A New Generation
Ichigo and Grimmjow could not have been happier with the life they lived. Upon being married for 7 years and living in Karakura town what more could the couple ask for? They lived in peace with the soul society and with Hueco Mundo on the rebuilding path the two seemed to live a carefree lifestyle. After the first year of their marriage the Soul Society had unanimously decided to promote Ichigo to a captain, which was indeed a well deserved honor for the substitute soul reaper, but he had refused the offer unless Grimmjow was inducted into the ranks as his own lieutenant. Grimmjow had played off the idea arguing that he did not want to conform to follow the Soul Society's orders, but after long discussions and weeks of arguing back and forth the two had agreed that this would be their best option to both be happy and not have to resort to having day jobs in the world of the living.
But why not live in the Soul Society then you ask? Well to put it simply the couple had a one year old daughter. She was born nine months after the couple was married, almost to the day. The Soul Society had been very skeptical of the couple and how it was managed that Ichigo could even have children. Urahara had done extensive research through out all of Ichigo's pregnancy and had learned that Ichigo's hollow genetics had a significant mutation to allow his genes to be passed on. Meaning that being a beta had allowed for Ichigo's body to mutate and carry a baby much to Grimmjow and Ichigo's excitement. The couple was very frightened at first, and thought of everything their child could be, how much power would this child possess, and would this child even be remotely human since it was carried through Ichigo's hollow half? As the pregnancy went, Urahara found that the child possessed absolutely no powers, much to everyone's surprise, some not even able to believe it, but upon the arrival of their daughter they found zero traces of spirit energy around her. This child left everyone baffled and astounded that the offspring of two of the most powerful soldiers would possess no traces of spiritual energy. Urahara surmised that because of the elaborate mixture of soul energy (soul reaper, hollow, human, quincy, arrancar) that everything ended up canceling the others out leaving the child a complete human, and so they named her Kyler. What skepticism the Soul Society had against the couple and their offspring diminished since they no longer had to worry about controlling the repercussions of having a child of unknown power live.
The new family decided to stay in Karakura town where everyone could keep an eye on their daughter as she grew to live a normal human life. Ichigo and Grimmjow had decided to not tell her about their powers or their jobs in the Soul Society, the couple felt their daughter would be happier without knowing about a world that she could not be apart of, and she would be safer from future enemies who would use her has leverage against Ichigo and Grimmjow. The first year had been very rough considering the two had no idea how to take care of their newborn baby girl. Luckily Isshin, Karin, and Yuzu had been more than grateful to help however they could, from feeding to diaper changing to babysitting. Many members of the Soul Society would often visit the precious little girl whenever they could. Everyone was simply enraptured that a precious girl could be born from two testosterone raging nimrods. Ichigo and Grimmjow were very different people when it came to taking care of their daughter, both loved her with everything they had and were more protective of her than they were with their own lives. It left many of their friends baffled, but everyone saw that Grimm and Ichigo were model parents. Now of course when it came to fulfilling their duties among the Soul Society they were still just as much knuckleheads as ever. The two were constantly at each other's throats arguing over who won their fight yesterday and who would win today. Their constant bickering was truly their way of letting the other know how much they really cared. In reality after each fight the two would be so filled with lust at how the other looked with tattered clothes and sweat covering every inch of their bodies, it was a wonder they didn't have more than one kid.
As the terrible two's rolled around their daughter had blossomed into a trouble maker much like her parents. Grimm and Ichigo had a hard time keeping up with her and keeping her out of trouble. Kyler had grown blue hair perfectly matching Grimm, or blue as Kyler liked to call him, and golden eyes that matched Ichigo's hollow half. Her sun kissed skin made everyone believe she would be a real heart breaker when she came to her teen years, which made both parents pale at the thought of their daughter bringing home boys. Ichigo and Grimm began to notice all the things their daughter did that seemed a little out of place for a toddler. She was reading already rather easily and spent most her time doing so. She also seemed to comprehend everything people said to her, now whether she really listened was a different story. Urahara visited often and thoroughly enjoyed his time with her playing puzzles and examining her development.
"My, my I say Ichigo. Your daughter has quite the intellect if you ask me." Urahara retorted after Ichigo had taken her to bed at her usual time.
"Yes I know Kyler is smart, she's my daughter what did you expect?" Ichigo responded quickly.
"That's not what I mean my dear Ichigo," Urahara gazed at some of his notes he had taken over the past few months while being around Kyler. He sat at the table reading over results and observations he had carefully calculated and examined several times.
