[IC] Frienemy's till the end [ Kaore & Snow ]

[BeautifulSnow]

''Yes please!!'' Hana said and smiled as she gave him the salmon and the rice. She took a bowl of rice and separated it in small cups and started to put food color powder in it, she made yellow, green, blue, pink, red rice and smiled. ''I'll just make the rainbow sushi'' she said with a smile.

[Kaore]

Instead of slicing the Salmon into small chunks he cut it into short strips and placed some spices on it before rolling it up. He wasn't sure whether anyone would like to eat this but it was how he made it... he also made some the norma way for the brat and the others just in case.

He reached over to the crab and took it out of the soy sauce before placing it on a ball of rice and covering it with even more, making the crab the center of the rice ball.

"When did you start making rainbow sushi?" He asked as he made more Salmon sushi.

[BeautifulSnow]

Hana looked at him with a little smile. ''After the first time eating the regular sushi and almost throwing up.. I started to look for different ingredients and tried it first with chicken and later also with fruit and that tasted pretty good, to me at least'' she said and smiled. ''And I like to experiment with colors, if I hadn't had the skills too become a shinigami, I would probably have became a chef or something'' she said.

''After getting my hands on this food coloring powders, I started to use them in the rise as I was just simply eating a rice table and I liked the view so much, since the powders don't add a extra taste to it. And then I thought, If this works on a rice table, then why not try it on sushi'' she said with a smile. ''Some other shinigami that see themselves as my friends first though I was going crazy but when they saw the results on the plates, they kinda liked it. I dared them to eat it and once they did, they knew it was just to make the table look, happier and more fun'' she said and smiled.

[Kaore]

Nero wasnt sure what to say to that. It was definitely an odd thing to do with sushi in his opinion... but she liked it so he wouldn't make a big deal about such a little thing. He liked her smile though, it seemed very bright and was a rather stark contrast to when she was serious.

"Well... thats very... interesting." He said calmly "Fruit sushi sounds odd to me still but I get the colors... I think."

Making a table more colorful sounded like a waste of time to him. A table was for eating food... not being a colorful place. He wouldn't care if the table had all the colors of a rainbow if it had lots of great food on it.

"I'm sorry to say this Hana but if a table had lots of good food on it I probably wouldn't notice anything else about it." He told her calmly.

[BeautifulSnow]

Hana looked at him and giggled. ''I'll stuff you mouth with blue rice if you don't be nice soon'' she joked and giggled. She then made the rest of the sushi. ''Mostly I don't just place it on the table, I make a drawing with it, or something like that.. So I once made a table filled with black and white rice and made the sign of Squad ten, five, three and six because I was going to eat with the other lietenants from those squads'' she said. ''My 'friends' have learned to first watch the table before sitting down'' she said and took several big plates and placed the sushi on it in different ways. She was pretty concentrated on this and the tip of her tongue was peeping out.

[Kaore]

She looked quite cute with her tongue between her lips and he almost blushed. He grabbed the sushi he had made himself and placed them on a second plate as he watched what she was doing.

"Souds very artistic." He commented "I'm not the artistic type but it sounds like you really care about this sort of thing."

He would never understand artists if he tried to for the entirety of his existence. The ones he had known all seemed very strange to him... but they also seemed to operate on a level he couldn't comprehend. He respected them greatly but also didn't care for their work. He was a realist... or he thought of himself as one.

"It sounds like you live a lonely and boring life back in the Soul Society. "He told her "Sounds a bit depressing in my opinion. I may not have any real friends but I've rarely ever been bored."

[BeautifulSnow]

''Life is fun when you make it fun Zant-kun'' Hana said and looked up. '' I love being a little weird and many think that I am pretty crazy.. As you said, I like to be artistic. That might sounds as a weird thing to realistic people like yourself but, I like to show people the posibilities with food'' she said and smiled. Once she was done with two plates of rainbow sushi she smiled at him. ''Let's call the kids inside and eat'' she said and without knowing she pretty much sounded like she talked to her husband and then walked off to get the table ready.

[Kaore]

Unfortunately for the both of them Urahara had been listning to their conversation and was now looking at Nero with an amused smirk on his face. He whipped out his fan and hid his mouth behind it as he spoke.

"So are you enjoying married life Zant-kun?" Urahara teased.

"Shut it Urahara." Nero grunted with a glare and a slight blush "We aren't married."

"You sure were acting like you and Hana were husband and wife." Urahara pointed out jovially "Do I detect the begining of love?"

Urahara was getting very close to being launched through a wall or two.

"Urahara..." Nero growled threateningly.

"Ah Ah Ah be nice or I'll get Mrs. Hana Zant to scold you." Urahara scolded playfully... just before being launched into a wall by a punch courtesy of Nero.

