When Shiori finished her duties for the day, she made her way over to squad 9. Half considering that she could Shunpo over; she decided to walk since she had been Shunpoing around her squad grounds for most of the say. On the way over, she noticed a flyer for a Halloween party that was being held at Squad 8 with most of the Shinigami being invited. With the interesting thought forming in her mind, she entered the squad ground.

"Make way, coming through!" A voice called out as a man dashed by holding a large stack of paper and Shiori was able to sidestep him just in time. In that brief second, she managed to glimpse a silver bar and the 69 tattooed on his face so she decided to follow him. They didn't go very far before they came to a building and he used his foot to open a door. Inside the building there were people running around while a few machines ran noisily. "Stop the press!" He shouted and in seconds the place had quieted down. "There's a new article that is supposed to be included with this run." He said while setting the pages down as the others groaned, knowing it would mean more work for them to get the Seireitei News Magazine done on time but they knew they could do it. After the machines started up, Hisagi turned around to find Shiori standing there. "Can I help you?" He asked loud enough to be heard while directing her to the door to escape the noise.

"Yes, I'm Shiori from Squad 2." She introduced herself. "I was instructed to see you about training with my Chakrams."

"Alright." Hisagi said after a minute since he had to recall her Zanpakutō's shape. "Although today isn't exactly a good day, but I can spare a few minutes to see what you're capable of." He led her to the training ground and faced her. "Just five minutes." He said as they both unsheathed their Zanpakutōs.

"Break apart Kinaru Gisei."

"Reap, Kazeshini." They called out at the same time and began to spare.

The next few days went by quickly. Soifon had her arm grown back but it would be another few weeks before she was fully ready to use it, Shiori was getting better with her Zanpakutō and learned that she would be put in charge of the Detention Unit. Still, with the all that was going on, there was one problem that Shiori was currently having… what to wear to the Halloween party. Since she wasn't used to something like this, she had no idea what to wear and even Rukia's presentation only seemed to help a little. In the end, she ended up putting her name up into a drawing for random costumes that could be borrowed. When her name was pulled, she was given a bag that was sealed and left before getting to her room and opening it to reveal a maid outfit. Now that it was the day of the party, she tried it on only to see how much skin it revealed and she blushed a deep crimson at it.

"You might get a reaction from Byakuya." Kinaru said as he appeared on her bed.

Shiori snorted at first. "Yeah right, nothing ever gets him amused." She said and twirled around once before using a mirror to see the back of it. "Geez, this thing barely conceals my panties."

"It looks good on you." Kinaru complimented. "Byakuya would have to be gay for that not to affect him somewhat, even if he doesn't show it."

"You really think so?" She asked and he nodded. "Then I think I'll give this a try." The dress, if it could be called that, was merely a two piece. The top showed a slight curve of her breast but otherwise concealed the size under the material. The bottom barely covered the panties and having a tail on didn't help with modesty.

"Don't raise your arms unless you want everyone to see." Kinaru offered before pointing to the white cat ears. "And you might want to wear those."

Shiori put the ears on and did a little "nya" sound before she smiled. "Perfect. If I can't get Byakuya-sama with this, I'm not sure what will.

Shiori shunpoed to the squad grounds and stopped outside the gate to check herself over once more before entering. Immediately she saw several tiki torches glowing to provide light later, there were jack-o-lanterns occasionally scattered around, including an impressive display of the captains carved into large pumpkins while the vice captains' faces were carved into smaller pumpkins. Around the buildings, black and orange lights were strung around to help identify where they were. As she walked further in, she saw a huge tangle of lights on the ground and when she got closer, it wasn't a tangle, but a message reading "Ladies, this way!" with an arrow pointing to Shunsui' office.

Walking to the middle of the training ground, she spied a mummy with bright red hair so she knew it was Renji under those bandages. He stood beside one table and was struggling to figure out how to drink the blood red cherry juice without it staining his bandages. Besides that table, four more were dedicated to just drinks. There were at least seven tables of food, each having a theme of one of the seven deadly sins and around fifteen tables for Shinigamis to sit and enjoy food and drink. "Vice Captain Abarai." She announced her presences and the mummy looked up from the drink.

"Yes?" Renji replied, his voice muffled so he pulled the cloth covering his face down. "Yes?" He repeated.

"I was wondering if Captain Kuchiki might be making an appearance."

Renji had to bite his lip to keep from barking out in laugher. "Typically he avoids these kind of things." He thought he saw Shiori's face fall, but it was gone too quickly for him to be sure and besides, other assets were catching his eye. "However, being that Rukia put this on, she might drag him here. You'll know if you see a rabbit named Chappy."

"Okay, thank you Vice Captain Abarai." Shiori said with a bow before she went to look around some more. She wasn't surprised to find Vice Captain Ōmaeda stuffing his face at the gluttony table but she ignored him, even if he was dressed like a fat clown. Shunsui was sitting at the table of lust, surrounded by a harem of girls which seemed to fit him alright. Finding Vice Captain Matsumoto dressed as a witch was easy enough as her large breasts threaten to spill over the top or burst out of the thin material that covered them. Toshiro appeared as a werewolf while running from Momo who was dressed as a Succubus.

Captain Unohana wore an all black hoodie that left her arms bare, her black hair had been dyed blonde and her arms sported an array of dots that one could make out as snakes. Meanwhile Captain Ukitake was walking around as he appeared over a 110-years-ago. Keeping her distance, Shiori walked back to the table with punch and took a glass and carefully tasted it to make sure it wasn't spiked.

Turning around, she was just in time to see Vice Captain Nanao remove her glasses in full view of the harem and Shunsui, most of the girls ran off screaming while others fainted on the spot and Shiori made a note never to make her mad as an unparallel terror gripped her, but thankfully Nanao soon put her glasses back on. Shiori witnessed Nanao smacking Shunsui on the head with a book before grabbing the back of his haori and dragging him away from the table. As they passed her, she heard him mumble something about how he was sorry and that Nanao was the only girl he would ever love. The interesting thing was that he sounded so sincere and Nanao couldn't help blushing but they were too far for Shiori to hear anything else.

At some point, a black cat stopped in her path, blinked once and then continued. "No way, a black cat just crossed my path… on Halloween night no less." Shiori muttered as her eyes followed the direction the cat had travelled just before an after image shot passed and she heard the voice of Soi-fon calling out for Yoruichi. Meanwhile, another black cat slipped from the shadows and paw a paw to her lips before bounding off in the opposite direction. "So not fair, twice in one night." She grumbled and considered leaving but found the gate was being opened to reveal a bunny rabbit and an odd-leaf looking thing. One of the squad 8 Shinigami bowed. "Chappy, Ambassador Seaweed, we're honored by your presence." He said and waited until they passed him before disappearing into the shadows.

Shiori couldn't believe her luck and followed after them, ignoring the stares she was receiving due to her outfit, though on occasion she did "nya" for them. Seeing Ambassador Seaweed sitting at a table (the table of pride no less), she got a goblet and filled it with the cherry drink before adding two drops of something and walking over to him.