Disclaimer: Bleach (c) Tite Kubo, Konari (c) YamanakYoka, Ai (c) me, Storyline (c) me

She was greeted with the usual suspects, Matsumoto Rangiku, Kira Izuru, Abarai Renji, Hisagi Shuhei, Kyoraku Shunsui, Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasegawa Yumichika, and of course Ise Nanao was there to keep an eye on her captain. They were all clustered together, laughing and joking in front of the north gate.

Konari and Rangiku had just introduced Ai to their "clique" only a week ago, and Ai didn't feel very comfortable with them. They were loud and boisterous, where she was calm and icy. Besides, they didn't exactly take immediate liking to her in the first place.

"Hey guys! I finally convinced her!" she shouted, waving to her friends, they finally turned around.

Rangiku came running over, "Konari! I can't believe you actually convinced her, you did tell her what this involves right?"

"Well, not exactly," she looked over to Ai, or up should we say, since she is half Ai's height.

"Let me guess, we race around the Seireitei whilst drinking as much sake as possible, right?"

By now, everyone was standing in one big group; they all had expectant smiles on their faces, "Yes! That is exactly right, how could you guess?" the busty blonde asked.

"The name gives it away," Ai was starting to feel uncomfortable now, although she had sake, she had never gotten drunk before, and she didn't exactly want to, but she had a feeling there was no getting out of this one. Especially with Renji and Rangiku, they were both big drinkers, and Ai predicted they were not going to let her get away as easily as the last time.

"Are you sure you're ready for this Ai?" Shunsui spoke up from beneath his straw hat, a smirk on his face. She shot a frosty glare at him, and his smirk faded as quickly as it had come. Even her fellow captain's were scared of her sometimes. She was scarier than Byakuuya.

Everyone made their way to the starting point, lining up next to each other, and they stood there waiting as Rangiku handed out sake bottles to the group.

"Yeah! We all know who is going to win this race don't we!" Ikkaku shouted enthusiastically.

"The Ukitake-Taichou of the twelfth division will surely win on beauty alone, oh does her exquisiteness know no bounds?" Yumichika had a tendency to flirt with said captain, of course he admired her beauty above all else, and coincidentally he was standing next to her and looking at her with a dreaminess in his eyes.

She held no expression to show her registering what he said. Although, she did happen to find him very intriguing, she had no clue why he would want to wear those ridiculous feathers. That man was a mystery.

"Ikkaku! Are you serious? I tell you now, it takes a lot to get me drunk, I will have made it to finish before I'm even tipsy!" Renji bragged.

God, what have I gotten myself into?

"Hey Ai! You must at least smile! We're supposed to have fun aren't we?" Konari nudged her side, a huge grin plastered across her face.

Ai sighed; she knew it was only matter of time before she had to admit it. But not now.

"Oh yes! Beautiful Ai, please dazzle us with a smile that is surely to be the most stunning of all existence," Yumichika turned to her, everyone turned to her. Oh dear.

"Yeah, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen you smile before," Shuhei made this observation, but of course he had never seen her smile before. She simply couldn't smile.

"No,"

"Come on Ukitake-Taichou! Just smile, one time, that's all we ask!" Izuru spoke up this time, god what was the big deal?

"I said no, let's get on with the race shall we?" she stayed facing forward, showing no emotion on her face. The temperature seemed to drop drastically; they knew that was their cue to shut up.

They got back in line, all the while Konari sending worried glances over to her dear friend. She didn't want to purposefully put her on the spot like that, she probably made her feel really uncomfortable just now, and she just knew that after the race, everyone was going to start harassing the captain, especially since they would be drunk by then.

Rangiku took her place in front of them to explain the race.

"Ok everyone! Listen up! We will all be racing around the whole of Seireitei using shunpo, the paths have been marked for us to take, and we have our special friends... the sake! So, the point is to drink as much as you can, whilst still running as fast as you can, whoever makes it to the finish wins!" She had huge triumphant grin on her face, hugging her sake dearly.

Ai didn't exactly see the point in this to be honest. It just seemed they ran out of creative ways to get drunk, and decided to just run around whilst drunk instead.

Rangiku took her place in the line, which was at the end next to Konari.

"On your mark… Get set… GO!"

Well, I hope you liked this second installment, oooooh I wonder what happens on this race then? Keep reading and you'll find out! :D