The group had finished eating.
The workout was done.
The sauna was done.
For once, they were just walking.
Yuji had a drink.
Hakari was talking about gambling.
Nanami was enjoying the rare absence of disasters.
Then someone approached.
A young man stopped in front of them.
Looked at the group.
Looked at Takeru.
"Who are you?"
Takeru pointed at himself.
"Oh, how don't you know me? I'm Gojo Takeru. How about you, little girl?"
The stranger blinked.
"I am Ichigo Tamuki, and I'm a man."
A pause.
"And your hair looks like toothpaste."
Silence.
Takeru froze.
Everyone else immediately took a step back.
Yuji whispered.
"…Bad move."
Hakari nodded.
"…Catastrophic move."
Takeru pointed at his own hair.
"Don't say bad things about my hair. Self-conscious."
Ichigo shrugged.
"What? You can't handle a little bit of mean teasing?"
Takeru gasped dramatically.
Placed a hand over his heart.
"Hmm, you are going too far on that."
He adjusted his haori.
"I am not balding nor fragile."
He pointed at himself proudly.
"I am a handsome young man and many women have huge crushes on me that are too flustered to confess."
The entire group looked at him.
Silence.
Then Ichigo laughed.
"Sure they do."
He folded his arms.
"If you have all these women after you, where's your girlfriend?"
Takeru immediately snapped his fingers.
"Oh, I'm glad you asked."
Ichigo raised an eyebrow.
"First name, Hollow."
A pause.
"Last name, Purple."
Ichigo stared.
"That is not re—"
Takeru suddenly pointed at the sky.
"Get Hollow Purple'd, my brotha."
Silence.
Everyone looked upward.
Then—
the air started shaking.
A massive sphere of energy began forming overhead.
Purple.
Violent.
Ridiculous.
Wind exploded outward.
Trees bent.
Clouds scattered.
Ichigo slowly looked up.
The giant attack continued growing.
Bigger.
And bigger.
And bigger.
Yuji squinted.
"…Is that a 200%?"
Hakari looked up.
"…Yep."
Nanami rubbed his forehead.
"…Over a hair joke."
Megumi sighed.
"…Of course."
Meanwhile, Ichigo looked from the giant Hollow Purple...
...to Takeru.
"…You're not actually going to fire that, right?"
Takeru smiled.
"Depends."
"On what?"
"Do you still think my hair looks like toothpaste?"
The giant sphere hummed ominously overhead.
Ichigo immediately pointed at Takeru.
"Best hair I've ever seen."
The Hollow Purple vanished instantly.
"Good answer."
Yuji collapsed onto a nearby bench laughing.
Hakari nearly fell over.
Nanami looked at the sky where the attack had been.
"…I need another coffee."