"Well," Nan said, getting in up all of a sudden. "I'm bored, let's go find the boys," she said, walking down the front stairs. All of a sudden, it started to rain, the raindrops pattering on the roof loudly. Nan heard Bess sigh in the background.

"Now what do we do?" Nan groaned, plopping back down. Just then, Mayuri came in.

"I know you're not planning on going out in the rain, Nan," he said, eyeing his daughter.

"Well, I was just thinking of that," Nan admitted.

"I wouldn't want to get my hair wet." Bess said.

Nan scowled at that. "A little rain never hurt anyone, Bess," she said, annoyed.

"You could get sick from it," Bess responded.

Nan started to walk off. "Well, I'm not afraid of getting wet."

"Nan," Mayuri called. Nan forgot about him—she was going to be completely trapped until the rain stopped. She followed her dad and Bess and sat herself at the kitchen table.

"I'm bored. Bess, do you wanna dissect a frog?" she asked.

"Well, since there's nothing else to do, I guess I could watch."

"Great!" Nan went to the lab. She had her own desk away from everyone else's. There was even a special stool for onlookers.

Bess was proud of herself for sitting through a good portion of the gruesome dissection, but was even more happy to hear their names being called.

"Nan, Bess!"

The girls turned to see Nat, Dan and Kenpachi standing in the lab.

"Thank goodness!" Bess ran to them. "The frog dissection was getting gross."

"I see what you three have been complaining about this past year," Dan said while taking his hood off. "Yachiru would not stop bugging me until I put on this stupid raincoat, and then made Kenpachi walk with us to make sure we got here safely. And then he wouldn't even let me take this stupid hood off, no matter how dumb I look in it."

Nan glared at Dad and Kenpachi for laughing. "It's for the best, Dan, we don't want you getting sick," Kenpachi said, glancing down at Dan.

"You have no idea of what torture wearing a raincoat is, dad!" Nan said, making Mayuri stop laughing. He patted her on the shoulder comfortingly.

"At least they let you guys out. Ikkaku always insists there are better things to do then play out in the rain," Bess said.

"Do you guys remember last spring, he wouldn't even let Iccigo out to train." That was one thing about Bess—she hated being told what to do. Mayuri started laughing again.

"Dad!" Nan said, supremely irritated.

"We just stopped by to tell you that Ikkaku wants the kids to school by 5pm on Sunday. Also, because it's supposed to rain on Saturday, Toshiro and Rangiku thought it would be best to reschedule the camping trip," said Kenpachi a little apologetically.

"Awwwww!" Nan groaned-she had been looking forward to spending time with her dad out of the lab.

"We'll reschedule sweetheart, I promise," Mayuri said.

"Hey, can I see how far you got on that frog?" Nat asked excitedly.

"Yeah, I want to see too." Dan said. The children ran to the frog as Nan explained her gruesome methods.

"Do they always get excited about gross stuff like this?" Kenpachi asked Mayuri.

"Unfortunately," Rukia answered as she walked in followed by Renji.

"I cant believe my little girl is into this kind of stuff. It's your daughter's fault, Mayuri," Rengi complained.

"Hey, Nan's not the one who would fish all night if she could," Mayuri countered. Rukia laughed.

"I'm happy Bess isn't all girl and no fun," Rukia said with pride.

"I bet Caddie would be very proud of Nan."

"If Caddie were still around, Nan would be more girly" Mayuri said quietly.

"Oh come on, Mayuri, I see the pride in your eyes when Nan is done dissecting something or another," Rukia nudged him laughingly. Mayuri knew she was right.