Chapter 1:

Lilynette's First Day Jitters

OR

Starrk and Grimmjow find a Crush!

"Starrk... Starrk... Hey Starrk, it's time to get up!", a young girl shouts, trying to wake her older brother up from his rather blissful slumber.

"STAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRK!" Her shrill-sounding voice seemed to have no effect on the sleeping form before her, so she screamed even louder. "Come on, get your lazy ass out of bed!"

"Just five more minutes..." the sleeping figure under the covers murmured, waving his hand lazily towards the source of the noise as he shifted into a more comfortable position.

"Why do you ALWAYS make me do this the hard way?" The young girl sighed as she placed her hand over her face before grinning wickedly. "Not that I mind of course..." With that ominous line hovering in the air, the girl backed up a bit before running and full speed and jumping, landing a rather impressive jump kick on her brother's midsection.

"OW! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR LILYNETTE?!" The young man half-screamed as he deftly rolled out of bed, one arm wrapped around his midsection as he half-heartedly glared at his younger sister. Despite having just roused from bed, the young man's appearance differed only slightly from his usual appearance. Shoulder length brown hair, always slightly windblown in appearance, paired with sleepy looking slate-gray eyes and a short goatee gave the young man a permanent appearance of just having woken up.

"Well, you wouldn't get up when I was shouting at you." Lilynette replied, "So what else was I SUPPOSED to do, hmmm?"

Starrk simply looked at her with a weary resignation and sighed, running his hand across his face and through his hair. Noticing that Lilynette's agitation was beginning to increase, he sighed once more and gestured with his head towards the hallway. "You might as well start getting ready" Starrk said, smirking slightly as he watched her expression change to one of slight confusion. "What? I don't want you to be late on your first day after all."

"Really? The world's laziest man is telling ME not to be late?" Lilynette thought to herself, "How bizarre..." Mentally shrugging, Lilynette returned to her room to finish her own morning routine. As she put the finishing touches on her appearance, she grinned as she heard the shower start, quickly followed by some quiet singing. Starrk annoyed her sometimes, like all siblings are wont to do, but she still loved her older brother dearly.

Having finished his shower and dressing in record time, Starrk entered the kitchen just a minute or two after Lilynette. Keeping with the dress code of his school, he was wearing a lightly rumpled white dress shirt with an open gray blazer and light gray slacks. Despite the relative formality of the uniform, he preferred to wear the shirt sligtly unbuttoned, untucked and blazer open, with comfortable broken-in black loafers finishing the ensemble. Around his neck he wore a simple pendant, a thin cord of leather with a single wolf claw, flanked by two small malachite beads, resting in the middle of his collarbone.

Lilynette, dressed in a similar gray uniform save for a skirt replacing the pants and a dark blue tank top with a flame pattern under the blazer, looked up at Starrk. "Well, finally slowpoke, I've been waiting for ages!"

Shrugging sleepily, Starrk simply goes to get a couple bowls, glasses, and a box of cereal from the cupboard. He settles at the table and fills the bowls with the dry cereal as Lilynette pulls the milk and orange juice out of the refrigerator. She pours the milk over both bowls and fills the glasses with the juice, and the two settle in for their breakfast, eating faster than normal in order to ensure their on time arrival.

Just as the siblings were about halfway through their breakfast, they looked up as their Uncle Dordonii entered the kitchen. He was slightly taller than Starrk and his closely-cropped black hair was combed close to his head, save for two very bothersome spots that seemed to stick up like devil's horns. His van-dyke beard and mustache were kept neat and trimmed. Finishing off his appearance, he wore a rather outdated white suit with an upturned colar and a red tie.

"Good morning niños, did you sleep well?"

"Yeah." Starrk mumbled, hardly slowing down his repast.

"I'll say you did..." Lilynette muttered.

"So Lily, today is your first day of high school, are you nervous?" Dordonii asked, casually glancing at her over the morning paper.

"Nah, not really." Lilynette replied, shrugging her shoulders. Despite her casual dismissal, her body was tense and her nerves were not quite as steady as she would have liked.

Giving her an assessing glance, Dordonii turned to her brother. "Now Starrk, I want you to keep a close eye on your little sister and make sure to keep her safe. I would hate for anything bad to happen to her."

"No problem Uncle Dordonii" Starrk replied, finishing up his breakfast.

Looking at his own watch, Dordonii grimaced. "Ah, niños, I have to get going, Mr. Arruruerie wants me to look over the financial reports. You two have a good day and I'll see you when I get home from work."

"See ya, Uncle Dordonii," Lilynette said. "Tell Mr. Arruruerie we said 'Hi'."

"Will do," Dordoni acknowledged, and he rushed out the front door, making sure that the door was shut behind him.

"Well," Starrk said, "I think Uncle Dordoni has the right idea, once we're done with breakfast we should get going ourselves."

Lilynette nodded in agreement as she polished off her breakfast. Once she was done, Starrk cleared the table off, putting the dirty dishes into the sink. Grabbing his own backpack, he double checked to make sure that Lilynette had her own messenger bag. Confirming that they had everything they needed, the siblings left the house, locking the door behind them, and took off in Starrk's dusty grey vintage Cadillac sedan.

Meanwhile at Hueco Mundo High...

Stirring up more than a little bit of dust, a light blue Jeep with a license plate reading "PANTERA" tears into the Senior parking lot, deftly parking despite the high speed of it's entry. Half-jumping out of the driver's seat, an athletic young man of slightly above average height looks around with a cocky grin on his face. He is wearing the mandatory gray slacks and blazer, the latter worn open to reveal a white t-shirt emblazoned with a stylized roaring lion in dark blue. His hair can only be described as an electric blue, worn up in rough, messy spikes.

"Aw man... you have got to be fucking KIDDING me!" he growled as he quickly noticed that he was the first student there. "This is so... lame."

Just as he began muttering to himself and cursing, a white minivan pulled up and parked next to him. In the driver's seat he saw a tall, thin and rather handsome young man with long blonde hair wearing a hawaiian shirt under his school blazer. The back door opened and a tall, slender man stepped out, His face had a stern expression and his long raven colored hair was tied back in a braid that hung over his right shoulder. He wore the more traditional school uniform of gray slacks, white dress shirt, tie and buttoned gray blazer.

"Excellent, we've arrived early." The stern student said as the blonde student got out.

Following the dour, formal student, three more students exited the minivan. One of them was a rather well-muscled man with broad shoulders, his crimson red hair unkempt on one side and shaved close to his head on the other. He was wearing the basic school outfit, only accessorizing with a pair of shades. The second student was tall yet rather plump. His dark brown hair was cut into a bowl style and framed his rotund, wide face. The third student to emerge was shorter and scrawnier boy with long, unkempt light-yellow hair that stuck out as though he had been electrified. The latter two wore the more traditional uniform as well, just without the ties and unbuttoned blazers.

"Huh huh huh huh, Hey Yylfordt" the heavy set student said, "Your mom's got huge boobs!"

"Heh heh heh heh, yeah, she's hot!" the short, thin one said, "It's making me pitch a tent!"

"Ugh... come on bro," Yylfordt moaned, "you've been saying that all morning. It's getting kinda annoying."

"Yeah no shit," the broad shouldered boy said. "It's freaking creeping me out."

"Heh heh heh, we don't care about that Edorad, do we Nakeem?"

"Huh huh huh, no we don't Di Roy," Nakeem said, laughing along with his scrawny cohort.

"Yo! Yylfordt," the blue haired student called to his friend. "What's up? I thought you'd be the last one here, or at the very least one of the last ones anyway."

"Oh, hey Grimmjow," Yylfordt replied, smiling in relief at the far more pleasant company. "Yeah, bro, I would be, except for 'Mr. Prim and Proper' over here," he said, gesturing to the tall, stern-looking man who was pulling at his braid.

"Yylfordt, Grimmjow, it's the first day of classes and I desire not to be tardy. You will just have to cope with it," he said as he made his way to the front doors.

