Chapter 5: 'The Flower Fairy, Halibel'

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A/N: Does the title even give you any idea what I'm gonna do to Halibel? Haha. I do hope you guys have fun in this chapter! I know I had fun writing this anyway. XD thanks to all for the reviewers, and for adding to story alert and favoriting this story! It means a lot to me. Thanks to Oharu-chicken for cheering me on! I'd have given out upon the story if not for your nagging…okay enough of me being mushy. Oharu-chicken'd freak out. Enjoy the chapter!

P.S. drmona lord, I'll feed him broccoli next time :D

-Start-
Halibel was pissed. And that was saying something. There were quite a number of things that made her very pissed.

Here's the list:
1. Her hair was neon green. NEON GREEN! How'd THAT happen?
2. She was dressed in some fluttery thing, with wings. WINGS?
3. Instead of Tiburon at its stand, there was a stick of wood with a flower at one end. It was decorated with frills and laces, and artfully exquisite, but it was not for HER!
4. Her fraccion were dressed as flowers.
5. Her hair was in a weird hairdo. Which looked straight out of a manga. (A/N: i'll post pictures of the hairdo and wand on my profile soon, so watch out for it)
She wondered how the HELL Kurosaki-sama had done it. As she thought of it, she became very angry once again. How had they even managed to get pass all THREE of her fraccion? She was even more , Kurosaki-sama was as strong as Aizen-sama so she wasn't so worried. She went back to wondering what the hell had happened. Cirucci Sandewicci watched on, grinning at what had happened the last night. She sighed and hoped she would see many more pranks. Hopefully she'd be able to help out, if only to escape being a victim...

- Flashback-
After having finished up with Starrk and Barragan, Ichigo and Gin left Dordonii cursing and pulling at the skirt and met up with Cirucci - who was going to take care of Halibel. As the prank duo and a helper peeked round the corner to the 3 fraccion of Halibel's - Apache, Mila-Rose, Sun-Sun - guarding the door. Gin grinned, seeing the chance to use the little kido he had invented to put people into a hypnosis-of-sorts - one where they were fully compliant. After all, they had bigger fish to fry. (A/N: Halibel + water = doesn't it remind one of fish? Pun certainly intended.) Tossing 3 sets of clothes at the fraccion, Ichigo ordered them to put it on as he cast a sleeping kido on Halibel. Seeing as Halibel, would be too mentally strong for the kido to work, Ichigo left it to Cirucci to strip Halibel and change her. Halibel's hair was already neon green from the dye Ichigo had slipped into her shampoo. It took him but a few seconds to remove the illusion hiding the colour of the hair, and to use a kido to cancel out any fancy-smancy way to hide the hair. With that done, Gin pulled out his tools. Ichigo passed him a photo. "Gin, do her hair in that style."
"... You kidding me?"

"No."

"I know but... She's gonna look ridiculous."

"That's the general idea."

"Of course. I jus' can't help feelin' a lil sorry fer her."

"Oh? Gin has feelings?"

"No. I'll just do it now."

"Yeah, yeah."

As Gin continued to pull Halibel's hair into a weird hairdo, Ichigo focused on his own materials.
A few things lay in front of him.
1. A wooden rod.
2. A few pieces of coloured paper.
3. Frills, ribbons, laces.
4. Glue, scissors.
Ichigo grinned and rubbed his hands together. It was time to get to work.
Using the different materials, Ichigo made good use of the art classes he had been forced to endure. Cutting out pieces of paper to form a flower, Ichigo made a simple yet artful daisy and added the rod to the paper flower at one end. The other end of the rod was fitted with a handle Ichigo had carved out beforehand. He then decorated the wand with frills and lace tied into ribbons. He looked at his masterpiece -Yuzu would be very proud- and grinned with glee. Replacing Halibel's Tiburon on its stand with the wand, he put the zanpakuto in a binding kido and stored it in his bag. He'd keep it in his room after dealing with Ulquiorra. Checking on Gin and Cirucci's progress, he saw that Cirucci was tying the flowery sandals on Halibel and Gin was having a little trouble with the last knot in the hair. Walking over, Ichigo muttered a short "I'll do it," and took the flowery accessory and with a skilful twist of his wrist - that just confirmed Gin's thoughts on whether Ichigo did this sort of thing all the time - slid the hair pin in and shirted Halibel properly in a after casting a self-invented kido for the hair and clothes to stay immaculate and on the body. Leaving Cirucci there to keep the Tercera Espada or her fraccion from disposing of their clothes, Gin an Ichigo headed to where Ulquiorra's rooms were.
-end flashback-
Aizen stared at his Espada in amusement. He was amused. Amused, trying to hold back laughter, curious, puzzled, slightly disappointed, satisfied and relieved at the same time. Why? Basically:

Amused: at the looks on his Espada's faces as well as their appearances.

