Disclaimer: I still don't own Bleach

A/N: Rather short chapter here…but the next chapter is already almost done and will be far more interesting…probably longer too…so bear with me…I haven't slept much lately…

Headline: Top 10 Sexiest of Seireitei

"Why is it as annoying as it is flattering that we find ourselves here every year?" Jyuushiro wondered as they watched Yoruichi posing.

They along with those others also here today, had been recalled; voted by the public into the top 10 Sexiest of Seireitei.

Nanao was glad Shunsui had invited her along.

He and Jyuushiro had explained to her on the way, how this shoot worked.

Unlike the top 20 where it was all about showing your differences in group shots; the top 10 were given a theme they had to pose for…sometimes they were given props, sometimes not. They also had no idea who had been voted into which number position in the top five of their gender.

The photographer had told Yoruichi to think "feline grace" and they had her in an outfit that covered next to nothing, her eyes the only thing highlighted by think black liner until her eyes appeared cat-like. She had been given stepping blocks to work with, which she kept agilely jumping around on.

Next was Rukia, who they had dressed in a traditional white kimono, and had been told to think "ice maiden".

Then came Nel, whose ragged green rag of an outfit covered even less than Yoruichi's outfit had. They had given her a large cardboard cylinder and told her to think "tree nymph".

For Byakuya's shoot, they pulled out a large fan and he was told to think "gentle spring breeze and falling sakuras"…he would have been better off with stone…the photographer got so annoyed with his lack of facial expression that he pulled out the big guns and had the prop crew drop bits of paper in the hopes it would help get the mood…it did, if only slightly. Of course, the majority of his fan girls would just be happy with the pale chest peeking from his loose shirt as the fan gently blew the material around.

Kisuke was given, of all things, a green and white stripped hat and a cane and told to look "mysterious"…

Even Nanao was willing to admit he pulled it off, the hard chest muscles revealed adding the needed sex appeal to the secretive, dangerous smirk Kisuke used.

Orihime was simply told to think "innocence", though the poor girl only seemed to manage naivety.

Given a painted mask and a dressed all in black, Ichigo was told "darkness"…scowling directly at the camera in displeasure did the intended trick.

Rangiku they had dressed in little more than a skintone bathing suit and given her a sheer, silky grey scarf. Her they told "dancing in the flying ashes" and so Nanao watched her old friend spin and dip, grace and elegance emphasized by the flow of the scarf as it moved with her.

Finally had come Shunsui and Jyuushiro.

Jyuushiro's question had come as they waited for Shunsui to take up position.

Nanao had shrugged in reply and gulped as Shunsui's shirt was pulled away and he was handed a tachi and a wakizashi and told "warrior".

"That man could turn lesbians straight and straight me gay," a woman commented nearby, fanning herself as she watched Shunsui's performance…Nanao silently agreed.

When Jyuushiro took his place, clothed in jeans and a white shirt of which they only left one button done up, everyone was shocked when they told him to think "fun and heat" and dumped a bucket of water on him, soaking him through…

Nanao shrugged and cocked her head to one side. She definitely got the idea behind it. Jyuushiro's body was almost as toned as Shunsui's, though he had a little less bulk.

If Shunsui or Jyuushiro weren't voted hottest in Seireitei, Nanao would think that the public would immediately be remorseful when they got a load of the pictures taken in these shoots.

These two were undeniably hot.

A week later Jyuushiro and Shunsui were bemoaning the fact that this year, they had lost out to youngster Ichigo Kurosaki; instead coming in equal second for the first time ever, followed by Kisuke in fourth and Byakuya in fifth.

Nanao had rolled her eyes as they had a typical perverted guy momeny over the images of the women; Yoruichi coming first and then (in order) Nel, Rangiku, Orihime and Rukia.

When the two were finished, Nanao had borrowed the magazine and taken a good long look at hoe the pictures had turned out.

They were terrific.

Every one of the stars had looked amazing…but Nanao couldn't help but take a very good long moment, first to stare at Jyuushiro's picture; then to take an even longer moment to fan herself over Shunsui's rugged sex appeal…because no man should have that much of it…

A/N: review if you want the next chapter sooner rather than later…