Eh he...so...I finally decided to write the next chapter of Study Buddies! I've been so lazy...it's not even funny. Then I'm back in school...But whatever, excuses, excuses. You must thank Lynna for this. She's head editor of our schools lit mag, Writes of Wonder, and the fall contest started up, and it got me into a writing mood.

Anyways! Got off the whole Broadway thing for now. Now we do...SPANISH!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach and probably never shall. And I don't own the rights to Vertigo...like I would want to.

Habalo en Hollow

Rukia looked at Ichigo with expectant eyes. The shinigami had just presented the issue of needing help with the Spanish homework.

"Nope, sorry, I can't help," he said.

"You always say that, but you do help," said Renji.

"But I've told you. I don't know Spanish."

"You have?"

"Yes," said Ichigo looking at Renji as if he was stupid. "When we were learning French."

Renji paused and looked deep in thought. "Oh...yeah..."

"Hey, taichou..." began Matsumoto.

"No," said Hitsugaya flatly.

"But...taichou," Matsumoto whined. "We need to learn the language."

"No. I did it once, and I'm not doing it again."

"B-but..."

"No."

"You're so mean, taichou!"

"..."

"Isn't there anyone else that can teach us?" asked Rukia.

Ikkaku pointed at Yumichika. All eyes turned to him.

Yumichika blanched. "It is true that I do know this beautiful language, but there is no way I'm teaching you!"

"Wha...Why not!" asked Ikkaku.

"Because I remember the time I taught French. I am not repeating that!"

"So now what are we going to do?" asked Matsumoto.

"I think our best bet is to go with someone who hasn't taught us and knows Spanish," stated Ichigo.

All the shinigami, minus Hitsugaya, looked at one another in confusion. They then turned their heads collectively to Ichigo.

"Who?" they asked.

Ichigo slapped his hand to his face. "...Chad..." he mumbled through his hand.

-30 minutes later at Ichigo's place-

"So, let's begin," said Rukia, as everyone sat in a circle around Chad, except Hitsugaya, who was sitting on the window sill, and Yumichika, who was laying on the bed.

"...zero is cero..." began Chad.

"Oh...that's really close to the English 'zero'," exclaimed Matsumoto.

Chad blinked and continued on. "1 is uno, 2 is dos, 3 is tres, 4 is cuatro..."

"Four sounds the same in Spanish and French," stated Ikkaku.

"I told you that when we were learning French," said Ichigo.

"You did?"

"Yes, I/he did," said Ichigo and everyone else.

"...You think I'm stupid, don't you?"

Ichigo and Hitsugaya nodded while they rest shifted their eyes anywhere but Ikkaku.

Chad gave that one look he has when he is mildly surprised and asked, "Can I continue?"

"Yes!" said Rukia, eager to learn more so she could better fool the people.

"...5 is cinco, 6 is seis, 7 is siete, 8 ocho, 9 neuve, 10 diez, 11 once, 12 doce, 13 trece, 14 catorce..."

"Hey...fourteen in..." began Ikkaku.

"We know!" everyone exclaimed.

"Uno, dos, tres, catorce..." Renji muttered under his breath.

"15 is quince..."

"Hey, that sounds similar to Quincy," said Matsumoto.

"...um...sure..." said Chad. (AN: hee...I just realized that cause Ichigo is one and 5, or fifteen. And there is a lot of '15' in Bleach. um...yeah...) "16 is diecisèsis, 17 diecisete, 18 dieciocho, 19 diecineueve, 20..." Chad paused. The others were looking at one another or blankly at Chad.

"Uh...those last four seem really different then the rest," said Rukia.

"...Not really. It's just dieci and the number (AN: I have no clue if that's right or not.)..."

"Oh...so diecisete is...10 and 7," asked Renji.

"...yeah..."

"Okay then," Renji said with understanding.

"20 is veinte, 21 is veintiuno, 22 is veinte y dos, 23..."

"Wait, why is 22 different than 21," asked Ikkaku, because he just couldn't comprehend that.

"...it just is..."

"What! I mean...isn't there a better explanation!"

"..no.."

"W-!" A pillow connected with Ikkaku's head.

"Please stop yelling, it is so not beautiful," said Yumichika.

"...23 is veinte y tres, 24 is veinte y cuatro, 25 veinte y cinco, 26 veinte y seis, 27 veinte y siete, 28 veinte y ocho, 29 veinte y neuve..."

-25 minutes later-

The group had made it up all the way to 98 with only a few...mishaps. Such as Ikkaku being pelted with pillows for his 'ugly' yelling, or that's what Yumichika said.

"99 is noventa y neuve, and 100 is cien."

"Um...I've been meaning to ask this for a while, but what does 'y' mean?" asked Matsumoto.

"...and..."

"Really?"

"Yes, 38 is treinta y ocho, 30 and 8."

"Oh..." said Matsumoto as the realization dawned on her.

"Hey, Chad...how do you spell 'and' in Spanish, because I think I wrote it wrong," stated Renji.

"y."

"Y?" Is that all!" Cue flying pillow.

"Yes..."

"That means I was spelling it wrong!"

"yeah..."

Yeah! It's done! Now I need to get back in the habit of updating somewhat regularly. Hopefully.

Welcome to the Black Parade! Yesh, me ish loser. :3

Oh, it's so short cause I'm lazy and don't feel like typing up all the numbers in Spanish. Plus...Chad isn't as excitable as the others...so...yeah...

Haha...nearly forgot to tell what the title means. It means, Talking in Hollow. Get it?