Ichigo and Orihime were lying in bed together. Orihime had her head on Ichigo's chest and he was rubbing her hair. "Mmmm…" Orihime hums out as she sleeps. Ichigo chuckled. He might have pushed her a bit too hard, but she was the one who got him all riled up. He was about to fall asleep alongside her when her heard the doorbell rings. He frowns and groans out. 'Who the hell is coming here.' He carefully slides from under Orihime and slips on his boxers and his pj pants. He rubbed his head as the doorbell rings again. "Alright, I'm coming already!" He yells out. He opened the door to see a fuming Jess. "Jess!? What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked. Jess huffed out and walked in. Ichigo closed the door behind her. "What the hell got you so pissed?" "Shut up Ichi before I put you through a wall." She says sitting on the couch. Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Whatever…why are you here? Shouldn't you be with Oichi?" Jess shot him a quick glare. "If I knew where she was, I wouldn't be here. She hasn't been answering my calls and when I show up at what I thought was her house I get fed a bunch of damn lies!" "Lies? What happened?"

Jess sighs out and calms her anger down. "I went to the house to find Renji with Rukia and their baby, I guess. I asked him to come outside and explain where Oichi was. Did you know that bastard tried to lie to my face and say that Oichi cheated on him!?" Ichigo's eyes widen. "He did what!?" Jess leans back. "I was so pissed that I ended up hitting him in the face! There was no point in getting answers from him, so I came here to find out what the hell was going on and WHERE is my Oichi!" She pouted and crossed her arms.

"Ichigo?" Ichigo and Jess turned their heads to see a sleepy Orihime wearing his shirt. She rubbed her eyes. "Where did you go?" Ichigo smiled and went to her. "Go back to bed Orihime. I'll be with you in a second." Jess looked at Orihime and eyes her belly. She smiled. "Hi Orihime! Its been a while huh? Sorry for being so loud. I didn't know you were with Ichigo." Orihime looked at Jess and it took her a second to realize who it was. "Jess!?" She says in shock. "What are you doing here?" Jess chuckles. "Looking for Oichi. I can't find her anywhere. Hey are you pregnant?" Orihime blushed and rubbed her stomach. "Y-Yes…I'm about two months now." Jess giggled and got up and walked to her and hugged her. "Aw! Congratulations! I'm so happy for you and Ichigo!" Orihime giggled and hugged her back. "Thank you."

Ichigo rubbed his chin. "Oh! I just remembered. Oichi is in jail." Jess body tensed up and she let go of Orihime. "What did you just say?" "Oichi is in jail right now. I'm not sure when she'll be coming home though. She didn't sa…" Jess charged at Ichigo and put him in a head lock. "What do you mean she's in jail! Why didn't anyone call me!? You have my freaking number why didn't you let me know about Oichi!" Jess yelled tightening her grip. Ichigo quickly started to tap out. "I…didn't…finish…" Ichigo gasp out. "J-Jess! Please stop! He didn't mean that Oichi is in like jail. She's visiting Grimmjow for about two days or so!" Jess let Ichigo go and he fell to the floor. "Who is Grimmjow? Okay someone needs to start explaining something right now!"

At the prison Oichi and Grimmjow were enjoying their last minutes together by soaking in the bathtub. Since Oichi reviled her back to him she had to start take herbal baths to numb her back every now and then. While Grimmjow didn't ask about who or what gave her those scars she still felt like he should know everything about her. He however, shot her down and told her that this is not the place or time to come clean. He wanted to wait until he was out, and they were settled down to finally speak 100% honestly about each other. It made Oichi happy that he cared so much about how she was feeling about this.

Grimmjow sighs out. "This bath isn't all that bad. So, you have to soak in this every day?" Oichi nodded. "Yes, if I don't, when it rubs up against fabric it will hurt and make me uncomfortable. So, the bath helps numb the pain and makes my skin very silky. When you felt them, my back was very dry right?" Grimmjow nodded. "Yes, well due to certain reasons my back will never heal and only this herb bath can properly keep my back moisturize and pain free. Until my dad figures out something I guess."

She felt Grimmjow run water down her shoulder. "Well I wouldn't mind soaking in this with you but how come you smell more like honey now?" Oichi giggled. "I think I've always smelled like honey just never this strong until I take an herbal bath. Its mix with a bunch of herbs from my home island and the honey scent is produce by our national flower the Dragon Rose. As I said before my dad is like an inventor. He dabbles in a lot of things such as, science, alchemy, Archeology, Psychology, and one of his favorites, Botany and much more. He was able to use the properties of the rose and make a healing potion of some sort for me. To help ease the pain a bit. A little side effect of it though is that if you bath in it for a long time you will start to smell like honey." Grimmjow leans back in the tub. "Your old man is something huh." Oichi leans back on his chest. "Yeah. He does have his cool factors from time to time."

They heard a small alarm go off, signaling it was time to go. They both sigh out. "Fuck…I'm really not ready to leave you." Grimmjow says. Oichi stands up and Grimmjow licks his lips as he watched the water dip down her body. She steps out and grabs a towel and started to dry herself off. "I don't want to leave you either, but I feel like we will be together again soon." Grimmjow chuckled. 'Very soon hopefully.'

When Oichi was dry she walked out to the room and grabbed some clothes out of her bag. She put on a pair of matching light blue bra and panties set. A pair of blue skinny jeans and a white t-shirt. Grimmjow walked out with the towel around his waist. "So that's what you look like with clothes on." He says chuckling. Oichi rolled her eyes and laughed a bit. "Shut up. Two days will compare to nothing once you get home." There was a knock at the door. "Seems like its time to go…" Oichi says grabbing short sleeve olive green sweater and placing it over her t-shirt. She slipped her feet into some brown heels. She stood up and packed all her clothes back in the duffle bags before walking over to Grimmjow. She ran her fingers through his semi wet hair. "Be good for a little while longer please." Grimmjow leans down and kisses her. "Same goes for you. You better be letting those men out there that your taken. Who's girl are you?" Oichi giggled. "I'm yours." "Damn straight." There was another knock. Grimmjow rolled his eyes. "Quit your knocking! She's coming!" Oichi grabbed her duffle bag and slips her hands into his. "Walk me to the door?" Grimmjow interlocks his fingers with hers. "I suppose but, only to make sure who ever is escorting you out better not touch you."

Walking over to the door, Oichi opened it to see Yumichika. "It's about time you two love birds." Oichi smiles and kisses Grimmjow on the cheek. "Until next time." Grimmjow nodded and watched her walk out. He smirked and then smacked her butt making her blush. "Such an animal." She rubs her cheeks. Grimmjow chuckled.

Yumichika was escorting Oichi to the main office of the prison and handed her back her phone and tablet. She had a sad look in her eyes. Its only been a few seconds but she already missed Grimmjow. Yumichika pats her head. "Don't be down Oichi, you are glowing quite beautifully. Those two days must have done you justice." Oichi blushed. "Yeah, you can say that…" Yumichika walked her to the door. "Well you will be back on the 14th of the next month so you can look forward to that. Also…check your phone when you get a chance will ya." "Um…okay?" Oichi says a bit confused. Yumichika smiled and waved good bye to her.

Oichi shook her head and headed to her car. She looked around carefully as she walked. She didn't want to run into anyone unusual. She made it to her car and locked her doors. She then pulled her phone out and turned it one. When she did she saw that she had three messages all from Yumichika and two missed calls. One from Rukia and one from Ichigo. Before she could check the messages her phone rings. It was Ichigo calling again. She picked up. "Hello?" "Oichi, hey do you think you can stop by here?" "Uh sure, is there something wrong?" "No, just come over here okay?" "Alright then…" Oichi says as they hung up at the same time. "I wonder what Ichigo could want." She turns her car on and drives out the parking lot to Ichigo's place.

At Ichigo's place, Jess was pacing while Orihime sipped on some ginger tea. Ichigo was sitting beside her watching Jess pace. "Would you calm down already. Oichi is on her way over here." Jess sighs. "I am calm. I just want answers to what is going on. You aren't telling me anything and I am not trusting anything Renji says anymore. Plus, I want to know why Oichi hasn't even tried to contact me in a few months! Days I could understand even a few weeks but months!?" She crossed her arms. "I can't help but to worry about her sometimes." Ichigo rolled his eyes. "You both are worry warts about each other. Even at school you both became glued to each other. I remember when you had to move and Oichi cried nearly every day." Jess smiles. "Yeah, I didn't like it either but I did promise her that I will be back."

They soon heard a knock at the door. Before Ichigo could get up, Jess rushed to the door. She opened and saw Oichi there patting down her hair. "Oichi!" Oichi looked up and her eyes widen. "Jess!? Wha…What are you doing here!?" "I came here to see you silly!" Both girls smiled and gave each other a hug. "Aw Jess! I missed you!" Oichi says as it finally sinks in. Jess giggles and they walked inside.

"Hi Ichi, Hi Orihime. How are you feeling today?" Oichi asked. Orihime smiled. "We both are doing okay." She says patting her belly. Oichi chuckled. Jess sits down on the couch across Ichigo. "Now…Oichi…why don't you start telling me what's going? Like why you stop contacting me for months?" Oichi rubs her chin and then gasps. "Oh!...Oh…" She looks down. "I'm sorry Jess…so many things have happened and I haven't had time to do much. I'm really now just getting back off my feet." "What happened?" Jess says.

Oichi sits beside her. "Well…Renji cheated on me with Rukia. They had been sleeping with each other behind my back for three on the six years we had been together. Then I find out that Renji only wanted to be with me because he needed Rukia's brother to get off his back. So basically, they used me as a scapegoat." Jess frowned. "That ring that I was showing you back then…it wasn't even meant for me. It was for Rukia. He got her pregnant while we were still together. When I found out about, well, first Orihime told me and I didn't believe her then I caught them together in the house, in the bed. Renji kicked me out and took all my money…it…its been pretty rough you know." Jess bit her lip as her anger rose up. "He kicked you out your home and took your money…" She crossed her arms and tapped her fingers on her arms. "So…since you're not with Renji anymore I assume this Grimmjow guy is your new man?"

Oichi smiles a bit. "Yeah…we meet at the café before I got fired. He was the security guard there before he got fired from his job. He was really nice to me and I vent to him from time to time about Renji and I guess we started getting close. When Renji kicked me out in the rain I called him, and he let me live with him for a while until I got back on my feet." Jess raises her eyebrow at Oichi. "So, you just stayed with this man without asking anything about him?" Oichi frowned a bit. "It's not like that. Before we even started dating, he did take me out on some dates and we did learn a few things about each other. We didn't even have sex until well…way later down the line. He didn't push me into doing anything I didn't like. While I was with him though I started to truly realize how me and Renji had grown a part. It hurt to know that the guy I loved only used me to get what he wanted."

Jess leans back on the chair and pondered her thoughts. "So why is your guy in jail?" Oichi sighs. "Well while he was doing a job he got set up by his former coworkers and they also set me up as well." Jess sat up quickly. "Set you up!?" Oichi nodded. "Yeah Grimmjow was really going to take all the charges so I wouldn't be charged with anything but thanks to papa I got off free and Grimmjow got his time reduce a bit. Though 15 years is a long time he may be able to get out early on good behavior." Jess pinched the spot between her nose. "Anything else you want to add to the story?" She asked. Oichi rubbed her fingers together. "Well…I was um…assaulted at my last job…" Jess slowly glanced at her. "You were…assaulted…!" She then turns to Ichigo and gives him a deadly glare, making him jump. "Ichigo…why weren't you watching her?" Jess says in a low voice. Ichigo frowned. "I…It…" Oichi grabbed Jess hand. "Calm down sissy. I'm okay and nothing super bad happened. It wasn't Ichigo's fault. If I wasn't being so stubborn then maybe it wouldn't happen. I was so focus on trying to help myself that I didn't listen to Ichigo or Nel about that job. Since then I have quit that job and I'm working at a better paying job."

