AN: Because of where they live, they'll be speaking three languages. English, dutch and Japanese. You'll find the things they say in English typed in italics, the Japanese in just the normal typo, and the dutch in fat typography.

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Recap: He stood up and walked to the door. "Think about names already. I'm going to deal with everything over there already so that your papers and apartment will be ready. And I'm going to tell Starrk so that he can come give you some reiatsu blockers and hair paint while I'm gone. Just stay here, and don't move. There are shinigami in las Noches. They just haven't found the rooms yet because this whole complex hides our reiatsu."

Once again Ichigo nodded and he cradled his daughter a little closer to his chest when Grimmjow opened the door and disappeared from the room, leaving him and his daughter alone.

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Before Ichigo knew it six years had already passed. Six years since he'd left his family and his life in Japan behind to come live in Belgium; the 'capital of Europe'. He had his apartment, his job, and even Grimmjow right now. Because, much to his surprise, the man had come to love him as well. Thought it had taken a few years for that to happen. First it had just been Grimmjow coming by weekly to come check up on him and their daughter, who they ended up naming Katherine but had just started calling 'Kat' after a while, but now he would stay for the whole weekend.

He smiled as he pulled his daughter on his lap, her long wavy orange hair tied up in a ponytail.

"How was school today?" He asked the little girl on his lap. She was now in her first year of elementary. But she was already used to going to school because she had gone to the kindergarten for four years before that..

She was a smart girl, maybe even a little too smart for her age, which resulted in her not having that many friends and being bullied sometimes. But it also meant that she was smart enough not to use what made her different.

"I loved it. I could read in front of the class today."

"And how was it."

"The teacher said it was great. I just have to work on pronouncing a bit more. But she's proud of me."

The orange haired man smiled at his daughter. "Well… Why don't you go grab one of your books and I'll call that sweet lady from next door to help you until Daddy comes over. Then we'll play a little game and then it's time for bed. Your daddy said that we're going to take you somewhere tomorrow."

"Can I know where?"

"nowp. It's a surprise. Now go and get that book. Do you have any other homework?"

She shook her head and jumped of his lap, running to her schoolbag and taking out a thin reading book. They both knew dutch, so he could read it as well, but his pronunciation was even worse than hers so he was no big help on that.

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When Katherine found out, the next day, where they were going; she was jumping with joy. The zoo! Oh she loved the zoo!

Grimmjow smiled softly at her when she was jumping around the room while Ichigo was putting some food and drinks in a bag.

"everybody ready?" he asked softly as he walked to the door and opening it. "Because the bus is in 10 minutes."

They both nodded and followed Grimmjow outside of the small but cozy appartment. They didn't own a car, just bicycles and passes for the bus and train. But that was all they needed to go around in this small country called Belgium.

And using the garganta would be so much easier, sure. But that would also make it so much more likely for them to be uncovered. To be found and brought back for execution.

Ichigo, who now had long black hair, showed his pass to the chauffeur as they got onto the bus to the nearest station where they would take the train to Antwerp. Kat stared at her 'mother's" hair. She had asked her mommy once why their hair was so different and he had explained that, while, even thought she got bullied for it, orange-red hair was more commonly accepted with girl than it was with boys, so he preferred to color it.

A little over one hour and a half later they arrived at the zoo. Katherine hugging her father -who had black hair when in his gigai as well- in a form of thanks. "Thank you. Daddy. I already love it. Can we go to the panthers first? I like them. They remind me of you!"

The arrancar chuckled. Of course the panthers reminded her of him. She had no idea. He lifted her with a wide smile playing on his lips. "Of course we can go to the panthers first. And then I want to go see the monkeys. I think they are funny."

She giggled and kissed Grimmjow on the cheek. "Sure Daddy."

He put her back on the ground and grabbed her hand as she grabbed Ichigo's hand with her other hand pulling them along to her favorite animals. This was the best day of her life! She had her mommy and daddy both with her today, and she got to see the panthers.

But as they walked to the monkeys her dad wanted to see so much, the air suddenly changed and she could feel her parents stiffen.

"Don't look up." Ichigo mumbled softly to her before kneeling down with a soft smile. "Please don't look up okay?"

"Is it the ghosts?"

He nodded and pulled her up in his arms, holding her close as he walked closer to Grimmjow.

"Let's go inside to drink something before we go to the monkeys." He whispered to his daughter. "They'll probably go away if they think we can't see them. Okay?"

She nodded and he could see that she was afraid. He had told her stories about his past. But he told them as bedtime stories where he still had his old name. Where he still went by the name Of Ichigo Kurosaki and not by the name Thomas Peeters. And when Grimmjow didn't go by the name Jason Williams. She knew that she had to ignore the ghosts because they were real and if they knew that she could see them, then they would bother her.

They walked outside of the zoo, back to the overly crowded station where they slipped into a small shop to buy some drinks.

But against Ichigo's highest hopes the 'ghosts' showed up there as well. He looked at Grimmjow with a look of pure desperation in his eyes and they both knew that there was no other way to do this than the way they were trying to avoid. So they walked back outside the station as quick as they could without looking as they were too hurried to get away.

Once outside they went into an alley and Ichigo told Katherine to close her eyes. "We're going to do something so magical it's secret. But it looks more scary than it is so I want you to keep them closed okay?"

She nodded and Grimmjow quickly opened a garganta, sending them through and closing it immediately behind himself.

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Okay. This is SO going to be less than 10 chapters. :D I'm looking forward to your reviews!