"Alright. Now that were acquainted how about a friendly spar?"

Gin shook his head. "Are ya' sure? Me and lil' Taichou here might be a little too much for you two."

Mei-yin laughed. "Go easy on us then if you think that. But you'll regret it later!" She grinned.

Toshirou nodded. He had to get as much information on the two as possible so this could provide a great opportunity to do so.

"Well if lil' Shiro here says yes then I guess I'll go too." Gin hummed.

"Excellent." The sisters smiled. "Right this way please."

Mei-li led the way down into the basement. "We built this training area when we first discovered the one in the Sereitei. We didn't want to go there all the time so we built one here." She explained as the descended into the room.

"Looks exactly tha' same." Gin nodded, inspecting the area.

"That's right." Mei-yin nodded as she walked up to his side. "How about we have two fights and the ones not fighting can referee. First one to draw blood wins."

"Sounds good at' me. Though I didn't really plan on hurtin' ya."

"That's okay. I'm tough."

"I suppose you two can go first then. Hitsugaya-taichou, let's sit over here." Mei-li suggested to the small captain who nodded in agreement.

Toshiro hopped up next to Mei-li on the large boulder. Hopefully it would prove to be far enough away to stay out of any immediate danger. "All right. First one to draw blood will be the victor. Anything goes!" He announced.

"Begin!"

Gin and Mei-yin both flashed out of sight momentarily before reappearing with their blades crossed.

"A little impatient I see?"

Gin just smiled. "Jus' wanted ta see what ya' could do."

Mei-yin smiled back and flashed away again sending several blows his way. Gin blocked them all, each one sending him back as he was forced to defend. He searched for an opening which seemed to come few and far between.

There!

"Ikorose, Shinso." He commanded in a whisper. The blade shot out towards Mei-yin's undefended side causing her to stop her attack in order to block the oncoming threat.

"Shikai already? You must be out of practice." Mei-yin taunted as she continued to block his strikes. The tables had turned on her but she wasn't going to let it show just yet.

"I thought tha' maybe it would make ya show yours. I have ta' admit, 'm a lil' curious."

"Let's make a bet. If you can make me show my shikai in five minutes I'll join your squad instead of going for captain rank."

"Ya' really wanna be makin' such deals when ya're on the defensive."

"Five minutes Ichimaru-kun." She repeated as she overpowered one of his blocks and made her escape.

Gin followed after her, sending attack after attack. Mei-yin blocked most of them though a few managed to get in and swipe a few chunks off her sleeves.

Gin swore under his breath. He was never going to get her at this rate.

"Two minutes Ichimaru. Tick-tock."

Gin turned around just in time to block an attack aimed for his head. He parried her move quickly and shot Shinso forward for a quick attack.

Mei-yin simply smirked and drew a symbol in the air faster than his eyes could follow.

"Time's up." She said as the red light enveloped him.

Gin felt something cold press against his cheek for a moment and cursed inwardly. "Geki. How foolish of me ta get stuck in that." He said as he reached his hand up to his cheek. A small cut was left there.

"Winner, Mei-yin!" Mei-li cheered.

"You better show that kid who's boss." Mei-yin told her sister.

Mei-li nodded while Toshirou bristled at being called a kid.
Toshirou settled into a stance, not bothering with his zanpakuto as of yet. It seemed Mei-li thought the same as she also had not made a move for her weapon.

Mei-yin raised her hand as the signal. "Begin!"

Mei-li let out a soft giggle as her image blurred and disappeared from view.

"Nani?" Toshirou whispered. 'Is this Kyokko?' He thought, reaching for Hyorinmaru. He scanned the area and was ready to negate her kido.

"Byakurai."

Toshirou spun around only to come face to face with Mei-li who's hand was raised towards him. He shunpoed out of the way with the kido missing him by less than an inch. He could feel the power radiating from the spell.

'It would be no use fighting if I don't even get to see what she can really do.' He thought. His hand grasped his long time companion as he gathered his strength.

"Soten ni zase, Hyorinmaru!"

Mei-li's eyes widened as the dragon came spiraling towards her.

"How cute." She giggled, raising her hand up to the great dragon.

Right before impact the dragon was stopped by what looked to be like beams of light. The beams pinned the ice in place before shattering the dragon, sending ice shards flying everywhere.

"What was tha'?" Gin asked, curious.

"A tie." Mei-yin smiled. "So careless. You should have been able to win Li. You shouldn't be so soft on him."

Mei-li sighed and nodded, her hand pressed to the slice a piece of the ice left on her cheek.

"Ya got somethin' on forehead Lil' Taichou." Gin grinned.

Toshirou reached up to where the small cut was. "Lost my chance because of a paper cut. How careless." He murmured. "How have we not managed to see them before? They are keeping something from us and I don't like it."

Gin nodded. "Tha's what it looks like. They don' seem like they wanna do any harm though." He hummed. "I know how ta tell."

"I still don't trust them." He told the other captain.

"I understan'" Gin agreed, letting his smile drop for a moment.

The two turned to the girls as they approached. "Now that that's out of the way I guess it's time to-"

Mei-yin was interrupted as a hell butterfly came and landed on Gin's finger.

"It seems we have ta move lil' Taichou." Gin said in a serious tone.

Toshirou gave him a worried glance. The man didn't seem to be joking at all.

"It seems tha' Aizen has escaped."