OSPREY…SWOOOSH

UO: Hello everyone I'm back in action. Actor check

Ichigo: Ready

Orihime: Ready

Tatsuki: Good to go

Andrew: Let's rock and roll

UO: Finally a normal introduction.

Uryuu: Sorry I'm late, I ran into this very annoying girl.

UO: (Stiffened) Can you describe her?

Uryuu: Uh pink clothes, almost like a Lolita. Parasol, blonde hair tied into two spiral shapes and a weird eyepatch over her left eye.

UO (Gets on the phone) Yeah Satsuki? She's here. Don't care if you destroy it this time. (Clicks phone off) Do the disclaimer I got to go take care of something.

Ichigo: Okay…UnitedOsprey1991 does not own Bleach, the teams or the tracks. He only owns the plot and the original characters.

Large explosion is heard along with insane giggling. Two girls in very scantily clad outfits are charging after a very cut yet mad looking blonde with pink clothes. UO is behind them with his sword.

Ryuko: GET BACK HERE YOU BITCH

Satsuki: Justice Must prevail AND I WILL NOT LET A CRIMINAL GET AWAY FROM ME! ELITE FOUR DESTROY HER!

UO: NUI YOU NEED TO DIE! I AM SICK OF YOUR S&!%. (Stops at the set) Start the show. (Pulls out his blade) DIE YOU %!*&

Grand Prix cast is blown away as the show starts.

Normal: Dialogue

"Italics and quotations": Radio, track announcer, phone conversation

Underlined and Italics: Lyrics or TV broadcast

'Italics and apostrophe': Thoughts

Bold: Yelling

Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:

Name followed by a colon: In-race TV Announcer:

Chapter 29: Illusions shattered

In the skies over Europe, August 28th

When we last left the Kurosaki team they had survived Spa-Francochamps and put a dent into the reputation of the Souske by persuading the other drivers to race after a large wreck wiped out half the field including Ichigo and Uryuu. The wreck left Ichigo bruised and sore but thankfully nothing broke in him.

Now they were on the plane heading back to Japan to rest up before heading back to Italy and the next race.

"The next race is at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Monza for short. 3.6 Miles that is essentially Europe's answer to Talladega and Daytona." Isshin said looking at Andrew who looked like he was about to explode in excitement.

"The track while simple is fast. Coming off the front stretch where the fastest speeds are recorded you have slow all the way to first gear for a right left chicane. They a winding right hander that leads to a long stretch with a short chicane which is one of the better passing zones as they require precision to get through. Then at Curve di Lesmo you have a blind turn six as you slow to fourth gear. The next turn you enter in fifth and then apex in third. After that turn you pick up speed again and head downhill to the Variante Ascari which are key to the lap. Then heading to last turn it's a wide turn that makes you slow down to fourth gear until you past the apex and then you gun it up to full speed. That's a lap on the circuit, very hard on the gearbox and on the engines. We have to design the cars for minimum drag.

Isshin turned to the drivers. "Two more small notes. This weekend we will be visiting the Kuchiki manor for a few days to relax and build up our comraderie with our friends. Also starting the Saturday before Italy and going to the day of the South Africa race we will have a reporter from ESPN doing a report on our team and how we operate on and off the track. So please be courteous to them. Dismissed, go relax.

The drivers broke up and headed to their bunks. A half hour later, Andrew and Ichigo were on their stomachs in their boxers on Andrew's bed as their girlfriends messaged their back.

"(Groan) Damn I got messed up more than I thought. Ow." Ichigo groaned. Orihime in her pink underwear giggled. "Well I guess you deserved it because you scared me to death." She softly rubbed his back and Ichigo just laid down and sighed. Next to him Andrew looked content.

"Good lord I needed this. Thanks Tatsuki." Andrew said sighing and then hissing as Tatsuki found a knot.

"You've been under a lot of stress lately, I'm glad to help." The black haired girl said. She was in a black pair of underwear.

After about an hour of the girls massaging, they switched positions and the girls were at the tender mercies of their boyfriends. Not even caring they were nude, the girls moaned and panted as their muscles were loosened up. It was a good thing they were laying on towels because the pleasure they felt made them orgasm. It took all of the boys self-control to not take them there. After another hour, the two reporters were left feeling boneless and their eyes were glazed over in pleasure. The boys walked out to get some water before they went to bed.

Orihime looked over at Tatsuki who looked to be a state of euphoria. "Tatsuki…chan~~" She moaned out.

"Hime." She said with a bright smile.

"Can you feel anything?" She asked. The girl's limbs were thrown about haphazardly and could barely even move them.

"No…and I like it." She replied.

"Me too." Orihime said giggling which Tatsuki returned. After calming down, there was a comfortable silence.

"Tatsuki?"

"Hm?"

"Have you ever thought about kids?"

The karate girl thought about it. "Yeah, I mean we are a little young and we might be in danger at the moment. But yeah, I would love kids."

Orihime hummed. "Yeah, me too. We can raise them together. Oh…our kids could get married and we would be related.

Tatsuki would have shaken her head if she could. She pushed up much to her bodies protest and fell back onto the bed closing up her legs and struggling to put her underwear on. "If you told me that I was going to fall in love and suddenly think about being a mother to someone's kids I would chalk it up to your delusions."

Orihime pushed back up and joined her friend in the same position. "I think we would be great mothers." The princess searched for her friends hand and closed around it. "We have two great guys, they have the means to take care of us and we are treated like princesses. What more could we want?"

Tatsuki thought about it. "I guess nothing. Its funny I've had dreams where I'm pregnant and also playing with kids. Guess I should be thinking about that future."

Before Hime could respond the boys came back to the room.

"You girls tired yet. We can come back after you finished making out." Andrew said.

