WARNING! I DO NOT OWN BLEACH NOR ITS CHARACTERS (Other than made up characters and the children)

Remember this braket here [] means that its the gigai is speaking

Chapter 10

Ren sighed as he lied on his back and gazing at the clouds on the roof while his cousin and sister are talking away. Depsigh hasn't return to the World of the Livings yet due to some reasons that needs to be taken care of first; without Depsigh, Ren is bored (not like he will admit it) despite the fact that he annoys Ren a lot but he is a fun person to be with. He closed his eyes as he listens to the girls' conversation, the next minute he immediately sit up straight and looked around his surroundings. "ALRIGHT! TIME FOR SOME ACTIONS!" Ai stated as she stood up.

"Ai-chan, don't last time you killed hollows you barely have enough energy to defend yourself from the soul in *soul society" Haru commented, Ai just waved her right hand indicating that she is fine and her left hand was digging for her soul candy in her pocket. As she was about to swallow her soul candy, she was pushed back down and saw Ren in his shinigami form. "You stay here and take classes. Haru-neebe sure that Ai DOES stay. The same thing goes for you andtake care of my classes" Ren said his last sentence to hisgigai who nodded and Haru nodded as well while Ai growled angrily. Ai and Haru watched Renshunpoed away from themto the direction of where the uncomfortable feeling in the air was created.

Ai stomped her way to class with a sweatdropping Haru and a calm looking [Ren]. "Grrr…" Ai growled angrily.

"Ai-sama please stop growling, it doesn't suit you" [Ren] commented

"SILENCE! WHO ASKED YOU!?" Ai screamed at him in which he flinched and hid behind Haru's back. Haru sighed and said "Ai-chan… there's nothing to be angry about. Ren-chan is doing it because he doesn't want you to get more wounds" Ai looked at her cousin and sighed sadly. "I know that… but…" she looked out the windows and said "This doesn't feel normal at all…" which caused [Ren] and Haru to look at the sky as well and worried about Ren.

Hitsugaya was in his office and as always surrounded by piles of paperwork of his lazy fukutaichou, his own work and his wife's. There was a knock on the door, "Come in" Hitsugaya said. The door slid open and in came Hinamori with a pile of paperwork. "Shiro-chan these just need you to sign and you're done with this pile" Hinamori explained.

"Hinamori, it's Hitsugaya-taichou. Just put it somewhere around my desk" Hitsugaya replied. Hinamori nodded and placed the pile on an empty space on the floor in front of his desk. Hinamori watch her brother continue to work, 'Without Karin-chan… he tends to be pushing himself more…'

Flashback

"TOSHIRO!" Karin screamed as she bursts herself into Hitsugaya's office. Hitsugaya pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes, sustaining a sigh. "What is it Karin?" He replied. Karin marched up to him with Hinamori and Matsumoto were watching from afar.

"Stop working" She said

"These paperwork need my attention Karin" Hitsugaya replied. Tick marks started to appear and she slammed the desk loudly which got Hitsugaya to look up at her annoyed.

"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM KARIN!?" Hitsugaya asked her angrily.

"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM TOSHIRO!?" Karin asked back angrily. The two of them glared at each other angrily until Karin made a sound of 'hmph' "FINE! Then we'll do the hard way" Hitsugaya immediately have a look of confusion on his face even Hinamori, but Matsumoto smirked.

"Wha-" Before he could finish his question Karin walked over to him and pulled him out of his chair.

"KARIN! What are you doing!?" Hitsugaya asked with a blushing face.

Karin forced Hitsugaya to lie on the couch and went to the right side of the couch. Hitsugaya got annoyed and was about to get up to return his desk but was pulled back down by Karin. "KA-" Once again he was silenced by Karin's lips on his, which he returned after a few seconds and relaxed. The two of them parted and Karin placed his head on her lap. "Rest Toshiro… Rangiku and Momo already told me that you have been overworking yourself" Karin explained as she played with his white locks.

