In a tavern back in town, most of the villagers there enjoying themselves and drinking. The only person not enjoying himself is sitting in an armchair just for him in front of the fireplace. He is fuming over what happened today.

"Who does that girl think she is? She made a bad move messing with me. No one said 'no' to Aizen and I mean no one!" snapped Aizen angrily.

"Yeah, she has no right." agreed Gin bringing over two mugs full of sake.

"Can you believe what she did to me? I was dismissed, rejected, and humiliated in front of everyone and by the most beautiful girl in town, no less!" exclaimed Aizen as he grabbed the mugs from Gin and threw them into the fireplace. "I just can't stand it!"

"More sake?" offered Gin.

"It won't help now, not after what happened today! I'm disgraced!" groaned Aizen as he puts his head into his hands upset.

"Disgrace? You? HA! No way! Pull yourself together, Aizen." insisted Gin as he tries to cheer his boss up. He then begins to sing.

Gin: Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Aizen
Looking so down in the dumps

Gin tries to stretch Aizen's face into a smile. Aizen however punches him into a table occupied by his only friends, Yumichika, Kenpachi, and Ikkaku. Gin got up and gestures to the cronies who cheers.

Every guy here'd love to be you, Aizen
Even when taking your lumps

Annoyed, Aizen turned his chair away and tries to ignore Gin.

There's no man in town as admired as you
You're everyone's favorite guy
Everyone's awed and inspired by you

Gin turned Aizen's chair around as Nanao, Rukia, and Orihime comes over.

And it's not very hard to see why!

The girls then swooned over Aizen as they sigh lovingly at him.

No one's slick as Aizen, no one's quick as Aizen
No one's next as incredibly thick as Turles
For there's no man in town half as manly

Gin removes a belt from someone's pants causing them to fall to the ground alarming the guy. Gin then wraps the belt around Aizen's neck like a tie. An annoyed Aizen flexes and breaks it off.

Perfect, a pure paragon!
You can ask any Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Kenpachi
And they'll tell you who's team they'd prefer to be on!

Gin dances around stepping on the cronies' heads, giving them headaches. When he drops, they grabbed him and begin swinging Gin back and forth near Aizen.

Gin, Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Kenpachi: No one's been like Aizen, a king-pin like Aizen

Gin: No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Aizen

Gin tickles Aizen's chin. Aizen smirks, getting his confidence and pride back as he begins to sing.

Aizen: As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!

All: My, what a guy that Aizen!

The cronies slammed their mugs together. Soon the whole tavern begins to sing.

Give five hurrahs, give twelve hip-hips

Gin: Aizen is the best and the rest is all drips!

Gin got so into the moment that, when Aizen stood up, he accidentally threw his drink into his boss's face. Aizen glares angrily as Gin hid his mug behind his back looking sheepishly. Aizen then punches Gin right into his cronies' table and jumped in to wrestle with them.

All: No one fights like Aizen, no one bites like Aizen

Aizen bites on Yumichika's foot making him yelped in pain.

Yumichika: In a wrestling match, nobody bites like Aizen

Nanao, Rukia, and Orihime: For there's no one as burly and brawny

Just then Aizen lifted up the bench they are still on making them giggle in delight.

Aizen: As you see I've got biceps to spare

Gin: Not a bit of him scraggly or scrawny

Suddenly the bench fell on Gin knocking him down. The girls were unharmed, lucky for them.

Aizen: That's right! And I have soft skin not one part covered in hair!

Aizen then shows off his clean chest. Later, he plays a chess game with someone. His opponent won. Angrily, he knocks the chess board aside.

All: No one hits like Aizen, matches wits like Aizen

Gin: In a spitting match, nobody spits like Aizen!

Aizen is chewing gum right now as he sings.

Aizen: I'm especially good at expectorating! Ptooey!

He then shoots out his gum very fast. Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Kenpachi held up signs saying '10' one each.

Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Kenpachi: Ten points for Aizen!

The gum bounces across the room and knocks Gin down. Next, Aizen is juggling eggs.

Aizen: When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Every morning to help me get large!

He then threw the eggs into the air and caught each in his mouth. Gin tries to do this but all that happens is the eggs landing splat on his face.

