All right, well here's the explanation, if you have any questions do not hesitate to ask, and let me know what you think!


"What?!" Said Urahara shocked spitting out his tea; Renji glared at him wiping the tea that he spit on his face.

"Byakuya…but?" Said Ichigo too confused to be angry.

"So then you…?" Said Renji in disbelief pointing at Byakuya, pointing at his stomach, and forming an imaginary belly in front of him.

"Yes that was me," said Byakuya a bit annoyed.

"But…but…Kuchiki-san is your…" said Orihime speechless.

"You seem surprised, remember that Rukia is not actually my sister," said Byakuya stoically as he sat down next to Yoruichi; Rangiku and Ukitake also sat down.

"But…why?" Asked Ichigo very upset.

"Yes, wouldn't the father be someone more powerful?" Asked Orihime innocently; Byakuya was offended but fought down the outrage and held his mannered Kuchiki poise.

"My powers have increased greatly since the last time you saw me, I have simply chosen to hide them all this time," said Byakuya a bit defensively.

"Which leads us to yet another new revelation," said Ukitake sitting up a bit more straight, "you of course all know that Soul Society has a king."

"Yes, and he lives in another dimension, so what…" said Ichigo starting to grow annoyed; there was nothing he wanted to do more than launch himself across the table and strangle Byakuya's perfect noble Kuchiki neck.

"A King is selected every three hundred years; a member of one of the four noble houses is selected; once his ruling term has ended, it is the responsibility of his heir to take up the throne of king."

"Each family rules for two terms before another of the noble clans has their turn, they all rotate," said Rangiku simply.

"Yeah, we get it, and…?" Asked Ichigo rudely.

"And it is the Kuchiki Clan's turn; Byakuya was the one selected," said Ukitake; everyone in the room gasped surprised.

"Kuchiki-taicho you're the new…" said Renji.

"Not yet," said Byakuya.

"He was given two years to provide an heir since he does not have one," said Ukitake.

"Then Kuchiki-san's son is…" said Orihime surprised.

"Yes, the child is to be King when his time comes," said Byakuya.

"So that is why he is so powerful…" said Ishida feeling enlightened.

"Yes, usually the child born from a king is very powerful, even surpassing the powers of a Vaizard; it is his power that brings us to the current issue. Aizen," said Ukitake.

"Wait, you mentioned Aizen and his followers are still alive right?" Asked Renji.

"Yes, there is a lot to this story, but let us start with the beginning," said Ukitake clearing his throat for a second. "We began to suspect that he was still alive beginning April, before the winter war was over Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi left communicating devices with the Arrancar Nel, and the Shinigami that chose to stay, Ashido, this first began as an experiment, just to see if there was a better way for shinigami to communicate with Soul society in case another entrance to Hueco Mundo was needed in the future."

"The experiment was proven successful, we could communicate with them freely, but months later Ashido reported to us saying that there was an odd commotion in the Menos forest; many Hollows were joining a force and beginning to disappear, though at the time we did not know who or what this force was," said Rangiku.

"It was around mid July that Nel discovered some of the Espada working for Aizen. She went undercover becoming…close to one of them, the sixth Espada Grimmjow Jeagerjaques. He let her know that three of the Espada would be going undercover wearing gigais in a private school in the world of the living and find people with a strong spiritual energy; Aizen still planned on creating a key, he still has the Hogyoku; it seems it was also an illusion to see it destroyed," said Ukitake.

"We chose Ishida to work for us because of his intelligence and patience; it was arranged for him to transfer to the private school the Hollows would be attending once classes began. We also asked him to be part of the mission to Hueco Mundo, a mission in which we would send more Shinigami to investigate and figure out how it was that Aizen and his men survived," said Rangiku.

"We found out that they survived because of a certain type of gigai that held a portal within the body to transfer the soul to Hueco Mundo once the body was hit; a considerable portion of their spiritual energy had to be sacrificed in the process in order to make it look realistic; that is why it took him so long to begin with his plans. They all needed to recover," said Ukitake.

"Did you say…?" Said Urahara a bit shocked.

"Sounds familiar does it? It's the same gigai you and Nova were working on before the winter war began," said Ukitake.

"Yes, we abandoned it because Soul Society refused to accept any more help from us; they weren't so trusting; we got rid of the design," said Urahara.

"No, Nova kept it, he was so interested in the project that he finished it himself; Aizen found out about this and made copies of the original so no one would know that they were taken and there would be no doubts about their deaths," said Ukitake.

"Hmm…so they would have worked after all," said Urahara thoughtfully.

"Well, back to our explanations, it was also in our latest mission to Hueco Mundo that things changed, we didn't know that Rukia was already three weeks pregnant, she didn't mention it to anybody, only captain Unohana knew, but Rukia made her promise not to say anything. During her fight with one of the Menos Grande her reiatsu was discovered by Ulquiorra…he sensed the change in her, and knew that the only way he could consume the powerful spirit energy inside of her was to…it was after that that Ishida and Nemu found her. Ulquiorra mentioned this to Aizen, and now Aizen knows all about Byakuya being the next King, and that Rukia is carrying his powerful child," said Rangiku.

"What happens now? What does this mean for Rukia?" Asked Ichigo very worried.