Hitsugaya looked at his wife, "I'm going to kill them" he said as he looked back at the ceiling. "Oh no, you won't. Not when I'm around" Karin replied which made him smirk. Hitsugaya felt his eyelids getting heavier but he forced them to stay open, Karin noticed his stupid action and she sighed 'You can knock him out' a soft voice suggested. 'That's one plan Mizura, but that would be plan B' Karin replied to her zanpakuto Mizura. She placed her left hand on his chest which Hitsugaya then held her hand, Karin then placed her right hand near his eyes, "When I count to three, and if you are still awake then I will let you go back to work" Hitsugaya thought a bit and smirked

"You got yourself a deal" It was Karin's turn to smirk and placed it on his eyes and all Hitsugaya saw was darkness. Hitsugaya was fighting against his sleepiness when he saw darkness as he listened to Karin saying "One…" He continued to fight as she continued to count "Two…" and as she was about to count to three, Hitsugaya mentally sighed and smirked 'I lost… I could never beat you Karin…' he then relaxed his body, held onto Karin's hand a bit tighter and let himself fall into a deep and blissful slumber. "Three…" Karin then removed her hand away from his eyes, and saw he has fallen asleep, she smiled and placed a small kiss on his forehead.

Outside the captain's office, both Matsumoto and Hinamori was watching the scene.

"WOW! Karin-chan is amazing!" Matsumoto commented amazed.

"Yeah… not even I can do that" Hinamori agreed. The two women smiled at each other and then smiled at the scene in front of them.

Flashback ends.

"Ne… Shiro-chan" Hinamori called out

"What is it?" Hitsugaya asked and sighed annoyed.

"Why not go and have a nap… Ai-chan and Ren-chan will be returning soon"

"I'll be fine Hinamori" Hinamori sighed sadly and said nothing more and left his office. As Hinamori was on the way back to her diversion, she stumbled upon her nephew and niece. "Aunt Momo!" Ai exclaimed while Ren just greeted her, Hinamori smiled at them and hugged them both at the same time. "Welcome home, your father is still working in his office, why don't you first go back home?" Hinamori suggested, Ai nodded excitedly and Ren just gave her a simple nod and the two Hitsugayas left, while Hinamori smiled at them. A hell butterfly then came towards her and landed on her shoulder.

At the same time, Hitsugaya saw a hell butterfly and let out his finger for it to land. His eyes widened at the message he has received and let out a small smile and glanced outside the window as the hell butterfly flew away.

As Ren and Ai were walking back home, Ren started to walk slower and his breathing became heavy as he grasps hold of his shakusho where his heart is. "Ren?" Ai asked as she noticed that her twin brother wasn't walking beside her. She turned around and her eyes went wide at the sight of her brother kneeling on the ground and breathing heavily with his hair covering his eyes. "REN!?" Ai called out worriedly, as she made her way towards him, Ren put his hand up and she stopped in her tracks. Ren's breathing started to calm down and he slowly got up when it did, "Ren?" Ai asked softly and cautiously.

Ren looked at his sister and sighed, "I'm not going home today. Tell Hitsugaya that I'm at Depsigh's" and shunpoed away, leaving his sister alone in the street with worry visible in her eyes.

It was night time and Ai was lying on the couch in the living room bored to the fact that her homework were finished, lost interest in training and… worried about Ren. She sat up when she heard the main door opened and heard a faint voice saying "I'm back" Ai grinned and got off the couch and quickly ran towards the door. "PAPA!" Ai exclaimed happily as she jumped towards Hitsugaya. "Whoa! Ai!" Hitsugaya exclaimed surprised as he caught his daughter who was laughing. He let out a small sigh but smiled "Don't do that again, you scared me there" Ai laughed very hard at that comment.

"Have you eaten?" Hitsugaya asked.

Ai nodded "You papa?"

Hitsugaya smiled and pat her head "Yes, don't worry about me" Ai grinned. Hitsugaya and Ai walked into the house and he then noticed that his son isn't at home. "Ai, where's Ren?"

"Ren is…" Ai hesitated a bit that didn't go unnoticed by Hitsugaya. "Is he -"

"He's at a friend's place doing a project" she replied and gave him a grin. Hitsugaya looked at his daughter and knew that his daughter was lying to him but he didn't push it further and nodded.