And now that I'm grown, I eat five dozen eggs
So I'm roughly the size of a barge!

Aizen then held up his hand by Gin. Then Aizen blasts a kido very fast nearly knocking his minion out of his stool. He made some holes in a barrel sending out leaks of sake which spilled into onlookers' mugs.

All: No one shoots like Aizen, makes those beauts like Aizen

Then Aizen stomps on the floor loudly shaking the whole room as Gin watches.

Gin: Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Aizen

Aizen: I use antlers in all of my decorating!

He then shows off a lot of his animal trophies he got killing animals while hunting. He even shows off a portrait of himself. All of which is above the fireplace. Then Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Kenpachi lifted Aizen's chair up.

All: My what a guy! Aizen!

They carry Aizen's chair, with him still in it, very fast. Gin runs to try to get out of the way but they dropped it on him by accident. Everyone cheered and laughed.

Suddenly the moment was interrupted when a familiar figure runs into the tavern, with black circles under his eyes as if he hasn't slept in days.

"Someone helped me!" yelled Kaien in a panic.

"Kaien?" asked the bartender in surprise. He doesn't normally see Kaien in the tavern.

"You all gotta help me!" begged Kaien as he goes from table to table. "He got her locked in the tower in a castle in the forest!

"Who?" asked Renji.

"Akina!" exclaimed Kaien. "We got to go there! I know the way! There isn't a moment to lose!"

"Whoa, whoa." said Aizen trying to calm Kaien down. "Who locked Akina up in a tower?"

"It is a beast! An evil monstrous beast!"

A pause, then the whole tavern laughs at this. Kaien is known to be crazy at times. As Kaien looks concerned that no one was listening, Kenpachi came forward gesturing something big, "Is it huge?"

"Very huge." Kaien confirmed.

"With a long, ugly snout?" asked Kensei with a smirk as he uses a clear mug to make his mouth look huge like a magnifying glass.

"No, he has a human white face!"

"And sharp, cruel fangs?" added Toshiro chuckling.

"Yes, yes! Completely black too!" said Kaien excited, thinking the tavern believed him after all. "Can you help me?"

"Alright, Kaien. We'll help." said Aizen. He made a gesture to Yumichika and Ikkaku who then grabbed Kaien and take him to the door.

"Really? Oh thank you, thank you!" said Kaien happily. His happiness was short-lived, however, when Yumichika and Ikkaku threw Kaien right out of the tavern and into the snow. It was then that he realized they didn't believe him after all.

As Yumichika and Ikkaku went back to their table, they laughed at Kaien's 'craziness'.

"That Kaien is a loon." chuckled Ikkaku cruelly.

"What a joke! Always make me laugh." agreed Yumichika.

Aizen was overhearing from his chair. After thinking it over, a plan forms in his head. A brilliant yet awful plan. "'Kaien is a loon', huh? Crazy little Kaien…" With a smirk, he turns to Gin and begins to sing once more.

Aizen: Gin, I'm afraid I've been thinking.

Gin looked up, still under his chair.

Gin: A dangerous pastime-

Aizen: (finishing) I know!

Aizen pulls Gin from under his chair as he continues.

But that wacky coot is Akina's older brother
And his sanity's only so-so

Aizen then makes a 'crazy sign' around his head to prove his point.

Now the wheels in my head have been turning
Since I looked at that loony old man
See I promised myself I'd be married to Akina,
And right now I'm evolving a plan!

With a smirk, he then whispers into Gin's ear. Everyone else in the tavern tried to listen in.

"If I..." began Aizen who then continues into a low whisper.

"Yeah?" asked Gin interested.

"Then we..."

"No! Would she?"

"Guess."

"Oh, I get it!" exclaimed Gin excited, getting what Aizen has planned.

"Let's go!" said the two together then they begin to dance as they sing.

Both: No one plots like Aizen,

Aizen: Takes cheap shots like Aizen

Gin: Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Aizen

Aizen: Yes, I'm endlessly, wildly resourceful

Gin: As down in the depths you descend

Aizen: I won't even be mildly remorseful

Gin: As long as you get what you want in the end!