"Come on bro, just chill out man." Yylfordt said.

"Yeah, Shawlong, life's way too short to have a branch shoved up your ass all the time," Grimmjow said.

Shawlong simply ignored them as he entered the building. Edorad looked back at Grimmjow and Yylfordt and shrugged before walking into the school. Di Roy and Nakeem followed, shoving one another and calling each other various insults all while laughing like a pair of lunatics.

"One of these days, those two are gonna get themselves killed," Yylfordt said, shaking his head as he pointed his thumb towards Di Roy and Nakeem.

"So, where's your li'l brother the 'Perfect Boy Genius'?" Grimmjow asked, smirking slightly.

"He recently got one of those electric bikes like the ones they have in Europe. He's been using it for about a month or so now and really loves it, even if he's been making adjustments to it... That means I don't have to cart him around with me anymore, thank God."

As they were conversing, they paused as they saw a silver and black classic Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith glide into the parking lot and park under a rather large oak tree.

"Well shit, looks like the Goth King, Ulquiorra, just arrived."

The boy who emerged from the vintage car was shorter than Grimmjow and extremely thin. His unkempt medium-length black hair clashed with his extremely pale face. He wore the traditional school uniform, but his dress shirt was jet black. His tie was a deep emerald green with a silver tie pin that was designed to look like a bat. Standing out the most, however, would be his emerald green eyes, the black lipstick he used on his upper lip and the two trails of light green make-up coming from his eyes down his porcelain cheek.

"Judas freaking PRIEST bro, what is he wearing? Is he coming from a funeral or is he on his way to a Satanic Mass?"

"My money's on both." Grimmjow said.

"Shouldn't you two pieces of trash get inside?" he asked in a low, monotonous voice. "Of course, you might be trying to achieve a record in the fastest time to obtaining a detention. I'm sure I wouldn't know if that was the case, nor can I bring myself to care."

"Bite me, Satan Spawn!" Grimmjow shouted.

"Spare me your dramatics, Blueberry," Ulquiorra said and walked towards the school.

"Stuck up little prick..." Grimmjow growled, "Who the hell does he think he is?!"

"I hear ya, bro," Yylfordt said as the duo made their way towards the school. "I mean, just because he's from a rich and influential family and all..."

As they continued talking, they suddenly heard a horn honking behind them. They turned around and saw a dusty grey Cadillac pulling into a parking spot. Grimmjow grinned, forgetting about his exchange with Ulquiorra, at least until the next time the two would meet.

"Heh, I would know that car anywhere," he said as he saw the car's owner step out. "Hey, Starrk! What the hell kept your lazy ass?"

"Oh, hey, Grimmjow," Starrk said. "I was..."

"He was busy in bed," a shrill voice called out. "He was having some wild and crazy wet dreams."

"Lilynette," Starrk said, startled by his younger sister's statement, "That's inappropriate and not really something a young lady should say."

"Aw come on, Starrk, I'm 14 years old. I'm pratically a grown woman."

"Doesn't matter, it's still inappropriate and I DON'T have wild and crazy wet dreams," Starrk replied, his normal lethargy showing in his voice.

"Dude, when the hell did Lily become such a pervert?" Grimmjow asked, trying not to burst out laughing.

"I have no idea man," Starrk replied as they entered the school.

Inside the School...

As always, the entire student body had to gather in the auditorium to endure the mandatory introductory speech from the school's venerable principal, Baraggan Luisenbarn. While this might have been necessary for the new students, the returning ones were almost uniformly annoyed by the assembly.

"Aggh, every year that old fart gives the same damn speech!" Grimmjow said, his tone having slipped into a half-growl as they began to make their way to the auditorium.

"Meh, I never really worry about it," Starrk muttered, planning on happily dozing through most of the assembly.

"No duh! That's cause you always sleep through it like you do half of your classes."

"Uh, where's the auditorium?" Lilynette asked.

"Don't worry, Munchkin," Yylfordt replied, "Just stick with us."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" a very loud voice bellowed out. "Why do we have to go to the assembly NOW? I'm starving over here!"

"Be quiet Yammy, you're embarrassing yourself," a calm and monotonous voice replied.

"But... but, Ulquiorrrraaaaaaaaa...," Yammy whined, "I want bacon NOW!"

Ulquiorra simply sighed and walked into the auditorium with Yammy in tow, slouching as he wore a rather sad look on his face. Soon the quartet consisting of Starrk, Lilynette, Grimmjow and Yylfordt shared a glance before following the unlikely duo into the auditorium.

The auditorium was quickly filling with students taking their seats. Yylfordt chose to sit with the same group he arrived with earlier. Lilynette, who was not sure what to do, remained with her brother and Grimmjow. Ulquiorra, as usual, decided to sit by himself, or at least as close to alone as possible since Yammy seemed to find him without fail.

"Uh-oh, hey, look Starrk, Spoon Boy's here," Grimmjow said and pointed towards the back of the rather spacious room.

Starrk shook his head and sighed with the news, but still turned to look, Lilynette following his example. What they saw an extremely tall and gaunt looking student leaning against the wall. He had long black hair and perpetually squinting eyes. The rather creepy smile on his face, which showed off his teeth, gave him a permanently creepy and sleazy look. He was wearing a hoodie but the hood seemed to have been altered so that it stood up, looking very much like a spoon. Standing next to him was another boy who was of medium height with close-cropped blond hair. Under his blazer he was wearing a shirt with a large exclamation point on it. Both siblings happened to notice that the shorter boy was not only carrying his own bag, but also the taller student's.

"My, my, look at all the fine pieces of ass just waiting to be plundered, eh Tesla?" The tall student said, in a rather high pitched, raspy voice that tended to put most people on edge.

"Yes, Master Nnoitora," Tesla replied, his demeanor resigned yet submissive.

"Ugh, fucking creep," Grimmjow said, keeping his voice low. "Too bad he didn't get his scrawny ass thrown in jail."

"COME ON! LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED! COME ON, START!" someone cried out.

Starrk, Lilynette and Grimmjow all looked towards the source of the shouting and noticed another group of students who were sitting close to Yylfordt and his group. The one who was shouting and screaming was a rather tall and muscular boy with long black hair. He was wearing a western-style shirt covered with what looked like stylized thunderbirds. He was jumping up and down, clapping his hands as he shouted.

Next to him was another student who had long, flowing blonde hair that was similar in style to Yylfordt's but a bit more slim. Next to him was a rather large, serious-looking student with a shaved head, save for a round patch of black hair at the top of his head. He put one of his large hands over his face and shook his head out of disgust and/or shame. Sitting next to him was another heavy-set individual, although not as large as the serious looking student, who sat with a slightly eerie smile on his face, a chipped tooth protruding from the left side of his mouth. It was clear this poor boy suffered from some form of head trauma.

Sitting in the middle of this rather interesting group was a shorter and slim student with short, unkempt hair save for a longer bit at the back that was braided into a short ponytail. Under his blazer he wore a brown, sleevless shirt and slightly darker gray pants. However, the final member of this group was perhaps the most frightening. He was an extremely buff student with purple, curly hair and wearing the female version of the school uniform: a tight, white blouse and a short, gray skirt with pink, sparkly heels and a hot pink belt with a heart buckle in the middle. His look was completed by a sparkly white tiara nestled in his wild locks.

"Ugh... no matter how many times I see you wearing that... I still want to gag," the shorter student said.

"Oh Ggio, darling," the student said. "You're just jealous because you know you will NEVER be as beautiful as me." Then the rather flamboyant student extended his left leg, resting his foot just above his head.

"GOOD GOD! CHARLES, IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS SACRED PUT YOUR LEG DOWN AND SIT DOWN! NO ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR PACKAGE!" the loud student cried out, clearly horrified by the display in front of him.

"Oh Avirama, don't call me 'Charles'. I told you to call me 'Charlotte'. I'm the BEAUTIFUL Charlotte Cuuhlhourne. Either get it right, or I will be forced to go all 'Reina de Rosas' on you."

