3. Four rings of light upon the ceiling overhead Yachiru, Hinamori Nanao Matsumoto

One, two, three… I'm counting. Shhhh… don't interrupt! Ken-chan wanted me to do something important! Huh? You want to know what? Well… He wanted me to find fireflies, so that we could put them in a jar and watch them flutter around right before we slept. So I'm trying to look for four. One, two, three…

I needed one more. I scooped those I had caught so far into the jar Ken-chan had given me for my task. Closing the lid tightly and watching them fly around inside fondly. I pivoted on a heel, clutching the jar protectively near my chest. The last thing I wanted to happen was for it to break. I stared at the misty marsh, narrowing my eyes against the darkness trying to find that tiny flicker of light that would tell m—Oooooh! Yachiru has found it!

Smiling in triumph, I pushed myself up from a tree root, jumping from branch to branch following the elusive firefly.

"Hey! Wait up!" I called out to the small little bug of light. I don't think it heard me as it continued to dance among the night sky.

"I said – wait!" Without noticing it I was back at the Gotei 13 headquarters; already landing softly on the floor trailing right after the firefly. I held out one outreached hand in an attempt to capture it. "Mahh... waiitt!"

Suddenly the firefly disappeared, its glow gone having been enveloped by Hinamori's hand. "Yachiru?" She questioned with a smile, gazing down at me with bright eyes. Faintly, I saw that behind her stood Four Eyes Nanao and Big boobie Matsu

"Ah! Peaches has caught it!" Hinamori bent down to my level, tilting her head to one side, bangs falling to and from her face.

"What are you trying to do?"

"Yachiru?" I pointed to myself, at her smile I persisted. "Yachiru's trying to get four fireflies for Ken-chan's jar." To emphasize my point, I showed her the jar. Matsumoto leaned in for a closer look.

She pointed out. "There are only three though."

"I know…" My face twisted in a frown. "But Peaches has the last one!"

"Fireflies…" I heard Four Eyes Nanao muttering softly and Matsu saying something in reply.

"You know, Yachiru, keeping something against its will no matter how beautiful they are, isn't a good thing," said Hinamori.

I cocked my head to one side in apparent confusion. "It isn't?" I echoed mindlessly.

Hinamori shook her head. "No, it's not. You should let them go free."

"But but – Ken-chan said—"

"I'll use my demon arts to make imitations of them if you wish." Peaches offered.

"I guess… that's okay. Ken-chan wouldn't mind, ne?"

She smiled. "No." With that and Matsu's encouraging smile, I gave in.

"In that case…" I slipped off the lid of the jar, giving it one last look before releasing the tiny bugs into the air. They glowed joyously. Hinamori opened her enclosed palms slowly and together we watched the last firefly join its brethren above us. It was strange, watching four rings of light upon the ceiling overhead. I couldn't help but feel slightly satisfied though.

I guess, Ken-chan won't have his night lamp anymore.