"Hell yeah!" Grimmjow crows in response to Zaraki, sounding downright gleeful ( Read more... )

Gin stares down at Yachiru, still smiling. With a nonchalant shrug, he tucks the candy back into the folds of his robe. "If ya say so, Kusajishi-chan," he replies, amicably enough. When his hand emerges from tucking the candy away its on the hilt of Shinsou, the blade sliding free of its sheath. "Go on, you can take the first shot," he coaxes, ( Read more... )

Finally, the map sprung into the air. Yumichika gave a sigh of relief and noted the sequence mentally. Honestly, couldn't Kurotsuchi have made it easier on him? Of course not - he was sure the very thought of Yumichika sweating and creasing permanent frown wrinkles into his forehead was a delightful image for the sadistic 12th Division Captain ( Read more... )

The skies are white and grey. The sands are white and grey. The billowing hills make it hard to be sure what could be beyond them. Perhaps the next dip will hide Aizen's hideaway.

The Hole still hangs in the air, not closed yet, a shimmering spot of colour in a pale land.

The return of Zaraki would go mostly unheralded. He and Madarame Ikkaku arrive just as they tend to - smelling of sake and none the worse for wear. There aren't many challenges in Seireitai that would leave the two of these men suffering. Not any, probably. The Captain and Third Seat of Eleventh Squad are quite a formidable force even separate, but ( Read more... )

Left alone in the wake of Zaraki and Ikkaku's departure out the door, Yumichika smiles winsomely down at Yachiru, then winks, feathers bobbing. "We sure are going hunting Hollows. Just as soon as you and I do a little bit of scheming so no one else realizes what we're up to."

There are indeed various things waiting for Zaraki at Eleventh. There are shinigami from both Fourth and Twelfth, waiting to give reports; there's Yachiru demanding to know what happened; there's Yumichika attempting to give a report while clearly wanting to know what happened; there's a request from Soi Fong that he come by and tell her what ( Read more... )

With a controlled exhalation, Unohana turns to Hanatarou and the Twelfth Division emissaries. "Gentlemen," she says. "We have here an outbreak of what appears to be a virus of high virulence but low power, resulting in significant aggravation but low mortality risk. We are currently engaging in palliatives. We have no definite results as to whether ( Read more... )