What? How? When? Where?

"So, what are we here for?"

"What do you think?"

"Search for Vasto Lorde?"

"Tch! Tch! Tch! WRONG!!" Nel suddenly thrusted her sword aiming at his neck. Subaru barely managed to evade it. Her sword still managed to slightly cut the side of his neck.

"THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Subaru shouted.

Withdrawing her sword she said, "Now, now! I was just checking your vigilance. Don't get angry. Let's play a game. I am getting bored. I will ask you a question. If you give me the wrong answer, I will try to stab you and you will have to dodge it."

'This girl!'

"And what do I get if I give you the right answer?"

"You want something!" She replied in shock, her eyes wide opened.

'This Girl!'

"Fufufufu…. Let's see, how about a kiss~"

'THIS GIRL!'

Subaru facial muscles were twitching from all her nonsense.

'Oh! Wait a minute! Hehehe!'

"Sure, Let's do it." He replied seriously.

"Eh?" Clearly not expecting his serious answer.

"What's my life compared to the kiss of a beautiful lady such as yours? All worth it."

"Wait! Wait! I was just joking."

"Ah! Even though I was looking forward to it so much. You say you were just joking. My heart!", He cried, like a girl whose heart has been broken by her boyfriend. His acting top-notch.

Nelliel got embarrassed but she immediately smirked it off and agreed, "Fine. Let's do it."

"Go ahead, ask the question." He isn't going to cower.

"It's the same question, guess why are we here?"

'Comeon who asks this type of question in this game? Anyway I have to think about it. Subaru Deep Thinking Mode: Activate. Why? It's definitely not to check for vasto lorde. Then why? Are we looking for something? If that's the case, what? The last time I checked we were looking for food sources. What could it be?'

"Can't find your answer? We have got plenty of time. I am gonna rest here for a bit.", She sat on a nearby large rock, took out her book and started reading.

Subaru stared at her face and kept on staring as if the answer was written on her face.

"Don't stare at me so much. You won't get it from my face. I get embarrassed too, you know." She told him as she covered her face with the book.

Then suddenly he stood up. It seemed he had an epiphany and excitedly shouted, "Yes! I got it. I got the answer."

Seeing his enthusiasm, she wondered, 'Was it really written on my face?'

"We are going to the human world, aren't we?"

"Co....rrect." Her voice came slowly as she was shocked how he guessed it correctly.

"Knew it. Now give me my kiss. Come on, chu chu chu. Hehehehe…"

"Fine! Fine! But you should close your eyes, okay. By the way, I have never kissed anyone before." She said with fingers fiddling around and a red blush on her face.

Subaru gulped. Subaru closed his eyes as she told. This has gone too serious but he has come too far now.

'Even though it started with childish bickering. I am not someone who is gonna back away... *sigh maybe I am. Hah! This is getting too serious. I should let it go.'

He peeked a little bit.

*SWISH

Subaru immediately jumped back just in time and avoided it.

"HEY! The hell are you doing that for? You nearly stabbed my handsome face."

"How rude of you to dodge a kiss. A kiss from my sword that is."

"If you're feeling embarrassed just say so, no need to get violent."

"Hmph! I never said 'I' will kiss you. Beh!", She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Yes, Yes you didn't."

With their little bantering, they travelled far away from Las Noches. At some place in the hueco mundo,

"Okay this should be far enough. By the way Subaru, how did you figure out that answer?"

"It was the book."

"The book?"

"You had already ruled out my first choice of answer. I was thinking what other reasons could it be. Then suddenly it hit me, that book you were reading, where did you get that? It's impossible to get here in hueco mundo, so either soul society or the human world. The only ones who have access to soul society are those three. I doubt they would agree to bring that book to hueco mundo from soul society just for you. On top of that, Slick bro was saying we were running low on food and since we only eat human foods, I figured out we are going to buy foods in the human world, right?"

[A/N: Subaru is referring to Pesche when he says slick bro 'cause his signature ability is infinite slick.]

"Right." She was amazed. A hollow with such a reasoning power. Oh wait, he is only half hollow.

She opened up a dark space, a gate to the living world and asked Subaru to go first. Without giving much of a thought he entered the gate. Nel continued to stare at his back till he entered the gate then her eyes turned sharp,

"Oh Subaru, You are trusting me too much. You shouldn't do that. Or else I won't be able to hold myself back~"

'A half hollow, such a unique existence. I will never let you become a full hollow. I will absolutely not let you become a mindless monster. Absolutely not.'

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Subaru stepped out of the gate. The place he arrived was a park. It was an empty park. He sighed in relief that no one was here to notice. He looked around, this place was similar to his original world. A world before he was thrown in that accursed world.

Nel stepped out from the gate and stretched her body around. It was a little rough for her kind to breathe in this world with thin reiryoku. It took time for her to adjust.

"How are you feeling Subaru?"

"It's nostalgic. My original world was exactly similar to this one."

"By the way, are you feeling hungry?"

"I could grab a bite or two."

" I didn't mean that but I guess you're fine. Should we get going now?"

"Ah! Sure. Lead the way."

After walking for a bit, they arrived at a traditional shop. Opening the door, Nel shouted out, "Is anyone in the shop?"

A tall, muscular and slightly tanned man with a great mustache came to greet them, "Welcome to Urahara shop. Oh! Nelliel-dono welcome, everything is prepared but packaging is still left to do. If you would give us a bit of a time, that would be done too."

"Hello Tessai-san, sure. Take all the time. Is Kisuke-san here? I have brought him."

"My apologies, Nelliel-dono. Boss is away today. Is he the one?"

She nodded to his question.

Subaru and Tessai both greeted each other. Subaru flinched as Tessai started to touch him all over the place. His glasses twinkled as he said, "Indeed. A really unbelievable phenomena. It's impossible to stop hollowfication once started but yet this boy's soul is very stable and hollowfication seems to have stopped for now. We will have to look in detail. Unfortunately, boss isn't here right now. I am sorry, Nelliel-dono but I shall relay this information to Urahara-dono. For now please use these gigais. They're custom made for both of you by Urahara-dono. Please freely use any type of clothes you want available in the changing room."

Subaru took the gigai from Tessai, a bit confused. Tessai, understanding his confused look explained, "These are artificial bodies made by Urahara-dono so that the souls like you can interact with the living world."

"Right! I forgot normal people can't see us. Thanks."

A few eternity later…..

"Yahoo! Let's go. Nothing beats the entertainment of the human world."

"Do you even have money?"

"Pesche has given me all the money I need. I am all loaded up."

"What? How? When? Where? I have to ask him later."

"Subaru-dono, Nelliel-dono have a safe trip. I will have everything ready by the time two of you return."