"What do you mean then Urahara? I'm happy she's smart it makes me think I'll have to worry less as she gets older." Ichigo sighed while fixing himself a hot cup of tea. The hour was only nine and he knew if Grimm was to come home from his duties in the Soul Society on time, they would have a good few hours to have some fun before having to get a decent amount of sleep to be able to function tomorrow. As it were the Soul Society had been generous enough that either Grimm or Ichigo could stay home with Kyler while the other performed their duties for the Soul Society. It helped make things easier and with everybody be it Urahara, Isshin, Byakuya, Renji, Rukia, Orehime, even Ulquiorra would come buy just to play with Kyler. She truly was a miracle that brought all of them together.
"I mean Kyler is well beyond a level of genius," Urahara said holding up his notes to peak over at Ichigo. Ichigo glanced over from the stove top to see whether or not hat and clogs was trying to make some kind of joke. He didn't appear any different than usual making Ichigo believe that he was indeed telling the truth. Ichigo turned from the stove top leaning against the edge of the counter crossing one leg casually. He closed his eyes to let out a sigh as he ran is right hand through his hair while the left rested on his hip.
"Should I be worried about that? I think that is amazing, since she doesn't have any spiritual power," he paused as he opened his eyes bringing his arms to cross in front of his chest. Geeze Grimmjow, when are you going to get here, you need to be here to hear this too. "I don't understand, you seem to be a little worried about this?"
Urahara started to gather up his notes and put them into a small briefcase he had begun to carry whenever he came to visit the Kurosaki-Jaegerjaquez home. "For the time being, no, it just means that you will have to keep coming up with creative ways to keep her mind busy. She is very intuitive but even at this young age, I can tell you she's going to be even more of a handful the older she gets." He chuckled to himself as he stood from the table and headed towards the door. As he reached for the handle to let himself out, he turned to look at Ichigo who had followed into the small entryway to let his guest out. "I really am impressed at how great of a family you three really are. Kyler is going to be an amazing young lady if you guys can keep up with her," he smiled as he opened the door to leave. "That little girl is precious to all of us you know, and I'm very happy you two have her."
Ichigo gave him a sideways smirk, "I know that, I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world." Urahara let out a small huff of a laugh as he headed out into the night back to his little shop.
After their guest had left Ichigo returned to the kitchen to pour his cup of tea, but after a quick thought decided he would have himself a beer instead. Turning off the stove and walking over to the refrigerator he grabbed a beer and walked into the living room. Plopping himself onto the rather large couch and turning on the tv to watch some boring sitcom while he waited for Grimmjow to return. Genius huh, well I'll just have to wait and see what Grimmjow thinks about this. He chuckled to himself and gulped on his beer. He wasn't left in the living room very long when he sensed Grimm's spiritual pressure coming up to the front door.
Grimmjow opened the door to his small home tired, but excited to finally have some alone time with his strawberry. Soul Society kept both of them busy nonstop with mediocre demands and lots of paperwork over crap he could really care less about. In absolute truth all he wanted to do was come home play with his sweet baby girl and love on his incredibly sexy strawberry. Urahara had long ago developed him and a few of the former espada gigai's that allowed them to have human bodies so he could live in the world of the living, and the others could visit whenever they felt like. He locked the front door and slipped his shoes off before walking into the kitchen to grab himself a beer and sit with one of the love's of his life.
He sat next to Ichigo popping the lid off his beer and sipping on it while looking at the tv not really caring to pay attention to what was actually being played from it. It wasn't too long before Ichigo rolled over to sit on top of Grimmjow, straddling his legs and leaning down to kiss him. Their lips connected into a rather soft kiss that was just a tease for what they both knew was going to happen. Ichigo moaned softly into the kiss pulling away just enough to give him room to talk.
"Did you miss me?" he whispered playfully to Grimm all the while staring lustfully into his eyes just begging to be carried up the stairs to the bedroom.
"Oh you're about to find out just how much I missed you today," Grimmjow playfully purred back setting his drink on the little tray on the edge of the couch as both his hands moved to message the sexy ass that just so happened to be placed in his lap. There lips connected again with more vigor as Ichigo ran his hands through Grimm's hair pulling playfully wanting more. Ichigo let out small moans into Grimmjow's mouth as Grimm would in return give off sexy growls of approval to their tongues maneuvering back and forth. They pulled apart only when they both could no longer go without breathing. Ichigo moved to get off Grimmjow and head upstairs, but Grimmjow held Ichigo firmly in place and let out a displeased growl, which only made Ichigo chuckle.