Tatsuki stuck her tongue out as Ichigo walked over to pick up Orihime who went completely limp and smiled brightly

"Night guys. Come on Hime its bedtime."

The two couples said their good nights and went to bed with pleasant dreams.

In the air over Russia

Aizen growled as he watched the recap show almost breaking the desk he was sitting at.

"Lap 71, a scary situation occurs when Brian McNish gets overeager in Eau Rouge and taps George Schumacher and ends up in the barrier. Schumacher cuts back across and gets T-boned by Ichigo Kurosaki and everyone behind him tried to check up and it turns into a mess. McNish ends up with a Concussion, everyone else involved is okay. Some of the drivers including Ichigo were dazed. Red flag in the air. 18 Cars retired there are 14 left after that wreck."

"Now during the red flag, the drivers were called to a meeting to discuss finishing the race. At this point Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez was in the lead and if the race was called he would have won. After a half hour, the drivers came out and they were ready to race. Grimmjow was rightfully pissed and was even more so after several pit roads mistakes dropped him to 14th. He came back to finish 3rd."

(Flashing Soi Fong's name and number)

"Soi Fong, after all of the troubles, all of the doubts, all of the questions, she dominates at one of the toughest tracks in the world. A proud moment that is increased when Andrew Michaels, who had been in a feud with her, shook her hand and raised it.

"It looks like they buried the hatchet as they were seen smiling for reporters. During the interviews both drivers spoke about the meeting.

Soi Fong: We were called to talk about continuing the race. Some drivers expressed their concerns and a couple of drivers advocated for ending the race.

Andrew: Even though I felt like I wasn't going to win, I pitched the idea to keep racing. I mean I was scared because of the wreck, it was unfortunate Ichigo got caught up in it. Anyway we took a vote among the drivers still left. I must have said something right because all but two of the drivers voted to keep racing.

Aizen scowled. He checked the social media postings on the article for the race and most concluded that it was either Grimmjow or Ulquiorra that voted against racing. Some were on Andrew's case for continuing the event but these comments lead to a social media war. In the end, it was clear the two Souske drivers were the ones that voted against the race continuing and respect for them had dropped. How had it come to this? Two years ago they were respected, atop the racing world and the business world. Now that respect had eroded through many factors, including the damn Kurosaki team. They were young, good looking, backed by one the most powerful and stable companies in the world and their girlfriends were the envy of women everywhere.

Looking at his other competitor Kuchiki, this burial of the hatchet between the two feuding drivers was going to have the press in a frenzy. Soi Fong was a tomboy that had come up through the ranks in the lower tiered drift series. Byakuya had found her while in Shanghai and earned his respect when she defended him from some thugs that want to rob him in the city. She had been put under the tutelage of Yoruichi who had been her crew chief. When the Vizard Inc. scandal broke, one of the fall outs was that Yoruichi, Kisuke and the Engine maker Tessai were also implicated. Soi Fong turned bitter when Yoruichi left thinking she had betrayed her trust for seemingly breaking the rules and developed a reputation for being a cold-hearted bitch.

Aizen chuckled. So many manipulations and so many lives in his web of lies. His musings were cut short when his phone rang.

"This is Aizen."

"We are in position. The moment the brat is born, we will strike."

"Excellent. No one knows that you are spying for me correct?"

"No. They still think I'm supporting this family. Tsk…what happened to Kuchiki? He used to be so cold so cunning. Looking at him now, he's a whipped ma. He's head over heels for his wife and soon to be born child. It's sickening, and we need him out of the way."

"Hence why you came to me. The moment you have control, you will sell the majority stake to me and then Kurosaki will be the only one left to oppose us."

"I know. The team will move in on Saturday, the board and I will move in on Sunday. You will have control on Monday.

"See that you do. Good luck."

Aizen hung up and smirked. "All according to plan.

Road to Nagano, Thursday September 1st

Andrew was groggily opening his eyes. He was in the back seat of his Mustang. He was laying on Tatsuki's lap, said girl was also sleeping though it looked like she was waking up soon. Looking at the driver's seat, he saw Ichigo driving silently. They had been driving for several hours, Ichigo taking over a couple of hours ago.

"How close are we?" Andrew said sitting up.

Ichigo looked behind him. "A few minutes we just got off the exit."

Andrew nodded and watched as their girlfriends waking up. Looking behind them, they saw the three cars that contained the people coming with them, Ichigo's family, Chad and Uryuu and their crew chiefs, Uryuu's father and Chad and Uryuu's girlfriends. After a couple minutes Ichigo spotted a familiar red hair.

Slowing down and pulling over, Ichigo stepped out of the vehicle. "Renji you hear to escort us?"

"Yeah! It's hard to see the entrance. Come on it's another couple of miles up the mountain." Renji said getting in his car. The visitors turned down the road and followed the Nissan Z.

Going up the winding road, the two couples were amazed at the amount of nature that was alongside them. Getting to an area with an unobstructed view, they gasped at the view in the mountains. In their minds It must have cost a fortune to afford a view like this. The continued to climb the mountain and eventually reached where the house was. It was a good 4,000 feet above sea level but the mansion looked immaculate. It sat on two acres of mountain with the buildings built into the mountain to avoid spoiling the view. They parked and got of the cars.

"Wow, it's like the emperor's palace. It's amazing." Orihime said gushing and spinning around soaking in the atmosphere."

Renji grinned. "The Kuchiki family built this generations ago. In the last ten years its been modernized with all the latest technology to keep the Kuchiki family safe. No one is going to get through unless they were told all the security clearance."

Servants had come to take their bags and walked up to the entrance where Byakuya, Hisanna and Rukia were standing in their kimonos while Kira, Ikkaku and Soi Fong were there in casual clothes. In Hisanna's case it was quite noticeable she was pregnant.

