For a second or third time I deeply and truly apologize for not updating for so long. But here you go peoples! Enjoy my ultra apology chapter!

-Tobi

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" Let's go, Let's go! I want to go now! I want to see what every one in my class was talking about! They were all excited about something they called a pa-par…?" said A very excited Yachiru, she had hear some kids in her class talking about a huge event to take place on Saturday for Summer solstice and wanted to see for herself what was so great.

" A parade, Ulrike, a parade!" said Unohana, using the pet name she'd given Yachiru only two weeks prior to today.

" Why do I have to go? All those people staring and all the sugar she's going to have. Those clowns scare the Christ right outta me. They remind me of Mayuri." Said Kenpachi, coming down the stairs with a grim look on his face.

Yachiru had made him put his long hair back in a loose ponytail, but it was mostly Unohana that had made him, with that whole 'you have to look descent, not maniacal.' Speech. Other wise he had originally planned to go in a black shirt with torn bottom jeans. When Retsu had seen his choice she immediately took them and threw them out the window. Instead she had made him wear a red shirt, and not the 'cool' red, like blood or fire, the red she had picked was baring the edge of pink. And pink, as you may know, is bad for the image of a bloodthirsty warrior.

But all doubts were thrown out as he saw how, dare he say it, cute Yachiru looked in a flowery pink sundress. All doubts that were then stabbed repeatedly as he saw how gorgeous Unohana looked in her slimming, rather form fitting, spaghetti strapped, mint green sundress. Unohana had chosen to put a sun flower head band in Yachiru's hair, which was simply adorable, but then seeing Unohana with her hair out always blew him away no matter how many times he'd see it. And a little sunflower clip Yachiru had insisted her Uno-chan wear.

" Kenpachi. Kenpachi! Kenpachi!" called Retsu trying to snap him out of his daze.

" Huh? Oh, right, leaving, now." He said unintelligently.

Unohana laughed as she picked up Yachiru and held her at her waist, motherly " Earth to Ken-chan! We gotta go! I wanna see a…?"

" Parade." Told Unohana to the tongue twisted Yachiru.

" Ya, that!" she said pointing a sad accusing finger at Kenpachi, signaling the initial urgency of seeing her first parade.

" Alright, fine, let the torture begin." Said Zaraki said bluntly, with a small smile behind his mask.

"Yay! Ken-chan's going to go!" shouted Yachiru, practically exploding with fruit-basket joy.

Unohana let out a polite and small laugh as they walked out the door.

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They could hardly hear them selves' think over the roar of the crowd, and the call of the hotdog merchants. The gift shoppers working over time and Yachiru was examining every color and every person available to her astonished view. All the while Kenpachi was struggling to keep Yachiru on his back, and away from the barking dogs, the pickpockets, and the man that was trying to buy his youngin' for ' The low, low price of just 1000 yen!'

By now Unohana had beaten him off with a broom and Zaraki was pondering whether or not to get a collar and leash for his kid.

" Uno-chan, what's that red thing on the string? It looks like something from a magic store! Can I have one, Uno-chan? Can I, can I please?" the pink child inquired, pointing at the wanted object.

" A balloon," said Retsu shooting a glance to Kenny, clearly stating ' please, pretty, pretty please?'

The captain sighed and nodded.

" Come now, Yachiru and we shall get you a balloon!" said the black-haired woman.

" I wanna pink one!" Yachiru sang.

" Than let's get you a pink one, the parade will start in a matter of seconds!" Kenpachi watched as his girl friend and child walked to the balloon vender, thinking back on all the wonderful memories with the two most impor-.

" Hello, sir! Do, you have a child that would like a balloon animal?"

" JESUS CHRIST, IT'S MAYURI!" yelled Kenpachi at the colorful person, pulling up a conveniently placed chair and beating the unfortunate clown into the nearby shop window, breaking the glass on impact.

" Oh, it's just a clown. Sorry their buddy thought you were some one else." He said plainly, putting down the now broken chair, and walking to where his companions were.

" Oh, hey the parade is starting." Said the famed healer, munching on some popcorn.

" 'Bout time." He said taking a handful out of her bag.

The parade started just as any would, flips and fire and bands, advertisements.

The banner for the 'hospital for millionaires alone' foundation mysteriously caught fire just as Unohana was putting away her book of matches' whistling innocently.