"Come on you crazy panther, let's get upstairs before I have my way with you right here on the couch." Ichigo stated in a rough voice that only made Grimmjow more ok with that idea than dragging them both upstairs, but seeing that they both had agreed to keep the fucking to the bedroom to not scare Kyler if she ever walked in. They both could just imagine how that image would go down.
"Fine let's go." Grimm growled into Ichigo's mouth as he picked him up with himself in one swift motion. He carried Ichigo around his waist all the way up the stairs and to the bedroom. Once the door was closed it was like the gates to the Kentucky derby had been opened and both thoroughbreds were right out the gate. Ichigo ripped Grimm's t-shirt from his chest in one swift motion while he continued to dominate Grimmjow's mouth. Grimmjow was always surprised when his berry became really aggressive with him and challenged his dominance. It was one of the many reasons Grimmjow was completely obsessed with the man from the beginning, his outbursts of dominance kept him on his toes and always challenged him to do better. They had their times when they would switch roles because that's just how dominant both their personalities were but for the most part is was Grimmjow who would win out the majority of the time, and this time would be no different. As Ichigo's hands traveled over his toned abs and played with is nipples making them hard, Grimmjow let his berry down to stand on his own while he grabbed both side of Ichigo's head and pulled him tight to his mouth to show him his display of dominance. His teeth bit down on Ichigo's lower lip then gently gliding his tongue across before diving into the heated cavern as Ichigo moaned louder into his own mouth making heat from his stomach drive down to his groin making him realized that his jeans were becoming extremely tight really fast.
Ichigo pulled away so Grimmjow could remove his shirt then they were back at molesting each other's mouth while their hands glided over washboard abs, perk nipples, and toned back muscles. Grimmjow thrust himself against Ichigo grinding their constricted erections together causing them both to make more animalistic sounds than human. They hadn't even made it to the bed yet and Ichigo felt like he might just explode from the pleasure he was experiencing! That's when Ichigo decided to guide Grimm to their king size bed against the opposite wall from the door that sat in the middle with a nightstand on each side that each had a lamp resting on them. Their bed sat below a large window that viewed the small backyard and the night sky that was filled with visible stars this evening. Grimmjow shoved Ichigo back onto the bed while he crawled on top of him his knees straddling Ichigo while one hand held himself up while the other rubbed at Ichigo's restricted erection. Ichigo threw his head back and arched his back moaning loudly.
"Grimmjow! Stop teasing me!" He practically growled out the words and glared into is lovers cyan eyes that had darkened into a deep blue of lust.
"But it's so fun to watch you squirm beneath me," Grimmjow purred out the words loving how his berry practically melted beneath his touch. Ichigo took the opportunity while Grimmjow was purring out his words to mimic Grimmjow and rub against his erection which made Grimm's breathe hitch and he growled at the pleasure his love was giving him. They both couldn't tease each other any longer and simultaneously decided they were still wearing too much clothing. They both unzipped the others jeans and pulled both pants and briefs off in one quick motion. Each took a second to gaze at the other in all their glory. Ichigo still couldn't believe that this walking god of sex could be called his, while Grimmjow admired the perfect body below him that never seemed to deplete his yearning for. They once again connected their mouths and began with a new vigor that had risen upon seeing the other completely naked. Grimmjow reached to one of the nightstands by the bed that had a small bottle of lube and he quickly coated three of his fingers with the slick substance. Grimm disconnected their mouths as he kissed and licked to sexy body below him working is way down to the dripping erection as Ichigo's breathing hitched with anticipation of what was to come. Once Grimmjow had made his way down he took a slow long lick from the base to the tip of the straining shaft, he lapped up the seeping precum just before drawing the head into his mouth while pushing one finger gently into the tight entrance. Ichigo moaned while arching his back into the pleasure Grimm was subjecting him to. As Ichigo's body relaxed Grimm entered a second finger and began scissoring and stretching the tight space every once in a while grazing over that oh so precious spot that made Ichigo grab at his hair pulling harshly only making him that much harder. He worked his head up and down the straining member making Ichigo rile a sweaty mess beneath him. Once he had worked in a third finger Ichigo had decided he had had enough.
"Grimmjow you better…ahh…get inside me right now or…ahh…I'll come in that sinful mouth of yours!" Ichigo moaned out which caused Grimm to hum in pleasure. Grimm slipped his fingers from Ichigo and once again grabbed the lube from the nightstand and generously applied the liquid to his straining member that Grimmjow swore could get no harder, crap he was so close just from all the noises Ichigo had been making. He removed his mouth from Ichigo's member and brought himself up to face Ichigo. He lined himself up and gradually pushed himself inside Ichigo's tight entrance.
