-Espada Babysitting Service Gone Wrong-

Chapter 5 – Day 4: Dangerous Troubles!

A/N OMAIGOD I LEFT U IN THE DUST FOR LIKE 5 DAYS OR SOMETHING! *freaks and panics* I should never leave my readers out that long! T_T I just hate leaving my readers like that. I feel like they wait too long for me! :[ SO I SHALL MAKE THIS A LONG CHAPTER ;D


Disclaimer – I do not own Bleach

Orihime's POV

When I woke up, I immediately noticed three things: 1) There was something small and warm on me, 2) My vision was partially blocked by what looked like blue hair, and 3) I felt mini arms and legs sprawled across my body. I gently picked up the "thing" or rather, someone, so that I could get a better view of what it was. There, in my hands, was little Grimmjow, slightly drooling and still asleep.

"G-Grimmjow?" I whispered. He stirred slightly and groaned.

"W-Wha…?" He mumbled, rubbing his eyes. I sat up and set him down on my lap.

Before I got the chance to say it, Aizen did. "WAKE UP~!" He yelled and threw a pillow straight at Grimmjow's head, which had collided on his intended target.

"AIZEN! WHY YOU-!" Grimmjow yelled and was about to go after him until I held him back.

"You shouldn't fight!" I scolded him. "You too, Ai-"I stopped talking as I noticed Aizen's face. His face turned completely from mischievous and sneaky to innocent, pleading, and downright cute. My eyes sparkled as his face literally had glows of innocence.

"Aw~! I forgive you, Aizen!" I squealed and hugged him. Soon afterwards, all the other Espada began waking up.

"What's for breakfast..?" Gin asked and yawned.

"Um…..do you know what pancakes are?" I asked, still holding Aizen who now had a look of mischief and arrogance, as if to say 'Haha! I have this and you don't!'.

Gin nodded. "Ya….that! A~RRAN~CAR!" He yelled out the syllables. Soon an Arrancar came to the room.

"Yes?"

"Pancakes! Lots of 'em!" Gin ordered.

"Make mine with CHOCOLATE!" Aizen demanded, jumping out of my grasp. The Arrancar nodded and left the room.

"….Another human food?" Ulquiorra asked me, tugging on part of my dress Grimmjow gave me. I looked down as he climbed into my lap.

I nodded in reply. "Yup! This one's fluffy and light, though." I smiled and stroked his hair.

"I feel like…exploring! Adventuring! Doing something dangerous!" Grimmjow announced and jumped off the bed, grinning. My eyes widened.

"No! You might get hurt!" I exclaimed on reflex.

"She's right." Szayel pushed up his glasses and sighed. "Who knows what would happen if you got hurt during this state? I myself don't know much about the potion."

Grimmjow growled. "So? That's the point! You discover new things!"

Tier stood up and shook her head. "I disagree with you. It is dangerous in this state. "

Grimmjow sighed, obviously admitting defeat indirectly. "So then what's the most dangerous thing you would allow to have happened to me?" He asked me.

"Having your knee scraped on accident." I answered without hesitation. He pouted, crossed his arms, and sat on the ground.

"Fine," He muttered.

"Huh?" I was confused.

"I won't get into dangerous situations…." He muttered, a little louder though. I smiled and ruffled his wild blue hair.

"Good, because it worries me when you get hurt." I told him. He blushed and looked away. Just then, the same Arrancar from before came in with a small food cart – to fit the Espada's height and size, I suspect - that had piles of pancakes with syrup on it.

"PANCAKE!" Aizen ran over to the small food cart. The Arrancar immediately dismissed himself and left the room. Aizen grabbed a pancake with chocolate chips in it and shoved the pancake into his mouth, making a mess of chocolate around his mouth.

"Eat slowly! It's not going to disappear," I scolded as I grabbed a napkin and wiped the chocolate off. His cheeks were puffed out from the pancake in his tiny mouth. Finally, he swallowed.

"But it's good! And I like it! I want another!" He exclaimed and grabbed another pancake. He grabbed the syrup bottle on the food cart and poured tons of it onto the pancake, even leaking on the floor.

"A-AH! I think that's too much, Aizen!" I told him as I took the bottle away and put it back on the cart.

"Mmmph mmmph mmpmh?" Aizen tried to talk with his mouth obviously full and could barely pronounce one letter from the alphabet.

"Don't talk with your mouth full! Chew and then swallow," I scolded him again. He nodded, chewed, and swallowed.

