CHAPTER 20
Fighting For Life
2 WEEKS LATER
It had now been four and a half weeks since that night on the training mission, and two weeks since Hisako woke up. Said woman was currently sitting on her bed writing in her journal, a smile on her face as Byakuya dressed in his kimono robes and haori. So far he only had his pants on, leaving an exposed upper torso, "So you are going to work today?" he nodded, making her mew sadly as she sat her writing utensils on the nightstand, "I gave my squad the day off today. I was hoping we could have a nice day alone together." she crawled on her knees to the foot of the bed, "Since the accident we haven't had any personal time. Why don't we?" he grinned, a sort of wicked grin as he advanced towards her.
"And what, my vixen, did you have planned if I was to stay at home?" her evil little grin matched his as she ran her hands up his bare arms, to latch onto his firm shoulders. She leaned back, having him crawl onto the bed to hover over her. She leaned her head up so she could nibble on one of his ears, getting a soft sigh from him.
"How about you just wait and find out for yourself. But, you will have to go looking for some... buried treasure." those last two words came with drawn out syllables, making the man shiver above her. He claimed her lips with his, immediately breaking through her with his tongue to marvel at her mouth's sweet taste. She moaned, arching her back to press her clothed chest to his bare flesh. His hands began to explore her body, trying to find the sash that held those damn robes together, "Byakuya..." she whimpered as she felt cool air breeze across her now exposed, beautifully toned skin.
"What is it you want? Tell me like you did the first time." he whispered so seductively in her ear, that it was the woman's form who shuddered this time. Suddenly, a wave of nausea hit her.
"I want... the bathroom." With a hand covering her mouth, she basically did everything but throw Byakuya off her before she ran to the bathroom. She knelt down on her knees right as she threw up into the porcelain toilet. Byakuya came in and knelt beside her, holding her hair back for her.
"Are you alright?" he grabbed a wash cloth and wiped her mouth, giving her a glass of cool water from the sink.
"Yes. I must have a stomach bug or something. I don't think the shrimp I ate last night were very good. I knew something wasn't right with that market." she held her stomach as another wave of sickness approached her, soon emptying into the toilet as well. She fell to the floor groaning, curled up in a ball. Byakuya was still sitting there, rubbing her arm as she laid there with her head in his lap. She was slightly shivering. He flushed the toilet and picked her up bridal style, carrying her to the bedroom. He placed her back in bed and kissed her forehead.
"Do you want me to stay home with you today?" she shook her head.
"No. I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself for a few hours." he chuckled.
"Alright." he stood up.
"I'm going to visit someone in the World of the Living though. He's a doctor, so he can also check me out while I'm there. No need to get Captain Unohana while you're out." he nodded, "And Byakuya?" he turned back around, "I love you." he smiled, flash stepping back to her side to give her one last kiss on the cheek.
"I love you too." he whispered to her softly before leaving. Hisako turned towards the ceiling, staring at the white plaster until deciding to go early. She groggily stood and tiredly put on her robes and haori, then headed out the door herself. She went to the gate in the Kuchiki gardens and opened it, a hell butterfly fluttering through to guide her to Karakura Town. She walked this time, not wanting to tire herself out anymore than she already was. The doors opened to the blue sky. She stopped and looked down, spotting the Kurosaki residence a few hundred yards away. She flash stepped to the door and opened it.
"Hello? Isshin?" a large clatter came from the kitchen before a raven haired man appeared in the hallway.
"Hisako! What brings you here?" he ushered her in and gave her a spot on the couch.
"I need your help Isshin." he raised an eyebrow at her, "I think." she put her hand on her stomach, "I think I might be... pregnant." she looked down at her flat stomach.
"Well, let's go check you out then." he led her down the halls into the clinic, where she sat upon a bed. He took a clipboard and a pen, beginning to write things down, "So, what makes you think you're pregnant?" she shrugged.
