The Seireitei was silent as the wind flowed softly through the streets hushing any sound that may have been heard. Far away from the prying ears and eyes of their fellow Shinigami, two figures stood near one of the gates as if waiting for something, or rather yet, someone. No words were exchanged between the two of them, just silence. With the wind blowing long tendrils of hair around her face the young woman stared into the darkness waiting for her escort as she absentmindedly rubbed the small bulge in her belly. As she began to grow more restless with each passing moment her ears perked when she heard the soft clatter of wooden sandals against the ground. Squinting her eyes she watched as a lone figure walked out of the shadows donning a straw hat and cane.
"I apologize for being late. There were some small hiccups on my way here," chuckled the man. Try as she might she could not bring herself to be mad at him for simply being himself; a lazy, no good bastard with a talent for making up excuses to not do something. Even with all that in mind she knew that she could rely on him in this dire situation.
"Thank you for coming on such short notice, Urahara," bowed the young woman.
"You can drop the formalities, Izzy, we're all friends here…," he trailed off looking to the man before adding, "For the most part."
"Tch," was the man in questions only response to straw hat's comment. "Now where the hell is Hisa? We ain't got all night for this."
"Don't get your panties in a bunch, Zaraki, I'm here," responded a new voice as a young woman with short black hair and bangs clipped to the side to show her large brown eyes. Once on the ground she made her way over to the mother-to-be. "How are you, Isolde?"
"We are well, Hisa, and thank you," smiled the woman called, Isolde.
"There's really no need to thank me. You are my best friend and sister. It's my duty to help you no matter what. Now let's see how little Taliah's doing." Sitting down on her knees in front of the other woman she reached up to her belly without actually touching it. Closing her eyes her hands began to glow as she listened for anything. That's when she felt and heard the soft rhythm of a small heart beating in the other woman's belly. "Little Taliah is doing just fine, Isolde," she said as stood up dusting off her knees before looking at her companion. "But how is mommy doing?"
At that question she found herself looking to the man who hadn't said a word in quite a while. Although most would be intimidated by his tall stature and gruff appearance, she wasn't. When he noticed her looking at him he raised a brow.
"What? I got something on my face or something?"
"I'll be fine," she sighed, looking back to Hisa. "Besides, I have to be, for her at least," she added looking down at her belly as she softly rubbed circles into it.
Just then they heard the low rumble of footsteps and shouts from a distances. Looking towards Kenpachi she saw that he had gotten into his fighting stance looking away from them. "You three need to leave now," he growled, scanning the area for any signs of movement.
Looking to each other quite frantically they ran to the straw hat man who opened up a portal of some sort. Before she got to him she turned on her heel and darted back to the gorilla protecting them. Without any sort of hesitation when she got to him she stood on the tips of her toes to whisper in his ear. The rumble of footsteps grew louder making it difficult for the other two to hear what she said, but they saw the young woman kiss his cheek before running back to them. Once at the portal she paused to watch as figures emerged from the shadows. Taking one last glance at Kenpachi she turned and stepped through the portal followed by Urahara. As the portal disappeared the area in which Kenpachi stood became filled with members of the Second Division all ready to attack.
"Where did they go, Zaraki," shouted Captain Sui-Feng.
"Like hell if I'm going to tell you, bitch," he grinned wickedly, excited for the fight to come.
"Take him into custody." At her order they all charged at him at once. He didn't care if he got in trouble for this. He was just happy to have a good fight now that his sparring partner was gone.
See ya later, Iz, was his last thought as he focused solely on that fight at hand.
Stepping through to the other side the three of them stood outside a small, two story shop. It was then that a beautifully tanned woman with long black hair darted out of the shop and threw her arms around Isolde.
"I'm so glad you could make it, Izzy," said the woman, stepping back to hold her at arm's length. Giving her a once over she looked at the bump and gasped softly with a smile, "So it's true."
"Mhm," nodded Isolde, grinning from her ear to ear. Just then the wind picked up slightly causing the young woman to shiver as she instinctively held her belly.
"Well, it's late so let's get everyone inside and settled before it starts to rain," spoke up Urahara from the back. They all agreed that was best as they made their way inside. Before stepping inside Isolde looked to the soon to be blocked moon shining down from the heavens. As she did so only one thought crossed her mind.
See you later, Kenny.