Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or it's characters, that distinctive honor goes to Tite Kubo. I DO however own a tub of bleach which I use to make my brights their absolute brightest though.

Chapter 4:

Sports A' Go-Go!

Or

Tryouts of Pain!

The rest of the weekend flew by fairly quick. Starrk and Harribel managed to get the remainder of their assignments done even with their outing. Not wanting to be all work and no play, they made sure to enjoy a pleasant phone call or two, mostly talking about their plans for the coming friday, as well as favorite TV and internet series. Lilynette could overhear bits and pieces of their conversation, but couldn't get much to go on.

Grimmjow and Nelliel also enjoyed the rest of their weekend. They managed to finish the remainder of their assignments as well, but unlike Starrk and Harribel, they chose to spend the rest of the weekend playing games online. It was here that Grimmjow learned about Nel's rather colorful vocabulary when she would lose. He found her creative use of profanity hilarious yet strangely arousing. Of course, when it came to the one game most everyone plays, there was one that even the combined skills of Grimmjow and Nelliel couldn't beat. The user was simply known as 'Skullcrusha', and it was during one such battle with Skullcrusha when Grimmjow learned about Nel's interesting and rather creative use of swears.

Ulquiorra quietly delivered his plush toy winnings to parties unknown, keeping a couple for Lilynette as a bribe. While Ulquiorra wouldn't mind someone acknowledging him performing an act of kindness, he didn't wish for someone like Grimmjow to find out, for he knew to well what would happen if he did. And if there was one thing Ulquiorra didn't need, it was more ribbing from Grimmjow. Soon the dawn of another school day was upon everyone, much to the dismay of Grimmjow.

Grimmjow had pulled into the campus parking lot, thinking that he wasn't the first one to arrive. However he immediately noticed only a couple of cars were in the parking lot. He was baffled as to why, until he thought that it might have been a teacher work day. That theory was soon to be shot down.

"What the hell is going on here?" Grimmjow asked, clearly annoyed. "My car's clock says 8:25, hell I should be running LATE... yet..."

It was then that he noticed one of the cars in the parking lot, in particular the bumper sticker. It featured the word "Brujería" on it along with numerous eyes.

"Well now..." Grimmjow muttered to himself. "There's only one guy I know who listens to that group..."

"Hey kid," A low voice echoed. "How long you gonna stand there staring at my car?"

Walking past Grimmjow was a tall, dark skinned and rather buff fellow who sported a strange white mohawk and unusual skull and crossbone earrings with a necklace made of something that looked like teeth. He was currently wearing a gray jumpsuit with his name on the front but under it he was wearing a solid black t-shirt and standard bluejeans. His foot wear of choice were black, steel-toed boots.

"Oh, sorry about that Mr. Leroux, say is today a holiday?" Grimmjow asked. "Or a teacher work day or something?"

"Not to my knowledge." Mr. Leroux replied. "I was about to ask you why you're always showing up so early."

"Early?" Grimmjow asked, confusion obviously showing "The clock in my car said 8:25 before I turned it off."

"Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's actually 7:15." Mr. Leroux replied. "You might want to get that car clock looked at, or at least reset it."

"Damn it!" Grimmjow shouted, clearly frustrated and crestfallen. "Why do the fates conspire against me to make me arrive early?"

"Man, chill out kid..." Mr. Leroux said, "Did you ever think about picking up some breakfast or something, or, I dunno, carpooling with some other students?"

"Now THAT'S an amazing idea!" Grimmjow thought to himself. "I could start picking Nel up from school and maybe her and I could get a pick me up. It's the perfect plan!"

"Hey, thanks for the idea Mr. Leroux." Grimmjow replied, feeling a sense of satisfaction.

"No problem kid," Mr. Leroux said. "Say, wanna make a quick five bucks?"

"Sure, what do I have to do?" Grimmjow asked.

"Just help me haul all this stuff," Mr. Leroux replied. "Mr. Luisenbarn's always been a bit of a neat freak so he wants the place in tip top shape."

"Why doesn't THAT surprise me?" Grimmjow asked, puzzled.

"Yeah, it's something left over from his days in the military," Mr. Leroux replied. "Oh and of course, this is all strictly under the table."

"Of course." Grimmjow said as he picked up a box of cleaning supplies.

With an extra pair of arms, it didn't take long for Mr. Leroux to unload the cleaning supplies from his car and, in addition to snagging an extra five bucks, he managed to pass some time. Before long, other students started to pull in to the parking lot, signalling the start of the new school week. Ulquiorra was, of course, the first to arrive, parking his Silver Wraith in his usual space under the rather large tree. Yylfordt's group soon followed after with Ggio Vega's group not far behind. Shortly after the two groups disembarked their respective vehicles, a rather large truck parked a little ways away from the other cars. Unsurprisingly the owner of the large truck was none other than Yammy, having arrived in time to catch breakfast, and today was bacon and pancakes day.

Grimmjow met up with Yylfordt after he and the rest of his carpooling group split up. The two greeted each other in their usual style and talked about some of the things that transpired over the weekend as they walked towards the doors. Needless to say, questions about Szayel's experimentation came up friequently.

"Good to see you escaped the 'Mad Avon Lady,'" Grimmjow said, snickering.

"Aw come on bro, not cool man," Yylfordt replied, trying to forget that rather traumatic experience.

"Sorry man," Grimmjow said. "If it makes you feel better, Major Psycho almost got me too."

"Yeah, I was gonna say, what about Nel making you her personal make up tester?" Yylfordt stated, his composure returning.

"Yeeeeeah," Grimmjow replied, shuddering. "That's something I'd rather not relive..."

"Man, I wish I could have hung out with you guys more," Yylfordt said. "But thanks to Szayel, I had to hide behind some damn dumpsters."

"Yet, Dexter still found you." Grimmjow stated.

"Yeah, only cause you guys pointed me out." Yylfordt said.

"Bullshit dude!" Grimmjow said loudly. "He would have found you regardless, that dude's got like some kind of radar system I swear."

"I wish I could argue that one bro..." Yylfordt replied. "I so wish I could argue that."

Before long, however, the two would be joined by a third person as a familiar dusty gray cadillac whizzed pasted them. Though it was incoherent, a small, shrill voice attempted to greet them by shouting out the window.

"Was that?" Grimmjow asked.

"Lilynette?" Yylfordt asked in response.

"I think it was," Grimmjow stated. "Man, I bet Starrk's gonna have a coronary one of these days cause of her."

"Nah bro," Yylfordt said. "Starrk's way to chill to have heart problems, even stress related ones."

"That's true, and those two grew up together too," Grimmjow said, laughing.

Before long, Grimmjow was greeted with a flying tackle, well an attempted flying tackle anyway. Lilynette leaped toward's the blue haired student and latched onto his neck into a hug. Yylfordt started snickering at the sight before him. Of course due to Lilynette's size and Grimmjow's physical prowess she wasn't able to knock him down, but she was still able to deliver her unusual greeting and, as a bonus, she climbed up to have a seat on his shoulders.

"Oh my," a lethargic voice cried out. "And just WHAT would Nel say if she say this?"

"Aw come on Starrk, you KNOW Lilynette's like a little sister to me." Grimmjow replied, a slight shade of red on his face being visable.

"I'd say that's the most adorable thing I've seen all morning." another voice chimed in.

"Oh... um... hi Nel," Grimmjow said nervously. "This is SO not what it looks like."

"Oh I know," Nel replied giggling as Grimmjow's face grew redder. "It's still cute though, who knows, maybe you'll carry me like that someday."

Grimmjow remained silent as his blush remained ever present. Yylfordt's and Lilynette's laughing certainly didn't help the blue haired punk's situation any.

"Alright Lilynette get off of Grimmjow," Starrk said stifling a yawn. "I think he's had enough."

"Awwwwww, do I have to?" Lilynette whined. "He's so comfy and I like how I'm making him all flustered."

"Teasing people, especially our friends, isn't cool Lilynette," Starrk replied, mid yawn. "Now come on, hop off of Grimm.

"Aw... Alright..." Lilynette grumbled as she jumped off from Grimmjow's shoulders. "There, happy now?"

"Phew..." Grimmjow said as he worked his shoulder muscles. "I know I'M happy."

"I dunno Grimm," Starrk said yawning some more. "I think you liked Lilynette glomping onto you like that."

"Oh come on man!" Grimmjow growled. "You know DAMN WELL I don't view the munchkin like that!"

"What, is my sister not good enough for you?" Starrk said, playfully teasing his friend.

"Why you gotta do this Starrk?" Grimmjow asked "There's only one girl I want to tackle glomp me like that, and she's walking right next to you!"

"Oh really now?" Nel asked grinning mischievously. "I'll have to remember that from now on."

Starrk chuckled a bit at Nel's reply and Grimmjow's reaciton.

"So, where's Harribel?" Grimmjow asked, quickly changing the subject.

Though before Starrk could answer, Harribel's vehicle had pulled up into the driveway. She had been running late all morning due to her alarm clock breaking down. The poorly timed traffic jam along the way certainly didn't help her situation. Harribel had risked an accident making sure she didn't show up to class late. She soon found herself running to catch up to her friends who had already entered the building.

"Sorry... sorry I'm... I'm late guys..." Harribel said in between breaths.

"It's alright Bel," Starrk replied. "Are you alright? You look like you've been through hell and school hasn't even started yet."

"It's... It's... okay Starrk," Harribel said catching her breath. "I ran a bit late is all."

"Oh, I hope it wasn't due to..." Starrk replied.

"Oh no no no," Harribel said before Starrk could finish his sentence. "You didn't keep me up too late, my alarm clock decided to quit on me."

