-Wonderweiss's translated speech will be in Italics, unless unable to be translated, it will remain untouched; there may be times when his speech is fine.
-all thoughts for all characters will be as such: "{abc}"

Chapter 12:
The Meaning of Beauty

Later that day I had calmed down, but I was still depressed. I decided to take a walk through the Seireitei to get my mind off of it. That's when I heard twon people arguing.

"I don't wanna look at you! I can't stand to look at ugly things!"

"I'm not the ugly one here, you are!"

"Your hair looks like seaweed!"

"S-SEEEAAAAWWEEEEED?! You're the one with feathers growing out of your eye!"

"At least I know how to wear something unlike your ugly ass hair!"

"GRAAAHHH, YOU'RE LUCKY THIS IS A CEASEFIRE!"

"Or what, you'll attack me? I'll just kick your ass!"

I was up against the wall overhearing everything. When I peeked around the corner, I saw Coolhorn arguing with a Shinigami with red and yellow feathers coming out of his right eye. I didn't think guys argued like women, but I guess whatever keeps them busy. I'm then quickly spotted by Coolhorn.

"Wonderweiss? Hey, you can be the decider!" he says walking over to me.

I try to bolt away but he grabs me collar and drags me over, placing me in the middle of both of them.

"Hm? Hey, I think I've seen this kid before. Now I remember, I saw you buy Sokyoku Hill earlier." the Shinigami says.

"Never mind that. We need to get him to decide for us." Coolhorn mumbles.

"Hold on boys!" a woman calls.

Around the corner comes Matsumoto and other female Shinigami. One was short and had pink hair, another that had braided hair, and one with a braid coming around her neck.

"......Hyuuu?" I say confused.

"Hm? Hey look, it's that kid from the invasion with Luppi." Matsumoto says recognizing me right away.

How can anyone forget my cute face?

"What do you girls want?" the male Shinigami asks.

"Simple. We overheard your little arguement that suddenly included the kid. We want in too." the pink-haired one replies.

"Fine. We shall hold a Beauty Contest! You girls and Wonderweiss can be the judges." Coolhorn says.

"It shall be held by Kukaku's Residetial Area. She can't refuse me." the male Shinigami says.

"Okay then. We'll be seeing you two later tonight. Nemu, let's find something nice to stick Wonderweiss in." Matsumoto agrees.

"I'll see what I can find." Nemu replies.

"Actually I have a few things back at my Squad Barracks." the one with the glasses says as the male Shinigami and Coolhorn walk away.

"Awesome, Nanao. Hey Retsu, is it okay if we bring him to your barracks when we find something?" Matsumoto asks.

"Sure. I don't mind. Yachiru and I can decide a different hairstyle for him." Retsu replies.

Wait, they wanna dress me up? OH HELL NO! I quickly dart from the scene using Sonido.

Yachiru notices and announces, "He's getting away!"

"Get him!" Nanao yells.

The girls excluding Retsu and Nanoa chase after me. I don't want to be dressed up by women! With my fear rising, I make my way back to Jushiro's Bonzai Garden and quickly hide behind Ichigo.

"Whoa! Wonderweiss, what's gotten into you?" Ichigo asks.

I reply pointing from the direction I came in, "THEM!"

The guys look towards the direction I was pointing only to spot the girls standing on the ledge of the wall.

"Oh boy," Shunsui sighs tilting his hat up, "what do you girls want with Weissy?"

"Yumichika and Coolhorn are holding a Beauty Contest later on. weissy is going to be a judge." Nemu replies.

"Let me guess, you wanna dress him up right? Did you forget that we have a Sewing Master?" Chad asks.

Uryuu stands up and announces, "I shall make Wonderweiss the perfect outfit to wear later on!"

Ichigo jokes, "Quincy Sewing Powers, ACTIVATE!"

Uryuu shoots Ichigo a glare and Ichigo cracks up. So does Shunsui and Jushiro.

