Renji/ Byakuya- Naoki-9 Takara-4 Grimmjow/ Ulquiorra- Takumi-Kaori-5 years (look 2 years) Keitaro-Akemi-Kaeman-3 years (look 6 months)
Ulquiorra slowly opened his eyes, he knew he would have to get up soon. Grimmjow was still out on a mission he had been sent on so he would have to feed Kaori and Takumi their breakfast then change and feed Keitaro, Akemi, and Kaeman. All he wanted was to close his eyes and go back to sleep but he knew that if he slept any longer he would have very angry babies to deal with when he got up.
He slowly stood up and pulled on his clothes for the day. Then he walked out of his room and towards the nursery. As he held Kaeman while he suckled on his bottle he couldn't help but laugh.
If anyone had ever told him that he would be a mother to five, living in the soul society, and happy a few years ago he would have cero'ed them to oblivion. But here he was happier then he had ever been before.
"I can't wait until papa comes home, what about you?" he cooed to Kaeman who laughed when Ulquiorra tickled him. Ulquiorra smiled this was the life he wanted, not the one he had before.
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Byakuya slowly opened his eyes as he felt his bed bouncing. "Wake up! Wake up!" Takara laughed running across the bed waking up both her fathers.
"Hey, where you going?" Byakuya laughed catching his daughter successfully making her stop bouncing for a minute.
"Breakfast! Come on!" she cried wriggling out of her father's arms.
"Okay, why don't you go wake up your brother and we will meet you in the dining room." Takara laughed and nodded before running back out of the room. Byakuya smiled as he slowly stood up and walked to the closet so he could get his uniform. He would have leave for his office as soon as possible.
"Where does she get all her energy?" Renji groaned from the bed. He still hadn't gotten up even after all the noise.
"My guess is you," Byakuya laughed kissing his lover on the forehead. "You better hurry up or you'll be late for breakfast."
"I know, I know," Renji sighed finally standing up. Byakuya walked out of the room and started walking towards the dining room. He stopped when he saw Naoki slowly walking out of his room still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Takara woke me up," he whined when he saw that his mother was walking behind him.
Byakuya laughed as he picked Naoki up. Even though he was nine he was small for his age. "I know she woke us up too." Naoki rolled his eyes and rested his head on his mother's shoulder. "You better not fall back asleep or you'll miss breakfast."
"If I miss breakfast can I skip my lessons for today too?" he asked hopefully.
"No you will just have to do them on an empty stomach." Naoki groaned again and buried his face into his mother's neck. Byakuya just laughed, he had been the same way when he was young.
They finally arrived in the dining room. Rukia was already there talking with Takara who was bouncing so much in her seat Byakuya feared she would fall. He set Naoki down in his usual seat and sat down at his usual place.
About two minutes later Renji walked in looking haggard as if he hadn't slept at all and sat down next to Byakuya. As soon as everyone was there the servants started serving the food.
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Grimmjow walked into his house, he had been out all night and was happy to be home. He smiled when he saw Ulquiorra in the front room reading something. "Hey, Ulqui," he whispered wrapping his arms around his lover's slim waist.
"Oh hey, you're home," he smiled listlessly. Grimmjow could tell there was something wrong, it was also weird how Ulquiorra was trying to hide that letter.
"What's in the letter?" Grimmjow asked starting to get suspicious.
Before Ulquiorra could say anything two small blurs came running and attacked Grimmjow's legs yelling, "Daddy! Daddy! You're home!" Grimmjow smiled as he knelt down and picked up Takumi and Kaori.
"Hey can you get the two of them some breakfast so I can feed the triplets?" Ulquiorra asked. Grimmjow was about to ask but Ulquiorra gave him a look that made him keep quiet. "Later," he said before walking into the nursery. Grimmjow sighed tiredly, he wanted to know what was going but his lover wasn't talking right now.
"Come on, are you two hungry?" he asked. Both twins nodded eagerly. He laughed as he put them in their high chairs before walking back to the kitchen to get their food. He wondered when "later" would be because he really wanted to know.
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Naoki had no idea what his tutor was saying anymore, he didn't care. There was only about five more minutes before this lesson would end and his lessons with Renji would start. He loved learning how to fight and use a sword with his father.
"You are dismissed for today," his teacher finally said.
"Thank you sensai," Naoki bowed respectfully to his teacher before sprinting out of the room and towards the training yards. Finally he saw Renji waiting for him in the yard.
