Chapter 2: Alpha and Omega

"H-hey," Kenpachi managed, between savage, devouring kisses, "Byakuya, are you s-sure you're okay with this now? Y'know, we don't have to…"

"Shut up!" Byakuya hissed, clawing at the bigger man to pull him closer, "There's nothing else to do. If Tetsuya or I fail to mate, then we will lose our minds and our reiatsu will go out of control and destroy us! I know you don't care what happens to me, but the blast from my destruction would likely kill you as well."

"I'm not worried about that," Kenpachi rumbled, holding the noble in place, "I don't touch anyone who doesn't want me to."

Byakuya loosed a soft, feral growl that sent a hard twinge through Kenpachi's already alert and throbbing member and pearly fluid bled from the inflamed tip.

"Look at me," the noble seethed, his pretty dark grey eyes blazing, "I despise them for putting Tetsuya and me in this position. I want to make them pay for their actions! If that means…"

He broke off, considering silently for a moment as Kenpachi held him at arm's length, carefully watching his intense expression.

"What?" he asked, smirking, "If that means what? What've you got on your mind, princess?"

Byakuya let out a steaming huff of breath.

It would be even more of a stab at them, wouldn't it?

His dark, furious eyes blinked slowly, burning softly as they refocused on Kenpachi's huge, stark outline.

I call him a beast, but who is truly more beastly?

"That's a pretty fierce look you're wearing," the bigger man chuckled, "They really pissed you off this time, didn't they? But, you don't like it when someone fucks with the people you love."

When did Kenpachi start to understand me like this?

He reached up and curved soft, cool palms around the barbarian taicho's scarred face.

"I want to hurt them in the worst kind of way for hurting Tetsuya," he snarled, glaring deeply into Kenpachi's glinting eyes, "Because of what they've done, he is going to have to make a choice like mine—to lie with someone he doesn't love."

He paused, shaking his head dismissively.

"He would have been giving himself to me and I do not love him in the way he deserves to be loved. All for status, for power, for position are we made to do this!"

He spat out the words, hating them with a ferocity that made his body quiver.

"Well, they're going to get their powerful heir, aren't they?" he sneered bitterly, earning another chuckle from the beast taicho, "But it won't be their decision or the way they want it to happen."

"Heh," Kenpachi huffed, moving in to kiss him, "I guess it won't be, will it, Byakuya?"

The noble snorted derisively, turning his head away, only to have it recaptured and his scowling mouth invaded roughly. He almost resisted out of instinct, but there was something in the other man's touches on his body, something in those deep hazel eyes that looked right through his rage to the hurt that burned beneath it.

He knows.

He knows exactly how it feels to have them look at him with scorn. I may be their leader, and the one who holds the clans power, but what no one wants to admit is that, beneath the surface, my heart is as much in revolt as his. I am every bit the barbarian at heart that this man is! I've only learned to conceal it.

Well, no more.

He let his body relax and fell down on his back, letting Kenpachi's rough hands wander the curves of his perfectly toned body.

"Y'smell good. It's makin' me dizzy," Kenpachi panted, "Fuck, you're givin' me a hard on like nothin' I've ever…"

His words stopped and he stared down into Byakuya's enraged eyes as the noble spread his thighs wantonly. He started to laugh, then stopped as Byakuya made another angry hiss and flipped onto his belly, raising his hips teasingly.

"No, like animals," he growled, clawing at the sandy floor of the cave.

The sound of the bigger man's laughter filled the reiatsu cage as Kenpachi draped himself over the noble's muscular back.

"You wanna do it like animals?" he purred into Byakuya's flushed ear, "You got it!"

Setting his teeth in the back of Byakuya's graceful neck, he clamped down firmly, making the noble groan at the heady flash of mingled pain and arousal it caused. He writhed underneath Kenpachi's firm grasp, hissing furiously as the beast taicho's hardness rubbed warningly against his lower back and rough, slicked fingers invaded his virgin entrance.

"You don't need to be gentle with me," the noble scolded him, "Just…"

"If I put this monster in you without preparing you properly, you're gonna break in half," Kenpachi snorted, dropping his weight down as Byakuya squirmed, trying to regain the upper position, "I'm not gonna hurt you, so calm down, all right?"