"Okay fine, you create him an outfit. We'll be waiting by Kukaku's house." Matsumoto says as the girls leave.

"I don't get it. Why do they want to dress him up?" Chad asks.

"I have no idea. Girls will be girls. I just keep gettin' older and they keep lookin' younger." Shunsui replies lying down.

Uryuu grabs my wrist and says, "Let's go, Wonderweiss. We have work to do!"

With my feet still rooted into the ground, Uryuu drags me into Jushiro's home. When the door shut, Ichigo started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Jushiro asks.

When Ichigo spoke, it wasn't him, "Oh I'm going to have fun with this!"

"What the hell?" Shunsui asks.

"....Ichigo?" Chad asks confused.

"Not quite. Take another look at my eyes. Where it's supposed to be white is black, and the irises are yellow." Ichigo replies.

"Oh crap..." Jushiro says knowing the answer.

"That's right. It is I, Shirosaki! I finally have control of this losers body!" Shiro says.

"I take it that's why Ichigo's hair is going white." Chad says.

"Of course. I'm trying to lock him in his own Inner World so that I can have some fun for once. Do you know what it's like being trapped in someone's Inner World for so long? I want out, dammit!" Shiro replies.

"Hold that thought, Shirosaki." Jushiro says getting up.

He walks by and heads inside his home. He emerges moments later just as Ichigo's skin was turning paper white. He returns to his spot, sits down, and reveals a plushie and a pale green mod soul pill.

"Shirosaki, I have an idea that just might work. Here, swallow this pill." Jushiro says handing Shiro the pill.

Shirosaki jokes, "Hey cool, drugs."

He swallows the pill, and suddenly Ichigo's released with the pill flying out of his mouth and onto the ground. Jushiro picks it up and sticks it in a small hole in the plushie. Ichigo recovers wondering what just happened. Jushiro shows him the plushie.

Ichigo laughs, "Are you serious? You trapped him in a Mod Soul pill and stuck him in that plushie?"

"He said he wanted to come out and have some fun. Here, you can hold him." Jushiro replies handing the lifeless plushie to Ichigo.

The moment Ichigo takes hold, it comes to life.

"What the? Wait, why are you back out? What's going on?" Shirosaki demands.

"Heheh, oh I'm going to have so much fun!" Ichigo says with a psychotic look.

"Shirosaki, you're a plushie now." Chad says.

"I'M A WHAT?!" Shirosaki exclaims.

"Well, a Shaymin plushie in its Sky Forme." Jushiro replies with a smile.

"....YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!!!!!!" Shirosaki cries.

"Aw c'mon, Shirosaki. Why so SERIOUS!!!" Ichigo says elbowing Shiro to the ground.

Hours later, it was nightfall. Kukaku let Yumichika and Coolhorn use the front "yard", I guess one would call it, for the Beauty Contest. Uryuu had created a nice fitting suit for me in the color baby blue, even though the sleeves were hiding my hands. I didn't care. However, my hairstyle was to stay as such; no one messes with my hair! The judges were me, Matsumoto, and Nanao. Yachiru, Nemu, and Retsu were going to announce the events. The worst part was, Las Noches got wind of it and came to see what all the fuss was about. Although the Shinigami opposed this, it was a ceasefire, so they let everyone stay.

Nnoitra and Kenpachi (who's name I just learned from Yachiru), were itching to fight each other to see who was stronger. Ulquiorra and Byakuya got along through some tea....wow, what a shocker. They should've been born twins. Barragan and the 1st Squad Captain both found they had some similarities, such as how annoying the younger generation is. Szayel and Mayuri (who I learned from Nemu) were arguing about who was the better scientist; my vote's on Szayel. Stark and Shunsui got along great for the fact that they both love to sleep.

Just then, Retsu comes out from the curtains that were set up not too long ago.

