Disclaimer: Do not own Bleach. Insert funny comment

Warnings: This is an AU story – so bear with me

Pairings: Mainly Ichiruki

A/N: Many thanks to my beta, ForeverSam, for helping me and giving me enough confidence to actually post this story This is my first fanfic, so please be gentle.

Accidental Bliss

By: akirk85029

Isshin walked in through the open front door of the shop that his best friend owned. He nodded towards the few customers still shopping and to the man standing idly behind the register. He headed towards the back where he knew everyone to be. He flung the door open and twirled dramatically before falling to the floor.

Karin just rolled her eyes and continued to eat her dinner. She didn't even want to know what her father was up to right now.

Ben was staring at the overgrown baby on the floor and wondered what this was all about now. He moved his hand to run it through his blond hair when he realized it wasn't there anymore. He had forgotten that he had lost a bet to Karin and she had buzzed his hair off just to see what he would look like.

Kisuke and Yoruichi looked at each other and then the grown man lying on their floor. Yoruichi was not pleased as she had nearly had Kisuke trapped into the same kind of bet Ben and Karin had. She was in a mood to torture her husband. Kisuke on the other hand was relieved to see his rather over-dramatic friend.

Karin turned her head to her boyfriend and smirked as he ran his hand along his head again. He owed her one anyway for the time he had dyed her hair a bright blue. She didn't even want to think of the possibilities of what he did to get her hair that color.

"Is anyone going to say anything?" Isshin pouted opening an eye to stare at the four before him.

"No." Karin simply replied for everyone.

Isshin rolled over onto his stomach propping himself up on his elbows. "Why do all my children forsake me?"

"Perhaps because you act like this." Ben pointed out as he got up to prepare a plate for Karin's father.

Isshin waved the boy off and started crawling towards his daughter. "Karin, my sweet and wonderful Karin, daddy needs your assistance."

Karin held her knife up warning him away. "Whatever you want, the answer is no."

Ben sat back down placing a plate of food in front of Isshin who had finally moved to a vacant chair. He noticed that Karin had started to eat a little quicker, he knew he should too before he was dragged out of there.

"I get no respect! Ichigo goes off with my beautiful daughter-in-law who's carrying precious cargo and only the Lord knows what he's doing to my third daughter and he wouldn't tell me where they were going to stay." Isshin cried out to his dinner.

Karin was humming to herself trying to drown out her father's remarks. This was really something she didn't want to hear.

"And Karin is living in sin with a boy." Isshin continued looking over straight at Ben while pointing at his own left ring finger. "And my darling Yuzu is dating someone now and who knows how long before she loses her innocence."

Karin finished wolfing down her dinner and abruptly stood up pulling Ben up with her. "Well, we have to go now. See you later." Karin stated dragging Ben out the door with her who was still chewing down the last bite he had taken.

Kisuke started chuckling and reached for his cup of sake.

Yoruichi raised her brows. "What was that all about?"

"I figured she'd end up where Yuzu was at. They always end up meeting up somewhere. Maybe it's a twin thing." Isshin said while shrugging his shoulders. He grabbed a fork and then started eating the food in front of him.

"I think Masaki's going to kick your ass when you meet up with her on the other side one day." Yoruichi replied with a smirk.

Isshin laughed and thought about how he would give anything for her to be able to do that right now.

Uryu strolled casually into his bedroom and smiled slightly at the sight of his wife sitting down on their bed with her feet propped up on several pillows. There were even more pillows behind her to keep her in a seated position. Uryu sat on the edge of the bed handing the Oreo shake he had been so politely begged to buy for Orihime.

"Oh yum!" Orihime said delighted as she took the first bite into her current food craving. She was even more surprised that she didn't want to add any of her usual toppings to it such as cranberry sauce and peanuts.

Uryu smiled softly before reaching his hand out to brush the hair out of Orihime's face. Even though they had tried for two years to get pregnant, he was still wasn't sure this was a good thing as Orihime had already been ordered on bed rest. He hoped they wouldn't suffer the same fate that had happened a little over two years ago. Orihime had miscarried when she was only eight weeks along and it hurt the both of them terribly.

Orihime looked at her husband as he swept her hair out of her eyes. She knew exactly what he was thinking. She grasped his hand before he could completely move it back. "Stop torturing yourself. It won't happen again. I know it! We'll have lots of baby Ishidas running around in no time!"

