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"Pick me pick me I know!" said Orihime waving her hand into the air. Ririn was standing on a stool writing on the board with a marker and everyone else was sitting on a desk.

"All right Orihime, who do you think could be a suspect?" Asked Ririn a bit annoyed.

"Ukitake-sama! Ukitake-sama is definitely the father!" Said Orihime cheerfully.

"Any others?" Asked Ririn after writing his name on the board; everyone was surprised to find Chad lifting his hand in the air.

"Well, Hitsugaya has been acting a bit strange," said Chad just loud enough for everyone to hear.

"You're so right Sado! Shiro-kun brought Kuchiki-san flowers the day of her appointment," said Orihime with a goofy grin on her face.

"Any other names?" Asked Ririn.

"Well…how about Byakuya-sama?" Asked Orihime a bit lamely; everyone in the room looked a bit shocked with her suggestion.

"Kuchiki-taicho would never, he's not the type to do something like that, besides, I was there during the said time Rukia's child would have been conceived; he never acted strangely or did anything unlike himself," said Renji immediately.

"And how do you know that? You can't be sure you know," said Ichigo a bit irritated.

"I know Kuchiki-taicho very well; he isn't interested in that…"

"What so he's homosexual?" Asked Tatsuki.

"No not at all! That's not what I meant! What I meant to say is, ever since his wife's death Kuchiki-taicho hasn't been how do I put this…?…in the market, he's simply not romantically driven, he's entirely occupied by his work and makes time for nothing else. I mean sure, my captain is pursued by women very much and is considered one of the most eligible bachelors, but my captain is simply too mature for that, he's responsible, powerful, educated, and would simply never do something like that to Rukia, although it might not seem like it, he cares very much about her and ever since her near execution he has treated her with the utmost respect and care," said Renji crossing his arms over his chest.

"Well if anyone has a crush on Byakuya it's obviously him," whispered Kon to Ichigo, although everyone could hear him.

"Yes, he's obviously in love with him; maybe Tatsuki is right about…I wonder who's the woman in the relationship," responded Ichigo in a loud whisper, but Renji cut him off.

"It's not like that!" He screamed as his face got as red as his hair.

"I don't know anything about him but we should write him down anyway, you just never know; for all we know he could be the one," said Tatsuki; Ririn nodded and put his name on the list.

"Anyone else?" Asked Ririn; the room ws quiet for a moment but then Ichigo spoke.

"Uryuu Ishida," he said; the room went silent.

"Uryuu-kun?" Said Orihime quietly; she looked at the floor sadly.

"Yes, Ishida, it seem our friend spent the summer at Soul Society without telling us about it, that and a couple of hints from Kyoraku when we trained with his Squad."

"But Uryuu-kun…" said Orihime silently trying to hold back her tears, "he couldn't have…"

"There was also something fishy about the way he pursued Rukia before she was taken to soul society; he's definitely one pf the prime suspects," said Ichigo.

"All right," said Ririn; she wrote his name down on the list. So then, since there's four candidates we will be splitting in four groups of two, and each group will investigate; we will meet at the end of the week in this same classroom to discuss the evidence found. Since I am the person in charge I will not be participating in the groups," said Ririn.

"Who put you in charge?!" protested Ichigo.

"I did idiot because I'm the one that got the idea on the first place," said Ririn throwing an eraser at his head, "okay, put your names in this hat and I will draw the groups. Group one will be the Ukitake group, group two will be the Hitsugaya group, group three the Byakuya group, and group four the Ishida group."

They all placed papers with their names in a hat, and Ririn drew the first two papers. Ukitake Group: Nova and Chad. She drew another two papers. Hitsugaya Group: Cloud and Kon…Byakuya Group: Renji and Tatsuki…Ishida Group: Ichigo and Orihime…

"All right then, you have your assignments; you are all dismissed," said Ririn; they all left the classroom in their assigned pairs.