"Uh, I could..." Stark began, "I could save up and buy you a new clock maybe?"

"That's sweet of you," Harribel replied. "But you don't need to go to all the trouble..."

"It's alright Bel," Starrk said. "It's for a good cause."

"I... I appreciate the thought Starrk." Harribel replied, blushing.

"You know, Bel should be glad she got here when she did," Lilynette said as she gestured over to Rudobon and his squad of Hall Monitors he effectionately called "The Exequias".

"Otherwise the 'Spanish Inquisition' over there would be questioning you, or worse."

The Exequias squadren consisted of students wearing black pants, white shirt and a gray jacket buttoned up. The group also wore a black and white sash across their chests. Rudobon was wearing the same uniform though he had a couple of additions which established himself as the squad leader. On the shoulders of his uniform were silver epaulette and he wore a silver whistle around his neck.

The Exequias were wrapping up their morning drills when they noticed the group consisting of Starrk, Harribel, Nelliel and Grimmjow still hanging around the front door of the building. However, they soon proceeded to conduct their first patrol of the day after observing them heading to their first classes of the day.

"Good lord..." Harribel thought to herself, observing the Exequias. "Their uniformity is so... so unnerving..."

"Well, you know what they say," Starrk added. "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition."

"Ha ha yeah," Harribel replied, laughing at Starrk and Lilynette's statements. "Especially since their chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear. Wait, that's two."

Starrk and Lilynette both laughed at Harribel's response, one because, most likely she was right and two, she immediately got the joke the siblings were making.

"Oh, I just thought, it's a good thing we have my uncle's class first." Starrk stated.

"Yeah," Harribel replied, chuckling slightly. "He always seems to show up late."

"Look at how comfortable those two are around each other." Nel whispered to Grimmjow.

"Yeah," Grimmjow whispered back. "If I didn't know any better I'd swear those two had known each other for quite some time."

"Mmhmm," Nel replied, her trademark smile showing. "Don't they just look so... 'natural' together?"

"Yeah, they do," Grimmjow muttered. "Heh, I wonder what they're gonna name the kids?"

"Oh Grimm," Nel said as she playfully socked Grimmjow in the arm. "Don't you think you're a little premature for THAT kind of talk?"

"Owww," Grimmjow replied. "Maybe, but damn, that kinda hurt."

"Aw, don't be a baby Grimm." Nel said her happy grin taking on a mischievous appearance. "If I really wanted it to hurt, I could, you've seen it."

"That's true, and if I must say," Grimmjow said, grinning. "I kinda like it."

"That's good to know." Nel replied, playfully sticking her tongue out at the blue haired boy.

As the group walked together before having to seperate for their respective classes, Grimmjow took notice of something on the wall. It was a poster calling for all students to try out for the Hueco Mundo Hollows, the school sports team. Grimmjow smirked when he observed the posters decorating the walls. Nel remembered that this was also the same week cheerleading tryouts were to take place. As Starrk and Harribel caught up to their friends, Nel looked over at Harribel and once again her mischievous side emerged.

Before any conversation could begin, the boys and the girls had to separate for their first class. Starrk and Grimmjow walked towards Kyoraku's class while Nel and Harribel walked together for their respective first class of the day. Though Harribel also had Kyoraku's class, she could afford to be a little late since the instructor himself was known for ditching his own class.

"Say Tia," Nel began. "Cheerleading tryouts are this week, you gonna give it a shot?"

"No way," Harribel replied. "I'm not one of those living cliches. If I'm trying out for anything it's an actual sport."

"Aw come on," Nel said, mock pouting. "Wouldn't you want Starrkey to see how cute you'd look in the cheerleading uniform?"

"Wh.. wh.. what!?" Harribel asked, once again finding herself rather embarassed by Nel's question.

"It'd look really nice on you," Nel reasoned. "Plus think about how happy you'd make Starrkey."

"First off," Harribel replied, regaining her composure. "If I WERE to try out, and this is a huge 'IF' here, it wouldn't be just to be eye candy. Second, I don't want Starrk to think I'm another 'dumb blonde cheerleader'."

"It's alright Tia though I'll tell you now, Starrkey wouldn't think that at all," Nel said, taking a more serious tone. "I was just messing around, you don't actually have to try out if you don't want to."

"Well, what about you Nel?" Harribel asked. "Are you gonna try out for the squad?"

"Hell yeah I am," Nel replied, her enthusiasm shining forth despite the light shade of red on her face. "I want to be out there getting Grimm-Kitty pumped up, plus it'd give me a reason to spend time with him after practice, you know?"

"You really like Grimmjow don't you Nel?" Harribel asked, getting straight to the point.

"Hehe, you're no better with Starrkey, Tia," Nel replied, countering her friend's question. "I see how you get everytime I mention your Lobo."

"No fair bringing him into this," Harribel said, once again feeling a little embarassed. "And please PLEASE don't tell anyone about my little pet name for him."

"All's fair in love and war you know," Nel replied winking at Harribel. "Plus you DID give him your address AND phone number and all."

"I know but..." Harribel said, but had lost her train of thought.

"Alright, alright," Nel replied grinning. "I won't press the Starrkey issue, for now."

"Anyway, if you're not looking to try out for cheerleading, then what ARE you planning to try out for?" Nel inquired.

"Well if possible I'd like to try out for Volleyball," Harribel replied. "It's the only sport I know I'm good at besides swimming."

"Well, unfortunately for you Volleyball and Swimming won't be until spring," Nel stated.

"I thought swimming was a year round thing." Harribel said.

"Well it was, but they're working on a new pool so swim team tryouts got postponed." Nel replied.

"Well damn," Harribel muttered. "I don't know what else is available then."

"You COULD try out for soccer," Nel said. "I know Lilynette is trying out for the soccer team, it'd be a good way to get to know her, and Starrkey."

"Nel..." Harribel said, blushing slightly. "You said you wouldn't bring up Starrk again."

"Awwww, I'm sorry" Nel began. "Seriously though, don't feel discouraged, just for fun give the cheerleading tryout a go, you never know, you might not get picked. Plus, there are other sports you could be good at and not even know it."

"If you say so..." Harribel replied.

"Well look at it this way," Nel added. "You might get to see Luppi and Cuuhlhourne make complete morons out of themselves."

"The thought of either one of those guys in that uniform doesn't exactly reduce my reluctancy you know." Harribel replied, trying to purge the image of Cuuhlhourne and Luppi in cheerleader outfits out of her mind.

Nel simply giggled as the two girls walked towards their first class of the day. Other topics came up such as what they were going to do after school after tryouts, such as when they were gonna go all out with shopping and of course the topic of the traditional "Slumber Party" would come up from time to time.

With Starrk and Grimmjow...

Elsewhere in Mr. Kyoraku's class, Grimmjow and Starrk were already in their seats and settled. Of course the class instructor did his daily ritual and passed out the daily assignment before deciding to take a "quick" break. This usually meant that the class would become a free period since the idea of Shunsui Kyoraku's "breaks" usually amounted to an hour or more. This dates back to his college days as his former roommate Mr. Ukitake would attest to. Harribel arrived a few minutes late but since Mr. Kyoraku wasn't present it didn't matter.

During Mr. Kyoraku's impromptu break time, Grimmjow and Starrk would talk about the upcoming tryouts later in the day, all while working on the aforementioned assignment. Starrk wasn't really all that interested in sports like his younger sister and Grimmjow were. However he was being needled by the latter into giving it a go with the idea that Harribel could see how "Manly" Starrk could look. Starrk was barely concious during his and Grimmjow's conversation.

"Come on man, Girls LOVE guys who aren't afraid to get down 'n dirty!" Grimmjow said.

"You know full well sports aren't really my thing..." Starrk replied, half awake.

"What if Harribel makes the cheerleading squad?" Grimmjow asked, smirking.

"Dude, what does that have to do with me trying out for sports?" Starrk asked in response.

"Well, if Harribel's on the squad, wouldn't you want her cheering for you?" Grimmjow answered.

Starrk was taken aback by the scenario Grimmjow proposed. He admitted to himself that he'd like the idea of Harribel cheering him on. But he also tried not to think more, "mature", thoughts on the matter. Unfortunately for him, Grimmjow imediately noticed his friend's flushed complexion. That alone answered all of Grimmjow's questions on that subject. It still wasn't enough to convince Starrk to participate in the tryouts though.

Of course Grimmjow's rather lurid scenario didn't escape the ears of Apacci, who gave the blue haired boy a glare that screamed, "You two perverts are SO dead!" Grimmjow didn't pay her any mind and Starrk was too busy catching a nap to notice the threat Apacci was mentally sending.

"Well what about this?" Grimmjow asked. "If you make a team, maybe that'll beef your stamina up some."

"What do you mean by that?" Starrk asked, opening one eye.

"Nothing personal dude," Grimmjow replied. "But everytime I see you, especially at school, you look like you're about to pass out at the drop of a hat."

"Hey man, it's not my fault Lilynette was blessed with a limitless reserve and I wasn't," Starrk replied.

"Hence the reason to give it a shot, you need more training young grasshopper." Grimmjow stated, trying to look like a wise ancient martial arts master.

"Whatever you say, Grand Master Felix." Starrk replied, chuckling slightly before going back to sleep.

"I'm serious man! Plus you'll get a wicked sweet jacket!" Grimmjow stated, however his words fell on deaf, sleeping ears.

