The moon was high in the sky when Karin finally woke up to find Tōshirō Hitsugaya sitting in a chair next to her bed, in his sleep Tōshirō heard Hyōrinmaru say, "She is awake Tōshirō!"

Tōshirō, Hyōrinmaru whispered, "I don't know that it will work but if I do it gradually"

Tōshirō's eyes snapped open as he said in a tight tenor, "You can lower her body temperature!"

"Tōshirō, her Zanpakutō is a fire Dragon, so lower her body temperature will always be slightly high just as yours is slightly low… but help her balance it yes."

"What do I need to do!" Tōshirō asks, as Hyōrinmaru told him, "Body contact would be best… skin on skin would be best but that will happen over time!"

"Lie next to her"

Sekiryu's voice was heard saying, "We are in agreement Hyōrinmaru"

Sekiryu opens-up Karin's dreamscape it is a place filled with both volcanic rock and forests. Both Tōshirō and Hyōrinmaru appear in it they see Karin on fire but not burning.

Tōshirō takes Karin by the hand and she shivers as the cooling sensation hit her skin.

"Sit with me Karin" Tōshirō, said think of cold, think of lowering your temperature!

As they Meditate Karin's dream self-vanishes and then reappears wear's a Captains white haori!

Sekiryu's well-tanned figure with dark read patches spread sporadically over her skin appear saying, "This is the part of herself Karin is just beginning to understand!"

"She will be a Captain, in time"

A little girl with white hair and Karin's eye color skips through the clearing, stopping the little girl looks at Tōshirō Hitsugaya, and says, "We not posta meet yet… bye, bye!"

The girl run's off giggling Tōshirō, looks at Hyōrinmaru, quizzically asking, "Who is she!"

"I can answer any question you ask save that one!" Hyōrinmaru's booming voice said.

In the outer-world an hour and a half has passed as Isane was checking on her patient when she notices both-of-them sleeping in the same bed thinking, maybe it won't take 12 years for those two…

She checks Karin and noticed her temperature was coming down, Isane said, Hyōrinmaru you're a genius.

Yoruichi and Ichigo are about to check on her when Isane put a finger over her lips letting them know to be quite as she points to the bed saying, "I don't understand how, but somehow your sisters Dragon and Hyōrinmaru are interacting with one another to lower her temperature… "

"She is learning balance" Yoruichi, said softly.

Back inside Karin's dreamscape Sekiryu said, "You will meet her soon enough Captain, just be patient"

"I think it's about time you two woke up, and Tōshirō, about the Captains haori, she may or may not remember it so say nothing!"

"But like her husband she will be a Captain"

Back in the room in the 4th Division Barracks Tōshirō and Karin's start to stir as their eyes start to flutter open.

Kissing Karin's check, Tōshirō said, "I'm not going far I just need to Talk to Ichigo for a moment."

Pulling Ichigo into an empty room Tōshirō puts up a soundproof Kido catching Ichigo off guard if only for a moment.

"Captain Hitsugaya!" Ichigo asks curiously watching him carefully.

"Ichigo, I would like your permission to court your sister Karin!" Tōshirō said.

"You have it Captain, given how dangerous entering someone else's dreamscape is you must really care for her." Ichigo said.

Meanwhile back in Karakura Town in the western part of Tokyo at Urahara's Shop Kisuke asks, "Is he the father Orihime!"

She nods feeling all her strength leave her as Kisuke said, "I see, all the more reason to use that ticket."

In a semi broken voice Orihime said, "I won't marry because of a child Urahara-sama"

"I'm not saying you should, but you should at least tell him" Kisuke said, "I will let him know you're coming!"

Back in the Soul Society Ichigo gets a text

Orihime is on the way!