Raina put her Yoruichi items in a neat pile and pulled on her Black Knights jacket, shorts, puts and mask.
"You ready to go see the Knightmares?" she asked Kiara.

(sorry, had to go down for dinner)

"Oh yeah," Kiara said, smirking as she pulled on the visor that hid the upper half of her face. Together they made their way outside, met up with Kallen and then the three made their way to the Black Knight Headquarters. Lelouch/Zero was already there and waiting for them.
"Glad you could make it," he said. "The Knightmares are just arriving."

Everyone gathered into the warehouse as the trucks came in. Each truck was huge, and Raina and a few others rushed forward to open the back of one of them to get the Knightmares out.

Kiara's mouth fell open as she saw the first of the new Knightmares. The only thing she could think when she saw it was 'Beautiful.....' Apparently Kallen was thinking the same thing.
"What a great gift!" someone said. "Those Brittanians won't know what hit them!
"It was not merely a gift," Lelouch/Zero said. "They mean to test us."

(I'm pretty sure that's what he said)

"I'm just glad we've come far enough to be tested at all," said Kallen. Lelouch/Zero tossed her a key.
"Kallen, the Guren Nishiki is yours."
"That one?"
Raina looked up at the red Knightmare - the first Knightmare completely designed and built by the japanese.

Kiara smirked at her.
"What's wrong Kallen?" she asked. "Everyone knows you're the best piolet. Why shouldn't you get to control the Guren?"
"She is right," Zero stated calmly. "You're the best piolet we have and the best piolet deserves the best Knightmare.
"Thank you," Kallen murmured, staring down at the key in her hand. "I'll do my best."
"I know you will," Zero said. "Now, unload the others."

Raina helped to unload the rest of the burai - Glasgows that the Japanese had refitted. They were all big and shiny, but she had to admit she really didn't know much about Knightmares. She'd never actually piloted one before, although she'd used a simulation several times.
"Hey, Zero," said Ougi. "I've got some information from a prospective new member. We can't be sure it's not a trap, but the dirt he's provided is too good to ignore."
He handed some paper to Zero. "Well?"
"Looks like we're taking a hike this weekend - to the Narita Mountain range."

Kiara thought about Zero's words as they headed back to the school after finishing unloading all the Knightmare frames. Things were really beginning to get interesting and she was looking forward to it.
As they entered their dorm room and got ready for bed Kiara picked up her Nel costume and carefully put it away for tomorrow. She smiled bespite herself. She had a feeling that tomorrow things were going to be quite...interesting in the council room. She was pretty sure that Shirley was going to go as Inoue. Maybe she could use the excuse that she was an arrancar to have some -cough- fun with her. She grinned at the thought. It'd be great to mess with the orangette!

"Hey hey Kiara!" said Raina, reaching into her bag. "before we go to bed, I have a present for you. HAPPY UNBIRTHDAY!!!!" She pulled out a Toshiro plushie which lifted into the air, did a loop the loop before flying over to Kiara.
Unbirthday presents were a habit of Raina's. If she wanted to give a gift and it wasn't that person's birthday, she would give an "unbirthday" present.

Kiara couldn't stop the squeal that exploded out of her as she caught the Toshiro plushie. It was SO cute! She studied it carefully and then hugged it.
"Thank you!" she gave Raina a hug, nearly choking her, and then let go and picked up the Toshiro plushie again, cuddled it and slipped into bed.

(nice idea, was that cuz I got you Gaara and L? Are they with you right now?)

(Nice new outfit btw)

*Funny you should mention that... they're both sitting on the chair next to me ^^*

Raina jumped into bed, pulled the covers over her and fell asleep instantly once again.
She rose early the next day and threw the window open wide to let lots and lots of cold air in.

(Sorry, I was distracted. I was listening to the Bleach Beats on Youtube I LOVE the songs with Toshiro!)

Kiara was woken by the rush of cold air into the room and immediately knew that Raina had opened the window. She rolled out of bed, dressed and got ready for the day. She carefully set her Toshiro plushie on the bed before she and Raina left for class.
"It's the bleach party today," she said. "This should be interesting. I can't wait to see everyone's costumes."

"Yeah... but if Shirley dresses up as Inoue I'm going to have to contain my killing instincts..." said Raina, remembering the episode where Inoue bitch-slapped Ulquiorra.

"You're not the only one," Kiara muttered. "Though it does explain why we both don't like her so much. She reminds us of Inoue and in my book that is never a good thing."
"What's never a good thing?" said annoying girl asked from behind them.
Kiara looked at Raina, what excuse would she use this time? She was actually looking forward to this. Raina could always rattle Shirley so easily, it was so much fun to watch.

"It's never a good thing if someone turns up at a fancy dress party wearing a terrible costume!" said Raina. "We were just saying that we really hope our costumes aren't bad, or we'll completely ruin the atmosphere at the party!"
"I'm sure your outfits aren't that bad!"
"I suppose they could be a lot worse," said Raina, sighing tragically. "At least we're not going dressed as Inoue or anything. Anyway, we'd better get to English."

