~ Chapter 2 : A glimpse in the future ~
- part 1 -
"Ichika, can you please ask Orihime to come down for breakfast?" Rukia asks while setting the table.
"Mommy, she's not here anymore." Tha boy says coming next to his mother.
"Ichika, you have not even checked. You know what I think about lying."
"But this is the truth, mommy. I have glanced in her room before coming here and no one was there." The woman is surprised about his words. It's true that Orihime was not in her room also when she checked, which was a bummer for her, because she has believed that Ichigo would go to his senses and he would spend the evening with her, but no.
That orange haired dumbass probably has hidden somewhere that she could not find him again. Huh... Now that they have met again, it seems it would not be so easy to stick them together, but Rukia was more than convinced that after a heart-to-heart conversation with Orihime the situation will be fixed. But where could they be...
"Ohayo, mmm, it smells amazing in here." The beauty says entering the room.
"Ohayo, Orihime. Where have you been?" The brunette asks concerned seeing the younger woman in the tracking suit.
"I have come from my morning run. I'm sorry if I have concerned you." The brunette sighs relieved seeing that she seems to cope ok with the situation so far. "Where is it Kurosaki-kun?"
"It beats me. He has left this evening and he did not come ever since. I guess he might have something on his mind, but usually he's back when he has figured it out." Orihime bits her lower lip feeling guilty. "It's not your fault in any case, it's just that he is so immature. It feels more like I'm living with 2 children not 1." The beauty smiled briefly at the words of the brunette.
"I will be back in a minute." Orihime excuses herself wanting to do whatever is in her power to bring Ichigo's back.
"She's funny." Ichika laughs seeing the orange haired woman running and not shumpo-ing to her destination. Rukia punches him softly on his head.
"Don't mock your elders. If you have nothing else to do come and help me to pick some flowers for the table."
In the meantime, Orihime has managed to find Ichigo's study. It might have been of her emotions from last night that she did not see the state of the walls. She touches gently the hole where his hand poked the wall. If he might talk with her, she would like to help him...
She moves her palms around the walls in an attempt to find that sweet spot. After some minutes, she can feel the brick moving and the light blinding her again.
"Inoue?!" Ichigo is perplexed to see her falling on his chest.
"Ohayo, Kurosaki-kun. Sorry for barging in, hehe." She laughs ashamed of her intrusion.
"Tsh... trust me, you would be the last person that I would be mad to jump on me." She blushes, then he understood the meaning of his words. "I mean... why did you pop out here?" He's helping her to sit next to him, in order to avoid her to sense her impact on him.
"We were having the breakfast and you were not there so I wanted to see if you're ok." The concerning from her voice and her eyes it was killing him. How could he refrain to be with her? "Kurosaki-kun?" She touches his face, it was burning. His eyes were betraying his pain.
"I think I still need some time to cool off. Sorry, Inoue." He tries to remove her hand from his face, but after doing so he is unable to let it go. He chuckles. "If I disappear one day, would you still come for me?" His voice it was like a dying, like his desire for living has ended.
"Of course, Kurosaki-kun. Please, don't say such words. I would come search for you even in afterlife." That was it. His body has glued with hers, his lips were greedy for hers, while his hands were trying to undress her. "Kurosaki-kun" She moans when he is touching her inner thighs.
"Why would you say if I would propose to you to remain here together for the rest of our lives?" She blushes. Her body was never feeling as hot as now, plus having his member pressed so close to her entrance it was making her loose her mind. Can it be possible for them to be together in this strange space?
"Where could daddy put it?" The voice of Ichika breaks the hot moment.
"I think we need to go back. You're his father Afterall." Since the day Ichika was born, he could not say that he did not love him, but in this moment...
"Yeah, you really got it right." Ichigo removes himself from her, then he helps her to get up and he teleports her back in the house.
"Found it!" The boy exclaims happily as he finds his toy under his father's desk. When he gets up he is surprised to see Ichigo with Orihime. The man was still wearing only his underwear, and the beauty had no time to fresh herself after their intimate moment. "No, no, no. Daddy can only make me a small brother with mommy." Hearing the words of the little one, the young woman hides behind Ichigo while she's trying to fix her attire.
