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A Second Chance

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Soul Society was in an uproar. Shinigami bustled around like the world was ending. The only still things were the resurrected espada, Gin, Tousen, and a few of the captains.

"It's like high school all over again." Szayel muttered. Lilinette look at him curiously. Szayel grimaced. "Don't ask." She shrugged and resumed staring at nothing. Hitsugaya, being one of the only serious captains, well semi-serious anyway, watched the espada interact with each other. He sighed then muttered to himself.

"It's not like we could get any crazier." Hitsugaya mistakenly believed. Rangiku conveniently chose this time to arrive from the gargantua, she who had been recently released from the AAA meetings. She smiled at Gin, and at Kira. Kira still stood frozen in shock, looking very much like a deer caught in the headlights. Gin saw this and sauntered over.

"Wha's up, Izuru, ya look like ya seen a ghost." Gin said cheerfully. Kira almost smiled at the familiarity.

"You betrayed Soul Society, but you switched sides at the end, is he really good and here again." Kira muttered more to himself than anything. Gin smiled and ruffled Kira's hair.

"I don' plan on leavin' anytime soon." Gin said. Kira smiles and Rangiku had tears in her eyes. "Now Izuru, wha' have I told ya about keeping' the hair outta your pretty blue eyes." Gin scolded.

Hitsugaya sighed. Maybe now he would have his lieutenant back to normal. Seeing as this was the current only interaction between the former enemies going on, he decided to do what he did best. Upstage everyone. He walked over to the astonished Harribel, whose eyes widened. Hitsugaya nodded politely.

"I'm sorry we had to be enemies, but perhaps now, we can be allies." Hitsugaya said. Harribel nodded to Hitsugaya and they shook hands. Other espada and shinigami alike gasped inside at this.

"Our little boy is growing up and learning to share." Ukitake said happily. Shunsui smiled drunkenly at this.

"Lesh back 'im up." Shunsui decided as they made their way to Starrk and Lilinette. Ukitake got there first.

"Hey there, would you like some candy?" Ukitake asked Lilinette. Lilinette's eye twitched and she attempted to kick him in the head. Ukitake, being an experienced captain, caught her foot and let it down easy.

"Nice kick, but it needs more power. Would you like some candy?" Ukitake asked again. Lilinette looked like she was about to explode but Hitsugaya once again spoke up.

"The candy is pretty good." Hitsugaya admitted. Lilinette stared at him for a second, then sighed and took some candy. Starrk nodded his approval, but was interrupted by Shunsui.

"Lesh go back to my place for shome sake and we can shleep it off whadya shay?" Shunsui proposed. Starrk stood awkwardly for a second before Harribel gave him a nudge with her hip in Shunsui's direction. He sighed then nodded and followed the drunken swagger of Shunsui. Lilinette and Ukitake followed.

"Stay strong men, the shinigami are trying to separate us. Divide and conquer, I've seen it all before." Barragan grumbled as he looked ferociously towards all who dared come near. Hitsugaya rolled his eyes.

"They're just attempting to be friendly. Even if they wanted to divide and conquer, they're all a bit of a nutcase." Hitsugaya said. Speaking of nutcases, Szayel looked around and noticed Mayuri and Nemu watching them.

"Watch out for him, he's the shinigami version of me." Szayel muttered to his remaining comrades. All of them shuddered and took that warning to heart. Grimmjow, who had been uncharacteristically silent up until that point noticed Ichigo's orange head bobbing away quickly in the crowd. Grimmjow grinned ferally and went after it. It seemed to feel his presence and Ichigo flash stepped away, with Grimmjow right on his tail. Nnoitra wished he wasn't here, then he caught a glimpse of Nel, still in child form with Yachiru. Nnoitra attempted to blend into the crowd, but was not successful.

"BAD SPOONY! YOU BROKE NEL'S MASOKISS HEART." Nel yelled loudly. Yachiru looked at Nnoitra.

"Let's show him around." Yachiru suggested. Nel brightened up immediately and both girls tag teamed Nnoitra and dragged him away.

Szayel hummed under his breath the tune to 'Another One Bites the Dust'. Ulquiorra glared slightly. Szayel gave him his most innocent look and Ulquiorra sighed. Tousen had gone minutes ago to search for the latest path of least bloodshed and Barragan had given up on his stay together tactic and was currently searching for a toilet. Curse his old derriere.

Szayel then looked over where he last saw Mayuri and Nemu. They were both gone.

"Watch your back Ulquiorra." Szayel said lowly, then disappeared into the shadows. Ulquiorra sighed. And then there was one. Ulquiorra continued to stand for some time. But unfortunately, his legs began to ache. He had been standing for quite some time. He wondered if it was worth the loss of decorum to sit down. When the leg cramps got worse, he had his answer. Ulquiorra was now sitting uncomfortably on some grass. He was still cramping up and finally he just gave up any sense of decorum and laid down on the grass. The grass was very comfortable and there was no one in sight. Ulquiorra closed his eyes and breathed in and out.

Suddenly, there were two bodies on the grass, and only one of them was his. Ichigo Kurosaki got up quickly and got ready to run again when he caught sight of who he had tripped over on his scramble to safety.

"Ulquiorra!" Ichigo said. Ulquiorra inwardly groaned.

"That is my name." Ulquiorra said. Ichigo looked like he wanted to say something. "Spit it out shinigami, and let me resume my meditation."

"I'm sorry. For killing you the way I did, that wasn't a fair battle and that wasn't me." Ichigo said. Ulquiorra sighed. Annoying emotions.

"It was of no consequence as I am alive again." He said in his monotone. Ichigo shrugged.

"Also, Ishida would also like to thank you for stopping me from killing him. He'll probably tell you himself when he sees you, Quincy honor and all that." Ichigo said. Ulquiorra nodded then closed his eyes again. Grimmjow's victorious roar sounded and Ichigo sweat dropped and sprang away after yelling a quick bye to Ulquiorra, he took off using evasive maneuvers. Grimmjow sprang by.

"Sup emospada? Go do something else besides play dead." He shouted in greeting, then resumed his chase. Ulquiorra rolled his eyes and sank down in quiet bliss one again.

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YES! An update that didn't take more that 3 months. Hope you liked it. Things are looking better and who knows, updates may even get better.

Also check out my profile for tidbits of info that had been released in Bleach unmasked 3, such as, current status of Harribel and her fraccion, Espada's fraccion, all positions of the Espada's hollow hole like the tricky one of Harribels and the obvious one of Szayel. Also, Bleach Unmasked 3 included Ulquiorra's past, and I found a you tube video of it, which is completely awesome and I highly recommend it.