Konnichiwa! Been a while, ne? I've been busy... . i got sick!! so it's taken a while. Gomen. Anyway, because the fic was so serious, and I like a tad bit of humor, be ready for some fun with the next few chapters! Woot! Oh and about this one...you might find it...confusing at first. It's explained tho, so don't worry.

Talking about confusing...see I'm uploading this chap from my school, and across from where i am sitting are a group of girls speaking rapid japanese... I CANNOT HELP MYSELF! :O must...try...to...understand what they are saying!! Lol...okay I shut up now. Read on!

cheeky half-demon: We'll see, smile but i don't want to hurt either of them too badly... As for Hara...D'you think she'd let them fight? Ahahaha, she'd be the one kickin' thier butts if they started stuff! XD I would.

Chapter 30

Hara put the phone to her ear, one hand across her waist as she stood impatiently, the faint sound of ringing was heard, before someone picked it up.

"Jin?" she asked, "Yes it's me…No I'm not dead…Just on a…" she glanced at Grimmjow and the others, "Prolonged vacation…" She turned her back and began arguing, while Ichigo, Grimmjow, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Rukia, Renji and Orihime crept closer; curious and confused expressions on their faces. "Yeah, yeah I know… Don't worry about it, okay? Tch. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, I was wondering, could you fix me up with some cash? Uh… About half of my last earnings, yeah. No, no, I'm staying down at a friend's place. No! I'm not telling you where I am," she snapped, waving her hand as she did so, "So just do what I ask, okay? Hn. Do I need to remind you of how you owe me? Aha, that's what I thought." She fell silent while the person on the other end talked. "Mmm… No I don't, hold on," she turned around and almost dropped the phone, "AGH!" she screamed, pulling back in shock. Everyone jumped back as well in surprise, "What the hell are you doing?!" The crowd around her pulled further back, as she turned to Urahara who was watching in an amused way, "Urahara-san, what's the name of a bank around here?" He stared at her,

"The Karakura Bank," he replied. She nodded,

"Did you hear the Jin? Yeah, Karakura… NO! I am not IN Karakura-" she grimaced, "No, no. Don't come looking for me…Yeah, I know. I'll keep in touch. Yeah, don't worry. Bye-No already! I'm hanging up!" and she did.

"What in the hell was that?" asked Ichigo and Grimmjow at the same time. They stared at each other angrily before turning to Hara.

"Well uh," she laughed, "That was Jin… I worked for him for a while, and I asked him to send some money down from my account."

"What do you mean job?" asked Ikkaku in disbelief, Hara went to sit down,

"Well, while I was hiding out here in the human world… I needed to make money somehow, right?"

"What kind of job?" asked Orihime. Hara blushed and didn't answer at first, then found her escape when Tessai came into the room bearing a tray of tea. Hara thanked him and began drinking it to escape the question, but a poke in her side and she stopped,

"What job?" asked Grimmjow, a trace of a grin on his face. Hara looked into her lap, her face reddening,

"Well, uh…originally it was karaoke, but then Jin came along and made me sign onto his record label…"

"Wait, are you saying you're a singer?!" exclaimed Rukia. Hara turned even redder,

"…Yes…"

"PLSHGAK!" Ikkaku choked and sprayed the table with tea, before falling over laughing his bald head off, Matsumoto joining in a moment later, her hands holding her sides as if they would burst. Yumichika just smiled,

"That's great, Ha-chan!" Everyone else was just staring at her with an astounded look, Grimmjow and Renji by far the most shocked. Hara crossed her arms,

"Stop looking at me like that! I had to make money somehow!" she said as if that explained everything; all it did was make Ikkaku laugh harder and Matsumoto have to wipe away tears. Renji finally couldn't hold it back any longer and ended up grinning like a madman.

Hara just sat there with embarrassment, looking up to see Grimmjow grinning at her as well.

"Ha-chan!" cried Matsumoto suddenly, running over and pulling her to her feet, "Sing for us, sing for us!" Hara shook her head,

"No, hell no! You and Ikki over there were laughing at me! And I don't feel like it…" she grumbled. Everyone looked crestfallen and she frowned at them, "Anyway, I have stuff I have to do."

"Like what?" asked Uryuu suddenly, pushing up his glasses.

"Well, getting a place to stay…like an apartment or something…" she thought about it for a second, "Ah! Orihime, are there any open apartments in your building?" The orange haired girl thought about it,

"Uh yeah! On the same floor as me." Hara smiled,

"Perfect!" she turned to Grimmjow, "That alright with you?" He shrugged, his eyes flashing at Renji who seemed to be glaring. She dusted off her clothes, "Well then, I'm taking off to go and see if I can get some money, the apartment, and some new clothes… Thank you Urahara-san," she said, smiling. Grimmjow got up as well, nodding his head and keeping an eye on Renji.

"One thing Hara-san," said Urahara; Hara stopped in the doorway,

"Huh?"

"How are you going to get away with looking like a high schooler? You might have to go to school…"

Ichigo gave him a scalding look that said No Way! Urahara smiled in reply while Grimmjow and Hara grimaced.

