<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff6600">"Oh, it's you,"</span>Gin noted.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff6600">"quit judging me.  I am...testing something.  Little Koichi's trick to survive has interested me, and I need to find out something.  But you don't need to know, so good-bye."</span><br/><br/>-----------<br/><br/>Daisuke looked down, then said something that was sure to make several people blush.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#804000"><i>Crap, I probably actually got that when I dove into the fold of that bug guy's blade.  I suppose straining myself like that probably ripped it open more.</i>  "Awww crap," he mumbled, settling himself down to the ground with a hand at his side, "gimme a moment...uh, whoever you are.  I'll be good in a second."</span>Taking off his overshirt, he wrapped it around his body tight, covering the wound and doing his best to keep it from bleeding anymore.  It should work, for the time being.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#804000"><i>I ought to get that fixed up as soon as I can.  Don't need to go around making a mess.</i>  "Alright, uh...Espada chick, let's go."</span><br/><br/>-----------<br/><br/>Jin tilted his head, looking down at the person buried in his shoulder.  Several moments passed as she babbled on, and he considered how to respond.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#008000">"Nelliel,"</span>he finally spoke, pushing her away to stare her in the eye,<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#008000">"you need to calm down.  I know you are worried about Koichi, but trust me when I saw that he can handle himself.  In fact, if my limited view of this matter is any indicator, you should be the first to believe that.  For you see, if you lose faith, he will lose faith.  You two seem quite very much together, and when people achieve that connection, it is best for them to support each other, regardless of the odds.  It is that belief in one another that will help them change those odds, and beat them."</span>