Renji rolled over in his bed reaching out to hold Byakuya. His whole body immediately tensed when all he felt was air. He relaxed after a second when he remembered everything that had happened.

Byakuya was back in the Soul Society safe but he had no memory of their life together. Renji sighed in annoyance as he finally decided to open his eyes and look around his room. He was sleeping on the floor as far from the door as possible. He wished so badly he could hold Byakuya again but if he did he would probably lose both arms.

But now was not the time to think about that, he couldn't be late to the meeting for lieutenants the head captain had called. It would also be best if he was gone by the time Byakuya woke up.

Renji stood up and stretched before he quietly walked towards the closet to get his uniform, he could get ready in the lieutenant barracks that hadn't been used in so long. After he had grabbed everything that he would need he turned back to the bed to see his lover one last time but stopped when he realized Byakuya wasn't there.

He walked to the door to see if maybe the other man had taken a walk in the gardens or something, if he wasn't there he would check the nursery next. He stopped when he saw Byakuya kneeling next to a pond. He didn't know what he should do, turn around and leave him alone or stay and talk to him.

"Naoki fell into a pond like this in the world of the living," Byakuya said not turning around to look at Renji.

"Yeah, he did..." Renji said hesitantly.

Byakuya laughed humorlessly as he waved for Renji to come sit next to him. Renji didn't have any complaints he gladly sat down next to Byakuya. "I thought Aizen was done messing with my memories, I mean to him I had served my purpose, I should have been prepared for what was going to happen next..."

"Does that you mean you remember?" Renji asked hopefully.

"Yes, everywhere I looked there were memories of us," he laughed turning back to Renji. "I can not believe that I was fooled into believing you were a monster," he smiled kissing Renji gently on the lips. Something was so different about the last two lovers that he had had, Aizen was always so demanding, a kiss like this would have turned into a half an hour make-out session but with Renji this was enough for him. Byakuya frowned, he didn't want to compare the two, all he wanted to think about was that right now he was back with Renji and their family was safe.

Renji was surprised by the smile that Byakuya had when he pulled away, "We have a daughter, a beautiful little girl," he laughed. "In the last six months our family has grown quickly." Renji laughed as Byakuya stood up and the two of them walked towards the nursery.

Renji just wanted to be in this moment with Byakuya but a thought kept bothering him. What about Aizen and Gin? Of course it was an absurd fear, there was no way Gin would be able to get anywhere near them and Aizen was dead. With all the 13 squads looking for the ex-captain they would have to find him sooner or later.

Renji forgot all of those morbid thoughts as soon as they entered the nursery. Takura was mewling in her crib, her tiny face pinched into a look of impatience. She may have had Renji's hair but she looked just like Byakuya, especially her pale skin.

Renji picked her up gently and held her against his chest, he was surprised that she cried out louder. "You have to hold her like this," Byakuya smiled fixing Renji's hands. Renji was surprised at how something so small could calm the little girl so much. "I think she's hungry, let's go get some breakfast. I'll get Naoki."

Renji smiled as he watched Byakuya walk out with a still half asleep Naoki in his arms then all four of them walked down to the dining hall. They really were a family now, and no one was going to change that.

xxxx

Grimmjow held onto Ulquiorra's hand tightly. He hated seeing his lover in this much pain. Unohana had said something went wrong and they had to give him a c-section. At first Grimmjow had no clue what that meant and had freaked when Unohana had dared put a knife into the bump that housed the triplets. He had been warned that if he had an outburst again she would be forced to kick him out.

Grimmjow couldn't look back at what was going on with the babies, all he could do was focus on those two large green eyes of his lover. "Grimmjow I'm scared," Ulquiorra whispered quietly squeezing his hand even harder.

"Don't be, everything will be alright," Grimmjow smiled. He didn't even believe the words coming out of his mouth but right now was not the time to admit that. Both men's eyes widened when they heard the first cry shatter the air.

"It's a boy," she announced handing the baby over to Isane before turning back to Ulquiorra.

"We have another son Ulquiorra, I told you everything would be alright!" Grimmjow smiled. Ulquiorra's eyes were filling up with tears as he watched the baby that Isane was cleaning up and checking over.

"It's a girl!" Unohana announced as another cry caught both of their attentions. Grimmjow smiled as he watched the little girl wriggled in the blanket she had been wrapped in. It seemed like forever to Ulquiorra before he heard the third cry, "Another boy," Unohana said.

"I told you it would be alright," Grimmjow laughed kissing his lover on the forehead. "I can't imagine how you do this!" Grimmjow sighed resting his head on Ulquiorra's arm.

"Last time I had to do it alone..." Grimmjow frowned at remembering. He had missed the birth of his two children because of those damn soul reapers.

"You will never have to do anything alone again!" Grimmjow promised stroking his cheek gently.