Ichigo and Orihime left to the school roof top, the meeting had taken a good twenty minutes from their forty minute lunch break; they had left the others while they weren't looking and dashed out of there so they wouldn't be spotted. Ichigo took out his lunch box and so did Orihime; she noticed that Ichigo looked very upset, perhaps about the whole situation with Rukia.

"Kurosaki-kun, are you all right? You can have some of my curry strawberry ice cream with red bean paste if you'd like," she said smiling.

"Umm…no thanks," said Ichigo declining her offer kindly, though he felt like vomiting.

"So what's wrong?"

"I don't know, this situation just seems so unlikely; I never would have imagined I would take part in something like FOWD, even more that it'd be because of Rukia…Orihime…"

"Yes?"

"I know you don't think Uryuu is the one, and you don't want to blame this on him, but promise me that it won't stop you from doing your best," said Ichigo; Orihime didn't know what to say, she had never seen Ichigo this…vulnerable before. She felt like taking him in her arms and comforting him until it was all better, but instead she settled for taking hold of his hand.

"All right Kurosaki-kun, I'll try my best!" She smiled.

"Thank you, and, Orihime, if there is anything you know, tell me," he said; Orihime once again found herself delving into matters she did not want to, things she had noticed strange about Ishida's behavior but had quickly cast aside in fear of being hurt.

"Well…he did look very worried when he found out about Kuchiki-san; he even went to visit Kuchiki-san to her appointment; he was close to her the entire time. And the same day we found out about the baby well…he said some strange things…" she said remembering his words…

…

"Ishida! What's wrong?" Asked Orihime as she ran over to Ishida. They were staying the night at the Squad 10 barracks. Ishida was sitting outside while the others were inside Rangiku's place having tea.

"Nothing in particular, I'm just worried."

"Why?"

"There's something odd going on, think about it, if this truly happens every time a noble reproduces then why are all the captains so worried?" Said Ishida.

"Yes I see what you mean, Hitsugaya-kun looked very worried," said Orihime.

"Unless…the child is not normal…unless the child…is a hybrid of some kind," said Ishida suddenly shocked.

"Hybrid? You're silly Ishida, I don't think Kuchiki-san would…become involved… with someone other than a Shinigami."

"Well, you never know," laughed Ishida nervously.

…

"A hybrid? He said that?" Said Ichigo surprised.

"Yes," said Orihime a bit sadly.

"But…for the child to be a hybrid, it would mean that the father is another being with spirit abilities of some sort, and abilities that are not like the Shinigami…"

"You mean like a Hollow, Bound or a…"

"Quincy," said Ichigo finishing his sentence for her.

"Rukia-chan you got so much prettier!" Exclaimed the lesbian Chizuru as she held Rukia tightly and tried to kiss her; Rukia pulled her away.

"Really? I hadn't noticed," said Rukia once she finally managed to get Chizuru off of her.

"Yes, I can't exactly put my finger on it, but you look different," said one of the girls.

"Well, I have been exercising more," said Rukia thinking of anything that would satisfy their curiosity and make them move on to a subject that didn't carry the possibility of them finding out just exactly what was different about her.

"No, that's not it, I know it now!" Said Chizuru brightly; she approached Rukia with a magnifying glass. "It's your, skin, your, lips, and your eyes….and also your body," said Chizuru checking her out through the magnifying glass.

"Really? Oh yeah I see it now," said another one of the girls.

"Yeah, her eyes are sparkly, her skin is radiant, and her lips look fuller, almost like a pout, that and your tits got bigger!" Said Chizuru tackling her to the floor and playing with her firm mounds. Rukia immediately kicker her off and then stepped on her head.

"Never touch me like that again you pervert!" She said furiously; then she looked at the scared girls around her and switched back to her fake sweet girl façade, "I mean…I'm sorry, but my parents have always told me that it is wrong for two girls to fall in love. You see, back in catholic middle school I was in love with my best girl friend, the nuns found out and told our parents; they separated us and I haven't seen her ever since; I don't want to have to go through that ever again," said Rukia dramatically.