"Greetings Shinigami and Arrancar. We're all glad you could make it. Tonight will be the Soul Society's first ever Beauty Contest between Yumichika and Coolhorn. Our judges this evening are Wonderweiss, Matsumoto, and Nanao. Not only will they be judging the events to come, but you the audience get to decide as well. We also got a translator for Wonderweiss curtesy of Ichigo. He is a Mod Soul and his name is Kon. Now then, let's start with the first round: Visual. Both contestants will be appearing in a variety of clothing going from normal wear to swim suit. Let's start out with the First Impressrion Portion." Retsu explains, announcing the first event.

The curtain opens and Yumichika takes the stage.

We could hear Coolhorn shouting, "How come I'm not first?!"

Yumichika replies, "Beauty before Age."

Everyone laughs.

"I'm becoming embarrassed of letting Coolhorn be my Fraccion." Barragan admits.

Yumichika is wearing a swallow-tail tuxedo complete with tuxedo pants. The main color is dark red with a black sash and white shirt.

"Very nice color coordination." Matsumoto says.

"The colors go very well together. Thumbs up!" I say.

"'The colors go very well together. Thumbs up!'" Kon translates.

"With that kind of shoe? I don't think so." Nanao says.

"I think we found our 'Simon'." Yammy says to Ikkaku.

"Agreed." Ikkaku chuckles.

Yumichika heads behind the curtain. Coolhorn appears in...WHAT THE HELL IS HE WEARING?! That doesn't even look like a tux!

"....Oh my God...." Uryuu says getting an urge to vomit.

"It looks like he's wearing a dress. You can clearly see the outline of his huge---" Shrosaki tries to say before Ichigo stomps on him.

"He's no longer a dragon." Barragan says.

"Um, that's an awfully tight outfit....it isn't very attractive." Matsumoto says with a deadpan look.

"Okay, I can read this kids thoughts: he wants to puke." Kon says.

"....." Nanao was speechless.

Coolhorn heads behind the curtain and it closes.

Retsu comes out and says, "The next portion for the Visual is Nightwear."

She retreats back to her post behind the curtain. It opens and reveals Yumichika in a simple two piece long sleeve shirt and pants. The main color is blue with clouds for a pattern.

"Aw, that's cute!" Matsumoto says.

I simply hold up a piece of paper with a smiley face on it.

"It's so overdone." Nanao says.

Yumichika retreats and Coolhorn appe----OH GOD VOMIT CITY!

Just about everyone was freaking out.

Matsumoto says with her hands over her mouth, "HONEST TO GOD, WHO SLEEPS IN A G-STRING?!"

Both Nanao and I were braindead from the shock.

As Coolhorn retreats and the curtains close, Kon asks, "Can we just announce the winner already?"

"I'm afraid not. The other two events aren't half as bad as the Visual." Nanao says.

Uryuu shouts from the crowd, "COOLHORN INSULTS THE HARD WORK PUT INTO CLOTHES!"

"Hey cool, we can agree on something." Gin says.

Retsu emerges and says, "The final portion is swimsuit. The judges will give their first total score for both contestants afterwards."

She heads into the crowd with her role ending. Both Yumichika and Coolhorn appear at once. As Yumichika was wearing cool-looking trunks, Coolhorn was in a speedo. With that we simply come up with out scores, first for Yumichika: 10/10/8. Then came Coolhorn: 6/0/1. Yumichika is in the lead with 28 total points. The curtains close and out comes Nemu in a very beautiful dress.

She explains, "The second event is the Dance Competition. Both contestants will choose a girl from the audience to dance with. After both give it their all, their scores will be tallied."

Nemu then walks into the audience to pick two girls. She chooses Lilynette for Yumichika and Isane for Coolhorn.

As she walks back to the stage with both she announces, "I lied; they made me choose."