Starrk wasn't the only one dreading try outs however, for another student was also filled with despair. Szayel Aporro Grantz may have been gifted when it came to intellegence but when it came to physical prowess, he was rather lacking in that aspect, despite his boasts about being "The Perfect Being". Which, in his mind, was one of the reasons he detested sports so much. It didn't matter to him however as he viewed himself as the perfect being, and in his warped mind, perfect beings do not play sports. Unfortunately for him, Zaraki Kenpatchi and Ikkaku Madarame thought differently, which meant bad news for Szayel Aporro.

Later in Gym Class...

Gym class, that day, was a little different than usual. Of course those who saw the flyers posted in the hallways knew why. This was when each student would sign up for tryouts and the school coach Zaraki Kenpachi and his assistants Ikkaku Madarame and Yachiru Kusajishi were going to make sure there was a good turn out, one way or another.

"Alright girls!" Kenpachi said. "As you lot are no doubt aware of, try outs are this week."

"Don't even THINK about skipping out, participation is mandatory and will, I repeat WILL count towards your over all grade!" Madarame stated while making a rather unsettling face towards the class.

"And if you wimps think you CAN skip out," Kenpachi added. "THINK AGAIN! If you don't show up, my assistants WILL find you and bring you, by force if necessary!"

"Sign ups are available during class," Madarame said. "And the actual tryouts will begin this afternoon after school. Make sure you're dressed appropriately."

After Assistant Coach Madarame's statement, he and his collegue Coach Zaraki handed out more flyers. These depicted which sports were available to try out for. Each student looked over the flyers, figuring out what they were gonna try out for fairly quick. It was no surprise that Yammy, Poww, Edorad and Nirgge were going out for football again since they were on the team last year.

"Good GOD... does Madarame always have to make faces like that?" Grimmjow thought to himself while shuddering slightly.

"HEAR THAT BABY BRO?! YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE NOW!" Yylfordt shouted towards Szayel. "OTHERWISE YOUR PERFECT GPA GOES DOWN THE TOILET!"

However, Yylfordt's taunts seemed to have no effect on Szayel as he was absorbed in another experiment, one that he hoped would make the tryout ordeal less excruciating. In addition to working on his latest project, he was making more adjustments to his Smart Potion, hoping it would be more successful than his last attempt.

"Damn..." Starrk muttered to himself.

"Can't escape fate man," Grimmjow said as he patted Starrk's shoulder. "It won't be THAT bad, trust me."

"Easy for you to say," Starrk replied, "You don't have that little girl running you ragged every day."

"No, but there ARE other sports besides football you know." Grimmjow said.

"I know," Starrk replied. "But you already know how I feel about..."

"Yeah yeah, I know I know," Grimmjow interupted. "I know you don't give two shits about sports, but you think those three down there care?"

Grimmjow pointed towards Kenpachi, Madarame and Yachiru as he made his point. Madarame had yet another one of his rather frightening expressions on his face, Yachiru looked like she was ready to run a million laps around the Gym and as for Coach Zaraki himself, if his "Slasher Grin" was anything to go by, he was secretly hoping some of the students would try to skip tryouts.

"Touche..." Starrk replied, having resigned himself to his fate. "So what you trying out for?"

"Football of course, I can't wait to give those Karakura losers another beating," Grimmjow replied, his own "Slasher" grin ever present. "ESPECIALLY that Strawberry Punk, Kurosaki!"

"I might go for basketball too," Grimmjow said. "Wrestling's out since Yammy and Poww dominate that. What about you?"

"Don't blame you on skipping wrestling though basketball's tempting," Starrk replied. "Since it isn't as taxing as football..."

"You'll have to run laps," Grimmjow retorted. "Something that Yachiru kid's good at making you do already."

"Damn it..." Starrk muttered again as he continued to gloss over the flyer.

"Hey there's always Track," Yylfordt added. "I mean, like Grimm said, that pink haired girl's training you for it anyway."

"Plus odds are good you won't actually make a team," Grimmjow said. "They just want you to show up."

"Guess it's track then..." Starrk sighed as he picked his sport of choice.

Meanwhile with Nel and Harribel...

Over on the other side of the gym, the girls were also looking over the tryout flyer. Nel was excited for the cheerleading tryouts but Harribel was less than enthused. The only sports she was interested in weren't holding tryouts until spring. Two other girls were also looking forward to trying out for the cheerleading squad as well, one more so than the other.

One of the girls in question was of short height with a slender build. Her long black hair was tied in pigtails. She was giving Nel and Harribel a glare that could have turned them to stone. The other girl was slightly taller than her companion and sported more tomboysih features. She had slick blonde hair with a slight fringe over her right eye. Unlike her friend, she wasn't starring down Nel and Harribel as if they were wanted criminals. In fact, she seemed like she was more embarassed for her friend's behavior.

"Ugh..." The black haired girl growled glancing over at Nel and Harribel. "Look at this shit Menoly, those two are SO gonna try and upstage me..."

"I doubt that Loly..." Menoly replied pointing towards Harribel. "I mean that one girl there looks like she'd rather die than be a cheerleader."

"Yeah well what about that Odelschvank girl?" Loly said, clearly annoyed. "Not only is she after that tasty hunk of a man Grimmjow but she's said she's trying out for the squad!"

"I doubt either one is joining to 'upstage' you or anything..." Menoly sighed. "Plus you KNOW Nel..."

Taking notice of the stares they were recieving, Harribel looked over at Nel.

"Hey Nel," Harribel said, getting Nel's attention.

"Hmm? What is it Tia?" Nel asked.

"Why is that one girl over there staring at you so intensely?" Harribel asked, concerned for her friend.

"Oh that's just Loly Aivirrne," Nel replied. "She always does that, it's like she thinks she's the star and we're gonna steal her spotlight or something."

"That's kinda crazy don't you think?" Harribel asked.

"Yeah it's a little silly sure," Nel replied. "But we all ignore it, plus Loly's a pretty good cheerleader."

"I guess," Harribel said, looking over at the pair of girls. "I still think it's a little crazy to make such a fuss or something so trivial."

With Ulquiorra...

"Hey Ulquiorrrrrrraaaaa!" Yammy bellowed.

"What is it Yammy?" Ulquiorra replied.

"What are ya gonna sign up for?" Yammy asked

"Just because tryouts are mandatory doesn't mean I should care about something as trivial as sports." Ulquiorra replied in his usual monotone voice.

"Aw come on Ulquiorra, it'll be fun on the bun!" Yammy shouted happily.

"Oh hey look, I found something you could tryout for!" Yammy said holding up a cheerleader's flyer.

"And just why in the name of Dante Alighieri would I ever want to be a cheerleader?" Ulquiorra said, maintaining his deadpan expression.

"You'd be surrounded by a metric fuck ton of hot babes." Ggio said as he walked past.

"You'd also get to shout your lungs out!" Yammy bellowed. "As well as wear a skirt!"

"Again, I must ask you, WHY in the name of all that's sacred would I ever want to wear a skirt?" Ulquiorra asked, becoming annoyed with the whole subject.

"Something for the ladies?" Yammy replied, shrugging his shoulders.

"No." Ulquiorra stated plainly. "Now this looks like something more dignified, I think shall try out for kendo."

"Uh, yeah, whatever floats your boat Ulquiorra," Yammy said. "Oh, by the way we still on for lunch right?"

"Yes Yammy..." Ulquiorra sighed.

Back with Grimmjow...

As the class wore on, each student lined up to put their name on the list of those trying out for the various teams. True to his word Grimmjow joined Yammy, Edorad and Poww for football and with a great reluctance, Starrk signed up for track alongside Ggio, the latter also signing up for basketball. Ggio was originally planning to go out for football but considering who'd he be practicing with, opted to change his mind. Findor and Avirama also found themselves joining Ggio for basketball, much to the braided student's dismay.

As for the girls, Nel of course signed up for cheerleading with Harribel reluctantly following suit, once again earning death glares from a jealous Loly. Of course they weren't the only ones to sign up for the cheerleading squad. Harribel's three friends and self proclaimed bodyguards, Apacci, Mila Rose and Sung-Sun also signed up. Finally, much to the dismay and entertainment of those present, Luppi and Charlotte Cuuhlhorne were the last to sign up.

Yylfordt's eyes widened in a look of horror at what he just witnessed, before breaking down to near tears. Grimmjow and Ggio looked over at the blonde haired pretty boy, concerned and confused, mostly confused, as to why Yylfordt was behaving so strangely.

"Man Yylfordt, what's up with you?" Ggio asked.

"Yeah really, you look like someone who just came back from war or someting." Grimmjow added.

"It's horrible bro, nightmare city man!" Yylfordt said.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ggio and Grimmjow asked simultainiously.

"Yylfordt is in despair because Cuuhlhourne signed up for cheerleading." Poww said looking up from his book.

This news had a visable effect on Grimmjow and Ggio, but before either student could say anything, the bell rang, signalling the end of class and lunch time. Before long the students had made their way to the cafeteria and took their usual seats.

During Lunch...

"Why oh dear GOD why!?" Yylfordt shouted in despair. "Why must you do this to us!? WHY must you be so cruel?!"

"What's eating Yylfordt?" Starrk asked, stifling a yawn.

"Cuuhlhourne and Luppi signed up for cheerleading tryouts." Grimmjow said, trying not to gag.

"Yeah bro," Yylfordt said. "Now I won't be able to look at the cheerleading squad without wanting to puke."

"I feel your pain dude," Ggio added patting Yylfordt's shoulders in sympathy. "All my cheerleader fantasies have been crushed into tiny, little pieces."

"You guys do know he has to actually PASS the try out right?" Starrk asked, trying to calm down his class mates.

"Yeah, so there's a chance that Cuuhlhourne or Luppi for that matter won't make the cut." Nel added.

"You mean... there's hope?" Yylfordt asked, perking up.