"Oh that's so cute, forbidden love!" Cooed all the girls in unison.

"If I had known your sweet and totally cute love story I never would have tried to seduce you Rukia-chan; I wouldn't want you to fall in love with me only to get in trouble with your parents, will you please forgive me?" Asked Chizuru in tears.

"Of course," smiled Rukia kindly.

"Aww! Rukia-chan is so sweet," said all the girls in unison; Rukia seemed very satisfied with her performance until she felt nauseated and sick to her stomach; she immediately turned yellow and almost fainted.

"Rukia-chan are you okay?" Asked one of the girls; Rukia didn't get to answer before she ran behind one of the trees and threw up.

"Rukia-chan, are you okay?" Asked Chizuru.

"Yeah just some-" throws up, "morning-" throws up, "sickness," throws up massively.

"But it's midday," said Chizuru confused.

Ishida was standing in the school court yard waiting for Soi Fong to arrive; he had left earlier than her that day and was wanted to apologize for forgetting to wait for her. He hadn't seen her all day and wanted to know how her day went; hopefully she didn't do anything to expose her identity. He was staring at his watch when the red head Christine and the blonde Yukina arrived and both ran their hands on his chest suggestively.

"So Uryuu, wanna play Marco polo at Yukina's house today?" asked Christine running a finger on his lips.

"Ah well…I can't anymore, you see I…have a girlfriend now," said Ishida nervously; he knew it was a lie, but it was the same lie he would be telling his father when he got back, so why not just use that lie to his advantage, besides, it would be more convincing if people in his school thought he was dating her too, besides, Soi Fong wouldn't mind, right?

"Really? Is it that Orihime girl that went to your house the other day?" Asked Christine interested, "if so let's make it a manage-a-quatre then?"

"It's not her."

"Well then, who is it?" Asked Yukina.

"Her," said Ishida pointing at Soi Fong who was walking towards them with her books in her arms; Yukina's and Christine's eyes widened.

"Hubba hubba," said Yukina licking her lips.

"Yeah Uryuu, she might even be hotter than that Orihime girl," said Christine running her eyes wildly along Soi Fong's body.

"Can we have her too/" Asked Yukina.

"No," said Ishida defensively, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Hello," said Soi Fong looking at Ishida indifferently.

"Oh darling, these are my umm…friends, Christine and Yukina," said Ishida eyeing Soi Fong; she nodded informing him that she understood.

"Oh hi, I'm Uryuu's girlfriend, Soi," she said wrapping an arm around Uryuu's waist.

"Hmm…Soi, what a delectable name, makes me wanna eat you up" said Yukina looking her up and down and biting her lower lip seductively.

"We were just talking about you actually; we were trying to convince Uryuu to share you, Yukina and I are swingers and we were interested in swinging with you…but Uryuu is selfish, it's seems he wants you all to himself."

"Oh no, Uryuu is very giving actually, that's one of the things I love about him," said Soi Fong running a hand on his chest; both of the girls looked very excited about her answer; Ishida gave her a 'what the hell are you thinking' look and she smiled at him.

"But I'm afraid it is I who am the selfish one, you see, I'm the one that wants his delectable body all to myself," said Soi Fong running her tongue on the edges of his ear; Ishida's eyes widened in surprise, she bit his earlobe and then placed small love bites along his jaw line; by the time she pulled back Ishida was practically hyperventilating; then she turned to look at the two speechless girls and grinned, "so stay away from him from now on, he's mine now, and if I find out that you are bothering him again, I will personally make sure that your hands stay off of him, permanently."

Ishida looked at her surprised as they walked back to his house; she looked very calm almost like nothing had happened. He stopped walking and she stopped as well; she turned to look at him annoyed.

"What happened back there?"

"If I have to be your pretend girlfriend then I will be a respected pretend girlfriend, I do not want you committing acts of infidelity as long as I am living under the same roof of your companion."

"Oh, all right, you have my word, I won't cheat on you," smiled Ishida as they started walking again.

