It was dark outside, the room was only lit by a small lamp. Someone was sitting on the couch and watching TV.
The balcony door was open and you could hear the calm wind outside getting stronger. A storm was announced for tonight, but the occupant of this apartment didn't particularly care. Suddenly the doorbell rang, she gently reached for the phone on the table: "Hai?"
"Are you still angry?" Asked the voice on the other end of the phone.
"It's always the same with you. I really wonder why I still get involved with you again and again."
"Hahaha, maybe because you have a weakness for me ?!"
"That could..."
Suddenly the balcony door slammed and the young woman jumped up in shock.
"What is?"
"The door is just ... slammed. I'll shut it up anyway."
"Does the princess need her beauty sleep?"
"No, I just need rest. So see you ...", without waiting for a reply, she hung up and went to the door to close it properly, if it was closing by itself.
She turned around and was startled, again.
Two people were now standing in the middle of their living room.
A white-haired youth with red skin and if she shouldn't be imagining it he wore both horns and a devil's tail.
The other was tall, he appeared to be a perfectly normal person with brown hair and his eyes closed, but he had a dangerous aura.
"Who are you and what do you want?", The young woman clenched a fist and cracked her bones with the help of her free hand.
"Don't worry, we just want to talk to you, Rangiku-chan!", The red-skinned grinned mischievously.
"And who are WE?", She was ready to attack her at any moment.
"We are..."
"This is Akaya, he is Beelzebub, the devil's son.", Answered the bigger one, "I am his bodyguard ..."
"More like a babysitter!", The smaller one whined in between.
"... Yanagi Renji.We are here to speak to you witch. "
Rangiku widened his eyes when the new acquaintance addressed her with "witch": "What do you want from me?"
"My age said I have to put my crew together!"
"And what's in it for me?"
"You never have to think about coal again, you get everything you want."
"Oh really...?"

Next day a few blocks from our first location.
"Oh, that was boring again.", A 14-year-old girl in school uniform left the schoolyard bored.
"Why exactly do I have to do that?", Rangiku asked her companion.
"You're the new one, you do the work!" Replied the black-haired man and crossed his arms over his chest.
The young woman reluctantly followed the girl inconspicuously. The girl stopped at a gyōza stand: "One time with garlic, please."
"Oi, sure that she is a vampire?", The pursuer whispered into the microphone that she wore hidden by the collar.
"Yes and now do it!" Someone whined loudly and impatiently back into her ear.
"It's good, I got it.", She followed the girl a little further, watching how she swallowed the last bite of her meal and suddenly stopped.
//What's now? //
"What do you want?", The girl whirled around and bright red eyes turned angrily on the witch.
"You noticed me, as you would expect from a bloodsucker."
"How do you know...?
"Take it easy, little one. I just want to talk to you ..."

"Why is my apartment, of all places, the basis?", Rangiku whined and put a tray with tea for her guests on the living room table.
"Don't pity witch, be honored that you may serve me in such a way."
"You may be the son of Satan, but that doesn't give you the right to be so naughty to other people.", She gave the boy a blow.
"How long should we actually serve?" Asked the youngest of the group.
"Oh, right, I didn't think of that at all ..."
"FOREVER!!!""Waaaas?", The two women in the room were shocked.
"That's a joke!"
"No, it is not. It is very important for the prince to assemble his Tribunal of 9."
"Tribunal ...", Rhode began, "... the 9?" Finished Rangiku.
"Yes, you are my most important people, without you I can never take the throne.", Akaya made a serious face.
"But why do you collect unknowns?" Asked Rhode and put the tea mug on the table in front of her.
"I know enough about you to know if you are worthy of the task."
"Aha", Rangiku raised an eyebrow, "Well, there are definitely only two of us, so there are seven missing."
"6", Renji corrected her, "I may be his bodyguard, but I already belong to his tribunal.
They talked for a while about this delicate and somehow difficult to digest topic, but at least it looked as if Rhode and Rangiku would at least understand each other, one less problem that could disturb the "peace" of the tribunal.
It was getting dark outside when Rangiku finally decided to get rid of her guests.
"Now that everything is cleared up, I would like to have my apartment to myself again, and I'm still expecting visitors, that's just bothering you," she announced and put her hands on her hips.
"I should go anyway, my entire schedule is now a mess.", Rhode got up and went first, but Akaya and Renji were still sitting motionless in their seats.
"What about you guys?"
She got no answer.
"Your very best, you too should get out of the field.", A vein on her forehead pulsed lightly. A pair of green eyes glared at her.
"No chance, you won't stay here. You promised me money, you will probably have enough to pay for a hotel or something. And now out with you!"
Akaya was about to disagree when Rangiku flicked and a flame appeared a few inches in front of his face."I'm not afraid of ..."
"We should go prince.", Renji interrupted the younger one and then forced him out with him.
// Finally gone! And now quickly tidy up ... // She started running back and forth in the living room and carrying things when suddenly the doorbell rang.
"Just in time!" She said quietly to herself and went to the door to let her guest in.

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Yeah, so it can happen, here the re-upload of the complete FF, which was at this point.
There were some places that I didn't like anymore and that needed to be improved.
At the moment I don't know how quickly I can bring everything back to its final state, but I hope that it won't take longer than a week and maybe a new chapter will already be waiting for its readers by then ...