I'm sorry I took so long to update, I kept on getting ideas and I didnt like them. I'm pretty happy with the ideas that i have now though; I hope you like them too!


1 year and 4 months later…Los Angeles, California…

"Yuzu stop running! You're so fast, I'm telling you, you should join the Track Team…"

Yuzu stopped running and turned to look at her friend Sarah; she was breathless and resting her hands on her knees. Yuzu looked around the school track disappointed and noticed that she was wearing her gym class uniform. She sighed, it happened again. Lately she found herself daydreaming about her home back in Japan. A lot of these daydreams involved happy memories with her family, everything from making dinner every afternoon to watching Dad try to catch Ichigo off guard and kick him. She missed them horribly; there was nothing she wanted more than to return to them.

But then there were the other daydreams, daydreams that reminded her of her present reality; there was no way she could return to them, especially now. Not now that her mistakes had taken on a physical form. Not now that it was impossible for her to cast all her troubles to the past. Whenever she was submerges in these dark daydreams she found herself running. She returned to the past, to that dreadful night, and she ran, she ran attempting to escape the shame and the anguish of knowing she broke her father's heart and dishonored the family name.

"Yuzu? You there?" Asked Sarah waving a hand in front of her face.

"Huh?" She said finally snapping out of it.

"Daydreaming again? You were thinking about your family back in Japan weren't you?" Yuzu's silence said it all.

"You know, I'm probably not one to give you advice because I've never been through something like that, but maybe you should give them a chance to apologize to you."

"Apologize?" I'm the one that should apologize, I was the one that disappointed them. Besides, I couldn't go back to them, not now."

"Honestly, I don't get you Japanese families with your honor, I mean, doesn't family love come first? Anyway, it's up to you, I've been telling you the same thing since you got here. So, you wanna go grab some pizza?"

"I'd love to, but it's Friday, and I'm starting work at four today. By the way, what time is it?"

"It's three thirty," said Sarah looking at her watch.

"Oh my! So late already, I need to go," said Yuzu panicking.

"All right, hey tell Aki I said hi."

"I will, if he doesn't kill me first for being so late."

"Yeah, as if!" Said Sarah laughing.

"Well, see ya!" Smiled Yuzu, and she ran off.


She soon arrived to her home; she lived in a two-story boarding house owned by a kind old woman named Inez. Once she opened the front gate, she took a deep breath to calm her heavy breathing and then walked inside.

She walked into the kitchen to find Inez taking cookies out of the oven and placing them on a large platter along with the others. As soon as she saw Yuzu she took one that was already cooled and shoved it in her mouth.

"Eat! You're getting awfully skinny," said old Inez and she took a seat by the table.

"Is Aki here already? He must be very angry with me for being late."

"Yes he's here, he went to sleep after eating. Looks like he had a busy day; he seemed very tired, had quite an appetite too," laughed Inez.

"Yep, sounds like my darling Aki!" Giggled Yuzu, 'I should have been here to fix him his snack."

"Oh don't bother yourself sweetie, you're a High School student with a job, you need to enjoy yourself, go out and have fun," smiled Inez.

"That would be nice, but busy busy!" Smiled Yuzu optimistically.

"I admire you child, you don't have to carry the load by yourself you know, I could help you."

"Thank you Inez, but Aki would never forgive me."

"You know what, though he's so possessive of you, I think he wants you to be happy."

"I don't know, maybe. Well, I should get ready for work, talk to you later Inez," smiled Yuzu and she headed upstairs.


Ikkaku was sitting on a couch in Renji's living room reading a book. He set the book down and looked up at the ceiling. He closed his eyes to think, but his thoughts were quickly interrupted by loud bumping on the wall and moaning. Very irritated, he walked to the door of Renji's bedroom and threw the door open.

"Enough is enough!"

The nude wide-eyed young brunette beneath Renji looked embarrassed to the point of crying. She tried to cover herself, but annoyed by Ikkaku's actions, he held her down, and proceeded thrusting into her. Renji tried to ignore him by continuing with his frantic hammering of the teen, but Ikkaku threw a pebble at his head.

"What the hell man what's your problem?!"

"My problem? I came here to spar and I've been waiting two hours for you to finish fucking Little Red Riding Hood here! So are we going to spar or not?"

"Fine," sighed Renji, and he pulled out of her. Immediately the girl put on her Academy uniform and ran out.

Ikkaku turned to look at the bed and saw a large blood stain on the white sheets. A couple of months ago this would have surprised him.

"Renji, I think it's time to address your…problem."

"Problem? What problem?" Asked Renji putting his pants on.

"This is the eighth time this week you've brought a minor to bed."

"So…"

"So stop before you deflower every girl in the Academy and wind up stripping every future female Shinigami of their honor."

"Ikkaku my friend, women today aren't so old-fashioned, besides, no one said she was a virgin."

"Really? I guess she was on her period then," said Ikkaku glancing at the bed; Renji looked at it shocked.

"But she told me she wasn't a…"

"Well looks like she lied."

"I…I don't know what to say," said Renji speechless.

"I see what's going on here, you're trying to forget her by fucking other kids like her, aren't you?"

Renji didn't say anything, he was right. Ichigo's little sister imprinted herself in his mind, and he could not forget her. When he first learned that she left, he thought nothing strange about his worry for her, it was after all his fault that she left on the first place. But after the first year of her absence, this worry for her remained as strong as the first day.

Yuzu called Karin from time to time, to let them know that she was okay, though she never told them where she was staying. His worry for her should have eased when they received word from her, but it didn't; he even came to…miss her. He went so far as to ask Ichigo about her only to have his ass kicked all the way back to Soul Society. His wounds were so grave that it was necessary for him to go back to Soul Society for Squad Four to treat his wounds. He had remained in Soul Society ever since; he had been deflowering young Academy girls on a daily basis for the past three months.

