ARRANCAR ENCYCOPEDIA: BABY SITTING 101
"Thanks for doing this Neliel", Inuyasha said.
"It's no trouble at all", she said back.
"Now be a good girl Tsukiko", he said down to his daughter. The eight year old smiled up at her dad before he left through the garganta. Inuyasha and Kagome had to go to an important meeting in Soul Society; the meeting would be followed by an important gathering of some sort with the noble houses that they also had to attend. Unfortunately everyone he knew was either busy or also going to the meeting, leaving Inuyasha with no other option than to take his daughter to Las Noches in Hueco Mundo, where his fellow arrancars agreed to take care of her for a bit. Well Kagome suggested they leave her at Kisuke Urarara's shop, but he didn't trust that creep not to try and unlock whatever dormant powers Tsukiko might have.
"All right Tsuki, what do you want to do first?" Nel asked the little girl.
"Food please", she said, Neliel smiled at her, the girl was very forward about everything just like father. At least she had the manners of her mother to go with it. They were headed towards Nel's quarters when they ran into the former sixth espada Grimmjow.
"What's the brat doing here?" the blue haired arrancar said grouchily, looking down at the small child, hands in his pockets.
"Inuyasha asked me to watch her", Nel answered.
"Whatever", he walked away, but suddenly stopped by the little tyke's question.
"Do you really like mister Ichigo?" Tsuki asked.
"What's that supposed to mean brat?" Grimmjow growled dangerously, glaring back at her.
"Well, Daddy said that you really like mister Ichigo, the same way daddy really likes mommy", she said innocently not fully understanding the implications.
"Gotta run!" Neliel quickly grabbed Tsukiko and sonidoed away before Grimmjow blew up.
A FEW HOURS LATER
After getting some food in her belly Tsukiko wanted to play so Nel took her outside with her two fraccione to play eternal tag. The arrancars purposely moved slowly knowing Tsuki didn't have any powers yet. However something odd happened when Pesche was chasing the little girl.
"Alright I got you now!" the bug masked arrancar said leaping towards Tsuki playfully. The girl in her excitement panicked at being caught and instinctually held her hand up. A bright pink ball charged in her hand and fired towards Pesche, Nel quickly grabbed and pulled him out of the way with sonido sensing the danger. She watched the beam fire off very reminiscent to a cero, but at the same time felt drastically different. Neliel also noticed that for a moment she could sense the child's reiatsu, though it disappeared after the beam dissipated. Nel came to the conclusion that Inuyasha and Kagome must have sealed her powers in a dormant state so that way Tsukiko could have a child hood and not have to worry about this hollow and soul reaper business for some time. She could be safe and not have to fight and get hurt.
LATER
Nel frantically pounded on the door to Hallibel's quarters; unfortunately she was greeted by her three angry fraccione.
"What do you want? What's with the banging?" Apache said sounding pissed for all the noise.
"I need to see Tia now!" Nel told them barging in.
"Why should we let you see Lady Hallibel?" Mila rose said standing in her way.
"What's the problem?" Hallibel said appearing suddenly, startling everyone.
"Tia please I need your help!" Nel said nearly knocking over Mila Rose. "I lost Tsukiko!"
"Inuyasha's daughter is missing in Las Noches?" Hallibel clarified a hint of worry in her voice. "Can't you find her based on spirit energy?"
"I tried, but I think that Inuyasha and Kagome did something to hide or seal her reiatsu, I can't seem to sense it", Nel started pacing in worry.
"Gather everyone in the meeting room, we'll have them help us look for her", it didn't take long to summon everyone to the meeting table.
"So what's the emergency?" Stark said with a yawn, everyone sat down at the long table. Nel and Hallibel sat at one end, Grimmjow sat across from Stark looking annoyed as ever, Lilinete sat next to him with Rudbornn across from her, and the rest of the arrancars including Pesche, Dondachaka, Mila Rose, Apache, Sung-Sun, Loly, and Melony filled the rest of the seats.
"Inuyasha asked me to take care of his daughter and I lost track of her", Nel admitted ashamed.
"Who cares", Grimmjow blurted out.
"You should care, if Lord Inuyasha comes here and finds his daughter missing he'll tear this place apart", Rudbornn said sounding very nervous.
"We better find her, or we will all suffer the wrath of the most powerful arrancar ever seen in Hueco Mundo", Pesche said ominously letting the fear sink in.
"I thought we had some damn security cameras!" Grimmjow slammed his fist on the table, despite what he said a moment ago a pissed off Inuyasha is not something he wanted to deal with.
"We used to, but we removed them several years ago, due to lack of any threats or dangers to give everyone there well deserved privacy" , Hallibel said. "We're looking for a small girl with white hair and yellow eyes, bring her here safely", she commanded. Everyone except Stark took off in a frenzied hurry. Rudbornn and his soldiers systematically went through every corridor and room in Las Noches, while the rest of the arrancars searched under the canopy in the large interior desert.