"Holy crap Ichi!" Grimmjow let out a loud moan of pleasure at the tight heat that surrounded him and Ichigo did the same pulling he legs up to allow Grimm to penetrate deeper.
"Grimm…MOVE!" Ichigo growled out at him which he quickly responded throwing away any sense of restraint as he pulled himself from the extreme heat only to snap his hips back inside causing Ichigo to have a mixture of screams and moans that nearly sent Grimmjow over the edge growling in pure pleasure. Grimm filled Ichigo hitting his prostate dead on every single thrust. Ichigo's senses were on overload at the sounds of skin slapping into one another, his and Grimmjow's erratic breathing mixed with moans and animal-like grunts. He wouldn't hold out much longer, Ichigo grabbed at Grimmjow's hair and pulled him into one last searing kiss before he was sent over the edge the heat from his groin exploding across them both as his back arched and he screamed out Grimmjow's name. Grimmjow could not hold himself together any longer his straining member had lasted longer than he thought he could, but when Ichigo's walls tightened around him screaming his name in pure ecstasy, Grimmjow exploded inside Ichigo with an animalistic growl saying Ichigo's name. He thrust a few more times making sure to empty himself completely before pulling out and collapsing beside his berry in exhaustion.
They both laid there panting harshly for minutes just waiting to gather up the strength to get out of bed and shower. Ichigo was the first one up, he pulled himself out of the bed and headed to the bathroom to shower before falling asleep with Grimm laying peacefully next to him. After they had both showered they climbed back into the bed removing the blanket that was most definitely dirty, and laid beside one another not quite ready to sleep, even though they both knew they would need their energy for another busy day tomorrow. Now that they had both cleared their system enough to not want to fuck the other in the middle of the conversation, Ichigo remembered to tell Grimmjow what Urahara had told him earlier that evening.
"Hey Grimm there's something I wanted to tell you that Urahara told me this evening." Ichigo casually stated glancing over to his husband to see if he would even be interested in hearing this tonight.
"Hmm what's that?" Grimm casually asked with his eyes closed as he laid there with his arms relaxed underneath his head.
"Well I know we've both noticed that Kyler seems to be doing some things that are a little more advanced than your average two year old."
"Yeah what about it?" Grimmjow said trying to sound casual but Ichigo could sense the bit of concern that had creeped into his voice.
"Urahara has been keeping tabs on her whenever he comes over partly for research and partly to make sure she doesn't somehow develop spiritual pressure randomly without us knowing…anyways he said that he believes Kyler to be at an intellectual level above genius all ready." Ichigo started to ramble a bit never taking his eyes from Grimmjow to see how he would react. Grimm slowly removed his hands from underneath his head and slowly sat up in the bed and turned his head to Ichigo opening his eyes.
"What does that mean? And how did he come to that result?" Grimmjow stated curiously looking at Ichigo to make sure this wasn't some late night joke.
"Well apparently he does puzzles and things with her that test her intellect, which she enjoys and completes rather quickly." Grimmjow laid back down on the bed and relaxed, he looked either relieved or just simply annoyed. Ichigo wasn't quiet sure which yet.
"Hmph so you're saying that my daughter is going to be some computer geek or something…huh…well guess that means I can sleep easier knowing boys won't care to flirt with her as badly as I thought. Does she need glasses?" He huffed at that question.
"What I don't know, doubt it? What's wrong with her being smart? Just because she's smart doesn't mean she's not going to be beautiful." Ichigo was offended at the tone Grimm had chosen and his words seem to be poking fun at his own kid.
"Oh she'll always be beautiful but boys don't find smart girls sexy," he stated mater-of-factly.
"Grimm I'm not worried about that right now, I'm worried about how we're going to deal with her."
"What do you mean by that?" Grimmjow looked at Ichigo quizzically he wasn't sure where this conversation was going, sure he noticed Kyler could read well and understand people better than any toddler he'd ever seen, but of course Grimmjow was new to that department and didn't know what to expect and no amount of parenting books and constant advice really prepared him for it.
"I mean how are we going to keep up with her, she's just like us in the trouble-maker department, and if she's as smart as Urahara is letting on I don't know how we're going to manage raising her." Ichigo looked at Grimmjow with a worried expression as if Grimmjow was supposed to know all the answers to this. Crap he knew this was going to be the hardest thing he had ever done, geez he had no idea how to raise a kid. He loved Kyler more than anything and he would do anything for her, he just didn't know what to do.