"All right then, let's go spar," said Renji breaking away from his thoughts.


Yuzu and other waitresses were just finished cleaning up the Diner; she took her purse and walked towards the door, just before one of the waitresses, Meredith, stopped her and handed her the thirty dollars in tips she had earned for the day.

"Oh no, I couldn't," said Yuzu handing them back to her.

"No, keep them, you need them more," said Meredith.

"But it's not fair, these are your tips."

"Yes, but I have a husband that supports me, and you're all by yourself."

"Thanks," smiled Yuzu thankfully; she bowed slightly.

"You don't have to bow…oh wait, I almost forgot, you're Japanese."

"Well thank you very much for this Meredith."

"No problem, maybe you should tell that man of yours back home to get a job," said Meredith winking.

"I doubt Aki will be doing that any time soon," smiled Yuzu.

"Well see you tomorrow sweetie," said Meredith as Yuzu left out the door.


Yuzu arrived at the boarding house at eleven thirty; by then everyone was asleep except Hector, the studious college student down the hall. She walked through the house carefully so that she wouldn't awake anyone.

"Aki, I'm home," said Yuzu as she closed the door; she walked the bedroom section and smiled at what image lay before her.

Little baby Aki was fast asleep in his crib; the baby monitor right next to him. Aki was only seven months old and she hated leaving him in other people's care. During the day, he was taken to the local nursery; the lady in charge, Mrs. Morris, was kind enough to bring him home when the nursery closed at three. He cried a lot when she first started leaving him in the nursery at three months; little Aki craved her attention, but he soon grew used to her absence and was content with seeing her a couple of hours a day. Inez took care of him until Yuzu got there. Yuzu didn't want to bother her too much, so she bought a baby monitor so that Inez wouldn't have to be checking on him so frequently.

She walked over to the crib and observed her son's sleeping form. Aki was a beautiful baby, he had his father's striking red hair and Yuzu's soft facial features. Yuzu would never have imagined that a baby coming from her and Renji would be so beautiful. She did think Renji was attractive...did she ever…little Aki was living proof of that, but she had to admit that what attracted her wasn't his face, but rather his exotic hair, perfect body, and easy-going personality; his facial features were a little on the rough side. She didn't find her own looks all that interesting either; she hated that her face appeared so timid all the time; she gave off the vibe of a frightened little child; she didn't like her hair color and she hated that her well-developed body completely contradicted her innocent face. But even so, here was Aki, formed from both of their genes, and he was beautiful.

Sensing her looking at him, he woke up and looked at her through large brown eyes, eyes that were just like Yuzu's. He reached his arms towards her and signaled with his little hands that he was hungry, she smiled at him and took him in her arms. She lifted her shirt and one of the cups of her bra and placed her breast on his mouth; immediately the baby closed his eyes and suckled, placing his little hands on her large globs as he fed. She walked to her mini fridge with the baby in her arms and took out a sandwich she had made for herself in the morning and some orange juice. She sat on her cushioned recliner chair inside her small living room and turned on the television, placing her food on a small table beside her; the news about the Golden Globe awards.

She wasn't very interested until she heard a very familiar name mentioned…Rukia Kuchiki. She was being interviewed on the red carpet! She looked beautiful, she wore a peach baby doll dress that revealed her silky neck and showed off her perfect porcelain skin, her legs were long, and her hair was combed beautifully; her face was not covered by the bang that had by now become her signature hairstyle, and her amethyst eyes sparkled more than she ever remembered them sparkling.

"So how does it feel like being married to the newest and hottest big time Producer in Hollywood?" Asked the reporter.

"Well it's an honor, Yuki has always been a very talented person, and I'm happy to see him get his big break," smiled Rukia.

"So you've known him for a while then? How long?" Rukia appeared nervous for a second; then she did the math with her fingers.

"That would be…five years I believe…" she laughed nervously.

"Five years?! That's an eternity in the celebrity couple world!" Said the woman excited.

"I'm sure it is…"

"Well good look on your marriage to Yuki Shihōin."

"Thank you very much."

"Are those bunny earrings you're wearing…?!"

Then the camera was on the hosts in the studio; the man was fanning himself with his hand and the woman looked at him oddly.

"Are you all right Jack?"

"Yes, Jane, is it me or is Rukia Kuchiki hot?!"

"Well she must be, she struck a deal with Louis Vuitton; I believe she is the only petite woman to have advertised their merchandise since well…ever."

"So it looks like Rukia will be breaking tradition here then? She's opening the way for shorter models."

"That she is Jack…"

Yuzu looked at the screen confused; she couldn't believe it, Rukia, Rukia Kuchiki, her brother's ex girlfriend and Shinigami was famous? She was here in LA?! Was she even allowed to be famous? Well it didn't matter; she had always thought Rukia was a great person; she had endured so much in her life and deserved all of this more than anyone else she knew. She couldn't believe how beautiful she got in the last year, Ichigo must be going crazy seeing other guys ogling at her pictures; he was jealous enough when other men merely smiled at her. He loved her very much; it was a shame that she was taken from him.

After that section was over, she flipped the channel and watched her favorite television show. She looked down at Aki; he was asleep but still suckling on her breast; she smiled at him and slowly pulled her nipple out of his mouth; she carefully padded him on the back until he burped, and then placed him back in his crib.

After she finished watching her show she went to bed. She stayed awake for a while thinking, and her thoughts suddenly brought her to him, Renji, she hated to admit it, but she didn't regret what she did with him. Yes their burst of passion cost her dearly and changed her life completely, but she didn't regret surrendering her innocence to him, she didn't regret the wonderful feeling of him writhing inside of her, and she sure didn't regret giving birth to his child, their beautiful Aki…