Aizen: Who has brains like Aizen?

Gin: Entertains like Aizen?

Both: Who can make up these endless refrains like Aizen?

All: (including Aizen and Gin): So his marriage we soon'll be celebrating!
My what a guy, Aizen!

As the song outside, Kaien wandered outside the town square feeling hopeless.

"Will someone help me?" said Kaien in despair.

Back at the castle, Akina was still crying, face in her pillows. Suddenly a knock came at the door making Akina stopped crying to look up.

"Who is it?" asked Akina turning to the door.

"It's Retsu Unohana."

Akina comes over to the door and opened it to let the persin in. To her surprise, Unohana and Hanataro came in with a cart.

"Want some tea? It will cheer you all up." said Unohana with a smile.

"Talking teapot?" asked Akina surprised. She backed up and nearly tripped over something.

"Careful!" Akina turned and sees a wardrobe with golden eyes.

"How is this possible?" asked Akina surprised.

"I know it's confusing. But here we are." giggled Yoruichi, the wardrobe.

Hanataro looks Unohana over and added, "Told ya she was pretty, Lady Unohana!"

As Unohana pours tea in Hanataro. She puts some sugar cubes in it.

"One lump or two?" asked Unohana.

"Two please." requested Akina.

Once they're done, Akina took Hanataro.

"Slowly now." instructed Hanataro. "Don't spill."

"Thank you." said Akina with a sad sigh as she takes the teacup and drinks from it.

"You did a brave thing what you did." Unohana said to Akina.

"We all think so." agreed Yoruichi a hint of sadness in her voice. Unohana and Hantaro nodded in agreement.

"But my brother, my dreams, and everything. They are gone forever." said Akina sadly.

"Cheer up, dear." Unohana said smiling. "Things will turn out fine."

Akina smiles a bit. This is the first time since yesterday that something happens that made her smiled.

"Oh, look at the time! We're just standing around here when we have to get dinner ready! Let's go, Hanataro!" said Unohana as she left the room.

"Coming, Lady Unohana." Hanataro said as he followed her. "Bye!" Soon only Akina and Yoruichi are left in the room.

"Okay, let's see what to dress you in for dinner? Let's see what's in the wardrobe." said Yoruichi as she opens herself and searched through it. Soon she pulls out a blue dress and smiles. "You'd looked great in this!"

"Uh, I liked it but I am not going to dinner." said Akina with a frown. How can she eat with a monster that made her no longer see the only family she cares about?

"But you got to!" gasped Yoruichi in shock.

"Ahem." The group turned to see Izuru coming in. He cleared his throat as he said, "Dinner is served."

In the dining room, Shuhei and Unohana watched as Ichigo walked back and forth very impatiently.

"How long does it take for a girl to get ready? She is supposed to come to dinner!" complained Ichigo, He then growled at the three, "Why isn't she here yet?"

"Be patient, Ichigo." insisted Shuhei.

"She no longer has her brother and her freedom in one day." agreed Unohana.

"Say, Master Ichigo? Do you think girl is the one who could break the spell over all of us?" asked Shuhei hopefully.

"Of course I do!" snapped Ichigo. He then growled, "I am no idiot."

"Well, all you have to do is fall for her. She'd fall for you. And, poof, the spell is broken! We will back to normal again by midnight."

"You do know, Shuhei, that stuff like this doesn't just happened." said Unohana pointing that out.

"But the rose is wilting even as we speak!"

Ichigo groaned as he felt his hand through his white hair. He said, "Oh, who am I kidding? She is so beautiful and...well, look at me!"

The others looked at each other in concern. Unohana turned back saying, "You just got to let her see pass all that, that's all."

"I don't know how to." said Ichigo turning away.

Unohana frowns then hops in front of Ichigo saying, "Well, first up, you got to look yourself more presentable. Straighten up!" Ichigo quickly does so. Unohana continued, ""You got to be more like a gentleman than what you are."

"Yes." agreed Shuhei as he walks up to Ichigo who turns to him now. "You got to show her what a great smile you have. Go on, show me a smile."

Ichigo does. Except all his smile does is shows his black teeth.