"Uwah~! It's so sticky!" Gin exclaimed as he held up a pancake full of syrup. He then took a bite into it. "It's sweet!"

"It is to my liking, onna," Ulquiorra said to me as he took a bite and slowly chewed. I decided to just take one of the pancakes from the cart and eat it, too. Unfortunately, somebody had squeezed out all the syrup and decided to pour it onto all the pancakes, so they were all sticky with syrup now.

"Do you like it?" Ulquiorra asked. I nodded, swallowing the sweet pancake.

"It's good! Even though it's so sticky," I laughed a little. He nodded in agreement and started eating his pancake again.

"So sweet! What the hell did you do to it?!" Grimmjow yelled to no one in particular, holding up a half-eaten pancake.

"It's not to your liking, then?" Gin asked him.

"Maybe if somebodyhadn't poured all of the syrup onto the pancakes!" Grimmjow growled.

"But it's sweet!" Gin pouted and proceeded to eat his share of the pancakes.

"I agree. It's sweet but that is what makes it good, yes?" Tier joined in.

"I-I guess….but now it's too sweet!" Grimmjow blushed.

"Aw, it can't be that bad, can it?" I asked him. He stared at me and shook his head.

"I-I guess I can deal with it," He muttered and bit into his pancake. I smiled at him when suddenly Szayel appeared in front of me.

"They really like you, huh?" Szayel commented.

"H-Huh..? O-Oh! Yeah, I guess," I blushed lightly at the thought.

"Even Grimmjow. I will have to take notes on this should it ever happen again. If they still like you afterwards, I will have to study it," He pushed up his glasses smartly once more, catching the reflection of the light. I sweat dropped.

"I-Is it so bad for them to like me?" I asked him. He closed his eyes and opened them again.

"No, I suppose not. However, do you not find it strange that Espada, the Arrancar that were originally hollows, has taken a liking to a human? I mean no offense to it, of course." I seemed slightly shocked at his statement. But then as I took in the scene of the little Espada fighting over the pancakes or somewhat, I smiled.

"Of course not. Hollows are lonely beings, and Espada are no exception." I replied. Szayel seemed shocked at my answer but he quickly composed himself.

"I see." He simply answered. I smiled back at him, before I stood up and stretched.

"Ah~! I'm going to take a bath. Not taking one in the morning…it just doesn't really feel right to me," I said out loud to no one in particular. I walked towards the bathing quarters when I felt a lot of tugs at the bottom of my dress. I turned around and looked down, seeing most of the Espada.

"Take us with you!" Aizen demanded. I giggled.

"Hai, hai. Come on." I motioned my hand for them to follow. I walked into the bathing quarters and found that there are already extra pairs of clothes for all of us. The Arrancar must have already anticipated this, I concluded. I stripped of my dress and undergarments, wrapped a towel around my body – since there's only 1 female Espada and the rest are all boys, I couldn't take that risk – and turned on the water on one of the tubs. When the water was warm enough, I went into the tub.

"CANNONBALL!" Aizen, naked except for a mini towel wrapped around his lower body, jumped into the tub I was in, creating a small splash. He laughed as he resurfaced.

"Me too~!" Gin, unlike Aizen, carefully stepped into the tub.

"…..You're leaving me out, onna," Ulquiorra muttered and climbed into the tub.

"HMPH!" Grimmjow went into the tub, too.

"I will make sure they do not do anything," Tier told me as she stepped into the tub with a mini towel wrapped around her body like mine. Before, she didn't talk to me at all. But over the days, she started warming up to me. Somehow, the tub fit all 6 of us.

"Me first!" Aizen demanded and went in front of me. I giggled, knowing exactly what he was talking about. I put some soap into my hand and gently scrubbed his hair. I also rubbed his scalp, making sure I got all of his hair. After I was done, I gently poured water over his hair, getting out all of the soap. Unfortunately, there wasn't really conditioner, so I couldn't use it.

"I'm assuming you can also wash your body by yourself?" I raised an eyebrow. He nodded and went to the other end of the tub, washing his body.

"Then me~!" Gin happily moved over to in front of me. I did the same thing to him as I did with Aizen. But as I noticed his slanted eyes, I couldn't help but ask this question that popped in my head.

"Ne, Gin. Does soap ever get into your eyes? If so, do you um…..open your eyes?" I asked, pouring water over his hair.