"So you're saying that there's a chance I'll be able to look at the cheerleaders and NOT want to vomit?" Ggio inquired. "OR want to gouge my eyes out?"

"Yeah, though I don't think we'd appreciate you guys perving on us." Nel replied, a stern tone showing in her voice.

"So, what about Szayel the Mad?" Grimmjow asked, changing the subject. "What do you think he's up to?"

"Don't know, don't care bro." Yylfordt said, trying to regain his composure.

Over at another table, Szayel Aporro had set up a makeshift laboratory of sorts. He was still tinkering around with a strange looking contraption with which he was hoping would aid him in his tryout attempt. However due to numerous interuptions and time constraints, he hadn't made much progress. It was clear that the self proclaimed "perfect being" was growing frustrated with the entire situation.

"Urgh... lousy mandatory tryouts..." Szayel mumbled to himself as he was lost in his work.

"Um, monarach," One of his "henchmen" said holding up something. "I brought you the pink sugar doughnuts you asked for."

"Are they cream filled?" Szayel inquired.

"Yes Monarch," the other chubby minion replied. "Just as you asked."

"Very good Verona," Szayel said as he took a bite into one of the doughnuts.

As he took a bite into the doughnut, the cream filling squirted out and, much to the discomfort of anyone nearby, licked the cream off of his lips. In between bites of his doughnuts and working on his inventions, Szayel looked over the flyer. Observing what sports teams were available for trying out for, one sport in particular caught Szayel Aporro's eye. All of a sudden, a wicked grin formed on Szayel's face, for now he had formulated a new plan. This latest idea caused the resident mad scientist to laugh maniacly.

Meanwhile, back at the table where Grimmjow, Yylfordt and Ggio were talking, they had noticed Szayel's sudden outburst of laughter.

"The fuck is he so happy about?" Grimmjow asked.

"I don't know bro," Yylfordt answered. "But whatever it is, it's giving me a bad feeling in the pit of my gut."

"Yeah really," Grimmjow said. "Everytime I hear your brother's laugh I cringe."

"Just be glad HE'S not going out for cheerleading" Nel said grinning mischievously.

That statement almost caused Harribel choke on her cream soda. Starrk simply raised an eyebrow at Nel in response, though his expression showed he too was disturbed at Nel's suggestion.

"Just when I thought the cheerleading squad couldn't get anymore disturbing," Harribel said in between coughs, "You HAD to go and put THAT image in my head..."

"Yeah really..." Starrk added, "so much for napping later."

"Oh come on Starrkey," Nel said. "You've never let eerie imagery stop you from sleeping in class before."

"Still..." Starrk replied, yawning. "It's Szayel, think about that for a moment."

"I agree with Starrk," Harribel added. "Damn near anything Szayel does always has that strange twinge of madness to it.

"That's just the kind of person he is." Nel said. "I mean without his brand of madness, life would be kinda boring don't you think?"

"If you say so Nel," Starrk replied. "If you say so..."

"Yeah, no shit," Grimmjow growled, "He's fucking nuts."

"That's putting it lightly bro," Yylfordt added.

"No shit, you LIVE with the guy." Grimmjow snickered.

"Don't remind me man..." Yylfordt replied "Don't remind me of my 'Hell on Earth'."

Elsewhere in the cafeteria Lilynette was sitting with her friends, also talking about the upcoming tryouts. Unlike her brother, Lilynette was more then enthused about showing off her skills on the soccer field. Momo was considering trying out for cheerleading while Kiyone and Sentaro were, once again, arguing over who was going to succeed at tryouts.

"Oh man I am SO gonna kick ass on the Soccer Field!" Lilynette shouted happily.

"Oh, why do you say that?" Momo asked, ignoring the argument taking place beside her.

"I've had years worth of kicking practice already," Lilynette answered. "Waking my lazy brother up in the mornings turned out to be great for building up my kicks."

"Kicking isn't the only aspect of soccer you know. Kiyone said, taking time out from arguing with Sentaro.

"Oh I know, head butting is also a technique," Lilynette stated. "I've had practice with that too, again using Starrk as my 'training dummy'. Plus Nel showed me a really cool technique I can't wait to show off."

"Oh wow," Momo said. "Don't you think that's a little excessive?"

"Nah, not really." Lilynette replied. "I mean he could avoid it all together if he'd either get up when the clock goes off OR learn to dodge one."

"I'm almost afraid to ask about this headbutting technique of yours." Sentaro added, over hearing Lilynette's boasts.

Kiyone and Momo giggled at Lilynette's statements with Sentaro wincing a little, perhaps feeling a bit of symptathy for the physical abuse Starrk must endure every morning. Once again the bell rang, and each student went their respective class as usual.

With Grimmjow and Nel...

Grimmjow couldn't concentrate on his work as he was too excited about tryouts. The blue haired athlete was looking forward to, in his own words, "re-entering the field of combat". On at least a couple of occasions Nel had to snap Grimmjow out of his euphoric trance. Of course her attempts weren't as effective as they could be since she herself was hyped up for her cheerleading tryout.

"Hey Grimm..." Nel said, nudging Grimmjow. "We need to focus on our assignment."

"Huh?" Grimmjow replied. "Oh yeah, yeah, that."

"You feeling alright Grimm?" Nel asked.

"Yeah, I'm alright, why?" Grimmjow asked in response.

"Cause you keep zoning out silly," Nel replied. "That's why."

"Oh, yeah, about that," Grimmjow explained. "I just can't seem to concentrate on this, I'm more focused on this afternoon."

"Yeah, I don't blame you there," Nel said. "I always kind of enjoyed cheerleading myself, although wrestling sounds like fun too."

"Yeah, sure..." Grimmjow said before snapping out of his euphoria. "Wait, WHAT!?"

"I like cheerleading and all, but I always enjoyed wrestling a wee bit more." Nel explained.

"But, wouldn't you be scared of say having to practice against Yammy?" Grimmjow said showing concern for Nel's well being. "I mean there are few things worse than getting a face full of Yammy butt."

"Nah, the big guy's strong but I got a way of dealing with that." Nel said confidently. "If I get a chance I could show you my special trick I came up with."

"Oh really now?" Grimmjow replied, smirking. "What would this special move be?"

"My patented Battering Ram," Nel said, her grin taking on that familiar mischievous appearance once more.

"Hit a target in the breadbasket and they always go down. I could show you if you want."

"That's... actually fucking brilliant," Grimmjow said, somewhat unnerved at Nel's offer.

"Wait, was that what you did to Nnoitra when he insulted you? Your 'battering ram' or whatever it was you called it?"

"Mmhmm," Nel replied grinning happily "Something like that, yeah."

Nel immediately noticed Grimmjow's worried expression after she answered his question.

"Aw, don't worry Grimmy," Nel said, smiling sweetly. "I'll do my best not to actually hurt you, but..."

"But...?" Grimmjow asked, raising an eyebrow.

"But if I do, I know you're tough enough to take it." Nel replied, winking at the now slightly shaken blue haired student.

"Agh, Jeez... what a time to be slightly scared but also aroused at the same time..." Grimmjow thought to himself as both students resumed focus on their class assignment.

Elsewhere in the classroom, Nnoitra once again found himself fuming. The sight of Grimmjow and Nelliel bonding made his jealous rage boil over.

"Fucking cat boy..." Nnoitra thought to himself as his face contorted in rage. "Him and that... that fucking BITCH... I'll make him pay dearly for making a fool of me, and then I'll steal his bitch while he's out cold."

"Ugh... Nnoitra, you REALLY should be focusing on the assignment." Luppi said, breaking Nnoitra's train of thought.

"JUDAS H. PRIEST LUPPI!" Nnoitra shouted as he found himself facing Luppi's lower half. "Stop getting all up close and personal!"

"Oh I dunno oh Tall, Dark n Sexy," Luppi replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "This is the first time I've heard you complain about me being all 'up close and personal' you know."

Nnoitra shuddered at his partner's statement as he continued to focus his ever growing rage at both Grimmjow and Nelliel.

With Starrk and Harribel...

Elsewhere in Kisuke Urahara's class, it was business as usual. Most of the class was working on their assignment for the day while Nakeem and Di-Roy were attempting to find more things to "blow up", making the duo of Findor and Avirama find ways to retaliate. Ggio was extremely aggrivated this near daily routine of "war" between the two teams. However, today he was occupied with thoughts of his own, one being of course, tryouts later that afternoon.

The second series of thoughts was about that mysterious girl he saw at the arcade the other day. He wanted to know more about her, and who she was. Of course his daydreaming was interupted by Mila Rose shouting at him to duck as a small piece of debris was rocketing towards him.

"HOLY SHIT!" Ggio shouted as he quickly ducked for cover.

"Fucking morons..." Mila Rose growled under her breath. "If I ever get my hands on any of them, I'm gonna tear them a new one..."

"Which pair of morons you want?" Ggio asked, agreeing with his lab partner's statement.

"Which ever one I can catch." Mila Rose replied.

"Same." Ggio said. "Course if we catch them both..."

"We'll flip a coin to decide which pair of idiots to pound into oblivion first." Mila Rose stated.

"Works for me." Ggio said.

Elsewhere in the classroom, Starrk and Harribel were bracing themselves for any possible debris or makeshift shrapnel from the antics of Nakeen and Di-Roy, along with Avirama and Findor's retaliations. Starrk immediately noticed some debris flying towards Harribel and himself. Reacting quickly, he grabbed Harribel's shoulders and pushed her down to avoid the incoming debris with Starrk following suit. Harribel's face quickly turned a shade of red, as did Starrk's.

"Um... are... are you alright?" Starrk asked.

