Briar: So I decided to update and will most likely tomorrow too :)

Grimmjow * frowning at medal*

Briar: What's wrong?

Grimmjow: It's still the smiley face. Where it the VIP one?

Briar:..I'm not buying it online if it's there. It'd be like forty bucks!

*Shiro goes on amazon*: Too late.

Briar: You better not be serious! Well onto the fict. Remember 2 more chapters.

The cubs were now at the age of eight months. They had a few teeth already but Ichigo hated it when the cubs had first started teething. In the beginning they were cranky and drooled a lot. It didn't bother Ichigo so much but he was always so exhausted in the mornings and hated having to change the sheets because the cubs had like an lake of drool. Ichigo didn't know much about human children or hollow offspring but apparently they liked to bite things to sooth the sensation of the teeth trying t push through the gums. They also had fevers but Szayel had given them medicine to help for that. The cubs would sleep but wake up cranky. After about a week of bad attitudes Ichigo demanded that Grimmjow watch the cubs while Ichigo went out. Grimmjow didn't question where Ichigo wanted to go because the ferocity in his voice spoke of finality and it was something Grimmjow didn't want to press. Plus, it gave him time to bond with his cubs even if they were a little moody. Aria was the only saint of the triplets and would quiet if someone held her. Usually is was Shiro since Ichigo would hold one of the boys. Aria didn't see much a difference between her uncle and papa but Shiro and Ichigo did. The one time Shiro had held her just after having a shower, she had tried to breastfeed off of Shiro which made him give off a manly scream at that. One of Aria's first teeth had nicked him painfully. Both Ichigo and Shiro could produce milk making it easier to feed. Shiro had been curious during the third week of the cubs birth and though it was awkward he was surprised when milk infused with spiritual pressure came out. Ichigo had some of the more pure stuff so when Ichigo found out, Shiro could only feed the boys since they were more hollow just like Shiro's reitsu.

Ichigo had ordered Shiro to come with him as they went out to the sandy plains of Hueco Mundo. Giving Grimmjow the benefit of the doubt, Ichigo thought his mate could handle three cubs at once. If not than he Gin would probably show up or Hallibel and Szayel. Ulquiorra had tried to hold the cubs but it was too awkward for him and he decided against it. As the inverted hollow pair used sonido, they moved farther and farther from Las Noches until a loud roar filled their eyes. Identical grins filled with malice were upon Ichigo and Shiro's faces. The smile going from ear to ear as they moved towards the loud noise. Moving faster and faster until they saw the figure, Ichigo and Shiro split up so that they could attack. The hollow was at least an adhjuchas and it was a very skeleton like creature. Something akin to a dragon. The wings were made of bone but they weren't meant for flying. Ichigo pounced on his back forcing the hollow to the ground when Shiro appeared ripping off the left wing from the creature while Ichigo took off a talon from the creature. It wasn't too large but it was very pretty. The two cackled with glee as green blood splattered on their clothes and they had no qualms over the sickening cry and begs for mercy coming from hollow. Why would they feel guilty when his cubs needed these. Call Ichigo sick and twisted and he wouldn't deny it but he needed to let loose since he was away from his cubs for some time. They had slowly started driving him crazy and he just wanted some fun before going back and dealing with the cries from both twin boys.

"Can I tear off his mask?" asked Shiro.

"No, I wanna. How about you rip off his tail," offered Ichigo.

"Can I eat it?" asked Shiro.

"Yeah," agreed Ichigo.

"I'm right here!" screamed the hollow.

"Hurry up and rip off his mask so I don't have to hear him anymore," ordered Shiro.

"Tch, I'm the king you can't order me around," scoffed Ichigo until he took the mask under his fingertips and ripped it off with ease.

The mask was that of a dragon's snout and ears as well. The mask was cool to the touch and had blood underneath but Ichigo didn't care. Ichigo thought the horns were cool; they were in spikes rather than curled like a ram's. The hollow's screams were becoming vexing so Ichigo brought his blade and cut the creatures head off. He did detest the loudness of the creature but at least Shiro ate quietly which was nice. It was nice being out and about and Ichigo didn't actually want to go home. It was like walks, when one started one didn't want to leave but Ichigo knew home was where he belonged. Beckoning Shiro forward, the two began their trek home. The bright moon of Hueco Mundo followed them where ever they went and was a constant reminder to Ichigo that he belonged here and not the world of the living and that one day his cubs would leave with Grimmjow.

Shiro had licked all the blood off the bones while Ichigo had used his zanpaktou to carve the wing bones off to make good teething tools. Grimmjow had told Ichigo how some human infants bit on them when they were younger and since most hollows were born with a full set of teeth, Ichigo decided that these would work until they got most of them. Hollow bone fragments were hard to break and the cubs didn't have strong enough teeth just yet.