"Sometimes! I just rub it out of my eyes though, so I don't really need to open them," He answered cheerfully.

"O-Oh…is that so.." I muttered as Ulquiorra appeared in front of me. I did the same process again, making sure to also rub off any syrup or pancake bits off his hollow mask remnants.

"You're fine with washing all their hair?" Tier asked me, her hair let loose from her pigtails/low ponytails. (A/N. I didn't know what to call them :x), as she rubbed some soap into it.

"It's fine. Besides, they like it." I told her as Grimmjow was now in front of me. Out of all of them, he seemed to like it the best. He purred a lot whenever I did it, even more so when I gently scratched behind his ears – and today was no exception. As I rubbed his scalp, he purred, much to Tier's surprise.

"He…purrs?" She asked. I nodded, and scratched behind his ears. He purred louder. I chuckled slightly and continued washing his hair. I then poured water on it like before, and had him wash his own body.

"Alright, my turn!" I said to myself. I put some soap into my hand and washed my hair. I didn't take too long though, because I had to help dry and dress the others. I got out of the tub, getting another towel to dry my hair. After I did that, I helped Aizen dry his body and put his clothes on. I also helped dry and clothe the rest of them, except Tier because she insisted that she do it herself. After drying and dressing myself, we all walked out of the bathing quarters.

"Alright! What should we do?" I clasped my hands together and asked them.

"Orihime, while you were bathing, Nnoitra ran away," Szayel informed me nonchalantly. I froze in horror.

"N-Nnoitra…left?! Where'd he go?!" I asked him quickly.

"Don't know. He must've gone outside of Las Noches or something. You know how he is," He shrugged. I paled.

"NNOITRA!" I yelled and ran out the room while Gin, Aizen, Ulquiorra, Grimmjow and Tier followed closely behind.

"Where do you think he might be?" Tier asked while running.

"Dunno~!" Gin cheerfully replied. I sighed.

"Come on! He might die in this form! As much as I hate to say it, he's vulnerable and weak!" I told them.

"OUTSIDE~!" Aizen exclaimed. "He might fight some hollows~!" He giggled.

"Thanks, Aizen!" I thanked him, but then I realized something as we ran in the straight hallways. "….How do we get outside?"

"This way," Tier pointed to an intersection. She ran ahead of me, despite her little legs, and turned right. We all followed her, turning around many corners until we finally reached outside. I panted and gasped for air.

"H-How *pant* big is *pant* L-Las Noches?" I asked. They shrugged. I finally caught my breath and looked around the vast desert.

"He might be in Menos Forest for Adjuchas menos," Ulquiorra suggested. I sweat dropped. Where's that? I've never heard of it before. Being locked up in Las Noches really gives me a disadvantage of Hueco Mundo's places.

"…And where is that, exactly?" I asked.

"Idiot! It's underground!" Grimmjow pointed to the ground.

"Huh?"

"Like this!" Grimmjow tried to stomp really hard on the ground, but with his weak form, he only caused a little cloud of dust. "Huh? Why isn't it working?!"

"Grimmjow, as much as I hate to admit it, we are weak currently. If we cannot do it, then Nnoitra cannot, either. Thus, he cannot be in the Menos Forest." Tier told him.

"Tch! That sucks," He looked away and crossed his arms.

"Well….he might fight some weak hollows…." Tier put her finger on her chin, thinking. As if on cue,there was a childish scream. My eyes widened.

"NNOITRA!" I yelled, running after the direction of the scream. They all followed me quickly, Tier at my side.

"I have an idea, onna! I will use my Resurrección and use it to fly!" Ulquiorra suggested. We all sweat dropped.

"Um…okay." We stopped in our tracks to watch Ulquiorra.

"Isolate, Murciélago!" He exclaimed. There was a small poof of smoke and Ulquiorra was in his Resurrección form. He tried to flap his 'wings' but he couldn't.

"I…can't….fly?" He pouted. I laughed and picked him up as he turned back.

"Don't worry, you did your best," I ruffled his hair and put him down. "Alright, let's continue!" I said and continued running with them. Up ahead, we saw a large centipede-like Hollow and a tiny figure in the distance. As we came closer, the tiny figure became clearer.

"That idiot, Nnoitra." Tier muttered.

"I won't let some weak and low level Hollow defeat me!" Nnoitra yelled and pointed his oddly-shaped Zanpakuto towards the hollow. He yelled and charged at the hollow.

