Sensing

Upon arriving in the Soul Society, Yoruichi was greeted by none other than Soi-Fong-taichou, her lover.

"Yo, Soi-Fong." The feline woman greeted with a smile.

"Yoruichi-sama," Soi-fong said respectfully.

Yoruichi crossed her arms and glared at her lover. The woman will never stop using honorifics with her. She sighed, deciding it was better not to dwell on it and to just get down to business. "Is there any trouble going on that I don't already know about?"

The taichou of the second shook her head. "Nothing out of the ordinary for the most part, but Kurotsuchi-taichou is missing."

"Oh? How did the fool make himself go missing?" She said with a raised brow.

The brunette turned and began walking towards the second division and Yoruichi followed. "It seems he was working on an experiment and it didn't go well." She answered dryly, her eyes shifted to the elder of the women. "Are you here about that Espada?" She asked quietly.

Not answering, she began to think. So, he's missing… I wonder…

"What are you thinking, Yoruichi-sama?"

"I don't think this was a concidence." She stated firmly. "We all know what was in his mind when the war was going on. He just wanted one of the Arrancar to experiment with."

"You believe his disappearance was staged?" Soi-fong stopped walking and turned, making the other stop and look to her

Yoruichi nodded. "Hai, he could be trying to get Nel."

Crossing her arms over her chest, Soi-fong let out an annoyed breath. "Foolish man…" She didn't really care what happened to the former Espada. She plainly stated that when Byakuya, Renji, Miyako, and Rukia took her to the living world instead of handing her over. She was just following orders she was given then. She would, however, listen to Yoruichi to a point since she was the woman she loved. "So what do you suggest we do?"

Yoruichi stepped closer to the taichou and kissed her firm yet gentle before she went about her plan to stop Soutaichou and Kurotsuchi, wanting Soi-fong to relax.

"Byakuya?" Renji called from the kitchen where he was making the lunch while his lover was seeing to Nel in the dining room.

"Hai," The noble replied quietly upon returning to the kitchen since the small ex-espada was eating in the other room with her book.

The redhead turned around after he finished stirring the rice that he was cooking. "Do ya think that hollow that bust through the window was one of the ones who have been trained back in Hueco Mundo?"

"It's possible. It wasn't that strong but it was certainly giving off a fair amount of reiatsu." The noble replied while getting out the utensils they'd need to eat their lunch. "Although, it was weaker than the ones in the Kuchiki garden, I do not believe it was trained much if at all. It could have perhaps been a messenger of some sort."

Renji's brows furrowed as he turned back to the stove and fluff the rice again then take it off of the burner. "Uh…so it wasn't trained but what do ya mean by messenger?" He took a bowl from the cabinet above him and poured the rice into it.

"It could have wanted to give or receive information about Nel. Fortunately for us it wasn't very intelligent so it was killed before the hollow could get anything." The noble explained.

"Oh… I get it." Renji replied, understanding what was going on now, but then thought about the reiatsu barrier that was placed on the room. "But Byakuya, Rukia placed a reiatsu barrier around the room. I know you sensed it."

"Hai, I did." Byakuya nodded while walking out to of the kitchen with the plates and chopsticks with Renji on his heels with the rice. "I believe you didn't see the hollow had something, a device, in its hand though." He countered.

Renji frowned as he set the rice on the table along with the other food. "A device?"

"Yes, I believe that is how the hollow got in." Byakuya set the plates on the table where they needed to be and then looked up to his redheaded lover.

"But where would he get such a device, Byakuya-sama?" Mana asked with Rukia behind her as they walked into the room.

"It's probably from whoever is trainin' them." Renji answered over his shoulder while his lover nodded.

"Training them?" Mana asked, stopping just in front of the other couple.

Renji turned his body and crossed his arms over his broad chest. "Yeah, I remembered last night that one of those bastards in Hueco Mundo said somethin' about bein' trained. I don't know by whom though."

Rukia sat down in her seat while looking up at the three still standing. "We must find out who it is soon though. We cannot have Nel protected forever and she needs to be able to go home at some point."