Uryu climbed onto the bed next to her and placed an arm around her shoulders bringing her closer to him. "Of course."

Orihime smiled brightly at him and then continued to eat her shake. She wanted to eat first and then snuggle with her cuddly teddy bear.

Uryu smiled as his wife hummed, out of tune, next to him happily eating away. He knew that sometimes miscarriages could tear couples apart and even though it was so horrible, he was thankful that it brought him and Orihime closer together. He just hoped that this baby was born safe and sound. He truly didn't care whether it was a boy or a girl, just as long as it was healthy so he would never have to see that kind of pain again in his wife's eyes.

Renji was sitting across from Rangiku staring into her eyes, not blinking. They were having a staring contest; loser had to buy the next round of drinks.

Tatsuki was leaning back in her chair taking sips from her frosted glass of beer. She turned her gaze to Rangiku's seat mate, Hisagi, and rolled her eyes.

Hisagi chuckled at the drastic measures these two would take to not pay for the next round.

Tatsuki turned to the door as it opened and her eyes widened at the sight before her. She turned to see that Renji and Rangiku were so deep into their contest that neither noticed the blonde couple enter the bar. She noticed that Hisagi was trying to make one of them break so he could get back to drinking. She circled her head back around to see the couple sitting down at a table.

"Hey, isn't that Ichigo's sister?" Hisagi pointed out.

Renji turned his head and then cursed, both for the fact that he just lost and that it was indeed Ichigo's sister, Yuzu. "What is she doing here?"

"I would say she is here on a date." Rangiku said with a grin. She had known Kira for a while and was happy to see him trying to date again. His last few dates were only girls willing to put up with his looks because he was starting to make a good living, his name starting to appear on buildings he had designed for Kuchiki Enterprises.

"Isn't that Kira?" Renji asked wondering if Ichigo even knew that his youngest sister was dating and with whom.

"Yeah, what about it?" Rangiku asked in a threatening manner.

"Nothing, jeez, what crawled up your butt?" Renji retorted.

"Would you please stop it?" Tatsuki asked of her boyfriend. She didn't feel like refereeing a fight tonight.

"Sorry." Renji replied immediately.

Rangiku smirked at Tatsuki. She was starting to like the girl.

"So this guy was at the party right? Is he okay to leave Yuzu with?" Renji asked with concern. He had watched the twins grow up along with the rest of Ichigo's friends.

"Kira, he's okay. Sad past, but he's a good guy." Rangiku said with a twirl of her hand. She wondered where their waiter was, because she was starting to loose her buzz.

Renji turned around to see the door open and watched as Karin and Benjiro walked in now. He felt better that they were there as well. He knew he didn't have to worry as much now. He waved the waiter over so they could start on the next round.

Yuzu looked up to see Karin and Ben walking towards their table. When she saw Ben's hair, or lack thereof, she started to laugh, apologizing while doing so.

Ben glared at Karin as he took a seat across from Kira. He was still sulking over his loss.

"What are you doing here?" Yuzu asked as Karin sat down across from her.

"Dad stopped by Ben's parent's place while we were eating dinner and starting spouting off stuff that I really didn't want to hear. We just headed out and ended up here. Wasn't expecting to see you two here though." Karin replied taking in her sister's appearance. Is this why Dad was acting like an idiot?

A couple of hours later Yuzu was waving good-bye to her sister as both Karin and Ben headed towards their car. Kira opened the door for Yuzu and she slid into the seat. She wondered why he had evaded any questions directed towards him about his family. She was so curious but she knew she would have to be patient.

As Kira parked his car in front of the Kurosaki home he turned his head towards Yuzu. The ride had been mostly quiet. He had a feeling he knew what she was thinking about. He moved his hand to take hers into his own. "Yuzu, I'm sorry I didn't talk too much about my family. I didn't feel comfortable talking about them with everyone."

Yuzu smiled softly and squeezed his hand. "It's okay Kira. I can wait until you're ready."

As Yuzu made to exit the vehicle, Kira pulled her back to keep her from doing so. "Yuzu, my past in not a happy one."

"And you think mine is?" Yuzu responded, thinking about not knowing her mother.

