Well that was a waste of time. Ryuura took me to that park…but it got rained out. I love it when it rains, but he said that it really bothers him. Whatever, we decided to visit the house that his captain bought for his squad whenever they go to the human world. It's styled like a modern home from a century ago, he said that his captain told him that it looked like his old home in Karakura town. I've never seen his actual home, which is probably long gone. We figured that there isn't really anything for us to do since our captains will be gone for a while, off doing whatever in Hueco Mundo.

"So, I hope you don't mind, there is another person from my squad living here right now, she's stationed in this town, don't worry, there are still two empty rooms. She doesn't speak with words…so, just a warning."

"What do you mean, doesn't speak with words? Like what you can do?"

"Not exactly…" as if on cue, the front door swings open and a small girl covered in blood walks in. She is pretty…long black hair…her eyes…blue and green…wow… "Oh, hey Koko, hope you don't mind, me and Sana are going to stay here for a few days." She nods and taps her finger to her zanpakuto three times. And then…it…vanishes…she's…interesting…

"Hi." I say, expecting a response.

No response. She just taps her finger to his other hand three times.

"That's how she says Hi. She hasn't spoken since my captain saved her ten years ago."

"Oh? What happened?" She walks past us and up the stairs. After a few seconds I hear coughing and a door slam.

"Well, from what he told me she was a rogue Shinigami from eighty years ago. She was hiding way out in Zaraki when he found her, she was being beaten by a few guys and he picked her up and brought her back with him because he felt her reiatsu. How she went undetected…I'll never know. Anyway. That's our ninth seat. Koko Kurosaki. Don't let the name confuse you, it's a coincidence." He takes a seat in the living room and motions for me to sit down with him.

"What was she doing that she was so covered in blood?" I ask, thinking it strange to see so much blood from hollows.

"Who knows, officially she doesn't exist, so there is no tracking what she does, even squad twelve can't trace her for some reason. My captain said that she is stationed here. But I think something is weird about it." He looks up at the staircase at the sound of a door opening. She comes down a second later in a gigai. She just stands there staring at me…I will say that she's a bit creepy. She just stands there…and now she waved. She's so cute!

"Koko, sorry for just showing up like this, our captains are…out." Ryuura says and she nods, heading in to the kitchen.

…

"So you just…never speak?" I'm sitting alone with Koko in the kitchen. She nods. "Do you choose not speak or, cant speak, tap the table twice for the second option." She taps the table twice.

"I don't know what happened but she can't there is nothing medically wrong, it's something in her brain that won't let her speak anymore." Ryuura calls from the other room. I look up at Koko and she just nods.

"Oh no that's terrible! If you need anything just ask…wait. No! bad choice of words! Eh…if you need anything, just write it down, and I'll see what I can do." I give her a little smile which she returns, she gets up runs over to a drawer and returns with a pen and some papers.

-Thank You Sana-san- She writes.

"Ah you're too cute!" I smile at her and she smiles back. She starts writing something again.

-Are you and him together? He smiles at you a lot.-

"Yes."

-You aren't bothered by him popping into your head?-

"I got used to it, I rather like it now, it's as if he's always there for me…"

"Hey! I can hear your voice too! If you want to talk about me, can I at least be in the same room?" He came in smirking, he takes a seat next to me and looks at Koko.

"It seems you two are already getting along. Sana, tomorrow, I'll be going somewhere, there is someone I need to speak to, and he lives around here, so it will just be you two tomorrow, okay?" I wonder what he needs to do?

"That's fine, right, Koko?" I ask her and she nods. I thought communication with her would be difficult, but she's really easy to talk to…I guess my captain was right in making me make friends, I can speak to people easier.

"I like how quickly you two got friendly. Hmm…" he got up and started digging around in the fridge. "Hey Koko! What the hell is this? It's all fruit!" He pulls out peaches and puts them back in. Koko starts writing again.

-I love fruit. Got a problem, buy your own food, you lazy lizard.- Wow she's got a short temper.

"Fine, damn, difficult as ever…Sana, I'm going out for something to eat, you want anything…other than fruit?"

"No, I love fruit too!"

"Fine, I'll be back in a while." He stormed out of the house, clearly pissed at our love for fruit. I hear a faint giggle from Koko.

"Oh, that was…so you can laugh also?" she nods. And then starts writing again.

