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Nanao pulled a duffle out of her closet. She began gathering clothes.

'Nanao-chan has gotten better at lying. I'm surprised.' Chishitoge had gone through most of what happened in the past decades he has been gone. He skipped over the assassination attempts. 'How are we gonna find creepy candy man?'

'I'll try his store location first. Hopefully he isn't there. Otherwise I'm sure Aizen would have killed him by now. And if I can find him...I'll try the Vaisard warehouse.' Nanao remembered the general location of the hideout, but not the exact location. But she was sure she could find them.

"Ready to go?" Nanao turned and threw her fan at Shunsui's face. It hit him square between his eyes. He rubbed the hurt spot. "That hurt Nanao-chan." He whined with a frown on his face.

"Then knock before entering a room. Especially a woman's room. That is highly inappropriate." Nanao closed up her duffle. 'Darn it. Don't have a swimsuit in case we go somewhere else. I'll pick one up at Urahara's.'

'That will be fun. Especially if the cat lady is there.' Chishitoge started flipping through the swimsuits Yorichi had tried to get Nanao to wear on occasions. 'I personally like the purple one.'

'That was not a swim suit. All it was was strings and a small triangle of fabric. NOT A SWIMSUIT!' Nano threw the bag over her shoulder and turned to Shunsui. "Ready."

"Then let's go." Shunsui tried to put a hand on her shoulder, but Nanao had a fan up her sleeve. "How many of those do you have?" He rubbed his stinging hand. She had a strong wrist on her.

A sad smile spread across Nanao's lips. "Yadomaru-senpai gave me a large box of them for my birthday one year. She told me to always have one with me." She slid the fan back into the pocket she had hidden in her sleeve.

Shunsui walked beside her with a small smile on his face instead of his goofy grin. "Lisa-chan certainly taught you some good things. But I wonder what bad habits you may have picked up from her? Like listening in on Taichou meetings?"

Nanao blushed a bit but said nothing. She had listened in on a few meetings so that she knew what was going on. And those meetings were the ones that Shunsui had decided not to go to. Or the ones while he was in his drunken depression.

Shunsui chuckled at Nanao's reaction. They walked in a comfortable silence to the Senkaimon gate.

"Where are you two heading?" Nanao and Shunsui looked behind them. Walking towards them was the Taichou of 10th squad, Shiba Isshin. "You two going on a trip of some kind?"

"My Nanao-chan thinks I need a break. And she needs one as well." Shunsui smiled at his fellow Taichou. The two of them got along very well. "Where are you heading?"

"There is something I need to check." Isshin smiled and walked beside his friend. "Congratulations on the promotion, Ise-Fukutaichou."

"Thank you, Shiba-Taichou." Nanao gave the man a smile. She always wondered how the man was related to Jushiro's Fukutaichou. Turns out he was Kaien's uncle.

"I'll make sure Kaien doesn't pick on you too much. Although I'm sure Shunsui does a good enough job at keeping any boys away." Isshin always wondered what type of relation the Taichou and now Fukutaichou had. At first he though it was just a father-daughter relation. But he wasn't sure anymore.

The three walked in silence through the Senkaimon. They emerged above a small town.

"Wow." Nanao hadn't expected them to end up above Karakura town. It was exactly where she had hoped they would end up.

"First time in the world of the living?" Isshin didn't think that was true. Most shinigami went on a few mission here during their time in a squad.

"No, but it is my first time during the day. Most of the time I show up at night and leave at night. I never get to see it in daylight." Nanao quickly came up with an excuse. It was true, from what they knew. But Nanao had spent quite a bit of time in this town while she was a Taichou. Back before all of this.

"I'll see you guys back in Seireitei. Take care." Isshin waved as he headed off. He had some things to check on.

Shunsui tipped his hat up with his eyebrow. His friend was usually never in a hurry. Unless he was running away from his own Fukutaichou. "Well nano-chan, I have a few things I need to pick up. Why don't you look around a bit? I'll signal you when I'm done."

"Okay." Nano didn't know what he was up to. She landed on a power pole and looked around. 'Now to find Urahara.'

