Lex and I stared at the clock for a long time. Time could be so slow. Waiting always seems to make it go slower. I was unconsciously pacing around our room. Szayel and Ulquiorra should be here any minute. Waiting was pure hell. The worry and anxiety was overwhelming. Lex was lying on the floor huddled up close to the wall. I walked over to inspect what she was doing. She had taken one of my pencils and was drawing something just above the base board. I sat by her head and watched as she drew a chibi drawing of myself and her side by side. Above read simply and classically: Lex and Lennie were here. She sat up and looked at me. We both sighed and shrugged our shoulders in unison. We both stood up and brushed off our white uniforms. We heard the usual knock on the door and in comes Szayel and Ulquiorra. They had very serious expressions on their faces. Szayel nodded signaling to us that is was time.

Walking down the hall was extremely quiet. Lex took her usual place beside Ulquiorra. I looked up at Szayel, wondering what he was thinking. His eyes caught me gazing at him. We held each other's gaze for what seemed like hours. I couldn't tell what he was thinking. Behind his glasses, his eyes seemed foggy, like he wasn't really there. I hit something that was really hard. Ulquiorra had stopped suddenly and I had ran smack, dab into him. Ulquiorra turned around in shock and surprise. Lex busted out laughing. I could feel my cheeks flushing. Szayel gave me a smirk. He received a glare from me. I don't think it was very effective because it made him start laughing too.

"I'm sorry Ulquiorra. I didn't hear you stop. I wasn't looking where I was going."

Lex placed a hand on Ulquiorra's shoulder and nudged him lightly with her hips. This action seemed to surprise him; only slightly, but still. For a second I thought that I saw Ulquiorra get a little pink. I had to be mistaken though.

"Ulqui, we are just going to have to teach you to be a little louder, huh?" Lex said with a giggle. "Maybe we should get you a bell."

The look that Ulquiorra gave Lex was hard to read, like all of his expressions. To me, he looked shocked, embarrassed, and a little bit nervous; I could never be sure though. Lex raised her hands up and laughed. He looked at the spot where her hand used to be.

"Sorry, I know I'm not allowed to call you that." Lex said while still laughing.

"It's fine…Alexandra."

We were all shocked. Lex stood there wide eyed, her mouth opened just slightly. Before she could respond I gave out a yelp. Something soft had sandwiched me together. Whatever it was they were laughing.

"Lumina, Verona, why in the hell are you here?" Szayel barked.

"We wanted to see Miss. Lennie!" they said in unison. "You also left these."

One of the two, Lumina or Verona, handed him a small box. Szayel nodded and placed it in his pocket.

"We've heard SO much about you Miss. Lennie. Szayel talks about you-"

"Lumina and Verona go back…NOW!" Szayel interrupted.

They both just stood there shaking their heads. Szayel let out and annoyed groan. They had a hold of my wrists. Their grip was tight, but not uncomfortably so. I smiled. I liked these two. They had a sort of innocence about them that this terrible place desperately needed. They were sort of Szayel's misbehaving puppies. I let out a laugh. Lumina and Verona laughed too. Szayel was about to say something when we heard someone jogging up behind us. I man with short blonde hair came up. He had a turquoise streak on his cheek, a black eye patch on, and his hollow mask was on his forehead. He had really pretty brown eyes.

"I'm sorry Szayel. I tried to stop them. I know that you didn't want them here."

Szayel nodded. He motioned toward the man.

"Lennie, Lex, this is Tesra. He is Nnoitra's fraccion."

Tesra gave smile. We smiled back and waved awkwardly. How could this guy work for Nnoitra? He didn't seem anything like him. Szayel let out another sigh.

"Well, Tesra, please take them, somewhere, anywhere."

"Aw, but we want to stay here with Miss. Lennie!"

Szayel gave them a deadly glare. They bowed their heads and trotted off, followed by Tesra. Tesra looked over his shoulder. He gave a soft smile and waved. 'These fraccions seemed to be better natured than the Espada' I thought.

"They're sweet." I said to no one in particular.

"They are a pain in the ass." Szayel rolled his eyes and continued walking.

L&L

We reached Aizen's thrown room. Aizen stood up as we entered.

"Now girls, here is what is going to happen. The two of you will go into the Soul Society. You will meet either Byakuya Kuchiki, who is your captain, or Renji Abarai, your vice-captain. You will be Soul Reapers fresh out of the academy with a lot of promise. While you are there you will find Yamamoto and get the information you need. This may take a few days. I believe that you two are smart and can figure this out. Once you have gotten the information, you can come back here by placing your two pieces of jewelry together. Do not come back without that information."

The last part he said was laced with venom. Lex looked a little uncomfortable. She nervously raised her hand, signaling that she had a question. Aizen nodded, allowing her to continue.

"Umm…but we're still…human."

Aizen looked amused but he nodded and answered her question.

