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"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

Two hours later they had finally arrived. Pulling the van into the small gravel parking space, Ichigo shut the engine off and turned around to face the back. "Ok everybody, we're here." Opening his door, he climbed out of the car and stretched, while the rest of his crew piled out as well. Before anyone had the chance to do anything, Ichigo pulled open the back of the van and started unloading all their things. "Come on you guys." He said as he tossed the bags on the ground. "We need to get this stuff set up."

"Ok." Ishida said as he grabbed one of the tents. "I'll set this one up over here."

"I'll help." Inoue said, walking over to join him.

Nodding, Ishida pulled open the bag and dumped out the contents. Placing the poles out of the way, he handed one end of the tent to Inoue and began to unroll it.

While Ishida and Inoue worked on setting up the large tent, Ichigo tossed the smaller one to Chad. "Hey Chad, set this up will ya." Seeing him nod, Ichigo turned to Renji. "And you can help him." He said sternly.

Not wanting to get into yet another fight, Renji nodded and quickly went over to help.

"What can I do?" Rukia asked as she started examining an odd red box-like object.

"Well since you're already playing with it, why don't you set up the stove over there." Ichigo said, pointing to a flat area away from the tents.

"Sure, I can do that." Rukia said as she picked up the box and walked away. After taking a few steps, she paused suddenly. "…um, how exactly do I do that?"

Rolling his eyes, Ichigo shook his head. "That picture on the front that you were staring at shows you how to set it up." He said. "Just pop out the legs and you're done."

"Ah, so that's what those images are for." Rukia mumbled, eyeing the picture intently.

Ichigo shook his head and started setting up the chairs when Chad walked up to him. "What's up, are you finished already?" He asked curiously as he popped the last seat open.

"About that, the tent doesn't have any poles." Chad replied slowly. "I went through everything, but the poles aren't there."

"You have got to be kidding me." Ichigo practically growled. "My dad is so dead when I get back. He told me the tents had everything when he put them away so I didn't bother to check, that'll teach me for trusting that idiot."

"So what do you want me to do?" Chad asked.

Taking a deep breath, Ichigo exhaled slowly to calm down. "Don't worry about it, we'll just throw the seats down in the van and the girls can sleep in there tonight. It's not that big of a deal." When Chad nodded and went to pick up the small tent, Ichigo headed towards the van to get it ready.

A few minutes later Inoue and Ishida finished putting up their tent and walked over to the van to start moving the bags. "Why are you pulling out the seats?" Ishida asked curiously as he watched Ichigo struggled to remove a clamp. "I thought we were sleeping in the tents."

"We are, but the smaller tent doesn't have any poles so the girls are going to sleep in here tonight." Ichigo replied. "I hope you don't mind Inoue."

"Oh, I can sleep fine anywhere so I don't care." Inoue said cheerfully.

"That's good." Ichigo said. "Now would you mind going over and helping Rukia with the stove, it looks like she's having some problems. And take these dishes over there when you go please."

Picking up the small box of dishes, Inoue smiled. "Sure." She said as she walked off.

"Would you like some help?" Ishida asked when Ichigo went back to struggling with the seats. Just then the clamp snapped open and the seats released. "Never mind, it looks like you're almost finished here so I think I'll head out and start collecting firewood." Turning around, he disappeared into the woods.

"You could've at least helped me pull it out." Ichigo muttered as he struggled to remove the heavy seat. Pushing it out the back, he wiped his brow and climbed back in to drop the front seats forwards. When he was finished, Ichigo placed Rukia and Inoue's bags back inside the van and closed the door. "Ok, next I need to deal with the food." He told himself.

"Talking to yourself is a sure sign that you're crazy." Byakuya stated from his seat near a fallen tree. "Though I already knew that."

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Yeah, like you never talk to yourself." He mumbled under his breath. Picking up the bags of food, he ignored the smirk Byakuya was giving him and headed over to where the stove was set up. "So where are Chad and Renji?" He asked, setting down the bags of food.

"They're setting up the sleeping bags inside the tent." Rukia replied as she finished screwing in the propane bottle. "Inoue told me we'd be sleeping in the van, is that true?"

"Yeah, sorry about that." Ichigo said as he scratched his head sheepishly.

Rukia simply shrugged. "Whatever, it doesn't really matter to me." She said.

"That's go-." Ichigo began to say before Ishida suddenly cut him off.

"I'm bleeding!" Ishida cried as he came running back out of the woods. "Where's the first aid kit?!"

"It should be in a black bag in the back of the van." Ichigo said, pointing to the back of the vehicle as Inoue and Rukia rushed over to examine the wound. "I'll go get it."

"Oh no!" Inoue said while Rukia held up his bleeding finger. "That looks horrible!"

"It's barely a scratch." Byakuya snorted from his seat a few feet away. "You Quincy are really pathetic."

Before Ishida could comment, Ichigo came walking back up. "…um, do any of you know what happened to that small black bag I had in the back?" He asked.

"You mean the one with the red plus sign on it?" Renji asked as he stuck his head out of the tent. Seeing Ichigo nod, he continued. "I think Byakuya tossed it out when we were loading up our things."

All eyes turned to glare at the squad captain, and Byakuya shrugged. "It was in the way. And for the record, I didn't toss it out, it fell out. I just never bothered to put it back."

"You idiot! Now I'm going to bleed to death!" Ishida wailed.

Ichigo shook his head at the drama before tearing a small piece of cloth from a dishtowel. Wrapping it around Ishida's finger, he tied it tightly. "There, now shut up." Plopping down in a chair, Ichigo rubbed his forehead and took several deep, calming breaths. It didn't help, but at least he tried. Rolling his eyes as he watched Ishida being coddled by the girls, he decided that now would be a good time to set up the kitchen area. Everyone else was sitting around the fire pit so hopefully there wouldn't be any more incidents.

Taking the lid off the box of dishes, Ichigo pulled out two pans and set them on the stove. Lifting out the plates, he frowned. "So that's why the box was so light." He grumbled. "There are no lids for the pans, no hot pads and we don't even have any bowls!" Tearing at his hair, Ichigo nearly screamed in frustration. "Where the hell did all the dishes go?!"

"Oh, your dad mentioned something about needing clean dishes for lunch so I had him use those." Rukia said, looking up from her spot next to Ishida. "They were just sitting there so I figured it would be ok."

Ichigo opened his mouth to yell, but changed his mind since it would be pointless. "Whatever, I guess we'll just have to make do with what we have." Dropping the lid back on the box, he started to head towards the fire pit to make a fire, but realized that Ishida hadn't actually come back with any firewood. "I'll be back; I have to go get some wood for the fire." He said, though no one seemed to hear him as they were all engaged in conversations. Ishida was discussing some form of weapon with Rukia, Chad and Inoue were talking about an exam and Byakuya was giving Renji orders for when they arrived back in Soul Society. Shaking his head, Ichigo walked off into the woods.