A/N: okay I have so many story alerts, yet not everyone is reviewing which makes me a little sad. So, The more reviews the faster I update. Also i have gotten a few grammer complaints and i would like to say in my defence that i was half asleep while typing this. So, this is the edited version when i was more wide awake! Also, for the person who clued me in on the Rukia, Tatsuki mistake, thanks! And also a thanks to Trumpet-Geek who's review led me to correcting the chapter!

Chapter 4

(Renji's POV)

"What are you doing?"

Orihime asked me as I knelt between her and Ishida holding my phone in my hand with the camera option selected.

"In ten years from now when their married don't you think they will treasure this picture?"

That was more of a lie than the truth I mean maybe it will work out like that, but unrenowned to everyone else on this bus I could forward the picture to every shinigami in soul society.

"Good idea Abarai!"

Keigo whispered in my ear with his camera in his hands, "only that I think it would prove more use on, oh I don't know every wall at school."

This guy was dense, I lied for Orihime's sake, but that idiot just announces his plan luckily Orihime was whispering to Ishida literally behind our backs. I took my picture first which came out perfectly with Rukia flopping onto her stomach clutching her hands in Ichigo's shirt. For Ichigo's sake I probably should make sure this doesn't go to my captain. I got a little envious of Keigo since his shot came out better than mine because of the small movement of Rukia's which had her snuggling into the vizard's neck.

"What was that about?," my purple haired partner asked when I plopped back down into my aisle seat.

"oh, you should see the couple back there."

I fingered to the back seat of the bus.

"Damn, I want to see, but too bad everyone else is hogging the space."

Just like she said a crowd of people were in the back of the bus, flashes going off everywhere.

"I knew they would get together," I heard one girl whisper into another girls ear.

"Poor Ichigo. Here."

I opened up the picture on my phone for Tatsuki to see, leaning in making our shoulders touch. To my surprise neither of us pulled back, even after I put the phone away we never moved back. This made me a little more tired than I wanted to be, how could a baby cause this much exhaustion. Thank god hollows aren't baby dolls or my job would be hell. A hard slam echoed into my ear, it was Tatsuki's head slamming into the window, but she was too tired to wake up. Unconsciously I pulled her over to me having her head leaning on my shoulder. It had to be better than the window. I sighed while staring at the ceiling. So, this is what you're feeling Kurosaki. I thought to myself leaning my head onto hers.

TWO HOURS LATER…DESTINATION!

(Rukia's POV)

I felt like I was floating on a cloud, it felt warm and made me happy. This was defiantly not a bus, it was more like my own personal bed…no better then a bed.

"We have arrived everyone!"

A few babies started to cry including the familiar noise of my own.

"No" I mumbled into whatever I was laying on not bothering to open my eyes.

"Ichigo you get him, I'm comfortable."

"No, you're closer," he answered,

I could feel vibrations underneath me while he talked.

"We still on the bus?" I once gain mumbled,

"Yeah, why?"

The vibrating did feel nice even though I had no idea how it was being produced.

"Then how am I laying down?"

I opened my eyes to Ichigo's face looking quite handsome,

"Huh?"

He seemed as clueless as me, but now I realized that I was on top of him.

"What the…" I jumped screaming.

"You didn't have to scream in my ear. Jeez."

Ichigo rubbed his ear while standing up and grabbing the baby in the above luggage rack.

"Do you know how uncomfortable sitting in the same position is for five hours, besides you were 'comfortable' as I recall." he smiled meeting my glaze.

He was right that was the best few hours of sleep I ever had, but I wasn't going to let Ichigo know that,

"I'm delirious when I wake up,"

I u-turned on my heel trying to escape Ichigo's gaze only to be spun back around by his hand,

"It's not like I wanted to sit like that, and here,"

He shoved the baby into my arms, positioning them in the correct way, with gentle hands. I could tell he was lying though, when someone lives with another person as long as Ichigo and me you get to know the difference in tones of voice which meant he probably heard mine as well.

"You take him and I'll get our bags."

I blushed, "You know I'm capable of getting my own."

I didn't want him to think I was weak.

"I know, but I want to."