Jess sighs. "Oichi I could start growing gray hair with all of the worrying you are putting me through right now." Oichi smiles. "I'm sorry. I know I should have kept in contact with you, but everything just moved so fast and I didn't have time." Jess smiles and holds her hand back. "I know. You have always been like that. So, tell me do you have a place to stay now? A car?" Oichi nodded. "Yes, papa brought me a car and a house. Once I move my stuff from Nel's storage unit I'll see how much more stuff I will need to by…well…in truth the house is 3 stories, so I will need to buy a lot of things." Jess rubbed her chin. "It's a pretty big house…Okay then that settles it. I'll move in with you for a bit." "Really?" Jess nodded. "Yeah, I mean it is about time I find a place to settle you know. This place seems like a good staring place. Your home is big enough for me to grab a room and start somewhere, plus with hearing all these things that you went through I don't feel comfortable leaving you alone. At least until your boyfriend comes back." Oichi smiled. "Okay! I don't mind that!" Jess nodded. "How are your funds? I have some money to blow here and there." Oichi shook her head. "You know I don't like taking money from you. Papa already offered to buy what I needed. When Flo and Izzy get here and get settled, we all plan on going shopping." Jess chuckled. "Flo and Izzy are coming…does Izzy still hate me?" Oichi frowned. "Izzy doesn't hate you. She was 10 when said that. She's grown up and has become more mature now." Jess sighs. "If you say so…"

Oichi stands up. "Well then, I think we have taken up a lot of Ichigo and Orihime's time. You can come to where I am staying at for now. Next week I'll be moving into the house." Jess nodded and grabbed her bag. "I will also be having a chat with your little boyfriend. I'd like to meet him." Oichi frowned. "Please be nice…Grimmjow has a rotten mouth and I don't want you threatening him and trying to put him through the floor or something." Jess shrugs. "I can't promise anything." Oichi sighs. "Of course, you can't. Come on let's go."

The next day, Grimmjow was sitting in the visiting area waiting. Someone was here to see him. After spending those days with Oichi, Grimmjow was quite mellow. Not many men messed with him and the guards sometimes end up talking to him after seeing him and Ikkaku talk every now and there. Before he was told to come here, he was playing spades with a few older guys who had been in here longer then him. They were telling him the same old crap as they always did saying, how he should change his life around and that he wouldn't want to be in here forever or think about his son and so on. Now that he has Oichi they could clearly see that their words were finally hitting home.

Now it begs the question, who is trying to ruin his day now. The door opened, and he saw a person coming to his window. He looked up to see a red hair woman with a long braid down to her stomach. She was wearing a grey t-shirt with a green cotton jacket over her. Black skinny jeans and converses. Some of the guards were staring at her with a red face as she sat down in front of Grimmjow. She picked up the phone and waited. Grimmjow sighed and picked up the phone. "To what do I owe the pleasure of a sexy red head of visiting me?" He says smirking. Jess frowned. "My name is Jessica Mikcloud. I'm a very close friend of Oichi's so you can cut the bad boy act." Grimmjow chuckled. "Never heard of you. I know all of Oichi's friends." "Well obviously you don't but I know you Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez. Your birthday is July 31st your 26 years old, you're about 6'1 and you should weigh about 170 pounds depending on if they are feeding you right, I guess. You're the former head boss of the 6th division in a company run by a man name Aizen. You also have a cute fondness with cats or so I'm told. Am I hitting home on any of these? I can go on if you wish." She asked smirking.

Grimmjow slightly glared at her. "Who the hell are you…really…and why do you know so much about me." Jess leans back and crosses her legs. "I don't know everything about you yet. Let's just say I have amazing resources and I'd like to know who I am dealing with during these modern times. Look I simply wish to come and met the man who has stolen Oichi's heart this time. With everything going on I'm not to surprise she didn't say much about me. We grew up together and went to school. I had to move away before my senior year though. We talk every now and then but when I stop receiving calls and I couldn't reach her I had to come here to see what was going on." Jess smiles. Grimmjow sighs. "Fine whatever…What do you want from me. To leave Oichi alone? Cuz that ain't going to happen girly." Jess frowned. "It's Jess and I didn't come here for that. I did come here to say that I hope you aren't the same as Renji and…" "Let me stop you there girly…" Jess grits her teeth. "It's Jess…" "I don't care…Don't compare me to that piece of shit. That bastard left Oichi out in the fucking cold and took everything always from her. That asshole deserves to get beaten to death in the worst of ways!" Jess frowned, and she felt a shiver go down her spine just a bit. She could feel the bloodlust pouring from Grimmjow.

She cleared her throat, collecting her baring's. "Be that as it may…I apologize. I wasn't trying to compare you to Renji. I just don't want the same thing to happen to Oichi. She doesn't let others into her heart so easily and if it gets shattered its very hard to get her to open up." She narrowed her eyes at Grimmjow. "So, let me say this now." She placed her hand on the protective screen that was in front of them. She pressed her hand slightly up against the screen but it was just enough to force the screen to crack underneath her fingers. Grimmjow's eyes widen a bit. "If you harm Oichi or put her life in danger in any way, I will come for you." She pressed her fingers on the screen, putting more pressure on it, making it crack more." Her glare at Grimmjow was dark and it gave him a chilling vibe. "You might be good at hand to hand combat and I admit you got so good skills, but I have trained with 10 master martial artist, I'm so highly skilled with weapons that I can kill you with a fucking spoon. Try. Me. Don't make me end you. All I need is one reason. ONE."

She leans back taking her hand off the screen. She smiles at him sweetly. "I'm sure you can understand that correct?" Grimmjow felt a sweat drop roll down his face. "I can see why you are friends with Oichi now…between you and Nel and all of your threats." "Nel?" Grimmjow leans back. "You will meet her soon. As for your threat, I don't plan on hurting Oichi nor do I plan on putting her life in anymore danger. She is mine and I won't let anyone take her away from." Jess smirked and chuckled. "I don't like how you say that she's yours like she's a prize or something, but I do respect you and I'm happy you care so much about her. I can see it in your eyes that you're telling the truth." She giggles and smiles brightly. "Did you know Oichi wants a lot of kids and she wants to get married in a beautiful nature theme scene." Grimmjow was kind of thrown off by the quick change in subject but chuckles anyways. "I offered to give her seven, but she said four was enough." "Bah!" Jess waves her hand. "It's because she hates odd numbers. If you would have said eight, she would have happily agreed with you." Grimmjow smirks. "I'll have to try that next time."

Ikkaku walked by and eyed the screen and frowned. "Grimmjow you dumbass! What the hell did I tell you about hitting the damn screen!" Grimmjow looked back at him and frowned. "Fuck you egghead! I ain't do shit! Beside this jail is nothing but a piece of crap anyways! The alarm didn't even go off." Ikkaku held up his fist. "Do you want dinner tonight Grimmjow cuz I'll knock those teeth right out of your mouth." Grimmjow dropped the phone and got up. "Let's see you try it!" Jess watched as a few guards came to separate them. "Such as quick temper." She smiles. "Almost like a younger Oichi. How cute. I may look forward to having him as a future brother-in-law heehee."

Outside in the parking lot Oichi was sitting and waiting for Jess. She was wearing a light brown sweater with a handmade scarf. Black skinny jeans and brown boots. She was pouting because Jess told her to stay in the car while she talked to Grimmjow. Beside her was a police car watching her on Toshiro's orders. Today she and Jess were going shopping for some things for the house. She sits back and sighed when her phone rings. It was Ichigo calling her. She answers. "Hi Ichigo. What's up?" "Hey, Oichi, I need your help. I want to find a bigger place for me, Orihime, and the baby. I know you said your dad was looking up places for you and your sisters. Is there any way you can pass down the houses you guys looked at?" Oichi hums out. "I don't know but I can send you the information on the realtor. The house papa was looking at were a bit expensive and I don't want you and Orihime to go through a hard time keeping up with those bills and the baby bills. I'm sure Mr. Grains can find you the perfect place." She looked up to see Jess walking out the building. "I see. Thank you Oichi. This means a lot." "No problem Ichigo. Just take good care of your family okay and I hope you sighed up with the center for a full-time job." Ichigo chuckled. "I have. You and Jess have fun shopping. Don't let her drive you to crazy." Oichi giggled. "Shush your face Ichigo. Bye." She hangs up right when Jess gets in the car.

"So?" Oichi says. Jess smiles. "He is a good guy. I'm a little worried about how bloodthirsty he could be…but other than that I approve!" Oichi giggles. "Yay! I'm happy that you like him. Papa likes him to." Jess chuckled. "Does he now. Well that explains why I almost couldn't get through with my threats. It's hard to make a person fear you after Dante has gotten his hands on you." Oichi laughs. "He loves to make people fear him. Though Grimmjow did resist so papa became impressed." Jess shook his head. "Yes, he is quite stubborn. With your permission I'd like to put him through a wall." Oichi pouted. "I will not give you my permission for something you are going to do anyways. All I ask is not to destroy my house." Jess giggled. "I'll make it as painless as possible now come on. Off to the mall! I already know how I want my room to look." Oichi waved good bye to the police as she drove off.

Over at Renji's, he was yawning as he bounces a crying Ichika. He had a bandage on his jaw from where Jess hit him. Rukia scolded him and told him that he should have just told the truth. "There, there, don't cry. Daddy is here." Renji says bouncing her more but Ichika didn't calm down. Renji sighs. He has been able to get a good night sleep for almost a week. Rukia walked down smiling. "I hear my little girl giving her daddy a hard time." She took Ichika from Renji and started to rock her gently. Ichika started to calm down a bit. "That's a good girl." Renji sighs. "How do you do it babe." Rukia smiled. "A mothers touch is what is needed. That's all." Renji smiles and kisses her forehead. "Mothers do know best don't they. Are you ready for June?" Rukia nods. "Yes, the day we get married is like a dream come true now. It sucks that we had to burn some bridges to get here but I'm happy that we can finally be together, and we got little Ichika here ahead of schedule." Renji smiles. "Yeah." Rukia sighs. "I had to rethink my bridesmaids. I really wanted Oichi to be my maid of honor…" Renji frowned. "Rukia…" "I know. I know. Its best to leave her alone. She's has her own life and we have ours. Now that I'm not wrapped up in my emotions, I am seeing things clearly. Maybe one day we will go back to being friends but until then we should focus on us." Renji smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I agree with that." Rukia glared at him slightly. "I don't think you do since I catch you looking at her every now and then. Like her butt for one." Renji rubbed his head. "I told you that I was sorry and that I didn't mean to. I mean…Oichi has a huge ass…its hard not to see it even when she tries to hide it." Rukia sighs and slips off her shoe. She then smacks Renji with it. It made Ichika do a cute baby giggle. "Idiot! I don't care if she has one or not! I will be your wife after June! You should only be focusing on me!" She huffed out and walked off. Renji rubs his jaw. "Sheesh…It's not like I was drooling over her...much…" He mumbles out.