They bowed, or nodded their head in Hisanna's case. "Welcome Kurosaki-Ishida team and family. We welcome to Chizakura no Oka, the Hill of Ten Thousand Cherry Blossoms. You are our guests and we expect you to act courteously as a result. You may use our staff as your own. They will show you to your rooms. Please enjoy yourselves." Byakuya said as their guests bowed and followed their servants to their quarters.

In Ichigo and Orihime's room, Orihime ran to the window and was star struck at the view. Ichigo chuckled at her enthusiasm.

In their room, Andrew happened to spy a computer in his room. "Maybe I can do some recording here."

"Did you bring your system?" Tatsuki asked.

"Nope, but I do have an online account for another game. I might do a live stream of it."

This intrigued Tatsuki, a live stream of one of his games could be fun to see.

In the other rooms, the drivers and the families were getting settled in. Two hours later, the group was gasped at the feast laid out for them.

"Please enjoy. Afterwards, the Hot springs will be open for you." Rukia said as they dug in. The moans of delight made the chefs who brought out the food smile as they discussed mundane topics.

An hour later in one of the springs we find the two couples relaxing. Orihime was on Ichigo's chest, her eyes closed in bliss. Tatsuki was on Andrew's shoulder and lazily twirling the water.

"This is a nice place they've got here. So nostalgic, and historic." Andrew said.

Ichigo hummed. "Yeah, Kuchiki was always a bit more traditional than the Kurosaki. But its nice to see them modernize a bit."

Orihime raised her head. "You know, eight months ago, we were living paycheck to paycheck. We were assistants in Nat Geo and we were sent to cover you guys. We didn't think we would be more than friends. Now." Orihime stretched her arms out not even caring who was looking. She gently laid back into Ichigo's arms. "Now, we have two great boyfriends, we've seen the world and then some, and." Orihime blushed. "Well, I think we got it good Tatsuki."

"Its not something I like to admit. But it felt great." She said sighing "You know me and Hime were talking about kids and the future. It would be nice if our kids could be raised together.

Ichigo grinned. "I think we can make it happen. It's not like we can't afford to take care of you two."

Tatsuki mocked glare. "We aren't, well I'm not going to be a housewife I want to make my own salary." She then relaxed. "But whatever happens, happens."

A couple of minutes passed before the sliding door that led to this particular spring opened. In came Renji and Rukia in their towels.

"Hey guys you got room for two more?" Renji said.

Ichigo waved his arm and motioned them. Renji just jumped in with a whoop and splashed everyone. Rukia being the more composed person gently slid in and swam over to where Renji sat and leaned into his chest.

"So Ichigo…how's life been? You got yourself a cutie there. Shame I have Rukia I could have-OOMPH." Rukia predictably hit him in the stomach.

Ichigo shrugged. "Life's good. How about you and Rukia?"

"I tell ya, she can either be a sexy devil or an innocent bunny." Renji said with Rukia having a superior smirk.

"How long have you guys been dating?" Tatsuki asked.

"Dating?" Rukia looked up in thought. "At least…a year now. I was not really something I was looking for after…Kaien died."

Ichigo looked at the others. "Rukia was my girlfriend up until shortly after I turned 18. She put on a brave front for me after Kaien died. But she could not really keep it going and asked to break it off."

"Ichigo has remained a good friend of mine. But Renji has been a rock for me for a while and it took a lot of courage for him to ask Nii-san to date me."

"That was what was holding me back, I didn't know what her brother would do." Renji said. "Now I have this beautiful girl that has a brother that wants to castrate me."

Orihime had a thoughtful expression on her face. "Speaking of your brother, is Hisanna due soon?"

Rukia nodded. "She's due next week but she could pop anytime."

"I wonder if that's why dad came here. He wants a doctor he can trust to handle the delivery." Ichigo said thoughtfully.

"Meh…who cares. When the baby's born its born. We'll definitely be here to see I can feel it." Andrew looked at his phone on the rocks. "If you'll excuse me, I am going to get out. I have something to set up for tomorrow or Saturday."

"What exactly are you going to be doing?" Rukia asked.

"If I can set it up a live stream of me playing some games. Based on where my core audience is I might have to do it in the morning." Andrew said wrapping the towel and walking to get dressed in a spa robe. Tatsuki got out as well and followed her boyfriend to their room.

Two days later, 9AM Saturday Japan time, 8PM US Eastern Time Friday. (For those who play StarCraft II apologize if I butcher anything)

Andrew had set up his equipment to record and broadcast his gaming. It took some tinkering but with some help from Tatsuki, he had set it up correctly. Tatsuki had taken his computer and set it up to his channel to watch him play.

Taking a deep breath, he turned on the camera.

"Good Morning, good afternoon, good evening to everyone who took their time to watch this channel. I am Andrew Michaels, Grand Prix driver, and veteran gamer. Today instead of trying to be the king of racing, I am aim to try to get to Master on StarCraft 2. Now it is 9AM in Japan, most of my fans are on the east coast of the U.S so this is the best time to do it. I just had a wonderful breakfast and I feel energized. Chat is blowing up telling me to move and we shall. Our first opponent is up and here we go. Looks like…Protoss. At Cactus Valley. Okay not the best map for my style of play. I play Terran but I don't do well Microing which with the multiple paths is not good, but I will deal with it."

Tatsuki noticed a subtle shift in Andrew almost like he was racing. Watching his hands, they became a blur as the game picked up. Watching the other opponent, they were clearly trying something related to air power as Andrew played to counter them. A lot of the terms went over her head, hopefully he would be able to explain it.