"I've shown a lot of the symptoms. I've had sickness a lot this week and twice this morning. I've been a little irritable, and I missed my period a few weeks ago." Isshin nodded, writing down the information on the clipboard. He opened his mouth to ask something, "And yes, I've had sex in the past month." she answered, like she knew he was going to ask that question. She leaned back, a smile on her face, "Wonderful, passionate sex with the most amazing man in the world-"
"I get it." he said while chuckling. He then smirked, "How many positions have you tried?" she gasped and slapped him playfully across the shoulder, "Okay, fine. I didn't know women were so touchy when they talked about that." she glared at him with her smile still planted on her features.
"I've known you for years Isshin. I remember when you were a captain. You know everything about me and should know I'm not shy when it comes to talking about my love life. And three if you must know." he rolled his eyes, setting down the clip board to turn a machine on.
"Well, now I'm going to need you to lift your shirt real fast. I'm going to confirm whether it is indeed a pregnancy." she squeaked when she felt a cold substance squirt onto her belly. Isshin then put a little rectangular box on top as he turned the screen on, "Let's see." he said while running the box over her flat stomach, "I don't see anything ye- wait, there it is." Hisako lifted her head to look at the screen. Isshin pointed to something, "That right there is a baby Hisako." she covered her mouth, "Can you tell me how long ago it was that you..."
"For about the past three months, I guess." she said, finishing his question with a blush. He nodded.
"Then I guess by the size of the baby on the screen, the baby looks about nine weeks along, give or take a few days." he winked at her, "Congratulations Hisako." he cleaned the gel off her stomach and gave her the pictures that the machine took. She took them and smiled, reached up to hug him, then her eyes looked dull.
"Thank you Isshin." she said. He raised an eyebrow at her.
"You look sad, what's wrong?" she shook her head, glancing back down at her stomach.
"Is there anyway to... Tell who the father is?" Isshin raised an eyebrow.
"I don't follow Hisako." said woman put her hand on her flat belly.
"About a month after that night, I was kidnapped, and my captor raped me. He didn't use any protection whatsoever. I'm scared, that this baby isn't even Byakuya's. If it isn't his, he'll want to get rid of it. But I couldn't do that, not to an innocent life. I need to know." Isshin held his hand out and patted her leg.
"It will be alright Hisako. Chances are it is Byakuya's child. After all, you did sleep with him first. A month is more than enough time for an egg to be fertilized after sex. And I don't think Byakuya would get rid of it, even if it wasn't his. He'll understand what happened. You're the one carrying the child, it's your decision in the end. No one can force you what to do." she nodded, sniffling while hugging her stomach.
"I'm just scared Isshin. Knowing that this child might either have been conceived through mine and Byakuya's love, or through the act of rape, it scares me. And my father already hates me. There's no telling what he could do." she tried to stop tears from falling, but they came anyway, "I really do love him Isshin. I love Byakuya with all my heart and if he knows that this might not be his baby, I'm afraid he might make me get an... an abortion." Isshin shook his head.
"Hisako, Byakuya would never do that. Sure he is a little distant from people, but he does have a heart. He wouldn't do that to you. Give him a little more credit. Just tell him that you're pregnant, and then we'll go from there. Alright Hisako?" she nodded, hugging him tightly.
"Thank you Isshin."
"No problem. Tell everyone hello for me." she nodded and stood up, pulling her shirt back down.
"Sure thing. Tell Ichigo hey for me." with her new found energy she ran from the clinic and back through the gates, back into the Kuchiki gardens. But she didn't stop there. She continued to run until stopping at Squad Six's barracks. She ran in and found her way to Byakuya's office. She pounded on the door, "Byakuya! Byakuya! Open up!" Byakuya ran to the door and opened it.
"What? What is it?" Hisako giggled and dragged him back into his office, shutting his door behind them. She shoved the envelope with the pictures in his hand, "What is this?"
"Just open it!" he shrugged and did as she said. He took out the pictures and studied them.
"What are they?" she groaned, standing beside them and pointing.
