"Hey!" Ikkaku cried, watching Yylfordt wrap the tied and gagged prisoner up in mounds of Happy Birthday wrapping paper. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Sending a nice present to my bro." Yylfordt replied, measuring the amount of ribbon he would need for a large bow. "Don't worry… it's a game we play."

"So…" Ikakku thought, feeling like he'd seen this kind of gag before. "You do this all the time?"

"Not until recently…" The Arrancar muttered, glancing around the small general store full of strange and eclectic things for more tape. "And what a shame it was I couldn't find any christmas wrapping paper… It would have made things-"

"Christmas wrapping?!"

"Yeah, Ikkaku. Christm-why are you looking at me like that?!"

"That box with that hollow's head was wrapped in christmas wrapping paper!"

"It wasn't just a hollow!" Yylfordt cried, dropping the tape and ribbons on the floor. "It was Ciricci!"

"I'm sorry!" Ikkaku didn't know that that head had a name. "Now don't cry! Please! It is just that the box was sent to the Twelfth Company for analysis. We want to know who sent it here and-Hanngan."

The other Soul Reaper grabbed a box of tissues off the shelf and handed it to Ikkaku who shoved it in Yylfordt's hands. "If you're gonna cry, use these."

"I'm just trying to stay upbeat about all this…you know… and…I'm sorry…I just miss her so much."

"Okay." Ikkaku knew exactly what to do so both parties felt much better. He made the three of the sit down and grabbed a box of cookies to share. "Yylfordt-san, what was so special about Ciricci?"

"Well…" Yylfordt really wanted a cookie, but the last cookies he tasted almost murdered all of his taste buds. "She…she was really sweet and kind actually. Unlike what others thought. On the outside, she came across as cold hearted and mean. Sure she beat me up once… but that was a pure accident… And a really, really long story. An well, that's actually how we met now that I recall it. She thought I was Szayel and you see the two of them had gotten in some kind of fight a few days ago and I am unfortunately cursed with being the same height and-"

"Wait, you said Szayel." Ikkaku wasn't sure if he had a name now to put with a face or not. "You mean, the nature lover?"

"Yeah." Yylfordt laughed, recalling the film in the Meeting Hall. "The one tossed out the window, that's my bro. So, back to Ciricci who took to beating me up one day and suddenly, she stopped and was like: "who are you?"

"Uh…" I said back, looking up at a woman with curling purple hair and beautiful matching eyes. "I…I'm Yylfordt, um… nice lady?"

"Right, Szayel. You just dyed your hair. I am not falling for it."

"No, really!" I cried, pasting a large smile on my face. "I'm not Szayel! I'm… his older brother!"

"Szayel doesn't have an brother." I winced as a knee connected with my stomach. "And there is no way that he's getting away for insulting me! I am a former Espada!"

"Oh…" I was suddenly interested. This could turn out good after I was released from the Ward for all of my broken bones. "Really?"

"Yes, of course you, *******!"

"Uh… Heh… I don't think you should go around using such-Never mind!" I screamed, feeing my left arm break in three places from Ciricci's sight movement. "Go ahead and smash my guts in! I don't need them anyway!"

Ciricci looked down at me, a confused look on her face. "Really?"

"Yeah." I replied, not sure why she was waiting to pound me into goo. "Go ahead….I guess… But I have to say, I do kinda like some of my organs….Like my liver and a few others that I can't remember… but they are really important you know."

"Geez." Ciricci rolled her eyes, "You talk too much…"

"See?" I said, hoping she'd finally realize it wasn't my younger brother "Szayel wouldn't be talking right now… I think he'd be laughing, not begging for mercy from your organ-"

And guys, this is where I threw up blood onto her shoes. One of the things I still not very proud of… anyhow, going on.

"Organ-Crushing blows." I wheezed out, hoping that my sniffling would let me off the hook like it had earlier that day with Aaroniero almost ate me after beginning the long list of broken bones I now had. He didn't like Szayel either and two had been at odds since they were forced to be in the same room Aka the Meeting room. Sometimes I wondered what Aizen was thinking. However, not long after Nnoitra was drafted, to put it simply, Szayel decided he wasn't going to take orders from a Gillian and split him in half. So, that's why Aaroniero has two heads. It used to be one and now he as to take orders from Szayel. Which is fine by me because he deserves it for how many times he took to beating me up. Not that Szayel is any nicer when he takes the time to beat me up… anyhow, back to Ciricci who just had her shoes ruined:

"Well…" She said, debating letting me go. "What did you say your name was?"

"Yylfordt." I coughed some more, much to my dislike.

"Okay." She said back, a thought coming to mind. "Full name and Chosen name."

"Um… Full name: Yylfordt Granz and Chosen name: Del Toro."

"Yylfordt Granz… Um… That's Szayel's last name."

"Yeah, Ciricci, pretty woman. It is. I told you that I'm his older brother and-"

Ciricci looked down and sighed. "Oh… my poor new dress…but I might as well let you go. You seem so sad and pathetic, there is no way you could be Szayel. Second, what kind of idiot uses his own last name if he's trying to be someone else."

"That's great deductions!" I cried, happy to be free of her grasp, but not so pleased to now be laying on the floor, completely totaled. "And…lady, could you help me?"

"How?" she asked. I am sure she didn't want to help her Number 1 enemy's brother, but it was worth a shot.