"NO!" the others, except for the two largest members of the group and the blond cried.

The blonde simply cried out "EXACTA!" while the two larger students kept silent.

"Hey guys," the large, beefy boy said. "Where are the nachos? You told me there would be nachos, Ggio and I'm HUNGRY!"

Ggio was obviously losing his patience with his group. He tried to hold it back, but he had taken all he could and couldn't keep quiet any longer.

"God...damn...it," he growled. "Nirgge, there are NO Nachos!" he shouted. "Avirama STOP that damn screaming. Findor, if you say 'Exacta' one more time, I'm gonna bust your face in! Cuuhlhourne, sit down and stop showing off your panties! Poww... SAY SOMETHING DAMMIT!"

Poww simply shook his head and refocused his attention on the book he was reading. Lilynette stared at the group, fascinated by the sight before her.

"Hey, Starrk, is everyone here that psycho?" Lilynette asked.

However, Starrk was already leaning back in his chair and taking his first nap of the day.

"Oh, you must mean them," Grimmjow said and gestured to Ggio and his group who were already at each other's throats, save for Poww who was simply reading.

"Eh, it's Ggio Vega and his group. They're pretty much harmless... well, except for when Cuuhlhourne's wearing one of his 'outfits'," Grimmjow said, shuddering slightly at the thought.

Lilynette continued to look around the auditorium. She noticed a group of four older girls entering the auditorium. Two of them were arguing with each other over who knows what, with as much intensity as Ggio's group. The third member simply rolled her eyes, annoyed by her cohort's childish squabbling. The fourth, however, did not seem to notice the argument taking place. Lilynette elbowed her brother, wanting to ask him about those students, but Starrk just mumbled something and started to doze again. Lilynette decided to simply ask him about them later and turned her attention back to the stage.

"Yes, YES!" someone else cried out.

Lilynette quickly turned to look for the source of the latest disturbance. She saw a pink-haired, bespectacled boy holding something up. A small group of nondescript students surrounded him, looking at him in amazement.

"Yes, this will be my greatest creation to date," he said, his laughter tinged with a distinct psychotic edge.

"Um, monarch," one of the group, a short and rotund student said. "What IS it?"

"THIS is a work of pure genius," the apparently deranged student said. "This is a formula, of my own creation I might add, that will enhance the consumer's brain activity and output fifty times the normal rate. Yes, with this I will be able to complete an ENTIRE YEAR'S worth of assignments in a matter of mere MINUTES! And, considering my intellect, ALL of the answers WILL and I repeat WILL be right!"

"You are truly a genius above all other geniuses," another member of his group said.

"Of course I am!" he cried out, "I am the deliciously fabulous boy genius, Szayel Aporro Grantz!" You are fortunate to even be near me, my minions!"

"So...uh...who's going to be the test subject? one of his "minions" asked.

"I will, of course," Szayel Aporro said. "After all, I will be the one to benefit most from this."

"But...but what if it...?

"I AM THE PERFECT BEING! YOU DARE TO QUESTION MY ABILITY?!" Szayel Aporro shouted at the "minion" who just spoke.

"No... no, monarch, I'm not..." the "minion" replied.

"Very good then, now BEHOLD my true genius," he said as he drank the strange mixture.

As he was drinking, Yylfordt looked up.

"HEY BABY BRO, IF YOU'RE REALLY A GENIUS, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN INVENT YOURSELF A GIRLFRIEND!" he shouted. "OR PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE A BOYFRIEND!"

"SHUT UP, YYLFORDT! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING A GENIUS YOU...YOU... YOU DOO-DOO HEAD?" Szayel Aporro shouted, and then a look of shock and horror came over his face when he realized what his come-back was.

"Uh, monarch," the twin to the short and plump "minion" said. "I...uh... I think something's gone wrong with your..."

"Who is that?" Lilynette asked, pointing at Szayel Aporro.

"That's Yylfordt's little brother, the self-proclaimed 'genius' Szayel Aporro Grantz," Starrk replied.

"Woah, Starrk, I'm surprised that you're actually awake," Grimmjow said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"It's kinda hard to sleep when you have Dexter over there laughing like an escapee from a mental asylum," Starrk replied.

"Yeah, no shit," Grimmjow added.

At that moment, a loud buzzing noise sounded and the curtains in front of the stage were drawn back. A spotlight shone down on the podium as a rather elderly-looking man stepped towards it. He was wearing a dark grey suit and a panama hat with a paisley hatband. He stroked his bushy white mustache as he turned to face the students.

"So, is that guy Principal Luisenbarn or Skeletor wearing a skin suit?" Lilynette asked.

"Lilynette! Watch what you say, Principal Luisenbarn doesn't exactly have... a sense of humor," Starrk said, suddenly wide awake and alert. Grimmjow simply snickered at Lilynette's query.

"Students of Hueco Mundo High," Baraggan said, his voice booming out of the speakers, which wasn't exactly necessary with him, "I WILL HAVE YOUR ATTENTION!"

Everyone straightened when he shouted. The microphone and speakers only amplified his naturally booming voice and many could have sworn that they saw the lights hanging above shake a little.

"I am your Principal, Baraggan Luisenbarn. To the incoming freshmen who are entering the hallowed and beloved halls of MY campus for the first time, know this: I do NOT tolerate insubordination!" Baraggan's voice was begining to take on a commanding tone and his voice seemed to cause the floor below to shake, as if his very presence induced fear. "And as for you upperclassmen, you're all a bunch of lazy, degenerate, perverted, disrepectful punks," he shouted, anger clearly showing in his tone. "Back in MY DAY, we had RESPECT for our elders! We NEVER painted little 'pieces of art' wherever we wanted and we WEREN'T careless with SCHOOL PROPERTY!"

As Baraggan continued his rant, Grimmjow was surprised to see that Starrk was still awake. Even Starrk himself was surprised by this turn of events, but it wasn't because of the principal's speech, or the volume of his voice. It was because he saw someone he didn't know.

He was looking towards the back where the three girls were still arguing with each other. Sitting among them was another girl who he didn't know. She had darkly tanned skin and blonde, unkempt hair with three locks that were held by dark blue bands. She was wearing the standard school uniform, with a white dress blouse contrasting her complexion nicely. She was wearing a silver bracelet with a silver shark charm around her left wrist to finish the ensemble.

What Starrk noticed most, however, were her blue-green eyes. Of course, he couldn't help but sneak peeks at other parts of her body, but his attention kept returning to her eyes. He thought that they showed a sense of authority and strength, but they also exhibited a sense of kindness and gentleness.

"Nor did we find ourselves treating women as objects for us to sodomize with our vast imaginations," Baraggan continued. "Ah, I miss those days. The days when we didn't have to deal with these troublesome 'hormones' or suffer from these horrific 'rebellious natures' or, even worse, this 'music television' that I've been hearing so much about!"

"Good God... every fucking year..." Grimmjow growled under his breath "... he gives the exact same speech,"

Grimmjow rolled his eyes and, turning his head, caught sight of a girl trying to sneak in through the doors. She had the same buxom build as the blonde girl, of whom Starrk was still staring at, but her skin was milky white and her hair was dyed a vibrant blue-green. Her hazel eyes seemed to glitter as they looked around. She wore a light green shirt under her gray blazer. Around her neck she wore a silver necklace that had a ram's head charm hanging on it. Finishing her ensemble was a white beret was perched jauntily on top of her head.

"AND WE WERE MOST CERTAINLY NOT LATE WHEN OUR ELDERS WERE GIVING VERY IMPORTANT SPEECHES!" Barragan roared and pointed at the girl, who was taken aback at being singled out.

"Eh he he he...," The girl giggled trying not to look embarassed, "I'm so sorry Principal Luisenbarn, I er, I got caught in traffic this morning."

"Be that as it may," Principal Luisenbarn continued, narrowing his eyes. "You are still late. I'll let it go this time, HOWEVER, next time..."