At Ichigo's, Ichigo was on the phone with the realtor Oichi had given him. Tatsuki was over with Uryu with a six-week ultrasound. Orihime was in tears looking at it. "Oh Tatsuki! Congratulations! We are going to be moms together!" She hugged Tatsuki who was laughing. "Yes we are." Uryu smiled at them and turned back to see Ichigo walk out smiling. "Orihime, we have a view of a house next week." Orihime smiled and held up the ultrasound. "Ichigo look! Tatsuki is having a baby to! We are going to be moms together!" She said excitedly. Ichigo chuckled. "Well looks like our kids are going to be growing up together huh." He says placing a hand on Uryu's shoulder." Uryu pushes his glasses up. "Yeah so we need the number to that realtor. We want to look for a new house as well. One away from my father." Tatsuki chuckled. "Well it seems that your father is equally excited. He is already buying things for the baby."

Uryu's sighs. "Something I told him not to do and yet he doesn't it." Orihime smiles. "It's his first grandchild so I think you can excuse him for that right? Ichigo's dad does the same thing but he sends more girl items then boys I think he hopes that I am having a girl." Ichigo groans out. "That old bastard needs to give it a rest. I told him not to send anything until we find the gender. What are we going to do with all of the things he sent?" Orihime giggles and rubs Tatsuki's stomach. "I'm going to be an auntie!" Tatsuki moves her hand. "Rub your own belly Orihime. Don't neglect your tummy rubs for mine." Ichigo sits beside Uryu. "So, everyone is becoming moms now." Orihime frowned and looked down. "Do…you think Oichi will be okay?" Tatsuki smiled. "I'm sure she is fine. Eventually it will be here turn and who knows. With those visits at the prison she is bound to get planted you know." Ichigo rolled his eyes. "The way you said that is so low…" "Oh shut up Ichigo. You know what I mean. It won't be long until Oichi will be joining us in motherhood now don't you have something in this house for food?! We are getting hungry!" Orihime nodded. "Yes! Very hungry!" Ichigo and Uryu shook their heads. "I'll go to the store." Ichigo got up. "I'll fix you some snacks."

Gin walked through the halls sighing. He had paperwork to give to Ulquiorra, but he could not find him anywhere which was unlike him. He was walking to Aizen's office. Knocking two times on the door he steps right on in right as a woman fell on top on the desk, naked, and passed out. Gin chuckled. "Careful Sir, you might break this one." Aizen straighten out his clothes and hit a buzzer on his desk. "Menoly, will you please come fetch Loly." "Yes Sir, I am on the way."

"Now Gin, what is it that you need?" Gin held up the paper work. "I have work for Ulquiorra, but he is nowhere to be find. No one has seen him today and it is strange." Aizen chuckled. "No doubt he is dabbing in his long-term hobby. I had hope that he grew out of it or at least calm it down to an unnoticeable level." Aizen sits back in his chair. Gin shrugs. "You don't think this is phase, do you? One of our workers have already dropped because of her. We may lose Ulquiorra as well if this goes on and I'm sad to say we can't really afford to lose another worker. Sure, Grimmjow was a little easy to replace but it's taking a lot more resources to do his job than we expected." Aizen placed his hands together and chuckles. "It matters not to me. It's only a matter of time until my plans come to light." He held his hand out. "For I have one simple goal. To create a world in my image and to rule over them all." He closed his hand and balls it into a fist. Gin walks over to the large window and looked out. "That tiny café was only phase one in our plan but now that it is gone. It was a setback we weren't counting on." Aizen puts his fingers together. "True and now a troublesome foe is out and about collecting information on both sides. A third party has entered the fray. I am very curious at what he plans to do." Gin smile widens. "I suppose so, but you know what they say Sir, curiosity kills the cat."

On the 20th of February, Oichi was moving into her new house along with Jess. There were a few moving vans out front and workers were moving in her new furniture. Nel had came by with her workers to get out Oichi's things out her storage unit. She had brought Grayson along with her who refused to let go of Oichi through the day. Dante was there as well to direct traffic and to make a few changes to the house itself, such as removing the fireplaces and adding new rooms to make space. Hisagi and the others were over to help as well.

Oichi was in the kitchen unboxing things. Grayson was sitting on the floor on a play mat playing with his paw patrol toys. The kitchen had been repainted with a gray and navy-blue color. There was a granite counter island set up in the middle of the room, a regular dinning table facing towards the front of it, In the corner was a small room now, with a light blue sofa two soft chairs, a wall tv, and an empty in wall case for now.

Orihime walked in with a bag. "Oichi where would you like this bag?" Oichi frowned. "Orihime! You don't need to be lifting anything. You need to be relaxing somewhere and getting off your feet." Orihime laughs. "I'm fine! I can still do work. My stomach hasn't even grown big. Plus, Ichigo and the others are working up a sweat trying to get your house together. I'd feel bad everyone lends a hand but me." Oichi smiled. "Oh, don't be silly but, if you really want to help, you can unpack these dishes with me." Orihime giggles. "Thank you!"

Dante was standing in an empty room on the second floor, he had it repainted in a deep royal blue color. This was where one of the fire places were at and it was going to become Oichi's library room. In it would be a night midnight sofa next to the window and two matching chairs in front of it beside the door. In the middle would be a marble blue table and he was thinking off placing a rug in there. Of course, the bookshelves were going to surround the walls.

In another space, connecting to the sun room, Rangiku was sitting at the counter smiling. She rubbed the light brown island bar counter table. This room was going to a home bar. Kira and Momo were bring in the bar stools. "Rangiku shouldn't you be helping?" Rangiku smirked and placed a large box on the bar table. "I am!" She opened the box and pulled out many bottles of liquor. "I'm going to make sure Oichi stocked up so that I can come here and drink all day every day!" Momo shook her head. "I'm not sure Shiro will be happy about that." Kira rolled his eyes. "Knowing Rangiku she will find a way to fit it in her schedule."

Outside Ichigo and Chad were moving in a sofa for the large living room. It was way too big for anything of Oichi's to make a dent, so Dante had ordered an entire new set for her. There were two three seated sofa's and two seating chairs with two large rolling pillow tables. There was a mount flat screen tv over the last fire place that Oichi decided to keep. There was a large rug that was being laid out in the middle. In the living room, Tatsuki was putting up curtains with Uryu who was watching her carefully. He wanted her to sit down but she refused to listen.

Back outside Jess pulled up in a red Honda Jazz. Behind her was her own storage van that had her things in it. She got out wearing a black t-shirt with dark blue jeans and a gray sweater with converse on. She had a pair of sunglasses on her head. She smiled as she watched Ichigo and Chad get the sofa through the door. Hisagi was on the truck with Iba as they moved a few desks for Oichi's office. "Hisagi." Jess says walking up to him. "Oh, Hey Jess. Oichi is already inside." Jess nodded. "Do you guys think you can move my stuff in to? It's going to the second floor." Hisagi nodded. "Yeah we will let the workers know." "Thank you." She skips off to the kitchen. Iba raised his eyebrow. "Is that the red head you were talking about?" Hisagi nodded. "Yeah, she's Oichi's friend apparently. I'm still a little iffy about it since I've never heard Oichi even speak about her before." Iba nodded. "With all these weird things going on I think we should keep an eye out on her." "Not to worry there, she has a job interview tomorrow with Byakuya. With a new face in town they might keep tabs on her."

Jess hums out as she walked past a few workers and into the kitchen. "Oichi! I'm here!" Oichi smiles. "Hiya Jess. We were just getting the kitchen set up." Oichi says as she sat a blender down. Orihime was sitting on the stool eating some snacks with Grayson. She had a ham and cheese sandwich with pickles, mayo, and milk. Grayson had a fruit bowl and was sitting on top of the counter. "Hi little Gray." "Mmmff!" Grayson says stuffing his face. "No talking with your mouth full sweetie." Oichi says now putting down a coffee machine. Orihime giggled and held up his juice cup. Grayson took it and started to drink out of it. Jess sat down beside Orihime. "So I was thinking we should put a Zen garden in the backyard." Oichi nodded. "That sounds cool. I was thinking about doing a garden, but I may not have time to keep up with it. A Zen garden sounds so relaxing to." "You think your dad would build one for the house?"

"Build what." They turned to see Dante with a cigarette in his mouth. "No smoking in the house papa." "I know pumpkin. It's not lit yet." He looks at Jess. "So, you're here to Lilla." Jess giggled. Dante always gave those he truly cared about a nickname of some sort. It was a habit of his that he either didn't realized he had it at all, or he just didn't care to recognize it. For Jess his nickname was Lilla, purple in Danish. His nickname for Ichigo was Dreng, which was boy in Danish. Jess smiled. "Hello to you to Dante. We were talking about having a Zen garden in the backyard." Oichi placed a box on the counter. "I'd like a fire pit build outside to. We have the space to do it and I like to have some flowers planted in the front like your house back at home." Dante takes the cigarette out his mouth and placed it behind his ears. "Done, also these wooden floors aren't doing it for me. I'm changing them." "Eh!? But that might take weeks. I just moved in here." Oichi says pouting a bit. "No need to worry. I hired my own workers not these cheap asses here." Jess chuckled. "So a Zen garden and fire bit in the back and a flower garden in the front and new floors, looks like a great house already. Can I have my room painted?" "If you wanted it painted go speak to a worker." Jess pouted a bit. "You painted Oichi's room…" "Yes, and I'll do so again if she asked me to. She is my daughter after all. I can't let her do all the work herself." "Then how come you can't paint mines?" "You aren't my daughter Jessica. I don't need to baby you nor do I see fit to." Jess looked a bit hurt by that. Dante was already blunt and rude with his words and he wasn't afraid to say something even if it hurt someone's feelings.

"Papa…" Oichi says. Dante sighs and grabs a worker who was walking by. "Come here. I need you to paint a bedroom over." "U-Um sure sir. Which color would you like?" Dante looked at Jess. "Well?" He says sharply making her frown. "…Dark Green…" She says. Dante looked back at the worker. "Have it finished by today, extra pay, I don't care, get it done." He pushed the worker away. "There. Now if you excuse me, I have to go get your sisters from the airport." He walked out leaving the girls in the kitchen. "He's still an asshole towards me…I thought we gotten past that." Jess says sadly. Orihime rubbed her back. "Don't be down Jess. I think that was nice of him. If me or anyone asked if for something, we'd get a death stare or a flat-out no. Plus, you and Ichigo have a nickname! That's super rare you know. Right Oichi?"

Oichi nodded. "You know how papa is Jess. Think about it. You were already kept on pins and needles when you were living with your uncle. You thought you didn't have any independence of your own. Like he already had your future written out for you." She sat down in front of Jess. "Papa doesn't baby over you because he believes that you already had enough of people holding your hand. While yes, it does seem mean and it doesn't help his point when he is so mean at times, he just doesn't want you to think that you can't have independence here. Papa always have a reason to do the things he does. Me? I never gave him the chance to do things for me. Once I became a teen, I got myself a job and paid my own way through collage without asking for anything. This…" She waves her hands around. "This is like his way of trying to make up for what he couldn't do when I was younger." Jess sighs and nods. "I guess so…I just wish he wasn't so mean towards me…" Oichi smiled. "Well he's not means to you. That was the nicest he's been since he met you. Usually he would have ignored you all together and would have told you to go do it yourself. Instead he made a worker do and to make sure it done in one day he offered to pay him extra." Jess looked up at Oichi and smiled a bit. "Yeah, your right." Oichi smiled and nodded. "Good! Now with that settle, since your living here to, go find something to do and unpack and make sure they don't put anything in your room until its painted." Jess chuckled and got up. "So bossy."