"Help me to the Ward before I die, will you?"

"…I guess…" I hoped she felt at least a little sorry about beating me up. Unlike Nnoitra or Aaroniero who was surely on the hunt this moment. Even though my brother is hardly the most powerful Espada, he sure did make a mess where ever he went. Sadly, he was too good at charming his way out of them… and I looked too much like him for it to be funny. Santa Teresa was always a real sucker for his charms… But on another note, one of which I am very proud of, I still have my sense of smell and Ciricci helped me to the nearest hospital bed. And I wasn't quite sure how it happened, but when I woke up I found her staring down at me.

"Hey." She said, poking me in the face for some reason. I think she thought it was cute. "Yylfordt."

"Yeah?" I said back, not sure what time it was or what was going on around me.

"I was thinking while you were out and I don't want you to think I'm saying this to get back at your brother in anyway. Is that understood?"

"Uh… yeah… no revenge."

"I wanted to know if you wanted to go out with me. I know a lot of guys have asked and Aaroniero was stupid enough to ask and I had to kick him in the testicles… I loved watching him crawl away, actually… anyhow… you seem nice enough and don't want someone because how much power they have or what not… So, will you take me on a date?"

"Um…sure…" I muttered, my mind in shock over the angel who just asked me out after rejecting countless others. "After I get out of my mummy bandages…"

"And if it will make you feel better." Ciricci continued, "I learned that your brother wasn't the one for me. I thought maybe going after him would make it possible for me to regain my place in the Espada and all I got for effort was a nasty scar on my chest after he nearly sliced me in half. Anyhow… I don't really want my place, now that I think of it… I do… but I don't really like Aizen. He is nice enough but…"

"I know what you mean." There was something about Aizen none of us liked and couldn't figure out what it was. "And I'm sorry about what Szayel did to you. At least he didn't snap."

"Didn't snap?!" She screamed at me. "He nearly sliced me in half!"

"Yeah… I know. You're lucky." I replied with a smile that only made her frown. "If he was really mad, he'd slowly eat your heart out followed by your other organs. Anyhow…Let's talk about us…I…I would really love to go out with you."

"Good. Because you're paying."

"We don't have money here!"

"True." Ciricci said. "Anyhow, you are getting the honor of taking me somewhere pretty that I haven't seen before." And that is how we met and all."

Ikkaku put down the empty box of cookies and grabbed another. "Where did you take her?"

"I…" Yylfordt knew he took her somewhere special. But… he'd been so many places with her…"Oh, yeah. I took her to see Nigira Falls. HEY! Don't laugh! I know it's overused, but we don't have even that much water in Hueco Mundo! Anyway, she liked it so much, she asked for another date. Then, that is where I had trouble. What could top the giant falls?! Then, it hit me. I took her to the ocean and she was so happy, she kissed me on the cheek."

"Ah… uh…" Hanngan wasn't sure if he should be happy for Yylfordt or tell him he was a loser for only getting a peck. "On the cheek…."

"Ciricci was a very reserved person. She is also part of the small precent of women hollows to make it to Menos Lorde level. It's hard to trust anyone. Anyhow… she loved to ocean so much, I took her on a small sail boat and we both freaked out, the ship didn't leave dock. Heh. I don't like the idea of deep, deep water either. Goodness knows, we would have run into Harribel or something."

"That's funny." Hanngan stood up to move a little. "But what do you mean you still have your sense of smell?"

"Oh." Yylfordt smiled and finally took a cookie from Ikakku. They couldn't be that bad… "That. Well, unlike Szayel, I still have my sense of smell. Sure, once he became an Arrancar, he acquired most of it back as he gained human form… but he had his antennas ripped out of his head ages ago. So, he can't really smell anything. Which is really funny since Nnoitra once tried to be romantic and show him a nice field of flowers and he just stared at it- from what I hear from Telsa-sama- and was like: 'Um… I see flowers… are these fake?'"

"…Interesting." Ikkaku handed another cookie to Hanngan. "But really, antennas? Is your brother some kind of alien?"

"Nah." Yylfordt wished he was. "He's just a butterfly."

Hanngan burst out laughing at the idea of people running from a silly flying bug. "And people are scared of him?! What a-"

"Man, " Yylfordt whispered, "He's a scary ass butterfly! Don't judge a hollow by the kind of animal they are!"

"And what are you?" Ikkaku asked, "A moth?"

Yylfordt frowned. "Haha. Not. That was not funny. I don't know how all of it works, but I am a bull and I am real-DON'T TRY IT, HANNGAN! I WILL RUN YOU THROUGH!"

Hanngan jumped and tossed the red wrapping paper far away as possible. "Okie!"

"And what else do you want to know?"

"Well," Ikkaku wasn't sure how to go about this as it was sensitive subject. "I seemed to note that Szayel and Ciricci did get along… Yylfordt, did he kill her?"

A silence fell over the group and Yylfordt looked out the window.

"Ikkaku, please don't tell anyone.. .I don't want you all to think all hollows are evil and stop trying to figure things out with Harribel-sama… I know she wants this to work between our worlds…I do too."

"He did, didn't he?"

Yylfordt sighed and shoved the cookie in his mouth to punish his tongue for speaking the next words. "Yes. He did. Szayel murdered Ciricci and I am sure he is laughing about it as we speak."