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Interlude Three: Youkai Gakuen 01

"So, Harribel-sama, can you tell me…why the hell are we headed off to a high school, again?" Apache bluntly questioned her mistress, as the sextet (1) was arriving at Youkai Gakuen on a bus. All six members of the group wore their usual clothing and those with mask fragments had them visible.

Harribel replied calmly to her edgy subordinate, "Because Aizen sees the value in allies and wants us to see if there are any 'monsters' who want to join our cause (2). And while all of us are intelligent, we do not have a 'proper' education." Apache and Mila-Rose nodded as a tick-mark started pulsing on both of their forehead, before shouting and pointing accusingly at the sixth member of the group.

"But why the hell is *he* tagging along!" The duo cried in unison. In the seat behind where Alex and Sun-Sun were napping side-by-side and directly across from where Harribel was seated by herself, Gin was lounged out and resting, but not asleep. Upon hearing the duo's shout, Gin turned to Apache and Mila-Rose, smiling a little bit wider than usual.

"Well, Aizen-taicho said you'd need another chaperon for the trip, so I decided to 'tag along' (3).~ Would you rather have Tousen tagging along?" The pair looked at each other for only a moment before stating in deadpan: "No." Gin nodded smugly at this.

The four awake, Hueco Mundo residents were drawn out of the tail-end of this conversation by the eerie Bus Driver, who addressed Harribel, "We are about to pass through the barrier, then we just have about two or three minutes 'til we reach campus. Please make sure that all of you are awake, Harribel-san."

Harribel nodded in thanks for the update, and glanced at Gin. "Would you like me to wake them? Or do you want the honor, Gin-san?" The fox-faced shinigami tapped his chin with a finger in thought, but shook his head, "Nah, Harribel, you go ahead and wake them. I don't want them jumping out of their skins right now. And I *always* enjoy how you wake your cute little Fraccion.~"

With that Harribel got up from her seat and move over to the sleeping pair, and quickly gathered water above their heads, just enough to get their heads and hair wet, but not ruin or drench their clothes. With only a slight movement downward of her hand, she let the accumulated water fall on the duo.

Sputtering and cursing lightly, the lovers shook themselves and rubbed their eyes to clear their vision. They turned to each other, for a second they had looked both annoyed and amused, before they glanced over at the other four members of their group. Sun-sun whispered something to Alex, which caused him to blush lightly, and he replied to her just as quietly.

While this was a normal occurrence between the two, it usually meant that the lovers were planning on doing or saying *something* embarrassing. Without further discussion, they directed their full attention on Harribel, who was slightly unnerved by the twinkle present in the lovers' eyes.

"Neh, Sun-sun, you know of course what this means?" Sun-sun nodded and returned, "That Harribel-sama gets us both wet?" He replied, "Exactly." Harribel nearly face-palmed at the corny innuendo but her companions didn't restrain themselves from reacting. The Bus Driver and Gin chuckled at this, while Mila-Rose and Apacci sighed, "Fools in love…"

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A.N.: Yes, there will be some crossover chapters with a few series, but not that many. XD

(1) You are allowed to laugh or giggle.

(2) Translation: "Aizen likes cannon-fodder and wants more."

(3) *understood* "…for shits and giggles."