This isn't going to be a regular chap. It's basically going to go into what happened when Shichiro got hold of Ichigo's cell when they were on their first date.

So, it will take place between the first date and Execution Cannonball match.

I want to give a shout out to my buddy and fellow writer Cha's Aegis, she helped with some of the texts in the chap.

I hope you all enjoy it since everyone will get to see what a Soul Reaper group chat is like.

Shichiro was on cloud nine after his first date. Especially since Ichigo had agreed to accept him as a life mate, along with Opera. Ever since that day, he caught himself staring more and more at the simple, diamond embedded vine band that encircled his ring finger. Which served as a reminder to him that he was accepted and loved.

Scars and all.

Of course, it was also at times like this that he couldn't help but wonder what mischief his beloved future bride was getting herself into when he wasn't around because of his work.

So, it was totally understandable- at least to him- that he would want to check in on her via the group chat that she was usually a part of most hours of the day and night.

Especially after he saw that one inappropriate message to her while they had been on their date.

Sure, Ichigo had explained to him that the person that had sent the message was older than her grandpa by thousands of years. But humans didn't live that long. So, he could only assume that she was exaggerating about the guy's age in an effort to sooth his temper.

Rather than letting him assume something totally wrong about her as a person.

Either way, he occasionally found his mind straying from his work to the group chat. And whenever that tended to happen, he couldn't focus on his work anymore because of the fact that his curiosity about the group chat was overwhelming.

Tonight, was a night when his curiosity had decided to nag at him viciously.

It had been a while since his date with Ichigo, and he couldn't help that there were things that he still didn't know about her. Nor could he entirely help the fact that he often felt insecure in his relationship.

A lifetime of rejection, scathing comments, fear and hurt would simply do that to a person.

So for now- just to sate his own curiosity- and possibly quiet the nagging in his mind that he wasn't good enough for Ichigo or Opera.

Then he would participate in the group chat that his darling took part in. If only to see what she got up to whenever no one was around to see her doing certain things.

Humming as he went through his internal list of things to help him unwind and relax, he made some hell grey tea, and grabbed some snacks before going to settle himself in the nest that he had created around his couch, and sat down. He laid the tea and snacks on the small table next to him and then picked up his cell phone and began the task of joining the group.

The group was named Soul Reaper Chat.

Which was...strange, given the fact that Soul Reapers were mythical creatures just like humans. But unlike human's they had supposedly gone extinct millennia ago. But he shrugged the name off since he had no idea who had even managed to name the group. Or how many people had even participated in figuring out the name to begin with.

After signing in to his account under the screen name Silver Dove, a recent nickname that Ichigo had given him due to his trilling. He then went down to the message box and waited to see what was going to happen.

Sure enough, within ten minutes there were messages for Ichigo from someone going by, Boobylicious and a few others. And they had sent a picture of something metal and leaking some sort of fluid.

Boobylicious- Ichigo, what's this tinky-hoosit thingy? It stopped working, got temper mental, and peed in Toshiro's mouth. How do I fix it?

Soi-fon- Is that a toaster?

Ikkaku- Maybe its a waffle maker?

Renji- Maybe you got a knob open that shouldn't be.

Byakuya- Peasants. It's obviously a motor of some kind.

Rukia- It's a car motor. Looks like it's damaged.

Boobylicious- Ichigo, Toshiro is starting to turn blue...

Boobylicious- Ichigo, I think he may need emergency care.

There was a video of a short, white-haired kid holding his throat and wheezing for breath while slowly turning purple. Shichiro couldn't help but cringe and start to furiously type up a message for Boobylicious when Ichigo messaged with.

Ichigo- Rangiku, stop messaging me for advice and call an ambulance. Toshiro will die if you don't.

Shichiro stopped typing and held his breath for a few seconds when Boobylicious messaged back.

Boobylicious- I'll take him to Kisuke's for medical care shortly. But what do I do about this tinky-whoosit?

Ichigo- You don't do anything, Rangiku. You don't even touch it. I'll message Chad and he'll take care of it.

Boobylicious- Oh... Why didn't I think of that?

Ichigo- Because Toshiro is dying. Come on Blondie, time is a factor here. Save the boy already!

Boobylicious- I'm going, I'm going.