The next day, Hitsugaya was working on his paperwork as usual while his children are in the world of the livings having the classes as usual. As Hitsugaya was working through his work a small knock could be heard on the door, "Come in" Hitsugaya said and the door opened revealing Byakuya. "Kuchiki taichou, how may I help you?" Hitsugaya asked as he stops paying attention to his paperwork and looked up at him, "Where are Ren and Ai?" Byakuya asked

"They are at school"

"I see" Byakuya said as he made his way to the couch.

"Have you found something?" Hitsugaya asked

"Yes, it's regarding the espadas that has been revived" Hitsugaya stayed silent but his eyes turned even more serious.

"Nel, has told me that there is actually someone else who is behind this"

"Meaning…"

"Meaning, Aizen's escape was assisted by this someone"

"Then Aizen isn't the real threat"

"He's not, but we must still be cautious. Grimmjow and Halibel were able to sneak back into the team since no one remembers the fact that they left them after the war."

"But Aizen does"

"Exactly, Aizen does know but then why would he let them join them that easily?"

"… Grimmjow is aware of this right?"

Kuchiki nodded and the two taichous sat in silence, both trying to figure out the reason of Grimmjow and Halibel who are back in the team very easily and who is the one behind everything. "Does Soutaichou know?" Hitsugaya asked

"Yes, I have informed him and he said he needs time to understand this situation. I didn't tell anyone else other than him and you"

"Kuchiki taichou, how did Nel gave you these information?"

"Her minion came to me and told me about it"

Hitsugaya nodded, "Wait… you told me and soutaichou but no one else"

It was Byakuya's turn to nod, "Why?"

Byakuya looked at Hitsugaya and said "I have a feeling that your children are a part of this"

"You better not be implying that Ren and Ai are spies and working for them" Hitsugaya said in a murderous tone.

"They are Karin's children as well, so I know that they won't do that. But… the feeling of them being a part of this will not go away until this problem is solved. Hitsugaya taichou, please keep an eye on them, I will too" Byakuya said as he got up and headed towards the door.

"If anything were to happen to them, I cannot bring myself to face Karin again" And Byakuya left the office, leaving Hitsugaya to think very hard about what Byakuya has said, then the memory of seeing Ren speaking like a hollow appeared in his mind.

'… Ren… couldn't be… No. He's my son, he would never betray his sister nor will he betray the Soul Society. I trust him' Hitsugaya thought as he tried to focus on his work.

Ren sneezed as he waits for his turn to do the high jump. "Yo dude, you're not sick are you?" Depsigh asked

"No, I guess someone was talking about me"

"More like, someone is thinking about you" he snickered at the thought while Ren growled at him.

"NEXT!" The teacher called out, Ren got up and did a few simple stretches and the girls in the class started to cheer for him and fangirling, while the boys frowned in jealousy. Ren ignored the cheer and the scream as he started to do a small run which quickly increased as he neared the pole. He jumped and as he was about to turn but didn't since Ren let out a small groan of pain and grasp hold of his shirt and closed his eyes.

"HITSUGAYA-SAN/KUN/REN!" everyone called out in worry as he crashed into the pole. "REN!" Depsigh called out as he quickly ran up to him when he reached to Ren, he saw him starting to pant in pain. He quickly put Ren's arm around his neck and pulled him up. "Sensei, I'm taking Ren home, he got a fever last night," Depsigh said and quickly left before Ai, Haru and the teacher to say anything. 'Ren, don't lose to him' Depsigh thought as he runs through the senkaimon that was set by Ururu to take Ren home.

Suariel: *Pokes in the room* eh? No one is here? *pouts*

Byakuya: I am

Suariel: Kyaaa! How long were you here?

Byakuya: Long enough, I was just drinking my tea silently that you didn't notice me

Suariel: *Curses under her breath*

Byakuya: *Drinking his tea peacefully while ignoring Suariel's curses*

Byakuya: Remember to review, otherwise I will bankai on you *glares*

Suariel: DON'T SCARE THEM!