That was probably the nicest and sweetest thing Ichigo ever muttered. That answer satisfied me as I'm sure he knew it would.

"Everyone look at Tatsuki and Renji they're almost as adorable as Ichigo and Rukia,"

I happened to catch a girl saying in the front of the bus. What was all this about Ichigo and me? Better yet what was this about Renji. I waltzed up to the front seeing what had caused the commotion. Both Renji and Tatsuki had fallen to sleep, and the purple haired girl's head had fallen into his lap. I had to take advantage of this. But, when I reached my hand into my pocket to find my soul society cell hone I was stricken to find that it wasn't there.

"Ichigo," I screamed as I ran back to him, "give me you soul society phone."

"sure he muttered as he threw it to me."

"I see Ichigo and Rukia had waken up along with Tatsuki and Renji,"

The teacher announced over the intercom that echoed through the bus. Four moans ran through out the bus. Renji looked very displeased, apparently he woke up during a round of photos. From what I heard he took out a kid's camera along with his nose.

"Anyway, I have some guide lines for you all."

Great a teacher that's going to block everything remotely fun on this trip.

"one, everyone will show up to every scheduled event,"

emphasis on will,

"Two, no one is to leave hotel grounds unless it is a planned event or have permission from me."

She pointed to herself like she was the most important thing in the world. After that she put down the microphone stepping down the stairs to solid ground.

"Oh and one more thing," she announced loud enough for everyone to hear, "If anyone makes one of those things that are currently in your hands while here believe me you'll regret it."

She smiled and got out, a dozen envelopes in hand.

Once everyone piled off the bus which zoomed out of view she gathered us into a circle in front of a large white tent, the ones normally holding firework shops.

"In my hand is the one thing that you'll be surviving on this week, money."

She held up two envelopes one thicker than the other,

"Based on your grades in school you will be getting an amount based on that."

This had me relieved both Ichigo and I scored high on every test we took all year, surprisingly. Ichigo smiled at me probably thinking the same thing.

"You need to pay for food, baby accessories, hotel room, and any other needs that will be sold out of this tent."

So, that's what that was for.

"What if we don't have enough for a hotel room?" Keigo nervously asked,

"Don't worry everyone does it's just that you won't be living in luxury like some other people."

She winked at me and Ichigo. That was a good sign.

One by one she called everyone up handing out different sized envelopes. Ishida had a pretty hefty one since he was a genius and Tatsuki and Renji had a decent sized one. But those were nothing compared to mine (and Ichigo's) it was at least twice Ishida's.

"Come on Ichigo."

I pulled him along while switching the baby into one arm. I had to say I was getting used to this baby thing.

Inside the tent my eyes almost popped out of my head to my left was every type of baby food imaginable spread out on a white table, in the middle a huge rotating clothing rack with different baby clothing ever color imaginable. To the right was the register with a bucket of, condoms. Yuck. And on the back table were piles of baby diaper packages.

"Ichigo isn't this place cute!"

I couldn't contain my excitement.

"sure," he didn't sound very enthusiastic "How much money do we have?"

I opened the envelope being surprised with the actual amount inside.

"Wow," Ichigo yanked it out of hands counting quickly. "Roughly 5,000 dollars or whatever these things are."

They were blue, with two swords of some sort crossed over each other making an X replacing where the person would normally be.

"Wonder how much a hotel room is?" Ichigo looked around the tent for any type of sigh indicating prices. "What's that?"

I questioned looking at another envelope inside our envelope. Ichigo tore that one open as well, first reading a message hand written on the flap:

For all the good work -SS

What did that mean, I had no clue, but inside the envelope was an additional 1,000.

"Not sure what we did, but hell I'm grateful."

(Ichigo's POV)

I don't think I was ever as bored as this while shopping with Rukia. Why do woman have to pick the cuttest outfits for a baby?

"How about this one?"

She held another pink outfit up to the baby.

"Rukia, do you understand that this is a boy?" she apparently didn't realize this, "Oh right. Well, how about-"

I had to intervene,

" Why don't you pick out baby food and get some diapers. I'll pick the clothes out since I'm petty sure I have more experience in this area than you." With a few disappointed moans she slouched away.

