Well, it seems most of you want me to skip ahead, so here we go.

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

---Chapter 11---

"Ichigo!! Ichigo!!"

He set down the TV remote, quickly standing up from the couch.

"What, what!?" He said, running into the bedroom.

Rukia was leaning against the wall to keep herself from falling onto the floor as she clutched her stomach.

"I-I think my water just broke." She said, her eyes wide and scared.

"Okay, okay. We just need to stay calm. Deep breaths. Inhale...Exhale..." He said, trying to keep his own self calm.

"Ichigo!"

His head snapped up.

"Right!" He said running over to her. "I'm just gonna carry you, 'kay?"

She nodded as she laced her arms around his neck. He darted out of the house as fast as he possibly could and gently set her in the car seat. Slamming his foot down on the gas peddle, Ichigo took off toward his family's clinic.

Upon arriving, he pushed open his door, running around the other side and pulled Rukia into his arms. Busting through the clinic doors, he yelled for his siblings and father.

"YUZU! KARIN! DAD! SOMEBODY!"

Yuzu and Karin came running into the room as soon as they heard their brother.

"Ichigo, what's wrong!?" The brunette teen asked.

"Rukia's gonna have the baby!!"

Karin's eyes grew.

"What!? Where's Dad when you need him!! Yuzu, what are we gonna do!?"

Yuzu frantically paced in circles until Ichigo interrupted her.

"Yuzu! C'mon! She's gonna have it now!"

Karin grabbed Ichigo's shoulder and pulled him into one of the hospital rooms, directing him to lay Rukia down while she called their father, Yuzu would have to try delivering the baby until he arrived. Ichigo stood by Rukia, holding her trembling hands in his as he looked upon his sister.

"You can do it, it'll be fine. We trust you." He said, smiling at his sister.

She took a deep breath and looked back at him with a nod.

"Rukia, find something in the room as a focal point and try to keep concentrated on that."

Rukia looked ahead at some of the decorative pictures hanging up on the wall and tried to keep focused on them as she held tight onto Ichigo's hand. He gently stroked her hair with his free hand, looking down at her.

"And make sure to take deep breaths the entire time." Yuzu added, staring nervously at the two.

Rukia tightly clenched her teeth from the incoming pain, gripping Ichigo's hand a bit harder than before. Quickly noticing this, Yuzu put on latex gloves and a mask to cover her mouth.

"Okay, Rukia. I hope you're ready..."

She could feel the tension in her muscles as they contracted repeatedly. Taking in deep breaths, minute by painful minute passed by as she went through labor.

Yuzu lifted her head to level with her.

"Alright, it's coming." She said with a smile.

Not a second later, Rukia felt a tremendous amount of pain, ten times worse than her earlier contractions. Ichigo continued to hold her hands, trying to keep her as calm and comfortable as he could.

"You're doing great, keep going." The teenager said happily.

Just a few minutes later, Ichigo turned his head to his sister as he suddenly heard the cry of a baby. He saw Yuzu lift up the child in a white towel, cleaning it off. She swiftly cut the umbilical (no idea if I spelled that right) cord and slowly walked over to Ichigo and Rukia.

Leaning down, she carefully laid the child in Rukia's arms and whispered with a smile, "It's a girl."

Ichigo gazed at his daughter with an exeptionally broad smile.

"She's beautiful..."

Tears of joy silently rolled down her cheeks as she smiled at her.

"She is."

Hearing her mother's voice, the child ceased with her crying and looked up into Rukia's eyes, her violet orbs filled with unknowing curiousity. She was a spitting image of her mother, her eyes the same shade of violet, her hair the same raven black. She lifted her tiny arm and uncurled her fingers, reaching out to touch her mother's cheek. Rukia responded with grazing her lips along the top of her daughter's head.

"What's her name?" Yuzu said quietly.

She looked up at Yuzu and Ichigo.

"I think...I'd like to name her Keiko. Keiko Kurosaki."

Hearing his last name included, Ichigo smiled at her.

"I like it."

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Hence, a new Kurosaki is born! Just to clear up any confusion, Keiko is pronounced (Kay-ko).

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