"Well, those are pictures of my stomach." he glanced at Hisako.
"Why do you have them?" she scowled.
"I'm pregnant!" she took his arm, now grinning at him as she touched his cheek with the palm of her hand, "We're having a baby Byakuya. You're going to be a daddy." Byakuya's eyes widened as she laughed, her smile growing. He remembered Captain Unohana telling him that the baby probably didn't survive. That there would be a miscarriage soon. But it had been weeks since that day she told him. The baby… the baby survived...
"We're having a baby?" she nodded, looking back down at the pictures, "I'm going to be a... a father?" Hisako nodded again. Byakuya turned to her and hugged her tightly, "This is incredible news darling." she hugged him back.
"So, you're not mad? I mean... are we ready to be parents...?" he pushed her away, looking her dead in the eye.
"How could I be mad Hisako? You've blessed me with a child. Captain Kyoraku was right." he pulled her back into his arms, "You are silly."
"I know. I love you, I love you!" she cried, holding onto him tighter. He sat down under the lamp and looked at the pictures again in the brighter light.
"So, this is our baby?" Hisako nodded, sitting on the arm rest beside him.
"Yep. Isshin said it was nine weeks old." Byakuya raised an eyebrow as he looked at her.
"Isshin huh? Is that the friend you were going to see?" she shrugged, leaning over to him.
"Maybe. Maybe because I was so excited, I forgot to go see my friend." he chuckled, putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Knowing you, it was the second one." she gasped, smacking him across the shoulder. He moved over and let her slip down to the cushion beside him, still under his arm.
"Mr. Funny Bones aren't we? So, when are we going to tell the elders?" he glanced at her.
"I don't care. It's none of their business right now." he nuzzled her hair, then took the pictures again, "So, what is what ?" Hisako giggled, pointing at each part of the blue and black photo.
"I think that's the head." she moved her finger around, "Those nubs are going to grow into arms, that's the body, and those are the nubs that will turn into legs. It's a little blurry since it's so small, but I'll go back to Isshin when I'm 18 weeks, and we can figure out if it's a boy or a girl." he tilted his head while looking to her.
"What about Captain Unohana? I'm sure she could tell you." she pouted, snuggling to his side.
"But I see Captain Unohana a lot. I haven't seen Isshin in years since Aizen's drama began. He was a good friend of mine." Byakuya rolled his eyes.
"Even though he raised an ignorant son." Hisako giggled, kissing his cheek softly.
"Now now, is someone still mad that a certain orange haired boy over one hundred years younger than him, beat him at a little sword match when the same boy only had ten days of training?" Byakuya sighed. Hisako always had that way of aggravating him to a point where he couldn't help but chuckle. He ran two fingers down her cheek, and her smile softened as she leaned to his hand.
"I'm over that. What I'm not over is how I upset you enough to leave me for two months." she closed her eyes, turning to him and putting her arms on his chest, resting her head in the crook of his warm neck.
"I'm sorry I made you so upset." she whispered, her fingers stroking his hair that drifted over his shoulders and down his chest, "Why don't I make up for it?" she said while walking her fingers up his chest to graze his chin and neck, soon replaced by her lips.
"Hisako, there are squad members in the barracks this time of day." he said as he felt her hot lips on his neck, her hands moving to remove the scarf from the pale skin.
"And?" she moved and straddled him on the couch, her hands still on his chest. She leaned in and kissed his lips tenderly, cupping his cheek in one of her hands, "We've still got a few more weeks before we have to stop." she bit his earlobe, making him shiver underneath her.
"Why don't we save it for the honeymoon we never got to take?" Hisako pouted, her nose touching his.
"But that's in another month. By then I'll be getting pudgy." he laughed, pulling her back to his chest.
"I bet you'll be beautiful when you get pudgy. It will just remind me of what we created together and make you all the more beautiful." she mewed, resting against him. Then she felt a little twinge of guilt. She couldn't tell him that the baby might not be his. It would crush his happy spirit that suddenly came into view.