"We don't know yet? He could do anything, he may want the child's power, he might take the child once it's born, he may even hold him and Rukia hostage to get something in return…we don't know," said Rangiku; she appeared very sincere.

"There has to be something we can do, we can't let something happen to Kuchiki-san," said Orihime sadly.

"Of course nothing will happen to Rukia, I will see to it myself that nothing happens to her or the child. Beginning tomorrow she will be living with me," said Byakuya standing up.

"What?! Why?! She's fine with me!" Screamed Ichigo furiously as he also stood up.

"In the condition that she is, there is something she and the child will need from me that you could never provide," said Byakuya stoically.

"You're lying!"

"I do not lie. I am the father, and as such, the child needs me, he needs my reiatsu and so does Rukia, there is nothing you can do for them Kurosaki, now if you'll excuse me, there is somewhere I need to be," said Byakuya looking at him coldly as he walked away.

"Why her?! Why Rukia! It could have been anyone else, so why her?" Asked Ichigo attempting to control his temper.

"It was decided by the Kuchiki elders; Byakuya-sama has been grieving for his wife's death for a long time now, and even though he's a major hottie and totally doable…he refused to be involved with any woman in respect for his wife's memory. That's why they chose Rukia, she is identical to Hisana, and on top of that perhaps the only female that Byakuya cares for…they figured that if they convinced Rukia to seduce him…then he would eventually give in," said Rangiku.

"So she wanted this?" Asked Ichigo a bit hurt.

"Well I wouldn't put it like that, but she does care for and respects Byakuya-sama very much; she would do anything for him, he is after all the man that took her in and provided her with a home," said Rangiku.

"Yeah, some home," said Ichigo bitterly.


Rukia was sleeping in Ichigo's room when suddenly she felt a very familiar reiatsu coming from outside. She was a bit sore, but other than that she was fine, she did not bother to change out of her plaid pajamas. She climbed out the window and up onto the roof. She sat there, waiting for him to come, like she knew he would. She closed her eyes, and opened them again when she felt him embrace her from behind.

"Nii-sama."

"Rukia," said Byakuya; he trailed kisses down her jaw line and she closed her eyes. Just having him like this already made her feel stronger…healthier.

"They know," he whispered in her ear, and she widened her eyes.

"But… did they really need to know? couldn't we have kept it a secret?" She felt him move away and soon he was sitting next to her.

"Yes, it was necessary, the Hollows are beginning to attack, and as much as I dislike Kurosaki and his friends…they deserve to know why."

"Yes, you're right," said Rukia sadly looking up at him.

"You look weak, do you need my reiatsu?" Asked Byakuya suggestively as he ran one of his hands through her hair while the other hand traced her jaw line and her lips.

"I…umm…" he left her speechless every time; with a simple touch she lost all ability to think. She felt his lips press softly against hers and relished in the warmth of his mouth. She pressed herself against him and wrapped her arms around his neck running one hand along his silky hair. She slid her tongue past his mouth and began to taste him when he suddenly pulled away leaving her dazed and confused.

"What's wrong?" She asked a bit cautiously, fearing that she might have done something wrong.

"Kurosaki," said Byakuya; Rukia noticed he was right, she could sense him too, he would be here any minute now.

"Rukia, you must know, I will be staying here in the world of the living."

"You will?" Asked Rukia brightly.

"Yes, I will be living in a house in Karakura Town, and you will be living there with me."

"What?" Asked Rukia a bit taken aback.

"You will be attending school, and I will be watching closely over you; to the public I will be your adoptive brother."

"But isn't that what you already are?" Asked Rukia.

"I don't know, am I?" Asked Byakuya giving her one of those extremely rare warm smiles of his.

"Well…umm…I don't know, are you…I mean…?" She asked scratching the back of her neck nervously.

"We will be in private and in public whatever you choose Rukia; if you choose to tell your classmates that I am both your adoptive brother and your lover, then that is fine with me," said Byakuya; the stoic look on his face when he said that made her want to laugh, how could he say that with a straight face?!

"Well in that case, you will be both my adoptive brother and the father of my child who I accidentally-slept-with-over-the-summer-as-a-result-of-too-much-sake," she said blushing madly.

"Fine," he said stoically; he gave her an almost emotionless kiss on the forehead and flash stepped out of there.

"Adoptive brother and baby's father huh?" said Rukia thoughtfully thinking over the situation with a critical eye, "well, I guess that will make me more popular since my acting is perfect and people in my school seem to be very accepting of 'forbidden affairs'" said Rukia to herself; then she climbed back inside Ichigo's room and went to sleep.


Once Ichigo got to his house and entered his room Rukia was already asleep. He looked at her and sighed, things would be changing even more now. He wanted to keep her here with him, but perhaps Byakuya was right, perhaps there was nothing he could do for her except let her go.

He walked towards her and kissed her briefly on the lips he ran his fingertips along her face, watching how beautiful the moon shone upon her. He kissed her again, this time a bit longer, then he grabbed a blanket and headed towards the living room. Once he left the room Rukia opened her eyes and placed her fingertips on her lips.

"Why don't you ever do that when I'm awake?" She whispered to herself, "don't you know I would kiss you back you baka?"