More than one stone was thrown at the 'pacifists of tomorrow' club just as Kenpachi was cleaning off his hands from some kind of strange dust that seemed to look like chalk stone residue.

The hotdog stand was out of commission for not having any candy, that and it was very hard to sell hotdogs from a cart that was missing such minor parts like the doors, the heaters, umbrella and wheels, damage caused by one pink little girl who really wanted some candy.

Other than that, the parade was pretty normal. But then again, normal was never a common used word in the vocabulary of a shinigami.

" Oh no! Another 'soldiers should stay in the war zone' banner has just inconveniently burst into flames! When will the madness stop?" said Unohana unenthusiastically and just dripping with sarcasm, as a matchbook was hardly noticeable in her purse.

" What a shame! Yet a fifth Boy Scout has gotten a rock to the head and fallen unconscious! How terrible." Said Kenpachi following her manner of speech.

" Oh, deary me! A baby's lollypop has mysteriously disappeared! I seem to have found a lollypop which identically matches the baby's, in my mouth! Well, I would love to give that baby my lollypop, but I would give it germs!" cried Yachiru following their example.

They all giggled fiendishly and continued their ritual of fire, rock, candy, until the unthinkable happened.

A float of 'the lions club' came by giving children candy. When Yachiru had a member come by to her at his side of the float, he handed her a piece of candy.

" There you go, little girl. Now don't you go getting a cavity on it! Those things are full of sugar!" he said in a very cracked and weak voice.

Now most people would have been very happy at the prospect of getting a piece of candy, but the trouble for Yachiru was that it was a piece of candy. Just one. No more. Which as we all know would upset our cute little vice captain.

But as we had not expected, Yachiru's face was surprisingly calm. She looked blankly at the piece of candy. Just staring at it. As a wise man once said, or at least somebody did, the calm comes before the storm. And so it did. Suddenly Yachiru's features grew angry as she clenched her hand together so tightly, the candy was crushed into a fine dust and left in the wind as Yachiru leapt upon the stage and tackled the poor old man to the ground.

" I WANT MORE CANDY!" the girl screeched, clawing and strangling the man in the tasseled hat " ONE IS AN INSULT YOU FREAKING HERMIT CHEAPSKATE! (Here Yachiru had turned him 'round and began bashing his head off the stage floor, as the other old men and the crowd watched in horror and shock. gasp ) WHEN I WANT CANDY YOU GIVE ME A HANDFUL YOU CORPSE! ONE CANDY! ONE CANDY! COME ON! I WANT CANDY! GVE ME CANDY!"

The scared old man pointed in the direction of a large basket filled to the brim with candy, which Yachiru walked off the stage with happily, now a quarter block from her guardians, but made a happy trip back to them, only having to kick three kids away from her prize.

" Next time we buy the leash." Said Kenpachi once his pink candy fanatic came back and began stuffing handfuls at a time into her mouth. Unohana looked over at her, than back to him and nodded simply.

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PART FIVE

Matsumoto could be found in the strangest places, but by now, none were strange to the taicho of the tenth division. The first place he always checked was the bar, to look for his missing vice captain, and that saved a lot of time usually, because she was normally there. Today was no different, except the fact that Hitsugaya had not been looking for Matsumoto when he went into the bar, because he knew she wouldn't be there, she would be at that accursed pool party she had prepared his long time friend Hinamori for, in probably the most revealing way possible. He smiled. Hitsugaya was not here for Matsumoto, Hitsugaya was here to make a delivery, and had to be back at Karakura before evening.

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" Whaaaaaa! Why what happened? How come? WHO? GIVE ME NAMES, MAN, NAMES!" screamed Matsumoto.

" Hitsugaya-taicho of course. He said nothing should distract you from your work."

" So he banned me from my precious sake! I thought it was just an accident when I found my shelves of it smashed like dominos! It was HIM!" she ranted after seeing a sign that the bartender had held, that forbade him from giving sake to Matsumoto. A picture of her, clear as day, and what to do if he suspected some one to be her in disguise, or if some one was smuggling it for her.

At last the dawn of the tables turned as Matsumoto screamed aloud a word so loudly Hitsugaya smirked upon hearing it three miles away " TAICHIOOOOOO!"

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Well, I hope you liked my apology chapter! Ideas are welcome through PM; so don't hesitate to pitch 'em! You will be contacted if yours is chosen! WOO! R & R!

-Tobi