So, was panicking due to my upcoming exam and school projects, when a took out my laptop and seven hours and two cups of coffee later I had three chapters done… In retrospect I probably should have spent that time reading for the damned exam. It was awful to say the least… well I did my best.

Oh and wish me luck I still have six more to go.

PS sorry if this chapter isn't well done, I was stressing out about the damned exam.

Oh and my unfinished stories aren't abandoned, I've written the draft of the next chapters for almost all the fics.

Chapter One – Miki Abarai

Being a parent wasn't easy, Renji would tell you, but nothing was more frustrating than taking care of a seven-year old girl who thought she was a princess (There was actually story behind that) and wanted to be independent, where she got the idea that she was becoming a burden to Renji was mind baffling. Seriously seven-year old kids were SUPPOSED to be a pain in the ass, that was how the world worked! And Renji was tired of giving her the same 'You-are-my-daughter-you-are-supposed to bother me' speech every day.

As much as he was grateful his daughter understood that he worked two jobs just to pay the bills, pay for all her extra classes and did everything he could to make sure she lacked nothing, he wish she was more dependent on him. At seven Miki Abarai was a prodigy; she was strong, beautiful, talented, intelligent, and confident, she had that damned look that reminded Renji too much about him.

Although Renji would admit he did feel a proud watching his daughter, he especially enjoyed watching her train with Yoruichi, and as much as the cat woman was an annoying tease who loved to frustrate Renji, she was a great friend.

When Renji had found out he was pregnant, the only people he could talk to were Urahara and Yoruichi, and luckily they understood…well to some degree they did, he had to leave soul society and being a shinigami to raise his daughter, and he would admit at first it was tough for him as he had absolutely nothing, heck finding a job at first was tough, but it was all worth it to see his daughter smile.

He missed Soul society; he missed his friends and damn! It had been years since he fought a hollow, but he had left his past life to take care of his daughter and he had no regrets. He had a new life which was made of a wonderful daughter and two psychotic friends stressing the crap out of him, they even went as far as trying to set him on a date -he could tell you one thing; Urahara and Yoruichi might make a great pair when it came to training, advice and other things, but they absolutely sucked at match making! Despite that he was content and couldn't ask for better friends.

Unfortunately life as we know it was a cruel and bitter bitch who just couldn't get enough of screwing with him and now the life he had built the past seven years came crumbling down.

"Renji?" He froze, she was the last person he wanted to see, he had spent seven years avoiding soul reapers, and anyone connected to soul society why did he have to meet her now, why her of all people.

"R..Renji, is that you?" If Renji thought it couldn't get worse after coming face to face with Rukia, it sure as hell got worse after the saw Ichigo.

For a moment, Renji considered running away, but he couldn't leave Miki alone, and he was sure they would catch up to him anyway; not that he had gotten slower, if anything he had actually gotten stronger (Thanks to Urahara and Yoruichi for the torture um.. training). Still they were the last people he wanted to see, he couldn't help but wonder how he ended up here.

He had taken a short break from his second job to spend the weekend with Miki, he had actually bought tickets to see a movie, heck he had the weekend planned for some father-daughter bonding. He secretly enjoyed taking Miki to the park to watch her give the other kids her age a speech on how they were being childish, dependent, weak and irrational (Yes she did that quite often)… The joy of parenthood.

He had left Miki at Urahara's as she had one of those how-to-act-like-a-noble-classes from Yoruichi, he called earlier to let Urahara know he was coming but unfortunately got caught up with some things and ended up two hours late, he had received some missed calls and messages from the shop keeper but he ignored them assuming they were all about his lateness, now he wished he had read the messages, they would no doubt be about Ichigo and Rukia's presence.

"Renji… is that you?" Her voice was cracking and she looked as though she was on the verge of crying.

"Y-yeah, it's me." Before he could say anything he was punched in the face by Ichigo. "Oi, what the hell!"

"Shut up, we thought you were dead, you just disappeared without saying anything, what the hell I thought we were friends."

Rukia was still silent watching Renji with obvious hurt, making Renji feel guiltier than he already did, despite the guilt he couldn't tell them about Miki.

"Daddy?"

Well, there went that plan, now he definitely had to explain why there was a little girl with fiery red hair, who looked like him calling him daddy. He seriously wondered if the day could get any worse.

"Daddy, are you okay?" Miki ran to her father, she turned towards Ichigo and glared at him, that angry yet condescending look that reminded the orange haired soul reaper too much of him.

A light bulb went on

"Yeah, I'm okay I deserved that. Why don't you go back inside, I'll just talk with this two, I'll be back before you know it."

"No way, they attacked you, nobody hurts my daddy." Normally Renji would have given her that smile that said he was so adoringly proud of her but this time he let out a nervous laugh.

"R-Renji, who is she?" Miki turned towards Rukia and glared at her for asking such a ridiculous question, as well as refer to her as 'she' how dare her!

"I am Miki Abarai not 'she', how dare you hurt my dad, then ask such ridiculous questions."