-I can't form words, I can scream, laugh, cry, a few quick sounds…but I still can't talk.- That's so sad…

"Uh, can I ask you a question, you don't have to answer if you don't want…"

-Go ahead.-

"I'm sorry if this question isn't…appropriate…but, how did you lose the ability to speak?"

-I'm sorry, I don't want to answer that…- I see…

"Oh, Ryuura told me you were rouge a-" She grabs me hand and shakes her head, then she starts writing again.

-I was not rogue…I was held prisoner for seventy something years…I don't know how I escaped, but I ended up in Zaraki getting the shit beat out of me, once Captain Kurosaki took me in, I stopped talking…Nobody will believe what I tell them and they keep labeling me as a former rogue…a stain on the Kurosaki name…even if we aren't related.-

"I believe you. There's no way someone like you could be rogue! I just can't see it! Oh! Wait here!" I jump up and leave her in the kitchen, running in to the living room, I grab my bag and reach inside, pulling out Mugetsu. I run back in and hand it to her.

-He wrote a book?-

"Yes! But, it's very sad; I can't bring myself to finish it, so you can read it! just be sure to return it when you're done! That's the original first copy."

-I'll be sure to read it, oh, and by the way, is Ryuura being nice to you?-

"He's very nice, he respects me, likes me for me, I like him so much too." I smile at her and then make my way to the fridge. I feel like eating a peach…

"A-A." She can make some noises. I turn to her to see her writing.

-Peaches went bad yesterday, haven't thrown them out yet. Try something else.- Oh wow. Thanks for telling me.

"Oh, thank you Koko, if you want we can go shopping together, and maybe get something that Ryuura would like. If you want to." I throw the other three peaches out, and grab a handful of strawberries.

-Yes. Let's go tomorrow, I'm tired from the hollows.-

"Okay!"

"I'm back!" Oh hey Ryuura's back! I get up to go greet him, once I get to him I give him a hug, which he returned.

"We're going shopping tomorrow to get you some food!"

"Oh, great. Thanks. Koko, I brought this for you. I think you dropped it." He pulled out a silver ribbon with the words 'Death is my best friend' Wow, that's dark. Koko runs in form the kitchen and grabs it, she hugs him and run's back into the kitchen. I guess it means something to her like what my captain feels about her white one.

"I guess she really likes that ribbon."

"I guess so, she lost someone very close to her in a war before she went rogue, your captain gave it to her and she wore it every day, until…yeah, she likes it." What is it with everyone giving ribbons!?

"I feel a bit tired, say goodnight to Koko for me!"

…

We only stayed for a few days, and Koko somehow finished that book without showing a tear. Well, letting us see her tears, when I got the book back from her before we left, I noticed there were a few more teardrops on an early page. Me and Ryuura never went to that park he was talking about, instead we just played with Koko and some children around the house.

"I like her, she was nice."

"She's very nice, but doesn't like it here because people take advantage of how nice she is, that's why she insists on staying there."

"Oh oka-Who is that? Sitting there, in the human clothes." There is a person sitting in the middle of the area with the Senkaimon facing away from it. they are wearing a heavy white jacket with blue jeans. They have the hood up so I can't see if its male or female.

"I don't know…but their reiatsu is…it like…feels like knives." Yeah…now that he said that, I feel like I'm being stabbed everywhere. "Let's find out." He grabs my hand and drags me over to this person.

"Excuse me you two. But would you be so kind as to lead me to squad fourteen?" It's a woman, but she's not facing us…how did she see us?

"Uh…I guess, if you tell us what you're doing here?"

"I'm visiting an old friend."

"Okay…and why are you wearing those clothes…?"

"I made them. I'm not a threat." The woman stands up and turns to us, she has bright blue eyes and some blue hair falling over her face.

"Oh, okay? I guess if you aren't being surrounded by now, you aren't much of a threat. Follow us." Ryuura, what are you doing? Helping someone you have no idea about…?

"What's your name anyway?" I ask, at least we should know her name…

"I don't have a name of my own, my master gave me a name, but I haven't needed it in many years, so I forgot it."

"Master? Are you a zanpakuto? I know from time to time Sode No Shirayuki pops up, and sometimes Zangetsu." What are you two talking about? I'm so lost here.

"I am."

"But you should have your own name…if that's the case."

"I'm not a real Zanpakuto. I was created from the soul of an immensely powerful hollow by Desir. And my master named me." Who the hell is Desir!?

"You say master, who is your master?" Ryuura asks as we arrive to his barracks.