Boobylicious logged off, and Shichiro exhaled shakily and went back to waiting before Ichigo messaged everyone in the group.

Well, it's finally happened. Rangiku has finally killed Hitsugaya. R.I.P. my friend, you lasted far longer than the previous men before.

Barely five minutes later the entire group was blowing up with responses, reaction emoji's, and other things.

Ukitake- No! He was so young!

Rukia- bummer. Poor guy, did he at least die with a smile?

Ichigo- Uh...no. Check the video.

Renji- Aww... Well, we all knew that it was a matter of time but still, damn.

Byakuya- A shame. He was had such potential.

Ukitake- Who will I hand candy too now?

Rukia- Not it! ^_^

Renji- Not it! ^_^

Byakuya- I don't like candy.

Ichigo- Not it.

Renji- Ichigo's it! She'll take the candy! ;)

Ukitake- Ichigo, please. :(

Ichigo- Why me? I didn't sign up for this! And stop with the puppy dog eyes!

Womanizer has just signed in.

Ichigo- Aw crap. Someone warn Nanao.

Nanao- I'm gone!

Womanizer- NANAO!

Rukia- She's gone.

Renji- I think she just ran by the barracks.

Womanizer- My lovely Nanao!

Womanizer signed out.

Kisuke, Orihime, Chad, have all signed in.

Chad-...

Orihime- Hi everyone!

Kisuke- Hi, Orihime! Did I just hear that Hitsugaya died?

Orihime- What?! Oh no!

Chad- Was it a Hollow?

Ichigo- No, it was Rangiku.

Kisuke- Lol, lol, lol, lol, lol!

Ichigo- Kisuke, I love how you can laugh at the blatant loss of life without a hint of remorse.

Chad- I'm afraid to ask what the weapon of choice was...

Orihime- Are we sure that Rangiku was the one who killed him?

Ichigo- Check the video above.

Everything went quiet for a few minutes, allowing Shichiro to take a drink of his cooling tea and munch on a couple of his snacks while committing several things of note to mind for later. Like the mention of Hollows.

Finally, things began to pick up again, only this time everyone was far more interested in Ichigo and how she was doing.

Chad- Ichigo, how's the Netherworld treating you?

Orihime- Yeah, tell us what you've been up to!

Kisuke- We haven't really heard anything since the last mass text. Mazeltov BTW. My gift for you and your husband hasn't been sent yet. ;)

Chad- Mine either. Sorry.

Orihime- Does the Netherworld even accept mail from the human world?

Ichigo- I'm not sure. But then you guys don't have to send me anything.

Kisuke- We want to.

Chad- Yeah.

Orihime- You're our friend Ichigo. So of course, we're going to send you something nice to congratulate you on your marriage.

Ichigo- I'd rather all of you come and visit me. Especially since the actual wedding is a few months away.

Chad- Say what?

Kisuke- You mean you aren't actually married yet?

Ichigo- Technically yes, it is recognized by some as an actual marriage but not by others.

Orihime- Oh...complicated.

Ichigo- Yeah, very. Plus, we have a third now. He's a total sweetie. I think you guys would get along with him really well. He likes humans and would probably have a ton of questions for you both. But he's also really nice, and kind...

Shichiro read and re read Ichigo's message a few times and smiled to himself. He was a sweetie, huh? I'll have to do something nice for her the next time I see her. He thought as a few messages begun to show up.

Rukia- Wait, you have a third? As in a third person in your relationship?

Renji- Ichigo you skank, just how many men must you tie to your apron strings anyway?

Ichigo- Renji, shut up loser. Your just jealous that you don't have as much swag as me. ;)

Kisuke- I know I'm jealous. But I'm also secure enough in my masculinity to admit it.

Renji- Only because your whipped.

Chad- uh-huh.

Kisuke- yeah I am. ^-^ I wouldn't have it any other way.

Rukia- Ew.

Orihime- Mr. Kisuke is a pervert.

Kisuke- The perviest pervert in all of pervertdom!

Chad- Can we compare notes?

Ichigo- Chad!

Chad- What? I bet I could give him a run for his money.

Deciding to finally introduce himself to the group, Shichiro quickly typed out.

Silver dove- Actually, I bet that I could give all of you a run for your money. Perversion-wise.