Ichigo looked at the chibi female Renji, and blinked once, then blinked again, yep he wasn't going crazy, the little girl-Miki spoke and acted all high and mighty like him.

The second light bulb went on

"Yeah, she is my daughter." Renji answered nervously. Seriously there was no way he was getting out of this now. He loved his daughter to death and would do anything to make her happy but sometimes she was such a pain and had such bad timing.

"H-How? Is that why you left, because you had a kid? We would have been a bit angry that you got some lady pregnant, but you didn't have to leave." Miki looked at Rukia, with that condescending look she knew so well, The little Redhead was wondering why Rukia assumed her dad had gotten some lady pregnant, she knew her birth was somewhat unorthodox (Yep she was definitely a smart ass) but did she really believe her dad would lay with some unidentified female (Yes Yoruichi had given her the birds and bees talk, it was without doubt the most horrifying ten minutes of her life).

Luckily Renji didn't have to answer as Urahara showed up.

"Now, maybe we should talk inside. I'm sure Renji had a good reason."

Ichigo turned to Urahara, a look of realization dawning on his face. "You knew about this didn't you?" When Urahara didn't reply, the silence was answer enough.

Rukia looked from Renji to Urahara, feeling very betrayed, they were best friends, they had grown up together, Renji used to tell her everything and then one day he disappeared, she had spent years looking for him, even when she was told he was probably dead, she refused to believe he was dead, she had cried herself to bed or years, she was miserable and depressed and now she found out that her supposed best friends had been alive the whole time, and didn't even bothering to send her a message. A flood of emotion broke in her, she ran towards Renji ready to hit him, but Miki stood protectively in front of Renji, her hands spread out, she flared her reiatsu in warning.

A third light bulb went on

Rukia stopped in front of Miki, that reiatsu she knew so well, she had spent years crying in his arms, why did Miki have a reiatsu like his.

Urahara sighed loudly; the cat was out of the basket now. He looked at Renji apologetically; he knew this wasn't how the redhead had planned to come out. Renji watched Rukia and Ichigo intently; luckily Ichigo wasn't as smart as Rukia and would probably not note the similarities.

"Rukia l know you're mad at me and I swear I can explain, Miki it's okay, she won't hurt me, let's go inside." Miki simply nodded in response, watching the two cautiously.

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The living room was awkwardly silent, Rukia was still trying to sort out her thoughts, Miki stood next to her father; tall and proud, looking at the two soul reapers suspiciously and cautiously yet still condescendingly, Urahara and Renji had told her to go play with Jinta and Ururu but she had refused on the grounds that she couldn't leave Renji alone with people who wanted to hurt him, after much protest, Renji allowed her to stay. Ichigo kept staring at the mini-Renji wondering why she had that familiar presence.

The fourth light bulb went on

"Renji maybe you should explain everything, we knew this would happen someday."

Renji sighed, Urahara was right, to be honest he was surprised he had lasted seven years without being discovered, he had gotten really close to being found but he always managed to evade any soul reapers, he even had to move to the town next to Karakura to avoid the terrifyingly close calls.

"Um.. You see, I kinda messed up, and got really drunk and one thing led to another, I was knocked up." He hoped they weren't expecting some long detailed explanation. Ichigo gaped, wondering how it was possible for a guy to get pregnant; did that mean another guy got Renji pregnant? Who was the other guy anyway?

"H-ow, is that possible, was it with a guy?"

"Yes Ichigo, It was with a guy." Renji replied dryly, this was not how he planned to explain how he got his daughter. Miki glared at Ichigo, Yoruichi had told her about two of her father's friends, no doubt the two in front of her, but seriously how dumb could they be? Even she knew some males were capable of getting other males pregnant, it was basic knowledge! So she did what she usually did when frustrated by someone's utter stupidity, she gave him that are-you-stupid-look.

Ichigo glared back at the mini-Renji, seriously what was wrong with her, for a kid from Renji she sure acted like she was higher than everyone else… just like him!

The fifth bulb went on

"Holy shit, she's just like Byakuya."

Renji paled. Rukia took notice of how Urahara stiffened slightly, Renji's pale face, she placed all the pieces together; the glare, the condescending looks, the superior attitude, the familiar reiatsu. Then she remembered hearing that Male nobles could have kids even with other males.

"She's Nii-sama's…?" She couldn't complete the sentence. She looked at Renji almost pleadingly; the lack of color on Renji's face answered her question.

"H-How?"

"Rukia…"

"Answer me! How?"

"Rukia, it doesn't matter." Ichigo was tempted to yell at Renji that it mattered but he was still having a glare-down with the chibi-Renji… scratch that he was going to start calling her chibi-Byakuya.

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"What was I supposed to say? we were both drunk that night, he didn't remember a thing, I was head over heels in love with him, and all he said the morning after was that it was a mistake and that he was sorry. it meant nothing to him Rukia! Was I supposed to tell him I was pregnant later? I know you're angry at me for not saying anything, for leaving the way I did, but I had to, and I don't regret it." Rukia, looked at him with anger and frustration, shaking her head in disbelief, she ran out of the shop with unshed tears, leaving Ichigo behind.