"Yeah," Harribel replied, smiling a little. "I'm fine."

"YEAH! TAKE THAT YOU LOSERS!" Avirama shouted before performing his ritual. "I CAN BEAT YA! GONNA BEAT YA! GONNA BEAT YA!"

"Huh huh huh huh, We have only just begun to fight, Fart knocker!" Nakeen shouted in response.

"Yeah, heh heh heh," Di Roy shrieked. "FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!"

In another section of the classroom Ulquiorra, observing the events transpiring in class, held a hand up to his face and sighed. He knew voicing his concerns to Urahara would be for naught and trying to confront the four directly would be a foolish mistake as well. The calculating student figured it was best to let nature run it's course, thinking it was only a matter of time before the two teams ended up in the emergency room.

With Starrk...

As the game of war between the two teams, "Team Dumbass" and "Team Moron" as were the nicknames given by the majority of the class, wore down, the bell sounded off, signaling the end of class. The rest of the day went semi normal, with the exception of Miss Ise's class.

Though Starrk was the laid back type, he couldn't help but find himself slightly annoyed with being forced to try out for something. His aggrivation was such that he found himself awake during Algibra 2, a feat that Miss Ise found both refreshing yet disturbing at the same time. Of course, despite his irritation, Starrk managed to keep himself cool and collected, figuring he'll just catch a nap when he got home or when his tryout was finished.

"Dude..." Yylfordt whispered to Starrk. "You're actually awake?"

"Yeah." Starrk replied trying to hold back a yawn. "Blame the forced tryouts for that."

"You're still worried about that bro?" Yylfordt asked.

"Not worried really, more like slightly annoyed." Starrk replied.

"Just give it a go and have fun with it," Yylfordt said. "You never know, you might discover some hidden talent or something.

"Some how I doubt running Track, or being chased by a little girl counts as a 'hidden talent'." Starrk replied.

"Never know man, increased speed might save your skin one day bro." Yylfordt stated.

Before Yylfordt or Starrk could say anything further, Miss Ise was standing between both students' desks. She was clearly annoyed at the two holding a conversation and possibly disrupting her class.

"MISTER Grantz AND MISTER Starrk!" Miss Ise shouted, startling both Yylfordt and Starrk.

"I will NOT have any mindless chit chat in during my lectures! Understand?"

"Yes Miss Ise." Starrk and Yylfordt said simultainiously.

Aside from Miss Ise's dressing down of Starrk and Yylfordt for the later's impromptu conversation, the rest of class proceeded normally. Once the final bell of the day sounded off all of the students trying out for various teams met up and began to make their way towards the football field.

Later that afternoon...

At the end of the regular school day, everyone gathered around at the football field. All of the students were soon seated on the bleachers as both Coach Zaraki and Assistant Coach Madarame made a mental head count of how many showed up. Both were rather disappointed that no one actually tried to skip out on the tryouts. Coach Zaraki was the first one to speak up once all the students were seated.

"Alright, here's what's gonna happen," Coach Zaraki said. "For those trying out for cheerleading gather around over by that goal post."

"It usually takes a few minutes but the cheerleading coach'll show up soon."

"Five bucks says the cheerleading coach is Ayasegawa." Apacci whispered to Mila Rose.

"You're on" Mila Rose whispered back.

"For those of you trying out for football line up over there." Coach Zaraki said pointing over to where the tackling dummies were located.

"For those who are wanting to try out for track, line up in front of Yachiru here." Coach Zaraki stated gesturing towards the pink haired little girl.

"I hope she's not the track coach..." Starrk thought to himself as he shuddered.

"Those who want to try out for wrestling, line up in front of Ikkaku.", Coach Zaraki stated, pointing towards his assistant who was making a rather unusual and creepy face, making most of the student body rather uncomfortable.

"Those interested in trying out for kendo, line up in front of Yumichika." Coach Zaraki stated, grinning at the confused look on the students.

"Hah! Looks like you owe me five bucks Apacci" Mila Rose whispered at Apacci.

"Feh..." Apacci grumbled. "Who's to say he isn't in charge of kendo AND cheerleading hmmmm?"

"Oh quit whining and cough up the dough Apacci." Mila Rose replied, quickly growing irritated by Apacci's attempt back out of the wager.

"Make me Bubble Butt!" Apacci said mockingly.

"Those wanting to try out for basketball, archery, soccer, or the weird stuff will wait against the wall for the second round of tryouts." Coach Zaraki announced loudly, gesturing at the walls and laughing as he watched the students quickly line up. "And those wanting to try out for two or more teams that have conflicting tryouts, tell Yumi, I don't want to deal with it."

Grinning wickedly to himself, Coach Zaraki was about to start the tryouts when he noticed a prime chance to possibly humiliate one of the weaker students. Szayel had just walked in the door, flanked by his two minions, and for once he wasn't distracted by his research. Both of his minions were carrying odd looking bags, while he himself was unencumbered.

"Well, if it isn't Pinky, come to show that he's all talk and no action. What are you waiting for, get on up here and pick something to try out for if you have the balls." With this bit of taunting thrown out there, Coach Zaraki simply stood there, arms crossed, grinning and leering at the late arrival.

Showing unusual restraint, Szayel did not respond to the verbal taunting with his own words. Rather, he simply snapped his fingers, and with that action his minions opened their bags and snapped into action. Lumina quickly and deftly strapped what looked like a quiver, white with a pattern of blue crosses, to Szayel's back as Verona handed him a matching longbow. With practiced ease, Szayel reached back and, in rapid succession, fired three arrows directly towards Coach Zaraki before he could even blink. Seeing that his targets, whatever they were, had been hit, Szayel simply smirked, a hint of his madness showing through, and dropped the bow into Verona's hands before flipping off Coach Zaraki and leaving.

Coach Zaraki, as well as the rest of the student body, had stood in frozen silence for the entire encounter, but as the top points of Zaraki's unusual hairstyle collapsed and fell into his eyes, they began to snap out of it. Turning to look behind him, he noticed that the top three of his hair bells were in fact impaled by an arrow each, which was in turn embedded in the concrete wall. Blinking, Zaraki began to chuckle to himself, which turned into a full blown maniacal laugh.

"HAHAHAHAHA, now THAT's how you try out wimps. Now, all of you, tryouts have officially begun, get to it or I'll tell Pinky there that you stole his calculator or something.", Coach Zaraki shouted inbetween bouts of laughter.

Snapping out of their shock, the student body as a whole suddenly found some enthusiasm for the mandatory tryouts and quickly formed the proper groups. Starrk slid over towards Yylfordt, who had suddenly decided to try out for track for two main reasons: showing support for his bro, and improving his stamina so that he can outrun his now far more terrifying brother.

"Dude, did you know he could shoot like that? I didn't know he was into anything even slightly physical." Starrk asked, looking over at his friend, who looked paler than usual.

"Bro, I had no idea he was into archery, or anything besides blowing up his lab." Yylfordt muttered, twitching slightly as he wondered what other things his brother might be into that he had no idea about.

Grimmjow slipped out from his group and headed over towards his friends. "Holy crap, where the hell did that come from? And why was his gear blue and white, I thought he was into everything pink?"

"Something tells me that he stole it from somebody, probably someone from Karakura High." A soft, feminine voice spoke up from behind Yylfordt, causing him to jump slightly.

Grimmjow started to nod in agreement, seeming to recall that one of his rival's friends had a similar color scheme. "Yeah that sounds about right."

Looking up, Grimmjow noticed the speaker, a demure looking girl with braided black hair wearing the standard school uniform. "Wait a second, you look familiar..." Grimmjow wondered, trying to place her.

After asking his question, Grimmjow suddenly felt something in one of his pockets.. Before he could react, however, a soft yet sinister sounding voice whispered in his ear.

"Oh come now..." the voice said in an eerie and unnerving tone. "SURELY you recognize my assistant Jaegerjaquez? It hasn't been all that long since we were last acquainted."

Freezing in place, Grimmjow suddenly went pale before slowly turning his head, only to meet a pair of golden yellow eyes framed with black and white makeup. Blinking once, Grimmjow yelped in fear and jumped away. "What the fuck, no, no, you can't be here, you're not here, this is a bad fucking dream, no no no not happening..."

Confused by Grimmjow's reaction, Starrk and Yylfordt looked at the unfamiliar students, now standing side by side. The girl was rather average, but her companion was quite a different story. He was wearing the standard school uniform with the addition of a lab coat and purple scarf, and was of average height but slender build. His face, however, was covered in stripes of black and white makeup, framed with a golden border and chinpiece. His dark blue hair was elaborately coifed into something resembling a Pharaoh's headdress, and he was staring at Grimmjow with a wide, toothy grin.

"It would seem that your screams are the same, that is good to note. Record that, Nemu.", the odd looking student told his assistant, who promptly brought out a notebook and wrote down the information.

"What the fuck are you doing here?!", Grimmjow scream-shouted, anger replacing some of the fear.

"Due to some, shall we say, technical problems with the infrastructure of our previous school, it was deemed necessary that we continue our education in a different location. This was simply the most immediate solution."

Grinning even wider, the odd new student tilted his head and examined Grimmjow closer. "You know, we never did finish our experiment..."

Grimmjow growled deep in his throat. "OUR experiment you freakish mime-wannabe?! You fucking tied me up, marked me, and made me watch reruns of fucking Jersey Shore while poking me with I don't even want to know what the fuck it was."

"It's hardly my fault that you fell into my trap. In fact, if you hadn't been trying to vandalize our school, we would never have met, my dear Number 6. Hm, and now we have a perfect chance to finish our experiment. Nemu, do we still have the records for Number 6?"