"Don't smile like an idiot you fool, this means nothing; you can however be with the ryoka girl," said Soi Fong walking ahead.

"What?" Said Ishida; then he noticed Orihime waiting for him outside of his house; a smile immediately graced his face.

"Orihime, what brings you here?" Asked Ishida smiling.

"Can we walk and talk?"

"Sure," said Ishida; he noticed she looked very troubled.

"Argh! How are we supposed to do this when I don't even know the guy, I mean, seriously, I should have investigated Hitsugaya instead!" Complained Tatsuki, she and Renji were at a café discussing their assignment.

"Yes, and I know for a fact it couldn't have been Kuchiki-taicho," said Renji.

"Well, how the hell are we going to investigate him when he's not even here," said Tatsuki; then all of a sudden Renji looked enlightened.

"I know what we need to do, it probably won't work, but it's better than sitting around here doing nothing, it will take some time though…to convince Urahara."

The sun was beginning to set, and Orihime and Ishida were sitting by the pier. They were both silent; Ishida wanted to ask her what was wrong with her, but decided that it would be better to allow her to speak whenever she felt ready.

"Uryuu-kun…" said Orihime, but she could say nothing more; instead she held his hand.

"What's wrong Orihime?"

"I…you would never do something that would hurt a lot of people would you…you would never hurt Kurosaki-kun, right?"

"Why are you asking me this?"

"Just, please just answer my question, would you ever do something to hurt Kurosaki-kun…or myself?"

"No, of course not, I would never," said Ishida looking sincerely in her eyes, "but would you tell me what this is about?" Orihime stood up straight, grunted once and turned to look very business-like.

"Uryuu Ishida, I have to tell you something, but I will expect you to be very mature about the matter, and I will forever think you're mean if you make fun of me," she said; then she grunted once, "Mr. Uryuu Ishida, I think, and I will emphasize 'think', I am falling in love with you. And now that you know this I will expect you to be very responsible with my heart and not break it, because if you do I will make Kurosaki-kun kick you in the behind," she said; Ishida looked shocked, not only because of her confession, but the way she confessed it.

"Really? You do?"

"Yes," said Orihime timidly, her professional façade quickly melting away, "but it's okay if you don't feel the same, I understand…after what I did to you when you told me that you…" before she said anything else she found that she could no longer speak. His lips had crushed against hers and were moving eagerly, she closed her eyes and surrendered to his kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck. He gave her lower lip a soft bite and then pulled back, but kept one arm at her waist.

"Orihime, of course I still love you, this feeling never went away," said Ishida looking into her eyes; the intensity behind his bottomless deep blue orbs made her want to cry.

"You…you promise not to hurt me?" She asked sobbing as tears went down her eyes.

"I promise," he said; he planted another kiss on her lips; this time deeper; she gasped when she felt his tongue enter her mouth, but then gave in and reveled in the sensation of his warmth.

After watching the sunset with Orihime, Ishida walked her back to her house and then started walking to his own home. He looked up at the stars and sighed, a smile gracing his face as the reflection of the stars played along his eyes.

"My girlfriend, my girlfriend Orihime," he sighed content.

He reached his house and opened the door and heard a girl's scream down the hall. He immediately ran there to see what was happening, and was shocked with what he saw. Soi Fong was standing on the doorway of the bathroom in nothing but a towel, and his father stood in front of her looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

"S…Soi?" Soi Fong ran and hid behind Ishida playing the part of the damsel in distress; he found her acting similar to Rukia's.

"Who is this man Uryuu-kun? He just saw me naked!" Said Soi Fong 'frightened' clinging to Ishida's shirt.

"Oh, umm…father…"

"What is the meaning of this Uryuu? What is this girl doing in the house?!"

"Oh umm…meet, my girlfriend, Soi," said Ishida.

