20 years later
Ulquiorra leaned against Grimmjow as the two of them watched Lilynette walk down the aisle. Starrk was walking next to her and she was headed towards Naoki who was waiting for her.
"I never thought this day would come," Byakuya said dryly as he stood next to Renji.
"What our son getting married?" he asked.
"No, our eldest son getting married to an espada, with the blessing of the council of elders."
"Times sure have changed since we had to sneak around in the human realm," Renji laughed wrapping his arms around Byakuya as they watched their son exchange his vows with Lilynette. Neither would say that had been exactly happy when they found out their son wanted to marry an espada. But they trusted him enough and would support him in whatever would make him happy. Looking at their son standing their beaming at his bride said it all. They knew their son was happy and that they had made the right decision.
As the two newlyweds walked back down the aisle now married Ulquiorra watched as they went. Life had changed drastically in the last twenty years. Even if the people had stayed the same. They hadn't had to worry about wars since Gin and had finally died. The espadas were now friends, something that no one had expected, and everybody was allowed to live like they wanted. Something that had taken a long time and lots of fighting to achieve.
Unohana was standing next to Kenpachi, they had gotten married a few years ago, and she was holding their infant son. Everybody had expected Yachiru to get jealous of Unohana and the baby but that hadn't happened. Yachiru was one a great older sister and she was starting to get old enough to get interested in guys. Kenpachi had tried to decapitate all the boys that had shown any interest in Yachiru, everybody was glad that Kenpachi and Unohana had had a son.
Soi-Fon and Yoruichi waved to the newly wed couple. Soi-Fon was about eight months pregnant and wanted to have the baby as soon as possible. She wasn't happy having to stay at home. She had been willing to carry out missions until the baby was due but Yoruichi had talked her out of that. It seemed that over the past few years each of their families had grown even bigger.
"Mommy! Lilynette looks so pretty!" Akemi swooned as she looked at the dress, "I hope I look that pretty when I get married!" Ulquiorra inwardly shivered at the thought of one of his daughters getting married. If the man was able to survive long enough to walk down the aisle then even Ulquiorra would trust his daughter's safety to him. Grimmjow would not make that feat an easy one.
"Like some guy's going to marry you!" Keitaro laughed pulling his sister's hair.
Grimmjow smiled, "You better be careful if you keep saying things like that when your sister starts beating you I won't stop her."
"Then no girl would want to be caught with you! A guy that can't even fend off his own sister!" Kaeman laughed making Keitaro fume. Kaeman was laughing too much to see his brother's fist coming at him. He was on the ground in two seconds.
"Stop it, the two of you! You can do that later," Ulquiorra growled tearing the two of them apart. "You know they learned that from you," Ulquiorra glared at Grimmjow.
"What can I say, they are my sons," he shrugged. He moved closer so that only Ulquiorra could hear him, "Besides you will thank me when Akemi has to beat off all those boys when she gets older." Ulquiorra shivered again from the thought, and decided any boy stupid enough to go near his daughter would die. That went for the both of them! "Speaking of our children have you seen Takumi lately?" Grimmjow asked looking around.
"Oh no, I warned him. If he snuck off with Takara again Byakuya and Renji are going to kill him," Ulquiorra sighed. Somewhere along the line Kaori, Takumi, and Takara had evened out age wise. Of course this had to happen right when Takumi had discovered how much he liked Takura. Since then the two of them had been sneaking off to make-out. Renji had already released his Bankai on Takumi once. Ulquiorra would be happy if his son survived long enough to get into the academy.
"I am so proud of that boy," Grimmjow faked as if he was getting emotional. Ulquiorra smacked him in the arm. That was not what he wanted to hear right now. The last thing he wanted was their son to think that what he was doing was alright.
Renji smiled as he watched his son and new daughter-in-law dance their first dance. "So, we have one son getting married, one daughter who is dating another arrancar, and another son that just learned how to walk."
It had been two years before when Byakuya learned that he was pregnant with their third child. Luckily it had been another boy. Renji didn't think he could deal with what he was going through with Takara and Takumi a second time. He was surprised he hadn't been charged with murder yet, even if he had come pretty damn close.
"Arata come back to mommy," Byakuya cooed picking up the little toddler that was still trying to escape. Once he learned how to get away he seemed to not want to stop. He had dark black hair like Byakuya but had Renji's eyes. Arata laughed when Byakuya tickled him making his escape attempts stop.
Naoki watched as his family enjoyed the reception. "I have to say I never thought the soul society would be this fun," Lilynette laughed wrapping her arms around his neck, interrupting his thought of his family. "And who would have thought that we met because you got lost?"
