Chapter 6: Old Acquaintances

"GIN! But how!?" yelled out Ichigo. The whole group, minus Ranko and Nel, were shocked to see the 'late' Gin Ichimaru standing before them. Ranko broke the silence.

"Uh, question. Who's he?" Unohana told him about how Gin was formerly the captain of the third division who betrayed them along with Azien and Tousen. Eventually during the war, Gin double cross him, but was killed by him in front of Matsumoto. Ranko understood what his intentions were.

"Let me guess, you did it because you didn't want Matsumoto to shed tears." Gin's eyes widen, shocked of how this kid figure him out.

"How did you know?" He asked.

"You flinched when Unohana mentioned you dying in front of her." Ranko responded. "Though that left me with a question. How are you alive?"

"Oh, back then, I had the Octava espada, Szayel, create a substance so that if I ever die before fulfilling my mission, my cells would reappear at his lab and regenerate itself, escaping death. Out of all of us, only two made it."

"Who, may I ask?" Asked Rukia, still skeptical of the whole 'Gin is alive' thing.

"Me, and the tercera espada, Halibel."

"Halibel!? Wait a minute, how come out all of them, you two survive?" questioned Ichigo.

"Its because the others were killed by you guys. Me and Halibel were killed by Azien. Speaking of which, what happen to him?"

"He is defeated and killed by Ichigo," answered Hanataro.

"Well, well, seems the last laugh is on him, huh." Everyone nodded, and before anything else is said, a female voice was heard.

"Nel! Where are you!" Nel turned to the source of the voice.

"I'm over here!"

The group saw who yelled and somehow weren't surprise that the person was arrancar, more or less a espada. She had blonde hair, tanned body, and breasts that could rival Matsumoto's.

"Oh thank god you're alright!" she said as she proceed to hug Nel.

"Don't worry mom, I'm safe." The group, minus Gin and Ranko, who had no idea who this woman was, were shocked.

"Wait a minute! How is she your mom!?" asked a shocked Ichigo. Halibel stopped hugging her 'daughter' and explained.

"Allow me. First off, just in case who I am, my name is Tia Halibel. I took in Nel as my daughter because she appear weak and beaten." Ranko clenched his fists.

"Who did it." he asked with venom in his voice.

"The arrancars across Hueco Mundo, though there are over a thousand of them-"

"Thats all i need to hear." Ranko said cutting off Halibel before disappearing by dematerializing. Yachiru decided to continue the conversation.

"So, Nellie-chan, how would you relate?"

"Ooh, were relate by boobies!" That statement alone cause the whole group to anime drop to the ground. Yachiru got up first.

"Why?"

"Its cause it obvious. Heck, you have boobies too. We could be sisters for all we know."

"Gasp, your right! In fact, lets be sisters!" said Yachiru gleefully.

"Yay!" cheered Nel. The group pretty much sweat drop. Leave it to the most childish Shinigami to be sisters with the most childish Arrancar. "By the way, who was Foxie kid?"

"Oh, that was Rankuro Komamura, my boyfriend." Yachiru answered, smiling.

"What! No fair! I want one too." cried Nel, pouting adorably.

"Well, there's Hana-chan here. He was staring at you the whole time." Everyone turned to Hanataru to see he was in fact staring at her. He blushed as he saw all eyes were on him now.

"Wait, its not as its looks like."

"Oh yeah? Why are you staring at me? Is it because I'm cute?"

"Yes-I MEAN...!"

"Gasp, you do think I'm cute. How are you worthy of being my boyfriend? Hmm?"

"Uhh.."

"GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!" Nel exclaimed as she grabbed Hanataro and gave him a hug. Well, more like suffocating him with her breasts. The group sweatdropped. Hanataro just made his first girlfriend upon first encounter, just like Ranko. Is the fox boy rubbing off on him? As the group watch, they heard a distinctive yell,

"HELL BLAZING FLAME EXPLOSION!"

The group looked over the horizan and saw the biggest explosion they have ever seen. A giant white mushroom cloud rises from the ground, with hundreds of hollows burning from white flames, disintegrating to nothing. This went on for a while until Ranko appear, materializing again.

"Hey."

"What the hell is that!" Yelled Rukia.

"That, my friends, is called the HELL BLAZING FLAME EXPLOSION. What it does is that it causes a giant explosion, in the form of a mushroom cloud, made of white fire. When the explosion happens, the fire spreads, burning any victim so harsh it disentegrates them."

"Wow, nice attack," complimented Gin.

"Why, thank you. So, what I miss while I was out?"

"Well," said Halibel, "Nel ask that boy to be her boyfriend."

"No way! But Hanataro! You only just met the girl."

"But you did that with Yachiru on the first day."

"Touché my good friend, Touché."