"I... um... I understand," she said, sitting in an empty seat, visibly letting the unpleasant encounter roll off her as she smiles.

"Good, now then, I suppose it's time to introduce you to the faculty that will guide, or in all of your cases, ATTEMPT to guide you on the path of gaining a proper education. First we have..."

However, before the principal could introduce the first teacher, a flash of pink came flying onto the stage. Szayel Aporro's experiment seemed to have had taken full effect. Unfortunately, it was not the effect he was hoping for. The "genius" tackle-hugged the principal and started cuddling him and talking to him as if he was his pet, or at least a plush toy.

"Awwwwwww" Szayel Aporro said, rubbing his cheek against the principal's chest, "Awen't you the most cuddwy wuddwy widdle penguin ever? I just wanna take you home and hug you and wuv you fowever."

The auditorium erupted in laughter as Baraggan kept trying to push Szayel Aporro off of him, but the slim frame of the apparently mad scientist was surprisingly strong.

"Hey Starrk! Check this out! Yylfordt's little brother has finally lost his mind." Grimmjow said in an attempt to tear Starrk's hypnotized gaze from the new student.

Lilynette on the other hand had fallen to the floor, laughing so hard that her sides began to ache. Yammy was laughing so hard that he was starting to turn rather interesting colors. Ulquiorra simply put his hand over his face and shook his head. Ggio and his gang were also roaring with laughter at the scenario taking place on stage, save for Poww who looked up from his book. Seeing what was taking place on the stage, he sighed and simply returned his attention to the book.

"WOW BABY BRO, WAY TO GO! I HAD NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD COME OUT OF THE CLOSET ON PRINCIPAL LUISENBARN!" Yylfordt cried out, laughing.

"COACH ZARAKI!" Luisenbarn shouted at one of the faculty members.

"Yeah?" Kenpachi Zaraki said, as he pulled himself away from the patch of wall that he had been leaning against. He was a rather tall and extremely muscular man, covered in scars of indeterminate origins. He wore an eye-patch over his left eye and his black hair was styled into points.

"GET THIS DRUGGED UP HIPPIE OFF ME!"

"No problem, sir," he said and put his hands on Szayel Aporro's shoulders. "Come along now, let the principal go."

"NIEN! I WANT MY WIDDLE PENGUIN!" Szayel Aporro shouted.

"Yeah, whatever kid. You will let go," Kenpachi said and slid one of his arms in between Szayel and Principal Luisenbarn. With a sudden, sharp movement, Szayel was pried off of Baraggan. "Come along now, I think you need to 'cool off' a bit."

"NO! I WANT MY PENGUIN!" he cried, acting like a spoiled child having a tantrum.

As soon as Coach Zaraki dragged Szayel off of the stage, Baraggan cleared his throat.

"NEITHER did we assault our elders, spouting off complete gibberish while high on dope!. Now then, before we were so rudely interrupted, allow me to introduce our faculty..."

He stepped away from the podium and the first faculty member made his way to the front. He was a thin man with light blonde hair that stuck out from under his white and green striped hat. He had a rather mischievous grin on his face, and his eyes twinkled a bit as he watched the pink haired student be escorted out.

"Hello, students, I'm Kisuke Urahara. I'll be your science teacher. For anyone who's in my chemistry class, let's try NOT to blow up the school and each other." he said as he brought out a fan and after unfolding it, put it up to his mouth. "Unless, of course, you have a very good reason and a cleanup plan in place.

"How does this psychopath keep coming back as a teacher..." Ulquiorra muttered to himself.

After Urahara introduced himself, he returned to his seat as the next teacher made his way to the podium. He had long, white hair and a rather pale complexion with somewhat delicate features. As he made his way to the front, he put his hand to his mouth and started to cough. By the time he reached the podium, his cough had subsided.

"First of all, to all the incoming freshmen, I would like to say, 'Welcome' and to our upper classmen, I want to say, 'Welcome back'. I'm Jushiro Ukitake and I'll be teaching History. I look forward to sharing my knowledge with you all. I hope I can make history fun and exciting for you."

"So long as he doesn't die like, halfway through class," Grimmjow whispered. "Although..."

After Ukitake finished introducing himself, he returned to his seat. As soon as he sat down, another man stood up and made his way to the podium. He had long. brown hair that was tied into a pony tail, except for a strand in front that hung over his left eye. Instead of the traditional school uniform, which most of the other faculty wore, he wore a bright red t-shirt with an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt over it, complimented by a panama hat with a bright, faux pink flower sticking out of the blue band. His cheeks, chin, and upper lip were covered in stubble. As he made his way to the podium, he waved to the students, most of whom applauded for him.

"Uncle Shu, I didn't know he taught here," Lilynette said.

"You know him?" Grimmjow asked.

"Yeah, he's our uncle. Hey, Starrk, look, it's Uncle Shu."

"Huh?" Starrk asked and looked away from the mysterious student and looked to the stage. "Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention that Uncle Shu's a teacher here."

"Hey man, you alright?" Grimmjow asked.

"Yeah... I'm... I'm fine," Starrk said.

"Hey kiddos, I'm Shunsui Kyoraku, but please, call me 'Shu'. I'll be teaching Literature." he simply stated and made his way back to his seat.

"As long as he can stay awake that is," Lilynette said, giggling.

The next one to step up was a young, but rather stern-looking woman wearing glasses. Her hair was neatly combed and styled in a somewhat stern fashion.

"Good morning, students," she said, "I am Nanao Ise. I'll be your math instructor for the year. Bear in mind that I will not tolerate any kind of disruption in my class. When you're in my class, you will be on your best behavior."

When she finished, she returned to her seat as another woman made her way forward. She looked like Nanao, but her hair wasn't quite as neat and her hair was tied back in a braid.

"Welcome students," she said. "I am Lisa Yadomaru, and I'm the School Librarian and Disciplinary Officer. When you are in my presence, you will not cause any disturbances, or you will be punshied severely. If I have to, I will oversee Saturday detentions, and since I woud rather not have to come in on Saturdays, should you cause me to, I will make sure that you experience a myriad of hellish tourtures."

When she finished, she returned to her seat, leaving the new members of the student body somewhat stunned by her demeanor.

"Man, both Nanao and Lisa look cute when they get upset," Shunsui whispered to Ukitake, who simply smiled and nodded.

The next to go up to the podium was a rather young, very flamboyantly dressed man. He wore a light pink dress shirt with white ruffles at the sleeve and a pair of powder blue pants. Finishing off his ensemble, he wore a subdued yellow vest with green trim. His hair was dyed a royal purple and accented with red and yellow feathers.

"Hello students, I am your art teacher, Yumichika Ayasegawa. HOPEFULLY I will be able to make you all aware of what true beauty is though proper instruction and tutelage."

"I HIGHLY doubt that," Cuuhlhourne muttered. "Ugh, Honestly, that gaudy costume can't be considered beautiful by ANY stretch of the imagination."

"Cuuhlhourne, shut the fuck up," Ggio whispered.

When Yumichika left the podium, another faculty member stepped up. Unlike the previous teacher, this man was completely bald and wore a dark grey tank top over a pair of matching slacks. His expression was rather severe and foreboding, as if he was spoiling for a fight.

"Yo," the bald teacher said, "I'm the assistant coach Ikkaku Madarame. Since Coach Zaraki is busy dealing that pink haired junkie, he'll be the one teaching PE. You better believe we will keep you all in line and in shape."

After his introduction, Ikkaku returned to his seat and Principal Luisenbarn returned to the stage. He was followed by a tall, lanky student with a stern face. The boy was wearing a white and black sash across his chest and wore a whistle around his neck.

"Now that you have been introduced to our faculty, allow me to introduce you to this year's head of the Hall Monitor Squad, Rudobon Chelute."

Rudobon nodded his head as he faced the students.

"Good morning students, I am Rudobon Chelute, and as Principal Luisenbarn just stated, I am this year's Hall Monitor Captain. For those who wish to join the Hall Monitor Squad, please turn in the application that is included in your class packets. Keep in mind that I will only take the best and most well behaved students to join the 'Exequias'."