Ichigo liked the mask; it was like a treasure he received from battle. Flying type hollows weren't rare but they weren't common either. This was the first dragon like creature Ichigo had met. If he thought about it, besides Annerio, the only flying type hollow was Ulquiorra which was a surprise. Szayel was a bug but his wings weren't for flying. Ichigo wondered if eating the dragon hollow was a good idea because it could have become an arrancar. Oh well, too late now.

Entering the gates to the palace, Ichigo walked towards his area. Lilynette's footsteps could be heard as she ran as fast as she could but when she skidded to a halt noticing Ichigo didn't have the cubs he couldn't help but smirk.

"C'mon Lilynette, we were just heading there." urged Ichigo.

The three hollows walked back to the main den and entered to see Grimmjow pilled atop of the twin boys. The pair were growling and Mercer was yanking Grimmjow's hair. Ichigo was shocked but both he and Shiro began to cackle with mirth at the sight of the more stronger creature being pinned by two cubs. It was humorous but Ichigo also noticed how Mercer started headbutting his brother which was a no no. Using Sonido, Ichigo picked up Mercer and began to scold him. Zero seemed to be fine though and there were no marks which was good. A few more spots appeared on Zero and they curled around his arms. Ichigo figured they'd do that until they reached his shoulders and maybe go along Zero's spinal cord in a row of two. He wasn't good at predicting but it seemed like the path they would take. None had appeared on his legs or stomach but that was fine since it would look strange to see his child covered in spots. Mercer noticed what Ichigo had in hand but Ichigo pulled the mask back away from the hands of his child and handed him a bone from the hollow's wing. Mercer began chomping on it and seemed to be more calmer but Zero was jealous that his brother had something that he didn't. Shiro had been the one to give Zero a bone piece too making the cub calm down.

"What's with the mask?" asked Grimmjow.

"Ripped it off a hollow," replied Ichigo with a shrug.

"It was too fu-I mean freaking beautiful so we had to take it," continued Shiro," don't ya like it Grimmykins?"

"Not really," answered Grimmjow,"...It kind of disturbs me that you just mercilessly ripped off a hollow's mask like one who kill someone in a video game."

"What's a video game?" asked Shiro and Ichigo while tilting their head to the side with innocence in their eyes.

"An animated game," said Grimmjow," now don't try to change the subject. Don't bring anymore things like that in the room."

A pair of golden eyes lit up with fury; they didn't do submissive. If Grimmjow forgot that they were alpha beta's then he was in for a world of hurt. Alpha beta's got equality and as such that meant they could do what they wanted. Grimmjow was taken back by the fierce look in Ichigo's and Shiro's eyes but he stood his ground making Ichigo stand up from the bed and stalk forward like a predator hunting it's prey. The room got darker and Grimmjow began to sweat a little but he didn't bow down. Shiro moved beside Ichigo and was handed Mercer while Ichigo continued to move forward. Aria was in her crib while Ichigo held the twin boys. Before Grimmjow could blink Ichigo pounced atop of Grimmjow forcing him to the ground. Even though Grimmjow was scared he was also sort of aroused by the domineering attitude shown by Ichigo.

"We aren't human!" Ichigo hissed," the only ones close to a human is you and Aria but you're still half a hollow; we are animals. Get it through your thick skull. Dead hollows and such are like toys for humans. Those bones are for their teething, can't you see how happier Zero and Mercer are?"

Grimmjow turned his gaze toward his cubs while keeping Ichigo in his peripheral vision. The cubs were happier with the bone fragments and were gurgling and making sounds of happiness.

Grimmjow sighed." Fine...Just don't tell me how you did it and please don't have a bloody carcass in the room the next time you and Shiro go out."

"Will do," Ichigo chirped with a smile.

Grimmjow's sweat dropped at the one-eighty in Ichigo's mood.

A week after the incident, both Ichigo and Grimmjow were sitting on the floor watching their cubs. Zero was swishing his tail while Mercer tried to grab it with his hands. The cubs had learned to crawl at four months old and Ichigo was so happy that they had crawled towards both of them while trying to wake them up in the morning. At first, Ichigo was confused who was hitting him in the face and told Grimmjow to stop it but when the noise of baby sounds were heard Ichigo's eyes snapped open to see his children on his chest as well as between he and Grimmjow waiting patiently for their parents to get out of bed.

Zero was a little faster than the others so he began to crawl away when Mercer began to tug his tail too harshly but that didn't stop Mercer from chasing his brother. Aria liked to be held and Ichigo saw nothing wrong with it but frowned since she rarely ever crawled. He knew that human children developed differently than most but they were more advanced that humans and should have been talking by now and Aria was stronger. She was still really small but Ichigo knew she had two brothers to protect her.