"But we can't scare the girl to death. You impress her with your great with." Shuhei added. Ichigo looked at each of them as he listens in to what the others are telling him.

"Be gentle." said Unohana.

"Give her compliments." said Shuhei.

"Be sincere."
Getting a headache, Ichigo holds his hands to his head "But above all, you got to control your temper!" said Unohana and Shuhei at once. The door opened up making Shuhei say, "Here she is!"

Ichigo looked up, expecting Akina to enter. But to his annoyance, only Izuru did in a nervous state.

"Hello." said Izuru nervously.

Ichigo frowns as he said, "Where is she, Izuru?"

"Who? Oh, the girl." chuckled Izuru. "She's in the middle of...well, with what's going on and all. she'd..." He then noticed Ichigo being very impatient glaring. Izuru gulped as he finished, "She's not coming."

"WHAT?" Ichigo yelled, then he rushed out of the dining room rushing up the stairs with Shuhei, Unohana, and Izuru rushing after him. He jumps stairs in his angry state.

Soon he arrives at the door to Akina's bedroom and pounded angrily. "I told you to come down to dinner!" yelled Ichigo very upset.

"I'm not hungry!" snapped Akina from inside the room. The others who arrived looked concerned or away at this.

"You, come out of there or...or...I'd break down the door!" roared Ichigo.

"Uh, Master Ichigo?" Shuhei said tugging at trousers getting Ichigo's attention. "Pardon me for saying so, but I don't think that would win Akina's affections."

"I'd agreed. Try to be a gentleman." said Izuru nodding nervously.

"But she's being so DIFFICULT!" said Ichigo angrily as he glares at the door.

"Try to be gentle." instructed Unohana softly.

Ichigo groaned then he turned back to the door, asking, "Will you...come down to dinner?"

"No!" yelled Akina.

Ichigo points at the door with an 'hm' as he glares at his servants.

"Now, now, Ichigo. Suave. Genteel." instructed Shuhei.

Through gritted teeth, Ichigo now said to Akina through the door, "I think it would be good pleasure if you join me for dinner." It looks like he's on edge now.

"Ichigo, you forgot 'please'." Izuru pointed out.

"Please." Ichigo added.

"The answer is still no!" yelled Akina.

Using his temper, Ichigo yelled, "You can't stay in there forever!"

"Yes, I can!" Akina yelled through the door.

"FINE! THEN GO AHEAD AND STARVE!" roared Ichigo very furiously. He then turned to the other snapping, "Since she won't eat with me, don't bother giving her anything to eat!"

He then stormed off and slammed the door very loudly, enough to cause debris to fell on Shuhei.

With a sigh, Izuru turned to Shuhei and said, "Shuhei, watch this door and let me know when something happens."

"Right, general." said Shuhei saluting with a candlestick. He then walks back and forth like a guard in front of the door.

"We better clean up. I don't think dinner will be for a while." Unohana with a sigh as she and Izuru goes downstairs.

In the West Wing, the whole place itself looks torn up and ruined. But Ichigo doesn't seem to be annoyed at it right now as he stormed in.

"This is ridiculous! I say please, what more does she want from me?" snapped Ichigo as he comes over to his dressing table. "I mean, does she want me to beg?"
He then picks up his magic mirror, the same mirror the enchantress left him when he was enchanted, and demanded to it, "Show me the girl!"

Soon the magic mirror flashes and an image appeared. It is of Akina is sitting on her bed. Yoruichi was next to her.

"Oh come on, Akina. Can you at least give Ichigo a chance?" pleaded Yoruichi.

"Why should I, after what he did to my brother? I wouldn't give that the thing a chance no matter what." said Akina angrily.

"But he isn't that bad. You just got to know him, Akina." Yoruichi said.

"What makes you think she wants to know him? I don't want to know him. I don't want anything to do with him!"

As he sees this, Ichigo sighs sadly as he looks up, "I am only kidding myself. She will never see me as anything but a monster." As he said 'but a monster', Ichigo puts his mirror down on the table in sadness. Nearby, his rose which sits under a glass top loses pedal. Ichigo sighs sadly as he said, "It's hopeless."