"WAIT, NNOITRA!" I yelled out. He stopped in mid-air, looked at me, and fell down at the hollow charged at him. He quickly rolled out of the hollow's way as it stepped and crushed the spot he was on before. Nnoitra then stood up and started running for me as the hollow chased after him.

"What?!" He yelled, annoyed.

"Koten Zanshun! I reject!" I called out for Tsubaki. Tsubaki flew out and immediately cut through the low-level hollow.

"What is it, woman?" Nnoitra said as he came up to me.

"You could've died! You're quite…vulnerable," I tried thinking of another synonym for 'weak' that wouldn't necessarily insult Nnoitra.

"But I wanted to fight a hollow! Maybe even an Adjuchas class menos!" He exclaimed and grinned.

"I agree with Nnoitra!" Grimmjow grinned and stood next to Nnoitra.

"Not you too, Grimmjow," I sighed and kneeled down. "You can have all that fighting stuff when you change back. You only have about three more days left! Just try to wait for now, okay? Do you want to die in this vulnerable and small form?" I gestured to their tiny height as I kneeled down to their size.

"Promise?" Grimmjow looked at me in the eye.

"Yeah! You have to swear!" Nnoitra crossed his arms. I giggled a little.

"You don't need me to swear for it! You'll do it anyway," I smiled and ruffled both of their hairs. As I stood up, suddenly a bird-like hollow swooped down and picked up both Grimmjow and Nnoitra with its talons and flew away. All of our jaws dropped open as we registered what happened.

"AHHH! GRIMMJOW! NNOITRA!" I yelled, running after the swift bird-like hollow with Gin, Aizen, Ulquiorra and Tier desperately trying to run as fast as they could after it.

"AHH! STUPID HOLLOW!" I heard Grimmjow yell. I saw him try to get the talons off his body but it only resulted in it gripping him harder. However, as fast as we were, the hollow was just too fast for us. They couldn't use Sonido since their little legs couldn't do it. I sighed as we finally stopped.

"Well, what do we do now?" I asked them.

"I can ask my three Fraccion." Tier suggested. I nodded. We ran back to Las Noches – which was really tiring and long if you ask me – and went to where her Fraccion usually resided in the Fraccion's rooms.

"H-Harribel-sama?! W-What happened?"A tomboy-ish looking Arrancar with a horn on her head asked, pointing to the little forms of Tier and the others.

"Apacci (A/N. Did I spell her name right?), the Espada, Gin, Aizen, Tousen and I were turned to….children on accident. Do not worry, it will not last long. However, we are left vulnerable and weak in this state. Grimmjow and Nnoitra has accidentally been captured by a low-level hollow. We, unfortunately, require your assistance," Tier explained.

"Of course, Harribel-sama!" A dark-skinned Arrancar stood up from her seat.

"May I ask, Harribel-sama, what is this human doing here?" Another of Tier's Fraccion stood up.

"She is helping us since we are incapable of taking care of ourselves currently." Tier replied. They didn't seem to trust me, because they were staring at me fiercely, but they didn't say anything.

"Ha! So where did that bastard Grimmjow and Nnoitra go off to?" The tomboy-ish looking Fraccion – Apacci, was it? – walked out of the room with us, with the other two Fraccion following behind.

Tier sighed. "We do not know. All we know is that a low-level hollow has taken them. Can you defeat it and retrieve them for us?" (A/N. Don't ask how, they're Arrancar – they do whatever Arrancar do to find people or whatnot _)

"Hai!" They replied simultaneously and disappeared with Sonido.

"I don't think they liked me very much." I commented as soon as they left.

"They are not fond for humans," Tier told me as she crossed her arms. "However, they are most loyal to me."

I sighed. "Well, that's good, I guess," I shrugged. Then a thought struck my head. We left….the others behind….

"Something wrong, Ori~hime-chan?" Gin asked.

"W-What about the others? Only you guys are here with me. We know four of the Espada's locations, including you two," I pointed to Tier and Ulquiorra. "That means there are still six Espada on their own."

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"Oh well~!" Gin and Aizen giggled together.

"W-Wha?! They might be in danger! Szayel and Starkk are probably the only two sane ones out of those six!" I exclaimed.

"Ehh~? Do we have to?" Gin pouted.

I sighed. "Yes, Gin, we have to!" He pouted but sighed softly

"I want tea afterward!" Aizen demanded. I laughed and nodded.