As the day rolled on, it took a hard-extra hand, but everything was finally settled down in Oichi's new house. Ichigo and everyone else was in the living room having a drink and watching TV, testing out Oichi's new couches. In the kitchen Oichi was making them a homemade pizza for all their hard work. So far two was finished and she was making at least five or six. Nel walked in the kitchen with two margaritas in her hands. "Oichi! Rangiku made drinks!" She walked to Oichi and handed her the glass. Oichi to a sip. "It's kinda strong." Nel nodded. "Oh yeah, just how I like it." She sat down at the counter and sniffed the pizza. "Mmmm homemade pizza! I can't wait to get a taste! Oh, by the way…what's the deal with your friend?" "You mean Jess?" Nel nodded. "She's upstairs getting things ready for tomorrow and she still has to get settle in her own room. When she's done, she'll come back down and if she doesn't…" Oichi shrugs. Nel frowned. "How come we never heard of this girl Oichi…if she's like your sister why have you never told any of us about her." Oichi rolled her eyes. "Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, Uryu, Tatsuki and those who went to school with me knows Jess okay. I met you like three years ago and at the time Jess was moving around place to place. We didn't have time to talk much but we sent letters and emails and stuff back and forth." Nel pouted. "What are you pouting for? Do you think because Jess is here you will no longer be my best friend!?" Oichi placed her glass down and tackled Nel into a hug. "My gosh you're so sensitive about being my friend! You can never be replaced okay!? You have done so much for me! You are my best friend and my sister forever okay?" Nel smiled and hugged her back. "Good! I'll be damned if I'm getting pushed to the back of the line." Oichi giggled. "Your so freaking weird. Here you get the first slice of pizza." Nel smiles and grabbed plate. There was a thick crust meat lovers and hand toss cheese. She grabbed a slice and took out to the living where she started a commotion. Soon everyone was coming in the kitchen wanting some.

Later that night, once all the food was eaten everyone but Orihime, Ichigo, Nel and Grayson had left. Jess had come back down to grab something to eat and was now munching on pizza, sitting cross legged on the couch. Orihime was also eating, she had almost cleared a whole pan of pizza by herself. Grayson was laying on Oichi fast asleep. She was rubbing his back. Nel stretches. "So, I plan on working in the center to." They looked at her. "I was offered by Aizen the other day to come back and work for the company, but I turned him down. Being connected to that place nearly took my life and with Grayson I don't want to risk it. So, I talked to Jushiro and he said I could work there. My interview will be Tuesday with Byakuya." Jess smiled. "I have mine tomorrow. I wonder where I will be placed." Ichigo sighed. "I'll be working there to." Oichi giggled. "So we are all going to be working with the center huh. This is going to be so cool! Heehee."

They then heard the door unlock and footsteps coming. "Oh! Papa must be back. That means…" "Oichi!? We are here!" They heard a loud voice. It jolted Grayson out his sleep. He started to tear up from the sudden voice. Oichi pats his back. "There, there, back to sleep you go sweetie." Oichi's sister Florina and Izzy came in smiling. Florina was wearing a pink and green sweater and black leggings and flats. Izzy had on a grey sweater with blue skinny jeans and flats. Florina smiled at Oichi. "Oic…" She stopped when she saw Grayson trying to go back to sleep. She covered her mouth. "Oh no, I'm sorry. I didn't know there was a baby in here." Oichi smiled. "It's okay sis. Come in and say hi to everyone." Florina nodded. "Hello everyone. It's nice to meet you all." She then saw Jess. "Hey, your Jess! I remember you." Jess smiled. "Hello Flo, it's good to see you again." Izzy frowned and turned her head away. "Izzy…don't be rude." Oichi says. Izzy rolled her eyes and waved to everyone. Jess sighed. 'She must still hate me…' Oichi shook her head. "There is still left over pizza in the kitchen if you guys are hungry. Are you both staying the night? We have an extra bedroom." Dante walked in. "No, they already have a house waiting on them. They wanted to come stop by and say hi. I have to get Izzy enrolled in college and me and Flo are going to see about this flower shop she wants to open." Florina shrugs. "As you can see, we are going to be busy before we have a chance to relax." Oichi got up with Grayson in her arms and went to them. "I happy you guys are here. Do your best okay?" She hugged Flo. Then she hugged Izzy. "You better apologize to Jess later you hear me?" She whispered to Izzy.

Once the short visit was over Ichigo and Orihime took their leave. Nel handed Oichi a bag for Grayson and she left. Jess offered to clean the kitchen since Oichi did all the cooking. Oichi took Grayson to one of the kids rooms that was set up on the third floor. She woke him up a bit so that he could get a good look at it. Grayson rubs his eyes. "Sleepy auntie…" "I know but look at your room sweetie." Grayson yawns and moves his hands out his eyes. He looked around and his went big. The wall paper was blue with paw prints on it. There was a toy chest, a small book shelf, a bean bag chair, and the bed had a paw patrol comforter. With all the stuff animals of the members of the pups. "Paw Patrol!" Grayson yelled. He ran to the bed and used the tiny step stool to climb up on the bed. He tackled all the stuff animals and giggled as he clings to them. Oichi giggles and walks over to the dresser. She unzips his bag and pulls out some clothes. One was his paw patrol PJs with chase on them and the other was an outfit for tomorrow when he came to work with her.

"Okay hunny time to put your pjs on." Grayson sat up. "I do it! I big boy!" Oichi smiles. "You're a big boy now huh?" Grayson nods and pulls his shirt off. He struggled a bit, but he got it off and tossed it on the floor. "No Gray, you put your dirty clothes in the hamper." She points over to the small blue hamper. Grayson nods and climbs off the bed, grabs the shirt and runs to the hamper and throws it in. He does his socks and pants next leaving him in a diaper. He ran back to Oichi. Oichi picks him up and places him on the bed. "Is your mama already potty training you?" Grayson looked a bit confused at her. "Do you go potty like a big boy?" Grayson nods. "I big boy!" Oichi laughs a bit as she changes his diaper. "Soon you won't have to wear these at night. Then you really will be a big boy." She tickles his feet making him laugh. She then grabs his nigh clothes and puts them on. "Auntie?" Grayson says pointing to the book shelf. "You want a bed time story?" Grayson nods. "Okay then. Auntie will read you a good one." She pulls back the covers and watches him slid in. She tucks him in and then grabs a story off the bookshelf. She sits down on the bed and rubs his head before she started to read.

Jess was done cleaning the kitchen. She walked upstairs to the second floor where her room was. It was covered in dark green colors. Her king size bed had a dark green comforter with green and white pillows. There was a small open dresser behind it that had a few pictures on it and an alarm clock. There were two large mirrors hang up on beside the bed on each side and a large chandelier was hanging from the ceiling. In an area in front of the bed there was a black chair with a few pillows and spare blankets. There was a mirror hanging over it.

Jess smiles and walked to a pair of double doors. She opened them and walked into a bathroom that was the same color as the bedroom. It had a green tub in it with all of her smell goods set up. There was also a chandelier in the bathroom. She walked up to the mirror and undid her braid. "Tomorrow morning is my interview. I'm both nervous and excited. I hope me and Oichi can work close together."

When Grayson was asleep, Oichi turned on a night lamp and closed the door, leaving a crack in it. She then headed to her room. She opened the door into a beautiful royal blue room. There was a King size bed with a fluffy blue, white, and gray comforter. There was a small space near the window that had a table and two gray chairs next to them. There was a dresser that had the TV mounted up above it. There were also two cute foot stools in front of the bed.

Oichi smiled and lays flat on the bed. "My own bed! Finally, again!" She giggles and then sighs. "Now, if only Grimmjow was here…it would be a very perfect night…" She gets up and strips out of her clothes. Walking to a mirror next to the TV she turned around to see her scars on her back. Ever since she showed Grimmjow she felt a tiny bit better about looking at them. She then ran her hand through her hair. "My hair…I hate that its so short but maybe I can make it work. I wonder if Grimmjow would like it short…"

The next day on the 21st, Jess was sitting in Byakuya's office. She was wearing a gray pants suit with black high heels on. Her hair was long and curly down almost to her hips. Her makeup was done flawlessly, and she was waiting on Byakuya's final words. She try to keep her blushing face a bit hidden. When she was in high school with Oichi and the others she had always found Byakuya very attractive and to learn that he was now single made her heart skip just a little. "Jessica Mikcloud." Jess sat up straight. "Y-Yes?" "I have concluded your interview. You will be contacted at the end of the week and told where you will be working out for now. You are very qualified for many jobs here. The head boss will determine where your skills are best used for." Jess nodded. "Thank you, sir. I really look forward to working with your company."

Byakuya closed the file and then opened another. "Before you go I would like to go over something with you. Something you failed to mention in the interview with good reasons." Jess gave him a confusing look. "Sir?" "You are a noble are you not? A descendent of Scottish royalty." Jess frowned at that. "Very few people know that about me sir…" "Yes, well we have our resources. As a noble myself, I must know who I am dealing with and so do the rest of the division leaders as well." Jess crossed her arms. "I see…so what now?" "Nothing, I just wish to let you know that even though you are a noble from a foreign land, just like any other noble here you will be treated with respect." Jess sighs. "Forgive my rudeness but I do not care for the royal side of my family. It has taken a long time, but I have moved away from them and I want to live my own life however I see fit. So, I would prefer you not to bring that up if you can. I do not want any special treatment nor have anything discussed about my family." Byakuya studied her for a bit. "I see…your request will be respected." Jess smiled. "Thank you so much. Are we finished?" Byakuya nodded. "Yes, please look forward to the call you will get at the end of the week." Jess got up and bowed slightly. "Thank you very much." She grabbed her purse and left his office.

Over at Oichi's office she was finishing up some of Hisagi's paperwork. He was in a meeting, so he had ordered all his paper work to go to her office for the day. Grayson was on his play mat taking a nap. There was a note on the front of her office door that said 'knock softly, baby inside'

Oichi picked up a paper and read it before sighing it and stamping it with Hisagi's stamp as proof that with his permission she was sighing off on this in his stead. She looked at the clock. It was pushing almost 12, close to her lunch break. She sighs as she goes back to work. 'I wonder if Jess's interview went okay. I told her to call me when she…' Just then her phone vibrates on the table. She smiles and picks up. "Jess?" "…I'm sorry this isn't your friend…" Oichi drops her smile a bit as she recognizes the voice. "Harribel? Is this you?" "Yes, I'm sorry that you were looking for someone else to call but I just wanted to ask you if you would like to join me for lunch." Oichi was taken a bit back by this. "M-Me? Go to lunch with you? Are you sure? I thought you didn't like me?" She heard a small chuckled. "I could never hate a hard working woman such as yourself. Me and the girls never got a chance to spend a little time with you. What time do you go on your lunch break?" "Oh, I go at 12:30ish." "Can you meet us at the surf shack? It will be my treat?" Oichi thought about this and then smiles. "Okay. Is it alright if I bring Grayson with me? I'm watching him for the day." "Grayson? You mean Grimmjow's son?" There was a slight pause. "Of course, see you when you get there." She hangs up.