"Your mother may have died, but at least you know that you were loved by her." Kira replied turning his head and stared out into the street.

Yuzu looked at him puzzled. She almost was afraid of what he was implying.

Kira raised his hand absentmindedly to the hair that lay in his face and brushed his fingers along it to make sure it was still in place.

"Did your mother….did she….is she the one that hurt you?" Yuzu finally asked.

"It started as an argument between my parents. My father was leaving my mother. I was eight years old at the time. I was quiet and shy, not anything like the both of them. My father didn't believe I was his kid and said as much. My mother had been doing laundry at the time. She blamed the fact that he was leaving on me; she threw the detergent mixed with bleach at my face. It got into one of my eyes and the pain was so horrible, I started screaming. My mother couldn't take it I guess, she left and came back with a knife and started cutting at my face, saying that if it hurt so bad and if I was going to act like a baby about it she was just going to remove my eye so I would stop 'bitching' about it. My father came back in from outside at my constant screams and threw my mother off of me. It was at this point that the police came in; the neighbors had called the cops. I was told they could hear my screams down the street." Kira said all at once trying to get it out while he felt able to talk about it.

Yuzu sat there in shock. She had no idea someone could be so callous, so cruel. She pulled Kira's hand closer to her.

"While I was in the hospital my father had a DNA test done on me and during my mother's trial, it came out that neither one were my biological parents. My father had no idea how she had managed to con everyone into believing she had given birth. He found out that she had never been pregnant when he married her but he had left soon after the ceremony for a year long teaching position in another country that he had already accepted before he had gotten married. When he came back there I was." Kira said with a sigh, leaning his head back against the head rest on his seat. Kira took several deep breaths before continuing. "My childhood up to that point had not been pleasant to say the least and after that it became deplorable. He only kept me until I was eighteen and then I was on my own and even then he only kept me because the court recognized him as my father because he had established himself as such for the first eight years of my life. He got married four years after that incident and proceeded to have two sons of his own which really only furthered my isolation. He truly wanted nothing more to do with me once he knew I wasn't his real son."

Yuzu crawled into his lap and drew him to her in a tight hug. She felt the sting of tears in her eyes threatening to fall. She had never heard anything so horrible in her life. She couldn't believe that there were people out there like that; that had no respect for another human being's life.

Kira didn't know what kind of reaction he was expecting but Yuzu's reaction was not on the list. He held onto her just as tightly and buried his head into her shoulder. He hoped he hadn't scared her away just now.

Yuzu let Kira pull back from her. She wasn't sure if she should have let him. She didn't want him to withdraw back into himself. She reached up and pushed his hair out of his face.

Kira sat back and watched her while she moved the hair from his face. He didn't know what to think of the fact that she wasn't looking upon him with disgust.

"Can you see out of this eye?" Yuzu asked while tracing a finger along the scar.

Kira shivered upon her touch. He had to control himself to not try to hide from her touch. "No, I am completely blind out of that eye."

Yuzu sighed. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Kira asked puzzled and a little frightened of where she might be heading with this conversation. He hoped he hadn't ruined what he believed to be the best thing that had ever happened in his life.

"That you had to go through all that. I just can't believe that a mother would do something like that, but then again I guess she wasn't really your mother though." Yuzu said kissing him lightly on the cheek before letting his hair fall back into place. She knew he was more comfortable that way.

Kira put his arms around Yuzu as she moved to lie against him leaning her head against the crook of his neck. "No, and I will never find out who my real parents were. She killed herself in prison several years ago, still refusing to tell anyone where she got me from."

They stayed like that for a little while just holding each other until Kira realized that Yuzu had fallen asleep in his lap. He chuckled softly and kissed her forehead. He felt wore out too and they hadn't done anything but talk. He opened the car door and moved Yuzu into a position in which he could carry her. He stepped out of his car with her securely in his arms and closed the car door with his foot.

Yuzu woke up as she was being carried to the front door. She was slightly embarrassed that she had just fallen asleep like that. She wrapped her arms around Kira's neck. "I was comfy, why'd you have to move me?"

Kira smiled as he reached the front door and placed Yuzu on her feet. He kissed her delicately on the lips and after she was safely inside her home, he headed back to his car to go home himself.