"Onna, Szayelaporro's lab is nearby. We should check it out first," Ulquiorra pointed down the hallway.

"Then we'll start from there!" I clasped my hands together. We ran down the hallway according to Ulquiorra's instructions. When we stopped, we were in front of a pair of large doors.

"This certainly looks like a fitting door for a lab," I muttered as I struggled to open the heavy metal doors. It was slightly dim inside, except for a bright screen at the end of the room. There were various wires and cables, devices, and tools laying about the room.

"Who's in here?" We heard a childish voice. We looked to each other, nodded, and walked towards the sound of the voice. When we reached it, we couldn't see anything at first because it was especially dark, but then we saw a reflection of the light.

"S-Szayel?" I softly called out. Szayel walked out of the shadows, his uniform ripped, scratches on his arm, oil and stains on his face, arms and his uniform, and his hair messy. His glasses were even slightly crooked. "Szayel! What happened to you?" I asked, kneeling down and wiping off some of the oil with my handkerchief.

"New experiment!" He exclaimed triumphantly. "I figured if I can't do any major experiments at the moment, I should at least do something like this!" He pointed to the darkness, but I couldn't see anything in it.

"But you got scratches everywhere!" I frowned as I saw a particularly deep one, where a small trail of blood was running down his arm.

"Hmph, it is of no importance."

I sighed in defeat. I grabbed a roll of bandages I secretly kept in case something like this ever happened, and bandaged his deep wound. The other's weren't too deep or anything to be worried about, so I left them alone or just put a small patch on it.

"So, what's your um….new experiment?"I asked, unsure of what to call it.

"Can't you see it?" He asked. We all shook our heads.

"Szayel, it is too dark." Ulquiorra told him.

"Oh. My apologies." He said and turned on a light, revealing his "experiment". We all sweat dropped as Szayel pushed up his glasses in triumph.

"My newest experiment is still incomplete, though," He sighed and picked up a mini wrench.

"U-Um….is that…supposed to be me?" I pointed at the metal….robot? It was more like chunks of metal smashed together and held by screws and nails, with orange hair – was that from one of his Fraccions? – that was falling apart, and glowing buttons for eyes. It didn't even have arms or legs yet.

"Of course not. Do you look like this? It's supposed to be a mini caretaker for me. I cannot leave my dumb Fraccions to handle my dear lab. It's supposed to look like any other human, when I'm done with this. When it is complete, it will be able to take care of my lab like I usually do!" Szayel explained.

"Nande~?" Gin innocently asked.

"Because you always seem to get in here and toy with my experiments," Szayel answered through gritted teeth, an obvious red tick mark on his head.

"Well, anyway," I changed the topic, "do you know where the others are?" I asked him. He put a finger on his lips, thinking.

"Hm, well, Starkk went somewhere to find a good sleeping place. Aaroniero most likely went to find a place in the dark, and the rest went somewhere," He shrugged.

"That's not very helpful," Tier sighed along with Ulquiorra.

"Well I'm busy creating this wonderful experiment!" He exclaimed, gesturing to the badly-made "robot". "I promise to not get hurt, so can you please leave?"

I bit my bottom lip nervously, but decided to agree with it. "Fine. Come on, we need to find the others," I told them, and walked out of the lab. As soon as we did, Tier's three Fraccion came back.

"If it wasn't for you, Mila Rose, we would've safely gotten them!" Apacci growled to the dark-skinned Fraccion.

"You're the one who messed it up, Apacci!" She growled back.

"You shouldn't argue like that. It makes you weak. Besides, both of you were at fault and getting in my way," The third one looked away as they both yelled at her.

"A-Ano.." I said. They all whipped their heads towards me and glared until they saw Tier at my side.

"Harribel-sama, we located the hollow along with Grimmjow and Nnoitra. However, as we destroyed it, they were gone." The dark-skinned one, Mila Rose, reported.

"Anything else?" Tier asked.

"Hai. They were somewhat injured, and were other small bird-like lowly Hollows at the nest. It's possible one of them could've taken them " Mila Rose told her.

"Hm. Find them again," Tier ordered.

"HAI!" They simultaneously said and disappeared once again with Sonido.

I bit my bottom lip. "Injured….?" I muttered. Tier put a small hand on my leg.

"Do not worry. Even if they are small, Grimmjow and Nnoitra are tough." She reassured me.

I smiled. "Thanks, Tier." She nodded.

