A/N: Here's my short omake chapter, which explains Inoue's part in the whole fiasco, as well as Ichigo's, Chad's, Ishida's, etc. Enjoy!

Four chapters in as many days… damn I must be on some high right now.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the storyline.

Orihime Inoue was in high spirits.

Well, the charismatic girl was always in high spirits (her bubbly optimism rivaled that of Yachiru and Matsumoto), but she felt especially good. She had introduced her Shinigami friends to Santa.

Orihime hummed Christmas carols as she opened her mailbox, expecting one or two letters. Maybe three.

The tiny box immediately spewed out nine fat, bulging envelopes. Oh my.

Gingerly, she removed the top one. Kuchiki Byakuya. Just looking at his first three items, she already knew it would be impossible to collect all of the items for him, much less for all nine Shinigami! And more were probably to come.

Unless…

-oOoOo-

"Inoue, why did you drag us to your house again?" A bored Ichigo Kurosaki regarded the girl, who was currently unraveling what appeared to be a map. Quite a few maps, actually.

"Well, Kurosaki-kun," Orihime smiled, addressing all five of her guests, "I've decided to play Santa."

"Is that why you currently have an elf costume on…?" Ichigo asked her. To be honest, dressing up as an elf was Orihime's guilty pleasure, but Ichigo had no business knowing that. Even if she loved him, there were a few things you just couldn't disclose to your longtime crush.

Isihda, who'd been silently studying the maps, piped up. "You seem to have everything under control, Orihime. Why gather us?"

Urahara and Chad nodded in silent agreement. Yoruichi just looked bemused, her opal cat-like eyes scanning the largest map.

"Hey, Orihime-chan." The busty cat woman spoke for the first time.

"Yeah?"

"Isn't that a map of the Kuchiki manor? And if I recall correctly, the rest are maps of all the other Division bunkers."

Orihime brightened. Finally, someone understood. "Bingo, Yoruichi-chan!"

"So…we sneak into their bunkers? And their homes?" Ichigo stared at Orihime. "No way! They're not idiots, you know. I bet Byakuya sleeps with Senbonzakura."

"No, he sleeps with Yachiru." Yoruichi smirked.

The other occupants of the room—with the exception of the ever-calm Urahara—gagged. That was one mental image they could do without.

Orihime cleared her throat. "Umm…we can get to that part later. The important thing is that we get all the items on the lists."

Urahara tentatively picked up Byakuya's list and peered at it, scoffing. "Impossible! The items on this list alone will cost you thousands."

"I don't suppose you'll be swept away by Christmas spirit and donate these items from the Urahara Shoten?" Orihime asked, her puppy-abandoned-in-the-rain face on. No one could say she was a bad actor.

Urahara sweat-dropped. On one hand, giving away these items would cause a rather unsightly deficit in his profits. On the other, Orihime was starting to tear up. And no man, however brave and strong and prideful, could resist a beautiful woman's puppy tears. (Yeah right…more like crocodile tears.) "Well, I may be able to work out a deal, in exchange for a month of hard labor from Ichigo, Chad, and Ishida here."

The ginger-haired girl immediately ceased crying. "Really? Great, Urahara!"

"Hey, wait just a second. I don't remember giving you the permission to assign me slave work!" Ishida shouted, and Ichigo nodded in agreement. Chad just continued eating a candy bar he'd found in his pocket.

Now it was their turn to be confronted with the puppy-abandoned-in-the-rain face. "Please, Kurosaki-kun and Uryuu-kun? Pretty please?"

"Urgh. Fine, fine." The boys relented.

Ishida sweat-dropped and made a silent note to himself. Women were ruthless.

Orihime beamed. "Great! Now let's go Santa-ing!"

A/N: Haha it was pretty brief, but a lot of you were wondering how they were going to pull the whole thing off. As you may recall, a lot of the things the Shinigami asked for were from the Urahara Shoten, and the rest were pretty easy to get a hold of (such as DVDs, manga, candy, etc).

I still have no idea how they'll manage to sneak into the barracks and Byakuya's home and so on, so if you have an idea, PLEASE leave a review, alright? :D

Well, hope you enjoyed, and, as always, I look forward to reading your reviews. I promise I read every single review!

Thanks for reading!

~HauntedMoonlight~