"Look who's being sentimental." she teased.
"I have my moments." he responded, making her giggle. She sighed, wrapping her arms around his chest and snuggling her face to his warm shoulder.
"Well, have them more often." she looked at the clock as it chimed one, "Do you have to stay until seven tonight?" she asked, her voice barely a whisper while strong arms wrapped around her. She leaned to him, enveloped in his warmth.
"I can see if I can leave a few hours earlier. I'll try to leave at four. The second I get home, it will be just you and me. I'll do whatever you want." there it was, that wicked little grin of hers.
"Anything?" he nodded, "Then four it is. Only three more hours to wait. I'm sure I can entertain myself until then." they stood up before she gave him one final, deep kiss. He sighed, putting a hand on the back of her head while the other settled around her waist. Hisako put a hand on her lover's cheek. Slowly did he tip her head back, his tongue running across her lips, begging her for access. She mewed and opened her mouth, allowing him to sweep the strong, slick muscle around her sweet and warm cavern. She mewed as she was leaned back upon the couch once more. He came to straddle her waist, her hands tangled in his hair as his kiss became haste and deep. Hisako's fingers literally yanked the kenseiken from Byakuya's hair, soon heading towards his robes. They soon managed to untie the knot, and his shirt fell open, revealing his brilliantly sculpted chest to her. Clothes were discarded in every which way, soon baring themselves completely to the other. They were looking at each other, quiet but smiling. Byakuya lowered his lips and gently led them to hers. She slowly rocked her hips against his, both groaning at the sensations it was causing,
"Byakuya..." was her drawn out moan as she arched her back to him. He trailed his lips down her chest and to her stomach. His hands came to caress her sides as he tenderly kissed her belly, right under her belly button.
"I hope that if it is a girl, that she doesn't inherit her mother's vixen-like behavior." Hisako's giggle rumbled through her.
"Then her life would get boring." he chuckled, moving to cup a plush breast in his calloused hand. She whimpered a moan of his name and almost cried out in rapture when his lips found a hard nipple. He covered her mouth with his free hand.
"Shhh... They'll hear you Hisako." she responded by grinding her hips to his, causing the man to groan. She smirked, raising an eyebrow.
"Now who needs to be quiet?" his eyes, a dangerous shade darker, glinted as he looked at her before suddenly pushing a finger inside her folds. She gasped, her hands clawing the couch as said finger began to wiggle around, doing its sinful deed. She bit her lower lip to keep from crying out, eventually drawing blood.
OUTSIDE SQUAD SIX BARRACKS
"I'm telling you, she's in here." Renji told Shuhei as they walked inside, "I saw her walking this way a few minutes earlier. She wouldn't have left so fast." they walked down the halls until coming to Byakuya's office door, "I'm sure he's eating an early lunch with her. They probably wouldn't mind us interrupting." Renji opened the door, "Capt-" his words got caught in his throat upon seeing Byakuya shirtless above Hisako, "C-Captain!" Hisako, startled, rose up quickly, causing Byakuya to tumble to the floor. She grabbed her haori, which was luckily on the couch arm, and put it across herself. Byakuya grabbed his shirt as Shuhei began to laugh.
"Oh, this is too good! This is priceless!" Hisako blushed a bright red while Byakuya remained in the floor, trying to find his missing pants and boxers. Shuhei was nearly on the floor laughing. Hisako glanced down and kicked his boxers towards him.
"What do you need Renji?" Byakuya asked, clearly agitated and embarrassed at the same time. Renji pointed at Shuhei.
"He was just looking for Hisako, that's all." he grabbed Shuhei's wrist, "Come on Shuhei." he jerked said man out of the room while he was still laughing, closing the door behind them. Hisako began to giggle, turning to look at a blushing Byakuya.
"That was interesting." she dropped her haori and went back to Byakuya, "Now, where were we?" she whispered in his ear, hands running back into his shirt to pull it off him, leaving him naked once more.
