"Ugh…" Renji muttered under his breath. "Today I'm having a major bad hair day… gah! What's wrong with my hair, damn it?!" Renji's hair was tied up in his high ponytail, as usual. But…his bright red hair was seriously lacking its normal spikiness. He was definitely really annoyed with his hair. The hair in the ponytail was limp and lifeless.
Kira walked by Renji, and then backtracked. "Renji…?" Kira said. "What happened to your hair?!"
"What?!" Renji yelled in exasperation. "Does everyone have to notice my hair today?!"
"I'm not the first who noticed?" Kira asked.
"Of course not!" Renij replied. "Let's see: When I woke up and walked into Captain Kuchiki's office, he made a comment on my hair and why I didn't put effort into it this morning. And then, when I walked out of the building, other squad members were obviously laughing at my non-spiky hair! And, Captain –"
"Okay, okay! I get it," Kira said, waving his arm dismissively. "You're having a bad hair day! And a lot of people are noticing. Hm…" Kira paused thoughtfully, thinking.
"What? You got any ideas?" Renji questioned impatiently.
Kira suggested quietly, "I do have one, in fact… Captain Kenpachi has really spiky hair… and it stays up in perfect spikes constantly. Even when he fights and moves, his hair is stiff in their spikes…"
"Oh, thanks, Kira!" Renji said as he perked up. "I can just ask Kenpachi-taichou for some help!" Renji waved a hasty good-bye as he ran off to look for the Eleventh Squad's strong and spiky-haired Captain.
An hour later, Abarai Renji and Kenpachi Zaraki were sitting in the Eleventh Squad's building. Captain Kenpachi was doing Renji's hair, which was already in its ponytail. All Kenpachi had to do was use a clear-colored gel squeezed from a massive dispenser-tube, and spike Renji's ponytail.
"Thanks, Kenpachi-taichou!" Renji said gratefully. "I don't know how I could survive the rest of the day without this gel to fix my hair…"
"Don't mention it," Zaraki replied. "My hair is occasionally hard to get spiked up. I spend hours everyday just trying to get my hair to look perfect. Trust me though; spiking hair is easier than getting bells onto it."
Renji nodded and waited patiently as his ponytail was fixed into perfect spikes.
"Done!" Kenpachi announced as he stood up with a proud grin. "You can have a tube of this gel if you want. It's got great hold, and adds shine too. You can't get this gel anywhere else; I had it custom-ordered."
"Really?! Thanks!" Renji said excitedly.
"You can grab one over there," Kenpachi said as he pointed to a tall closet towards his left.
Renji nodded, and leaped over to the closet door, swinging it open. "Whoa!" Renji breathed. There were lots of shelves from the ceiling all the way to the floor of the closet, and on all the shelves were rows and rows of identical bottles of hair gel.