"Yes, we do. Should I reactivate the case study?", the innocent looking Nemu replied.

"Didn't I just say that? I believe I did. Now, come with us Number 6, or else we shall get the hose..."

"Like hell I'd ever go off willingly with you, freakshow." Grimmjow shouted, hysteria tinging his voice.

"Forcing someone to watch Jersey Shore?" Starrk whispered to Yylfordt. "Isn't that considered a war crime or something?"

"Good GOD..." Yylfordt shouted, fear clearly present in his voice. "There's TWO OF THEM!"

"Two of them?" The blue haired student turned his attention to Yylfordt. "Perhaps, hm, yes, you are Szayel's brother, are you not?"

Yylfordt paled even further. "Wait, you know him?"

"Better than you know, that egotistical self-proclaimed paragon of 'perfection', as aggravating as he may be, is about the only other intelligent company in the area. Nemu, summon him for me, I can already feel my intelligence decreasing."

"Yes, Lord Mayuri. Should I ask him to bring the tool box?"

"Why would I ask for him if he didn't have the tool box, silly girl?"

With various degrees of horror, the group watched as Nemu sent a text, presumably to the other mad scientist. Her phone beeped a reply almost immediately, and reading it she turned to look at her companion.

"All he sent was the word Swordfish, Mayuri.", Nemu simply stated.

Grinning, the blue haired student held his hand up and snapped his fingers, and with surprising ease caught a white arrow out of the air. This arrow had a strange bundle tied to the end, which Mayuri deftly untied to reveal a small voodoo-type doll shaped like Grimmjow.

"Ah, so he finished it. Not bad craftsmanship. I think I shall give this a test run once these blasted tryouts are over. Speaking of which, Nemu, were you thinking about signing up to beat the hell out of the riffraff, or can we vacate this den of hormones?"

"I was thinking about trying out for wrestling, it wouldn't seem fair for me to join the football team.", Nemu calmly replied.

"Fine, you silly girl, I shall be waiting against the wall and might just leave without you.", Mayuri muttered as he headed towards the wall, glaring at all in his path.

Nemu began to walk towards her appropriate group, but not before stopping next to Grimmjow. "I would check your pocket, if I were you.", Nemu calmly stated before walking off.

Twitching with no small amount of horror, Grimmjow reached into his front pocket and withdrew a small snowglobe. It didn't seem to be anything unusual, save for the reddish color of the snow, and it had a wind up knob on the bottom. Still nervous, he wound the snowglobe once, only to be treated to a music box version of "It's A Small World." Relieved that it wasn't going to explode in his hand or something, Grimmjow realized that the music was not only stopping, but getting slightly louder and more distorted with each repetition. Screaming, he dropped it on the ground and stomped it into submission.

"What the fuck man, just what the fuck.", Grimmjow muttered before shuffling back to his group, trying to forget what the hell just happened, and carefully blocking out Mayuri's casual arrow grab.

"He's going to need years of powerful Adlerian therapy after this isn't he?" Starrk asked, looking towards Yylfordt, still twitching from the scene that played out before him.

"He won't be the only one bro..." Yylfordt replied, shaking a bit.

"I STILL can't believe there's TWO of them now..."

"Hey Grimm," Starrk said trying to get Grimmjow's attention. "You gonna be alright man?"

"It's impossible to be 'alright' knowing THAT GUY'S gonna be here..." Grimmjow shouted gesturing towards Mayuri.

With Nelliel and Harribel...

While Grimmjow and Yylfordt were twitching in fear over what they had whitnessed. Over where most of the female student population were located, the cheerleading tryouts were about to commence. While Nelliel was excited about it, Harribel was not and her expression clearly showed it.

"Hey Nel..." Harribel began. "I think... I think I'm not gonna try out for cheerleading after all."

"Why is that?" Nel asked.

"I just don't think I'm cheerleading material," Harribel replied. "Plus, they said I only had to show up."

"Fair enough I suppose," Nel said. "A shame though, I still think you'd look cute in the cheerleader uniform."

"If you say so," Harribel added, gesturing towards Nnoitra. "I also don't want creeps like Piano Mouth over there starring at me."

"Hmmmm, good point." Nel replied as she caught Nnoitra's rather lurid gaze at the potential members of the cheerleading squad.

"Hey Nel!" Lilynette shouted as she ran towards the green haired girl.

"Oh hi there Lilynette," Nel replied "What's up?"

"Nothing much," Lilynette said "'Cept Grimmjow's over there freaking the hell out over that weird looking guy over there."

Nelliel looked over to where Starrk, Yylfordt and Grimmjow were hanging out. She immediately noticed both Grimmjow and Yylfordt shaking a bit in fear and Starrk simply looking slightly confused and a bit weirded out. Then she looked to where Mayuri was standing and a wide grin appeared on her face.

"Oh! I didn't know HE was going to be coming here!" Nel said happily.

"You know that freaky looking guy?" Harribel asked.

"Yeah, he's Szayel's friend/Science Rival" Nel replied. "Though Szayel denies the whole 'Friend' thing."

"He gives me the creeps, even more so than the Exequias," Harribel said. "I didn't even think that was possible..."

"Everyone says that about Mayuri Kurotsuchi," Nel added "Well most everyone anyway, others say he's just as crazy as Szayel."

"So how do you know that Kurotsuchi guy?" Harribel asked.

"Oh that's easy," Nel replied. "I met them through Szayel when he was tutoring me in science since I'm er, not that good at it."

"So they're acquantences of Szayel then?" Harribel asked. "Why doesn't that surprise me?"

"Oh yeah, we hung out from time to time after tutoring sessions." Nel answered. "Despite his quirks, Szayel's actually pretty fun to hang out with."

"So you both are trying out for something?" Lilynette asked.

"Yeah, though Tia said she was dropping out of the cheerleading tryouts." Nel replied.

"I just don't see myself as a cheerleader." Harribel added.

"Yeah, me either," Lilynette said. "I'd rather be out there mixing it up and getting all dirty."

"A shame volleyball isn't until spring or that there's no swim team," Harribel lamented.

"I know right? Swiming's a lot of fun," Lilynette said. "But at least there's Soccer."

"Indeed there is," Nel added. "I already suggested to Tia that she should try out for the team too."

"Yeah, that'd be great!" Lilynette added. "It'd be awesome to have someone to practice with."

"I don't know," Harribel said. "I've only played a couple of games here and there."

"Is that so?" Lilynette asked. "I'm practically a pro at the game, perhaps I could teach you a thing or two."

"Haha, you just might have to Lilynette." Harribel replied, laughing a little.

"If you make the team, you won't have to wear that cheerleader uniform at the very least." Lilynette said.

Harribel laughed at Lilynette's statement as the three girls began to head to their respective tryouts. To their surprise, Nel made a beeline to where the wrestling tryouts were taking place. What the three girls didn't expect to see was Mayuri's assistant Nemu already lined up for the wrestling tryouts. Ikkaku was more than amused to see two girls wanting to try out for the wrestling team.

"So, which one of you sissies wants to go first?" Ikkaku asked.

"Ooooooh, can I go first?!" Nel asked excitedly as she was bouncing up and down.

"Well now, would you look at this?" Ikkaku said, laughing as he made another unsettling face. "We got a couple of cute li'l girls trying out for the team."

"I hope you and your little friend there, are aware that we play rough, VERY rough" Ikkaku stated.

"Is that so?" Nel replied, grinning mischievously.

"Yeah we do, now are you gonna stand there looking cute and asking questions?" Ikkaku asked. "Or are you gonna show us what you got?"

"Heh, this'll be like taking candy from a baby..." Ikkaku thought to himself.

As Ikkaku was prepared to show the rest of the students the basics on what looked to be an easy target, Nel shouted an incomprehensable battle cry and charged towards the assistant coach. Before Ikkaku could react, the curvacious young wrestling hopeful leaped into the air and landed a quick knee to his chin, deftly grabbing him by the neck and placing him into a choke hold. While still in the choke hold, Ikkaku and Nel fell to the ground with Nel on top as she proceeded to give the wrestling coach noogies.

"Come on! Say Uncle! Say Uncle!" Nel shouted happily as she continued to give Ikkaku the noogie treatment.

"Never!" Ikkaku shouted defiantly.

"Come on baldy, say Uncle!" Nel replied, tightening the hold. "Of course, I could do this all day if you want."

Pausing for a moment, Ikkaku thought about his current predicament, and noticing the other candidates laughing, he decided on his best course of action.

"Alright, alright!" Ikkaku choked out as he tapped the ground in front of him. "I give! Uncle! Uncle!"

After Ikkaku submitted, Nel jumped off of him and, with a disturbingly wide grin, she gave him a hand wave.

"That was a lot of fun! Thanks a million baldy!" Nel said happily "Now it's off to cheerleading!"

Feeling pumped up from her impromptu match with Ikkaku, Nel skipped happily over to where cheerleading tryouts were to take place. Up next was Nemu, who was far more quiet compared to Nel. Hoping to save some face in front of the other candidates, Ikkaku soon approched the rather demure student, an ominous grin on his face.

"So, little girl, you think you can even make a dent in me? You don't look like you could swat a fly, but it's too late now, you're in line so get front and center!", Ikkaku shouted towards Nemu, who followed his order without showing any expression whatsoever.

"What's wrong, little girl, did I hurt your widdle feelings? Too bad, let a real athlete show you how it's done.", Ikkaku grandstanded, earning a smattering of applause.

Still unfazed, Nemu simply bowed at the waist. "I wish you a good match sir. When shall we begin?"

