What's in the Box?

"Oh no, you can't just have it," Szayel said, withdrawing his hand which held a vial of greenish liquid.

I sighed. "What do you want?"

"Grimmjow has a safe in his room. I want to know what's in it," Szayel said. "Simple as that."

As much as I hated bargaining with anyone, especially Szayel, I was now curious about this safe box of Grimmjow's myself and I might as well kill two birds with one stone.

"Deal," I said.

I waited until Grimmjow was training to casually break into his quarters and take a look at the safe. Unfortunately, it seemed fairly indestructible, or at least I couldn't figure out a way to blow it up without possible damage to whatever was inside. I played around with the combination keypad for awhile before temporarily giving up. I remembered about a rumor I had heard and I went to Starrk.

"Starrk?" I asked. I usually call him Coyote, which slightly annoys him. I think. It's kind of hard to tell for sure. However I felt I shouldn't go antagonizing him instantly when I was asking him for a favor.

"Mmm?" He grunted. I assume he was awake, although he didn't open his eyes.

"I heard that you gave Grimmjow a…" I was interrupted but a sudden scream.

"Ahhhhhh yaaaa!" Lilynette cried, landing firmly onto Starrk's belly.

"Oooaf!" he moaned, turning sideways into a fetal position.

"HEY! Wake up!" She yelled, hitting him in the back of the head.

"One second, Lilynette," I urged her.

She stopped, looking up at me.

"Starrk, I just wanted to know if it's true that you gave Grimmjow a safe, and if you have the combination to it," I asked quickly.

He paused a moment and I almost thought he was going to ask me why. "Yes," he said instead.

"I don't suppose you could tell me what it is?" I asked as sweetly as I could.

"Only if you watch Lilynette for a day," he said.

Oh no. That wasn't good at all. I looked over at her and she smiled serenely. Yeah, I'm not buying it. I was in a difficult position though. "Alright," I conceded.

"Good, now get out," he waved, not bothering to actually turn from his position on the floor.

"When should I bring her back?" I asked.

"I said a day didn't I? What time is it?"

"It's 2 in the afternoon."

"Then bring her back tomorrow at 2."

I paled. 24 hours? Certainly that was technically a day but I was hoping to watch the brat…er, child…for a couple of hours and then be on my way.

"YAY!" Lilynette said, sending a knee to my stomach. I keeled over.

Noticing that I had fallen out of the doorway, Starrk got up and closed the door, locking it.

"Um, so, what do you want to do?" I asked meekly.

"Everything!" she said.

Of course.

"Um, perhaps we should visit Kaname," I said. He usually had Wonderweiss around, maybe the two of them could go and chase each other off a cliff…I mean play tag.

Kaname wasn't in his quarters however. I had the brilliant idea of forcing the door and just letting Lilynette have fun. When I opened the door however…

"What in the world happened?" I asked, looking at the destruction, seemingly only capable by a category 4 hurricane.

"I came by earlier," Lilynette said with a shrug.

Not good.

"Um, food?" I offered.

"I'm full," she said, staring at me. I could just tell that she was thinking about doing something not good for… "Pony ride!" she yelled, jumping onto my back. Oh well, better than a gut shot I guess. At least I had a firm grasp on her too, so she couldn't get into that much trouble.

It was around 3 am and I was seriously beginning to understand why Starrk was always asleep. In fact, sleep seemed like a really good idea... "GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN…"

I bolted awake.

"GIN!" she yelled again.

I reigned myself in and didn't reach for my zanpakuto. "Yes?" I asked in a voice not unlike death. It had no affect on her.

"NOW I'm hungry."

I sighed.

It wasn't until the morning that I realized that it was quite possible that she knew the combination of the safe herself.

"Of course I do!" she answered.

We waited until the coast was clear and entered Grimmjow's room again.

"It's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6," she said.

I choked. "It's what?"

"Can't you count?" Lilynette scoffed.

I opened the safe. The only thing in it was a flyer. I hope it's what Szayel wanted because I really need that potion now.

"Damn it! I knew it!" Szayel raged.

"It's just a concert flyer," I shrugged.

"I know! I made him promise to take me next time he went and he swore that he would, but this is tomorrow and he hasn't said anything! That jerk!"

"Well, take it up with him I guess. I did my part now…"

"Hiiiiyyyaaa!" a fist went into my eye. I fell to the ground in a heap, with Lilynette on my chest. "GIN GIN GIN GIN!"

"Give it to me now!" I urged Szayel. He gave me a look and handed me the vial. I swiftly grabbed Lilynette and poured it down her throat.

"…Gin…gin…," she said sleepily, before finally curling up into a ball and sleeping.

"How long will that last?" I asked.

"Twelve hours."

"Good." Not only would it keep her off my hands but Starrk would have the bonus of a couple of extra pain free hours himself. "How long to make some more?"

"Oh no, you need to do something else for another one," Szayel smiled.

Damn it, I just want to sleep. Insomnia makes me cranky.

Orihime: I have a really good recipe for tea that helps you sleep. It's lavender, mint, St. John's Wart, and rose hip.

Ulquiorra: That has to be the most normal recipe I've ever heard from you.

Orihime: Then you add the chili and banana infused honey and just a squirt of pickle juice.

Ulquiorra: It's like your mind takes a right turn when it should take a left.

Orihime: What?