The crescent moon of Hueco Mundo hung in the dark night sky, an eternally watchful eye watching over the denizens of the desert world. The bald man stood alone gazing at the moon, thinking to himself. The faint moonlight reflected off his pale grey skin, and his earrings rustled in the light breeze. He could feel their reitsu before he even saw them. Only the two of them, then…
"Where are the others?" he said as two others appeared before him.
"The Shinigami didn't want t' be bothered comin' all the way out here, apparently," the taller of the two said gruffly. She was a tallish and built teenage girl with short green messy hair that gave her a tomboyish look. She had a large white necklace that resembled a shark's jawbone resting on her collarbone, a small white dorsal fin-like protrusion on the top of her head, and she had markings on her neck that looked like gills. She wore a white tank-top that cut off just below her chest so that her whole midsection was revealed. There was a large hole in her stomach where her bellybutton would normally be.
"Typical," the bald man said in his deep voice. "I'll just have to deliver this message twice then. It's time for us to mobilize. The three of us are to move in and place ourselves throughout the city once Lord Mu gives the signal. From there, we are to scout out and locate our targets of interest."
"Targets of incest?" the little one said, and then she giggled. She was wearing a long white robe that was much too big for her, so her hands and feet were both obscured. She had long curly purple hair that went down her back. On her face, she had three small star tattoos trailing under her left eye, with each star from her eye smaller than the last. On her head she wore a small white biretta, but instead of a tuft at the top there was a cracked star with the top and upper left points broken off. She looked to be no older than 10, and she spoke in a childish voice.
"Knock it off, idiot. This is serious," the taller girl said, punching her smaller companion in the head.
"Ow!" the little one yelled. "Bully! Bully!"
"Both of you, quiet," the bald man growled. The two girls were instantly silent.
"I still don't know who we're talking about…" the little girl said with a sniffle.
"Pay more attention, idiot," the tall one said. The little girl stuck her tongue out and slapped the taller girl.
The bald man ignored them. "We are looking for Uryu Ishida, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, Renji Abarai, and Rukia Kuchiki," he said, folding his arms behind his back. "The latter two are currently stationed back in the Soul Society, but it is likely that they will be sent to Karakura Town once we release our reiryoku. The Gotei 13 takes no chances with arrancar activity due to their present situation. "
"What about Ichigo Kurosaki?" the taller one asked. She grinned, revealing pointed teeth. "If he's as strong as they say, I wouldn't mind crunchin' his bones t' dust."
"You're always so greedy!" the little one said with a laugh.
"Lord Mu has specifically ordered us to leave Ichigo Kurosaki to him," the bald man said. "We are simply to follow orders."
The taller girl sighed loudly and sat down cross-legged in the sand. "So now we wait, then?"
The bald man closed his eyes. "We wait."