"Okay let us see what he's got in the main base. Scanning…Oh boy. That." He clicked an orb like structure. "That is a fleet beacon. That can only mean either a Mothership or Carrier both of which can devastate my army. I don't have a lot of marines I focused on a lot of tech which is not something you should do at this level vs. Protoss. What to do?" He asked himself. "Well…I think we need to put some deception in. Other than Thors, the only anti-air unit that could handle this would be Cyclones…but they need the upgrade from a Fusion Core." He clicked around and he could be seen smiling. "Well, I forgot I put the core in to transition to battlecrusiers but put it in a mining base to avoid it getting spotted."

A tense few seconds passed as he hurriedly sped up the production of Marines and also other units. His opponent seemingly overconfident pushed forward in attempt to crush him. At the last second the upgrade kicked in and the carriers were decimated. With so many resources spent, the opposing player surrendered.

"And that's GG at 18 minutes 22 seconds. He must be a new Platinum player. Carriers do not work real well past Gold. They are like real world carriers, they can't attack directly, hence the interceptors. Terrans don't have a lot of Anti-air but they can do some great damage. I'm going to take a break, talk with my audience and then go back in."

Andrew removed his headset and sighed.

"How do you work that fast?" Tatsuki asked amazed.

"Lots and lots of practice. My fastest is about 200 Actions Per Minutes, Pros can go double that."

Tatsuki nodded and leaned back on the bed. A few moments later, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

The door opened to revel Soi Fong of all people walking in. Her hair was out of her braids and she was dressed quite casually in a sleeping kimono.
"Soi Fong? What's up?" Tatsuki asked.

"Apologies for intruding, I actually have the room next to you. I heard you talking and I came to see it for myself."

"Sorry about that, when I get excited about playing it gets loud." Andrew said rubbing his head.

Soi Fong walked over to the bed. "I see." She said as she sat down.

"Something you want to say?" Tatsuki asked looking at the woman, who seemingly lost all of her arrogance from earlier this year.

"I…I've done some thinking over the past couple of months. I got yelled at by Kuchiki-sama after I nearly lost my temper at an event we attended. I've realized that…this personality was not me." She said looking down. "Yourichi's betrayal hurt me a lot. And I guess it was a defense mechanism."

"Did you ever confront her?" Andrew asked.

"Yes last night, and after several hours, I came to realize, it might not have been her fault and I apologized for my actions."

Soi Fong looked up at Andrew. "That's not the only thing. I want to apologize for my behavior to you this year. It is not productive to our team's friendships."

Andrew waved it off. "Soi, its fine. Quite honestly I forgot about some of it. But I thank you for apologizing."

The shorter girl smiled. "Thanks and its Shaolin."

Andrew nodded and then turned around to play again. "Alright I'm back, sorry about that. Talking with my girlfriend who's watching along with another one of our friends. Not often a gamer gets two pretty girls in the same room watching him play."

This actually got the shorter driver to blush. Tatsuki shook her head. Andrew was a gentlemen through and through. She motioned Shaolin to watch the computer as Andrew started to play again.

"How many people are watching at the moment?" Andrew asked.

"Uh…20,000."

"Not bad. Its still early over there. So let's see who else we can beat."

Watching the screen he widened his eyes at the tag.

"Shoutcraft? That's freaking Totalbiscuit. "

When the game started up he went straight to the messenger.

Andrew: TB? You there?

TB: Who is this?

Andrew: Its Andrew. My tag is Osprey.

TB: Andrew? That you? Wow!

Andrew: Yeah. I'm streaming from a vacation home. You streaming?"

TB: Yeah, my chat is blowing up. Gl Hf

Andrew: Gl Hf

What followed was twenty minutes of laughs, curses and outright destruction that came down to a well-timed Nuke strike from Andrew in one of the outlying bases resulting in a GG from TB.

TB: Great game, good luck in the next race.

Andrew: Thanks.

Andrew took another small break and turned to see Shaolin snuggled up to with Tatsuki.

"Am I interrupting something or is Tatsuki cheating on Orihime?"

The two girls blushed and reluctantly backed away from each other.

"Sorry, I am Bisexual, something Yoruichi helped me explore. I can't help it." Shaolin said.

"Nothing to be ashamed about." Andrew said with a shrug. "Tatsuki is Bi-curious same with Orihime. Morally never saw the deal with the negative LGBT commentary. As a hormonally charged guy I think girl on girl is hot. Just don't steal Tatsuki and we're good."

Shaolin was stunned. Someone who actually accepted her orientation? It was a shame he was with someone, though looking at the karate girl, she could definitely see how he fell for her.

After another couple of hours, it was nearly lunchtime. Shaolin had switched to her normal attire of a black sleeveless top and black pants. Andrew was about to play another game when they heard a commotion.

"Andrew, Tatsuki! You in there?" Ichigo's voice called out.

Andrew told the chat to hold on and turned to Ichigo who was out of breath.

"Hisanna has gone into labor. She's be in labor for the last four hours but she didn't know until a few minutes ago."

Andrew immediately turned to his broadcast. "Sorry folks. Uh… something big came up. I am not hurt, someone close to me just went into labor and I need to be there to help out. This has been Andrew Michaels, gamer tag GarnetOsprey. I hope you guys enjoy the cast. I hope you guys watch the rest of the season, next race is Monza on September 11th. Next time I cast might be after that race keep in touch with social media on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Thanks for watching and see ya later." He immediately stopped recording.

They immediately followed Ichigo to what looked like the Master bedroom. They spotted Byakuya pacing outside the room with the other drivers, Rukia and the twins.

"Kuchiki-san what are you doing out here?"

The crew chief looked up. "Sorry, I was panicking and fussing over Hisanna so much, Isshin sent me out."

Rukia who picked up a couple of toys for the newborn, looked at her brother-in-law with a sympathetic look. "I'm sure you meant well, Nii-san. But Kurosaki-san, Ishida-san and Isane-san are trained doctors. They just don't want anything to happen to Nee-chan."

