With the Captains suffering casualties and heavy injuries on their side, all hope seemed to be lost... until Shinji Hirako appeared, along with the rest of the former Shinigami. Though the aid of the Vizards certainly helped to draw the battle in their favor, it seemed Aizen's power alone proved too much for them.
Sayuri as per her usual seemed to hover near Soifon, really she is the only person can truly say she knows and vice versa, aside from her secretly held infatuation of the Captain. She watched quietly as Soifon was indecisive about what swimsuit to pick out, and trying to be kind while gnawing her lip a little turning into the bumbling foolish girl she generally always does around Soifon, she timidly and meekly remarked, "Um... I think you'll pretty in anything you decide, Captain."
Meanwhile, Ai... well... nothing really changes much with Ai... she remained out there in the sun under her sun umbrella all stretched out on her beach towel, hands resting behind her head, zanpakuto zatoichi sword lying by her side... She might even be asleep.
"I wish I could be of more assistance, but I am not so experienced with such things" Lucia said in a disappointed voice as she tried to lick the dripping ice cream to prevent it from leaking onto her skin. "But I will try to help, I can give you my opinion if that is ok" Lucia said quietly as she started to look over the different swimsuits on display. One was a very simple white bikini with no designs or patterns on it. It was actually as plain as a swim suit could get. But Lucia though that Halibel would look good in white "Is this one okay Miss Halibel? Or is it not your style?" she asked as she tried to finish her melting ice cream cone.
Aeria, after paying for her one-piece, skipped happily outside, throwing her arms out to her sides and spinning in circles. She opened her mouth and inhaled deeply, squinting her eyes to the sky, feeling the sand beneath her feet as she spun.
"This air is so wonderful! I wish I could just gobble it right UP!" She made a chewing expression and kept spinning along the beach. "I wonder where I sho--" She had run into an umbrella, not having looked forward as she was spinning. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She flailed wildly as she fell into the umbrella and whoever was lying underneath it. Perhaps unfortunately, it was Ai, a person she did not know the name, nor personality of.
Nanao, watching this from a distance, sighed, smacking her face with her left palm, shaking her head. In her right arm, she carried a bag which had an umbrella poking up out of it and behind her, as well as a bright towel and, of course, a small collection of trashy romance novels. She smiled, running through the titles in her mind: Secret Rendezvous, The Wild Wild Westerly Wind, and a novel she's currently working on: The Rose-Petal Captain.
Choosing a choice spot far away from her idiot protege, she opened up the parasol and stabbed it into the soft, golden sand. Then she positioned it carefully, to block the sun most proficiently. She placed her towel in the shade and lay down, putting her bag of books on the sand beside her. Taking a deep breath, she lay on her back, admiring the clouds in the distance and the rose-petal designs covering the parasol she had brought. She blushed, then reached into the bag, picking up the novel she was working on and hurriedly started writing. She had just gotten a -great- idea. She started a new chapter, titled: Shunsui's birthday.
Appearing beside Nanao, as though she came out of no where, Nemu in a black very plain one-piece swimsuit stood, uttered in her calm, subdued tone, "The frozen chocolate stand you requested is finished... Though, with the lack of umbrellas and ice... The specifications you handed me failed to clarify which precisely you desired, so I left them out of the construction... It is likely the chocolate is melting under the sun as we speak.", and as Nemu did hypothesize, not but thirty yards from her the frozen chocolate stand she did erect is beginning to melt quickly under the sun with no umbrellas... or even ice to keep them. Nemu stood there looking at Nanao with that dull, wooden expression as if awaiting further instruction.
Only but a second later approaching Nanao from behind dressed in a blue tie-string bikini with a josei manga carried at her side, pushing oval frames up the bridge of her nose with her index finger of her stern visage not all that unlike Nanao's herself, Lisa remarked, "You've grown up...", for a long quiet moment, she looked upon Nanao, standing there - a long history never granted true closure. Though, whatever moment was created that point was interrupted by--
"WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?", Ai thoroughly pissed off having her chillin' under the sun interrupted by a young girl crashing into her umbrella and landing upon her.
Lisa turned her eyes from the scene back to Nanao, and commented with a blase tone, "Don't worry about Ai, she can handle things her own way."
"Shinigami Women's Association?" Aoide murmured mostly to herself as she walked down the street, puzzled by the invitation. She had never been invited to the meetings before, though she wasn't sure is Yachiru or Nanao knew she existed. She shifted uncomortably from one leg to another as she stood outside the door to a shop devoted to skimpy bathing suits. She let out a defeated sigh, she needed a swimsuit if this meeting was going to be on the beach. She wasn't so sure about this, she wasn't sure is she would fit in with anyone in the organization. She stepped into the shop, glancing around she grabbed the first bathsuit she saw, a yellow bikini, tried it on, the bought it.
After changing, she headed out of the shop, her clothing half hanging out of her beach bag that the clerk insisted she buy as well as sunscreen, and umbrella, and other thing that according to the clerk were essential to going to the beach. She climbed over the hill, stopping short as she stared at the ocean. She had never seen the ocean before, it was huge! She covered her brow with her hand to block the sun to get a better look. She then took a deep breath of air, it smelt so good! Almost as good as...Aoide's face burned red and she shook her head. Movement from the corner of her eye took her attention away from the ocean. Another Shinigami tripping and falling into another who was basking in the sun.
Aoide snorted and started laughing, her hands on her hip, her head thrown back. "So we are the most powerful women in the Gotei and we're defeated by our own feet and companions!" she joked walking over to the group of women.
Post by Rebel Raven on Aug 1, 2009 23:09:47 GMT -5
Soifon nodded at Sayuri as she complimented her, but wasn't helpful in the matter. It was no secret to the woman why Soifon was being cold.