"SHUT UP URAHARA!" He roaed angrily "HANA AND I DON"T ACT LIKE A MARRIED COUPLE!"

[BeautifulSnow]

Hana looked up at Urahara and then at Zant. ''Oh my goodness..'' she said and stood in between them now, her facing Zant and her back turned too Urahara. ''That simply made the upcoming nice evening fly away..'' she said and sighed. She didn't say more because she knew very well that she didn't know what the two man where hiding. Before completely leaving the room she turned to Urahara. ''And you know very well that if I would ever marry, which I won't because I like my life as it is right now, That I would not drop my last name'' she said and then just walked of to her room, closing the door and she even placed the mattress against it.

In her room, she grabbed her report and started to write down what she knew so far and because it wasn't much, she was done quickly and sat against the wall staring at the other wall. Why had Zant-kun acted to aggressive when Urahara had teased him, the owner of the shop was a big tease, the biggest she knew. She sighed and shook her head. It probably was a very bad thing to him too be matched with her.

[Kaore]

(Not sure what you meant with that last sentence.)

Nero turned to look at Hana with a sad expression. It wasn't his fault the mood had been ruined, Urahara was implying things that weren't true! Stupid man kept poking at him and he finaly snapped. Idiot should know better then to tease him like that as, unlike Yoruichi, he was generally after something when he teased somebody.

"Don't blame me!" Nero whined childishly "Urahara knows better then to bother me like that!"

The idiot was trying something. He obviously wanted him to become attached to Hana for some reason... but why!? It was going to bug him trying to figure out what the secretive ex-captain was trying to accomplish.

"He kept implying that we were married and it was pissing me off!" He whined again "Get mad at him not me! Its not that I don't like you its just I don't like being teased about it."

He then realised what he had said and turned away. He had just admitted to liking someone he had only known for a day or two.

[BeautifulSnow]

[ she is thinking that he thinks it is a really bad thing that they get matched together by Urahara ]

Hana did hear him even though she was in her room, she moved away the Mattress and opened the door. ''Well.. You have been lucky so far because I am sure you do not know what power that man actually holds'' she said and looked at him. Her face was saying nothing as she looked at him yet even though she tried to hide the blush, it didn't work. ''And, I didn't blame you alone, I blame both of you for ruining the evening'' she said and had walked back and looked at both. ''Stop looking so sad, it totally doesn't fit you'' she said and laid her finger on his nose and smiled some. ''listen.. Let's just have dinner and you two are going to ignore each other'' she said and looked at both of you. ''I really don't like to sound like a mom or a grade 1 teacher but I see that there is no other way'' she said and then sat down at the table.

[Kaore]

He was tempted to playfully snap at her finger when she put it on his nose.

"For the record Hana I know exactly how strong that idiot is." Nero said as he sat down across from her "I have fought him once. I then decided that I didn't want to fight him again... or at least not often."

He had fought Urahara two times. One as part of the mad scientists initial experiments on his abilities, which had been a disaster for Nero and quite painful, and a second time fifty years ago when he discovered his Resureccion. That was unpleasant as well but it was also bad for Urahara since he had pretty much obliterated the man who refused to use his Bankai.

"Usually Tessai is around to keep the idiot in line but apparently he's busy with something since he didn't stop Urahara." Nero grunted as he grabbed one of his Salmon sushi "But I am sorry for being partially responsible for ruining things."

That was when Jinta and Ururu came in.

"What did you ruin this time stupid?" Jinta asked.

Nero gave him a withering glare making the boy flinch.

"Behave. Imade the sushi your going to be eating so be grateful." He told the kid.

[BeautifulSnow]

Hana smiled a little and petted Zant-kun softly on his cheek. ''Let's eat and not discuss this anymore.. it has happened and what happened you can't turn back'' she said and sat down, she was still in the uniform but didn't feel like changing clothes right now. ''I am btw going out tonight, not as a shinigami but as a human.. Gonna drink with some other teacher'' she said and smiled. ''I'll not be home before midnight, so please leave the door open...'' she said and smiled. She ate from her rainbow sushi.

[Kaore]

(I'm not sure if you realise this but the way Nero refers to people without honorific is only used between close friends otherwise its rude. bsically he's being rude to people. Its not exactly that he's trying to be rude but he just doesn't care for formalities.)

Tessai nodded at Hana since Urahara was currently occupied trying to pry his head from the wall.

"Are you going out Zant-san?" Tessai asked.

Nero leaned back as he popped a piece of crab sushi into his mouth as he thought about what he was going to do. He needed to train now tht he was back at Urahara's. The mans training area was good for training at high power levels since it hid any Reiatsu that was inside it. Nero knew that he had more power hidden within him beyond his Resureccion but he couldn't access it right now. In order to do that he needed to train at full power.

