WARNING! I DO NOT OWN BLEACH NOR ITS CHARACTERS (Other than made up characters and the children)

Chapter 28

The air is tense between Eiji, Ren, Ai and Hitsugaya since Ren and Ai are surprised to see their father standing in the door frame with his zanpakuto out and in its shikai form while Eiji and Hitsugaya were glaring at one another.

"I see that you are still trying to be me Eiji" Hitsugaya stated, Eiji scoffed and said "Yeah and so what?"

"Nothing, it's just that you can't BE me and you will not have Karin nor my children" Hitsugaya replied

Eiji glared at him harder if looks could kill, Eiji and Hitsugaya could have already been covered by wounds and are bleeding badly, neither of them backing down from a fight.

"Tousan why are you here?" Ren asked

Hitsugaya glanced at Ren and glanced back at Eiji who already have freed his hands from the ice, "Explanations can wait, but killing this despicable man cannot" Ren understood the urgency in Hitsugaya's tone. Ren nodded and looked at Ai, Ai also understood the message and the twins quickly shunpoed to Eiji before he could initiate another attack; however, they were too late. Eiji fired a cero at them and the twins didn't have time to react.

"BANKAI! DRAIGEN HYORINMARU!" Hitsugaya called out and flew towards them, once he got there he pulled Ren and Ai into an embrace and used his wings to shelter them as well as his body from the cero that landed a hit on him. Hitsugaya bit his lips from screaming and winced in pain, Ren and Ai tried to look up at Hitsugaya since they are brought very close to his chest that they could barely see his face. "I'm alright Ren Ai" Hitsugaya whispered to them, knowing that these two are worried about him by telling how desperate they want to see him. The cero died down and Hitsugaya loosen his grip on his children, he got up in pain but never showed it and turned around to face Eiji.

As Hitsugaya held his zanpakuto high but the next second he lost his strength and collapsed and kneeling on his left knee and using Hyorinmaru to steady himself. Ai immediately ran to his side and tried to support him by holding onto his arm, Hitsugaya looked at her and gave her a small smile, grateful for what his daughter is doing. Ren ran to his other side and looked at him with worry and not knowing what to do to assist him. "Don't worry about me, first let's… no… you guys need to defeat Eiji first. I'll be here to protect you and give you the support that you guys might need" Hitsugaya said as he softly and gently removed Ai's hands and looked at them with a firm look. Ren bit his lips debating whether he should do it or not but nodded in the end, Ai reluctantly took her hands away and the twins faced Eiji with determination in their eyes.


Hinamori and Matsumoto lied on the floor asleep while Karin was still awake and looked up at the sky. A servant from the Kuchiki mansion walked up to them and placed a blanket on the two sleeping fukutaichous, and walked up to Karin and placed a blanket over her in which Karin thanked her and she bowed and left.

"Why are you still awake Karin?" A voice asked

Karin looked up and saw her sister-in-law, and grinned. "I can ask you the same question Rukia-nee" Rukia giggled and sat next to her, "Ren and Ai will do just fine"

"How do you know that I'm worried about them?" Karin asked

"Because I do know Karin. A mother would always worry about her children and you always protect them with or without Hitsugaya-taichou" Rukia said as she pulled Karin into a side hug. Karin smiled and nodded and leaned her head on Rukia's shoulder, she knows that Rukia is right and is glad that she has another sister here to support her since Yuzu is in the world of the livings.


The battle between the twins and Eiji continued with the twins badly wounded and heavy panting but still standing their grounds while Hitsugaya was at the side using Hyorinmaru to freeze Eiji in his tracks with a small bit of lucks. Eiji has small wounds on himself and is somewhat panting hard but not as hard as the twins, he smirked at the sight of the fallen Hitsugaya family that he will soon break. 'Ren' Yin called out to Ren.

Ren stayed silent and Yin continued, 'We can defeat him together, first Toshiro-sama will have to freeze his legs and once his feet are frozen we must act without any delays, if we charge a minute late the ice will be melted down' Ren listened to Yin's plan and nodded, he glanced at Ai who nodded already knew the plan from Yang. Hitsugaya looked at Ren and Ai and noticed that they have something planned, even though he doesn't know what it is he will still assist them by stopping Eiji in his tracks.

