I….hat…nee…del…s…"
"What is…." Szayel opened his eyes to find himself staring up at Nnoitra. "What is… going on?"
"Nothin'. You should go back to sleep…. I checked everything in the lab and it's all fine."
"Good…" Nnoitra watched his eyes slowly close and his head droop backwards. "Yeah, really sleepy we are."
"Ow…" Aaroniero realized he was actually injured. "pain…"
"Get up Fishtank and shut up, finally." Nnoitra huffed and walked past the heap on the floor. "Tattoos aren't a big deal. Besides, chicks dig a guy with tats."
He heard both voices gasp in unison.
"What?…really?!"
"Yeah. It's really hot. All chicks love a bad-ass man. And all bad-ass men have tattoos."
"…WOW! I WANNA TATTOO RIGHT NOW! TIA! I CAN'T WAIT ALL NIGHT! AHHH!"
"Aaroneiro," Nnoitra had to admit he was smarter than most gave him credit for. "Calm down. You just got your other tattoo removed ten days ago."
"BUT I WANT ONE NOW! I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL THE HOT CHICKS TO SEE MY KICK-ASS TATTOO!"
Nnoitra sighed and continued his way down the green hallways to Szayel's room. Aaroniero could think what ever he wanted, when he wanted.
To think I don't have a tattoo anymore, is kind of weird… but hell, I'll get a large '2' that will look awesome.
He opened the door and slipped inside where he found Szayel's white clothes all over the room as if his dresser exploded. Along with books and notes all strewn across the floor. Must have been hit by some a stroke of genius….Yeah… Nnoitra's suspicions were confirmed when he saw all the blankets of Szayel's large bed all over the floor and a mass of paper scraps with scrambled writing scattered across the sheets.
"Geez… can't you ever just write things down in a notebook for once?" He asked, glancing down at Szayel who was once again fast asleep in his arms. "Yea, I know you try…. But next time, don't almost poke my other eye out with your pen. Anyhow… You've gotta lay down…Don't fall asleep in the lab again…" He gently set Szayel on the bed and proceeded to collect the mountains of paper and set them all in a neat stack on the nightstand. "Hell, you're more messy than I am…. I don't understand it…"
Nnoitra smiled a little as he head yet another tiny snore.
"Damn. You're so tired… Usually, you would insist on cleaning up… but… Whatev…" Once he finished removing all the papers from the bed, he moved Szayel to the right side of the bed and began to put the covers over him. "You know I'm not gonna stick around for you to hit me in the face on accident, you know that? Cool…"
When Szayel woke up in a panic, someone was liable to get hurt. And Nnoitra knew all to well, most of the time it was him who got whacked in the face. It was purely accidental, but man, did it hurt.
"Now stay asleep…" Nnoitra put the last blanket over Szayel who was now under a good three layers and after a moments thought, Nnoitra bent down and gently kissed Szayel on the face. "And your alarm is broken…" He reached over to the nightstand and turned the alarm off. "'Cause you need to stop working so hard and need to get some sleep already…"
Nnoitra crept of Szayel's room and turned off the lights as he went.
Hopefully he would sleep for a good two days and wake up refreshed.
Author's Note: Hello once again everyone. Glad to see you here for the second half of the story. The first chapter is always a little rough, but the story is going to pick up quickly here and get better. Please review and I will have a picture for the cover soon enough. (Still have to hear back from the artist on Deviantart.) This story will be a little more darker-toned, but still a comedy. So it may be a bit serious, but I promise you will still get as much laughter from this second half.
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