"You can take the form of a Soul Reaper. I will release the two of you from your bodies and you will proceed into the Soul Society."

We both nodded we felt our souls being pushed out of our bodies. We looked up at the little slit in the air. Aizen motioned to Szayel who brought the little box from earlier out of his pocket. Ulquiorra stood beside him. He picked something out of the box and walked over to Lex. Szayel came over to me with a small, silver, L-charm. He hooked it around my necklace. I gave a small blush. Szayel smiled and patted my head. It was so hard to be mad at him. I looked at Lex. Ulquiorra was fastening on her charm, holding her hand while he did it. Lex had a big grin on her face. Ulquiorra was shaking his head slightly at her giddiness.

"Those new charms will bring you back here." Aizen stated.

This jewelry had to be really special to have stayed on while we were in soul form. Lex skipped over to me and grabbed my hand. We proceeded through the opening. There was no turning back. There was no turning back ever sense we first arrived here. Neither one of us knew what to expect. There was one thing that I was absolutely certain; just as Lex had said weeks ago: We were Lex and Lennie. We could do anything.

L&L

This place was beautiful. Cherry blossom trees were in full bloom. The wooden buildings created a maze that seemed to be able to go on forever. We both stood there flabbergasted. We were taking in our surroundings when our heads were suddenly smashed together. We both let out a help and grabbed our aching heads. We spun around to see who this jerk was. What we got was an even bigger surprise. He had his arms crossed and was leaning down to look at us at eye level. He was wearing the usual Soul Reaper uniform. He had red hair, not red like mine, but crayon red. It was pulled back into a ponytail. He had interesting tattoos on his forehead, but most of it was covered by a white bandana that was tied around his head. Our jaws dropped. I looked over at Lex who looked at me. We gave each other the same look. It read: Damn, this guy is hot. He began to snap his fingers in our faces. We both jumped out of our little word and we both got beat red. The man stood up straighter and scratched the back of his neck.

"Damn. I hate having to do this. I mean, why does the vice-captain have to look after the new brats that come out of the academy?"

"We are NOT brats!" we said in unison.

"Yea, yea whatever, follow me and I'll show you around. I'm vice-captain Abarai; of course you already knew that."

Renji showed us all the placed we needed to know how to get to. He complained a lot. Apparently seated officers were supposed to be doing this, not him. He kept going on about he had some, big, important mission that he had to do tonight. We just kept nodding. We were both making sure we knew exactly where we were. All of a sudden Renji had some girl jumping on his back. Lex and I took a step back.

This woman had golden hair. It was a little bit lighter than mine. She had on the regular uniform with the addition of a pink scarf and a necklace. Her most redeeming feature was her giant boobs. They were even bigger than Lex's.

"Rangiku! Get off of me now! What the hell! Seriously, get off!"

Renji was finally able to shake her off.

"Renji come on! I need your help, vice-captain to vice-captain! It's really, really, important!" Rangiku pleaded.

She gave Rinji her best puppy dog eyes. It apparently worked. Renji sighed.

"What do you need?"

Rangiku gave out a squeal and clapped her hands together, while she jumped up and down. It was obvious that she didn't have on a bra. Didn't it hurt when she did that? I mean I'm a c-cup and running up the stairs without a bra hurts like hell. Gravity is a bitch.

"Okay, I know we have the really important mission tonight, but the Women's Association has a meeting. It's the anniversary and I was in charge of the cake and I can't find a good one anywhere! Please help me! Can you make a cake Renji?"

"Hell no! That's just stupid, go buy one!"

"None of them look right!"

They continued their banter back and forth for some time. Lex and I just stared and listened. We looked back from one to the other. It was like watching a tennis match. Look at him; look at her; look at him; look at her. Mine and Lex's heads were now in unison for our back and forth motion. All they were doing now was screaming at each other. I let out a sigh. 'This is getting ridiculous.' I thought.

"SHUT UP, SERIOUSLY!" I yelled.

That came out a little harsher than I meant for it to. Renji was glaring at me. Rangiku looked confused. She had a hold of Renji's shirt; her head was cocked to one side. She pointed at us.

"Who are they?" she asked.

"Newbies."

"Oh."

She still had a hold of Renji's shirt. They were both just staring at us. I pushed Lex forward. She looked at me very confused.

"She can make the best cake that you will ever eat and it will look good." I state as a matter of fact.

Lex blushed just a little and gave an absent wave. Rangiku let go of Renji's shirt. She walked over to Lex and gave her a big hug that lifted Lex off of her feet.

"Yay! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Come on I have everything that you need back at the Tenth Division's head base. Let's go. I'll bring them back later Renji. Bye-bye!"

Rangiku grabbed both of our wrists and started running down the street to our left.

Baking a cake for a whole bunch of Soul Reapers, this was going to be extremely interesting.