"Tsh..." Ichigo exclaims grumpy. "I told you one million times to not enter my office without me."
"But, daddy... You have promised to me that we are going to spend this day together." The boy wanted to keep away his father from the beauty so he tried to drag him away.
"Rukia!" The man yells feeling like he could not control his temper.
"Oh, look what the stork has brought us. Oh..." The brunette bit her tongue when she did understand the situation. "Come, Ichika. Let daddy alone." She raised her hand to take the boy away, but Ichika pushed her away.
"No! I go nowhere without daddy!" It was unusual for the boy to be so misunderstanding, but given the current situation she could not deny him.
"Ichigo, please, go with him to dress up, then spend a little time with him. I will stay with Orihime, ok?" The man would want to argue, but he stopped glancing at the boy.
"Tsh... Fine, but afterwards I go straight to work. Come, Ichika." They have disappeared before the beauty could adapt.
"Now that we are alone, Orihime. I have something important to tell you." The brunette says smiling. "Let's discuss in the kitchen." Everything was so strange that the young woman was just following her involuntary. "Do you recall, Renji ?" Rukia asks while placing the food in front of Orihime.
"Do you mean Abarai-san?" She did recall some strange student with that name, but she was not sure.
"Exactly! You know..." Rukia's sipping from her coffee. "We were childhood friends."
"Wow... he looked so much older than you. I'm sorry." Orihime covered her mouth thinking that she might have offended her.
"It's fine, Orihime. In fact, we, Shinigami, have a different life span rate." Usually, she would not like to admit her real age, but now... "I'm 150 years old." The beauty chocked. "In fact Reiji is indeed a little older, he would have turned 160 this year."
"Would have?" The orange haired interrupts as soon as she managed to calm her coughing.
"5 years and a half ago, Renji went to a mission and he did not come back. It's unsure if he's alive or not anymore, but he was declared dead by the council."
"Kami, I'm so sorry to hear that." She squeezes Rukia's hand.
"It's ok. It's not like I have given up the hope. I have told you this because I want to understand the truth about me and Ichigo." The beauty tried to leave because she did not want to hear more details, but she was stopped by the brunette. "Right after Renji left in his mission, I have found out that I was pregnant with Ichika. So, he is not Ichigo's son, he's mine with Reiji." Orihime felt a sudden relief. "Due to the fact that he did not come back, either after 2 months after his mission should have ended, I needed to marry someone because Kuchiki family does not allow to birth a child unmarried. The thing is that I cannot marry anyone due to the family tradition. The future husband of an heir of Kuchiki's family should be at least a lieutenant or captain. Considering the current options at that point of time it was either Ichigo ether Aizen." The eyes of the beauty widened hearing the name of her fiancée. "Aizen's first wife, Momo, has just recently died in that period, so... I have made a pact with Ichigo, since he hated Aizen also that we would be married till Renji will be back or he would have found his other half." Rukia smiled thinking about the old days.
"So... you and Kurosaki-kun are not a real couple?" A sparkle in her eyes is lit by this sudden realization.
"Of course not, I would have not married that idiot in any other way. " Orihime laughs at the brunette's decision.
"What about Ichika? Does he know anything?"
"Not at the moment. We were thinking to tell him when he would be older, but considering the current situation I think now it should be a good time."
"Please, don't!" The works of the beauty started Rukia. "I mean, Ichika is such a sweet boy who really loves his father. I did not have a father figure in my life than my brother for a short time so I do understand how this would have affect him. Plus, I do not really know how everything will be in the future."
"I'm so sorry for all of this, it's only my fault." Rukia bends down to express the sincerity of her words.
"Rukia, please stand up, please." Orihime was moving heretically her hands, not knowing how to make the brunette to get out from that position. "From what Kurosaki-kun has told me it's not like the rules from your world would allow us to be together. So, it's not your fault."
The brunette recalls the meeting by the council about Ichigo's request to remove that old rule, referring that a Shinigami cannot marrying a human. She and Renji were removed from the decision committee since they were too close to Ichigo.
