Me: Yahoo! I'm done with exams now, so I'm finally able to work more on this Fanfic. ^_^

Ichigo: Hey, what gives? Why aren't I in this?

Me: Oh, don't worry. You'll be in this chapter!

Ichigo: Do I have many lines?

Me: And now, without further ado-

Ichigo: Hey! Answer my question!

Me: Urusai, baka! *punches Ichigo*

Ichigo: *Punches me, fight ensues*

Aizen: …Huh…Guess I should take over. *Faces audience* From now on, I shall stand at the top in this story.

Me and Ichigo: The hell you will! *Both drag Aizen into fight*

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The weekend came about much faster than Toushiro thought it would. Maybe it was because he was excited about this festival. The rose ball was being held at night, but the festival was all day long, so Toushiro decided to go check it out. He decided not to bring Rangiku with him; if she saw him with Karin, it would be a disaster.

"What's this?" Toushiro asked a stall owner, curiously.

"You've never seen taiyaki before?"

"Taiyaki?" There wasn't such a thing in the Soul Society. Toushiro bought one and tried it, after taking a minute to deduce that it was actually food. "…It's ok…" He said to himself, and then he continued looking around.

"Shoot to kill, Shinsou" Gin said as he fired a toy shot gun at one of the game stands. He hit a few stuffed animals, and forced the all onto Grimmjow. "Here ya go." He said, with his always present smile still on his face.

"Hey! What ya givin' 'em ta me for!?" Grimmjow shouted, getting a few strange looks.

"Why? Because I don't want 'em, obviously." Gin said sarcastically, moving on to the next stand: An arm wrestling stand. "Ooooh…This looks more suited to you, don't ya think?"

"Feh, a mere human would never be a challenge for me!"

"Aww, afraid you'll loose?" The guy at the stand said to Grimmjow, provoking him a lot.

"Why you. You'll be sorry you said that!" Grimmjow said as he sat down, and within a few seconds, completely broke the other guys arm. "Ha! I win! Now can we go alread-" He saw that Gin had left, leaving him there all alone. "Hey! Gin, get back here!...Damn it…"

"See, Ichigo? I told ya the festival would do ya good!" Shinji said to Ichigo, as they were sitting on a bench, eating okonomayaki with Hiyori. "And if ya keep yer mask on, yer family won't recognize ya."

"Yeah, but…" Hiyori started, and was interrupted by Ichigo's mask shattering. "…THAT keeps happening." She said as he got up and threw a tantrum at how ridiculous this was.

Meanwhile, Rangiku was walking around the festival by herself, looking at all of the various stands. "Wow…The transient world sure is fun…" She stopped when she saw a child crying, and noticed the game was something they had in the Soul Society sometimes: Gold fish catching. Rangiku walked over to the stand, and took out 50 yen. "Here, I'll have one go." Rangiku took the net, concentrated for a few seconds, and then, without even trying, caught about 5 fish all at once. "Here." She said to the crying child, offering the fish that she just caught.

"Ummm…Thanks, lady." The child said, crying a little less now.

"No problem. Cheer up, ok?" She got up, smiling cheerfully, and moved on.

Eventually, the rose ball started. Toushiro looked around for Karin, but his eyes were covered from behind by someone. "Hey, Shiro-chan! Glad you could make it!"

'Oh, great. Now Karin's calling me Shiro-chan, too.' Toushiro thought to himself, and then removed the hands from his eyes and turned around. "Huh? Where's your family?" He asked, not really caring, though.

"Where's your Fuku-Taichou?" She asked back at him, and then in unison, they responded: "Too embarrassing to bring." After a few seconds, they both laughed, and stopped after about a minute.

Meanwhile, Rangiku was sitting outside by herself, looking at the full moon in the sky. She saw two people, that were obviously lovers, move towards a fountain. They tossed 5 Yen in, and it looked as if they were praying. She walked up to the fountain. There were 1 Yen, 5 Yen, even 100 Yen coins in there, and many other types of coins, some of which were foreign. "Oh, that's right! This is a wishing fountain!" She remembered hearing about them in the Soul Society. You throw money in, and make a wish.

She threw 5 Yen in, and made her wish. "What d'ya wish for, Rangiku-chan?" Rangiku turned around, and saw Gin standing right in front of her. She was about to run away, but noticed Gin's hand was out. "It's been awhile since we last danced. Ya remember how, don't ya?"

Rangiku was hesitant, but eventually grabbed Gin's hand. They started dancing, but very badly. Good thing they were outside, so that they wouldn't hurt the other dancers. She heard a few people laughing at them, but she didn't care. She just wanted this moment to last forever.

