DISCLAIMER: I do not own Bleach or Full Metal Panic. The characters and concepts belong to persons far wealthier than I, so there is no purpose in seeking any restitution for this work. I don't receive any money for this, so I must be crazy. Good luck getting any money from a crazy poor man.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Although this is a Full Metal Panic/Bleach crossover, it will be taken mostly from the FMP side. FMP fans may enjoy it, but I'm hoping Bleach fans will get enough out of it to keep reading especially through the second and third chapters, because those will be pretty much FMP oriented. The real crossover should happen in the fourth chapter. The setting is Karakura Town about a year and a half after the Winter War, and it is supposed to coincide to the summer after The Second Raid.

First Contact with the Enemy

It was a summer's day in Karakura Town, a city to the south of Tokyo, and in a small boutique near the shopping district, a young couple were looking at swimsuits. Actually, the young woman with long dark hair that was conspicuously tied back with a red bow was looking at swimsuits. Her companion, a shaggy brown-haired teenager, however, was suspiciously looking around the nearly empty shop. Out of the corner of the young woman's eye she could see her companion's anxious behavior. Annoyed, she turned to him and grabbed his wrist.

"Sousuke! Relax!" she whispered fervently. "I don't think anyone is going to try to attack me here."

"Kaname, this is a disadvantageous position," Sousuke whispered back. "There are only two exits that face each other, and one is blocked by the store counter."

Grabbing the young man's chin and forcing him to look at her, Kaname all but shouted, "No! You are not doing this to me again. We're on vacation, so we're going to have some fun and not think about anyone trying to attack me! Got it?"

Seeing the fervor in Kaname's eyes made Sousuke back down, and he said, "I understand. I'm sorry, I will try not to interfere with your recreation this time."

After giving him a small smile, Kaname turned back to the rack of swimsuits, saying, "That's better."

"I just don't understand why we couldn't have gone to Merida Island for your vacation," Sousuke continued.

"What, and stay on a military base for a week? No thank you! Plus, I don't want to go anywhere that Tessa can pop up without notice. You know she still hasn't given up on you. Yep, Japan is just fine with me, and besides I hear that they have some good beaches here in Karakura Town."

"But Kaname, why are we here looking for a new swimsuit? I know that you have a few already."

"Sousuke, this is all part of the beach trip: looking good in a new swimsuit," Kaname replied as she held up a particularly revealing two-piece. Sousuke blushed and stiffened at her choice. "What do think about this one?"

At that moment, the door to the shop opened and a large group of women shuffled in lead by a rather top-heavy strawberry-blond who made no effort to hide her available cleavage. The woman smiled and winked at Sousuke and Kaname before turning back to her assembled group, saying, "Alright ladies, we know why we're here. Now, let's find some sexy swimsuits."

"But why do we have to find new ones?" asked a particularly dowdy black-haired bespectacled woman in the group. "Most of us still have the ones from last year."

"Part of going to the beach is looking great in a new swimsuit," the strawberry-blond huffed in reply. At this exchange, Kaname sent a knowing look towards Sousuke who nodded in acquiescence. Then as the group of women started to fan out over the shop, their apparent leader turned back to the younger couple.

"That's a cute one," she said to Kaname. "Did you see any more like it?"

"Yeah, I did. Right here on the rack," Kaname replied pointing to the rack behind her. Then as the dark haired young woman appraised the apparently older one, she suggested, "But you may want to find a different size. This one looks a little small."

"I think it's the perfect size, don't you?" the woman said as she sent a saucy wink to Sousuke. The young man flushed and babbled. Likewise, Kaname also felt the heat rising in her cheeks, albeit for a different reason.

"Take this to the counter for me, Sousuke," Kaname ordered as she thrust the hanging swimsuit into the young man's chest while glaring at the other woman.

"Yes, Kaname, right away," Sousuke replied rigidly before grabbing the swimsuit and walking briskly to the store counter.

The older woman watched Sousuke's retreating form with a smirk. Then she casually walked around Kaname to the rack behind her, all the while ignoring Kaname's heated glare. After browsing through some of the swimsuits, the older woman said in a low tone without looking up, "You should stop glaring, little one. It would be a shame for such a pretty face to stick that way. I'm not sure your boyfriend would like it."

Kaname's eyes widened as she gasped, "What?"