"Can you tell me where the captain office is?"

"I…Yeah…"

…

"She's mysterious…I'll give her that…" Ryuura whispers to me.

"Yeah, she just walked through the traps, hell even the darts, they went right through her!" I whisper back.

"What are you two up to?" Captain Kurosaki!?

"Captain! You're back! And…there's a zanpakuto…in your…office…" Ryuura says, I just move aside from the door to let him through.

"Ah, damn it. her again. I told her not to materialize." He speaks as he opens the door. "Your name is Uchikudaku, for the last time!" he yells and shuts the door. Turns back to us. "Sorry, she's not the final product. I'm working on making artificial zanpakuto with a friend of mine named Desir, if she pops up, tell her that her name is Uchikudaku."

"I'm so lost right now." I really am. I can't even. What.

"Well, that isn't my problem, and Rukia wants to talk to you about something, go to your barracks." Kurosaki tells me, I turn to leave and then remember something so I turn back to him.

"Koko says hi."

…

"Captain! Where are you?" I feel her…but I have no idea where she is…

"Over here!" I hear her now…she's in the garden, why is she there? And why couldn't I track her reiatsu?

"What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Do you remember your parents at all?"

"No…I have no memory of them…why are you asking all of a sudden?" I actually have no memory of anything before the age of seventeen, and even then…I don't remember them.

"Ichigo told me that it isn't fair to keep the knowledge of your parents from you…"

"What…what do you mean? Keep the knowledge from me!?"

"We had the memories of your parents wiped from you, until the age of seventeen, you stuck to them. That's when we wiped from. S-Sana…I'm…so, so, so sorry that you had to find out like this…" She is…crying? Who…?

"Who are my parents…captain?"

"You actually already know them…"

"Damn it! Tell me their names!"

"Ichigo Kurosaki…and Rukia Kuchiki…Sana…I'm your mother…" …WHAT THE FUCK!? This has to be a joke, right? This…this has to be a joke! Right!?

"You're jo-joking…right?" Damn…there are tears on my face…I…I can't even wrap this around my head…my head around this…I can't think straight…

"We wanted you to have a normal life…so we had your name changed from Kurosaki to Shiragesa, I had any records of me and Ichigo's marriage wiped, and…I'm so sorry! I didn't want to do it! but we had to! Back then…there was a huge war…and we…love you still…" She's on her knees crying in front of me…so am I…I…can't….I don't understand-wait…if they are my parents…and they both are somewhat hollow…am I a…

"Captain." She flinched, somehow bothered that I didn't say mom, probably. "Am I hollow?"

"No…thank god you aren't…but…I,I wish…I wish we never had to lie to you! Will you forgive m-" she stops when I put my arms around her.

"Of course I forgive you…I thought I was alone…for so many years…but…I was always being watched over…by you ad him…oh now I feel bad for being afraid of him…I forgive you…mom."

…

I agreed with her that I wouldn't tell anyone, but Ryuura already knows, since he was listening…again…Anyway, I'm not particularly happy now that I know who my parents are…but…it's nice to know that I can ask them anything. Wait…what about Lieutenant Matsumoto? Does that make her my step mother? And their kid…huh…I have a family now…

"Hey, you, stop your spacing out." Oh, you.

"Oh, hey Moru! I was just thinking!" he approaches me in the garden I've been here since I found out about my parents. Maybe a few hours, and apparently I've been staring at this tree.

"So, how are things?"

"I guess they are good? I don't really have much to complain about." Oh yes I do.

"So, you and him went to the Human world?"

"Yeah, it was fun."

"Oh, you know what else is fun? Hueco Mundo." I will kill you if you make me go back.

…

"How exactly did you get me here…I hate you so much." I glare at him across the room we're in.

"Well, after I knocked you unconscious, I drug you all the way to squad twelve, let Captain Kurotsuchi perform a few tests…and we're here."

"Very funny. I'm not sure how exactly you see this place as fun."

"Again, you're saying my home is not good enough?" How did…her again…

"Oh, hello Harribel-san, we're bored again."

"Well, I would be hoping that you came for a different reason. One that requires you to take responsibility for your actions." She looks pissed. More than usual.

"And what would that be?"

"Apacci is pregnant. You are the father, she will be coming to talk with you in a few minutes." Wait what!?

