26. Finale

The day of the fashion show was dry, too warm and sunny, and the show's crewmen had spent hours transforming the large open area outside into a showcase for the imminent walk-off between Rangiku and Yoruichi. There were others, too, provided by what had become a last ditch effort when Tyra and the Jays realized there was not a model or ( Read more... )

25. Classics Photo Shoot

The sound of hammering echoed across Seireitei just as dawn broke that morning, sending a certain Quincy's hangover headache to a new level.

At the site of the noise was Jay Manuel, in jeans and a sesame colored cotton shirt, standing with Ikkaku and Hisagi as he oversaw the construction of the three outdoor sets. His ( Read more... )

23. Black and White Photo Shoot

Yoruichi and Rangiku reclined in the lounge chairs poolside late the next morning beneath the partial shade of the umbrella in the scorching sun that promised a blistering day. In fact, a few spots on them were still pink-past-tanned from the Textures Shoot the day before.

"She'll never get on," Yoruichi said with a ( Read more... )

21. Textures Photo Shoot

The next morning dawned hot and muggy, the air thick with humidity before they were even out of bed. Yoruichi was already up and about, leaving Nemu, Nanao, Rangiku, and Orihime to dress in the spacious sleeping quarters as the sun's rays shown off the pool waters beyond the patio doors.

"It's going to be a hot one today," ( Read more... )

Captain-General Yamamoto looked out at the row of captains assembled before him for the meeting that morning, scowling, his long whiskers drooping lower as his old eyes narrowed on the Gotei 13.

Or, in this case, Seven.

"This is the saddest count for attendance ever," he finally griped at them, watching Captains Soifon and Kuchiki nod in unison. "I ( Read more... )

19. Feudal Photo Shoot

Tyra peeked hesitantly into the first room in the early hours of dawn, spotting Rangiku, Nanao, and Orihime in three of the four beds in the lavender bedroom before she moved down the hall. The pink room was empty. Only one bed was occupied in the green room, by Yoruichi. Tyra moved farther down the hall to see into the last ( Read more... )

15. The Boris Vallejo Photo Shoot

The next day Orihime found herself - under invitation - moving into the lavender room with Rangiku, Nanao, and Momo, happy not to be in the pink room by herself anymore. After that it was a leisure breakfast before they congregated at the pool to engage in a pool volleyball game under the warm mid-morning sun that ( Read more... )

13. Still Doll Photo Shoot

Orihime cracked the boiled egg on the table in the kitchen of the house the next morning, oblivious to Yachiru's actions as they sat at breakfast. Momo shrugged uneasily at the conversation Yoruichi had been having with Rangiku and Soifon as the early morning sun streamed in from the wide windows.

"She did kind of look like ( Read more... )

9. Cheongsam Photo Shoot

The eleven contestants were assembled in the house on various pieces of furniture in the living room the next morning, awaiting their Tyra mail, when the super model herself walked in the front door with a flourish and two cameramen, and several other people.

"Hey, hey, girlfriends!" she called to them, waving, her slender ( Read more... )

"... Guess who's back; Back again; Shady's back; Tell a friend ..." Tousen stopped singing along with the ear buds stuck in his ears and looked in the general direction he thought Aizen and Gin to be in the Green Room of the studio. "If this is Stevie Wonder, Gin, why does he keep referring to himself as Shady?"

Gin grinned.

Aizen rolled his eyes, ( Read more... )