Final Tests [private]

Out in the desert of Hueco Mundo, a battlefield heavy with tactical warfare and dead lesser hollows caught to be used as target practice for the fifteen elite fraccions, serving under their long time leader, Nada, the Poet's Pendulum. To them, it is normal to do this routine to keep their tactical minds sharp so nobody in their rank would lagged like Baraggan's Fraccions did. Nada expected them to be ready for when it comes to the point that they have to fight a battle that no other band of Fraccions could handle. From what Nada could see...50 lesser hollows hogtied and 100 lesser hollows killed in under half an hour; not bad considering that the catching of hollows was lacking today. After the work out, Nada turned to see an Arrancar before him with a message. Nada took the message and read it. Nada noticed it was from Ashlei-Clixx, the Ruler of Las Noches. Immediately, Nada signaled his Fraccion to follow and grabbed the Arrancar before him. With a boom, Nada and his Fraccions disappeared and reappeared in the tall great hall with with corridor that led directly to Ashlei's room.

The Gillian Fraccions lined up in two columns as Nada and three of his Adjucha Fraccions followed him to Ashlei's room. Like always, the Adjucha Fraccions that served Nada kept quiet and let Nada do the talking. They never argued one bit and never protest from anything. They just stand there, prepared for if there was an attack. If there was ever one of such, they can act immediately with the teamwork that previously can impress Ashlei. Nada stood in front of Ashlei with an attentive stance. To any Arrancar, they could remember Nada as the Espada who is the most feared because he is willing to hunt down one of his fellow Espada members if one of them defected from the Nuevo Espada. Nada shown Ashlei the Arrancar courier before dropping it onto the ground after his stanza.

"Ruler of Las Noches. I have received this message. Don't mind the runt...it is in my nature to return Arrancars who are so far outside without a Fraccion accompanying it."

Nada looked at Lucy, seeing her mechanized and soulless. It does not make Nada feel pity nor does it make him feel attached to her when she referred him as Master Nada. Since Ashlei wanted to ask Nada a favor, Nada could not ignore as he turned his attention back to Ashlei. "What will be your bidding? My ears are waiting." Nada replied with a neutral tone. Clearly Nada is just as disconnected from Lucy as he is from his Fraccions, despite their undying loyalty to both Nada and Ashlei. This could prove useful since the chance of him getting attached to a traitor like Miyuki is slim to none at all. In fact, Nada's personality conflicted with Miyuki's, so when Miyuki likes Nada, Nada does not have any feelings for her. The news of Miku's failure already reached Nada's ears before he was called to meet this...robotic girl. As the cero guards are becoming less reliable while Nada remained ever so vigil, it is a considerable amount of trust for Ashlei to ask Nada for a favor instead of someone like Ultimos and Miku. Most Espada members would feel bolder by this, but Nada was hardly moved at all. Why? It is because Nada abandoned his ambitions as he served Ashlei.

Nada awaits for the favor.

Nada listened through the whole briefing attentively. Of course, Nada was nowhere too far from hearing everything that happened with Ashlei. To him, she is his little sister and like so, he will do anyway possible to ensure her survival, even if it costs his own life. But Ashlei would not want him to die as well, so if he died, he failed his vow. Miku was once hardened, now was soft because of a brat, Miyuki. It is within Ashlei's rights to exact retribution upon Miyuki and Miku for their defiance. In any case he was called for, he will be Ashlei's extended hands and will hunt down any traitors or interferences. However, Nada looked at Lucy as Ashlei was tinkering with the robot girl. She then asked if he could stick around to do some combat tests. "I will do so, but only if you believed the time is right. If Miku finds Miyuki before I come around, we will lose our advantage." Nada answered. Ashlei should know that Nada was merely speaking in a tactical view, which Nada preferred to keep control over the situation rather than being caught in a corner. He looked back at Lucy, examining everything about her like a real tactician would be inspecting an elite soldier. From there, he reads Lucy's specific information so he can adjust to the point that he will not destroy her easily and make it inconvenient to Ashlei while still demonstrating his worth to her.