My eyes moved up and down Rukia's departing body, quickly snapping back to my objective, "What the hell am I doing?"

I spoke out loud accidentally.

"I saw that Kurosaki."

"Shut up Abarai, it's not like I didn't see you and Tatsuki," he blushed as red as his hair.

He changed the subject trying to steer away from an explanation,

"So, how much did you guys get?" he asked,

"6,000" I said putting fingers up showing six.

"Damn, we got 5,000."

"We did originally, but we found an extra envelope addressed to us inside with an additional 1,000."

His eyes sparked like he remembered something.

"Us too, only it was 500 and a note that read 'To freeloader'."

I laughed, eyeing a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt with a sword that resembled Zangetsu.

"They know you good." he punched me on the arm then walked away scowling.

We finished our shopping and waiting in line looking at hotel room prices that hung over the register. The most expensive was 3,000, which meant it was probably the best quality.

"Yeah, we'll take that one,"

I told the girl working the cash register.

"Here."

She exchanged the key for our money.

"Finally done." I let out with an exaughsted moan.

Before walking out of the tent I saw Keigo eyeing the condoms on the counter,

"Don't bother." I whispered to him laughing.

"Hey you never know. Besides I'm surprised you haven't gotten one yet, I mean you and your 'friend' over there ," he gestured toward Rukia who was waiting patiently outside the tent, "already got the position down."

I slammed him hard in the chin with my hand. "One I know you won't need one since your rooming with a lesbian and two talk about what happened on the bus again and I'll make sure you won't be able to ever again. Comprende?" He nodded his head violently fast running to the opposite side of the tent.

I slid the card key into the slot waiting for the red light to turn green.

"Hurry up, this baby is letting off toxic fumes." Rukia hollered plugging her nose.

I sighed turning the door handle, opening the door.

"Oh lovely." I moaned as I looked into the sweet, the honeymoon sweet.

"We have to get a new room."

"Why," she questioned putting the baby down on he counter to the left of her.

"There is only one bed."

The room was luxurious, the view was of the sun set on a beach, a high def flat screen TV mounted to the red wall. The kitchen area was normal sized as well as the rest of the room. It was like a pent house.

"You think that's grouse, but wait till you see the bathroom,"

The bathroom had see-through shower stalls with two showers in one. It also included a Jacuzzi with jets and black rose peddles in a bowl ready to dump.

"You'd think they knew we were already dead?"

I could hear Rukia's laugh from my reaction as she unpacked until it all went silent,

"Ichigo your dad is a dead man."

I was afraid to ask why. My feet seemed to drag me out to see what she was staring at and it happened to be a black silk bra and thong set with lacy sides.

"Hey I don't need to see that."

I covered my eyes leaving a little space to sneak a peak. I wonder what she would look like? I mentally slapped myself. What is with my hormones today?

"MOMMY!" The baby screamed.

"It can talk!?" me and Rukia echoed each other with our jaws hanging.

"MOMMY!" He screamed again.

Without further hesitation the petite girl crossed the room and scooped up the bay in her arms opening a bottle of food at the same time. She could be breath taking at some moments and this was one of them. She was like two different people one of them a caring gentle mom and the other a soul reaping shinigami. Whichever, they both appealed to me just the same.

"Hey Ichigo, let me in I wanna see your room!" Renji banged on the door.

"hold on. Can't you be a little patient?"

Considering how many years of practice he's had it should be no problem at all to wait a few seconds. I opened the door, but before a foot not even he burst through before gaping at the room in front of him.

"Damn, you guys got the best view in the hotel."

"Yeah, well don't get used to it were going to switch rooms, if you noticed only one bed."

he flopped onto the couch with a content look,

"They said you can't trade at the desk when we went back."

Great. I flopped onto the maroon bed sheets staring at the black canopy.

"This is a pretty hard bed for a deluxe sweet."

Renji swung his feet onto the see-through coffee table in front of the couch.

"Don't get comfortable Abarai."

"Why your room is nice." He kicked off his shoes making a stench reach across the room. I rolled up my sleeves eyeing Renji.

"What the hell are you?" he muttered fear spreading in his eyes as i approached him.

