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"Good luck! Time starts…" everyone tensed. "NOW!"

With a rush of bodies, the people ran about grabbing buckets of sand and started to pile up their creations. All except Aizen, who was sitting on a chair being fanned with palm leaves by Loly and Menoly, drinking tea given to him by Tosen. He turned to look at Gin who turned down and grinned at him.

"I'll be right back Aizen-Sama," he said with a smirk and sauntered off.

Ichigo, Renji, and Chad were staring down at their mound of sand with confused expressions, as their brains tried to work out what to do with it.

"Sooo we make a castle?" asked Ichigo dubiously.

"Yup!" said Renji.

"Muh," said Chad.

"Well you're good at this stuff Ishida, what do you think we should do?" asked Ichigo, turning to where he though Uryu was. "Hey where'd he go?"

The guys looked around and saw him a little way off with Nemu, Nanao and Isane who were looking at him attentively (especially Nemu) as he drew a diagram of what they could do.

"Hey Ishida!" called Renji. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Sorry," said Uryu, pushing up his glasses and not looking at all apologetic. "But the girls asked me to help them, and with my design skills, their brains, and Nemu's mechanics, I just couldn't say no."

"I bet you couldn't," the red-headed Pineapple muttered, glaring at the three gorgeous girls who were discussing strategic points. "He just wanted to be near Kurotsuchi-San."

Ichigo grumbled and turned back to their mound, then an idea came to him, "What if we make a fruitbowl?"

Chad and Renji stared at him.

"Well I dunno, you're a Pineapple, I'm a Strawberry, Chad's a…tiger…thing, yeah," he turned bright red and poked his finger into the sand.

"Muh," said Chad, picking up some sand and beginning to make a sort of bowl shape.

Shrugging the other two followed suit, Ichigo looking suspiciously at Gin as he pranced past, waving merrily.

Meanwhile, Rangiku, Izuru and Shuuhei were sitting a little further away, designing a very Rangiku-like model in a skimpy dress. Or more, Rangiku was sitting under canopy drinking a cocktail and ordering the two boys around. After a bit, she became exasperated with them and went to help, she turned out to be very good at moulding sand together to look like her. Just then Gin walked over and slipped his arms around her shoulders, placing his head next to hers as he peered down to look at their half-done creation.

"Taicho!" exclaimed Izuru, looking up at him with adoring eyes.

"Hiya Izuru," said Gin with a creepy smile. "Hiya Rangiku."

She blushed and looked around, picked up a nearby piece of driftwood, and wacked him with it. Well she tried to, but he jumped up and caught it.

"That's not very nice," he said, looking hurt.

"Don't sneak up on me like that," she scolded him, although she looked very happy.

"He just grinned. "This looks kinda unstable by the way, and it really don't do her justice," he added, pointing to the sand model and looking back at Rangiku.

"It's very stable!" defended Shuuhei.

"Oh really?" he reached over and poked it lightly, causing the entire monument to fall into the sand. Everyone glared at him.

"Gin I'll kill you!" snapped Rangiku, raising the driftwood again.

"Sorry, Ran-chan," he said, looking serious.

Her face fell and she dropped the wood, looking lost. He took her hand and kissed it, then frolicked off to annoy someone else. Her face went bright red and she looked down at her hand, suddenly realising he had left a note in her hand. She turned away from a growling Shuuhei and a dejected Izuru and read it: "Meet me behind the kiosk in half an hour." She grinned and threw the note away, turning back to the boys with a clap of her hands.

"What are you two lazing around for? Get up and finish the monument, we haven't got all day you know!"

Now Ukitake, Kyoraku and Starrk were actually working for once, and pretty fast too, creating large, luxurious beds out of sand, much to Lilinette's annoyance who had gone off to beg an ice-cream from whoever would listen. They planned to make their beds so strong that they would be able to sleep on them by the end and could enjoy the rest of the day like that. They had made sure to finish Ukitake's first so he could take a nap, and they had, and he was, with Kyone and Sentaron waving palm-leaves they had stolen from Loly and Menoly. Kyoraku and Starrk leaned back for their fifth break in the past 15 minutes, staring down at the beach. Kyoraku in particular was admiring Nanao, Nemu, Isane and Uryu all making a stunning Picasso masterpiece in sand, and Rukia and Byakuya who were designing a giant Chappy. Nnoitra, Tesla, Szayel and Grimmjow were still arguing over what they would make, Kenpachi, Ikkakku and Yumichika had been trying to make the ultimate Zanpakuto that would ensure triumph in every battle, but had gotten lost again. Komamura was still trying to get Tosen's attention and Soi-Fon and Yoruichi had frolicked off to practice handstands. Kyoraku's eyes narrowed as he looked off past Ichigo, Renji and Chad.

"What are they doing?" he muttered, pointing to the orange haired girl and the shaggy black-haired Espada.

Orihime had accosted Ulquiorra to talk to him, much to his "dismay".

"You really want a heart don't you?" she asked him excitedly.

"No as I have already told you, I don't believe in what I can't see, and I can't see a heart, which means I don't want one," he replied stoically.

"But I've got a brain but you can't see that," she protested.

"I rest my case," he said darkly.

"Exactly! You want a heart, you shall have one!" she jumped up taking a pose, ignoring his burning glare. "Now, as we're partners, we'll just make you a heart out of sand."

"Wait what? We're not partners; I'm not even participating in this thing!"

"Now don't be shy," she said kindly, patting him on his short head. "Oh and as we're at the beach, shouldn't you be wearing swimmers?" she asked, giving him a devious look.

He stepped back from her, "I don't degrade myself."

"Aww come on Ulqui-Kun," she teased, coming forward.

"No, no back away from me woman!"

"Come on just take your shirt off and we can go swimming together."

"I said no! This is a violation of my rights! What are you doing? Get that away from me!"

"But you'll look so cute in it Ulqui-Kun!"

"I said no! ARGH!"

"Caught you!"

"Cero Oscuras."

Duh duh DUUUUHH the power of Ulquiorra :D
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