Ichigo found himself at his father-in-law's house for a small birthday celebration the Tuesday after his weekend getaway. He hadn't known that Rukia and her father's birthdays were so close together until Rukia had told him where they were going to tonight.

Rukia walked into the less formal living room, used only for family. Ichigo was next to her, his hand holding hers loosely. She surveyed the room after moving forward and placing the gift down on the small oblong glass coffee table. She strolled over and sat down on the white Evette sofa and moved the pillows to cushion her back. She smiled as Ichigo sat down stiffly next to her. She moved her hand onto his knee and turned to her sister. "Where are Mom and Dad at?"

Momo was sitting on the matching love seat leaning against Toushirou who had his arm wrapped around her. She shrugged her shoulders. "They haven't been down since we've been here. We've just been watching Ronin and Amarante play their game."

Rukia looked down to pay closer attention to her brother and saw that Ronin and his best friend were in the middle of the card game Phase 10. She snickered seeing them with their elbows resting upon the coffee table peering at each other over the tops of their respective cards. "Who's winning?"

"I am!" Amarante stated proudly.

Ronin glared at them both. He would not accept defeat. He reached for another card hoping to complete this phase so the next round would have them competing on the same phase.

Ichigo glanced around the room. He didn't quite understand how Rukia could call this the non-formal living room. To him, everything still looked way too expensive to be the room everyone hung out in. He turned to his wife and placed his hand over her stomach. He couldn't wait until Rukia looked pregnant. He knew in about another week and a half or so she should start looking that way. Maybe it was some kind of prehistoric DNA that males still carried but he wanted to see her belly swollen with his child. He leaned forward and placed several kisses on Rukia's silken lips.

"Ugh, go somewhere else to do that!" Ronin called out placing his cards face down on the table. "It was bad enough having to see Momo and Shiro doing that, I don't want to see you doing it too!" Ronin said ignoring the indignant cry from behind him.

Ichigo chuckled at the boy's outburst. "You're what, ten, right?"

Ronin glowered at him. "I'll be eleven in thirty-three days."

Rukia rolled her eyes. She recalled the days at that age when being closer to the next year in age, was ever so important. She remembered how important it was to be able to add the half mark to your age or three-quarters.

Ichigo leaned forward a bit. "You won't think kissing is so bad too much longer."

Rukia laughed at this and smirked as Ichigo turned his head towards her. "You kind of sounded like your father right there."

Ichigo's whole body froze. His eyebrow twitched. There was no way in hell that was true; he was not turning into his father. He leaned back into the sofa and crossed his arms over his chest.

Rukia snickered at his reaction. She knew he wouldn't like the insinuation but she couldn't help herself. She was about to get up to go look for her parents when they walked into the room.

Hisana gave Rukia a questioning glance upon seeing Ichigo's sulking frame. Rukia just smiled back at her letting Hisana know that Ichigo's brooding was probably because of something Rukia had done.

Retsu and Nemu entered the living room just as Hisana and Byakuya seated themselves. Nemu moved to the empty spot next to Rukia's other side and Retsu made her way over to one of the white Suzette chairs that matched the rest of the furniture in the room deemed as the white room. There was even a white baby grand in the far corner of the large room.

Ichigo sat up a little straighter on the sofa and turned his gaze towards Rukia's parents. "So Byakuya, how old are you now?"

All the women in the room were trying to hide their grins, except for Amarante, who was concentrating too hard on the card game she was still in with Ronin. Toushirou didn't even bother to hide his smirk.

Ichigo was silently chuckling at the look that Byakuya had seared at him. "Hey, it's that, Dad, or Gramps. Take your pick."

Byakuya stared at the orange haired man, malicious intent rolling off of him in waves. He counted to ten in every language he knew to try and keep his calm exterior.

Hisana laughed quietly and slid her hand into her husband's lacing her fingers with his. She smiled when she felt him squeeze her hand lightly. She turned to face her brave son-in-law. "So Ichigo, I think it's time I learned a couple of things."

Ichigo raised a brow and nodded his head at her to continue.

"So what attracted you to my daughter?" Hisana asked to start out.

Her ass. "Her eyes." Ichigo replied.

Rukia was biting her lip trying not to grin. She knew exactly what had attracted him to her. He had told her after they had been married for a couple of weeks. He even asked if she still had those pair of jeans. She did and she agreed with him, those jeans did make her ass look good. She did give him credit though for saying her eyes were the second thing he noticed.

