I know that this update is a bit late, and very short, but I'm going braindead, and this is the inspiration that came into my head at dinner last night.

Disclaimer: I don;t own Bleach.

Karin jumped a little when she felt the pop. She didn't think it was anything big, at least until she felt the warm liquid running down her legs. She finished checking the CD's that the man in front of her was buying, and handed him the reciept.

Karin went into the kitchen, ignoring the other few customers in the line.

"Stefan...uhm..." Karin tried to word it as best as she could. "I think my water just broke." She realized that it was kind of obvious, as it was seeping through her overalls.

Stefan stood there a moment, mid-bite of macaroni, and let it process a moment. His face fell when he realized what was happening. She was about to have the baby.

"But...but you're only six and a half months along; it's not supposed to happen now!" Stefan dropped his macaroni on the floor, forgetting it in all this newfound excitement.

"Premature or not, it's about to happen," Karin stared at him a moment. "You know, now would be a good time to offer to drive me to the hospital."

Stefan nodded, and pulled his keys from his pocket, staring blankly into space because of the shock. It took him a minute, but he told Genie where he would be, and that they were going to close the shop early.

Then they started the walk outside the shop, and to Stefan's Mercedes.

Ichigo cursed inwardly as his phone vibrated in his pocket; this was the first time he actually found this lecture pretty interesting. A text from Karin.

My watr just broke

Ichigo quickly got his stuff gathered up, and ignored the glare from his professor as he ran from the room. He trekked down three flights of stairs, and texted Rukia. He ran up to a door by the entrance to the building, and tapped lightly on it. Rukia ran to the door, and bid an apology to her professor.

"What happened?" Rukia asked, struggling to keep up with her beau.

"Karin's in labour," He panted. "She's only two-thirds of the way along. Not exactly a good thing."

"Well, then run faster!" Rukia ran to the Focus that Ichigo was driving, and he followed.

Ichigo attempted to jam a key into the ignition a few seconds later, then cursed when he reaslized it was the wrong one. After a few more tries, he finally got the right key, and they sped off to the hospital.

Isshin handed a few papers to a nurse, and turned to leave the hospital. A patient came in with stomach pains, and Isshin brought him to the hospital because he needed his appendix removed.

He didn't exoect his oldest daughter to be in here, checking in.

"Karin, what are you here for? You don't have-please don't tell me you're-it's happening." He rested a hand on his forehead when he noticed the amneotic fluid soaking the inner thighs of her overalls.

Karin just nodded, slowly, because it was hard for her to believe, herself.

"Have you called Chad?" Isshin looked at his somewhat scatterbrained daughter.

"That's what I forgot," she mumbled to herself, and sent Stefan to do the deed. Karin grimaced a little.

"What's wrong?" Isshin asked, as Karin's face contorted a little more.

"Get me a damned epidural," she replied, then she straightened up as the contraction ended.

Everyone in the waiting room looked up as Ichigo and Rukia came barreling through the door, ignoring the fact that they just cut off some lady in a wheelchair.

I'm so sorry it's short. I'm braindead as of late, for those of you who haven't noticed. For those of you that have, I'm sorry. And it's probably not going to help that the end is near. I'm not going to tell you how near, though.

Shorty