From what she has heard hearing the request before the jury Aizen make an odd remark and the jury decision became unanimously to keep the rule in place. It's strange how Aizen has manage to convince them to make an exception only for him. His power is truly scary.
"I promise to you Orihime that I will do anything to fix this mess. I swear on my life." The beauty was not used to this new kind of behaviour, but probably this is just a small change that she will need to get accustomed in the future.
*some hours later*
"Are you sure Rukia that is ok for me to come here with you?" Orihime was wondering seeing all of the Shinigami around her.
"As long as you're with me or Ichigo, you are good to go. I have put a spell on your chain in order to not draw attention. Please take care of your necklace, in case that it is broken, the chain of life will be broken and you would not be human anymore." The beauty nods her head in agreement.
"Now I will tell you a couple of details about this place. We are now in Seireitei. It's spelled as court of pure souls. This is also where Shinigami live and where most Souls dwell until they are reincarnated into the Human World. The Human World and Soul Society are parallel to each other and are two sides of the same coin.
A Shinigami can live 2000 or more years. Shinigami enter and leave Soul Society by unlocking the Senkaimon and using a Jigokuchō. Any human being what passes to Soul Society will pass only in soul form, what is your status currently. Mainly in Soul Society you can meet with the following entities: souls, Shinigami or hollows.
You can identify a soul by their attire. Usually, they do not wear a black yukata which is the symbol of Shinigami. Nevertheless, some of them still try to disguise for whatever reasons, but you would see the lack Zanpakutō. Zanpakutō is the main weapon of a Shinigami. It looks like a Japanese sword.
There are different types of Shinigami. Usually, the ones which master their Zanpakutō they manage to have ranks inside divisions. There are 13 divisions. A division is a part of Gotei 13, which is the primary military branch of Soul Society and the main military organization.
What is the most important for you to know about is that I'm the captain of the 13th division, Ichigo is the captain of the 1st division. Each division have a special role in the big organization, but if you are ever lost you can ask about me or Ichigo and somebody will guide you to us.
The last category that you need to know is hollow. Hollow are former Pluses (deceased Human souls) who lose their hearts to despair or regret, or they remain in the Human World for too long. Any spirit who is not guided to Soul Society by a Shinigami via Konsō may eventually turn into a Hollow.
Hollow has usually a mask on their faces and they look nothing alike Shinigami or souls. They ate Shinigami or souls which they manage to trick or defeat. Our missions are mainly to defeat them to assure the order and tranquility in Soul Society."
"Wow... There are so many things. You and Kurosaki-kun are so amazing." Rukia sighs seeing the excitement on her face.
"You will get used to it. Now we will go to see Ichigo and Ichika. I hope Ichigo has not killed anyone yet."
"Killed?" Orihime asks worried.
"You shall see." Rukia waves her hand to calm the beauty before she would fill her head with worries.
*inside of division 1 barracks*
Rukia and Orihime were encountered with great respect and they were led to the training area. Here it was Ichigo dragging his few remaining standing still members to an extreme-hardcore training.
"I'm really glad to see you, Rukia." Ise, the division 1 lieutenant come to them with Ichika. "I'm not sure what did happen with Ichigo this time but he seems broken." The lieutenant sights placing her glasses in her usual style.
"Mommy, grandpapa has notified Ise that he is going to visit. Isn't it great?" The kid was jumping up and down with excitement.
"Yeah, 2 days in a row. I bet Ichigo is ecstatic." Rukia hit her forehead with her palm to regain her cool. "When did Isshin say that is going to visit?"
"I'm always just one call away from my nephew. How are you, kiddo?" Isshin teleports right in front of Ichika and he starts rubbing his head. Sensing his father energy, Ichigo stops and he goes to check the situation.
"Do not tell me you are here to give me any worse news?" The orange haired captain asks wiping the sweating from his forehead.
"Does a grandpapa need any reason to visit his grandchild?" Isshin pouts after what he takes his nephew into his arms.
"For a normal one I guess not, but you're way out of ordinary." The older man grins at his remark.