"You're surprised?" the older woman asked turning her head over her shoulder. "Do you not know that you're pretty?"

"No, it's not that," Kaname sighed. "I'm just not used to people calling him my boyfriend."

Turning around now, the older woman asked, "Why? It's obvious that he cares for you."

"How could you know that?" Kaname asked. "You only spoke with him for a moment!"

"Because, little one, most boys his age can't resist these," the older woman said as she casually pressed her breasts together with her arms. "Since he didn't fight you when you told him to go to the counter, it means that he cares much more about you than a woman with bigger boobs."

Kaname looked towards the store counter and saw Sousuke standing behind another woman with mostly short hair and two long braids covered in cloth. Unfortunately, another much tanned woman was trying to talk the first one out of her choice and into something more modest, and this was stalling things at the counter.

"Does it surprise you to hear that he cares for you?" The woman asked.

"No," Kaname answered as she bowed her head and closed her eyes pensively. "I know that he cares for me. It's just that he has a hard time saying it, and he also has a habit of making a mess of things."

"I know a couple of boys his age who are like that," The woman said. "They try to be tough because they think that's what they need to do to be a man. They just end up being more awkward instead. Try not to worry about it."

Kaname looked back at the woman and said accusingly, "Still, you have some nerve flirting with my boyfriend right in front of me. Have you no shame?"

"Forgive me, I meant no harm," the woman said as she turned back to the rack of swimsuits and started looking through them again. "Our society only comes to Karakura Town once a year, and I was just trying to have some fun. I simply love watching the flustered looks on young boys when I flirt with them."

"Wait! What do you mean 'your society'?" Kaname asked.

The woman replied over her shoulder. "We're all part of an exclusive women's society from the north. This our summer trip to Karakura Town."

"Oh, so you'll be on the beach tomorrow," Kaname said apprehensively.

"You needn't worry, little one," the woman said as she apparently picked out a swimsuit for herself. "We like to keep our parties private, so we've rented a spot to the south just for us. You probably won't see us."

"Oh, okay!" Kaname tried to say not too happily.

The older woman then turned around to face Kaname again with swimsuit in hand.

"Anyway, my name is Rangiku Matsumoto, and I am sorry if I caused you any discomfort," she said bowing.

"Oh please, don't apologize!" Kaname said crossing her arms nervously in front of her. "It was all just a misunderstanding. I'm Kaname Chidori and I just hope you enjoy stay at the beach."

Looking up, Rangiku now saw Sousuke returning from the store counter with a small bag obviously carrying Kaname's new swimsuit. He definitely looked apprehensive as he saw the two women still standing close to one another. Looking back to Kaname, Rangiku said, "Still, I must warn you, if you let him wander off, I may just try to take him for myself."

With a final saucy wink to Sousuke, the older woman walked past him and joined a few of her other society members at the store counter. Sousuke watched her walk by before looking back at Kaname. He saw the younger woman was smirking at him, and he asked, "Is everything all right Kaname? Did I create another problem? If so, please tell me how I can correct it."

Kaname's smirk grew into a smile, and she suddenly wrapped herself around Sousuke's right arm, saying, "No, Sousuke! You were perfect, and you did it by just being yourself."

"Uh, okay!" A very confused Sousuke replied.

"Come on, let's get back to the hotel," Kaname said as she eagerly drug the brown haired young man out of the store. As they turned down the street, they walked arm in arm with Kaname leaning very heavily against Sousuke. A moment later, however, that they came upon two teenage-looking girls, one with long strawberry-blonde hair and quite voluptuous, and the other with shorter black hair and a serene beauty.

"Excuse us," the black-haired girl said. "Did you see a group of women around here?"

"Yes we did," Sousuke answered. "They all appear to be buying swimsuits in the boutique behind us. If you hurry, you may be able to catch up with them."

"Thank you very much," The black-haired girl said with a bow before both she and her companion ran past. As they passed, however, Kaname felt a wave of thoughts enter her mind. These were thoughts that she knew were not hers, and it caused her to grip Sousuke's arm more tightly. Feeling Kaname's tightened grip, Sousuke looked down at her. He saw beads of sweat forming on her forehead and that she was painfully gritting her teeth.

"Kaname, what's wrong?" Sousuke asked.

Through her gritted teeth, Kaname replied, "I think . . . I think one of them . . . is a Whispered."

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