Yachiru, Nel, and Lilinette and the Confectionary Crusade

by starlightwraith

In a riproaring epic of friendship, adventure, and defeating rude grownups 3 girls embark on an expedition to ensnare a legendary stash of candy hidden deep within the bowels of their train kitchen in a desperate attempt to pass the time while the adults have all the fun in the main car. With the threat of a fiendishly feline steward looming over them, will their mission succeed?

1. Chapter 1

Note: This is an AU in which Aizen gets defeated in Karakura town and all the Arrancars (and Gin and Tosen) are still alive. It's going to be a little wierd and slightly questionable but I needed to tweak a lot of details in order to play into the plot I devised in my head. This story is based off an episode of Bob's Burgers with the same name as the title. I do not own Bleach. Please review.

Prologue

It had been six months since the Battle of Karakura town. Aizen was defeated by Ichigo and all the espada had repented for joining him. However, when offered the chance to return to the World of the Living, Orihime Inoue had declined the offer (vexing Uryu Ishida, Renji Abarai, Rukia Kuchiki, and Yasutora Sado ever so slightly) She had decided that although she wanted to return more than anything, she had come to the realization that Hueco Mundo was currently in shambles and a new leader was needed in order to repair the damage that Aizen, Gin, and Tosen had done. She truly believed that she could fix Hueco Mundo for the better and hopefully, help create a world in which hollows and Soul Reapers could exist peacefully together. Of course, many Soul Reapers and Hollows questioned this seemingly outrageous declaration and some Hollows even tried to attack Orihime for suggesting it. But after she was reluctantly forced to use her abilities to defend herself against a particularly nationalistic arrancar* nobody really wanted to try to rebel against her. Especially not the hollows tasked with cleaning up the remnants.

Many were unsure of Orihime's prowess as a ruler of evil spirits but when Ichigo, Rukia, Chad and Uryu came to visit her in Hueco Mundo, they were stunned to find it nothing like the desolate desert that god forgot they remembered. The hollows were happy, and more in touch with their human sides, and getting less and less willing to attack humans under Orihime. She taught them how to ignore their urges for devouring humans and to find other ways to find happiness for themselves like concentrating on happy memories they had when they were alive and to try to resolve issues they had dealt with in life that might explain why they couldn't pass on to the Soul Society. She even helped them find distractions for their emptiness and pain. Soon the human sides of hollows began to emerge and fight for control. Everybody was stunned into dead silence when they learned that hollows were willingly asking to be submitted to a Zanpakuto cleansing. Never before in history had the hollows been on such good terms with soul reapers. The hollows were hailing her as the savior of Hollows and a a better leader than Aizen ever was*

* In this AU, Orihime's powers have gotten a lot stronger over the course of her kidnapping to the point where her spiritual pressure exceeds that of a Captain of the 13 Court Guard Squad. Once again, this is a slightly crack AU. So please don't hate me.

*When Aizen learned that Orihime was a much more popular ruler than he was, he nearly bust a blood vessel in prison.