Grimmjow looked at Ichigo and a small smile set across his lips. He sat up once again on the bed and turned to face Ichigo. He gently placed both hands on each side of Ichigo's face forcing him to look at him and only him when he said this.
"Look we are both completely new to this parenting thing and it scares you that we're going to mess up, shit it scares me too, but that's no reason for us to completely panic and think we're completely incompetent. Our little girl is going to be an amazing person and we're going to raise her as best as we know how. I look at her everyday and see her smiling and laughing and running up to me…and she hugs me like I am the greatest human being that ever existed" he sighed, "I don't know what I did to deserve you let alone the little angel that me and you have the privilege to parent, but I won't let anything happen to her. We need to take this one day at a time, so she's going to be extremely smart…well that will make our days all the more interesting…just don't forget about everybody else that is here to support us." He pulled Ichigo close and planted a gentle kiss on his lips, and as he felt Ichigo relax in his hands and his eyes soften as he had spoken he finished his monologue, "I love this family we have and I wouldn't trade if for the world…we'll make this work no matter what gets thrown our way."
He let go of Ichigo and laid down with Ichigo wrapping an arm around him to comfort him as they both gently dozed off into wonderful dreams thinking how life couldn't get much better than this.
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And that's how the days went by for everyone. Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, and months turned to years. Kyler had turned 4 this past winter and her parents had decided to enroll her in school for the following fall. She kept both of them on their toes constantly causing all sorts of mischief like sticking snakes in blue and orange's bed (which they were not happy about), or sticking a few extra ingredients into to dinner to make both blue and orange's work go down the drain and result to take out. Although Kyler got her share of scoldings in truth blue and orange enjoyed every minute they spent with her. Trips to the bookstores became a weekly ritual since Kyler managed to read any books they got her within the week. The simple everyday tasks like grocery shopping became a family outing that they all enjoyed. They would spend their evenings playing candy land laughing at Grimm's frustration at losing while Ichigo and Kyler celebrated with slices of cake.
Grimm and Ichigo had discussed over the course of the summer to both go to the Soul Society during the day while Kyler was in school, and if either of them could not make it back in time Isshin would watch her until they returned. Isshin was more than happy to do so claiming that he didn't get to spend enough time with his grand daughter and fawn over her like a good grandpa should. Kyler didn't seem to mind at all, she understood rather well how both blue and orange had to work and that as much as she wanted them too, they couldn't be with her all the time. Gathering school supplies for her first day had been rather fun for the three of them picking out crayons, markers, and all the other typical supplies she would need. Mostly their shopping consisted of her and Grimmjow running around picking up all the really colorful things and turning to Ichigo asking if they could buy it. Ichigo would simply shake his head in exasperation at how childish Grimmjow could be when it came to doing stuff like this, but then he would always remember this is just as much Grimmjow's first time school supply shopping as it was for their daughter.
The night before Kyler's first day off school had consisted of her running around all excited and nervous at the thought of getting to go to school. Urahara had always told her about it and she was more than excited that she was finally old enough to start. Grimmjow ran around chasing her, trying to get her to listen while he attempted to teach a little bit of self defense, you know in case any of the other kids decided to pick on her. Kyler finally ran up to him and jumped into his arms knocking him back into the recliner that sat in the living room next to the couch.
"Blue don't worry I'll be alright," she giggled while hugging him extremely tight, "besides I can tell them how my daddy would come kick their butts if they picked on me." Grimmjow looked down at his daughter while she sat in his lap hugging him so tightly he thought she'd never let go. Then he simply smirked at her when she finally let go to look at him.
"Yeah you better believe I will if any of that happens," he laughed taking his turn to hug her back before he would take her to bed. "Alright go tell Orange goodnight it's time for you to go to bed so you can be ready for tomorrow." She looked up at him a new wave of excitement flashing through her golden eyes as she jumped off his lap and ran over to the couch to hug Ichigo. She crawled up into his lap after he set down the book he was reading opening his arms to hug her tightly.
"Goodnight Orange," she said squeezing him tightly into a hug, "I love you."
Ichigo squeezed his daughter back kissing her head contemplating actually just letting her sleep with them tonight so he could enjoy having her close. "Goodnight sweetheart, I love you too. Now head up to bed with Blue you've got a big day tomorrow." He smiled at her letting her down so she could head up to her room for Grimmjow to tuck her into the bed. She ran upstairs followed by Grimmjow who let her crawl into the twin sized bed that sat in the corner of her little room that was covered with all the books she had read. They were all stacked into piles around the edges of the room, the bookshelf they had made for her had been completely filled within a couple weeks. There were plans to build a bookshelf that covered one of the walls of her bedroom but neither Grimmjow or Ichigo had had the time to make it for her yet. Grimmjow sat down on the edge of the bed and tucked her in gently before kissing her on the forehead.