At the moment, Isshin stepped out. "She's relaxed now, she's about 6cm dilated. At that rate she might be ready to push in a couple of hours."

Isshin looked at the younger man. "I know that look, Byakuya. I was in the same position when Ichigo and the twins were born. Same with Ryuken when Uryuu was born. She's in good hands."

Byakuya nodded and sat down to think.

Hours passed and it was around 3 o clock. The twins were playing cards with Rukia. Orihime and Tatsuki were filming some of the mansion. Ichigo was listening to music. Chad was sleeping, while Uyruu was reading a book. Andrew went and grabbed his DS and was plugged in the wall.

Shaolin had settled next to Andrew and was watching him play a popular RPG, winning another battle.

"I never understood what the big deal is with video games. I like to think they are a waste of time."

"Well, to you they may be a waste of time but for me it's an escape and if I wasn't racing I would try to be a pro gamer."

"True. But the more I watch, the more interesting they become." She said as she leaned in close to watch.

Tatsuki returned to see this and snorted and sat next to him, glaring at the driver. "I know what your doing, please stop." Tatsuki said.

"Sorry, I am trying to figure out how a guy like him became a driver. And it's quite nice. But I know your both taken. Though I will admit." The ninja said feeling him up. "You two are quite the catch." She purred getting Tatsuki to blush. "Ladies as much as I would like to see a catfight, please be respectful. Shaolin, I'm taken. Tatsuki, I look but don't touch."

The two girl scoffed and just leaned into him. Andrew sighed. "How the heck did I get into this situation?"

Orihime seeing this giggled. "I think it's cute. Just be gentle with her Soi Fong."

This caused the three to sputter and blush. They were cut off when Isshin hurriedly ran out.

"Byakuya if you want to watch now's the time. She fully dilated and she's ready to push." Isshin said running into the room.

Byakuya gulped. At the moment, he didn't look like the CEO of one of the largest companies of the world. He looked like a high schooler getting ready to take his pretty date to the dance. He followed Isshin into the room to see Hisanna in pain.

"Bya-koi…(Moan) I'm glad you're here."

"My apologies for earlier, Hisanna."

"Its…Fine." She panted. "Your trying to be…a dad." Hisanna said pained.

"Alright Hisanna, on the next contraction, I want you to push as hard as you can." Isshin said. "Isane change the water please."

The nurse nodded and ran out the door. Hisanna winced and moaned indicating another contraction.

"Alright push!"

Hisanna wailed as she pushed her hardest. She let up and started panted. Byakuya reached over to grab her hand. On the next push, she nearly crushed his hand. Isshin laughed and Ryuken grinned.

"I know that look. Alright I can almost see the head, Hisanna. One last big push, come on!"

Hisanna screamed as she pushed with all her might. A few tense moments later and a wail of a newborn was heard.

"Congratulations, it is a very beautiful baby girl." Isshin said as he handed it off to Isane to clean up.

Hisanna was struggling to catch her breath, but she was smiling and shedding happy tears.

"Bya-koi. It's a girl…it's a girl." She said happily.

Byakuya smiled in happy tears himself, shattering the normal cold façade he had.

"Why don't you go tell everyone, while we clean up your wife?" Ryuken suggested.

Byakuya nodded and walked out the room. Upon seeing everyone looking at him, he smiled.

"It's a girl." The group cheered and started congratulating the new father. After a few moments, Byakuya was allowed back in with Rukia who brought the stuffed bear and rabbit she bought for the newborn.

"Nee-chan? Are you alright?"

Hisanna looked up from watching her daughter. "Yes. Rukia, say hello to your niece."

Rukia practically squealed as she looked at the tiny girl. "What's her name?"

Hisanna looked to Byakuya and then at their daughter. "Sayuri. Sayuri Kuchiki."

"Little Lilly?" Byakuya thought about it. "A beautiful name."

Rukia placed the animals down and just admired her niece. Hisanna gently handed Sayuri to Rukia who cradled her.

"She's going to be so beautiful when she grows up. Nee-chan was beautiful even at in high school, and Nii-sama has those refined regal features. She's going to be a princess through and through. Her aunt is going to spoil her, yes she is." She said in a baby voice.

After Rukia handed Sayuri to Hisanna she left and then Ichigo, Orihime, Andrew and Tatsuki walked in. Immediately, Orihime squealed over the beautiful baby.

"Kawaii. Kuchiki-san, and Kuchiki-chan make a beautiful child. Hi there Sayuri-chan."

Ichigo smiled and then in his vision, Hisanna was replaced with Orihime holding their own daughter.

"You see the same thing I did?" Andrew asked.

"Yeah it was a daughter. You?" Ichigo asked.

"It was a son." Andrew said sighing as they watched Orihime cradle Sayuri and Tatsuki playing with her nose.

"Would you like to hold her?" Orihime asked Ichigo. Ichigo sputtered and gently took the baby girl.

Ichigo held her and he looked to be in a different world as he held her.

"You look natural like that." Tatsuki said with a smile.

"I did this with Yuzu and Karin when I was younger." Ichigo said as he handed the baby off to Andrew.

"Good lord, Mr. Kuchiki, your daughter is going to be a heartbreaker when she grows up."

Byakuya choked at the thought. "She's not dating till she's thirty."

This got everyone in the room to laugh. The baby started to yawn which was the cue for everyone to leave to let Hisanna and the baby rest.

Once the excitement had died down, they all went to grab something to eat, the air full of positive energy after the birth.

Two hours later, Andrew was watching the sun set and also observing the stars that were popping out.

"Hey Andrew. What's up" The autistic boy looked to see his girlfriend in a tank top and shorts. Evidently she had taken a shower.