"Oh, I thought something like this would happen, I just wonder…why now and not months ago, when we did it then." Months ago!? I look back to where she is and…SHE'S GONE! So fast…

"Wait…are you and Apacci…together?"

"Yes. I don't care what others may say, our race makes no different. If she was a shinigami, and not an arrancar, I would feel the same way. Although…she's not allowed out of Hueco Mundo because she and my captain…nearly blew a hole in the Sereitei because they decided to get in an argument." What the hell kind of argument was that? Is that what that incident a few months ago was!?

"That's nice that you feel so strongly for her." As I finish, the door opens again to reveal Apacci with angry eyes, but I can see a faint smile.

"Moru-kun, what do you intend to do? I can't return with you…and you have to be there." She looks sad now that she's in his arms. Maybe…maybe Captain Kurosaki will do something for me since I'm his daughter…

"I…might be able to get captain Kurosaki to let you stay in his barracks."

"Ah…that's a nice offering, but…me and him…don't get along…very well." Oh right…

"Wait, how would you be able to get him to do anything, I thought you two didn't like each other?" Oh right, I told nobody about him being my father.

"Everyone has a skeleton in their closet. I just happen to know which skeleton to ask him about."

…

"What? You want me to do that? What makes you think I could get that approved? I'm a criminal with a coat." I asked him if he could let Apacci stay at his barracks. "And we don't get along…but for you, since there's no reason to not treat you special anymore, I'll do it, laws and rules be damned, bring the two of them here."

"Ichigo? Are you sure you want her around…I mean…last time she was here…you nearly killed my captain." Rangiku Matsumoto is here too. I wonder…if his new child is a hollow…with how his reaction was a while ago.

"Well, I…"

"He owes me a favor. This is what I want him to repay it with." I give her a smile before walking out of the office. I can hear her questioning him about it.

…

"Re-really?" Apacci's face lit up at the news. Moru is just a bit confused. I wonder how the blonde one will respond…

"Yeah, he agreed. Just be sure to tell Harribel-san."

"Tell me what?" SNEAKY.

"Would you stop sneaking up on me!" I turn around to shout at her.

"Don't you be yelling in my home! I'll send you right back missing a few pieces. Now, what would you be telling me?" She's terrifying…

"Well, Captain Kurosaki said that Apacci can stay with him, he's as he put it, 'A criminal with a coat' I'm not sure what that means…but he'll house her." I explain and she turns to Apacci.

"I'll miss you, I'll visit sometimes. Now go, oh, and whenever you figure out what you're naming it…I want to be the first to know." Well, that was effortless. She just…is gone…she's fast.

"So…when can we go?"

"Right now." EH!? When did he get here!?

"Oh, hey Captain Kurosaki." DON'T BE SO LAID BACK ABOUT EVERYTHING!

"Yo, well, are you three ready to go? Oh, Apacci, don't look so tense, Sana asked me to be nice to you, I will do what she asks, and plus, my wife is pregnant too, so you won't be alone in your…condition."

"Well…okay. Can I just get something from my quarters?" Apacci asks with a smile. I wonder if she's happy…or scared that she will be arrested. She walks out of the room.

"So, you two here for any particular reason today?" Kurosaki asks as he sits where Apacci was.

"I was dragged by Moru, and then Harribel-san came and told us Apacci was pregnant…and you know the rest."

"Well, I hope she understands that what you two are doing is a huge taboo." He speaks as he looks at Moru, who just waves it off.

"You yourself are a taboo." He shoots back. I will say, he is right.

"Yes I know. But you didn't end three wars." Well, that was interesting. Oh, Apacci is back. With a small bag over her shoulder.

"Should I bring my own clothes…or…will you guys give me one of those things you wear?"

"I can get you a medical robe, but I doubt I can get you fitted for a shihakusho." He stands up and opens a garganta.

…

"Sana, are you done with your paperwork?" Me and captain are in the office doing the paperwork for today, I still cant believe that she and Kurosaki are my parents… but still, it doesn't really change how I think of them, sure, I feel like I can talk to Kurosaki about stuff now. Both of them. and nope, not done.

"No, hey, do you think that marriage between species, or race, whatever it is, is okay? I mean, Moru and Apacci…"

"Well, I don't think it's exactly…socially acceptable, but the same goes for homosexual relationships. It's not illegal, just…not socially acceptable by most. So, they can, but there will be a lot of hardships for them."

"I would like to see a wedding…I've never been to one…" I put my pen down because I just finished the papers.