Oichi looked at her phone. "Well now…that was very weird. I haven't heard from Harribel since the night at the bar. I wonder why she wishes to speak to me now…" Her phone vibrates in her hand again and she picks up. "Hello?" "Hey Oichi!" "Oh! Hi Jess. I was waiting on your call. How did your interview go?" "It went well I suppose but it seems like they already knew about my royal back ground." Oichi frowned. "Well that's Byakuya for you. The noble families are bound to know any other noble that is not from here." "Yes, I didn't take in account for that. I would have hope to keep my status on the low, but it may prove unless after all." She heard Jess sighed. "I came here to start over and get a new lease on life without people treating me differently." Oichi leans back in her chair. "What did Byakuya say?" "I asked him to not make a big deal of it in a very nice way might I add, and he said okay in his own way." Oichi chuckles. "Then you have nothing to worry about. Byakuya is the same Byakuya from back when we were in school. As a noble himself he must respect your decision." "I suppose…but he told me that I would get a call at the end of the week to see where I will be working. I'm on my way to do some shopping and put food in the house. I'm going to be making pot roast tonight. Does Grayson eat anything in particular?" Oichi looks over at Grayson who was starting to stir in his sleep. "Mmm…not really so far. He eats whatever me or Nel eat." "Alright, well have a good day at work. See you when you get home." She hangs up. Oichi sighs. "What's with everyone hanging up on me…I didn't even get to say bye…meanie…"

Around 12:35, Oichi was heading to the surf shack with Grayson. She had finished most of Hisagi's work and placed what was left on his desk with a homemade lunch she had made herself but since she was going out there was no need for her to eat it now. She drove up to a small shack that had a surf board on top. She could smell the seafood pouring out. She licked her lips and rubbed her tummy. "Seafood is the best…" She unstraps Grayson who had a juice cup in his hand. "Eat Eat?" Oichi smiles. "Yes, time to eat sweetie." She grabs his bag and him and walked inside. When she did a waiter was waiting for her. "Hello! I'm Martha! Are you Oichi Yamamoto?" Oichi nodded. "Will you please follow me? Lady Harribel has been waiting for you." "O-Oh…thank you…" She followed behind Martha all the way to the back of the shack where a private section was.

When she entered the section, she saw Harribel and Apacci. There she saw two other women arguing with Apacci. One was a dark-skinned woman with green eyes, long, thick, wavy brown hair, and large breast. She was wearing a tube top black shirt with black pants and high heels. Beside her was another woman. She was a slender with long flowing, olive-green hair, long eyelashes, and lavender eyes, with three pink dots just below her right eye. She was wearing a long pink dress with long sleeves that went past her hands.

"Your nothing but a cheap slut with no morals!" Apacci yelled. Both of the woman growled at her. "Who the hell do you think your calling a slut you A cup bimbo!" The dark skin woman yelled. "I think it is unfitting that someone like you should call anyone a slut Apacci. Mila Rose, I can understand but I am much womanly then any one of you to just spread my legs for any man." The woman with the lavender eyes says. Apacci and the woman Mila Rose glared at her. "How dare you Sung Sun!" They bother yelled. Harribel was calmly drinking a glass of until she saw Oichi standing there with Martha. She smiled. "Oichi. Welcome." The three girls stopped arguing and looked at Oichi with a blank expression. "Hello Harribel. Thank you for inviting me." Martha smiled and looked at Grayson. "Would you like a high chair for your son?" Oichi slightly blushed. "He's more like my God son but yes please." Martha nodded and went out to the front. Harribel chuckled. "You do make a more fitting mother then Nel." She pulled out a chair and waved her hand for her to sit. Oichi smiled slightly and sat down with Grayson on her lap. "Yes, well, Nel is Grayson's mother and that's that. She's not perfect but she does what she can. I am happy enough to be his Godmother and auntie."

Apacci gagged a bit. "Your still modest as ever Oichi. It makes me sick to my stomach." "S-Sorry about that." Oichi says. Rose nudged Apacci hard enough to push her out the seat. "Oh, shut your damn mouth. There is nothing wrong with a Modest woman. You could learn a thing or two from her." Sung placed a sleeve over her mouth and laughed a bit. "I agreed. Modesty has never been your strong point. Maybe if you learned that then maybe you can get better men in your bed." Apacci got up and glared at her. "What was that!?" Harribel shook her head. "How have you been Oichi? Working with the center and all." "Everything is going well I suppose. The job I have it a bit better, but it comes with a lot of paper work when I'm not out and about." "I see…tell me have you ever consider coming to work under me?" Oichi frowned. "You mean under Aizen?" "Something like that. I think you would enjoy that a lot better then working under those who cannot appreciate a woman's talent." Oichi's frowned turned into slight smile. "I thank you for the thought, but I'd rather stay in the center. No offense to you or your co workers but working for Aizen would make me feel uncomfortable and I see no future for me there."

Harribel looked at her and then smirked. "I see. I can kinda see why Grimmjow and Nel is so interested in you. However, my offer does stand if you cannot find what you want at that center. I do though, see you rising through the ranks of those men and moving up to the top." Oichi smiled. "Thank you Harribel. I do hope to open my own shop eventually. A fashion shop." "You're still going on about that…" Apacci says. "Of course, I am. It's my dream and I shouldn't stop working towards it because people think it's silly or because no one has faith in me. There are my dreams and my dreams alone. You don't have believe in them as I told you before…" Rose chuckled. "You have quite a bossy mouth there. I kinda like it." Oichi rubbed her head. "A bossy mouth Haha. No, not really. To be honest it was thanks to Apacci that I can see a bit clearer now." Rose and Sung looked at Apacci who looked confused as well. "Honestly if it wasn't for her bashing my dreams every chance, she got I wouldn't have gained the confidence to stand up for them. She would always say that I'm to soft to run a store on my own or that I didn't have the right mind set to fully understand how to hold down my own business and she hardly knew me at all."

Harribel frowned at this and she shot a rare and quick glare at Apacci who put her head down. "It is one thing when you insult men or each other but it is a different story if you go around pushing down women who are trying to take back their lives. I didn't not teach you bring them down I taught you how to support them and bring them back up and hopefully into our ranks." Harribel looked at Oichi. "Oichi…I know this is sudden, but I hope that you do forgive Apacci for her rudeness towards you." Oichi smiled. "Oh, it's okay she taught me that not everyone is going to have the same views as I do and that the world is not all sunshine and daisies. I can't say I'm going to do something and then lose my backbone and go back on my word when someone insults me or laughing at me." Harribel nodded. "Yes, I understand but would you mind telling the girls your story…everything that has happen to you? I wish for them to hear that anything can happen in this world." Oichi looked down and nodded. "Sure. I don't mind." Martha came back with a high chair and a menu. "Here you go darling. What can I get for you to drink?" She placed the high chair beside Oichi. "Um…can I have sweet tea and small lemonade with no ice?" Martha nodded. "I'll be right back."

Oichi sat Grayson down in the high chair. He pouted. "No auntie!" He reached out to her. Oichi ruffled his hair. "Don't you 'no' me. You can sit in this chair for a few minutes okay?" Grayson pouted more and looked down. Oichi shook her head and then looked back at the girls. "Well I guess I'll start from the very start."

In Los Noches, In Ulquiorra's office he was working on some paperwork that he was stuck with when a knock was heard at his door. Without his say so, it opened and Starrk walked in. He yawns and rubs the sleep out of his blue gray eyes. He runs his hand through his wavy, dark brown hair that was parted in the middle. He was wearing a regular black and white shirt with black slacks and shoes. Ulquiorra watched as he closed the door behind him. Starrk was in the 1st division of the company. It wasn't really known what he did but no one really question him since he was the first recruit for this company and even though he was lazy, un motivated, and laid back, it was best not to piss him off. While he had his own morals and though he would rather not, he could kill someone in less then a second flat and not really have any emotions about it.

Starrk walked over to Ulquiorra's couch and hid behind it. As soon as he did Lilly came barging through the room. "Starrkkkk! Where are you!" She yelled in anger. She stormed to Ulquiorra's desk. "Hey you emo geek! Where is Starrk and you better not lie to me this time!" Ulquiorra looked at her with a blank look. "He isn't in here. Yammy has more pillows then anyone next to Starrk." Lilly eyes widen and she smirked and clapped her hands. "Right! I'll go beat the crap out of Yammy and force him to tell me where Starrk is! Today is NOT the day for him to be skipping out of paper work!" She ran out, slamming the door behind her.

Ulquiorra heard Starrk chuckle. He jumps over the couch and lays down. "Thanks, like always. I'm going to take a nap." "Whatever…" Ulquiorra turns his attention back to work. It was then a email popped up. Ulquiorra quickly clicked on and it showed a live video feed of Oichi at the surf shack talking with Harribel and the other girls. They were eating and have a good time but he couldn't understand what they were saying but it mattered not for the moment. He had a full view of Oichi. His fingers ran across the screen. "So this is the woman you have been stalking?" Ulquiorra calmly draws back his fingers while his eyes shifted to the face next to him.

Starrk had a hand on his shoulders and was looking at the laptop with a tired look on his face. "Hmm she is pretty cute. I don't think she is your type though. She looks way to happy you know." Ulquiorra pushed his hand off of him and closed the video. "Hey, why did you do that for? I wanted to see her a bit more. Anyone who takes up your time is worth even me to look at." "Shouldn't you be taking a nap or something?" Ulquiorra asks as he gets back to work. Starrk shrugs and walks back over to the couch. "You know that everyone knows your stalking a woman. We just didn't know who and Nnoitra, that big mouth, wasn't even giving it up. Now Harribel has her eyes set on her. You all make a lost of fuss about her." "She's a dog that laid down with trash. There is nothing special about her." Starrk chuckled. "I beg to differ. If she truly was what you say, then you wouldn't be interested in." Starrk eyes widen a bit and then he sat up. "Do you love this woman?" Ulquiorra stopped typing. "Do not speak such words to me. How could I love a woman who prefers so send her life with that trash heap?" Starrk rubbed his chin. "Trash…well you call Grimmjow Trash a lot so if you are speaking of him…ah…you're after his woman since he is in jail now huh. I didn't think you had it in you." He lays back down. "But I gotta warn you. You might want to learn your true feelings before you try going after her. Your words and actions are saying two different things kid. It's going to lead you down a path you may not want nor understand. Just a tip you know." Ulquiorra looked at him and then looked back at the email. 'My true feelings?' He rubbed his chest. 'What are my true feelings?'

At the center, Hisagi was returning back to his office. He saw all the paperwork Oichi had did and what was left and a box lunch for him. He chuckled and sat down. "I really must thank her when she comes back." He opened the lunch to see finger sandwiches and some mix fruit. He picked up a sandwich and started to go over the rest of his paperwork. Before he could get into full swing there was a knock on his door. "Come in…" He says. A man open the door. "Sir? There is a woman claiming to be Ms. Yamamoto's sister. She has a temp pass to see her." Hisagi put his food down. "Bring her in." The man nodded and motion someone to come in. Hisagi grabbed a napkin to wipe his hands off.