"Why did you want to be a doctor?" Hisana asked next. Ichigo was quiet for a few minutes and Hisana was about to move on when he finally responded.

"Because of my mother. I couldn't…." Ichigo said trailing off at the end.

Rukia moved her hand to Ichigo's back and ran her fingers softly against the fabric of his dark t-shirt. She sighed in relief when she saw his shoulders visibly relax.

Hisana smiled softly at the small interaction between Rukia and Ichigo. She knew there was a strong bond there between them even if they didn't truly realize it themselves yet. She had no idea though that his mother was such a touchy subject for him. She apologized for bringing it up and was glad that he said not to worry about it. She decided that she could wait to ask more questions, there was plenty of time.

Byakuya was suddenly curious. All he had found out about Kurosaki's mother was that she had died a long time ago. Some kind of illness or so he thought. He felt a sudden need to dig further into the issue.

Later in the evening after everyone had left and Ronin was asleep in his room, Byakuya was sitting on the edge of the oversized bed him and his wife shared. He only had on his black silk pajama pants and his hair was loose, flowing down past his shoulders.

Hisana walked into the room and noticed her husband lost in deep thought. She wondered briefly what he was thinking about, but decided she wasn't going to worry about it right now. She had other plans. She slid out of her robe and strolled over to her husband in her red silk nightie.

Byakuya was forced out of his inner mind when Hisana sat in his lap effectively straddling him. He smirked moving his hands to her small hips bringing her closer to him.

Hisana grinned and brought her lips to his ear. "I want your attention solely on me tonight." Hisana whispered seductively.

Byakuya raised a brow at her and was about to reply when Hisana took advantage of the opportunity and demanded his obedience with a scorching kiss. She pushed him backwards onto the bed not breaking the kiss once.

Byakuya let her have her way for the moment. He would wait until she thought she was going to be in control and then he would turn the tables on her. He had found where she had hidden the handcuffs.

Ichigo was standing at one of the nurse's stations the next day going through some of Dr. Saito's files. Ichigo had nearly cost the guy his medical license when Ichigo had just started his internship. Being a doctor's son had given Ichigo a lot of advantages. He knew quite a bit more than most interns.

Ichigo had just put the last file back up. He rested his head in his hands. He thought about Rukia's face last night. He knew she had so many questions and he was thankful that she hadn't voiced them yet. He wanted to tell her everything, but he still wasn't ready. He just needed a little bit more time before he revealed something he considered so personal. He lifted his head up as someone cleared their throat beside him and he looked over into the frosty hazel eyes of none other than Dr. Saito himself. "What do you want?"

"Don't use that tone of voice with me. I am your superior." Dr. Saito stated.

Ichigo stood up straight and stared down the older man. "You may be higher in rank, but you are definitely not my superior."

Hyota Saito's eyes narrowed considerably from Ichigo's comment. "Don't think I don't know what you and that nurse Hisako do with my files. I would be more careful if I were you."

"Oh really, and what are you going to do about it? I can't let you try to kill off our patients." Ichigo retorted.

"You insolent brat, I have been a doctor longer than you've been alive. You think you're so high and mighty because you married the boss's niece now, huh?" Hyota asked his voice laced with venom.

"You leave my wife out of this." Ichigo snapped back.

"Oh I think not. You would do well to listen to what I say; you don't want anything to happen to that cute little wife of yours or the baby she's carrying." Hyota warned with a sneer.

Ichigo was clenching his fists tightly. He wanted to hit this bastard more than anything. He knew Saito was tempting him to do so because Saito wanted him gone, out of the hospital for good. Ichigo didn't want to loose his internship though; besides Saito he really liked it here. His first year was almost done too. He took several more deep breaths and then walked away.

Hyota glowered at Ichigo's retreating form. He wondered briefly if the kid thought his threat was an idle one. Hyota knew that if Ichigo Kurosaki interfered with any more of his cases, the kid would learn very quickly how serious he was.

A/N : Okay, so I hope that was good enough for everyone:) Got a big reveal in Kira's past there. Did anyone guess it was anything like that? Moving forward a little with the Saito threat too. Please review and let me know what you think. And I want to thank everyone who has reviewed so far, I truly appreciate it!!:)