"Well…when me and Renji get married, you'll be the maid of honor. If he proposes, I don't know at this point."

"Oh, thank you! Is there anything planned for the squad today?" I ask, hoping for her to say no, I have something I want to do.

"Nope, we're completely free today, why?"

"Do you maybe want to go out, somewhere…anywhere? I…want to spend some time with my mother…as my mother…not as my captain." I smile a little, even though…

"Of course! But nobody can know about it, remember we did it to protect you. From my clan. They…never really approved of him in the first place. And there were constant death threats…thankfully we were able to hide my pregnancy. Where do you want to go?"

"How about…hmmm…I don't know! You decide!" I don't know…Ah…I've always wanted to meet my parents…but ah, wow.

"You like to swim, I know where to go. Meet me outside of the barracks in five minutes with a swimsuit."

…

I got my swimsuit that she brought from the Human world a month ago. It's a two piece that's solid black. I have it under my shihakusho. I meet her outside and she is wearing her normal uniform so I don't know what hers looks like.

"Are you ready? Keep up!" She speeds off…damn it. I start following her, barely keeping up. Eventually when she stops and I catch her, we're standing in district three of north Rukon. Why are we here?

"So now what? I've never came here other than to deal with a hollow, what is there to do here?" I ask as I look around at the smiling people. they seem really fond of captain.

"There's a lake that me, Ichigo and a few others used to swim at. I haven't been there in…fifty years? I wonder if it's still there." She grabs my hand and starts pulling me behind her into the forest.

"A lake? I remember seeing a lake out here, surrounded by rocks, is that it?"

"Oh, yes it is! So it is still there!" She sounded really happy, it's just a lake. We finally arrive at the lake.

"It's just a lake, why is it such a good place?"

"Well…" She removes her shihakusho to reveal a black bikini. "This is the cleanest lake in Rukon. And…this is where he proposed to me." Wow…does everything have to do with him? It's like…they still love each other…

"Do…you still have feelings for him?"

"Why do you ask that?" she walks into the lake. I start removing my shihakusho then get into the water with her. I can see that she tensed up.

"You talk about him all the time, and whenever you do…I noticed that you looked happy...it's like you still love him…why did you two…end up apart?"

"We did it to protect you, when we had to leave you…that is. He told me that the only way to protect me was to nullify the marriage and strike it from records. You see…I was being threatened to be exiled from my clan, and received death threats nearly daily. I had to erase so many memories…I'm sorry for this, let's just swim and have some fu…what are you doing here?" huh? I look around and then notice a skinny woman standing next to our zanpakuto. She has long white hair, kind of pale…I cant see her eyes.

"Who is she?" I ask her.

"One of Ichigo's experiments."

"EXPERIMENTS!? Experiment for what!?"

"I'm sure you've heard about a few of his experiments, creating a soul, and stuff like that."

"Yeah…"

"Well, she…is the embodiment of Byakurai." The wha…

"Excuse me for following you…I was a bit lost…and I recognized you, Rukia-sama, so I followed." Her voice is beautiful.

"It's okay, I would ask if you would like to join, but you don't like water. If you want I can ask Ichigo to escort you back to your home in district nine."

"Yes please, Rukia-sama." When the woman responds captain sends a hell butterfly.

…

"Oh, what brings you here?" Kurosaki asks as he arrives.

"I was lost and followed Rukia-sama."

"It's okay, Ichigo, me and Sana had nothing to do today so we just came out for a swim."

"If you say so…" He smiles and then grabs the woman and flash steps away.

"So! Sana! Is there anything you want to talk about?" Captain asks as she swims around me.

"Well…I…well…what was I like as a child?"

"A troublemaker. Brat. Loud. Didn't have many friends back then either, but you would always cause problems." Really…is that how my mother sees me…am I… "And that's why I loved you. You were exactly like your father. You know how I knew I liked him?"

"Uh…no?" I wonder what it was…

"He made fun of me when I fell ice skating." Well, that was mean! I don't understand how someone making fun of you can attract you to them…

"I don't understand you…so…I never finished his book…am I mentioned in there…?"

"Actually yes, but as a member of my clan that he treated like a daughter."

I swim over to her and put my arms around her. I've wanted to hug my mother for…so, so many years…I wanted to know who they were…I never imagined…these two…

"Can we go back? I think I've swam enough for today?" I ask, still not letting her go. She pats my back.

"Of course."