Ikkaku turned to her and grinned disturbingly. "Why not right now? Now class, when you have such a weak opponent first you -", Ikkaku began to instruct the class, only to be interrupted by the sudden blur that was Nemu. Before he could even think of finishing his sentence, he found himself staring at his own backside, leg over his shoulder, and his arms somehow both in front and back of him.

"Do you yield, sir?" Nemu calmly asked, not even breathing hard as her soft voice resonated in the now deathly silent room.

All Ikkaku could do was gasp for breath as, with an incredible show of strength and control, he watched his own butt advance towards his face.

"The usual code is one groan for no, two for yes sir, I really would not recommend trying to talk. Something might rupture.", Nemu quietly stated, looking as calm and composed as ever.

Suddenly wishing that he was anywhere but face-to-face with his own butt, Ikkaku groaned twice, and groaned a third time as he hit the floor, now untwisted. Nemu simply looked down at him and bowed once more.

"Thank you for the opportunity sir. The numbness should fade within the hour." Nemu calmly explained as she returned to the group, which parted to give her a wide berth.

Regaining some composure, Ikkaku decided to pretend that the past few minutes had never happened and turned to the rest of the group.

"Alright, pair off and let's see your moves, what are you waiting for?", Ikkaku shouted as he gingerly sat down, still trying to figure out exactly what had happened and trying to ignore Nemu sitting down and taking notes.

With Grimmjow...

Having watched Nel's try out for wrestling, Grimmjow once again found himself in a euphoric trance. The self proclaimed punk found himself torn between laughing at Ikkaku's predicament and being slightly scared by Nel's rather unorthidox technique. Yet secretly he was also rather aroused by her roughhousing.

"Hey man," a voice said. "You alright?"

"Huh?" Grimmjow replied "Oh um, yeah I'm alright Edorad."

"Yeah, right." Edorad said smirking. "We saw you watching Nel's try out. If time permits you could always go watch her cheerleading tryout."

"Grimmjow," Another voice chimed in. "It's painfully obvious to us that you are infatuated with Nelliel."

"YES!" Nirgge shouted.

"Ain't that the truth Poww," Edorad added "Grimm here looked like he was about to sneak off for some 'self serving' time."

"Aw come on guys! Not cool!" Grimmjow said, his face red from embarassment.

"All jokes aside," Poww said "Why you just go on and ask Nelliel out?"

"Yeah man, I'm pretty sure she likes you too," Edorad added. "I mean she's always sitting with you at lunch and stuff."

Grimmjow once again found himself lost in thought, he could definitely see himself going out with Nel, even making a future with her. However he had a small bit of doubt that he'd be good for her, mostly due to statements his father made regarding Grimmjow's mother. Little did anyone present know, Grimmjow feared that he was a little too much like his absentee mother.

Back to Nelliel...

While Nel stood with the other cheerleading squad hopefuls, Lilynette and Harribel made their way over to where the soccer tryouts were about to commence. Of course, stalking the candidates for the squad was an all too familiar lecherous and lanky student. Nnoitra was sitting on the base of the bleachers, with binoculars in hand and ever present perverse grin on his face.

"Awwww yeah..." Nnoitra said to himself. "There's some choice ones this year..."

Among the group of candidates for the squad were of course Apacci, Sung Sun and Mila Rose, as well as Loly and Menoly. Much to the despair of all the healthy males present and to the amusement of some, Charlotte Cuuhlhourne and Luppi were also present. To add to the further horror and amusement both Cuuhlhourne and Luppi's cheerleading attire was rather unusual to say the least.

Cuuhlhourne's attire consisted of a sparkling pink leotard with white roses on the shoulders and a larger white rose on his abdomen. Luppi's outfit was just as strange as Cuuhlhourne's, but instead of sparkling pink, Luppi wore a purple leotard with glittery forest green vines drapped around him. When the two caught sight of one another, it was only a matter of time before insults were thrown.

"I don't know WHY you even bothered to show up," Cuuhlhourne said. "ESPECIALLY wearing THAT garish ensemble!"

"Oh that's rich!" Luppi retorted "ESPECIALLY coming from someone who looks like a living parade float!"

"Oh is that so?" Cuuhlhourne said "That sounds like the calling card of a poor, jealous individual who knows not what TRUE BEAUTY is!"

"BEAUTY?" Luppi replied. "If YOU'RE the idea of Beauty then I might as well gouge my eyes out right now!"

"Oh you vapid little tart!" Cuuhlhourne shouted. "How DARE you insult The Princess of Hueco Mundo High!?"

"Princess?!" Luppi replied. "Your face looks like something cows spit up!"

"I on the other hand am the TRUE Princess!"

"Oh no you're not!" Cuuhlhourne retourted. "You don't even have a tiara on upon your head!"

"I'm still cuter than you'll ever be!" Luppi replied sticking his tongue out.

"Oh now you've done it!" Cuuhlhourne said as he proceeded to perform high kicks. "Time to put your money where your mouth is!"

"Bring it on Sasquatch!" Luppi taunted "Bring it on!"

"Ugh... someone really needs to shut that freak Cuuhlhourne up!" Loly shouted, clearly annoyed with the situation taking place.

"It's bad enough Nel's a guarantee for the squad, but the last thing we need is that overgrown gorilla making a fool out of us. At least Luppi has better fashion sense!"

"Loly... there's no need to take this to seriously..." Menoly said, trying to reason with her friend.

"Besides Cuuhlhourne has the physical strength to do some of the more tough stunts."

Soon both Loly and Menoly found themselves arguing over which of the two peculiar males was the better cheerleader. Meanwhile Cuulhourne and Luppi continued their impromptu contest. Luppi quickly retaliated his own high kicks, much to the amusement of some and the horror for others. The other candidates for the cheerleading were then split into two "camps" one being "Team Cuuhlhourne" and the other being "Team Luppi". Eventually the series of high kicks ended up with the two fabulous rivals kicking each other right in their faces.

The kicking and insult banter between Cuuhlhourne and Luppi continued for a few more minutes. Before long, the cheerleading coach showed up and it was none other than Starrk's uncle, Shunsuei Kyoraku.

"Don't forget, you owe me five bucks Apacci" Mila Rose whispered towards Apacci.

Apacci was busy enjoying the scuffle between Cuuhlhourne and Luppi, thus she ignored her friend's statement.

"My my," Kyoraku said, observing the fight taking place between the two peculiarly dressed students. "This is certainly an interesting sight to see."

"Wait... HE'S the cheerleading coach?!" Apacci shouted.

"Ugh... this is all we need, a pervert for a cheerleading coach." Mila Rose added.

"Well now, you two definitely have spirit," Kyoraku said. "For that matter, all of you look great, you're all on the team."

"Ugh... for God's sake Shun, they have to show us what they can do first." another, more stern voice chimed in.

"Oh my Lisa," Kyoraku replied, smirking. "It's a little soon for THAT kind of show isn't it?"

"Just because I have a very healthy interest doesn't mean YOU get to have your mind in the gutter." Lisa replied as she tossed a book in Kyoraku's direction.

"Aw come now Lisa," Kyoraku replied as he dodged the books. "You know I didn't mean it like that."

As Kyoraku continued to dodge flying projectiles a loud, high pitched whine was heard.

All heads turned towards the sound, which seemed to be getting louder and closer, when from out of nowhere a small pink-haired projectile slammed into Shunsuei, who fell to the ground and wisely decided to stay there as the high-speed object bounced up and down on his stomach.

"HithereShunShunthenicebluehairgavemesupercandyicanflydoyouhavemorecandyiwantmorecandy!" Yachiru rapidly rattled off, looking around as she seemed to almost blur with the rapid motions.

"Oohlookhumancakeiwantcakenomnomnom!" Yachiru squealed as she launched herself towards Cuuhlhourne and Luppi, who called a truce as they ducked, both doing full splits. Yachiru missed her target, which sent her straight into the voyeuristic Nnoitra, who screamed as he was not only slammed into by the sugar-high kid, but sent through some of the bleachers, leaving a Nnoitra shaped indent in some.

"Yourenotyummylookingweirdstickmanwhereiscandyiwantcandy!", Yachiru squealed as she began to jump up and down a lot rougher than she did with Shunsuei.

Giggling a bit, Nel looked around and got a wickedly mischevious idea. "Hey Yachiru, look over there, it's a giant jawbreaker!", she shouted, pointing towards Ikkaku.

Yachiru's head popped up immediately as she spotted Ikkaku's shiny bald head, and her eyes lit up as she began drooling. "Yayilovejawbreakersyoureallminefunnylookingjawbreakernomnomnom!" She shouted out as she launched herself off of Nnoitra, who groaned, and near flew until she slammed into Ikkaku, who suddenly had a little kid chewing on his head with a death grip.

"Ahhhh get it off, get it off!", Ikkaku screamed as he ran around, Yachiru nomming on his head as if trying to get to the soft center. "Free pass on tryouts for whoever gets her off my head!"

Hearing this, Mayuri, who had been watching the chaos unfold from the shadows, stepped forward. "Little girl, if you get go of the bald idiot, I have another piece of supercandy for you." Grinning, he held up a small piece of candy to prove his point.

Looking up immediately, Yachiru spotted the candy, squealed, and jumped off of Ikkaku just as Mayuri tossed it into the air, catching the candy in her mouth with a big smile on her face.

"Well, that solves that issue, with my exception, I believe we can leave this place Nemu.", Mayuri stated, looking with satisfaction as the second dose began to work.

"Perhaps we should stay longer to observe the outcome of this experiment, Lord Mayuri.", Nemu calmly stated.

"Hm, perhaps you're right, but first we take cover. Come, silly girl."

