Sojun turned over in the bed and placed his arms around the woman next to him.

"Good Morning Beautiful", he smiled as he was trying to shake off the grogginess and effects of the drugs used to place him in a coma and to get him out of the coma. "What time is it?"

The woman tried to get out of the bed but Sojun pulled her back on his lap and gave her a passionate kiss. After the kiss they hugged. She knew Sojun was not well due to that he still had a fever. They looked in each other eyes and smiled.

"I missed you so much. I," he stopped.

"I, what," she said, "I may not come back from this mission." She started to pull away but Sojun held on to her.

"Celeste, please do not do this. Let's just have one moment. I have not seen you in over a month." He pulled her in for another kiss and hugged her.

There was a knock at the door. "Hello, I hope you two are decent," Urahara said as he unlocked the door and walked in. "I did not want to see what I saw on our last mission." They started to laugh as Urahara sat the table and pulled out a map. "How are you feeling Captain?"

Sojun smiled and nodded that he is okay. Urahara reached to feel Sojun's forehead as Sojun moved his head. "You still have that fever. Look, if you are not up to this,"

"I am up to this. Please let's continue," Sojun snapped back. He quickly composed himself. "I am sorry. I did not mean to snap at you but I am okay."

Sasakibe knocked and walked in on the meeting, "Gentlemen, I received a message from The Boss. Kyoraku is putting together a group to beat us to Kiel. If you timed it correctly, we should be near,"

"Next Stop, Kiel!" The announcement came over the speaker.

Sojun smiled. "I think we beat them but they should be in position when we start."

-#-

Gin and Kaname were going through information to get at least an idea of where Sojun and his group were. Gin looked at Kaname and asked a question.

"Kaname," Gin asked, "is Aunt Celeste part of Sojun group or is she independent? And the reason I ask because Aunt Celeste always seemed to be in the back ground or working behind the scene. The only time I saw her become emotional was when….." Gin stopped because she remembered how devastated she was when Kaname parents' died in the car accident.

Kaname looked down as he remembered that night.

Kaname was at his Aunt Celeste's home on his computer and on his cellphone with Gin and Renji as they were on their computers trying to hack their schools computer. They were racing to see who could get into their file and change their grade to a "passing grade" on their Algebra comprehension test.

Suddenly he heard his Aunt scream. Kaname ran into the living room. He saw his aunt sitting on the couch with her face in her hands crying. She kept saying 'Oh my God not them' over and over. He saw the phone on the floor and picked it up. The voice on the other of side of the phone asked who he was to Ms. Tosen.

"I am her Nephew." He knew that the news was bad by his aunt's reaction.

"Do you know her brother, Cecil Tosen and his wife, Kassey?"

Kaname swallowed and said, "They are my parents." The Officer sighed and proceeded to apologize to him and inform him that there was a car accident and both occupants died due to severe trauma. The next thing Kaname remembers is hanging up the phone and walking in his room. He picked up his cell and saw a text message from Gin and from Renji saying call us if you need us. He smiled as the tears started fall from his eyes. He remembers curling up in the bed and crying and feeling empty. When he later came back to himself, he did not hear his aunt. He walked in the room and saw her laying on the couch asleep in Sojun's arms. He signaled him over and asked him to bring two blankets. When he returned, he put one on his aunt. Sojun told him to sit next to him and he put the blanket around himself. Next thing he knew he was crying as Sojun held him also. Sojun did not leave until he felt they both were okay. After the funeral, Sojun made sure that he and his aunt had everything they needed. He had groceries delivered and he made sure that his aunt had enough money to pay for the funerals and to support him.

"Now that I think about it, this was a side that surprised me about Sojun. He helped my aunt out a lot." Kaname started to go through the information from the fob. Gin was reading the news article when Kaname did a search of Hanna and Sosuke travels to Germany. The only pattern he saw was a semiannual trips to Germany. He looked at his watch and decided to take a break. He wrote a note to himself to ask Gin later about an angle. He smiled as Ukitake walked in with lunch for him and Gin.

-#-

Celeste walked to Sojun and placed her arms around him.

"I know you are trying to take my temperature. I want you to know I am fine." Sojun was looking at the map and was trying to orient himself to the land scape. He and Celeste had come to this same motel four months ago and scope the land from the drive way to the house. There was so much land that they were able to camp at night and move around during the day without seeing another person. Urahara and Sasakibe camped on the other side of the land and made notes. When they met at the Hotel, Sojun gathered notes and told them that he would get everything together. Sojun is the one who took aerial pictures of the land. He used a drone and burner phone to do pictures and videos. No noise and hard to trace. He was able to make an overlay from previous maps and the group started to locate where they will be. Celeste's burner phone ranged. She saw the number but did not answer.