"Thank you, Mr. Chelute," Luisenbarn said as Rudobon bowed to him and made his way off the stage.

"Little kiss-ass," Grimmjow growled.

"Now pay attention, students. As you leave the auditorium, make sure that you receive your student packets at the tables, which include your class schedule. So make sure that you pick one up because you won't be coming to MY OFFICE to pick one up because you were either too stupid or too lazy to pay ATTENTION!" he shouted and slammed his hands on the podium. "YOU'RE DISMISSED!"

"Thank God that's over," Lilynette said, stretching.

The students began walking out the doors. Yammy couldn't wait and pushed his way through the crowd, plowing his own path through the throng. Ulquiorra, ever sensible, followed the much larger student, taking full advantage of Yammy's ability to spread the 'Student Sea'. Ggio and his group followed, still arguing among themselves, although Poww continued to read his book as he walked.

"Come on, let's get going," Grimmjow said. "Hey, Starrk, come on."

"Huh?" Starrk asked and looked at Grimmjow, blinking sleepily.

"His 'Majesty' is done," Grimmjow said.

"Oh, alright," Starrk said, stretching and yawning as he stood up.

A few minutes later...

"Yo, Starrk," he said, trying to get Starrk's attention. "Dude, you've been staring at her ever since you saw her."

"Well, I...I can't help it," Starrk said. "There's just something about her that... that just captivates me.

"Yeah man, they're called tits," Grimmjow said, grinning. "Look man, I can tell you that she's hot, hell even a blind guy could tell you she's smokin', but you need to stop staring at her. You don't want her to think that you're some kind of creepy stalker pervert, right?"

"What?", Starrk asked, taken aback by the implications.

"Come on man, you don't want her to think that you're like Spoon Head over there," Grimmjow said and gestured to Nnoitra who was busy glaring at the girls with a disturbingly toothy leer.

Starrk finally realized what Grimmjow was trying to say. He forced himself to look away from the girl and look at his schedule. Looking around, he suddenly realized someone was missing from their group.

"Shit..." Starrk said, his voice a mixture of panic and concern, "...I was supposed to keep an eye on her."

"Who?"

"Lilynette, but I... I don't see her. Damn it, I was supposed to show her around and now I've lost her."

"Come on Starrk, stop acting like a dumbass. Lilynette is a big girl now. I'm sure that she can take care of herself."

"Yeah but with perverts like Nnoitora around..."

"Ha, she'd simply kick him in his shriveled nuts if he tried anything. Besides, you're one to talk about perverts," Grimmjow said, and a rather smug smile came onto his face.

"Grimm, what the hell are you talking about? You know that I'm not a pervert."

"And I call 'bullshit' on that one. I saw you checking out the new girl. That's how you lost Lilynette. You were too busy checking out the new girl and Lilynette simply walked out of the auditorium.

"How do you know that?" Starrk asked. His eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"I saw it. She went up to you but you were so busy looking at the new girl that she just walked out by herself."

"Why the hell didn't you stop her?"

"Come on man, I'm not worried about her. You never know, this might actually be a good thing for her... for both of you. She can't rely on you forever you know."

"So what your saying is, you let her go because you felt that it's the best way for her to become more independant?"

"That's right Wolf Boy. Hey, what class you got first?" Grimmjow asked, wanting to change the subject.

"Oh...uh... looks like I have Uncle Shu first."

"Sweet, me too," Grimmjow said. They walked out of the auditorium and made their way to their first class of the day.

Lilynette looked at her schedule and looked up at the door. She turned away from the door and ticked her left forefinger back-and-forth.

"Eeney, Meeny, Miney, Moe..." she muttered, ticking her finger back and forth, keeping her eyes closed.

Once she finished her mantra, she opened her eyes and saw her finger pointing to her right. She went down that way.

"That dumbass..." she muttered angrily. "He was supposed to show me around and help me find my way around. That useless..."

She was so irritated at her brother that she did not see the other girl who was also looking around, searching for her own classroom. The other girl was about Lilynette's age with close-cropped blonde hair. She was wearing the traditional school uniform with a white dress shirt, the collar flaps spread out over the gray vest's shoulders. As Lilynette kept muttering about things that she would like to do to her brother, the two crashed into each other.

"Hey!" Lilynette cried out. "Watch where you're going, are you blind or something?"

"Hey, you're the one who bumped into me!" the other girl cried out in a high shrill voice. "I'm freakin' lost here you know!"

"Huh, you're lost too?"

"Yeah, what's it to ya?"

"It's just, that I'm lost too. What class do you have first?"

"Algebra 1, but I can't find the right room. GYAH... this building is way too confusing!"

"Huh, I have the same class." Lilynette said. "Well, we could look for it together. We might as well be lost together, after all."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, there you are, Kiyone," a soft, feminine voice said.

The two girls turned and saw another girl walking towards them. She had her hair tied in a bun, except for two locks that she allowed to frame her face.

"MOMO! WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU?" Kiyone cried out.

"I was coming to... oh, hello," Momo said when she saw Lilynette. "I'm Momo Hinamori, pleased to meet you, and I see you've already met Kiyone Kotetsu. What's your name?"

"I'm... I'm Lilynette G. Starrk," Lilynette said, holding out her hand.

"What does the 'G' stand for?" Momo asked, as she shook Lilynette's hand.

"It stands for Gingerback, my middle name."

"So, Lilynette, are you looking for Algebra 1?" Momo asked.

"Yeah, do you know where it is?"

"Yeah, that's why I was looking for Kiyone," Momo said. "She has a tendency to get lost, despite her claims to know everything."

"Shut up Momo," Kiyone growled.

"Can you take us there?" Lilynette asked.

"Sure, no problem, just follow me," Momo said.

The three girls walked down the halls and, with Momo leading, easily reached the door to the Algebra 1 classroom. Lilynette found that she was not nearly as nervous as she had been earlier. She felt at ease with the two girls and knew that she had officially made her first real friends.

"Wow, thanks Momo," Lilynette said.

"Way to be a show off, Momo," Kiyone said.

"You probably should have come to the school tour yesterday, Kiyone, then you most likely wouldn't have gotten lost," Momo said.

"Although, that wouldn't have done her any good," someone said.

They saw a boy who was a head taller than Kiyone walking towards them. His school jacket was unbuttoned, revealing a cream-colored polo shirt. To their surprise, he was also wearing a white headband.

"Urgh Sentaro, did you come just to gloat?" Kiyone asked.

"No, I'm here for class. Just like you."

"Oh really, well where's your guides? Or did you just find your way here by sheer dumb luck?" Kiyone asked.

"I went to the school tour yesterday."

"I didn't even know there was a school tour," Lilynette said.

"Really?" Sentaro asked.

"Yeah, my lazy dumbass of a brother was SUPPOSED to show me around, but he got distracted."

"Awww, you shouldn't say such things," Momo said. "I bet your brother had some things on his mind and he simply forgot about it. It happens to a lot of people."

"Oh yeah," Lilynette said, her voice dripping with sarcasm, "I'll say he had some things, TWO things acutally, on his mind, alright. He was staring at them during the assembly."

The two girls looked at Lilynette for a second and then at each other. Clearly they didn't understand what she was talking about. Sentaro however, understood completely and burst out laughing.

"Alright Sentaro, what's so funny?" Kiyone said, growling at him, "Let us in on it!"

"No way, I'm enjoying this." he replied.

"Why... you little..." Kiyone snarled and socked him one in the arm.

"Ow, why did you hit me?"

"Because you're being a total pain in the ass, as usual," Kiyone said.

"Would you two please give it a rest?" Momo asked. "We don't want to be late."

"Fine, whatever," Kiyone said, looking at Momo. Then she looked at Sentaro and said, "This is FAR from over."

Sentaro shook his head and the four entered the room. Lilynette sat in a seat close to Momo and Kiyone while Sentaro took a seat next to a window. After they took their respective seats, the bell rang, and Nanao Ise walked in.