"Grandpapa, did I tell you the good news?"
"What good news?" Isshin is raising one of his brows.
"I'm going to have a baby brother. My mommy and daddy were working at one last night. I have seen with my own eyes." Isshin jaw dropped, Ise and Orihime blushed deeply, while the palms or Rukia and Ichigo were too far to close his mouth in time.
"Son" Isshin touches Ichigo on the shoulder. "I know I said to you that you need to teach Orihime about the married life, but you did not need to impregnate Rukia just to show to her that part." Ichigo wanted to speak, but Isshin stopped him. "Nah, nah, nah. Don't think that I'm not glad that you're going to have another one. I have told you from the moment that I have seen this cinnamon bun that I want at least 20 of them." Isshin pinched Isaki. "Congrats my son, you really made my day." Isshin was now patting happily Ichigo on the shoulder while laughing. Ichigo's eyes were fixed on Orihime what seems to misunderstood everything.
"Isshin, you have misunderstood everything. Me and Ichigo are not going to have any other child." Rukia tries to explain, but she is stopped by Ise.
"I'm so happy for you Rukia. Are you going to have twins or triplets?"
"I..." Rukia wanted to speak, but for some strange reason the words were not able to come out of her mouth. How come not having any children would mean that thing it was incomprehensible.
"My child" Isshin came now to pet Rukia. "You do not need to worry about nothing. Me and Masaki are going to be by your side, just like the last time. If there would be any need, I will retire to spend more time with this kiddo."
Orihime wanted to run, but Ichigo has stopped her by grabbing her hand.
"Shut up, just shut up." He covered Orihime inside his arms. "Me and Rukia are not going to have any baby in the future, zero." The smell of his body as well as his words were soothing her. The protectiveness that he has shown to Orihime made the other 2 captains to smile.
"Ok, ok. I'm not teasing you anymore." Isshin surrenders to the crown.
"But what about my baby brother?" The boy asks.
"With that I cannot help you, kiddo. You can come anytime to play with Yuzu or Karin. Hehe... Who knows maybe Orihime with Ichigo will make you a baby brother." The beauty could feel that steam was coming from her head.
"Maybe it can be arranged." Ichigo agreed grinning.
"No, no, no. Forget it. I'm content with Yuzu and Karin." Isaki gave up, seeing that the adults were teasing him.
"Since everything is clear now, I will take my grandson home to play. Don't worry Rukia, I would bring him before dinner time. See Ya." After finalizing his monolog, Isshin left as fast as he come.
"Your father seems as energic as ever." Ise says after Orihime leaves Ichigo's body.
"Tsh... That old man, has too much energy for his own good. Someday, sometime it will bring his end. I hope not by my hands." Ichigo sighed, good or bad as he is, Isshin has manage somehow to give Ichigo and Orihime a second chance. So, he could not be that bad.
*night time*
After such an eventful day Ichigo wanted to go to sleep as soon as he tucked his son to bed. Right before he wanted to climb up the stairs he could see Orihime in her nightgown in the semi-opened door.
"Kurosaki-kun, do you have a minute?" She gulped dry seeing her beautifulness in the night outfit.
"Yeah." He agreed, so she has closed the door in his face. "Inoue?" he asks puzzled.
"I'm right here." She said from behind the closed door. "I wanted to ask you something from today, but I do not have the courage to do it face to face."
"I listen." He replied calmly leaning his left forearm and forehead on the door.
"Would you really want us to make a child?" She hid her face with her finger, even if it was not possible for him to see her.
"Well..." Ichigo grinned. "I do not know if we could stop at one, but there is always a beginning." Orihime fell on her bottom hugging her knees. Ichigo changed in its Shinigami form and he has appeared before her knees. "The question is: do you want to carry my children?"
"You did not say that you would come." She says still hidden.
"I have not promised." He teased. She rolled her legs on the ground, then she looked in his hazel eyes.
"I would not mind." She replies together with a sweet kiss.
"Shall we start then?" He asks caressing her neck with his lips.
Next chapter : A glimpse in the future - part 2
Next update : 28 April
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