"I probably am going to have to…" she growled, "I had to in Tokyo." Hara let a hiss out through her teeth, "This is going to be a drag…I can't exactly enroll myself..."

"I can for you if you like," said Urahara with a grin, "I've done it for Renji, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Matsumoto, and Hitsugaya." He suddenly stared at Grimmjow, "Ah, you'll have to go as well I think…but," he stood up, "You both need gigais… Especially you, Grimmjow-san… Normal people would be afraid if they saw a guy walking around with a hollow mask fragment and a hole in their stomach…" Grimmjow growled under his breath, but didn't argue. Urahara left the room and entered one of his back rooms where you could hear him digging through things.

"Tch. Kurosaki, this is going to be fun," snapped Grimmjow, leering at him. Ichigo stared at him,

"Great…" he growled in reply.

"Boys…" muttered Rukia and Hara in unison. They stared at each other for a moment before laughing while the 'boys' in question stared at them like they were psycho.

"Having fun?" asked Urahara as he came in carrying two gigais.

"This is…weird…" growled Grimmjow as he touched his cheek and the now missing hollow hole. Hara walked over to him, suddenly pulling his shirt up in the front,

"You have a belly button!" she exclaimed, poking his stomach. He stared down at her speechlessly, as did the others who were still in the Shouten. Urahara laughed, as he watched from the doorway,

"So do they fit well enough?" he asked. Hara turned to face him,

"Yeah! Thanks a lot Urahara-san, how much do I owe you for them?" she asked. He waved his hand at her,

"Forget it, the information you gave us was payment enough." Hara grinned,

"Thanks." Then she walked out the front door, Grimmjow following, feeling Renji's eyes on him.

Renji's POV

She came back… he thought. At first he had been happy, seeing that they could possibly be together like he had always hoped and dreamed, but… that arrancar with her… His fingers curled into fists, they are together, I know it!

He felt a wave of despair threaten to wash over him, but he let anger take over first; he had lost two women now… Rukia was obviously cared more for Ichigo than she did Renji, at least on the lover scale. She seemed to see him more as a brother or friend, and not like he saw her and had seen her since after Hara had left.

Hara… He had been in love with her for a long time, a love even stronger than what he felt for Rukia. He had lost her, and then found her again, only to be rejected. Then he lost her again, and when she did return, it was with another man! And a hollow to boot!

What does he have that I don't? A hole in his stomach? Renji gritted his teeth, she was mine! She should have been mine!

"Renji-san?" asked a voice. He turned around, it was Orihime.

"Huh?" he asked, letting go of the door frame which he had been squeezing. She brushed her hair back,

"Is something wrong?" she asked, "I noticed you keep staring at Hara-san in an angry sort of way…" Renji shook his head,

"Nah, don't worry about it…" he laughed, "It's just a little unfinished business…" Renji then walked past the concerned girl, not wanting her to question further.

Hara's POV

Once they were far enough away from the Shouten, Hara slowed her pace and let her shoulders slump with unease and fatigue. Grimmjow noticed and caught up to her, putting his arm around her waist and pulling her against him.

"You mind telling me what's going on?" he growled softly in her ear, "What's the deal with you and the redhead?"

"Renji?" she asked,

"Mmhmm…" he growled back, still holding onto her. Hara let out a sigh,

"We are, or were, friends. Renji…I think he is in love with me… when I was here, he tried everything to make me stay…" Grimmjow let go of her, "But I told him that it was too late, and that I would only ever care for him as my nakama, nothing more and nothing less…" Grimmjow stared into her eyes,

"That must have been hard on him…" he said in a thoughtful voice, "If It was me and I couldn't have you…" Hara blushed as he spoke, before reaching up and kissing him on the cheek, the side where his hollow mask was now hidden. His eyes widened and he put his fingers there,

"What's wrong?" asked Hara. Grimmjow grinned at her,

"Nothing, it just felt…nice." She grinned back as he tried to grab her to kiss her, evading his fingers,

"Later, we have things to do!" she laughed, grabbing his hand and dragging him off,

"What kinds of things?!" he called,

"Shopping!" she answered back.

Yeah...random idea i had to make her a karaokee-ist...(is that a word?) shrugs moving on...

Something that cracked me up is...Ikkaku making the "PLSHGAK!" noise... See, me and my onee-chan and my friend Ty-kun were at a park drinking mango soda outta a big bottle...(we were at the point of sugar-drunkeness) and meh onee-chan decided that when Ty-kun drank from the soda, she'd make a funny noise to make him laugh. Bad idea... It went something like this:

(we're sitting at a park picnic table, onee-chan is across from me, and so is ty-kun)

I watch as he takes a drink of the soda, his expression calm, not knowing the mortal peril he was in...

Onee-chan leans towards him, a certain 'look' in her eyes. In slow motion i watch as she makes a noise while moving her finger up and down her lips... (Ty-kun to let you know, is a serious, quiet kind of guy who hates to embarrass himself...)

Ty-kun's eyes go wide as he makes a "PLSHGAK!" noise; the soda goes flying.

Onee-chan and I end up rolling in the grass as Ty-kun, who has just barely regained the ability to breathe, turns a scarlet color and begins laughing too.

Long story short, it was hilarious!