Renji looked up when he heard footsteps running towards him. Even though his son was small for his age he was powerful and good with the sword. He must have inherited that from Byakuya. "Are you ready for your lesson today?" Renji asked when Naoki reached him.
"Yeah, lets go!" Renji smiled and tossed Naoki his kendo sword. It was weird to Renji to have his own student. He had been a student to Byakuya for so long that when Naoki had first become his student he had been worried. After a few months of teaching Naoki and nothing disastrous happening he had started to relax.
After about two hours of practicing Naoki was exhausted. He was laying on the ground after their last bout claiming he didn't have the energy to get up. Renji laughed as he walked over and sat next to his son. "Am I getting better papa?" he asked.
"You are improving amazingly. How about you tell your mother at dinner tonight?" Naoki nodded happily. Renji knew that approval from Byakuya was important to Naoki.
"Will mama be proud of me?" Naoki asked worriedly.
Renji frowned, he pulled Naoki into his lap. "No matter what your mother and I will always be proud of you. There is nothing you can ever do to change that. Always remember that." Naoki nodded his understanding.
Renji laughed when he realized that Naoki had fallen asleep in his arms. He stood up and started walking back to their house. He would wake him up in about an hour for dinner but until then he would let his son sleep.
Byakuya was surprised to see his lover carrying their son towards their house. "Naoki does know falling asleep while battling is a bad idea, right?" Byakuya laughed.
"Yeah, he knows that. He fell asleep after training was over and we were talking." Byakuya smiled and nodded before kissing both of them on the forehead.
"You better get him to bed and come back to the barracks, you have some paper work to do." Renji sighed, he'd rather take a nap too.
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Finally Grimmjow had cornered Ulquiorra and he wasn't about to let the smaller man go until he knew what was going on. "Something is obviously upsetting you, I want to know what it is!"
"No, it's not," he said emotionlessly. Grimmjow knew that tone meant his lover was lying and he hated being lied too.
"Stop lying!" he growled glaring down at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra glared right back at Grimmjow not showing any sign of breaking. "Please this is seriously starting to scare me! What is so frightening that you can't tell me?"
"Don't lose your head," Ulquiorra said quietly handing over the letter that Grimmjow had seen him reading before.
"What is this?" Grimmjow asked.
"Just read it!"
Grimmjow's eyes slowly closed until they were just slits and his fingers turned to claws. "No way in hell!" he growled before ripping the paper to shreds. The letter had been from Kurotsuchi simply stating that they were to bring Takumi and Kaori to the twelfth division the next day so Captain Kurotsuchi could perform certain tests. "I trust him as much as I trust Szayel! This is not going to happen!"
"But it was approved by the head captain, if we refuse we will be charged with insubordination."
"They are our children! No one has any right to decide anything for them other then us! It isn't insubordination its parenting!" Ulquiorra slowly smiled. "What's so funny?" Grimmjow growled.
"I just forgot for a little while how much you have changed," he laughed before kissing his lover on the lips. "And that was an apology for doing such a thing."
"Oh w-well don't forget again," Grimmjow growled flustered before walking away. Ulquiorra smiled, he was the only one that could make Grimm get flustered like that.
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"No way in hell!" Grimmjow yelled. "He has nearly killed his own allies who were at captain level!"
"Are you really bringing that up? How petty..."
"Petty? They are my children! I have to keep them safe!"
"You have five, I am only asking for two so if something does go wrong you will still have the other three," Kurotsuchi explained as if this should be obvious.
"NO! You are not testing even two of them!"
"How stingy..."
"Enough of this arguing!" Yamamoto cut them off. Even if he was a soul reaper now and lived in the soul society he hated the head captain. Everything he did was for the soul reapers and everyone else be damned. "Captain Kurotsuchi will be allowed to perform the tests, we need the information they will provide..."
"No! I won't allow..."
"My decision is final, but I will allow you and Ulquiorra to be there when this happens so if anything threatens the twins you might stop it." Yamamoto interrupted Grimmjow and slammed his staff on the ground to emphasize his words. It took all of Grimmjow's limited restraint not to run up and kill the old man.
As he walked out of the room Kurotsuchi caught his shoulder and whispered into his ear, "I expect you to be in my office in an hour. If you are late I will come to your residence and take the twins myself." Nothing better happen or the soul society would be looking for a new captain because Grimmjow would kill Kurotsuchi.
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