"Good morning, class, I hope you didn't have too difficult of a time getting here. Alright, let us begin."

She took roll and when she reached Lilynette's name, she looked at her. A surprised look came onto her face when she saw that Lilynette raised her hand saying "here" and that she was wide awake and paying attention. She looked back at her roster and continued with roll call.

"Psst, hey, Lilynette," Momo whispered.

"Yeah?" Lilynette whispered back.

"Why did Miss Ise look like that?"

"Like what?"

"Well she looked at you and got a surprised look on her face."

"Oh, that... I think it might have something to do with my older brother."

When Nanao finished taking the roll call, she passed out the course syllabus, complete with dates for tests and what chapters they would cover over the course of the year. After that was finished, Nanao began to lecture them on the basics of Algebra. As the class wore on, Lilynette discovered she was being increasingly bored with the class. Soon she began to nod off and laid her head on the desk to take an impromptu nap. Unfortunately for her, Nanao saw her.

"Gyah!" She shouted. "I should have known better. Miss Lilynette, you will remain AWAKE in MY class. It's bad enough that I have to contend with your brother, but I hoped that would not take after him and fall asleep during my class."

"Oh...uh...sorry Miss Ise," Lilynette said, waking up.

When Miss Ise continued with her lecture, Lilynette quickly decided that she would be one of her least favorite teachers simply because of sheer boredom. When Miss Ise finished her lecture she wrote the homework assignment on the whiteboard behind her. When the bell rang, the three girls walked out of the room.

"Man... NO WONDER my brother sleeps through class," Lilynette said. "Miss Ise might be young, but she's so... so BORING."

"I know she may be boring, but she really loves her job," Momo added.

"Yeah... whatever, but did she really have to give us homework on the FIRST DAY? Man, if the year is going to be like that, I'll probably die either out of too much homework or out of pure boredom.

"Oh, so that's what that was all about," Kiyone said.

"What?" Momo asked.

"Well remember when Miss Ise was taking roll call at the begining of class? She looked surprised when she saw you Lilynette. I was wondering what that was about until she saw you sleeping. Most likely your brother sleeps through her class and she was surprised to find you still awake.

"Yep, that's it," Lilynette said. "Of course, my brother sleeps through all of his classes."

"So, what's your next class?" Momo asked.

"Oh... let's see," Lilynette said as she looked at her schedule. "Looks like I have Ukitake."

"Wait... what... Uki... Did you say UKITAKE?!" Kiyone cried out.

"Yeah, so. what's the big deal? I mean we saw him at the assembly," Lilynette said.

"Yeah, but I fell asleep. I... I didn't realize..."

Just then they spotted Sentaro rushing past them.

"UKITAKE!" he cried out.

"HEY NO FAIR! GET BACK HERE YOU DUMBASS!"

"NO WAY, I'M GETTING TO CLASS FIRST!"

"NOT IF I CAN HELP IT!"

"Uh... are those two crazy?" Lilynette asked.

"Nah, they're just having one of their usual squabbles. They've been like that since at least junior high," Momo said.

"Why?"

"Well, Mr. Ukitake used to teach at Menos Foresta Junior High School. They were part of his last class, before he got his current job here," Momo said. "I guess they really liked him."

When they got to class, they saw Kiyone and Sentaro were both sitting in the front row and directly in front of the podium. Lilynette quickly noticed them glaring daggers at each other. When the bell rang, Ukitake entered the room and Kiyone and Sentaro sat up and faced directly forward, as if they were being called to attention.

"Good morning, class," he said, "I'm so glad to see so many new faces here, and a few familiar ones too." He looked directly at Kiyone and Sentaro as he said that. "Anyways, before we begin, I could use some help from time to time and would really like for someone to volunteer as a class assistant."

Before he had finished his announcement, Kiyone and Sentaro both raised thier hands and then glared at each other. Lilynette put a hand over her mouth and giggled as silently as she could.

"STOP IT, KIYONE. I HAD MY HAND UP FIRST!"

"NO YOU DIDN'T, I DID!"

"PUT YOUR HAND DOWN. PROFESSOR UKITAKE'S GOING TO PICK ME!"

"NO HE'S NOT! HE'S GOING TO PICK ME!"

"Um... uh... I... uh... what if I...?" Ukitake tried to say.

"I'M PROFESSOR UKITAKE'S FAVORITE!"

"NO YOU'RE NOT! I'M HIS FAVORITE AND YOU'RE HIS REJECT!"

"THAT'S IT! I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU INTO NEXT WEEK!"

"OH YEAH? BRING IT! I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU INTO NEXT MONTH!"

"Now now, would you two please settle down? You both can be my assistants," Ukitake said, gently putting his hands on each of their shoulders.

"Really?" the two asked.

"Yeah, sure," Ukitake replied, although he was unsure that he made the right decision.

"ALRIGHT, just wait and see," Kiyone said. "I'll show you that I'm better than this loser."

"No way, I'm going to prove that I'm better than you," Sentaro replied.

"This is going to be a very LONG year," Ukitake muttered.

As the class progressed, Lilynette found that while Miss Ise was boring, Mr. Ukitake was actually making the class fun and interesting. She found out that he would sometimes bring props to class with him and then have them go outside to have the class re-enact famous historical events. He would also go over famous historical documents with them and have them write stories or essays about how those documents played a role in shaping history and society. Lilynette decided that Mr. Ukitake was definitely going to be one of her favorite teachers.

After her History class with Ukitake, Lilynette's next class was PE. She had a feeling that she was going to enjoy this class. After all between her and Starrk, she was the more active and energetic of the two. After getting into her PE uniform, she was surprised to see that her brother and Grimmjow were also having PE at the same time. As she made her way to the volleyball court she was not surprised to see her brother taking another nap on the bleachers.

"How many naps does that make for him today I wonder?" Lilynette thought to herself before being startled by nearby shouting.

"IF SHE WANTS TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL, THEN WE ALL PLAY VOLLEYBALL!"

Lilynette turned around and saw the three girls she saw earlier at the assembly arguing with each other. She saw the blonde girl standing near them, rolling her eyes and shaking her head. She looked over towards her brother, but saw that he was still asleep. However, Coach Zaraki noticed her brother's impromptu nap as well. He walked towards him and towered over the prone student.

"Well, well, well," he said, "What do we have here? A GOOD FOR NOTHING, LAZY SLACKER! COME ON YOU LAZY BUM! GET YOUR SORRY ASS UP!" Kenpachi grabbed Starrk's shoulders and forced him up. Starrk immediately became wide awake and leapt from the bleachers. "Now that you're up... GET OUT THERE AND SWEAT!"

Starrk, out of sheer terror, began to run what would have been the fastest 100-yard dash in the history of Hueco Mundo High, if not for the records set by Ggio Vega, who was on the track team.

"Hey Yachiru," Kenpachi said, turning to a small, pink haired girl who was standing next to him. "Make sure that one gets a good work out," he said pointing directly at Starrk.

"Aye Aye, Kenny," Yachiru replied and ran towards Starrk.

Lilynette couldn't help but watch her brother being chased by the adorable little mascot. A wide grin spread across her face and she began to giggle at the sight of her older brother fleeing from the little girl. That and the fact that she made some good friends on her first day caused Lilynette to forget about her anxieties.

"Tee-hee-hee, serves you right ignoring me like that," she said.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" someone asked.

"Oh, just my brother getting his ass handed to him by the mascot," she replied and turned around.

She saw the blonde-haired girl standing behind her and looking to where Lilynette pointed. The girl smiled a little and returned to the three girls who were now arguing over who was going to serve the ball first.

"Come on, Mr. Sleepy Puppy! You gotta feel the burn! Hee-hee-hee!" Yachiru cried out, laughing.

"Grimmjow, help me," Starrk shouted, but Grimmjow, who was busy at the basketball court with Yylfordt and his group, only laughed.