Yumeji was forced to fend for herself to get a bikini, "Great, 'mma be one of the last on the beach now..." she threw her hands up in frustration.
--At the beach-- Eiko arrived at the beach wearing flip flops along with her hot as the sun bikini, and greeted the fellow women that arrived, "HiiiIIII!" she smiled at them. They were already made a mess, and she was amused at it.
Eiko paused in the middle of the beach... Okay, what -do- you do here besides look sexy as all getout? She really was lost now.
--Elsewhere--
Halibel turned to see what Lucia picked out...
But...
The door opened behind Lucia, along with the noise of high heels on the floor, "Heh! They invited the old guard?" a voice that was half teasing, half excited rang out from the woman who just entered. A woman that gave Halibel a run for her money in terms of figure, "Well, I'll be. Never thought I'd see you again, Halibel."
Her name is Matanza! She might be recognized as one of the toughest medics in Las Noches, though that's purely based on her spiritual power. A woman that no one knows much about. Not her origins, age or how long she's been about.
The woman walked up to the pair, then looked at Lucia, "Nice outfit. Bit ... simple though. It hardly flatters you at all!" she said as she looked over the young arrancar as she rested her chin cupped in her curled fingers. She shook her head, then sighed, before she looked at the racks, then pulled a swimsuit off the rack, then stuffed the bikini clad false torso into Lucia's arms. "Here, try this one," she said insistently to the girl as if she knew better.
The Bikini was certainly more revealing, and was more colorful with a dual tone pearlescent look to it that changed colors in the light from sky blue to white. At least with what little fabric there was. It was cut specifically to make the bust perkier, and the bottom was a g-string.
She put the outfit Lucia picked out for Halibel back on the rack, "This won't do for Halibel. She might agree to it, but I never will!" she said with a good natured smile.
Her attention went back to Halibel, "Oh you, I expected you to have trouble deciding," she spoke so freely to Halibel it was startling. She began to look through the rack over swimsuits, "My, my, so few to pick from... and we'll have to both get one from this size, won't we? Now... lets try to find you a bikini that looks good on you, but doesn't look better on me, hm?"
As Hitsugaya was chipping away at the ice, to make ice cubes, something he would never be seen doing, but he was told he was suppose to have fun well he was here, so Despite the Warm weather Hitsugaya was going to try to get some use out of this, as he is working he hears a voice that he knows it is that of his friend Yuki, who would of expected her to be here, with that he carryings on making ice as well as saying to yuki.
“Hey you want to help me with this, seems I can’t go out in the sunlight. And the company would be nice, *he points to a second ice knife that is used to carve ice cubes, “don’t worry my Sprit won’t get annoyed he used to this and he gives him some time in the world.
Stepping up beside Rukia is a fair complexioned tall, very lean, fit man with very long, fine raven black hair casually hanging past his shoulders. Even in his dark blue board-shorts and white casual short-sleeved unfastened button up shirt, he managed to exude formality and maintain a level of regal nuance to his posture and stance. His calm, wooden visage remaining lacking in expression.
Never uttering a word as he stood there as if expecting to be noticed not just by her but those around them as well. Call it arrogance or regal formality of a nobleman, Byakuya stood silently beside his adopted sister.
Lucia stared at the arrancar woman who had just arrived at the swim wear shop. Without even introducing herself, she picked out another bikini for her, without even listening to what she thought of it. Lucia stared at the plastic bikini wearing torso the women had handed her. There was hardly any fabric on the fake body, it was hard to believe this was supposed to properly cover her body, which already seemed overexposed in the swimsuit she was wearing now. "Don't you think this seems a little too... revealing?" Lucia questioned as she looked back up at the women, who was already trying to pick out a bikini for Halibel. In fact, the women had mentioned that she knew Halibel from before. "And I don't believe I caught your name, miss....?"she paused to wait for the arrancar to mention her name.
Post by Shinigami Kyra on Aug 3, 2009 0:38:35 GMT -5
"Soifon!" a voice called out from behind one of the racks, and a dark skin toned hand expressed another rather childish swimsuit. This little one piece was a bit different than the previous one; black and yellow horizontal stripes from top to bottom int he front, with the back plain black. A feline smile popped up as none other than Yoruichi stood up fully, having been a bit out of sight due to digging through one of the lower racks of the store. Before any sort of mental anguish could sink upon the poor Captain's shoulders for being forced to wear yet another childish swimsuit and likely receive a rather embarrassed laugh at the hands of one of her subordinates, Yoruichi lifted her other hand. "I got one for you too!"
Oh, and how the tides seemed to favor this day. It was a matching set! The same base horizontal stripes, but in a red and green fashion, with solid red coloring on the back. Of course, being summer, the outfit seemed a bit too ridiculous to be wearing, considering the colors it seemed to represent. And, before the two could even bother to put up any sort of protest, Yoruichi was already at the counter, prepared to pay in full
"Thanks," she said as she received her change, which was a bit hard to believe considering only fractions of a second had passed. How the hell did the money transaction occurred in such a short amount of time anyhow?! With that ever confident grin upon her features, she turned to the two women; Sayuri and Soifon, with both suits held out. "Try'em on!"
"Nii-sama," Rukia hadn't noticed her older adoptive brother standing next to her until that very second. Still, it should have been expected due to the level of Shunpo he held. It was obvious that Rukia still had such a long way to go.
"I'm going to go get some ice," Momo said to the two siblings as she waved a hand. "For some drinks. I'll be right back!"
Rukia nodded to the girl as she began to sprint along the sands. With that, Rukia could only gaze up to her older brother, like a peon would their God, with a gaze of pure worship and respect.
"Nii-sama," Rukia called out quietly. "I was going to try and build a sandcastle... but, I could really use your artistic abilities. Would you aid me in such a task?"