"Hey Tatsuki, just watching the sunset and the stars coming out. You don't get the visibility here, you do in Karakura or even where I live. I can probably see some fainter stars tonight." He said and then patted the ground next to him. For the next hour, Andrew pointed some of the stars out, including the stars used in Orihime's favorite legend. Their time together was interrupted by Shaolin who walked out.

"Hello you two." Shaolin said sitting down. "What are you two doing?"

"Just watching the stars." Andrew said.

"I see. I guess growing up I didn't learn as much as I would like. I have been learning to be a normal woman again. It's been tough."

Tatsuki sighed. "You'll bounce back. I can tell. You have that drive to succeed. I think that translated to the track."

Shaolin nodded and went around and sat on the other side of Tatsuki confusing her. The shorter girl hugged her. "Can I ask what you do to get this? Your body is so amazing." Shaolin whispered in her ear. She moved her arms up to reach under her top getting her Tatsuki to moan. "I'm all for sharing if you are." She asked.

Tatsuki moaned. "No…I'm loyal to Andrew."

She sighed. "You are surprisingly headstrong." She let go and turned to Andrew. "My apologies I was never trying to snipe you or Tatsuki from you."

Andrew shook his head. "It's fine. Though Tatsuki, you were not trying to push her away."

Tatsuki caught her breath. "I've…never really said stop to anyone touching me there." She recovered enough to see her head on Andrew's lap and her long bare legs were across Shaolin's lap. For some reason, she felt like she was heaven like this.

Before anyone could comment, they heard something in the bushes. Immediately, they separated themselves.

"What was that?" Andrew asked.

"I don't know. There aren't a lot of animals up here, mostly foxes and birds." Shaolin said.

Before they could think, they heard voices coming from the woods. The threesome stood up and Shaolin immediately picked up the phone and called Byakuya.

"Shaolin, what's going on?"

"We might have intruders coming in."

"Roger, we will move to lock down."

"We need to move inside. There might be more. All the Kuchiki members are trained in martial arts. Come on!" Shaolin said.

In the master bedroom, Byakuya ordered a couple of servants to get the Kurosaki team and his wife into a panic room.

"Bya-koi?" Hisanna asked blearily.

"There is a security risk. Take Sayuri and go to the panic room. Most of the Kurosaki team is on its way."

Hisanna nodded and gently picked up their daughter and followed her husband. Minutes later they were at the armored door with their guests at the door.

"Alright, Hisanna please enter the room."

"Yuzu, Karin stay with me." Isshin said.

"Orihime, it will be safer for you to stay here." Ichigo said to the princess.

Orihime's eyes widened. "No I want to stay with you."

"Hime this is not a room for an argument." Ichigo pleaded. "Isane and Nemu are already in there. Besides I don't know where Andrew or Tatsuki are."

Orihime looked ready to cry. "Just…promise me you will all come back alive."

Ichigo nodded. "Promise." Orihime stepped through the door and it began closing sealing off the room.

The remaining drivers looked at each other and nodded as Byakuya pulled out a sword. It was a 3 foot blade with a white handle and square pommel.

"Let us show why this hill has never been taken." Byakuya said with a voice that could freeze a volcano. "Toshiro you there?" He said to a radio in his ear

"Loud and clear, it looks like a small battalion. They currently have the lower floor secured and it appears they are heading upstairs."

"Roger, where's Shaolin, Michaels and Arisawa?"

"West side of the manor, about to run into three of them.
"Roger keep us informed." Byakuya handed the drivers their earbuds. "Stay in contact."

"Right!"

Meanwhile, the group of three was approaching one of the guest rooms.

"Hold up." Shaolin said. She peered around the corner and spotted three armored thugs. She leaned back. "Do you guys know how to fight?"

"Third degree black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Karate. I think we can take them."

Shaolin nodded and the three quietly snuck around to the intruders. Once they were turned around, all three struck. Andrew speared on of them and punched the guy in the back of the head. Tatsuki roundhouse kicked the second. Shaolin used a hurricarana to knock the third into the wall and then Andrew suplexed him.

The three quietly moved to the next room. Upon hear more footsteps, Andrew held up a finger to be quiet. On his mark the spun around the corner and grabbed the people approaching and slammed them against the wall. Only to widen their eyes when they say Ichigo and Byakuya.

"Ichigo? Damn it man you nearly gave us a heart attack."

"Byakuya-sama!? My apologies."

Byakuya relaxed. "It is fine, Shaolin. But I want to know how these men knew where this house was?"

The owner turned to Andrew who looked shocked. "Are you saying someone tracked my broadcast?"

"It is certainly possible. We've had hacks before." Byakuya said.

"Okay first off, if someone were to hack that broadcast, Twitch the service I used would have notified me and multiple people would have possibly noticed. Second, I carefully did not use any locations or names in my broadcast and I haven't said anything to bring attention to me." Andrew said defensively.

"No, with that logic, you could not have possibly revealed it. You did not even know about this place until recently."

"And I was asleep most of the way, I don't even know which exit to take."

This left the defenders with sometime to think. Ichigo widened his eyes. "Byakuya, other than those in the house, who else would know about this place?"

"Other than those here and the division heads, which are accounted for…the only people that would know…would be the Board." Byakuya widened his eyes. "They only know because they need to know in case of emergency."

"Are you saying someone on the board hired these people?" Tatsuki asked.

"Or used the security Byakuya-sama had hired. Kuchiki and Kurosaki aren't military contractors like Souske but we hire ex-military to protect our assets." Shaolin explained.

"Regardless, we are going to remove these parasites from our residence."

"Kuchiki-sama come in."

"Go ahead Toshiro."

"Half of the intruders have been removed. The remaining half have split into two groups. They are trying to access the panic room."

