"At the Beach"

Here is the second part of this short story. Please enjoy and review!

After the women all purchased their bathing suits, they then made their way to the closest beach in the area and got ready.

Standing in one of the changing booths was Daisuke and XV-Mon who had changed into their bikinis and were staring at their reflections in the mirror.

The beautiful dragon woman brushed her long golden hair off her shoulders as she looked into the mirror, making sure her red bikini wasn't out of place.

Her tail was wagging behind her while her dragon ears twitched and her white wings were curled back so they wouldn't get in the way.

"I can't believe my sister got me this thing. I feel so naked." Daisuke pouted.

"Calm down, Daisuke. You look great. White really does look amazing on you. Maybe you should've been born a Quincy." XV-Mon smiled.

"Ugh, no way! I love Ken and Sam, really, but their cousin and uncle have some serious issues. Also, a Quincy's outfit is just lame." Daisuke curled her nose up in distaste.

XV-Mon laughed at that as she then stepped out of the change room, eager to join the rest of the girls to enjoy the beautiful weather.

Giving her reflection a last look, Daisuke sighed as she turned around and left the room, wishing her breasts hadn't of grown once again.

Rangiku was going to tease her about getting bigger and then would use that to taunt Nanao over how a teenaged human girl had larger breasts than her.

"D-Daisuke?!" A familiar voice shrieked in shock.

Startled, the girl glanced off to the side and found her orange haired cousin standing a few feet away dressed in a pair of black swim trunks with a red shirt which was unbuttoned.

Standing beside the stunned Death Berry were Ken Ichijouji and Willis Snow who were also shocked by the bikini that their friend/DNA partner/golden evolution partner was wearing.

Stingmon, Terriermon and Lopmon were all staring at XV-Mon in shock as well while the large green insect was blushing darkly.

"Ichigo, Willis, Ken! What are you guys doing here?" Daisuke asked as a blush burned her cheeks.

She hadn't expected any of them to be here at all and she didn't even sense them!

Jun never mentioned anything about the boys coming, but she should have known that the magenta haired girl was going to invite some boys to admire the swimsuits the girls had all bought.

...And to scar Ichigo.

Willis grinned as he made his way over to the girl with Lopmon and Terriermon perched on his shoulders.

"Jun called us up and invited us to join you." The blond explained.

"We thought it would be fun and a great way to relax what with all the battles and work we've been doing lately." Ken smiled as he stepped up beside the American.

"I should've known." Daisuke sighed.

"By the way, I love the bikini. It looks cute on you." Willis winked making Ken sweat drop while Daisuke flushed in anger.

A hand came in contact with the back of Willis' head making him cry out as an enraged Ichigo stood behind him.

"What the hell are ya doin' wearing that?!" Ichigo yelled at his cousin.

"Hey, don't blame me! Jun's the one who picked it out. And have you tried saying no to her? Not easy!" Daisuke yelled back.

Exhaling in annoyance, Ichigo then shed off his shirt and wrapped it around the girl's shoulders as a way to provide some cover.

"Honestly, half the time I don't know what she's thinking." Ichigo muttered.

Jun wasn't around anymore to protect Daisuke.

It was now Ichigo's job to look after her and protect her from all the freaks and perverts of the world and Jun forcing her in a slightly revealing bikini wasn't making it easy!

"Thanks." Daisuke muttered as she slipped her arms through the arm holes.

Sensing a handful of familiar energy, Daisuke looked around to find Byakuya Kuchiki was also there along with Sam Ichijouji and so were many of the other Soul Reapers.

Looking around as she followed her senses, her eyes landed on a beach house where she could feel Uryu Ishida, Sado "Chad" Yatsuda, Orihime Inoue and Toshiro Hitsugaya.

Toshiro must have been hiding since he hated the heat because of his ice powers.

He was probably napping away or eating shaved iced, possibly watermelon flavored.

"So, why exactly are we all here anyway?" Ichigo asked.

Rangiku then bounced over, her tiny white and pink bikini just barely covering her massive sized breasts and told Ichigo about their shopping trip.

"We bought these cute swimsuits and we just had to show them off! And that's why the Soul Reaper Women's Association came to a beach in the real world for a little R&R!" Rangiku explained.

Jun came strutting over with a smile on her face as she showed off her black bikini which had strings to tie it.

All the other women came out of the change rooms and showed off their own swimwear as they basked in the warm summer heat.

"That didn't tell me anything!" Ichigo protested.

"Then allow me to explain things. The other day the pool that the Soul Reaper Women's Association had been secretly building in Soul Society was destroyed." Nanao explained as she adjusted her glasses.

"You guys were building a pool? Where?" Daisuke asked.