Rukia- who're you?

Renji- Are you new?

Ichigo- Remember stranger danger kids.

Orihime- Hi!

Ichigo- *sigh* Hime...

Orihime- Oops. ;)

Chad- We could compare notes if you want.

Ichigo- Chad!

Chad- Ichigo, again, why are you so outraged? You're not my momma.

Kisuke- I've got some nude pics of a few goddesses that I can share if you really want to compare notes man.

Silver Dove- I've got some pics of a goddess too. Though they aren't nudes. Sorry, not sorry. I don't share well.

And with that Shichiro posted a few pics of Ichigo that he'd subtly taken of her since their first date and even a few that Opera had shared with him. All of them were nice pictures, though they certainly weren't risqué in any way. Still, he wanted to share them.

Kisuke- oh-ho! nice pics of Ichigo. Now here's a few of mine.

Shichiro blinked and re read the message three times while the pictures from the unknown person loaded. After that he took a moment to look through the pictures shared with the group and frowned when he saw Ichigo at various stages of her life.

The first few were simply of her as a little kid laughing at something. He saved those as well as a few others to share with Opera later but when he came to the last picture, he sort of felt his blood boil a little bit.

In the final pic that had been shared was his darling, wearing a bikini top that barely covered her chest, and pants. She was at the beach from the looks of the waves in the background. Her pants were hiked up a bit on her legs so that the water wouldn't get them wet, and she was looking off to the side.

Shichiro saved that pic too. And then he sent a message to...Kisuke.

Silver Dove- Kisuke, you die first.

And then he logged out of the chat though he watched in sadistic glee as the moron that had shared such a personal pic of his darling, freaked out.

Kisuke- Uh, Ichigo do you have another stalker? Maybe one that I should know about. :(

Ichigo- I couldn't say. I've only had one-

Rukia- Five.

Renji-Five.

Chad- Five Ichigo. Five stalkers.

Orihime- Mwah, ha, ha. I vant to suk yor blood!

Soi-fon- Five.

Byakuya- Five? How have you managed to survive?!

Ukitake- Well, technically Aizen counted as three of them. Here's some candy Ichigo! Don't get kidnapped!

Byakuya- Aizen counted as three? How did you manage to survive?!

Renji- Byakuya, weren't you there?

Byakuya- I was distracted.

Ichigo- *sigh* Can anyone tell us if Toshiro is still among the living or not? I need to go to bed soon, and I don't want to worry...

Renji- Aw, just go to bed. We'll let you know if we need to arrange for any candlelight vigils.

Rukia- Yeah, you have school tomorrow.

Orihime- You need your rest to keep up with classes!

Chad- I can't believe that you're going through high school again. Well, better you than me.

Ichigo- Chad, you would have a better time fitting in than I do.

Chad- I don't believe that.

Orihime- Yeah, Ichigo, your more savage than any other savage we know!

Ichigo- Uh...thanks? I'll let Uryu know that I've de throned him.

Chad- It's just one more reason for him to hate you.

Orihime- Uryu doesn't hate Ichigo. He just wanted to crush her underneath his heel. Ya know, destroy her and stuff.

Kisuke- Uh, can we please get back to the person that threatened to kill me? Does anybody know who he is?

Ichigo- Just don't leave your home for a while Kisuke, you'll be fine.

Orihime- Unless the killer decides to go buy some candy to get close to him. Then Kisuke will be helpless. He is after all, a candy shop owner!

Kisuke- Thanks for the paranoia that I'll be suffering from now on, Hime.

Orihime- Oh, no problem.

Rukia- Yeah, people randomly murder candy shop owners all the time. ;)

Kisuke- Why do you all seem to hate me?

Ichigo logged off, and with her some of the others left the chat group too.

Still, this had been an interesting endeavor to say the least. Especially since Shichiro had figured out that some of the people in the chat group were human. And the others weren't.

He supposed that he would have to keep an eye on things and share the chat group like with Opera so that he could join in next time. The thought of he and Opera both joining in the group chat made him feel warm and fuzzy inside. As warm and fuzzy as Ichigo had made him feel when she had mentioned him before.

Speaking of his darling, maybe he should go home and see what she was up to now since she was no longer chatting with the group.