"Hisako." he said coolly, "We can't." he took her wrists and pulled them away, before reaching down to get his clothing. He slipped his boxers and kimono bottoms back on before taking his shirt back and putting it on. She stuck out her bottom lip, leaning to him.
"Why? We can lock the door." she offered, but he shook his head.
"I have work to do and so do you." he leaned down to kiss her forehead, "How about tonight after we return home? Then I promise we can make love all night if you want." how could she say no to that? A wicked little smile grew on her face as she bit her bottom lip.
"Alright. I can't say no to wild, all-night sex, now can I?" he chuckled, taking her hand to kiss her knuckles. She put her clothes back on and slipped her haori over her shoulders. She stood on her tip toes and gave him one last kiss, "Byakuya?" he looked down at her, "I love you..." she whispered, wrapping her arms around his chest, "I love you... so much." her tone of voice changed, and Byakuya picked up on it.
"Hisako, is something the matter?" he asked her. She shook her head, avoiding his eyes. He guided her gaze back to his, "Tell me Hisako." he ordered gently. She sat down on the couch, shaking her head. He sat down beside her.
"I'm sorry..." she said, bowing her head. Now Byakuya was confused.
"Sorry for what? You aren't making sense." he watched a single silver tear cascade down her cheek, "Hisako."
"I'm scared Byakuya." she whispered, "About this baby... When Isshin told me I was pregnant, a thought ran through my mind... What if... What if this baby isn't yours..." he raised an eyebrow, "I remembered... how Lintao raped me... And..." she was taken aback when she heard chuckling, "How is that funny?" she screeched at him. He took her face in his hands.
"You said that the baby was nine weeks along right?" she sniffled but nodded, "The incident between you and Lintao happened one month ago, only four and a half weeks earlier." he smiled softly, cupping her cheeks in his hands, "That means you were already four and a half weeks pregnant. Hisako, it can't be anyone else's baby but mine. Hisako, there isn't any way it can be Lintao's child." Hisako smiled. She hadn't even registered that at Isshin's clinic. She returned to Byakuya's arms, hiding her face in his shoulder as she still cried, only this time they turned to happy tears. He kissed the crown of her black hair, holding her close to him, "Why are you still crying?" he asked her softly, intrigued that it hadn't stopped her tears. She laughed while rubbing her eyes.
"I'm just happy, that's all." she leaned to him where her lips grazed his, "I mean, we're having a baby. Why wouldn't I be happy?" he closed the distance between them and pressed his lips to hers in a gentle kiss. They stood there, Hisako in his arms as he rocked her back and forth. He kissed her temple, nuzzling his cheek on her forehead.
"Give me just a moment Hisako." he whispered to her before unwinding his arms from her body. He left the office, quickly walking to his lieutenant's, where he found Renji at his desk with Shuhei in the seat across from it, "Renji, can you please finish up the paper work here?" Renji raised an eyebrow, "I am going to take Hisako out for dinner." he then got a smile on his face, "The baby survived. Hisako is pregnant." Shuhei had a massive grin on his face.
"Are you serious?" Byakuya nodded, "That's great!" Renji nodded.
"That is good news. Sure, I'll finish the rest of the paperwork. Go spoil Hisako on a dinner date." Byakuya gave a single nod, walking out the door and back to his office. Hisako was looking in one of his mirrors, her hands on her flat stomach. He came up behind her and hugged her around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder.
"I love you Byakuya." she whispered, smiling as she felt his hands on top of hers. She giggled when he scooped her into his arms and carried her home, and, as promised, he made love to her all night.
I already had this written out, so why make my readers wait? *giggles* So now Hisako knows. And oh, how she'll milk it. :) So, I wanted another happy chapter. Might as well post this that I had written a few months back. :) And since I'm posting this 3 days after the previous chapter, this might not be updated for a while. I need to focus on some other stories of mine that are being neglected. XD But please review!