He was surprised by the look on Ulquiorra's face as he looked at the babies that had been laid in his lap. "What's wrong?" Grimmjow asked already knowing the answer.

"They look like them," he whispered. The triplets really did look like Szayel and Nnoitra. The eldest boy had black hair like Ulquiorra but his eyes were a dark grey that reminded both of them of the quinto espada. The girl's mask made a frame around her eyes and there were purples lines across her left eye, just like Szayel's released form. The youngest of the three had light black hair with bright green eyes, Ulquiorra couldn't tell who was his father but right now he honestly didn't want to know. "If you don't want them, I wouldn't blame you..." he whispered looking down at them sadly.

"I love you and I love them, there is no way I am letting anybody take them from us." Ulquiorra smiled as he looked back down at the triplets. "We still have to name them," Grimmjow reminded him.

"Why don't you name them?" Ulquiorra asked quietly.

Grimmjow looked down at the tiny girl that he was holding in his arms, "Akemi, that's what we should call her," he decided. He looked down at the eldest of the three as he stretched in Ulquiorra's arms. He tried to think of some good boy names that he would want to give to his two sons, "Keitaro and Kaeman," he finally decided. The two boys giggled as soon as they heard the names Grimmjow had given them.

"I guess that means they like their names," Ulquiorra laughed picking up his eldest son, Keitaro. Ulquiorra sighed, "We have five children all under the age of one."

"I wonder what Kaori and Takumi will think of their new siblings," he smiled. Ulquiorra and Grimmjow both knew that hollow children grew up much more slowly then human children did, no matter what world they were in. There was no way they could go back to Hueco Mundo, not with defenseless children that they had to protect, especially if Aizen was still there.

"I do not mean to interrupt the two of you, but I was hoping I could speak to the two of you as soon as possible," the head captain said as he walked into the room. Grimmjow looked up at the old man, he still didn't trust him or like him. He glared at him waiting for him tell them what he wanted. "I know that raising a family in a world different from your own is difficult, I was hoping we could make it easier for you if you stayed here."

"As what?" Grimmjow asked darkly. Yamamoto looked at him confused. "Are we to be soul reapers, prisoners, guests, what? What will we be here?" he asked angrily.

"If you were to stay here I would make sure you were sorted into the squad that fits you best and you would be soul reapers for us. Of course we would wait until the children were old enough that Ulquiorra could leave them," he explained.

"Thank you for you generous offer, would you please allow me and my lover to discuss this. It came as a huge surprise," Ulquiorra replied kindly. He could already tell that Grimmjow was about to tell him off and that was probably not their best idea.

Yamamoto nodded before walking back out of the room and shutting the door behind him. "I think we should take his offer," Ulquiorra whispered.

"Are you kidding me? They are our enemies! How the hell can we just become one of them?"

"Grimmjow," Ulquiorra hissed, his yelling had made the triplets start to cry and Ulquiorra could only hold one at a time. Grimmjow sighed as he sat back down in a chair and tried to comfort Keitaro. "We have very few choices, at least here we would not be alone! If Aizen..."

"Aizen is dead, or at least we think he is."

"Dead?" Ulquiorra could not believe that the bastard that had made his life a living hell and had threatened his family was finally gone. He didn't care about the details he was just happy to know that it was finally over.

"But I guess I get what you mean. It would be safer to stay here, and I doubt we would find anything better in the world of the living," Grimmjow sighed. Ulquiorra knew that Grimmjow would not have agreed to that if anybody else had suggested it. "Ulquiorra..." Ulquiorra looked up surprised at how hesitant Grimmjow seemed to be, "do you think...Nnoitra and Szayel, do you think...they will come after them," Grimmjow motioned to the triplets that lay in between them.

Ulquiorra hadn't really thought about it. The two of them had been so busy preparing for the triplets and making sure they enjoyed every second with Kaori and Takumi that neither of them had ever even considered what the other two surviving espada might do.

"I honestly don't know," he admitted quietly. "If Aizen is dead then I wouldn't think so but I would not put it past the two of them to do it just to spite us..."

"Well then we will just have to make sure that they are always safe." Ulquiorra knew that smile, it meant that Grimmjow had decided something and he would die before he let something else happen. Ulquiorra smiled, maybe it was finally time to stop worrying and just enjoy the time that he had with his family.

"I guess that means I have to tell the old man we accept his offer," he sighed. "You stay here and get some rest, I will be back in a second," he promised kissing Ulquiorra on the forehead before kissing the triplets and running out of the room.

"You see that great man," Ulquiorra whispered, "that's your daddy."

xxxx

Finally the story is finished! I have decided to do a sequel because I love all of these characters so much! Please tell me if there is anything that I should work on and I am open to any ideas people want to give me for the sequel. Thank you to everyone who read the whole the story!