"Onna, where do you suggest Starkk might be?" Ulquiorra pulled at my dress.

"Um….." I tilted my head, realizing that I don't know too many places of Las Noches. If I did, it would be too big then for me too remember them all.

"I'll have Kaname help find him!" Aizen announced.

"Oh yeah! I forgot about him….oops." I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. "Where does he usually go?"

"He's trying to take care of Gillian-class Menos!" Aizen answered. I sweat dropped. (A/N. This is true XD It's one of those Arrancar Encyclopedia things at the end of episodes. It's at the end of episode 253 XD)

"O-Oh, I see," I sweat dropped again.

"KA-NA-ME!" Aizen yelled. Tousen immediately showed up in front of Aizen.

"Hai, Aizen-sama?"

Apparently, even though everybody dropped the honorifics for Aizen ever since he turned into a child, Tousen was the only one who still added '-sama' to Aizen.

"Find Starkk and the rest!" Aizen ordered.

"Hai, Aizen-sama," And with that, he left.

"All done! I want my tea now!" He crossed his arms and looked up at me angrily. I laughed.

"Okay, while we're waiting, we can eat." I decided. They all nodded in agreement. We made our way to the kitchen, which was surprisingly empty and free of any working Arrancar.

"What do you want to eat?" I asked as I prepared the tea of how Aizen exactly wants it.

"I'm fine with anything," Tier replied as she sat down at a table I failed to see at other times.

"By the way, no more cake!" I called out before they could say anything else.

"Aw~! Fine then. What about onigiri?" Gin called.

" M'kay."

"I would like the same, onna." Ulquiorra simply answered while he was struggling a little to get up on the chair.

"I just want my tea!" Aizen yelled. I laughed at Aizen's reply as I poured his tea into a fancy cup.

"What type of tea do you want?" I asked the others.

"Anything. I'm not too picky," Tier shrugged.

"Not anything too sweet."

"Don't know~!"

I laughed and just chose to serve them the same tea as Aizen's. I poured the tea into three more cups and put them onto a tray. I walked over the table and set the tray down on the table, putting each cup to Gin, Ulquiorra, and Tier.

"Thanks~!"

"Thank you, onna."

"Hm," Tier simply acknowledged as she took a sip. I grabbed the tray back and headed back to start making the onigiri. I made 9 of them, 3 for each one. I put them onto 3 plates, and carefully brought them over to the table.

"Yay!" Gin cheerfully exclaimed as he grabbed one of them and immediately started eating. Ulquiorra and Tier simply just bit into the rice ball.

Ulquiorra blushed lightly. "…It's good, onna." He took another bite, slowly chewing. Tier nodded in agreement. Gin didn't bother saying anything because he was too busy eating. He was already on his last one! Wow, he eats fast. Was he always like this? Or maybe it's just because of the child form? I'm also surprised how Aizen is just satisfied with tea. Then again, he likes cake. Cake and tea are good together, but they had too much cake this week… I thought, moving back to the kitchen part as I made my own food, which I decided would definitely have red bean paste in it. It's been far too long without some red bean paste!

"And what are you going to have?" Aizen asked.

I laughed. "Nothing special. Perhaps just some rice with red bean and honey," I answered, preparing the rice in the rice cooker.

"EHH?!" Aizen yelled out. "That doesn't sound too good!"

I laughed again, waving my hand. "It tastes good to me! Other people find my tastes weird, though," I said. Hm, it takes about 30 minutes for the rice to cook. Will they be back by then? That means I don't really have a chance to eat, I thought. As if on cue, Tier's three Fraccion appeared.

"Please stop arguing you two! It's disgraceful," The unknown Fraccion – I have yet to learn her name – said.

"WHAT WAS THAT, SUNG-SUN?!" The other two yelled at her as she looked away, covering her mouth with her sleeve.

"Where's Grimmjow and Nnoitra?" Tier asked. Apacci and Mila Rose held up unconscious and somewhat beat up forms of Grimmjow and Nnoitra by the back of their shirt.

"The little bastard's right here," Apacci rolled her eyes, sort of 'gently' dropping them onto the floor. They immediately woke up, groaning on the cold tile floor. Grimmjow, the one with more injuries, hissed as he felt the cold floor hit his wounds. His wounds….they're terrible! A lot of scratch marks all over his body, especially his shoulders. I'm assuming that's where the bird hollow held him, and it did tighten its hold on Grimmjow with its especially sharp talons. His clothes are all torn, and his hair is a mess. His right leg also has a bad scrape – the blood is slightly running down his legs. He also has bruises on his arm….I thought, looking at Grimmjow.

