Ahhhhhh. I'm back from a week of nothing but swimming, fishing and reading. And, of course, pondering this story. I came up with a lot of… original ideas. Anyway, have fun reading, and if you want to hear about my ONLY fish I hooked in all the times I went fishing, look at the end author's note.

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Bleach.

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Ulquiorra was led along the path that led to Orihime's cell. He wasn't expecting to meet the object of his thoughts on the way there. As Orihime's eyes widened and a smile formed on her lips, he allowed himself a small, barely there, smile. She bounded across the path, accompanied by Rukia and Matsumoto.

Ichigo's eyes went wide as he saw Orihime's assets, Ulquiorra noticed and turned him a small, displeased frown, before punching him in the arm.

When she reached them, the first thing she did was hug Ulquiorra fiercely (Ichigo: Lucky Bastard) and then turned to Ichigo.

"I take it you are Ulquiorra-san's captor?" She asked, folding her arms in front of herself, her eyes hidden.

"Yes." Ichigo said, not understanding the situation.

Smack!

"That is for the condition you let him sink into." She said her eyes flashing as Ichigo fingered his face, before smiling sheepishly.

"I suppose I deserve that." He said, "I respect a woman who stands up for herself."

Then, as soon as it had come, Orihime's anger faded, and she smiled at the captor, who, while disturbed by the sudden mood swings, smiled back.

"YOU BETTER BELIEVE YOU DESERVE THIS!" Rukia yelled as she planted her foot against Ichigo's face.

"SHUT UP BITCH MIDGET!" He yelled, grabbing her foot, and flipping her over so that she couldn't kick him.

All present sweatdropped as the two fought, before Matsumoto piped up:

"Should we play matchmaker for the two of them?" She asked.

The two immediately broke up and split blushing, and both yelled "WITH THAT THING?!"

A vision of her many failed attempts to do so with Hinamori and Hitsugaya flashed through her head and she grinned.

Maybe Operation: Watermelon would work with those two instead.

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Halibel awoke with a start; she looked around, wondering where she was, before a voice spoke out.

"You're finally awake." Nnoitra said, coming out of the bathroom with a cold cloth.

Halibel narrowed her eyes at him, before remembering the events of the lab and softening her gaze.

"I'm sorry" He said quickly looking at the ground.

"For what?" She asked, her brows furrowing as she pondered his words.

"For everything. Because of my f****ing attitude, how I let you be dragged to those lunatics, and for saving you."

The sentence surprised her,

"I shouldn't have threatened Szayel and Mayuri, those F***ers probably will go and plead to Aizen-sama to get a less "unstable" captor." Nnoitra said, looking at the ground.

She rose, and Nnoitra looked up in shock, before she hugged him fiercely.

"You're the only one who could actually stand talking to someone with the personality of a brick. I don't know how that Kurosaki man will ever live through Ulquiorra's imprisonment." She said, smiling underneath her collar.

Nnoitra looked at the short woman for a second, before bursting out laughing.

Halibel smiled and hugged him tighter.

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Grimmjow ran through the market filled with chattering people, Suzume jumped past him, her hair billowing out behind her. The two keeping even pace as they rushed through the crowded place. They exchanged blows as they jumped over stands, dodged people, and drifted on corners. Children were running after them as the two fought at high speeds.

Suzume landed a few good hits as she parried Grimmjow's fists, before he grabbed her hand and threw her at an empty table. The children gasped as she sailed towards the wooden counter. At the last second she stuck a hand out, using her momentum to flip over, onto a wall. She then redirected her movement, and launched herself off the wall.

Grimmjow raised his arm to block when suddenly a hand grabbed each arm. The two were sent sailing into the air, before landing on the floor, next to each other. Above them, a dark skinned woman sat, crouched as her yellow eyes glimmered with laughter.

"Yoruichi-sama!" Grimmjow gasped, before righting himself into a kneeling position. Even Grimmjow showed respect to the queen. The queen had proven herself on the battlefield multiple times, defeating great opponents, and had trained countless assassins and warriors, including her handmaiden, Soi Fon, who accompanied her now.

Suzume joined Grimmjow in kneeling before both were smacked over the forehead.

"No kneeling, you're not toads here!" She laughed as Soi Fon was reminded of their first meeting.

The two looked up, cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

"Anyway, you should know that we're going to go over the battle plan for the Sekitan siege." Yoruichi said, stretching her arms up over her head, yawning.

By the time she lowered her head from her yawn, Grimmjow and Suzume were gone, and she could make out Grimmjow's teal hair in the distance.

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Now wasn't that fun? I'm sorry for the shortness of the chapter, but more will follow so…

Now, I was using my lucky lure, the Blue Fox. We had been trolling on the cold lake waters for a couple hours, and we were just ready to hear back, when I got a bite! I hooked him, and pulled him and reeled, untill the reel came off the pole! He got away, but I still had the reel and Blue Fox, so I didn't lost much, except the fish.

Question: If Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu hypnotizes anyone who see's it's release, then did he hypnotize all of Seireitei? Or just the Captains?

Well, untill next time.

Oh yeah, 10 FREAKING' CHAPTERS BABY! YATTA!

Twilight Symphony.