"They built it in the Kuchiki compound. Captain Kuchiki found it and destroyed it with his Senbonzakura." Sam explained as he walked over.

"Ha, no kidding? You really should stop inviting yourselves in there. I'm pretty sure you could get arrested for trespassing." Willis chuckled.

"That doesn't seem to have stopped them yet." Lopmon commented.

"So then, what happened after that?" Terriermon asked.

"We were trying to think of a new place to build it, but then Captain Uohana came up with an idea to come to the real world to go to the beach. We all just loved it and we had to go!" Jun cheered as wrapped her arms around Sam making the shorter boy blush when he felt the girl's breasts press into his back.

They may be the same age, but his body appeared to be the same age as Daisuke, Ken and Willis since he couldn't grow that much after he died at a young age.

"Now do you understand?" Nanao asked the orange haired boy.

"What's with you guys?" Ichigo muttered.

"Lighten up, Ichigo! Thanks to her, you're at the beach, surrounded by a ton of hot babes in swimsuits! Be grateful." Yoruichi teased.

"I'm grateful!" Willis chirped cheerfully making Ken chuckle nervously as Daisuke glared at the blond.

"Ichigo, this is a great chance for you to show your gratitude to everyone for all the help they give you." Rukia told him.

Daisuke and Ichigo both felt annoyed at this since they were the ones who had been constantly helping out the Soul Society.

If anyone should be showing gratitude, then it should the Soul Reapers!

"Wouldn't you agree, Nii-sama?" Rukia questioned Byakuya as he stood beside Ichigo making everyone look over at him.

His raven locks were free as they fell around his shoulders and he was wearing purple swim trunks and a blue opened shirt.

"And what are you doing here?" Ichigo asked the noble.

"They said that this was how they were going to pay me back for building a swimming pool in my yard." Byakuya answered.

"Nii-sama, I hope you enjoy your time at the beach." Rukia said as he grunted in acknowledgement.

"This is pay back?" Ichigo asked.

"Well, I feel like we're paying for it." Daisuke muttered with her arms crossed.

Lopmon had moved to sit on her head while Terriermon was perched on top of Willis' head and Stingmon was blushing as XV-Mon was clinging to his arm.

"Don't let it bother you, Ichigo-kun, Daisuke-chan! Let's have a good time today!" Jushiro Ukitake called as he, Renji Abarai, Ikkaku Madarame and Sentaro walked over after they finished changing.

"Ukitake-san and everyone else are here, too?" Ichigo asked.

"I invited Captain Ukitake. I thought it would be good for him to get some fresh air." Rukia explained.

"Is that a good idea?" Ken asked.

"Wouldn't the sun be too much for you?" Stingmon asked.

"Don't worry about it. I'll be fine." The white haired man assured.

"Rangiku-san and Jun-san invited us because they wanted someone to liven up the party." Renji said.

"We didn't have anything better to do." Ikkaku grinned.

"So that's that. I've been feeling good lately, and this'll be a nice change of pace. My, it feels nice to sunbathe a little..." Jushiro smiled as he covered his eyes with his hand.

Just then, he started to fall making everyone panic that the man was sick once again.

Stingmon and XV-Mon were quick to grab the man to steady him before he fell to the ground.

"Ukitake-san!" Ichigo gasped.

"Captain!" Sentaro called as Kiyone gasped in worry.

"Sorry. I felt a bit faint..." Jushiro apologized.

"Jushiro..." Daisuke sighed.

After the scare, the two third seats of squad 13 carried their Captain off to a parasol umbrella to rest in the shade as they then started fanning him off.

"I knew he shouldn't have come here!" Ichigo stated.

"Shouldn't we cool him down with some ice?" Isane asked as she and Retsu looked the sick man over.

"Sounds good. Could someone go to that shack and get some ice?" Retsu requested as she pointed out the beach shack.

"Okay, I'll go get it." Ichigo volunteered.

"I'll go with you!" Daisuke spoke up.

"I'll go too." Renji said.

The trio then walked off towards the beach shack to get the ice, but the former Digidestined leader was also going to greet her friends and boyfriend.

"Excuse me? Could you give me some ice?" Ichigo called as they walked inside to see a young woman standing in the cool room.

"Okay!" Orihime called as she spun to face them.

"Inoue!" Ichigo pointed at the girl in surprise as she ran up to greet him.

"Ya-hoo, Kurosaki-kun, Motomiya-chan!" Orihime greeted.

"Hey there, Orihime-chan!" Daisuke greeted.

She refused to call Orihime by her family name since it was the same as Yolei Inoue's and she often wondered if the two were related.

They didn't have anything in common at all and they didn't look alike, so perhaps there was just a coincidence that they had the same last name.

Some names were very common such as Yagami or Aizawa, but not everyone who had them were related.