When the bell rang, the class made their way to the locker rooms to change into their school uniforms. Grimmjow strode in next to Starrk, who was clearly more exhausted than usual. The mysterious girl walked with her own friends, still yelling and arguing with each other.

"See ya, Sleepy Head!" Yachiru cried out and waved to Starrk.

Lilynette could only laugh. Momo soon rushed up beside her.

"So, was that your brother?" Momo asked, pointing to Starrk.

"Yeah, that's him."

"I guess he didn't get much in the way of sleep did he?" she said, giggling.

"Nope, but knowing him, he'll more than make up for it."

10 Minutes Later...

The cafeteria was bustling as the students got their lunches and sat in their own groups. Lilynette was sitting with Momo, Kiyone and Sentaro. The later two still arguing over who was a better teacher's assistant for Ukitake, but that didn't bother Lilynette. She decided to use the time to work on her math homework that Miss Ise assigned them. She tried her best to ignore the grumbling noises her stomach was making.

"Um, Lily?" Momo asked.

"Yeah?" Lilynette asked, looking at Momo.

"Why aren't you eating lunch?"

"Oh... uh... well I... I wanted to get this assignment out of the way, you know, since math is so dull. Plus, I wanna keep my cute figure."

"You forgot your lunch money didn't you?" Momo asked.

"Well... um... I didn't... that's not... ummm... well, yeah I did," Lilynette said.

"Why didn't you say something?" Momo asked.

"I... er... I was too embarassed."

"It's not a problem, you can have a bit of my lunch. You have to eat you know." Momo said.

"Are... are you sure?"

"Sure, here you go," Momo said and placed half of her sandwich in front of her.

"Hey, no fair Hinamori, I want to give Lilynette something too," Kiyone said as she placed two chocolate chip cookies down on the table.

"Oh no you don't, Kiyone," Sentaro said, placing a small can of Pringles in front of Lilynette. "If you're giving something to our new pal here then so am I."

"Gee, thanks guys." Lilynette said, smiling.

The other three students looked at her and smiled also.

Meanwhile, over with Starrk and Grimmjow...

"Huh, well now, looks like Lily's made some new friends," Grimmjow said.

"Huh?" Starrk asked, looking up.

"I said, 'Looks like Lily's made some new friends', see?"

Starrk looked to where Grimmjow was pointing and smiled. He was delighted to see his younger sister was making friends. He felt that Grimmjow was right earlier when he said that allowing Lilynette to try to find her own way around was for the best. That was when he saw the blonde girl sitting at another table with her group of friends. Once again, he found that he just couldn't look away from her. Grimmjow looked confused at first, but then he turned and looked to where Starrk was looking.

"Ugh... dude, seriously, you need to stop doing that. You're gonna end up with Nnoitrra's stalker rep if you keep this up." Grimmjow said. However, he then noticed the girl with the blue green hair walking in, and he found himself unable to stop staring at her.

"Ha, you know, you really shouldn't be talking, 'Kitty'," Starrk said. "You're no better when it comes to Nel."

"Woah, woah, woah, wait a minute. Starrk, are you saying that you actually know that girl's NAME?"

"Uh... yeah, so what?" Starrk asked.

"Why... the hell... didn't you tell me? Why were you holding out on me? How do you know her?!"

"Dude, Nelliel and I go WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back. We've known each other since before kindergarten."

"You bastard... why the fuck didn't you tell ME about HER?"

"Well... you never asked," Starrk replied lazily.

"Whatever man," Grimmjow replied, playfully giving his trademark 'salute', "But seriously, dude, share some info with me. Tell me about her," Grimmjow said, sounding more serious than usual.

"Well..." Starrk began.

"HEY, BABY BRO! SORRY THAT YOUR FIRST CRUSH DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR YOU!"

"SHUT UP YOU IGNORANT SACK OF PROTOPLASM!"

Starrk and Grimmjow turned and saw Yylfordt laughing as his brother, Szayel, continued to berate him. They looked at each other and grinned.

Nnoitra leaned against the wall, eating an apple, as he watched the girls, eyeing them as if they were prey and he was the hunter. Tesla leaned against the wall as well and was snacking on a piece of beef jerky, doing his best to ignore what his friend was doing. He was concocting another plan to pick up some "random hottie." When he saw the blue-green haired girl, a wide, almost wicked looking grin appeared across his face. He looked like a miner who hit the motherlode of gold.

"Tesla," he said.

"Yes, Master Nnoitra?" Tesla replied.

"Wait here."

"Yes sir."

Nnoitra strutted towards the girl, trying his hardest to look sexy. However, he only succeeded in looking more like a creep.

"Hey baby, how would you like to spend some alone-time with me, the big N?"

"Nnoitra," the girl said. "Why do you continue to persist? You hit on EVERY girl EVERY day. You KNOW what the answer's going to be, or perhaps you enjoy living in your own little dream world."

"Aw, don't be like that Nelliel. You know you want me. Hell, every girl wants a piece of the world's greatest lover, Nnoitra Gilga."

Nelliel heard the desperation in Nnoitra's voice and rolled her eyes. She was tired of his persistent attempts to flirt with her, as well as him trying the same thing with other girls, so she really wanted to get back at him. Suddenly, she came up with a wonderful idea.

"Hmmmm, on second thought..." Nel said, smiling. "I think I will take you up on your offer."

"Woah, really?"

"Really, come on, let's jet."

"Heh, alright," Nnoitra said, grinning.

Nelliel grinned a wicked grin as she led Nnoitra out of the cafeteria. A few minutes later, there came sounds of a struggle taking place in the hallway, followed by a high-pitch shriek. Thinking that she was in danger, Grimmjow got up to help the girl, but Starrk put his hand on his shoulder. Then came the sound of someone being dragged down the hall and the front door opening and closing. Avirama rushed to the windows to look outside to see what was going on.

"HEY GUYS," he shouted, "CHECK IT OUT! SOMEONE'S GETTING TIED TO THE FLAG POLE!"

Everyone rushed over to the windows to take a look. Grimmjow rushed to the window and grinned as Starrk walked up behind him to take a look. Nnoitra was dressed in one of the school's female cheerleading uniforms and he was screaming furiously at Nelliel who was just finishing tying him to the flag pole. After she finished tying the knot, Nelliel stood back and admired her work and smiled.

"Oh and FYI, Nnoitra, the answer is still 'NO'."

"GODDAMN IT, YOU FUCKING BITCH GET THE FUCK BACK HERE!" Nnoitra cried out.

"Hmm, nah, I think you should stay there for a while. Perhaps you can learn some manners." Nelliel replied as she blew Nnoitra a raspberry while walking back to the cafeteria.

"Damn..." Grimmjow said, "She's a girl after my own heart."

"Is that so?" Starrk asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Damn right, I love a girl who can kick ass. Wait... You knew what was going on in the hall didn't you? That's why you stopped me, right?"

Starrk looked at him and shrugged, although there was a slight smile on his face.

Outside, Nnoitra was still screaming, letting loose many an obscenity peppered in with demands to be freed. Kiyone ran out with her cell phone, grinning. Nnoitra begged to be freed from his makeshift prison but Kiyone simply grinned at him and said "Click" as she took a picture of the "Spoon Cheerleader". After taking the photo she ran back into the cafeteria to show it off to her friends.

A couple of minutes later...

"Oh. My. GOD! That was hilarious," Lilynette said, giggling as she and her friends made their way to their next class, Literature.

"Yeah man, no kidding," Sentaro said.

"Hey, if you'd like, I can e-mail the picture of the lovely 'Spoon Cheerleader' to ya," Kiyone said.

"Oh yeah, please do. I want to make it my PC Wallpaper," Lilynette replied, still laughing.

"So what's our next class?" Momo asked.

"Looks like it's Literature with Shunsui Kyoraku," Lilynette said.

Lilynette smiled when she said that. She knew that their Literature class would be a rather interesting class. After all, her Uncle Shu was a lot like her brother in both looks and mannerisms. After taking their seat, the class waited for Mr. Kyoraku to start the class. When the class bell rang, they turned to the door, but Mr. Kyoraku did not enter. However they didn't think anything about it and, after ten minutes, they began to talk among themselves.