While he did this, Florina walked in. She was wearing a cute gray and pink stripe sweater, a pink wooly skirt, Gray leggings, and gray heels. She had her purse over her shoulder and a pass around her neck. When Hisagi looked up at her he froze for a second. His heart skipped a beat as he looked up and down at Florina. She smiled. "H-Hello are you Oichi's boss? I'm sorry for intruding but I was wondering if you can show me where she works?" Hisagi felt his face go red from seeing her smile. He gulps and clears his throat. "Oichi is on her lunch break but she should be back in a few minutes." Florina nods. "I see…um…is there somewhere I can wait for her?" "You can wait in here if you like." Florina held her hand up. "Oh no! I don't want to bother you when you are busy." Hisagi rubbed the back of his head. "Well, Oichi locks her office when she leaves, and I don't want you sitting downstairs by yourself, so you can wait up here. I'll contact her as soon as she comes back to the center." Florina twirled the tips of her head. "Okay then…thank you so much and once again I am sorry to bother you like this." Hisagi smiled at her. Florina remind him a bit of Oichi. She wasn't super shy, but she looked like the type to apologize for things she didn't need to apologize for.

Florina takes a seat in front of him and looks around his office. "Wow…so does my sister work close to you?" "She's a floor down but she does help me with paper work from time to time and its thanks to her that my office is more organized." Florina smiles. "Oichi is a workaholic. When told to relax she does the opposite of what you say. There was this one time when she had a really bad fever and she refused to rest because she was trying to save up money to buy gifts for me and Izzy. She does a lot for people but rarely ever think about herself or wellbeing." Hisagi smiles. "Yes, we have all notice this a lot, but I think after everything she's been through, she is learning that there are some things she can't do on her own." Florina looks down with a smile still on her face. "I'm happy that she has a lot of friends she can depend on. I would hope that I can help her anyway I can. I would hate to be a bother to her." "I don't think Oichi could ever see you as a bother. She's not the type of person and as her sister you should know that better then anyone." Florina looked up at him. Her pink eyes widen and sparkled just a bit. Hisagi face turned red as their eyes locked. In the spilt second for some reason both of their hearts skipped a beat. Hisagi could see the red tint blush on Florina's face and Florina could see the red tint blush on Hisagi's face. There was a bit of a awkward silence between them but neither of them could look away.

Oichi was smiling as she waved good bye to Harribel and the others. She had a goodie bag for her and Grayson. "Well if it wasn't for the foul language, I would say that was a very relaxing lunch. I wouldn't mind having more with them haha." Grayson was leaning on her shoulder still chewing on some food. "Well back to work I go. Hisagi should be back by now, I'll see if he needs any help with more paper work. She opened the back door and put Grayson in his car seat and strapped him in. She then got in the driver's side and headed back to the office. She heard Grayson giggling in the back, looking in mirror she saw him rubbing his eyes and kicking his feet, trying not to fall asleep from the meal he had. "Aw, so cute. You can enjoy your nap back at the office sweetie."

Oichi made it back to the off and parked in her spot. She grabbed everything, including Grayson, and head on inside and to her office. Grayson had made himself comfortable on her shoulder and had fallen asleep once again. Oichi placed her bags and the food on her desk. There was soft knock at the door. "Ms. Yamamoto?" Oichi turns to see a young woman. "There is woman upstairs calming to be your younger sister? She has one of your temp pass." "I see. She must be sitting with Hisagi. Thank you, I was just heading that way." The woman looked at Grayson. "Would you like for me to watch him while you are gone?" Oichi shook her head. "No, I will be fine. Thank you." The woman nodded and left. Oichi rubs Grayson's back as she headed for the stairs. "A pass…maybe Florina? I doubt Izzy would come by herself."

Reaching, Hisagi's office she knocked on the door. "C-Come in." Oichi raised her eyebrow a bit at the sudden nervousness at Hisagi's voice. She opened the door to see Florina looking down at the floor and Hisagi was rapidly doing work. "Um…am I interrupting something?" Florina's head pops up. Oichi could see the blush growing on her face before it disappeared. "Oichi!" Oichi placed a finger on lips. "Oh. Sorry. Hi big sister. Sorry for dropping by unannounced." Oichi smiled. "It's no trouble at all Flo." She looked back to see Hisagi with a flustered face. "Um…is everything okay in here?" Both Hisagi and Florina tensed up. "Uh no! Not at all, why don't you show me your office." Florina says as she pushed Oichi out. She looked back at Hisagi. "T-Thank you for letting me sit with you." Hisagi nodded. "Y-Yeah…maybe we can do it again sometimes?" Both of their faces went red. Oichi caught this and held back a smirk. "Well let's go Flo." "R-Right." She quickly followed Oichi out, closing the door behind her.

When they were gone, Hisagi sighs out and leans back. He grabs his beating heart as he quickly remember how cute Florina's smile was. She was like a ball of sunshine. His heart fluttered a bit. 'No, No calm down. You can't get your emotions all out whack. You just meet her so you shouldn't be feeling anything really.' He tells himself. He rubs his chest. 'And yet…the moment she smiled…I just couldn't bear looking away…' He placed a hand on his head. "Crap…what now?"

In Oichi's office, she had placed Grayson down on the play mat and a thin blanket over him. Florina was sitting in front of the desk playing with her fingers. Oichi walks over to her and takes a seat at her desk, moving her work out the way. The smirk she had been hiding appeared. "So…you fancy Hisagi little sister?" Florina jumped, and her head snapped up with a flush face. "No…Nothing like that! He was just really nice and all." Oichi leans bac. "Doesn't he look handsome though? Especially when he smiles. Don't you think?" Florina rubbed her redden cheeks. "Well yes b-but I mean I just met him today. Wouldn't that be a little unfair or something?" Oichi smiles. "Nothing is unfair about this. You find Hisagi attractive and he obviously sees you as attractive. I think you two should go out for coffee. It doesn't have to go fast. You can just get to know each other and talk." "Talk?" "Yes Flo, talk. Even in these times there are still some respectable guys around here who do want to talk before anything gets to serious and Hisagi is a very respectable guy. I think you should give it a go. Besides, I think its about time you start getting into the dating life." Florina plays with the tips of her hair. "I guess so…" Oichi laughs. "Don't worry sis. Everything will be fine. So other then going over your future love life what brings you here today."

Florina smiles. "Oh right. I really just wanted to see where you worked at." Oichi smiles. "Is that right? Well what are your thoughts." "I think you finally found a footing. I'm happy that you can work around such nice people! You are going to do big things here sis and I can't wait to see you get to where you want to be." "Aw thanks Flo and I can't wait to see you and your flower shop." Florina rubs her head. "Well…about that…all the buildings around here needs a permit and because it's a flower shop I'm not sure which division would sigh off on it…Do you think you can help. I don't want to bother papa while he is with Izzy." Oichi nods. "Of course. We can get it from the 4th division. I'm sure Ms. Unohana would love to help you. She loves the rare herbs that you and Izzy gave me from the islands. Learning that you wish to open a shop would help provide a lot more of materials." Florina smile grows wider. "You think she will help?" "Yes, and I'll have Hisagi put his name down as a refence. He can take you there." Florina blushed. "I don't want to…" "You will not be a bother." Oichi stood up. "Come on let's go ask him. I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Florina looked at Grayson. "What about the baby?" Oichi had opened the door and grabbed a young lady walking by. "Can you watch Grayson for me for one second?" The woman nodded. "Of course Ms. Yamamoto." "Thank you. Come on Flo." Florina followed her.

"Wow Sis…people calling you Ms. Yamamoto and stuff…you must be high on the food chart." Florina says. Oichi shook her head. "No…well yeah haha. I'm right under Hisagi over here. I help him with paper work, direct traffic when I need to and handle most of the clothes alterations. We don't get a lot so I handle most of them myself." They walked to Hisagi's office and knocked on the door. "Come in." Oichi opened it. "Hi Sir! We have a request for you." Hisagi looked up and blushed to see Florina. She averted her eyes. "Oh?" Oichi grabbed Florina's hands and pulled her in the office. "My sister wishes to open a flower shop, but she needs a permit. I think the 4th division would be perfect to sigh one over to her." Hisagi rubs his chin. "Well…as you said your island does carry very rare and important herbs and flowers. It would greatly improve with Ms. Unohana medical resources and it would be a hard thing to pass up." He stood up. "Alright, I will escort you to the 4th division and speak to her about it." Oichi smiled. "Thank you so much Hisagi. Take very good care of my sister okay." Florina grabbed her arm. "W-Wait a minute you aren't coming?" Oichi giggles. "It's not my shop silly. You have to do this on your own. I made the trip with you now you just have to finish it okay?" She pushed her towards Hisagi. "Let me know how it goes okay? I have paper work to finish." She waves bye to them. Hisagi cleared his throat. "We um…should go." He walked out the office. Florina calmed her beating heart and went after him.

On her way back to her office Oichi called Jess who picked up. "Should you be calling me while your working?" "Oh shush your face. I think Flo might have found the one." Jess chuckles. "Really? Who do I need to threaten?" "No threats sis. Not yet at least. It's Hisagi." "Really? Well I guess they would make a cute match." "I think they would, but I told Flo if she wanted to go for it that they should get coffee and talk and get to know each other." "Yeah, Hisagi isn't the type to try to take advantage of a woman and if he does then I'll beat the hell out of him." Oichi chuckled. "You'd have to wait your turn. Flo needed a permit for her shop, so I had Hisagi take her to see someone who can help. Hopefully they can get over that shyness and talk a little bit. Anyways depending on how that goes I'll be home around 7:30ish." "Alright, see you soon then." They hung up at the same time. Oichi squealed inside her head. "My little sister is finally growing up before my eyes. I look forward to having some nieces and nephews one day. HeeHee."

On March 5th, a Tuesday, Oichi was deep down in paperwork. For the last week or so she had been gaining more and more paperwork. Some were Hisagi's and some were requests for her from other division. One of the papers she sighed and placed to the side was about Florina's shop from the 4th division. She was able to get a permit but because it would require her to use material from the home island only certain things were able to get shipped out to and from the island. It was Oichi's job now to make sure Flo had everything she needed. She would have to go to the 5th division and speak with them about shipment planes to her island and her island alone. Her island was a little unique then most. It wasn't labeled on any map those who lived there has the coordinates memorized. So, without an islander, one of her sisters, or Dante himself, she wouldn't be able to get the things Florina needed.

Another thing she sighed off was a new shop that was opening in the mall under the 9th division. It was a superhero café that they were going to try. Hisagi wanted to test how she could handle running a business on her own and she wanted the chance to prove she had what it took. This would be a great way to get her start on her own thing. Oichi couldn't wait to see how everything would play out.

The café was divided into three parts. A restaurant, a take away counter, and a merchandise store. It was actually going to be pretty huge and take up half a floor of the mall upstairs. The store had finished all the details and now all she needed was workers. While working in the center she learned that division 6 was not the only one who did job interviews. In fact, each division was able to do their own job interviews for smaller businesses such as this. She already had a few lined up for today. She wanted one main GM, one Assistant GM, maybe three or four shift leaders maybe five at the max and the rest would be employees. She needed cooks for the restaurant, serves, greeters and some in the merchandise store. She looked at the clock. The first person she was interviewing was coming at 10am.

