<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Sun-Sun frowned as Gin closed the door in her face, but she simply walked off, wondering what he meant by Koichi's 'trick'.<br/>
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Harribel took Daisuke and walked him towards the lobby, which took a lot less time than getting <i>to</i> his fight. When she and Daisuke entered the room, Nel glanced over from where she was holding onto Jin, blushing crimson.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff00">"Ha-Harribel-Sama...i-it's n-not what it looks like...I swear!"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Nel said, trying to hid behind Jin, as if the Shinigami would be enough of a wall to hide her embarrassment from the woman who shared the same position as Nel, Tercero Espada.<br/>
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Harribel only closed her eyes and sighed.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#9966ff">"Shinigami-San, please tend to your comrade's wound. Nnoitora's blade is not known for clean cuts."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">the dark-skinned Espada said, totally ignoring the aqua-green haired girl. With that, Harribel helped Daisuke over to the couch, then left with a sonic boom as the sonido sounded her departure.<br/>
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Nel, once Harribel had left, peeked out from behind Jin at Daisuke, suddenly looking twice as embarrassed than before.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff00">"Um...Dai-Kun...i-it may sound disturbing, but....my um....my vomit has healing abilities..."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">she said.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff00">"It's clear, at least, so...."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00"><br/>
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Koichi couldn't maintain the Ransotengai any longer, and he instinctively plunged the tip of his katana into the ground for stability, even though he knew it meant he'd lost his bet.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"Well, since it looks like neither of us can continue, what's say we call it a draw and move on? I know Nel-Chama's probably worried herself to tears about me having to fight you, and I want to let her know I'm fine..."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">he said, smiling despite the pain in his leg.<br/>
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He tried to recall a fight as thrilling as this, and the only fights he could think of where his battles with Kurosaki Ichigo, his own Captain, Zaraki Kenpachi, and fighting his father Abarai Renji. When he compared the look in Tenntou's eyes with those of his favorite rivals, he fell to his back, his innocent laughter echoing through the chamber.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"That was too much fun! We gotta spar again sometime, just for the hell of it. Whaddaya say, huh?"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">he asked. He never admitted it until now, but he'd wanted to spar with her as much as he wanted to spar with Starrk, and that fiery and passionate determination of midnight coursed through him, manifesting as a lilac-violet glow in his golden eyes.</span>