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A/N: Sorry for the late update! I'll be busy next week so I won't be updating next week too! -cackles evilly- Hang in there! Review!

All Set?

Meanwhile, Ichigo was tearing through Seireitei in a madcap frenzy.

'Where could she be? Where could she be where could she be WHERE THE HELL IS SHE' He stopped, gasping for breath, forcing himself to calm down. 'Deep breaths. Take deep breaths. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe – AH THIS IS DRIVING ME NUTS!! Think, Ichigo, think. Yoruichi-San's not in any of the divisions. She is not back on Earth. She's not with Soi Fon…SHE'S NOT ANYWHERE!' He cursed under his breath. 'Where would she go? She doesn't have any friends here, does she? Friends, friends… eh?'

He smacked himself on the forehead. "Of course! Kuukaku! I didn't even think of her!" Starting to sprint off, he shook his head. "I am such an idiot sometimes."(Note implied meaning)

Shortly after, he arrived at his destination. The familiar sight of the two huge arms holding a banner across the house made him smile despite his situation. 'Some things never change.' His moment of nostalgia was disrupted about two milliseconds later, as Kuukaku's two genie-like servants popped out of nowhere, causing Ichigo to jump in shock and, for the second time that day, almost bite off his tongue.

"DON'T DO THAT!" He yelled. "Can't you come up the front path instead of materializing?!"

Taking no notice of him, their heads bobbing up and down, they asked, "What brings you here, Young Master Ichigo?"

"I just wanted to know if-" He was denied the opportunity to continue.

"Mistress Shiba doesn't want to see anyone right now." One of the genies told him.

"I don't want to see Kuukaku. I was looking for-"

"Master Ganjyuu is not here as well. He has gone off hunting on his pig." Ichigo was interrupted a second time by the second genie.

The other one nudged it. "It's boar." He whispered. "Master's Bonnie is a boar."

"I don't want to see either of them." A vein popped out in Ichigo's temple and his voice was controlled, with a lot of effort. "I was looking for-"

"Me?" A low voice asked.

"WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP- Ah. Yoruichi-San." Ichigo looked down at the black cat. "Yes. I was looking for you."

"And what, may I ask, were you looking for me for?" She entwined herself around his ankles, purring contentedly.

"I needed a – don't do that!- a favour. You see," Ichigo explained the events of the past few hours, filling her in on what she needed to know, at the same time trying to evade her rubbing herself all over his ankles. This finally resulted in him tripping over her and stomping on her paw, narrowly missing squashing her face.

After many yeowls and painful scratches, Ichigo finally concluded with a hopeful "So, will you help?"

"What would you do if I said no?"

"Attempt to persuade you."

"… I don't like the sound of that."

"So say yes."

"Of course. Byakuya-bo getting drunk?" She grinned, showing her canines. "I have to be there."

"Great! I owe you one." He told her.

"No. You owe me four." She fixed him with her golden gaze. "One for saving your life, two for saving your life, three for saving your life again and this one would be four."

"Whatever." He glared at her. "Let's go. I promised to be back as quick as I could." 'I have to beat Renji back.' He added mentally.

The two of them quickly zipped through Seireitei back to Ichigo and Renji's rendez-vous spot. Along the way, Ichigo suddenly remembered something.

"Yoruichi-San, you do know the layout of Byakuya's house, don't you?"

"No." Was the reply.

"Then how are you going to get into his room and get the hairclips?!" He questioned.

"I'll find it." She grinned widely. "I'm sure his house layout should be quite predictable. His room should be the one with the best view of a garden of flowers, furthest away from any roads and paths."

"Why?" Ichigo stared at her. "And flower garden?"

"In case you haven't noticed. Byakuya cannot stand any form of noise, plus he likes flowers. Just check out his sword name."

"True. We'll see, I guess."

"ICCHIIGGOOOO!!!" Renji's voice suddenly drifted over.

They looked toward the source of the noise. Renji and Shunsui were stumbling around towards them, clearly drunk. Shunsui could distinctly be heard singing "Sha-la-la-la-la" like a tone-deaf person.

"Oh no!" Ichigo dashed towards them. "How are we going to do anything if they are drunk?!"

"Leave it to me." Yoruichi smiled cheerfully. "I'm going to change back to human form."

"Huh?" Ichigo, forgetting what that implied, turned around and was greeted with the sight of Yoruichi in…well, nothing. He immediately turned beet-red and swiveled around quickly, muttering under his breath.

"I did warn you." Yoruichi mused as she produced some clothes and tugged them on.

"Sh-shut up." He dazedly replied.

"Kids…" She shook her head. Looking around at Renji and Shunsui, she found them, much to her amusement, in the form resembling two stone-statues. After they had recovered, very much sober now, Ichigo spoke up.

"Are we all clear on the plan?" He decided to run through it once more. "Shunsui and Renji, you'll go in first, pretend to talk to him about something regarding the divisions, then offer him some wine. If he refuses, dunk his head in it, for all I care. After he's reasonably drunk, which shouldn't take that much time, Yoruichi-San and I will locate his room and take the hairclips."

"Kenseikan."Three people corrected him.

"That's just a fancy name for hairclips." He insisted stubbornly, then looked around at them. "So, are we all set?"

They nodded.

"Then let's go."