Ichigo looked at Renji sympathetically, inadvertently losing the glare down with chibi-Byakuya.

"Well that went better than I thought." All three in the room glared at the shop keeper.

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Things had somewhat calmed down after Rukia ran out, Ichigo was comparing Byakuya and chibi-Byakuya. While Miki looked like Renji, she acted A LOT like Byakuya, which made Ichigo wonder how the annoying kid acted like a man she had never met, Miki had told him Yoruichi had given her lessons. Urahara had left to who knows where probably to give Renji and Ichigo a chance to talk and clear things up, sadly Renji had been silent since Rukia stormed out.

The redhead was deep in thought looking as though he had been told he was guilty of a murder he hadn't committed. Ichigo took a moment to noticed the changes in the former soul reaper, Renji still looked the same except for a few changes; his hair was longer, he had a couple more tattoos, his features were softer, he looked less frightening like he used to. He looked like a cross between a yakuza and an exotic host... A surprisingly frightening thought to Ichigo.

"She's gonna tell everyone wont she?" His voice was soft and resigned; he sounded nothing like the Renji Ichigo used to know.

"Yea sorry, she's still in shock, she thought you were dead you know, she was so depressed everyone thought she was suicidal." when Renji's eyes widened Ichigo decided to clarify "Don't, worry she didn't do anything stupid, still she was miserable when you disappeared."

"It's not daddy's fault." Ichigo had to admit, despite how annoying Chibi-Byakuya was; she loved her father, and defended him when she felt someone was going to hurt Renji.

"I know kid, but they were best friends, she probably feels betrayed that Renji didn't tell her anything." Miki nodded in understanding.

Rukia ran to the eleventh squad, she really had no idea why she came there of all places, but before she knew it she was in front of Ikkaku and Yumichika, she had gotten close to the two since Renji's disappearance, that was probably why she came here.

Ikakku had noted Rukia's presence first, she looked damned right miserable, her eyes were red and swollen from tears, the last time he saw her this way, was when the head captain declared Renji dead.

"I saw him, he is in Karakura." Ikkaku had a good idea of 'him' was. He wondered if Rukia had finally lost it, as far as he knew she had been fine, so he couldn't understand why she was going crazy now.

"Hey, I know it sucks to lose your best friend but he's gone. He wouldn't want you to beat yaself up like this."

"I'm not crazy, I was with Ichigo, *sniff* he's still there, we met him at Urahara's shop, he had a daughter." Okay that got Ikkaku's attention. "He left because of her." Ikkaku turned to Yumichika, who nodded.

"Okay, how bout we go there right now?" he asked petting her head gently, she nodded in response, wiping away her tears; Unfortunately Yachiru overheard their conversation and told Kenpachi, the 11th captain decided to come along with them. Ever since the Aizen's defeat there had hardly been any interesting fights, and he was bored out of his mind.

Ichigo and Renji were chatting, with Miki making occasional comments to annoy Ichigo (He swore the kid picked all of Byakuya's bad traits) when they felt the familiar reiatsu of squad 11 top fighters.

"Shit!"

"Daddy it isn't good to swear or else you would end up like him." Ichigo considered strangling the little pest, but decided he would do that later, right now Renji was in for a world of pain. The door came flying towards them and the silhouette of five people came into view, Renji couldn't forget the spiky hair with the suffocating reiatsu, on his shoulder hung a little bundle of hyper activeness, a bald head standing next to the most vain man he knew and lastly the shortest of the bunch who had stormed out an hour ago.

"So ya had been here all this while." The crazed captain asked, Ikkaku and Yumichika looked at him with anger, even Yachiru looked furious.

"Leave my daddy alone." Miki stood in front of Renji, her hands spread out to defend her father, she raised her reiatsu to protect herself from Kenpachi's overwhelming spiritual pressure, the new comers looked at her, then to Renji then her again.

"The squirt is ya kid?"

Miki's eye brow twitched in annoyance, and she gave him that look Kenpachi got from Byakuya so many times. Kenpachi raised an eyebrow, he already knew who her other father was.

"I am NOT a squirt, my name is Miki Abarai and you will call me nothing else other than that!" Ikkaku and Yumichika looked amused at the kid standing up to Kenpachi, most kids would have cowered in fear just from looking at him. Yachiru looked at the girl no doubt analyzing her.

"She's got some spirit in her." Renji said nothing, watching them keenly; he was prepared to defend Miki if things took a wrong turn although he knew his former squad would not hurt her. Ichigo said nothing, he was ready to jump in and defend the father-daughter duo if things got out of hand, unfortunately nothing could have prepared him for what happened next.

"Ikkaku, Yumichika, bound them, were taking them with us." Kenpachi said with that feral grin that sent shivers down their spine, before they could react, Ikkaku had used kido ropes to bind Renji, Yumichika did the same for Miki who sent him a death glare that would have worked if she was older while Kenpachi knocked Ichigo out.

Rukia said nothing, although she really didn't expect this to happen.