(Tatsuki POV)

(A/N: Akane in Japanese means brilliant red, I know genius right)

"Where the hell did your 'daddy' go, Akane?"

I calmly spoke to the baby in my arms that was sucking innocently on a bottle. It's amazing how life like you are, your skin even feels real. The lock on the door clicked,

"Finally where'd you-"

Renji was tossed across the room slamming into the heater,

"Ow, Damn it Ichigo."

Ichigo fumed outside our door, "Stay here with your 'wife'," his statement made me blush just because he referred me to being Renji's wife.

"I'm not his wife." I spoke up practically shouting at him,

"Close enough. And heads up, he likes to freeload so don't cook for him. Maybe he'll learn something useful out of this experience."

With that he slammed the door, his footsteps pounding down the hallway.

After the baby had gone to sleep I placed him in the crib that was just brought up by our teacher.

"Are you sure you're okay. You just flew into a wall."

He nodded bandaging up a large cut on his arm that he got from the sharp edge of the heater.

"It's okay, ichigo and I get into fights a lot so both of us are immune to pain, for the most part."

This wasn't a surprise to me. They always got into fist fights at school, despite the fact that they seemed like good friends.

"So, what are we going to do about this situation?"

"I'll be fine before tomorrow, so you don't-"

I was getting annoyed

"No, the one bed situation."

We went back earlier to try to switch to a room with two, but they said once we had it we couldn't trade. It's like the school wants us all to reproduce.

"I wonder how Ishida and Orihime are doing?"

He looked like he couldn't careless which was probably right,

"A lot more functionate than any other couple I suppose, they are crazy about each other, it's not rocket since to figure out." He was right, Orihime confessed her feelings for him to me when I slept over last week.

(Flashback)

"Orihime what is this?"

The plate in front of me contained a mixture of chocolate, popcorn, pretzels, ice cream, and cotton candy.

"Well, I wasn't sure what to chose, so I decided to combined all the best sleepover foods!"

I tried to pick pieces of cotton candy out of the concoction that didn't have fudge smothered over it.

"Hey Tatsuki? Do you have anyone you care about?" her voice sounded sincere, she was apparently thinking of someone else.

Of course when she said this I thought of a certain red head I teased on a daily basis ever since he transferred. "yeah, I do." I smiled thinking of moments with him.

"Why? Do you have a certain person in mind?" I said suggesting that I knew.

She blushed, twirling her thumbs. "Come on, have I ever told a secret of yours?" I held my pinky finger out waiting for hers to intertwine with mine, which it did.

"My eyes wander to him every time I'm in the same room as him. He's protected me, I probably wouldn't be here now if he hadn't been there."

Her eyes watched mine carefully waiting for a reaction or something, some emotion.

"What type of activities are you involved in?"

I was a little shocked that whatever she could have been doing could have gotten her killed.

"That's not the point," she shook her head , she was keeping me in suspense,

"Who is 'he'?" She stalled for a moment longer

"Uryuu" she peeped quickly turning away.

"And I think I love him."

(End Flashback)

(Ishida's POV)

"Your quite a mom."

Our baby hadn't cried once since the departure from the bus.

"Yeah, I think it's a blessing to even hold a little kid so young and fragile , you feel like all your worries and concerns are forgotten just by the touch."

Orihime is so amazing, her grades may have not been so good, but her parenting skills are phenomenal. She gently placed Shuno into the crib, then came and sat besides me.

"I'm glad I got to partner with you." She said blushing and staring at her feet.

"Me too." I said back with all the energy I had left.

"Do you know why I named her Shuno?" She added quietly.

I was actually a little curious about that myself, before we boarded the bus she shouted:

"let's name her Shuno!"

And I didn't really care what she named it since, it wasn't a real baby, but that didn't mean I couldn't wonder.

"Why?"

She turned to stare at me with her two beautiful blue eyes,

"Because when you were hurt in soul society, she's the one who told me how to make you better."

"Orihime." I couldn't think of anything to say that would compare to that so I did what came natural;

I leaned in and kissed her.

A/N: I was very proud of that chapter and it's quite long! So I put in the extra effort to satisfy most of your peoples needs, so now I am going to be expecting tons of reviews!!!-Your neko writer