"Where are they going?"

"Some of them are heading your way. Get to cover."

They immediately did so and soon a group of ten soldiers came down the hallway.

"Tch…we haven't even found the safe room. Or that pompous Kuchiki." One of men said.

"Suck it up. Once we secure him, we'll be living on easy street with the amount of money these board members promised us." Another man, the apparent leader said. They walked by where Andrew and Tatsuki were hiding and they jumped the two lagging behind, getting them into choke holds. The other eight turned but were then jumped by the others that were hiding. While the armor kept them from being shot at, they were not equipped to deal with the faster and more athletic fighters. Soon enough only the leader remained against Byakuya. The leader brought out a knife and charged at Byakuya who just leaned out of the way and cut the hand off with his sword.

"AGHHHH—Omph!" The leader shouted before Shaolin, knocked the guy out.

"Hmph...if your prepared to use a blade you should not be fighting with it." Byakuya said sheathing his blade. He phoned Toshiro. "What's the status?"

"All intruders accounted for and knocked out. No injuries reported.
Byakuya smiled. "Good. We are moving the prisoners to the main dining hall." He said as the unconscious bodies.

In the panic room, Orihime was praying hard and rocking back and forth. Isane eventually got her to calm down.

"Orihime, please calm down."

Orihime looked up with tears in her eyes. "I'm just so worried about them, these men could have guns, and they could be hurt. Or worse."

Isshin grabbed the suffering girl. "Inoue-chan. Please relax. Look at Sayuri."

Orihime looked at the not even ten hour newborn. The baby girl was whimpering at the commotion. "If your not strong for her, she's going to panic and cry. Don't forget we all have someone out there."

Orihime nodded. After a few moments there was a knock on the door. Everyone tensed as the door was unlocked and slowly opened because of the weight of the door. Orihime's heart beat raced as the door was opened to reveal Byakuya.

"Its alright now, the house is secure." He said.

The occupants smiled and started walking out of the door. The twins immediately went to their brother who were crying in belief. After hugging them for a few moments, Ichigo let them go and turned to Orihime. She started sniffling and leapt into his arms and bawled her eyes out. She opened her eyes briefly and saw her other friends watching them. As quick as a whip, she grabbed the two and pulled them into her surprisingly strong hug. Andrew and Tatsuki were surprised at the quickness, but nonetheless accepted the hug.

Once they had reunited with their loved ones, they returned to the hall where they had dumped the bodies. They were going to interrogate the leaders of this attack and then call the authorities.

Renji and Ikkaku grabbed one of the least injured intruders and hauled him in front of Byakuya. They dumped a glass of water on him, causing him to sputter. When he recovered, he gulped. Not only was Kuchiki here, but Kurosaki was here as well. This was not going to end well for anyone that was involved in this operation. Looking around he saw that the drivers and the core crew of both teams were here. If he was going to get out alive, he better think of something good.

"Now then, I am aware that you intruding on my home. Your friends are facing at the minimum twenty years to life. If you cooperate, we might ask for leniency."

"I'll tell you anything, just please don't kill me."

Andrew rolled his eyes. Too easy in his mind. "Kuchiki-san check their mouths for a false tooth."

At the questioning looks, Andrew explained. "They normally would have a cyanide pill to prevent questioning."

Byakuya motioned his staff to check them. And lo and behold most of them had that pill and they crushed it. Now the man was scared, with the suicide option out, he spilled everything including confirming that it was his board that put them up to this and revealing they were coming tomorrow to force the leadership change.

After knocking him out, Isshin turned to Byakuya. "So what are we going to do, they can easily trap us and make people believe we held them hostage."

Andrew kneeled down and looked at the men. "I have an idea, but Kuchiki-san, your going to have to trust me, same with you Isshin.

Next Day about 1:00 PM

Sasuke Yamada was grinning. He knew that today he and the other members of the board would finally take the reins of Kuchiki Industries. The company had been in business for years, and he was a member of the board when Ginrei, Byakuya's grandfather was in charge. What had set the younger man against the board was the fact he did not want to merge with Souske. Despite the numerous pleads, Byakuya steadfastly refused to work with him. On top of that, he started funding a race team. Sasuke never saw the appeal of racing, but Byakuya, with his grandfather's blessing, formed the team at age 19. Now at age 32. Byakuya had seemingly become one of the best teams in the Grand Prix and that made his skin crawl that something so mundane mad him successful.

But the worse thing in his eyes, what really made his skin crawl, was the marriage to Hisanna. Now he would be stupid to not notice her and her sister's beauty. But she was a commoner, a woman he took off the street when he happened to run into her in a café. That café worker turned into a maid, then a confidant, then girlfriend, then wife and now a soon to be mother.

'No matter. Threaten the unborn child and he will crumble like a house of cards.

He climbed the hill, unaware of those watching him drive up sending a message up to the house.

Parking his car he noticed some other cars. Shaking his head he walking up to see one of his hired thugs approach him.

"Kuchiki-sama is in the dining room. We also have some extra presents for you."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he followed his man to the room. Upon seeing who was there, he looked like Christmas came early. Not only was Byakuya and Hisanna there, but so was Isshin and two of his children. All guarded

"So the great Byakuya-sama. Bound and on his knees. And Isshin Kurosaki and his children are here. Shame your son isn't here, he would probably be begging to keep you three safe.

Unseen by the board member one of the guards near Isshin growled under the helmet. The one next to him stepped on his foot to calm him down.

Byakuya was calm as he could be given the circumstances. "I feel that we could have talked like civilized people instead of trying to take my family hostage."

"Family…Oh so your kid was born. So nice to see a dirty blooded child." Sasuke sneered.

Byakuya was still emotionless, but those that could read him saw he was getting mad. "And what purpose does taking my family hostage accomplish?"

Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "Simple, you've gone soft thanks to that bitch and the fact you sank millions into this stupid race team. No matter, once this company signed over to me, we will sell it Souske and we will be living on the sale for generations to come, while you get to live in poverty at my feet."

Sasuke then turned to Isshin. "And what fortuitous luck. We can get both of your companies in fell swoop. I don't think we need to do anything more than threaten your children and you'll crumble like a house of cards."

Isshin glared. "You've got another thing coming, I will not negotiate with terrorists especially with someone looking to work with Souske."

Sasuke shook his head and turned to the Kuchiki head. "A pity so what's it going to be?"

Byakuya crossed his arms. "I have said it before. My family and my company are my life. If you continue down this path, you will lose everything."

Sasuke lost it. "Do you honestly think you can order me around!? Men! Kill his wife and the brat first! Then kill the girls!"

The room was silent. Sasuke blinked and looked at his hired men. "What are you waiting for? Kill them Now!"

Then he heard laughter. He turned and saw it was Byakuya that was laughing, a rare sight for the stoic man.

"I don't think they will listen to you." He said as he stood up and brought his now apparent unbound arms to his side.

Sasuke started to panic. "What are you all doing? Shoot them!" He watched as those on the floor stood up.

"Why don't you look under the masks?" Isshin said as the masked men took off their masks revealing the drivers and the various crew members. Out of a side room, those not participating walked out as well as a couple of police officers.

"Sasuke Yamada, you are under arrest for corporate espionage, attempted murder, illegal transactions, insider training and other charges."

Sasuke stepped back. "What…Are you nuts? Kuchiki-sama set me up. He was going to kill me!"

Ichigo held up a recorder and shook it. "We've been recording your conversation. Plus this mansion is wired for cameras."

Sasuke's body shook as the officer walked to handcuff him. Without warning, he punched the officer to the floor and took his handgun to aim at Byakuya.

BANG

The room stiffened at the sound. Sasuke screamed as he fell to the ground clutching his shoulder. Everyone turned to see Andrew holding the gun.

"Try to hurt my family again, I will put a bullet through your head." Andrew said throwing the gun away.

The second officer tackled the former executive down to the floor. After some medical attention he was hauled away and the officers assured Andrew he would not get in trouble.

Byakuya turned to Andrew. "You did the right thing, Michaels, no Andrew-san. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you. You may be part of the Kurosaki family. But consider yourself an honorary member of the Kuchiki clan as well."

Andrew nodded. "I did…I did what was right. It was instinct."

A giggling was heard and Hisanna looked at Sayuri. "You are a brave girl. You'll have lots of protectors, yes you will."

Isshin laughed. "Just give her room to grow and you will be fine."

After the excitement of the invasion, everyone eventually calmed down and moved to handle what happened in their own way.

Hours later, Andrew was sitting on his bed hunched over. Tatsuki came out of the bathroom and noticed his mood.

"Andrew, what's wrong?" She asked concerned.

"Am I good person?" Andrew asked.

"What? Where did this line of questioning come from? Your one of the best people I know."

Andrew looked outside. "You want to know how close I was to doing what I said. Two inches. I somehow had enough willpower to not kill him."

Tatsuki just crawled on the bed and hugged him as he covered his face.

"I didn't ask for this. I signed onto be a racer. Not be a part of politics, not trying to save people. All I wanted was to travel the world and now people are going to kill us!" Andrew said as he started to cry. "Now I can't get it out of my head. I can't get the other possibilities out of my head. What if they were going to shoot you…Ichigo, the twins…" He said as he finally broke down.

Tatsuki honestly did not know what to do. She wasn't as emotionally driven as Orihime. She just leaned back and held him to her chest as he hiccupped and cried.

Ichigo and Orihime stopped by to say good night but when they saw the normally cheerful Andrew crying they walked over and sat on the bed. Orihime hugged him and Ichigo rubbed his back.

A few minutes later there was a knock on the sliding door. Ichigo went and answered it revealing Soi Fong in her sleeping kimono.

"Oh Kurosaki-san. Sorry is Andrew in I wanted to say good night?"

Ichigo looked back to the bed and then at the diminutive driver. "Yeah, he's just…shaken up from earlier. He hides his emotions well."

Shaolin said nothing and walked quietly to the bed. Orihime had just climbed out of the bed and walking back over to Ichigo. Andrew was clearly out of it as Shaolin approached.

"Andrew…I know I am not the most expressive person on the planet. But you should know you did the right thing. And I thank you for protecting all of us."

Tatsuki watched as Shaolin lifted up the blanket. "Just for tonight. Because he needs it alright?"

Shaolin nodded and both girls snuggled into him, hoping to ease what was going on in his brain.

Will this situation affect his driving skills? Will the fact that despite the failure of home invasion, result in a win in the long run for Souske? Find out as the Grand Prix heads to Italy and begin the countdown for the end of the season.

END OF CHAPTER

UO: Geez that took slightly longer then I wanted but its out and I hope you like it.

Tracks:

Autodromo Nazionale Monza: Monza is one of the oldest tracks in the world, up there with Spa, Nuremburg, and Le Mans. It has undergone multiple iterations, including a version with an oval track. In its current form, Juan Pablo Montoya ran an unofficial time of 1:19.525 with an average of 162MPH. They are capable of staying in their max speed for the majority of the lap and can reach near 225 MPH. In this story they will be near those speeds without a restrictor plate.

Preview: As the drivers head to Monza, Uryuu and Chad are out to prove they belong with the Kurosaki team. Andrew is still shaken up and might need some divine intervention to help him recover. Aizen continues his plans and looks to cause mayhem at high speeds. What will happen? Find out in Bleach Grand Prix

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