"I'm going to train." He told the large man after swallowing "I can get stronger then I am now."

[BeautifulSnow]

[ I get that ]

Hana smiled some and was curious about Zant's training but didn't ask about it right now, he would tell her eventually. She ate some more and smiled at Ururu. Actually it was only the two girls that did enjoy the rainbow sushi but Hana didn't mind. ''I will go get myself ready now'' she said as she took out her ponytail so her curled hair was now falling down like a waterfall. She got up from the ground and walked of to her room.

She never did much to make herself 'beautiful'. She didn't believe in making yourself beautiful so the only thing she actually did was straighten her hair again and brushed it to one side, using so hairspray to keep it there. Then she putted on a white skirt, a black blouse and her favorite black and white heels. Once she was done, she left her room and closed it, walking up back to the living room and looked at the others that where there. ''Okay, I'll probably see you tomorrow again.. Zant-kun.. Could you, keep a eye on the hollows ? I mean.. I don't really trust Ichigo because he mostly fights way to long with them.. And I do not really feel like using this one'' she said and held up her mod soul pill. ''During my first night out since a long time'' she said and smiled at him.

[Kaore]

Nero was briefly entranced by how Hana looked in her clothes. So entranced that for a moment he was unable to hear what she said but then he shook his head and looked back at his food.

"Sure. I'll keep an eye out for any that show up." He told her "I should be able to handle almost anything that shows up in only a moment or so."

The only reason it would take him more then a second or tow to handle any Hollow incursion would be if more then ten or so showed up at the same time. That rarely, if ever, happened and he doubted it would anytime soon. He could handle any Hollow that showed up at his current level... he doubted he would even need to leave his Gigai to handle anything at all.

"You go and enjoy yourself." He told her before popping another piece of sushi into his mouth.

[BeautifulSnow]

Of course she saw him staring at how she looked and she smiled. ''Thanks you Zant-kun, you are a little my hero for today.. If you do need my help though'' she said and took a piece of paper and wrote down a number. ''Just call me, I will always feel it buzz'' she said as she gave him the piece of paper with her phone number on it. ''And don't be cocky and think you can do it yourself if you need help..'' she said with a smile and then stood straight again. ''See you all tomorrow'' she said and then left the shop and closed the door behind her.

She walked to the street where one of the teachers was waiting for her with a car and she smiled. ''Nice to see you again'' she said and got in. The man smiled and drove away, they would go to a new club just outside town.

[Kaore]

As Hana left Urahara came in with a serious look on his face.

"Thats not a good thing." Nero commented as he popped another piece of sushi in his mouth "Sherious Urahara ish never ish never a good thing."

"Things seem to be moving forward at last." Urahara replied "It seems like our enemy is starting to move at long last."

"And what exshactly doesh that mean?" Nero asked.

"That your training should accelerate. He'll be coming to retrieve something that Rukia has... though she doesn't know she has it." Urahara told him "Hana may not know it yet but she's likely being used ot locate and observe Ruki."

Nero scowled at the man. He didn't like what Urahara was implying. Hana wasn't his enemy and she wasn't working for that man. Urahara seemed to read his mind as he raised a hand placatingly.

"I'm not saying she is in league with our enemy, only that she is following orders given by him." Urahara explained "If anything she is an unwitting pawn. Unfortunately you can't tell her any of this as she may report it back to her superiors and thusly him."

"Fine." Nero growled as he got to his feet "Lets get to training then."

[BeautifulSnow]

Hana had no idea what was going on and entered the club, she danced there with her colleagues and had a great time chatting with them, yet she felt a little off since when she was dancing she felt like she should not be on this dance floor, she should be patrolling the city and get herself to work, she was a shinigami. Not a human, and she knew she should be training with Ururu or Jinta and kill hollows, do her mission and get herself back to the S.S.

One and a half hour later, Hana grabbed her coat and waved goodbye at the others as she walked home. The man that had picked her up had offered her a ride back but she had said friendly that she wanted to walk for a bit and if her feet would get hurt she would go take the bus. She left the building and looked around, then started to walk back, enjoying the fresh air as it suddenly felt like the air in the club had been drugging her or something.

[Kaore]

Nero's training hadn't gone the way he had hoped. He hadn't been able to improve himself in anyway despite both Urahara's and Tessai's best effort to push Nero to his limits the Arrancar was still able to rather easily defeat them. True Urahara still wouldn't use his Bankai but Nero was lightly injured from the fight. Luckily his Gigai would show no injuries once he got into it and Tessai could heal both his own and Urahara's injuries.

Nero walked down the hall with an unhappy scowl on his face. He was honestly hoping for a Hollow to show up so he could fight them but unfortunately he had no such luck. No Hollows had shown up that night and he had nothing to really do now. He was bored so he decided to drink some of the booze he had brought over.