Trying to hold back laughter: their appearances were all too funny. And he'd never seen Ulquiorra so disgruntled before.

Curious: at how Ichigo pulled it off.

Puzzled: at where Ichigo had managed to find his resources... And how'd he gotten the fraccion to help?

Slightly disappointed: at how his Espada and fraccion had been bypassed so quickly. Then again, it was Ichigo. He couldn't expect anything else.

Satisfied: Baraggan would not be bothering him anytime soon.

Relief: that it wasn't him on the receiving end of those pranks.

With a shudder, he thought about his young nephew's talents. His young nephew was surprisingly adept at finding out a person's weakness. And with Gin helping him... He just knew that he would be humiliated. Completely, utterly and thoroughly humiliated. He hoped it would never happen again. That one was damaging enough. No one else but Kisuke, Isshin, Gin and Yoruichi had seen it, but it had dealt his ego a huge blow. (A/N: does Aizen seem traumatised by the incident? I'm trying to make it seem like it)
Staring over again at his Espada, he applauded Ichigo silently. He had done job.
Starrk was looking like a bee in that baggy outfit, face full of swollen stings and bees still flying around him. He looked disheveled. It was the first time he'd ever seen Starrk disheveled. At least the other Espada had the sense to move their chairs further from his. Starrk, however, had a noticeable pout on his face. Aizen inwardly sighed, knowing that he was pouting about having to watch his position in which he slept. That narcoleptic... Aizen then turned to see his Segunda Espada.
Barragan was actually looking shrivelled up... and more wrinkled than usual. HIs skin was not taken care of as usual. By the Spirit King, what was he wearing? And that chair! He'd heard that the infirmary had be decorated too but... this was amazing. His nephew was definitely a force to be reckoned with. That chair alone could give nightmares. Combined with those clothes... an infirmary... and he had no doubt, the room as well... he was unsure if Barragan would still be fully sane after this incident. He really hoped so. He'd been seeing male fraccion dressed in maid's costumes, and it was NOT a pretty sight. Not when they were muscular and well-built. He really hoped that Barragan would be better soon. It was disturbing when the former king of Hueco Mundo was like a shell of his former self.
Turning to Halibel, he had to hold back a laugh. She looked utterly ridiculous. She wore a dress that was a shiny, shimmery purple that would have looked beautiful onf someone else. A sleeveless purple dress that had a poofy skirt ending mid shin. It was embroided with white flowers - jasmines, from the look of it - and was extremely gaudy. Large, shimmery wings made of a fabric Aizen didn't know of hindered her movements and caught the eye of everyone. Sequins flashed, shimmered, and reflected the light with every movement she made. Her hair had been dyed a neon green - by something Ichigo slipped into the shampoo, Aizen supposed - and had been pulled into a hairdo that looked like it was taken from a manga. (A/N: pun certainly intended. Manga: Kamisama Hajimemashita. Chr: Himemiko. I'll put the picture's link up soon!) The now-neon-green-hair had been decorated with gaudy pink accessories and flowers - jasmine to match the dress, he noticed - and her feet were wearing sandals. Sandals that had flowers woven onto its every surface. Halibel certainly resembled a walking garden right now. With the fraccion that had been dressed as flowers, it certainly fitted. Now that he looked closer, he was quite certain that Tiburon was missing. Where was it? Oh well, he'd just ask Ichigo later. Betraying nothing of his inward feelings, he simply smiled. letting his eyes linger on the other Espada who'd been pranked that night.
Zommari, Szayel, Aaroneiro and Yammy certainly didn't look the worst for wear. Ichigo probably hadn't had enough time to deal with them. No matter, it would happen soon enough. Oh well, he'd just start the briefing first... He'd ponder the appearances of Ulquiorra, Nnoitra and Grimm later.
-End-

A/N: Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter - I sure did! In case you didn't see the companion fic to this story has been uploaded - it's "Ichigo's Birthday Present" - Hope you guys read it and review but if you don't enjoy yaoi pairings or just dislike Grimmichi pairing, no need to read it. Just repeating it one more time - I'll post the link on either the next chapter or on my profile page. Sorry for the late updates, I'm was damn busy, what with the O'levels and all. (actually it's oharu chicken's fault for the late chapter. Do go read the fic me and Oharu chicken are working together on - Love at first sight. If you want to have any recommendations for any AizIchi, ByaIchi, GinIchi or GrimmIchi fics, feel free to pm me. If you have any good fics, also don't hesitate to pm me. Thank you all! Please REVIEW, I'd appreciate it!

Me: GIN!
Gin: Yeah?
Me: Your... present... *sets down a bowl of broccoli*
Gin: Yay! Present! What is it? * sees bowl of broccoli* digusting! WHY?
Me: Your punishment for running off with the cookies. EAT IT.
Gin: DUN WANNA! *runs away*
Me: You will eat it! *runs after Gin with thoughts of force feeding*