Toshiro thought there was a reason Aizen had made fools of this lot. For captains, they were absurd.
Then again... most of Seireitei's captains these days hardly counted as normal either.
Toshiro sighed. It was a miracle Seireitei hadn't fallen apart.
"Oh, that's all?" Shinji Hirako paused at Toshiro's words, then caught on. "You just want help finding the Memory Rosary. I thought it was something serious."
"Baldy! Quit looking so pleased with yourself!" Hiyori kicked him in the lower back, sending him sprawling onto the tatami. She stood over him with her hands on her hips. "Explain what the Memory Rosary is!"
Shinji Hirako climbed off the floor, speechless. "Could you at least let me keep some dignity in public?"
Hiyori rolled her eyes.
Yuko chuckled. "Are you two an old married couple?"
Shinji Hirako and Hiyori leaned toward Yuko and shouted in unison, "Who'd ever be married to him?!"
"Ugh!"
A beat later, they turned to glare at each other. Shinji Hirako had plainly picked the wrong opponent: Hiyori sent him flying with a slap.
Yuko took the chance to ask Urahara, "Come to think of it, where are Momo and Rangiku? I haven't seen Yoruichi either."
Urahara waved his fan. "Rangiku dragged them both out early this morning. She said they were going shopping for Human World specialties."
Toshiro sighed. "Rangiku... We're still in the middle of a mission, and she's out—"
Meanwhile, Shinji Hirako and Hiyori were already going at it, brawling across the tatami.
Toshiro covered his face. "What are you two even doing?"
Did none of these people know how to take anything seriously?
Rangiku was unreliable enough. Why was everyone else the same?
If he'd known, he wouldn't have come.
Shinji Hirako coughed, pushed Hiyori away, and sat back down. "The Valley of