"What're you doing here?!" Ichigo asked.

"Working." Orihime answered.

"You're too loud, Kurosaki." Uryu commented from where he was cooking fried noodles.

"Ishida?" Ichigo questioned.

"Sado-kun's here, too." Orihime said just as the tall Mexican/Japanese male walked over carrying a case of soda bottles.

"What are you guys doing here anyway?" Daisuke asked the question that she knew was on her cousin's mind.

"Didn't you hear?" Renji asked making the two cousins look up at him.

"Captain Uohana asked them to do this." Renji told them as Orihime giggled in response.

"Shinigami may be my enemies, but I couldn't refuse Uohana-san." Uryu stated.

No one could blame him for not being able to deny her, the woman was frightening.

"That's about it, Ichigo." Chad said.

"We're renting this entire beach for the day. We can't kick back and relax if there are people from the real world here." Renji informed.

"So that's why everyone came." Ichigo commented.

"Anyway, didn't you need some ice?" Orihime asked.

"Oh, that's right. Ukitake-san's got heat exhaustion, so we need some ice to cool him down." Ichigo told the girl.

"How horrible! I'll get it right away! Toshiro-kun! Ice, please!" Orihime called making everyone glance off to the side to find the 10th Squad Captain napping in the shade.

The white haired male was resting under a table and he moved to sit up a bit lazily.

"Good grief. I told him not to over do it." Toshiro complained.

"Toshiro, you're here too?!" Ichigo asked in surprise.

"I had a feeling you'd be hidding out, Frosty." Daisuke smirked over at him.

"Why aren't you with everyone else?" Ichigo asked the shorter male.

"Because I hate the heat." Toshiro stated.

Bouncing over to her boyfriend, Daisuke plopped down beside him as she threw her arms around the albino who wrapped an arm around her waist as he held her into his side.

Over time he had gotten used to how physical she was and welcomed the warmth she radited naturally even if he wasn't a fan of anything hot.

"Toshiro-kun's in charge of making all of our ice with Hyourinmaru." Orihime said which made Ichigo's eyes grow wide in shock at the news.

Daisuke was also curious over what she had heard, but it wasn't her buisness about what her boyfriend used his Zanpaktou for.

"Should you really use your Zanpaktou for that?" Ichigo questioned.

"Back off! Do you want ice or not?" Toshiro snapped.

"Yes, we need it. Now, come on. Get up and come out into the sunlight. It's not gonna hurt you." Daisuke chided as she stood up and pulled Toshiro along with her.

"Fine." He grumbled as he allowed his girlfriend to pull him up from his comfortable spot.

Gathering outside the shack, everyone watched the white haired male as he summoned his Zanpaktou and waited to see how he was going to make the ice.

"Sit upon the frozen heavens, Hyorinmaru!" Toshiro called as he slashed his blade through the air.

The moisture gathered from the air and formed into an ice statue of Hyourinmaru in his dragon form which made everyone stare in awe at the remarkable sight.

"There." Toshiro said as he looked back at everyone, eager to get back to the cool inside of the beach shack.

"It's too big." Ichigo stated.

"Then I'll take half of it! I'll use it for my experimental curry sweet bean fusion shaved ice! I'll let you try it later!" Orihime said eagerly making everyone grimace in disgust.

"I-I'm fine, thanks!" Daisuke gave a nervous grin as she held up a hand in refusal.

"That recipe's dangerous." Chad commented.

"We should get that ice to Captain Ukitake now." Renji said as he started to creep away in fear that he would be forced to try Orihime's hazerdous food.

Nodding at this, Daisuke turned to Toshiro who was already beginning to sweat from the heat as he glared up at the sun.

Smiling in amusement at him, Daisuke walked up to the snowy haired male while Chad helped Ichigo collect the ice needed.

"Are you sure you don't wanna come with us? The ocean will be plenty cool for you to relax in." The tanned girl said.

"I'm sure. Also, this is my chance to avoid Matsumoto. I need a break from her as well." Toshiro sighed as his Zanpaktou vanished.

Pouting at that, the girl then leaned over and pressed a kiss to her boyfriend's lips which made him blush at the sudden act.

It was soft, gentle and short which made the icy captain mentally shout when the kiss soon ended when his girlfriend pulled away after a few seconds.

"Well, if you change your mind, you know where we'll be." She smiled.

Blinking his arctic green eyes, Toshiro suddenly smirked mischiveously which made the mahogany haired girl grow a bit nervous at what could be going on inside his head.

"I'll think it over." He promised as he deepened his voice and placed a kiss to her temple before wandering back into the shack.

Feeling stunned as a jolt of excitement went down her spine, Daisuke turned as she watched Toshiro walk off as she wondered why she got this strange feeling from him.

To be continued...