Oichi looked over the store some more. She looked at the take away counter. It was were they would be selling superhero theme pastries, snacks and drinks you can carry in and out or dine in. She would need someone to cover this area who could handle a large crowd. Mainly a crowd of fans to. Then there was the merchandise part. There you'll find life-sized superheroes and toys on display. You can also find here almost all superhero merchandise any fanatics would look for - from clothing, shoes, bags, mugs, glasses and tumblers to lunch boxes.

She picked up another paper that had a list of items for the store. Some where still not inside the store yet, such as an auto Batmobile. Her eyes sparkled at that. "Oooo I wish I could work there! I'd love to cosplay and sell sweets just like at the café!" She froze for a moment. "The café…hmmm…" She rubbed her chin and smirked slightly. "That could work…" She chuckled to herself and as she picked up her phone and started going through it. She stopped at some numbers and wrote some down. Just then the door opened, and Jess walked in wearing a black pants suit, similar to what she wore to her interview with Byakuya. She raised her eyebrow as she watched Oichi scroll though her phone. "Should you be on your phone like that boss lady?" Oichi jumped slightly and looked up to see Jess covering her mouth from laughing. "Ha, Ha very funny." Jess closed the door behind her and sat down in front of her crossing her legs.

Oichi put her phone down. "So how is working in the 6th division going?" Jess rolled her eyes. "Boring. Being assigned to be Byakuya's office was cool and all but all I do is paper work and boring stuff. So, when I heard about that new café down at the mall, I wanted to sign up for it." Oichi smiled. "If you work there you may have to work in both divisions." Jess shrugs. "I don't mind. You work in multiple ones, so I hear." "The 9th, 4th, 5th, and on rare occasions 8th, and 3rd." She pulled out Jess file. "I already looked over your file though as soon as I saw your name. Just like everyone else I know where some are already going to be. I just don't want people to think I am playing favorites." "Do what you have to do Oichi. It doesn't matter what other people think so long as the place gains profits. Besides I wouldn't call this favoritism. I'm sure you did this to the best of your ability and if anyone has anything to say you have the facts to back up your claims correct?" Oichi smiled. "Yeah, just looking at your files along you would surly be overclassified for this spot. You have a great history of running small café, restaurants, and thanks to your background you are more then qualified to keep people in line. You also have a great personality and can be a very sweet person when you aren't showing off that inhuman strength of yours." Jess shrugs. "So long as no one gets on my bad side."

Oichi closed her files. "So, this is going to be a superhero comic store that consist of a restaurant, a take away counter, and a merchandise store. It's a brand-new store that is just opening up and I need as many hands as I can get. This is also my first time actually running something this behind the scenes, so I need someone with your skills and someone I can really trust to help me bring this place from the bottom to the top. The position you will be filling in is the General Manager. Your duties will consist of overseeing all the functions for the store, directing the employee's, paperwork, payroll, and soon the hiring process." Oichi handed Jess a piece of paper and a badge for the store. The store is set up just like the center. Only employees can enter through the back gates and they must have a badge and to get in. No badge. No entrance. Even if its you. If you need another badge, then you need to come to me so that I may assign you another. Every time you swipe your badge it will come to my laptop and I will be able to see how long you are at the store, what time you leave and coming in and all of that." Jess grabbed the badge. It already had her name on it and her title as GM. She then grabbed the paper. "And what's this?" "That is the standard uniform for the store however, if you wish you can cosplay so long as it doesn't affect your job." Jess looked at the paper. For the men it would be a dark blue vest and pants suit and a white shirt under. For the girls it would be a cute dark blue ruffled dress with white at the top and a choice of long or short sleeves. Black leggings and flats or heels. Jess smiles and then chuckles. "Hey, why don't you make a uniform for me." "Huh?" Jess leans back. "Don't play coy sis. I know you know you can make clothes. That what the whole office in the house is for." Oichi crosses her arms. "Well I guess I could. It would be a great way to get myself out there…" Jess nodded. "When do I start?" "The store doesn't officially open until Next Monday so that would give me enough time to finish the hiring process and your outfit." Jess nodded and stood up. Oichi stood up to. They reached out and shook hands. "Do your best." Oichi says. Jess smiled. "You to Oichi. See ya." She waved and left out. Oichi sits back down and grabs another file. It was for her sister Izzy who had also sighed up for the job. She opened Izzy's file. "Now…where to put you little sister…"

That next week, Monday the 12th, Oichi and Jess were at the mall during early hours to check out the store. Oichi was smiling. She was wearing a fitted thin sweater with a black and brown skirt and black high heels. Her hair was cut short and due to Jess and the others surprise. She had dyed it purple and it covered her left eye a bit. She had a little peep in her step this morning. "What's got you so happy this morning?" Jess asked. Jess was waring a regular black shirt with black skinny jeans and black converses. "I get to see Grimmjow on the 14th through the 16th now. So I can't help to be excited." Jess chuckled. They walked up the stairs since the escalator wasn't on. They made it to the top and smiled as they walked to the superhero café. There were gates down to prevent anyone from coming in. There was a large blue bulletin that had Batman and Superman painted on the front for DC and on the other side there was Captain America and Iron Man and, on the middle, had the name Superhero Comic Café. Oichi motion Jess to follow to the side and through a door that was painted in the wall. "Really? A secret door haha." Jess says. Oichi shrugs. "It seems cool you know. That way you don't have to always come through the back."

They slipped in and Oichi turned the lights on to the merchandise store. "Okay, you go scout out the rest of the store while I get everything in the back ready. Your uniform is back there as well. We open at 11am today so employees should be coming within the hour for a quick briefing. Jess nodded and walked off. Oichi walked to the back and walked through a door that had employee's only on it. In there were four doors. One for the women's dressing room, one for the men's dressing room, the main office was Jess would be working at from time to time, and the training office for new trainees. Oichi walked over to Jess office and unlocked it with her master key. She flipped the light on. The room was bare all except for a small desk, a chair, and an old grey cabinet. Beside the desk was a stand that had a white sheet over it. Oichi frowned as she walked to the sheet. She brushed it off. "I hope Jess changes this when she gets the chance. She would need a company computer back here, a new desk and chair, a better place to keep her work, ugh…it would be nice to know these things. If her office is like this, I should check the others as well."

She walked over to the trainee's office to see old computers that were used a very long time ago. She rubbed her finger on one and frowned at the dust on her finger. Walking over to the woman's locker room she opened it with a master key and switch the light on. It wasn't half bad. There were lockers that were painted blue and black and a bunch of random superheroes on it. There was light blue bench circled around the lockers and a bathroom and shower room. "Not bad, not bad…" She opened one of the lockers to find it sparkly clean. "So, they would clean the girl's room but nothing else? Let's look at the boys then." She walked over to the boy's locker room and went it. It was pretty much the same as the girls. Everything was clean and in order. "Okay so it's just those two rooms they didn't reach. I'll get on it when I get back to the office. We need better equipment in the training room and Jess can do what she like to the office. I have to get a company laptop for her."

Walking out to the front she saw a few people at the gate waiting one of them being her sister Izzy. The lights were all on and there was slight music playing. Jess must have been in the restaurant area getting things prepared. Oichi went over to the gate and unlocked them. She then hit a button on the wall to ring it up just a bit for everyone to come in. She hit it again to bring it back down. "Everyone please find a place to sit. Izzy you are with me." Izzy nodded. She was wearing a light blue shirt with black skinny jeans and flats. She also had a bag in her hand. "What's in the bag?" "A gift…not for you though." Oichi smiled. "I see. Follow me."

All the employees sat in the dine in room near the counter. Oichi stood in front of them. "Good morning everyone! Thank you all for coming. My name is Oichi Yamamoto from the 9th division. I work under Hisagi Shuuhei, temporary head. He has placed this new café in my care so I hope that all of us can work together. I would like to introduce you to your Assistant GM Izzy Yamamoto and before you say anything yes, she is my younger sister and no I did not give her the spot because of that. Izzy has manager various smaller business and has the qualities to help bring this place up to a high point." Izzy waved. "Hi. My name is Izzy. I look forward to working with you all so lets work very hard together."

Oichi smiled. "Now will Riruka Dokugamine please come up here?" A young, slender girl with magenta eyes and long hair of matching color in two pigtails, walked up. She was wearing a white hat that had two extensions in the back, made to look like rabbit ears. She had on a dark dress with white fabric over her breast with a dark ribbon just above it and a pair of thigh high boots.

"This is one of your four shift managers and…" "I don't need you to speak for me!" Riruka says. "I'm not here to make friends. I just want to make enough money to buy what I want and when I want it. So as long no one crosses me then we will be fine. Got it?" Izzy frowned. "How about you show some respect. You wouldn't be here if Oichi didn't see something in you. I don't think your attitude is befitting of a manger." Riruka cut her eyes at Izzy. "Mind your words girl. I haven't said anything to you so don't make me angry." Izzy balled her fist up. "I think those words are meant for you. I have no issue…" "That is quite enough." Oichi says. "Izzy as a Assistant GM your actions will reflect the entire team as well and me and the General Manger here. Please remember that. As for you Riruka. We have talked about this during your interview. This is only a trail run for you so If you can not keep up with everyone you will be relive of your duties. So please refrain from trying to distance yourself from everyone. As a manager your need to be ready to lead not shut people down. Understand?" Riruka sighed and nods. "I apologize for my actions." She says. Izzy sighs as well. "I'm sorry also."

Oichi smiled. "Alright next up is Yushiro Shihoin." "Yahoo! That's me!" A young dark skin boy with black hair in a pony tail jumped up and rushed up in front of Oichi startling her. "Yushiro please calm down." She rubs his head. "Everyone this is Yushiro the second manger. As you can tell he is from the Shihoin clan…" "I'm the 23rd head of the clan! I wanted to come work here to see how regular people work! I'm so excited to meet all of you so please bear with me!" He bows kinda starling the employees this time. "I am not use to doing many things on my own, so I will make mistakes, so I apologize in advance for any mistake that I may make in the future. I know that I am young for this position and that there are more people qualified for this. I assure you that I did not use my position in my clan to get this. I only wish to understand my people more so that I me a great leader to them."

The employees looked at Oichi who smiles. "Do not worry Yushiro. We all can understand this and we will do our own best to try to help you okay? Just try to keep your excitement down to a 4 okay?" Yushiro smiles and nods. "Yes ma'am Ms. Yamamoto! Thank you again for this wonderful opportunity! I shall not fail you or this store!" Oichi rubs his head making him smile even more. He went and stood next to Riruka who turned her head away from him. "Now will Noba and Jinta Hanakari. Jinta stood up and walked over to her. "Hey there Oichi. Thanks for letting me working here." Another young man got up. He had red eyes and green eyes. He was wearing a blue sweeter and back and blue pants. "Good morning Ms. Oichi…" Oichi smiled. "These two here know all the ends and outs to the selling and producing good quality meals, ideas, food, and they know how to real in customers."

She took a step to the side. "So, these will be your managers and you will listen and follow them to the best of your abilities. Do not be afraid to voice your opinion either. If you think we all can improve on something, then you should let us know. Every voice helps." Oichi looks across the room and smile. "Finally, here comes your General Manager." They all looked to see Jess walking towards them. Izzy frowned and turned her head away. Jess stops in front of them. "Hello, I am Jessica Mikcloud. You may call me Ms. Jessica, Ms. Mikcloud, or Ms. Jess. Anyone of those works. If you respect me then I will respect you back. That is simple to understand. We all should work hard and make this place the best we can. I look forward to working with all of you. Now if there is nothing else I need for all of you to head to the back and get ready for our first day of work."