"W-What happened to them?" I whispered loud enough for them to hear. I bit my lip nervously, not sure if I wanted to hear this or not. They looked to each other and sighed. Mila Rose decided to talk.

"There were four other mini versions of the stupid hollows. Two of 'em grabbed them and apparently they resisted so they punished them a little. When we got to their location, they were already unconscious and the hollow were about to attack them. We got in time, though." Mila Rose explained.

I sighed in relief as they didn't detail it too much. I already dreaded the thought of them getting "punished" by the hollows – especially in this state.

"Sung-Sun, Mila Rose, Apacci. Thank you." Tier nodded to them as if to say they're dismissed. They nodded and used Sonido to get out.

"They are barely conscious. We need to get them to the infirmary." Ulquiorra said. I bit my lip and nodded. I carefully held Grimmjow as they struggled to hold Nnoitra. We quickly and carefully ran out of the room. Unfortunately, the infirmary was a bit far away according to Ulquiorra. Some Arrancar were in the hallways, immediately moving out of the way as we ran by. By the time we reached the infirmary, the two were unconscious again.

"P-Please heal them!" I begged the Arrancar medic there. She nodded and took Grimmjow and Nnoitra from us. She gently put them on the floor. However, I didn't really pay attention to what she did. I was just looking at their unconscious bodies.

"Do not worry. They are okay. They're stronger than you think," Tier reassured me. I smiled softly.

"Y-yeah, you're right." I chuckled and squatted down to their heights.

Ulquiorra then poked my arm. "Onna, your rice is still cooking," He informed me. I paled. Took about 2-5 minutes to explain what happened. Took about 10 minutes to get here. How long has it been since then? And then by the time we get back, it might've already been 30 minutes! But wait, I shouldn't think about that now especially since Grimmjow and Nnoitra are injured- Another thought struck me hard. Wait, I can heal them! Why did I forget about this?! I can easily heal them!

I stood up quickly. They all look surprised at me. "Something the matter?" Aizen asked. I simply smiled at him and walked over to the spot on the floor.

"I'll take it from here. I can heal," I told the medic. She didn't believe it, but stopped anyway. "Soten Kisshun! I reject!" Ayame and Shun'o came out and formed the glowing orange oval-like shield over Grimmjow and Nnoitra. Immediately, their wounds started disappearing and closing up. A few seconds later, they were healed and tidied up like nothing ever happened. They were already starting to wake up, too.

"Ahh…..Ori….hime?" Grimmjow groaned as he slowly sat up and yawned. He rubbed his eyes before blinking to get the sleep out. He looked around. "Where…am I?"

I giggled. "Las Noches, Grimmjow," I whispered and held him tight.

"H-Hey! What's this a-about?!" He protested, trying to get out of my grasp.

"Woman! No hug for me then?" Nnoitra stood up, crossing his arms. I giggled and hugged him too.

"ME TOO!" Aizen yelled and pounced on me, causing me to fall back. I finally laughed out loud as Gin and Ulquiorra jumped onto me, too.

"No thank you," Tier crossed her arms and shook her head. I just laughed at this. Just then, Tousen came back with the rest of the Espada, including Szayel.

"Oh? A pile? I won't mind," He smirked and jumped on too. Starkk yawned.

"Ahh~? A pile…? Another sleeping place," He lazily went on top of me, laid on his back, and started snoring. Soon, the other Espada went on the mini pile, too. I laughed out loud as all 13 'children', with the exception of Tier, was laying about my body, except for my head.

"I can really get used to this." I whispered, smiling as I looked up at the ceiling. The Espada are so troublesome. But that's what makes them, them. And there's only 3 more days of this. I better enjoy it, then. I thought.


A/N WAHHHHH GRIMMJOW DX I just had to…I just had to XD They're blood-thirsty Hollows – what'd you expect? Of course Nnoitra is going to go out and challenge a Hollow XD And especially get captured by a bird one :x The injuries aren't actually too major, but it's kind of like, "big injuries" for children, you know? And Orihime is in her "mother" state, I guess. Of course she's going to worry ;3 Don't worry, next chapter isn't going to be "sad" (I'm not sure if this would be entirely sad..). I also officially decided to make a sequel! ;) You'll find out at the last chapter XD

-Amayano