With that, the duo ducked behind a mound of football supplies as they watched, along with everyone else, as Yachiru definitely began to blur around the edges. Coach Zaraki, hearing some of the commotion, came over to start yelling at everyone but stopped once he saw Yachiru.

"Holy hell, who the fuck gave her candy?", he shouted, and a few of the braver souls pointed to Mayuri, who simply bowed and grinned. Eye twitching, in a rare moment of clarity the coach realized that this was one battle he could not win.

"Everyone, get the fuck out of the room, building if you can. Tryouts will be held tomorrow, or whenever she comes down from this. Now, I don't know about you, but I'm getting out right now!", Coach Zaraki yelled before running as fast as he could towards the door.

The student body watched as Coach Zaraki, informally known as the Fearless, ran from his own assistant coach. Turning their heads back to the young girl, a rare consensus was reached that they should follow suit.

"Um, is she hovering dude?", Yylfordt hesitantly asked Grimmjow.

"I think so, we'd better get out ourselves." Grimmjow replied.

"Yeah no shit man!" Ggio said as he sprinted past Grimmjow and Yylfordt.

"See ya tomorrow Grimm, if that kid doesn't accidently wreck the school that is." Yylfordt said as he made a mad dash.

"See ya Yylfordt!" Grimmjow said as he made his way over to Nel.

With Starrk, Harribel, Nel and Grimmjow...

After the chaos that errupted at the hands of a sugar high Yachiru, and the sudden end to the tryouts, everyone present made their way to the student parking lot. Of course, for some students, they had already made their respective teams mainly due to being on the team the previous year. Starrk had botched his tryout on purpose, mainly due to not being interested in the whole thing.

Nelliel was bouncing happily beside Grimmjow having passed both of her tryouts with relative ease. Grimmjow was still a bit lost in thought over what Poww and Edorad told him, but he couldn't help but smile as he saw how happy Nel was. Starrk was walking alongside Harribel as they talked about their respective tryouts. Harribel was a little disappointed that Starrk didn't give it his all, but understood his reasoning, especially considering she herself droppped out of the cheerleading tryout. Pretty soon both couples were about to joined by a very familar girl.

"Starrrrrrrrrrrrrk!" Lilynette shouted happily as she lept towards her brother.

"Woah hey there squirt," Starrk said as Lilynette tackle hugged him. "How did your tryout go?"

"Fan-freaking-tastic!" Lilynette replied happily.

"Well that's good to hear." Starrk said.

"What about you Starrk? How did yours go?" Lilynette asked.

"It was meh." Starrk replied mid yawn.

"Starrk didn't make the track team," Harribel said. "Though I'm more than sure he would have had he went all out."

"DAMMIT STARRK!" Lilynette shouted as she whacked her brother. "You should have least put some EFFORT in!"

"I mean come the hell on! What if Szayel went berserk again and wanted to 'experiment' on you?"

"That's sprinting, not track and field." Starrk replied.

"Besides, I don't think Szayel would be interested in using me for a test subject anyway."

"You don't know that!" Lilynette stated "He could tripping balls on one of his potions or something, your ass would be too damn slow to get away!"

"Oh I don't know," Harribel chimed in. "I think if Starrk was in any real danger he'd be able to get himself to safety with no real problem."

"Or he could just throw Yylfordt in front of Pinky to distract him." Lilynette replied.

"But he still forgot the fact that girls love guys who are athletic." Lilynette said, trying to justify her statements to Starrk.

"Well that might be true to some girls but there are other girls don't care much for show offs," Harribel replied.

Lilynette thought about Harribel's statement for a moment and suddenly a smirk made it's way onto the petite young girl's face. She initially thought that Harribel would be disappointed that Starrk purposefully failed his tryout, but that thought quickly disappered.

"So, are you one of those girls who don't like show-offy jocks?" Lilynette asked, her precocious smirk ever present.

Harribel remained silent and blushed a little at Lilynette's inquiry. Said silence and the blush on her face answered the smaller girl's question.

"Anyway..." Harribel said, regaining her composure "You said your tryout went well correct?"

"Mmhmm!" Lilynette replied, grinning. "Mr. Ukitake was so impressed with my skills on the field, he put me on the team, even though I'm a freshman." Lilynette replied enthusiasticly.

"That's wonderful squirt." Starrk said.

"How many times do I have to tell you, STOP calling me 'squirt'?!" Lilynette yelled as she gave the older, sleepy eyed student a glare.

"Aw now Lilynette," Nelliel spoke up, "You know he only means that as a term of endearment."

"I dunno," Lilynette replied. "It sounds so... so dirty."

"Hahaha, that's cause you're mind's always in the gutter munchkin." Grimmjow said, laughing.

"Oh what do you know Grimm?" Lilynette said as she playfully blew the blue haired boy a raspberry.

"Anyway," Grimmjow said as he looked towards Nel. "Hey um Nel, there's gonna be a get together next friday after the game, and I was um wondering if..."

"Oh OF COURSE I'll be your date for the Homecoming get together silly!" Nel replied as she embraced Grimmjow and hugged him tightly.

"Awesome!" Grimmjow replied, his famous smirk ever present.

"Well you know, If you hadn't asked me, I was either going to ask you myself." Nel said.

"Awwwwww," Lilynette said as she witnessed the touching moment take place. "How adorable..."

Obseriving Starrk and Harribel walking side by side, Nel grinned a bit as she noticed both her friends' fingers intertwining with one another. Lilynette had also glanced at her brother and Harribel holding hands again. Both girls knew that this was a habit both Starrk and Harribel had rapidly developed, whether they were aware of such or not. Before long the group had made their way to their respective cars. Lilynette decided to stay with Grimmjow and Nel for a little bit, mostly to give Starrk and Harribel a few moments for themselves.

"Hey Grimm," Lilynette said as she glanced over to Starrk and Harribel. "You think Starrk's gonna ask Harribel to the homecoming get-together?"

"I dunno," Grimmjow replied. "Your brother's always been a bit awkward about these kind of things."

"Aw, I really hope he does." Nel added.

"Same here," Lilynette said. "Starrk needs someone in his life who'll treat him right."

"Ain't that the truth..." Grimmjow stated.

"Well I can't think of anyone better for Starrkey than Tia Harribel." Nel said.

"Well," Grimmjow said. "Here's hoping he actually asks her."

"Yeah..." Lilynette sighed, looking back over towards Starrk and Harribel. "Here's hoping he doesn't wuss out..."

With Starrk and Harribel...

While Nel, Grimmjow and Lilynette were conversing, Starrk and Harribel had walked over to Harribel's car. Starrk only heard part of their conversation, mainly the talk about a get together after the game against Seireitei High. He then glanced over at Harribel and decided that he was going to ask her if she would like to go. Unfortunately for him, finding the right words proved to be a rather difficult task for the young, sleepy eye'd student.

"It's now or never Lobo..." Starrk thought to himself.

"So... um..." Starrk began nerviously as he ran a hand through his hair. "Would... would you... um... er..."

"Yes Starrk?" Harribel asked, an eyebrow raised.

"I... I was wondering... um..." Starrk replied mumbling over his words. "Would you... like to... um..."

"Would I like to what?" Harribel asked, a small smile finding it's way across her lips.

Harribel knew what Starrk was going to ask her, he was intending to ask her out on an actual date. Which of course explained why he was so nervous, she didn't mind it however, so long as he didn't throw up, or worse, faint from anxiety.

"Would you like to... maybe..." Starrk replied, finally finding the nerve to ask his question. "Would you like to go to the homecoming get together with me next friday, as my date?"

"Of course I would," Harribel replied, taking Starrk's other hand into her own. "I'd be delighted to be your date."

Starrk couldn't help but smile, despite his initial nervousness and the deep shade of red that was ever present across his face. Of course now that the question was asked, his anxieties quickly faded, that didn't mean that Starrk wasn't going to feel a tad silly about his nervousness later on.

"So do you want me to pick you up after dinner or?" Starrk asked.

"Actually," Harribel replied. "I was kind of hoping we'd get together after school that day, if you're ok with that of course.

"Sure." Starrk said. "In case we get loaded up on homework or something?"

"Possibly, yes." Harribel stated. "But also to, you know, spend some time with you, and maybe Lilynette as well."

"That sounds great," Starrk said. "I'm sure Lilynette will enjoy that as well."

"I'm glad," Harribel said. "So I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Sure thing Bel." Starrk replied.

"Cool, oh and I'll call at the usual time, alright?" Harribel said as she started up her car.

"But of course," Starrk replied "See ya later Bel."

"Til tomorrow Starrk." Harribel said before she exited the parking lot.

"Until tomorrow Mi Lobo, until tomorrow," Harribel thought to herself.

After Harribel had exited and made her way towards her home, Starrk walked over to where Grimmjow, Nelliel and Lilynette were talking. The sleepy eyed student told his friends the good news about Harribel and himself going to the Homecoming celebration together. The news, of course, earned a huge "squee" from Nel and a huge grin from Lilynette. Grimmjow of course celebrated his friend's good fortune by giving him a celebratory fist bump.

Soon after Starrk and Lilynette made their way to his car and drove off for home. Starrk was hoping to catch a nap before Harribel called and Lilynette wanted to wrap up any remaining homework so she could get some extra soccer practice in before dark. Grimmjow and Nelliel also followed suit, with the former driving the later home. For both Starrk and Grimmjow, though the day was rather odd, it turned out to be very good day for them both.

To Be Continued.

Notes: Once again I want to thank my co-writer Vetis for helping out with the editing and for her contributions to this chapter.

I also want to thank Konan-Akatsuki on DeviantArt for her continued support of this fic and for her artistic contributions both past and future. I look forward to seeing what she comes up with.