Watching his cubs, Ichigo was surprised when Zero got up on wobbly legs and took a few steps forward before Mercer rammed into him with his horns causing Zero to fall down. Zero wasn't pleased when he hit the floor. Grimmjow had put large rugs on so that they wouldn't fall on cement but Zero still ended up wailing loudly. There was a large red bump on his forehead as he wailed and big, fat tears rolled down his cheek. Since Ichigo wasn't the one holding Aria, Ichigo got up to pick up Zero. Sitting down beside Mercer, Ichigo told the child that hurting his brother wasn't nice and though it went on deaf ears the more violent cub would be getting punishment when he was older.

"It's okay," Ichigo cooed to Zero while giving him a kiss on the cheek," Papa is here to kiss away the boo boo's."

In no time Ichigo had Zero smiling and showing off those pearly white teeth. It was a few days ago that his upper incisors came in. Ichigo shuddered at the sharp looking teeth. When Zero began to hit Ichigo's chest indicating he was hungry Ichigo shook his head. The cubs were old enough to go on solids now and Ichigo was going to wean them off. He had already been bit before and that had hurt so there was no way he was experiencing a repeat of that incident. Mercer hard sharp teeth for a hybrid.

Ichigo shuddered at that and he felt Zero hitting his chest more persistently.

"No, Zero," Ichigo denied," no more. We're going to have you eating solids now. You like blueberries don't you? Want blueberries?"

Ichigo didn't expect a verbal response or any since the cubs hadn't began talking yet but when he heard a voice he was surprised.

"No!" protested Zero.

Ichigo looked down and saw Zero frowning in a fit since he wasn't getting what he wanted. That was a surprise to hear because Zero was the first to speak and walk all in the same day. Ichigo, though he didn't like his cub's first word was no, couldn't be more proud.

"Can you say Papa or Daddy?" asked Ichigo to Zero.

"No!" shouted Zero," no, no, no, no, no!"

Ichigo sighed. It seemed like Zero found a new favorite word but at least it wasn't a bad word. Zero was still yelling no and Ichigo knew he had to endure it while he sent Grimmjow to go get some blueberries all blended up. Puree food was what Ichigo could have them eat until they were a little over a year unless they were soft foods like mash potatoes or oatmeal.

"Don't you think you should breast feed a little longer?" asked Grimmjow.

"No!" gawked Ichigo with his jaw dropping," have you seen their teeth? Go on, I dare you to let Mercer chomp down on you. Go! Put your hand in his mouth and twenty bucks says you'll bleed."

"I'll just shut up and get the food now," mumbled Grimmjow.

"Good answer," smirked Ichigo.

Watching as his blue haired mate left the room, Ichigo shouldn't help the smile of satisfaction appear on his face. It was scary when the cubs bit down instead of sucked and it hurt. A few times he began to bleed but it didn't seem to bother the cubs too much either. It was odd but Ichigo didn't care and he knew the cubs would need to advance soon or else Aizen might consider them disposable. If the learned to walk now, they could be running and such by the end of the month and if he was lucky by the time December rolled around they could at least form a cero since it was the only thing they had besides maybe a sonido. They couldn't unlock their swords just yet so Ichigo might have to find some sort of katana or even make one out of hollow masks. If only he'd took the spinal cord off of that damn dragon, it could have made a fine sword.

"Do you think we should encourage the others to start walking?" Ichigo asked Shiro.

Shiro nodded his head while sitting cross legged in front of Mercer who was sitting on his butt. Ichigo watched as Shiro got him to stand on his one and encouraged him to move but Mercer just stood there like Shiro was nuts. When Grimmjow entered the room with baby food that had Mercer turning his head and he even managed to take a few steps forward before falling and landing on his stomach eagle style. Mercer didn't cry but instead looked up at Grimmjow with a big toothy grin while smiling.

"Can you say Daddy?" Grimmjow asked Mercer while checking him over.

"D," replied Mercer.

"No, Da-ddy," Grimmjow corrected.

"D," repeated Mercer with a smile.

"Da-ddy not D" emphasized Grimmjow.

D wasn't really a word in Ichigo's mind but ore babble talk so he didn't really count it as Mercer's first word but it was funny watching Grimmjow trying to get Mercer to speak but only to have him go off babbling or say D once more. Shiro had moved and held Aria while she sucked her thumb. She played with the little talon Ichigo got from the hollow and she never went far without it. Aria babbled to Shiro and Shiro babbled back in response making Ichigo laugh at it. Sometimes his other half and his mate could be such children.

"S-Sh-Shi!" stuttered Aria.

"That's right! I'm your Uncle Shiro or Shi," congratulated Shiro.

"Shi!" shouted Aria with glee.

Aria was usually so quiet but the fact she said gave Shiro a nickname and said it so loud and with pride it made Ichigo's heart melt. His cubs were growing up so fast and time just flew like there was no tomorrow.

"Okay, Mercer, say Daddy," repeated Grimmjow.

"No!" protested Mercer and Zero at the same time.

Briar: I hope you all liked this :) I will try to update tomorrow. I will miss the fict but I will finish Daddy Ichigo next after this one :)