Byakuya nodded again. "As do we, but for now we need to eat." He sat in his own seat and Renji sat next to him while Mana and Rukia sat across from them. Nel was at the head of the table ignoring them to just read her book and finish her own food already plated from earlier.

They ate in silence mostly until Renji a twinge in the pit of his stomach as he sensed a familiar reiatsu. He glanced at Byakuya and he seemed to understand since he nodded to the redhead. There was something or more like someone coming.

"Byakuya…" Renji whispered.

"I know." He replied.

Mana and Rukia gave the two men curious glances before the smaller woman spoke. "Nii-sama, is there something wrong?"

Byakuya shook his head so he didn't worry the women sitting across from him. They seemed not to notice the reiatsu nearby. He stood and tapped Renji on the shoulder to go up stairs to shower and dress.

"Do you have the feeling that Byakuya-sama is not telling us something?" The purple haired Shinigami asked.

Her lover nodded and frowned. "Yes, perhaps we should keep an extra close eye on Nel until they return."

Nodding at her lover's suggestion as she continued to eat, she glanced at Nel and saw she was still reading and taking small bites of her food.

"Did you sense that?" Renji asked the noble when they entered their room.

"Hai, it appears we have been watched this entire time without noticing." The noble replied with an edge of anger to his voice that was not meant to be directed at Renji.

Renji noted the anger but didn't acknowledge it and slipped out of his robe that he was wearing along with his boxers and padded over to the bathroom. "I wonder what she is going to do."

After Byakuya had disrobed also, he walked past the redhead into the bathroom and turned on the shower. He couldn't believe he didn't notice the two before, but then again he was a taichou level Shinigami that could easily mask his reiatsu but his daughter left hers out for them to sense. "I think it is obvious. She will attempt to capture Nel." He said from inside the bathroom where he tested the water.

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"So?" Byakuya said. "I'm the clan leader. I choose whom I want to be with not them."

Renji smirked. "So they won't say anything?"

The noble shook his head and then started running soap through the long red stands. "They'll say plenty, it just won't make much difference because they do not decide who I love." The noble said smoothly.

"Ah…" Renji shifted places with Byakuya so he could rinse the soap off. "But this goes against the rules. You also made that promise to your parents, ne?"

"Hai, I did make a promise to my parents to not break any more rules…but I believe you are worth an exception to that."

Renji's smirk turned into a full blown smile as he took the soap from the nobles hand and started to bath him. "I love you, Byakuya."

"I love you too, Renji." Byakuya replied, not quite fending off a pleased smile himself. He kissed the redhead lovingly while he was bathed. After Renji finished bathing his lover, they switched places again then Byakuya rinsed his body and hair then they both got out.

Byakuya handed Renji a towel and dried off then went into the bedroom where their clothes were where Rukia had put them. They both dressed and Renji was attempting to brush his long hair. He always seemed to have a problem and would always just put it up. Byakuya shook his head as he finished brushing his own then put it in a low ponytail. He took the brush from Renji and started brushing his hair. "Really, Abarai…you can't brush your hair?"

Renji huffed and was asked to sit down. "I can, but the ends are a bother so I end up throwing it up in a ponytail."

"Honestly…" Byakuya sighed and smirked slightly. He ran the brush through the long locks until they were smooth and shiny. He set the brush down then began to weave a braid with the red hair. He took three sections and braided each so they were three separate braids; then braided them together to make a bigger single braid and fastening it with a black hair tie. "There, it won't end up in knots this way." He said to the redhead then kissed his cheek.

Renji stood in front of Byakuya and gave him a kiss of gratitude. "Arigatou."

Byakuya nodded then kissed his lover again. "Come, we should deal with them now." Renji nodded.

They went back downstairs where the girls were. They had dressed and took care of the food and plates while Byakuya and Renji were in the shower.

"Nii-sama?" Rukia walked over to her brother.

"Hai," He replied.

"Is there something that you sense that Mana and I are not?" She asked.

He nodded. "Keep an eye on Nel. Kurotsuchi-taichou is outside with his Fukutaichou."

Mana's eye widened and was about to speak but suddenly the door crashed in then.

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