Chapter 5

Now, if it just tastes as good as it looks, we'll be all set!

The texture is incredible!

It tastes so good, I feel tingly all over.

I must admit, it's exquisite.

We'd better get a move on, because his mother should be arriving soon.

............

You don't know us, but we're friends of your son.

We heard that you're moving today and you won't be coming back. This is Heita's cake and he wanted you to have it.

Well, actually, we're the ones who made it, but that's not important...

You see, it was Heita's recipe and we followed his directions precisely. It's almost like he made it with his own hands.

I wish I'd made it for you sooner. It's my cake and I want you to have it, mother.

Thank you for doing this. I'm sorry, but I can't accept it.

I can't do it. I can't even look at cake. It's too painful. Whenever I see a cake, I think of him...

I'm sorry you went to all this trouble.

No, wait!

Not my cake... I completely ruined it! All I wanted was for her to have one taste! Mom! Wait! No! Mom, don't leave!

Ahhhh!

Heita!

You've gotta calm down!

They're being attracted by the Spiritual Pressure... It's coming!

It's a Menos Grande!

What?!

Getting worked up over a Menos?

Give me a break!

Heita! Get a hold of yourself!

All I want is for you to eat the cake, mother! So why can't you do that?!

That's it! You've left me no choice!

Fill! Hisagomaru!

Now, Yumichika! Finish him!

Hanataro, how'd you do that just now?

All I did was use my Zanpakuto, Hisagomaru. Hisagomaru reaches Shikai by absorbing the injuries of the people it cuts. And once it becomes fully charged, it releases that energy.

From the way he was acting, I figured that the chain in his chest was actually just a wounded heart. Since it wasn't fully open yet, I thought I might be able to do something.

Hmm. Not bad.

Thank goodness! You're all right!

Is it really you, Heita...?

Oh mother! You mean you can really see me?

How did that get turned on?!

It turned on by itself?!

I did it. I finally finished the cake and made one just for you, mom.

I'll never say it hurts again. Now, I'll be happy whenever I see a cake, because I know you're okay.

Thanks.

So, that contraption that shows the physical form of a soul doesn't just work on you?

Of course not. It can work on any soul.

You mean, if we had used that thing in the first place, we wouldn't have had to go through the trouble of baking that cake?

Hey, that's right! You're so smart!

Unbelievable!

Still, I gotta admit... I make these clothes look good.

I'm back from the World of the Living. Was the data I gathered helpful?

Yes, it was. By the way, did you remember to give Third Seat Madarame those molars I gave you?

Oh... Well, you see they kinda got stepped on during the fight with the Menos, so I did what you said I should...

I wrote a little note and put it in the bag with 'em. It said, "these are made from a special enamel that makes them invisible to idiots."

Whoa... You really did that?!