"-And thats sums up the whole mission." summarized Ranko at the captains meeting. When the group got back, EVERY shinigami saw Gin, Halibel, and Nel, and prepare to attack. Ranko let out a part of his energy, and by little, I mean enough to floor everyone to the ground without breaking a sweat. He said that they shouldn't after all they went through. He then went through a thorough, (and slightly fabricated) report of how the three spent in Hueco Mundo. He also told them how he could summon a sword and copy any attack, mostly. He proved it by performing the Getsuga Tenshou and, to Gin's amazement, Shinso's extending blade attack. Needless to say, the meeting went well. All that's left is Gin's verdict (Halibel and Nel were taken in as Ranko's assistants. Arrancars aren't allowed to be seated officers, though that didn't stop the fox boy to put them in the 9th). The captains and Lieutenants huddle together to appoint their decision. After some time, (and Ranko's dangerously high Chakra pressure along with blackmail threats from Matsumoto) they reach a verdict.

"We herby declare you, not guilty." Said Toshiro.

"Why are you quoting from a stupid court show," asked Gin, whose smile is still not falling.

"Shut up! Take the damm haori or I'll smack the smile off you face!" snapped Toshiro.

"Geez, why so antsy?"

"It's 'cause he knocked Momo up and the time is killing him." answered Matsumoto, appearing behind him.

"Ran-chan!"

"Gin-kun!"

Both ran toward each other and hugged passionately, causing many others to sweatdrop.

"Uh, so what now?" asked Nel, who is clinging to Hanataro, which had everyone gaped in sheer amazement of how the timid 7th of all people get himself a cute, yet busty girlfriend.

"Lets just go to my squad, you two need some robes." Ranko, Nel, Halibel, Yachiru, and Hanataro left to the 9th. While on the way, Ranko pulled out a book and started reading, or to put more accurate term, continue where he left off. Halibel took notice of this.

"Hey, what book are you reading?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh, its a book I scavenge from Azien's library. It's a technique book called 'Cero'."

"Really, learned anything good?"

"Allow me to demonstrate on the pervert about to rip out your shirt." Ranko said as he dematerializes and materializes behind Halibel, for the group to see in fact there is a pervert whose hand is grabbing Halibel's tatter shirt.

"Sir, let go of the lady's shirt, or I will obliterate you in so much pain, Unohana won't be able to fix you up."

The pervert gulped and stare. This man in front of him is clearly not kidding. He pulls the shirt and hell is what he meets. Let go of the shirt and he leaves alive. He balance his options. One lets him see the huge rack of the former espada, the other doesn't. One leads him to the hospital, the other scotfree. There is only one solution to this...

"How about we bet on her?" The man asked, hoping to get out of this. Fortunately for him, Ranko likes to bet every once in a while, whenever its money or possessions. Unforetunately for him, women is out of the option.

"FUCK THAT!" yelled a pissed off Ranko as he grabbed the man by the collar and threw him with such strengh, out of the seireitei and out of range of the Rukongai. Ranko wasn't satisfied however..

"Cero de Lanza", he said as a spear of white energy materialized in his hands, shocking the group

'I don't believe it! He manage to pull off that technique! Only Ulquiorra was able to do it, but his was unstable. Ranko however was able to concetrated to its perfect form,' thought Halibel. Ranko pull back his right hand, with the energized spear in it. In one swift movement, he threw the spear in such speeds the group could've sworn they heard a sonc boom. The spear sailed over the Seireitei, the Rukongai, and now toward the poor sap of the pervert, impaling him through the stomach, and toward the sky, which he kept going until a small ping can be seen. The group had their jaws at the ground, more so from Halibel and Nel.

"Well, that takes care of that. Lets get you change, then some lunch. We could go to the ramen store at district 3." said Ranko as he started walking to the 9th's barracks, leaving behind the gaping group. Nel broke the silence.

"Yachiru, your boyfriend sure is strong. He learned the Cero de Lanza, and the 4th espada was the only one to performed it, except his is perfected."

"Thanks."

"How are you going to reward him? Sleep with him?" teased Nel, with Halibel and Hanataro snickering, only for it to stop when they saw Yachiru's madly red face.

"Oh my god! You were thinking about it!" exclaimed Nel.

"No!" denied Yachiru.

"Then why are you blushing?" asked Hanataro.

"Well, you see,...we had already... well...did 'it'," answered Yachiru, saying 'it' quietly as possible. Sadly, the other three heard it.

"SAY WHAT!" yelled out the three shocked people.

"Well, I ask him about sex and replied that even if it was awkward, he'll still love me."

"What about the consequences? What will happen if you got pregnant?" asked Halibel. Unbeknownst to her, this trigger a vision on Yachiru. She sees herself in a house, on the couch, along with Ranko, whose hair is somehow White, and holding a blanket of a little kitsune child...

"Yachiru, YACHIRU!"

"Huh, what happen Nel?"

"You were staring off and had this huge goofy grin on you. Gasp, don't tell me you thought of having a child with foxie boy!"

whoosh

In less than a second, Yachiru shunpo away.

"She was! Well, two can play at that! Come one Hana-chan! To the 4th!"

"Why?"

"To make a child!" she answered without missing a beat. She grabbed Hanataro, who was shocked of how this girl wants a child so early in a relationship, and ran off, leaving behind Halibel.

"Why do I have a strange feeling something crazy will happen? Oh well, time for me to get some clothes." She said, and walked to the 9th.