'Try the cat that is staring at you.' Nanao followed Chishitoge's advise and looked towards the black cat on the next pole over.

She caught sight of its golden eyes and smiled. She walked along the power line and knelt down in front of the cat. "You have the same look as when you are human, Yorichi-san." Nanao gave the cat a smirk.

Yorichi smirked at the girl in surprise. "How'd you know it was me?"

"As I said, same look. You also have the same presence." Nanao scratched Yorichi's ear.

Yorichi couldn't help the purr that escaped her lips. "You good with cats or something? Not even Kisuke can make me purr." Yorichi saw the blush spread across the girl's face. "Just teasing you, Nanao-chan. So whatcha doing here?"

"I need to speak with Urahara. It's urgent." Nanao lifted the strap of her duffle over her head to secure it better. She guessed they would have to move quickly.

"Hide you reiatsu, and follow me." Yorichi began walking along the power lines.

"I can't just vanish. They'll suspect something." Nanao followed the cat along the wires.

"We will take care of that." Yorichi was surprised to see a purple and black cat following her. "We'll emit Nanao's reaistu signature while she follows you." Chishitoge smiled at the surprise in the black cat's golden eyes.

"Okay. Let's go." Yorichi took off down the power lines.

Nanao was quickly following Yorichi. She wasn't at all surprised to find herself in front of Urahara's candy shop. It was just in a completely different location. She followed the cat into the shop.

Nanao braced herself as a man with a striped hat cam in with a large smile on his face. "Hello there! Welcome to Urahara's-"

"Stop being strange, Urahara-san." Nanao crossed her arms as the man settled down a bit.

"Good to see you as well, Ise-san. You certainly grew up." Kisuke smiled at the now grown woman. He was quite surprised to see her. "Have you come for you katana?"

"No. I don't need him at the moment. But I will be back for him." Nanao dropped the smile on her face. "Aizen is planning something. It involves Shiba-Taichou and Kurosaki."

"Hmm. Interesting. I did find out who this Kurosaki-san is. She is a Quincy." Urahara was a bit surprised at Nanao's reaction. She didn't seem surprised at all. "Did you know?"

"A hunch. I think they are the key to bringing down Aizen. Otherwise he wouldn't bother with them." Nanao needed to keep him off of her. The less he suspected about her, the better.

"I understand. I will keep an eye one them. Did Shiba-san come with you, or was he already heading here?" Urahara had seen the man Nanao was talking about the other day. 'Probably had something to do with that strange Hollow.'

Nanao gave the shopkeeper a small smile. "What selection of swim ware do you have? I don't seem to have a swimsuit for my trip I'm on." Nanao saw the glint in his eye. She was a bit worried. But not by much.

"I have a very large selection to chose from. Come to the back and I will show you." Urahara waved the woman further into the store.

Nanao slid out of her sand legs and followed the man to the back storage room. She was surprised to the large selection he had. "Does Yorichi-san wear any of these?" She looked down at the cat beside her.

"Would you like me to chose one for you?" Yorichi gave the girl a smirk.

"No thank you." Nano did not want to see how skimpy of a suit the were-cat could find. She began leafing through the suits till she had three picked out. One had a ruffle dress that attached under the bust and was a one piece in a deep red colour. Another was a bright purple bikini with a ruffled mini skirt. And the last was black with a V-neck that showed her belly button. "And to think these are the most conservative ones you have in my size."

"Sorry about that." Kisuke kept the fact that Yorichi had told him to hide any of the more modest ones from the girl. "Will that be all?"

"Yes thank you." Nanao stuffed the suits into her duffle. "How is everyone?" She asked softly as she picked up her bag.

Urahara sat down and opened his fan. "They are doing alright. Some are depressed, others are angry, but all have accepted their new life."

Nanao knew exactly where everyone fit into the categories Urahara had given her. "Can you say 'hi' to Yadomaru-senpai for me, if you get the chance?" She slid the shop door open and looked back at the former Taichou.

Urahara closed his fan. "I will."

Nanao gave him a smile. "Thank you." She waved as she left the shop and headed towards her cats. They seemed to just be walking around. 'Now time for a vacation.'

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