*Beep Beep Beep, Beep Beep Beep, Beeeeep*

Rangiku's pager went off. She knew exactly what it was: A Hollow. Now of all times? She noticed Toushiro left his pager at home, when he snuck out, so he wouldn't notice the Hollow until later. Yumichika and Ikakku were so unreliable that they keep forgetting their pagers. And Renji was busy training Chad, so he wouldn't have his pager with him, in case it breaks. She took out her pager, and noticed that this Hollow's spiritual pressure was very strong, but still no match for a Fuku-Taichou.

She took out her Gikongan (or Soul Candy), and swallowed it, turning into a Soul Reaper. "…Sorry." She said to Gin, and then ran off after the Hollow. Eventually, she found it. She took out her Zanpakutou, and attacked. It dodged her attack, and used some weird light to blind her. "Arrrghhh! What the-" She jumped backwards as she sensed the Hollow attack, and just about dodged the attack, only getting a small scratch.

"Oh, so you dodged my attack, huh? Impressive. But I wouldn't expect any less, from a Fuku-Taichou."

"What? How'd you know that I'm a-"

She was cut off by the Hollow. "Because I can see your badge, of course. But let's skip the introductions, and cut to the part where I kill you!" He released another blinding light, and this time, managed to cut Rangiku rather badly. "You're weak, Fuku-Taichou!"

She fell down, not believing that she could be beaten by a regular Hollow, but was then caught by Gin. "You ok, Rangiku-chan?" He asked, still smiling, as always. "Ya let yer guard down, this one's called Neon. He releases blinding lights, that almost no-one can withstand. He may be a low level Hollow, but he's beaten many high level Soul Reapers."

"Oh? Another Soul Reaper. But your outfit is different. It looks more like the outfits that Lord Aizen's Espada wear…"

"I know, they're meant to." Gin said, looking up at Neon. "Shiro-chan, can you take care of Rangiku-chan's injuries?"

"...I can, but first, I'm gonna kill you!" Toushiro said, drawing out his Zanpaktou.

"Oh? Is that so? Well, go ahead 'n' try, Shiro-chan." Gin dodged Toushiro's first attack, as if it is was nothing. "Over here, Shiro-chan." Gin said from behind Toushiro, after performing a flash step. "Shoot to kill, Shinsou!" He fire his Shinsou, although it wasn't aiming for Toushiro.

"Huh?" Toushiro turned around, and saw Shinsou heading towards the Hollow. "What the?"

"Foolish Soul Reaper, you'll need more than that to beat me!" The hollow dodged Shinsou, and ran towards Gin. "Gotcha now!"

"…Hado 31, Shokaho." Gin released a destructive fireball spell at the Hollow, and then, when it was injured, he slashed it in half with his Shinsou. "Bai bai, Hollow-san!~" Gin turned back towards Toushiro, and then, before Toushiro could make a move, quickly withdrew.

"H-Hey, wait!" Toushiro would have gone after Gin, but he remembered that not only did Rangiku need his help, but the Gikongan they left at the ball were probably causing a bit of trouble. He sighed and picked up Rangiku, and then headed back to the ball without saying a thing.

Rangiku also didn't say a word; she was too busy going over what Gin whispered to her as they danced: "If possible, try not ta fight so much. Let's stay alive after this war is over, just tha two of us." She looked towards the full moon again. She didn't know what she should do. She knew she had to fight the enemy, but she wanted to be with Gin again. "…Why did this have to happen?" She asked herself, although Toushiro heard her, and replied with a simple:

"I don't know"

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*Fight still carries on*

Byakuya: Order!

*Fight halts*

Byakuya: Fighting amongst yourselves, you're supposed to be allies. This is disgraceful.

Me, Ichigo, and Aizen: …Sorry, Kuchiki-Taichou.

Byakuya: Besides, maybe you've forgotten…There's a more important issue at hand.

Me and Ichigo: He's right! *Both face Aizen*

Byakuya: Why haven't I been introduced in this story yet?

Me, Ichigo, and Aizen: *Anime fall*

Toushiro: *Sweat drops* B-Baka no tachi…*Takes out paper* The author-

Me: THAT'S ME!~ ^_^

Toushiro: …Will be going on holiday for 2 weeks on the 30th of June, and so will be back on the 14th of July. So until then, there will be no new chapters. However, when he returns, he will work hard to release all future chapters ASAP, so please be patient. *Bows* Arigatou-gozaimasu.