"I love you sweet girl, now get some sleep."
"I love you too Blue." She said as Grimmjow turned off the little desk lamp beside her bed. She rolled onto her side and gently nodded off. Her entire room came to life with glowing stars all over the walls and ceiling of her room, she had placed them herself saying how much she wanted to sleep under the stars. When he and Ichigo first saw it, it had completely blown them away, what was even more astounding was after Urahara came into see it he noticed constellations all over the room realizing she had accurately painted the entire night sky of Karakura town within her bedroom. Kyler never ceased to amaze him, she was just a daddy's girl that way. He walked out of the room and quietly shut the door behind him and he made his way back downstairs.
The next morning had been a bustle of excitement with Kyler jumping into the bed with them at six in the morning smiling and laughing like it was Christmas morning.
"Come on you guys wake up, today is my first day of school!" She yelled at them, both rolled over groaning for five more minutes to which she giggled and jumped off the bed pulling the covers off with her. Both parents sat up a little angry about that as they watched Kyler run out of the room yelling if they wouldn't get out of bed she would have to make her own breakfast. Hearing that shot both of them out of the bed and running downstairs after her. The last time Kyler was in the kitchen by herself she caught the stove on fire nearly setting the entire kitchen in flames, since then Grimmjow or Ichigo had to keep a cautious eye on her when she moved into the kitchen. Grimmjow relented to making chocolate chip waffles for all of them served with some bacon and scrambled eggs. Kyler had her usual glass of chocolate milk for her breakfast beverage while both Ichigo and Grimmjow sat with large cups of coffee. After they all finished their breakfast they all got dressed and met back downstairs. Grimmjow had put on a nice pair of dark blue jeans with a button up white shirt and light gray blazer, he finished off the outfit with a pair of white converse to play down the dressiness of the outfit. Ichigo decided to wear a pair of washed out gray jeans with a red long sleeve button up shirt, he wore a black vest to match his own pair of black converse. They both waited downstairs for Kyler to finish getting ready.
"So this is what it's like to wait on a woman," Grimmjow stated to Ichigo while they both sat on the couch in the living room.
"I would not classify Kyler as a woman just yet there Grimm," Ichigo retorted. He sighed while watching the tv announce this weeks weather, "Kyler come on, you better hurry up or you're going to be late!" He shouted.
"Coming!" They heard her yell followed by the sound of footsteps running down the stairs, when she finally made it, they both turned to admire how much their little girl had grown up. She wore here own pair of blue jeans with a light pink three-quarter sleeve shirt that had larger sleeves as was the style now days for girls. She had her own little white converse that matched Grimmjow's and she looked absolutely adorable. Her hair was down but she held out a brush and hair tie to Ichigo. "Will you put my hair in a ponytail for me?"
Ichigo smiled at her and waved for her to come stand in front of him while he put her hair up. The past year had been a real struggle when she had asked either of them to fix her hair, both knew a few things but neither of them actually knew how to put her hair up correctly which always resorted to anything from rubber bands to zip ties holding up her hair, and not looking very good for that matter. Rukia and Orehime hadn't laughed so hard in all their lives when they had come over to see it. After a number of lessons Ichigo was becoming more comfortable with ponytails and loose braids, but Grimmjow had been deemed a lost cause in that department. He finished tying up her ponytail and let her run to the door to grab her full backpack. She had bangs that were just too short to reach her ponytail and luck be it those bangs spiked like Ichigo's hair did.
"Come on slow pokes let's go!" She yelled back to them.
"Ha, it's not like we were waiting on you the past ten minutes or anything," Grimmjow stated to her as he followed her with Ichigo in tow behind him. All Ichigo could do was laugh as his family began the walk to Kyler's new school.
Kyler's school was just a couple blocks from their house so they didn't mind the walk to take her, plus they got to spend a little bit more time with her before she would be gone for the day. The emotional attachment still surprised both of them at times, they would miss their little girl so much even just being gone for a day. There were times when one of them would have to be gone for a week or more at a time and that time frame seemed like an eternity without her. Neither Grimmjow or Ichigo understood how deep their attachment was to their daughter, at times it scared them, but they knew that Kyler loved them just as much in return and that always made them want to come home to have her jumping into their arms.