Oichi looked at her watch. "Your uniforms should be here in just about…." They heard a few people walking up with bags and crates. "Now." Oichi opened the gates and let the workers in. "Women's lockers on the right and men on the left." The workers nodded and went to the back. Oichi clapped her hands. "Okay everyone, I will be back by 4 to see how everything is coming along. A few last words, since this is a Superhero café you all are welcome to dress up in either your standard uniform or you can cosplay so long as it doesn't interfere in your work." Jess smiled. "Yes, and later on down the line I would like to do a sigh up sheet on those who wish to cosplay like hero's or villains." "Great idea, now I wish you best in your efforts today. Remember to greet the customers with a smile!" She waves at them and walked past Izzy. "Behave yourself." She says before walking off.

The employee's got up and walked to the back to get their uniforms. Jess was about to leave when Izzy stopped her. "Jess…" Jess sighs mentally. "Izzy…" Izzy sighs and hands her the bag. "What is this?" Jess asked taking the bag. She opened it and pulled out witchcraft print symbol hoddie. "Oh my! Izzy is this for me!?" Izzy rubs her head. "A gift from when I said I hated you…I was ten and I didn't like the fact that you were taking my sister away from me…All she did was hang out with you and never us. It wasn't until a few years until I realize I was acting like a brat. I learned that no matter how everything looks Oichi still loves me the same just like she does Flo and you. So, I got that as a gift to say…sorry…I don't hate you…" Jess bites her lip and then hugs Izzy with tears in the corner of her eyes. "Oh, thank you Izzy! I didn't want you to hate me. I swear that Oichi loves you and Flo as much as you love her! I could never replace that love. I only add on to it. I see you and Flo as my little sisters to. I love you both as much as I love Oichi and don't forget that okay?" She lets Izzy go and smiles brightly at her. "Let's go shall we!" Izzy smiled and nodded.

Oichi left the mall and went straight to the café. She parked in the front and got out. Looking round she frowned at the lack of customers that were here. The café had lost all of their regulars and those who kept working here were a little stuck since they had little to nowhere left to go. Oichi then smiles. Today is where that all change. The move she was about to do was a little petty, but it was going to be very worth it. 'Nel would be so proud of me haha.' She opened the door to the café and walked in where Momo and Kira were cleaning the counter. "Hi guys!" She says waving. Momo smiled. "Oichi! What a surprise. I thought you were going to be at the mall with the new store opening." "Yeah, I left it up to the managers and let them run things. I can't babysit them just yet. I like to see where everything goes and what not." Momo sighs. "I wish we could work there…this café wont last long." Oichi smiles brighter. "Well…maybe you can." They looked at her as she walked to the bulletin board and wrote something on a sicky note. "Even though I was fired the rules are the same. The customers can come in and write comments or compliments on here and no one can remember. Looking at the dates I doubt Luppi bothers reading some of them so…just have everyone read the note I left." She walked to the counter. "I don't want to sound mean but as soon as all the workers here leave, I'll speak to Jushiro about moving you two to the mall. I'm sure the center would love to have someone watching over the newbie and to have some seniority there and what not." Momo's eyes sparkle. "Oooo Oichi that's so sneaky!" Oichi giggles. "Just point them to the board without him catching on. Once the big bosses upstairs see that no money is coming from this place at all then they will have to close it down or something. Also, tell all the customers that my recipes will be at the superhero café now." Kira chuckled. "So not only does he lose his workers he loses the rest of the customers he has. You're too much." Oichi winks. "Just call it a tiny bit of payback, I guess. I have to get going now." She waves by to them and leaves with a satisfying feeling.

Around 3:55pm Oichi was driving back to the mall with Florina in tow. Florina would be opening she shop soon once she got all the supplies ready. As Oichi and Hisagi said Unohana was very delighted in having Florina's shop. She had already made new medicine from the last herbs Oichi had given her however, Florina pulled what Oichi calls, 'A Dante moment'. A Dante moment is where she, Florina, or Izzy thinks like Dante for a spilt second. Florina had made a statement to Unohana that if she was going to make medicine off her herbs then she should have half the profits. Without the herbs Florina grew Unohana couldn't make or upgrade her medicine to help people. It took Oichi a bit by surprise when Hisagi told her this, but she couldn't have felt prouder. Now not only would she have a income with her flowers but now she can make a little extra money every time Unohana makes something new. Unohana was a very nice woman so Oichi knew that she wouldn't cheat Florina out of her money but just in case she had contact Dante and told him everything that happened. He assured her that he would keep an eye on everything without overstepping the boundaries.

Oichi and Florina parked near the back of the mall. They got out and walked in. Florina was wearing a bright pink and yellow shirt with a vest over it and dark pink pants and flats. Her hair was tied into one high pony tail. "So, have you spoken to Hisagi? Made a coffee date?" Florina blushed. "N-No not yet but we have been talking a little…" Oichi smiled. "See that's all you need. Talk a little and maybe a little push and you are good to go." "A little push?" Oichi nudged her. "Let's see how Izzy and Jess are doing." She winks and giggles. Florina sighs a bit and follows her. When they get there, they could see how busy the café was already going. Oichi could quickly point out a few regulars from the café. When they spotted her, they quickly waved and gave a thumbs up. "HeeHee. To cool." Florina looked around and smiled. "Look! It's Izzy!" Oichi looked to see Izzy in the uniform holding two trays of sweets. She placed them down on the table and walked back over to the counter. She stopped when she saw Oichi and Florina. Walking over, Florina tackled her into a hug. "Aww look at you! You look so cute in a dress like this!" Izzy blushed. "Stop it sis…you know I hate wearing dresses…" Florina giggled. "I know but you look so cute." Izzy rolled her eyes, well if I had big boobs like you, sis, I'd be the highlight of the store like Jess over there…" She nudges her head over to the restaurant area. They could see that mostly guys were over there. "Yeah with the outfit I made I was sure she was going to be a smash hit. I'll make you one to, so you can bring in the cute factor." Izzy shook her head and walked off. While Izzy and Florina were talking Oichi had her phone out texting away. She quickly sent the message and put her phone away before Florina noticed.

They then walked over to see Jess smiling and walking over to tables. She was wearing a black and red Harley quin dress with mixed red and black long socks and boots. She had black and red makeup over her eyes and her hair was red and curly and was bouncing as she walked. Her hips rocked back and forth, swinging with the dress making some guys stare. Oichi chuckles. "A main target as always I see." Jess placed a tray on the table. "Here you go sir! One Batman burger with no onions and extra special sauce and one Robin wonder boy sub with no cheese with fires on the sides. "Can I get you anything else?" One of the men smiles at her. "Yeah, do you think I can have your number?" Jess kept her smiled. "Sorry sir, I'll have to decline that. Please enjoy your meal." She walked away and was stopped by a few women. "Excuse me where did you buy this outfit from? We haven't seen it in any stores!" Jess sighs mentally until she spotted Oichi and Florina. "This was a handmade design by the owner of this new store, Oichi Yamamoto." "Handmade!?" "Oh my! How long did it take her?" "This is very beautiful even the cloths!" Jess smirked. "If you have any questions Oichi is right over there. Now if you will excuse me I have to get back to work.

The women looked at Oichi and quickly made a B line right towards her. They quickly surrounded her and started asking a bunch of questions. Oichi eyes Jess who was chucking as she walked away. "Did you really make that Ms.?" Oichi nodded. "Y-Yes I did." "You have quite the talent! May I make a request? Oh, please can I?" Oichi rubbed her head. "You can make a request to the 9th division of clothing Alterations." The woman started to talk excitedly and walked away. Florina chuckles. "Looks like Jess is bringing you some customers." Oichi shook her head. "Why don't we take a seat and get something to eat?" Florina nodded.

They found a booth and took a seat. There were paper menus already on the table. "Ooo these looks all so good!" Florina says smiling. Oichi nodded. "Yeah, its on me so why don't you eat til you pop." Florina giggles. "Aw, thanks sis!" A waiter came over and asked for their drinks. They both order a small coffee and a glass of water. While they waited Oichi eyes spotted someone walking towards them in a bit of a hurry. She held back a chuckle as Hisagi walked up. "Oichi? Florina?" Florina jumped a bit and blushed from seeing Hisagi. "H-Hisagi? What are you doing here?" Hisagi smiled. "I wanted to join you for coffee." Florina looked at Oichi. "Oichi…" Oichi giggled and got up. "A little push…I'll be in the front. Have fun." She waves and walks to the front. Hisagi sits down in front of Florina. "I was already in the area when Oichi text me. I'm happy she did." "You are?" Hisagi nodded. "I wanted to start over. I felt like I acted a little uncool when we were in my office." "Start over?"

Hisagi held his hand out. "My name is Hisagi Shuhei, I'm the temp head of the 9th division. I like to play the guitar in my free time and do a little writing here and there." Florina looked at his hand and then smiled. She took it and shook it. "My name is Florina Nakahara. Um…I the owner of a flower shop that hasn't been properly named yet. In my free time I like to do volunteer work, garden, and read." They let go. "Nakahara? You don't share names with Oichi?" Florina shook her head. "No, I'm adopted. My parents passed away when I was younger and Oichi's mother took me in." She looked down a bit sadly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories." Florina looked back up and smiled. "No, it's okay. So um…what kind of writing do you do?" "Just small articles in the magazines. Nothing to big I don't think I'm all that good. What type of books do you read?" Florina links her fingers together. "I like a good mystery, adventure, drama and sometimes love stories." "Love stories huh. I always found them a little off the top…but after meeting you that day I think I can start to understand it a bit." Florina felt her face heat up a bit. "W-What do you mean?" Hisagi chuckled. "I'll have to explain a bit down the road later. You said you did volunteer work? Tell me about it?" Florina rubbed her redden cheeks. "Okay…"

From afar Oichi, Izzy, and Jess were watching them. "Awww! That is to cute!" Jess says. Oichi giggled. "I told you. There are very cute together." Izzy had her arms crossed. "I don't know Michi…are you sure we can trust this Hisagi guy." Oichi shook her head. "I've known Hisagi for quite a while. He isn't that type of guy." Izzy rolled her eyes. "That's not what I meant sis. Didn't you say Hisagi liked you at one point? What if he is using Florina as a scapegoat? You know…he can't have you, so he settles for someone like you?" Oichi crossed her arms. "I haven't thought about that…" "Of course, you haven't." Jess shakes her head. "Hisagi isn't that type of man Izzy. Trust in your sisters words and stop making her second guess herself." "I'm just saying." Oichi smiles. "Well, I'm sure in the future and after a few more dates Hisagi will come to like Florina and forget all about little old me. So now all I have to worry about is you Izzy. I'm not sure who could handle your brash mouth and moods." Izzy pouted. "Whatever! I'm going back to work!" She stormed off. Jess sighed. "Your sister is quite a hand full as always but I'm sure she will find someone." Oichi nods and looks back to Florina and Hisagi. They were laughing. "You know I don't really believe in that love at first sight thing, but I think this is really going to well for them." Jess nods. "So long as you don't push them to far." Oichi chuckled. "I've done my part. All they needed was a little push and this was it. What they do from here is on them. Regardless of what happens I wish both of them much happiness."