Ren and Ai shunpoed towards Eiji once more, Eiji rose his hand to fire another cero but his body has been frozen and he sighed and closed his eyes to focus on his fire. He feels the flame of his power flowing through inside of him, but then felt the cold steel in his body and tasted iron of his blood that is bleeding out of his mouth. "Wh… what?" he asked surprised when he opened his eyes.

He looked down and saw two zanpakutos pierced through his body, "Yin/Yang!" the twins called out at the same time

"DESTROY THE THIS MAN ONCE AND FOR ALL! DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO BE REBORN FOR THE CRIME HE HAS COMMITTED!" the twins commanded, their zanpakutos shone and chains came out and bound onto Eiji. Eiji tried to struggle out of the chains and the twins but to no avail for Ai is behind him and Ren is in front of him, while the chains held onto his hands. Hitsugaya was amazed at the sight and watched at how Eiji screamed in pain as the balance zanpakutos destroy him and turned him into dust.

The twins panted and looked at the dust and the zanpakuto lying on the ground. Hitsugaya shook his head to wake up from his gaze, sheathed his zanpakuto and ran up to his children, once he reached them he brought them into a tight embrace. "Papa?"

"Tousan…?" Ren and Ai asked confused.

Hitsugaya broke the hug and looked at them with a worry written on his face. "The both of you are not hurt right?" He asked

"Nope!" Ai grinned, Ren shook his head and said "Just small cuts"

Hitsugaya smiled. "Thank goodness… if the both of you are hurt I wouldn't be able to face your mother properly." Ai laughed while Ren chuckled in which Hitsugaya just smiled at them.

"Let's go home" Hitsugaya suggested, the twins smiled widely and nodded enthusiastically, the twins immediately sheathe their zanpakutos and quickly ran towards the gate. Once they reached the gate they turned around and called out to Hitsugaya, pestering him to hurry up, Hitsugaya chuckled and took a step but saw Eiji's zanpakuto still in a good shape. He picked it up and snapped it in two which surprised the twins, Hitsugaya held onto the broken zanpakuto and walked up to his children.

"Why are you taking this zanpakuto papa?" Ai asked

"I'm giving it to Kurotsuchi taichou, I believe he will make a great use of it" Hitsugaya replied as the three of them left the room.


They walked out of the building and saw Grimmjow, Ulquiorra, Nel and Harribel, Ai ran up to Nel and Harribel and hugged them, while Ren just walked up and growled at Grimmjow and gave his respect to Ulquiorra. Hitsugaya looked around and spoke up "Where's Ichimaru? I heard he was revived and is here"

"About that… Ichimaru has…" Nel started

"Has?"

"Has died once again" Harrribel replied

"How?" Hitsugaya asked

"We were surrounded by meno grandes and he sacrificed himself to save us all" Ulquiorra replied. Hitsugaya nodded in understanding, Ai stayed silent knowing that there's nothing to say about it while Ren looked down with sadness in his eyes.

Hitsugaya walked up to him and put his hand on Ren's shoulder, "Let's go home, your mother is waiting for you and Ai" Ren looked at him and then back at the ground and nodded, Hitsugaya put his arm that is holding the zanpakuto around his shoulder while he held out his free hand to Ai for her to hold on. Ai put her hand in his and Nel opened a garganta for the family to return to Soul Society, the three of them walked through it, Ai turned her head around and so did Ren. Harribel, Grimmjow, Nel and Ulquiorra waved at them knowing that they will meet one another soon.


Ren and Ai closed their eyes from the bright light of Soul Society when they have crossed over and re-opened their eyes and squinted a bit until they have adjusted to the light.

"Welcome home, Ren Ai" Hitsugaya said

"We're home" Ren and Ai said with a smile.

Nel: Review Please!~

Harribel: Come Nel, we're not part of the scene now *Drags Nel away by her collar*