"Hey, where is he?" Momo asked.

"Yeah isn't he supposed to be here by now?" Kiyone asked.

The other students were beginning to get worried, except for Lilynette who only rolled her eyes.

"Shouldn't someone go and find him?" someone asked.

"I'll go," Lilynette said and got up from her seat.

"Lily, aren't you worried about getting into trouble?" Momo asked.

"Nah, not really," Lilynette replied. "If I run into that Rudobon guy, I'll just get Uncle Shu to cover for me."

"Wait a minute, what do you mean 'Uncle Shu'?" Kiyone asked.

"I'll tell ya later," Lilynette said and slipped out the door.

She made her way down the hall towards the staircase that led to the flat top roof where some of the students had lunch. She knew where it was due to Momo pointing it out while the group was on their way to Ukitake's class. As she made her way to the stairs, she spotted the tall, thin boy with the black and white sash and, unfortunately for her, he spotted her as well.

"What are you doing out of class?" Rudobon asked.

"Oh, I was looking for our professor," Lilynette replied.

"I see, Do you have a hall pass?"

"Of course I don't have a hall pass. I told you that I was looking for our professor."

"You'd best watch your tone with me. Otherwise I will report you to...wait...who's your class professor?"

"Shunsui Kyoraku," Lilynette replied.

"I see, and you are..."

"I'm Lilynette Starrk and Mr. Kyoraku is my uncle."

"Ah yes, Principal Luisenbarn informed me that if you were out searching for Mr. Kyoraku then I should not hinder you. Do you know where he might be?"

"I have a good idea."

"Very well, but take heed that you do not wander the halls during class for any other reason."

"I won't"

'Very good," Rudobon said and marched off.

"Man, that guy is such a tight ass..." Lilynette muttered to herself and finally made her way up the stairs.

She opened the double doors at the top and walked out onto the roof. Scanning the roof, she spotted her uncle lying on one of the metal benches. He had his hands under his head and his hat covering his face. Lilynette walked towards him and shook him a little, trying to see if he was awake or dozing.

"Hey, Uncle Shu," she said.

"Hmm...what...oh, hey Lily, what is it?" Shunsui asked as he removed his hat from his face.

"Class started twenty minutes ago," Lilynette said.

"What? Did it now? Whoops, my bad," he replied as he got up,taking his time as if there was no need to rush. "You didn't get into trouble did you?"

"Nope, although I did run into that tight ass, Rudobon. He didn't report me or anything. He said that Principal Luisenbarn informed him about me."

"Ah good, I was hoping he would. He's the only one who can get Rudobon to bend the rules a little."

After Lilynette and Shunsui entered the class, the class was nearly over. Shunsui did have enough time to pass out the course syllabus as well as the copies of the first book they would be reading, Lord of the Flies, and give a brief synopsis. When the bell rang, Shunsui told them that their homework was to go over the syllabus and read the first three chapters for the discussion tomorrow.

"Alright then, so why did you call Mr. Kyoraku 'Uncle Shu'?" Momo asked.

"Well...Mr. Kyoraku is my uncle, on my mother's side. While everyone else was panicking, I had a pretty good idea where he might have been."

"Huh, I thought he reminded me of someone. He looks a lot like your brother. Does that mean he also likes to sleep a lot?"

"You have NO idea. He also has a thing for sleeping on rooftops. In fact, whenever he would come to visit, if we couldn't find him, the first place we'd look would be on the roof."

"Wow, that's so weird."

"Yeah, but no where near as weird as who our next teacher is," Kiyone said.

"I guess that means we have Mr. Ayasegawa next doesn't it?" Lilynette said.

When they approached the door to their art class they saw that it was decorated with massive amounts of feathers and spider lilies. Upon opening the door, they saw green and purple streamers hanging from the ceiling. The walls were covered with various images of peacocks and red and yellow feathers.

"What...in the...unholy...hell...is this?" Lilynette asked.

"This...my dear child, is beauty," Yumichika said.

Lilynette, Kiyone and Momo jumped a little in surprise at the flamboyant teacher's sudden appearance. Seeing their collected confusion, he simply looked down at them and shook his head.

"Well now...I see that you lot do not see the beauty within my decorations. I have hopes that you will, but...alas, I do not think you will. After all, not everyone can comprehend true beauty," Yumichika said. "Now then, you'd best take your seat, class is about to start.

During class, Lilynette found it nigh impossible to pay attention to anything Yumichika was saying. The room's decorations and the teacher's outfit were too much of a distraction. She looked around the room at the other students and saw that many of them were also distracted.

'Is this REALLY his idea of beauty? Man, talk about a mental case,' Lilynette thought.

However, if she questioned the sanity of Yumichika, she quickly learned that her final teacher for the day made him look like a boring, drab businessman. When she entered the science room, she saw Mr. Urahara sitting on the teacher's desk with a fan over his mouth. She took a seat at one of the tables and looked around her. The other students only looked at Mr. Urahara with a combination of interest, apprehension and a hint of fear. Just as the final student came rushing through the door, the bell rang.

"Well then, is everyone here?" he asked, lowering the fan from his face, revealing a smile. "Good, I'll be handing out the class syllabus and today's class will simply be going over guidelines. You'll definitely want to pay very close attention to these, especially when we begin doing lab work next week."

When he mentioned "lab work" his smile became even bigger. Lilynette looked over to Momo who was sitting next to her and the two exchanged a worried look. As Mr. Urahara continued with his introductory lecture, Lilynette couldn't help but pay attention to him. She began to hope that someone wouldn't accidentally blow up the school, though she quickly suspected that Mr. Urahara wouldn't mind a few explosions here and there.

When class was over, Lilynette walked to the front entrance with her friends. As they left, they saw that Nnoitra was still tied to the flag pole and Tesla was trying, in vain, to free him. The group looked at this sight and started to laugh.

"Oh wow...it's even...funnier seeing it...in person," Lilynette gasped in between bouts of laughter.

"You got that right, Munchkin," Grimmjow said as he and Starrk walked out.

"Oh, hey Grimm, hey big brother, I want to introduce you to some of my friends. This girl here is Momo Hinamori and this girl with the short blonde hair is Kiyone and the boy she's been arguing with all day is Sentaro."

"WE HAVE NOT BEEN ARGUING ALL DAY!" Kiyone and Sentaro shouted in unison. Lilynette simply giggled at their reaction.

"Hey," Starrk said, lazily waving his hand at the group.

"It's nice to meet ya," Grimmjow said.

"Wonderful to meet you too," Momo said smiling sweetly.

"Well, we should probably get going, Starrk," Lilynette said.

"Oh, yeah," Starrk said. "I'll see you tomorrow Grimm."

"We'll see you tomorrow too, Lilynette," Momo said.

"Alright, see ya," Lilynette said, waving as her four friends made their way to the buses.

"HEY STARRK!" Grimmjow shouted out as Starrk and Lilynette made their way to the dusty grey Cadillac.

"Yeah?" Starrk asked.

"You ARE gonna introduce me to that Nel girl, right?"

"Oh...yeah, yeah, sure," Starrk answered.

"AWESOME!" Grimmjow called out. "DON'T FORGET NOW!"

Starrk waved to Grimmjow as he got into his car. His sister was already waiting for him.

"So, did you have a good day?" Starrk asked.

"Well other than a CERTAIN big brother forgetting to show me around..."

"Oh...yeah...sorry about that." Starrk replied, feeling rather ashamed.

"It's alright, it was worth it in the end, so you're forgiven. Anyway, I would have to say...it was a pretty good day," Lilynette said, smiling, as the siblings made their way home.

A/N: Special thanks to Vetis my editor and beta reader for helping make the story flow more smoothly and bouncing ideas back and forth.

EXTRA Special Thanks to MJLCoyoteStarrk for his take on this little story and inspiring me to rework my own.