"Oh Uryuu, he's your father? How nice to meet you," said Soi Fong brightly as she ran to Ryuken Ishida and embraced him still wet from her shower; Ryuken looked very uncomfortable

"Okay, well, we should probably get you back to your room," said Ishida pulling her away from him. And pushing her into her room; he returned to the hallway where his father was tapping his foot on the floor impatiently.

"Explain yourself Uryuu."

"Well, you see," he didn't know what to say to him, what would he say to him now? "Well...uh…she had an argument with her parents, and they well…they kicked her out of the house, I hope you don't mind."

"I could care less about who you bed as long as you do not disgrace the family name, get the girl on birth-control and be cautious. I only came back to pick up some files, do not be expecting me home anytime soon," said Ryuken and immediately walked out of there.

"That was close," sighed Ishida leaning back on the wall.

"It is all right to come out now?" Said Soi Fong walking out of the room; he nodded.

"Did you have to go and hug him like that? That was completely inappropriate he's gonna think you're a…"

"Whore? I could care less what he thinks of me. Now hurry up and make dinner, I'm starving," said Soi Fong walking into the living room, she was wearing a navy blue silk night gown that was considerably revealing; Ishida sighed thinking, 'why me, why do I always have to get stuck with the crazy women?'

Ichigo got to his house at nine that night, he spent most of the afternoon hanging out and studying for tomorrow's test with Keigo and Mizuiro and had just now finished. He walked upstairs to his room and found a weeping Rukia sitting on the floor eating pickles, king-sized chocolate bars, curry rice, pancakes, and sushi rolls, all which were being dipped in melted ice cream.

"What's wrong?" He asked sitting next to her on the ground.

"I hate myself, I'm worthless, I'm ugly, fat, stupid, and I'm the worst Shinigami in the history of soul society!" She said bursting into tears. 'Oh no, she's getting hormonal,' he thought.

"No you're not, you're a great Shinigami, that's why you're a lieutenant now, you're very intelligent, and you look better than well…a lot of girls," admitted Ichigo with a blush on his face, 'oh crap I'm getting soft,' he thought to himself.

"Yes, but I'm still fat!" She said crying even louder.

"You're not fat Rukia stop being stupid you just want attention!" he screamed at her.

"Shut up you baka before I step on your head!"

"I'll kick your ass before you do that you midget bitch!" he screamed; in an instant they were back to their old bickering selves; then suddenly Rukia looked depressed, but not her hormonal shallow depression, but honestly saddened.

"But honestly, do you think I'm fat?" She asked looking at the ground; his angered face softened.

"Of course not, besides, the little bump that will eventually appear here, will represent something very special," said Ichigo placing his hand on her stomach; his eyes widened when he felt him kick, "can he do that yet?"

"Well, he's no ordinary child, here," said Rukia moving his hand a bit lower so that he felt the kicks more clearly.

"Wow," he said genuinely amazed; he looked at Rukia and saw a light in her eyes that he had never seen before.

"I think he's starting to like you now," she said smiling; he looked back down at her womb and caressed it, running his fingertips along it; the little bump was starting to show, but only a little bit, to the extent that you had to really stare to notice it. Then he did something she didn't expect him to do, and lowered his face to her womb and kissed it; she watched him curiously.

"You're going to have great mother, you know that kid, so you better be damned grateful you hear?!" she smiled warmly at him and he looked up at her. Then as if by instinct he pulled her towards him and enveloped her in a warm embrace, her eyes widened, but then she sank into his warmth and buried her face in the crook of his neck.

"No matter what happens Rukia, you will always be the same person to me. In my eyes, you will never change, I can promise you that much," he said as he took in the scent of her hair and rest his head on hers, embracing her tightly.

Finally after so many dramatic months of doubt and loneliness, she felt safe, at home. This was what she had missed so much during her strange summer, comfort, the comfort of knowing herself safe and cared for, in the arms of the one she loved.

Next Time On "The Small Print"

Chad and Nova disappear...

Tatsuki tries to seduce Byakuya...??

Orihime sleeps with Ichigo??

Rukia meets with her child's father...

and the FATHER IS REVEALED??

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