When they arrived at the building Kyler was so excited she looked like she might just wet her pants, which made both Ichigo and Grimmjow laugh. They walked into the building looking for her classroom, when they found it her new teacher stood outside the door greeting each new student that passed through her door. Her name was Miss Allison, or so she introduced herself as when shaking both parents' hands.
"You must be Kyler, I am so excited to have you in my class. Go in and pick any available seat you like dear." She gestured her arm through the open door and Kyler squealed in delight She turned around and gave both Ichigo and Grimmjow a hug and ran into the classroom.
"Well she certainly doesn't have any problem leaving us for school huh." Ichigo stated as he looked at Grimmjow who was staring at the small cluster of kids who were already talking with Kyler. They both thanked Miss Allison and took their leave to head to the soul society.
"No she certainly doesn't, and I already don't like how popular she was within ten seconds of being there." Grimmjow retorted in an annoyed tone making Ichigo snicker.
"At least we don't have to worry about her not making any friends," he chuckled. "Now come on, we have a lot of work to get done if we want to be back here to pick her up from her first day." Ichigo said making Grimmjow hurry after him. As soon as they made it to Urahara's shop they shed their bodies and headed for the soul society.
When they returned to pick her up Kyler was glowing with happiness, she talked the entire way home about all the friends she made how she really liked Miss Allison…" She was talking almost to the point of gibberish as Ichigo and Grimmjow listened intently. When they sat down to dinner Kyler turned the tables and asked them about how their day went. They both prattled on about having boring desk jobs with lots of paperwork and how they would much rather hear about her day than talk about theirs.
"Ok but one day will you take me to work with you, I'd like to see what it is my parents do," she giggled as Ichigo and Grimmjow looked at her curiously.
"Maybe one day sweet heart we'll take you work with us," Ichigo stated light heartedly, "but what made you interested about it all of a sudden?"
"Well I listened to everybody tell me what their parents jobs were when I realized I don't really know for sure what you guys do. I know it causes you guys to disappear for a while sometimes, but I've just never bothered to ask." She looked down at her food starting to play with the little pieces of spaghetti she had left on her plate.
"Don't worry Kyler I'll show you what me and Orange do one day, for now all you need to know is we work for a corporate marketing firm." Grimmjow smiled at her rubbing her head messing up her hair.
"Ok then!" She smiled back at both of them.
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A couple more years passed as Kyler began to take more advanced classes that even Ichigo and Grimmjow couldn't even understand. After her first month at school Ichigo and Grimmjow had been called in to a parent teacher conference to discuss some decisions with Kyler's education. Miss Allison along with the principle were curious if both Grimmjow and Ichigo would be ok with Kyler being a part of a small advanced class that would help further her education at a much faster pace than if she stayed in her regular class.
"She already seems to be bored with everything that I am teaching and she's always sleeping because her mind is just too bored with the material." Miss Allison had discussed at length, while the principle nodded his agreement with everything she was saying.
"What all will this class be doing?" Grimmjow asked rather intrigued at the thought of his daughter being considered gifted even among human standards.
"Well they will have their own teacher and classroom that will push their knowledge. By what I can tell your daughter is already easily at a middle school level, and with a bit of a proper instruction she will pass high school level rather quickly." Miss Allison stated rather bluntly.
"How many students will be in this class with her?" Ichigo asked.
"There are four more students within this elementary school that are deemed to be at a high enough standard to join this class, but to be perfectly honest Kyler is the most intelligent."
"We would be more than happy to have Kyler placed in this class, as long as she is happy." Grimmjow stated flatly.
From then on Kyler had come home everyday with books of homework and projects to keep her mind busy as much as possible. At age 6 she had dissected an old computer and pieced together a new circuit board. Now at age 7 she spent most of her time at the kitchen table studying over Physics and Calculus books that just ended up confusing both Ichigo and Grimmjow, so they elected to leave her alone when she had her homework out. In spite of all the work that kept Kyler busy, the three of them still spent plenty of time together. Their weekly ritual to the bookstore had not ceased and it was still one of their favorite things to do as a family. Grimmjow and Ichigo could not have been more proud of their little girl when they watched her work out problems so easily that neither of them could even comprehend.
Ulquiorra visited more frequently to help Kyler with her homework, he really enjoyed their conversations together because she was a bookworm like him, and she had a quiet disposition that accompanied her nature to watch and observe everything around her. Ulqui became his nickname since Kyler didn't like to say his full name all the time. Ichigo and Grimmjow had been completely surprised when they found the ex-espada smiling in the middle of a conversation with her, and when they confronted him about it he simply said Kyler had mentioned about hearing Blue and Orange wrestling on most nights while she read books before falling asleep.