Stark had given up early, deciding that Inuyasha could get pissed all he wanted, he would rather sleep until the inevitable chaos. Before he could reach his room he spotted sandy foot prints leading down his hall that he didn't recognize as his or Lilinete's. The trail led directly into his personal sleeping chambers, so he followed. Stark entered to see a small girl asleep on top of the huge pile of pillows, he quietly walked over and examined Tsukiko making sure she wasn't hurt before grabbing a blanket and laying it over her and finding his own spot to take a nap on another pile.
ONE HOUR LATER
"He's going to be here any minute", Nel paced the floor of the meeting room nervously.
"He can't get that upset, can he?" Grimmjow asked everyone.
"It's Inuyasha we're talking about here", Hallibel reminded them. Everyone suddenly got a mental picture of an angry red eyed Inuyasha glaring down at them after they told him his daughter was missing.
'Ressurrecion, Segunda Etapa' and half the palace of Las Noches exploded in a sea of red blood.
Suddenly their thoughts were interrupted by a garganta opening up in the meeting room. Out stepped the very arrancar they respected and feared Inuyasha. The weaker arrancars ran out of the room screaming while the former espada Neliel, Hallibel, and Grimmjow remained.
"I'm back Nel, so where's Tsuki? Did she behave herself?" Inuyasha eyed them all while they just stared at him nervously. "What's going on, you all look guilty and afraid?" he asked suspiciously.
'If I blow a whole threw the ceiling, I might be able to escape before he tears the palace apart', Grimmjow thought while glancing up at the ceiling getting ready to enact his plan of escape. He would never admit it but Inuyasha was the one arrancar even he would never dare try to fight, Nnoitora did and it didn't end well for him. The guy not only had the power and nerve to go up against Aizen, he also took out three sternritters and went toe to toe with the Quincy King.
"Where's my daughter?" Inuyasha asked again giving off a scary vibe.
"About that", Nel said slowly.
"Yes?" The floor began to quake a bit as Inuyasha's spiritual pressure started to rise and engulf the room making everyone sweat.
"Daddy!" Tsuki called and in walked Stark carrying a well-rested Tsukiko on his shoulders.
"I made sure she got a nap just like you asked Nel", Stark lied smoothly. Nel and Tia sighed in relief that he was covering for them so Inuyasha wouldn't find out they lost her for a bit.
"Stark, I didn't know you were good with kids", Inuyasha commented taking his daughter off his fellow arrancar's shoulders.
"Why do you think Lilinete puts up with me?" he remarked.
"Did you have fun Tsuki?"
"Yes Daddy"
"Inuyasha can I have a quick word with you?" Nel asked.
"Sure, wait right her for second princess", he sat the girl in one of the large chairs of the meeting room while he stepped out in the hall with Neliel.
"What's this about?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Did you place a seal on her powers?" Nel asked.
"Yes, we did it to protect her. I know how Soul Society works; they're always looking for new allies now. I mean I trust Shunsui Kyoraku, but I don't want him recruiting my daughter anytime soon", he explained.
"Well the seal you placed isn't completely holding, earlier we were playing tag and she performed what looked like a cero", the green haired woman said.
"How powerful was it?" Inuyasha said excitedly forgetting his worries in favor of pride for his daughter.
"This is serious, it looked like a cero, but felt kind of like Kagome's power"
"Dammit, this is complicated. I might have to take her to that candy shop bastard after all", Inuyasha sighed running his hand through his hair in frustration. "Thanks again for watching her Nel I really appreciate it", he said walking back into the meeting room and picking his daughter.
"It was no problem, say hi to Kagome for us", she called into the garganta that he just stepped through.
ARRANCAR ENCYCLOPEDIA
"So what did we learn today?" Neliel said with a pointing stick in her hand and a screen flashing images of Tsukiko in Las Noches behind her.
"When the most powerful arrancar to ever walk the sands of Hueco Mundo asks you to take care of his daughter, you do that", She answered. Nel then pointed to a small lego model of the hollow night palace. "Here's what could have happened if Stark didn't find Tsukiko. Grimmjow if you please", the blue haired arrancar just grumbled something and pressed a button on the remote I his hand. He frowned when the small explosion sent lego pieces everywhere, simulating the possible destruction of Las Noches.
"Why was I needed for this show?" he said.
Sorry for the delay, been busy with Magic Cat.
This was actually kind of fun to right actually. I would like to thank unicornmeat3 once again for the babysitting idea it works as a great intro for the arrancar encyclopedia chapters I'm going to do where Tsukiko and her powers are explored, eventually she's going to have a sword release, so if anyone has any ideas of what it could be called I would love to hear it. So I have Faces of the Past episodes and more Arrancar Encyclopedia episodes on the way. I'm writing all of them separately at different times since they are all sort of one shots.
Thank you for reading, see you next time.