"My group is here. I am going to meet them." She started to put on her coat when Sojun reached out to her. He hugged her and whispered in her ear. The group heard him tell her that he loved her. As she opened the door, Shinji and Lisa walked in the room.

"Hey Captain," Shinji said as Celeste was walking out the door. She and Sojun both answered. Celeste continued to walk out the door. Shinji walked over to the table and made a report to the group. He told them that Aizen was at the house.

"About eleven p.m., he went out and around one a.m., he came back but he was not alone. It was a woman with him and she walked as if she was intoxicated."

Sojun looked at Shinji. "He is not alone. We need to move tonight. She may not," Sojun became dizzy and grabbed the table. Shinji grabbed and steadied him. Shinji knew that Sojun is to play a big part in this operation. Shinji went on.

"Time is ten", Shinji said as everyone looked at their watch, "T minus eleven." Shinji looked at everyone in the room. "I need for everyone to have their plan together at T minus five. I will need everyone to move and be in position at T minus three point five." Shinji walked to Sojun on the map. The distance between here and this spot is four kilometers. We are going to have to avoid him from going to this area."

Shinji looked at Sojun in the eyes. "Do not, I repeat, DO NOT GO IN THE HOUSE." He looked round and everyone looked at them. "You all know that Sojun has a habit of doing 'extra' stuff."

Sojun smiled as he sighed. Everyone knew Sojun was not one hundred percent but he was still head of this operation. Only Celeste knew how sick he was but she knew that he will push himself to finish the mission. Sojun knew that Celeste would stop it if his fever got any higher. Everyone knew Celeste is the only person Sojun will listen to.

-#-

Kyoraku closed his eyes as his group traveled to their rendezvous point. He looked at his group. Rangiku, Ikkaku, Kira and Hisagi and proceeded to speak of the plan and their rolls. Unohana was in the next vehicle behind with her medical staff. Although Byakuya was annoyed that he would not participate in this part of the operation, he was responsible for Hanna's interview. It is scheduled for the day after this mission. Kaname was not on this mission because one, he had not had enough experience with the team and two, with Rukia and Ichigo out, he is a backup for Ichigo and he is also the video and audio for Hanna's interview.

-#-

Byakuya sat in the recording room with Gin and Bigan. Kaname was also in the recording room but he was not getting into Gin and Byakuya's conversation. Bigan was on a blanket on the floor playing with her toys. Gin was looking at Kaname working with controls and checking levels as Byakuya looking to make sure lighting and no loose pieces were in the interview room. When Byakuya came back in the room, Ukitake was standing in the door.

"How is Rukia and my nephew?" Gin asked as Bigan got up and ran to his Grandpa. Ukitake picked her up in his arms and gave her kisses and hugs.

"Rukia is waiting on you and Bigan because she has all the mothering questions for you." Ukitake laughed as Bigan gave her a 'baby' laugh. "I can't believe we are going to have two babies running around here." Ukitake gave Bigan back to Gin and gave both a kiss as they left.

Byakuya walked over and gave Gin and Bigan a kiss. They were walking out the door when they passed Yumichika. They stopped so Yumichika could hold and kiss Bigan. She gave Bigan back to Gin and walked in the room.

"Yumi, thanks for coming. I need to speak with you," Ukitake said as he looked at them. Kaname was gathering his things so they could have a family discussion. "Kaname, this involves you also."

Kaname put his backpack down and sat in the other chair. He was not sitting close to them but was close enough to hear. "I do not want to interfere," he said before he was stopped by Ukitake.

Ukitake looked at them and smile. "Shunsui always told me that when he goes on a mission, make sure to tell the children that they are loved and that they will need to support one another and me," Ukitake laughed. He noticed that Kaname was a little uncomfortable.

Yumichika was holding Byakuya's hand. "Guardian, how dangerous is this mission? I mean, Ikkaku told me something. He even told me where the Will was and other important papers. I could have gone on the mission with but he stated, that wanted me to stay and help my brother and Gin." Her eyes started to water as Byakuya handed her a Kleenex. Ukitake felt Yumichika's nerves were making her lose focus.

Ukitake looked at the group and smiled. "This mission has hurt a lot of the people involved but in most of the darkness we have some bright spots, marriages, births and new members of the group. I know that the Alliance is going to put this to rest. When the group comes back, be there for them because what happens there will effect what will happen here in that interview room. I want you all to be prepared for what you will hear during the interview. The three of you will hear things that will answer a lot of questions and realize how we are all interconnected. I just want you to remember that everything that we all have done was to make sure all of you were protected. We all made a promise to that this will end and all of you will not ever have to live in fear."

Ukitake got up and walked out of the room. Byakuya stood and walked over to Kaname. He reached his hand and Kaname reciprocated the jester.

"Welcome to the Family. Never a dull moment."

They all smiled and left the room.