"Kyler said that even though you guys sound like your dying in there you always seem happier in the mornings," Ulquiorra had laughed just thinking about how Kyler had told him about it, and it made it even better watching both Ichigo and Grimmjow's faces go completely white as their faces drained of all the blood. After that both blue and orange had gone and sound proofed their room to keep that from happening again.
The few weeks before the school break for Christmas Kyler became quieter than normal. At first Ichigo and Grimmjow had thought it was because they hadn't sound proofed their room enough, but whenever they asked her about it she shook her head in disagreement. Kyler wouldn't talk about whatever it was that was bothering her and blue and orange started to worry, it just wasn't like her to not come to them and talk to either of them about things. She spent long hours in the recliner reading book after book, and when her eyes strained from the extensive reading she would sit out in the backyard just gazing up into the sky deep in some thought that neither parent understood. When she went and came home from school she ignored her homework (which was completely unlike her), and choose to keep herself in her room. After two weeks without a real smile spreading across her face Grimmjow and Ichigo decided that they had had enough. They sat Kyler down at the kitchen table and asker her straight out, they would get to the bottom of this whether she liked it or not.
"Kyler what is going on with you?" Ichigo asked in a concerned voice. Kyler simply sat there in silence waiting to see if they would truly push the agenda or allow her silence to keep them from the having this conversation.
"You have to talk to us Kyler, we want to know what is going on." Grimmjow stated in an annoyed tone. He did not like the fact one bit that she had strayed from her usual cheerfulness to this quiet somber attitude.
"It's nothing." She stated flatly not picking her head up to look at them.
"Bull crap it's nothing you either tell us what is going on or I take your books away." Grimmjow stated in an angry tone his temper was going up and if she kept ignoring them he was going to lose it. Ichigo just sat their looking at his daughter truly wondering what could be bothering her this much.
"Alright…do you believe in other worlds outside our own?" She quietly asked keeping her head down. Well that question was certainly a surprise. Both Grimmjow and Ichigo looked at each other a little bit in shock.
"Where did this question come from?" Ichigo asked quietly. Has she somehow learned what he and Grimm both are? No that's impossible, there is nothing either of tus have done to make her curious about something like this.
"I was reading some books and came across a religious belief that there are soul reapers who guide souls into the after life…I was curious if either of you believed such a thing and whether or not you think I should?" She peaked her eyes up through her bangs to chance a glance at her parents, then returned her gaze to the table. Surprisingly though it was Grimmjow who was the one to answer her question.
"Kyler…" he sighed as he turned to look at her when he answered. "You're asking a question most people don't even bother to think about until they've gone out on their own…truth be told it sometimes scares me how intelligent you are…but let me tell you how I see it, but in truth that is something you must decide for yourself…I don't really believe in greater beings out there or that there would ever be a place for people to go after they have died, but now that I have you…and Ichigo…I can't imagine there not being a better place for you to go after this…so in some ways you've made a believer out of me…in truth I just want us all to be together for as long as possible…you choose to believe what you want regardless of what others may say…if it is something you believe with no regrets then believe it and screw what anybody else would tell you otherwise." He didn't know if she would understand completely what he was saying, but if he did acknowledge the soul society to his daughter then more and more curiosity would come pestering him so he settled for a half hearted answer to what she truly wanted, but in truth he had no idea what she had wanted to hear from them. Kyler kept quite for what was an unbearable amount of time, they both thought they might buckle under the uneasiness that weighed down the room. After what seemed like forever Kyler looked up at both of them and a heart warming smile spread across her face.
"Thanks blue, that actually turned out to be exactly what I needed to here."
Both parents sighed with relief (they just dodged a bullet there) and the three of them watched a movie before heading to bed.
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After Christmas break a new school term began and and Kyler made the familiar walk with Grimmjow and Ichigo on either side of her. They dropped her off as they usually did right outside the entrance to the school courtyard. She hugged both of them tightly gave each a kiss on the cheek and said I love you before heading inside the building. Ichigo and Grimmjow smiled as they watched her go inside and as they turned to leave little did they know that would be the last time either of them would see their precious little girl…
Hi everyone, thank you for reading this it is the first chapter of what I feel is going to be a very long story. I have a lot of ideas for this and I really hope to hear lots of feedback (it is all very helpful so please do). Please let me know any thoughts whether is be spelling and grammar to storyline. Hope you enjoyed and again thanks for reading! I will update the next chapter as soon as I can.