(Very nice! Oh and go to youtube and type in "Toshiro hitsugaya Shine" That is awesome! I think I prefer it to this light I see.)

"Nicely done," Kiara whispered as Shirley walked away. She smirked at the girls' back.
Classes taht day were pretty boring and before they knew it it was half an hour before the party was due to start. Kiara and Raina were in their dorm rooms getting their things together. THey had all agreed to change in the council building so they wouldn't be walking around campus in their costumes. Milly had been against this but somehow they'd managed to cinvince her to just let them change there. Kiara was thankful for that. Raina's costume could probably be warn accross campus but her costume for Nel couldn't and Lelouch would receive some very strange looks if he walked around campus in a Shihakusho with Kenseiken in his hair.

*That's a nice song... have you heard one of the Byakuya ones? Byakuya singing is just wrong!*

Raina at least decided to tie her hair up properly while she had a mirror in front of her. She got her scrunchie and pulled her hair into a ponytail that resembled Yoruichi's. "What do you think?" she asked Kiara, showing her hair. "Do I look a bit more like Yoruichi now?"

(I'm gunna listen to his in a minute. I'm looking for the lyrics to Shine right now. During this light I see when Romi Paku sings in English I actually flinch)

"I'd say you look great," Kiara said. "Let's get to the council room so you can show off, I know you want to, especially after you huggled the apples remember?" She couldn't help smiling at that.
As the pair entered the council room dressed in their costumes they stared around. Milly had decorated the room and posters were all over the walls of different characters. There was a large poster of the Espada as they entered the door and Kiara grinned as she saw Ulquiorra's unsmiling face. She then squealed as she saw a poster of the Gotei 13 with Toshiro up front.

*Namikawa Daisuke's accent when he sings in English is great ^^ I love his song Crush the World Down. It suits him perfectly, because it's about how everyone is trash and he's just gonna destroy everything. And Grimmjow's Six Paths is good too. He sings about being born to destroy*

Raina leaped at the poster of Ulquiorra and tried to hug it. Unfortunately she had to give up, as she realised that it was just a poster and it was two dimensional. Two dimensional things were not easy to hug.
She looked over at Milly, who was standing proudly wearing hair extensions and a loose black kimono, and pink shawl. Rivalz was at her side, having had his hair bleached blonde and one side gelled into a fringe covering one eye. He too wore a black kimono and had a vice-captain badge on his arm, marking him as the vice-captain of the 3rd squad.

I'll listen to Grimmjow's in a minute. I can't find the lyrics! -cries- it's not fair! They have them for this light I see at animelyrics.com but they don't have the newer songs! (and they came out in December! Oh and I was looking up bleach characters to get details right for my fanfic and I found out that Ulquiorra's birthday was the 1st of December)

Kiara would have done the same as Raina but she managed to restrain herself (barely) by thinking of the Toshiro plushie in her room.
"Hey!" Milly greeted them as she walked over to the pair. She was wearing her Matsumoto outfit and Kiara had to admit that it seemed to suit her perfectly. They were quite similar actually only Milly didn't constantly drink Sake.

Nina walked in, having removed her glasses and put her hair up in a bun under a cap. She was wearing the black kimono of a shinigami too, and went timidly to Milly's side.
Following her was Suzaku, who had done his best at dying his hair black, drawing in Hisagi's scars and the 69 on his face, and gotten a sleeveless black kimono.
Lelouch, surprisingly, made quite a good Byakuya. He had a wig on with the Kuchiki clan hair pieces, and wore the 6th squad captain's haori, along with the pale blue scarf.

Hey guys," Kiara said, looking them all over. She had to admit that Nina suited being Hinamori, both were very shy. Suzaku looked awkward and slightly out of place but he was doing his best to hide it.
"Very nice," Kiara complimented Lelouch. "You suit being a noble."

"Thank you," he said, as Kallen came in dressed as Rukia.
"Konnichiwa, Onii-sama," she said to him, bowing. Raina ran forward and hugged her for no reason whatsoever.
"Aren't we missing someone here?" asked Milly.

"Yeah," Kiara said. "We're missing Rivalz and Shirley" 'though Shirley isn't really a big loss,' she added silently in her head. She idly wondered if Raina's comment about having a bad costume would deter the orangette from coming. She hoped so but somehow doubted it. She wouldn't pass up an oppertunity to see her 'Lulu' dressed up.

*Rivalz is already there ^^*

Just then, Shirley poked her head round the door. Raina instantly sensed danger. She was wearing blue hairclips shaped like little stars.
She came into the room, dressed in a long, hideous, arrancar outfit. She avoided meeting Raina and Kiara's eyes completely.
Raina's instincts were screaming at her to kill. In the flesh before her was Inoue Orihime, the most irritating character in all of Bleach.