They're brought behind the curtain. Minutes later, Yumichika emerges with Lilynette. He was in his swallow-tail tux. A song starts to play; it's Alones by Aqua Timez! As it starts, it seems like a simple ballroom dance style, then it becomes more fast paced. When the 2:55 mark came, it turned into a different dance. I think it was the Tango or something. But after that, both dances are combined for an impressive finish with Lilynette in a dip. That concluded Yumichika's dance. Next up is Coolhorn, this time in his normal uniform with Isane in a very nice dress. The song of choice: Let It Rock by Kevin Rudolph featuring Lil Wayne. It was more of the night club kind of dance; no real theme. Although Isane was able to keep up, the middle could've been better.

We tally our scores. For Yumichika: 10/10/6. For Coolhorn: 8/8/9. Yumichika is still ahead with a total of 54 points, and Coolhorn behind with 32. Yachiru appears carrying Ichigo's Zanpakuto in the air.

"OOOOOOKAAAAYYYYYY! It's the final event! The Acting Event! Both contestants will perform their special attacks with it revealing the beauty side of their Zanpakuto. LET'S BEGIIIIIIN!" Yachiru explains excitedly as she is suddenly chased back into the ground by Ichigo.

Yumichika is out first. He performs simple attack moves while in Normal State. Then during a downward slash he transforms his Zanpakuto into Shikai and starts swinging it around with a certain style. Though reluctant to do it because his Squad is present, he reveals his Bankai for a huge finish. Fireworks of the blue, green, and yellow colors go off in the background, giving his Bankai a stunning look. He finishes by turning his Zanpakuto back to normal and sheathing it.

Next is Coolhorn. He begins by firing numerous Bara in a dome shape, countering the first shots with a fast second shot to have them collide and explode. It actually was pretty good. Soon he takes out his Zanpakuto, posing with it. Then he Releases it, and he transforms into his Release Form. Yumichika can be heard laughing hysterically. Coolhorn starts to spin in place, firing a short-ranged Cero so that it didn't hit anybody. Then he jumps into the air, twirling, firing both Bara and Cero together. As he lands, he uses Rosa Blanca, only creating a half dark done with the white flower appearing behind him for his finish, as fireworks of varying colors are shot off in the background.

The curtains close, then reopen to reveal both Yumichika and Coolhorn back in his Unreleased state. We conclude our scores. For Yumichika: 7/6/9, which totals to 76. For Coolhorn: 10/10/3, which totals to 55. Yumichika is the winner!

"THOSE SCORES ARE WRONG!" Coolhorn shouts.

"Told ya that I was more beautiful. Now take your seaweed hair and leave." Yumichika says.

"Coolhorn needs a job." I say.

"Yeah, but which kind?" Kon jokes with a smirk.

I think I'm ready to go back to the World of the Living. Today's been to weird to stay in Soul Society.


Quincy Sewing Powers, ACTIVATE!: is a quote featured in a comic by a deviant on deviantart. Uryuu has proved to be a master at sewing as he is able to repair Kon's "injuries" and even dressed up Kon in a feminine outfit.

Shaymin/Sky Forme: Shaymin is the 492nd Pokemon in the National Pokedex, and one of few Sinnoh Deities. It is said that he beautified the once desolate Floaroma Town. Shaymin is a hedgehog all the time (Land Forme) but when introduced to a certain flower, transforms into Sky Forme, giving him the types of Flying and Grass. He is a lot braver in Sky Forme, but when night approaches, he returns to his shy Land Forme. He was one of two main Pokemon in the movie Giratina and the Sky Warrior. He is also obtainable through a certain event that can also be hacked, and is located in the elusive Flower Paradise. WARNING! In order to leave this strange place, one must have a Pokemon capable of flight. Otherwise you're stuck for good.

Why so Serious?: is a line said by Heath Ledger's Joker in Batman: The Dark Knight. It has become a very popular saying and is featured in many photoshoped photos, comics, and regular art pieces.

Alones: is the title to the opening theme during the Arrancar Arc. It features Kon singing it. It is by Aqua Timez.