He alternated between sharp nips, slow nibbling and running his tongue along the soft flesh of the noble's soft throat while his fingers plunged in deeper, probing until they found and caressed the bundle of sensitive nerves deep inside him.

"G-gods!" Byakuya gasped, arching into Kenpachi's body and grinding against the bigger man's thrusting fingers.

"Feel good to be bad, doesn't it?" Kenpachi snickered, pushing his fingers in deeper, "Yeah, you like that, don't you, beautiful?"

Byakuya started to spit out an insult, only to have his breath taken away as the bigger man's fingers slid out of his bottom and were slowly replaced with Kenpachi's thick, scathingly hot and almost unbearable huge erection. He angled his hips, rotating and pushing forward as Byakuya groaned luridly, pushing back against the bigger man.

"That's right, princess. Take it in slow. We've got all night, right?"

Though, what's a night in a land where there's no sun?

"F-four hours," Byakuya panted.

"Huh?"

"The effect lasts f-for four hours."

"Oh, better move faster if we wanna have time for lots of fun!"

A wider smile snaked it's way over Kenpachi's lips and he pushed his cock the rest of the way in, making Byakuya hiss out a curse, his body recoiling.

"Damned beast!"

"That's right!" Kenpachi laughed, reaching around Byakuya's shaking body to wrap a hand around the noble's swollen member, "That's what you wanted, isn't it, beautiful?"

"Sh-shut up!"

"All right, don't get pissy."

Kenpachi's hips fell into a pattern of hard, deep thrusts and his hand stroked Byakuya's hungry cock in time with their movements.

"Fuck! F-feels so g-good!" the beast taicho moaned, "T's good for you too, right, princess?"

"I'll k-kill you if you call me that a-ahhh! Ahhhhhh!" Byakuya gasped, reeling as Kenpachi's hands moved to grip his ass tightly and he pounded in harder and faster.

"Yeah, me too. D-damn, Kuchiki, your ass is so h-hot! S-so tight! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"

The fact that the noble had stopped insulting him and seemed to have lost the ability to breathe was warning enough that he thrust in deeply and brought one hand around Byakuya's slim waist to capture his damp, needy cock again. He hammered into the noble's ass, stroking his cock, biting hard at his shoulder and neck until finally, Byakuya gave a heavy groan of surrender so erotic that Kenpachi couldn't hold himself back anymore. He emptied himself into the noble's trembling bottom as Byakuya collapsed, spilling out his release beneath them.

"Kenpachi!"

The ragged sound of the noble's exclamation seemed to shoot right through Kenpachi's loins, coaxing what seemed to be endless hot pulses of semen out of his spent member.

"I got you."

He kissed the back of Byakuya's sweating shoulder more tenderly, reeling as the man under him turned and met him for a long, penetrating kiss.

"You're fuckin' amazing. You know that, right?" he purred happily, hugging Byakuya like an overstuffed teddy bear.

Byakuya didn't answer, but Kenpachi felt a sweet little shiver inside as a smooth, still trembling hand found his and laced their fingers together.

XXXXXXXXXX

Kisuke felt a warning flutter of disturbed reiatsu and he looked up from the set of test tubes he was examining, his lips frowning. Hearing a little commotion, he left his laboratory and headed out to the hallway, where he discovered the sounds were coming up from the underground training room. At first, he thought it might be Ichigo sparring with someone, maybe Renji, but as more of the disturbed reiatsu wafted over his senses, he felt an odd tickle in his insides and flash stepped down to join the ones below the shop.

"Tetsuya-chan, I know you are worried about your cousin, but I can't allow…"

"No, you do not order the right hand of the leader of the Kuchiki clan!" Tetsuya snapped in a display of temper neither of the other two men had ever heard of occurring in the usually quiet and gentle young man.

But he is Byakuya's protector too, the shopkeeper reasoned.

"And I am telling you," the enraged younger Kuchiki went on, "that I need access to the hollow world."

"But there are rules about the use of the garganta," Tessai argued, "Central 46 only…"

I assure you that Byakuya-sama is not bound by the rules that the council made with you! And he will not appreciate that you kept him from me in the midst of a critical emergency!"

"Whoa, whoa now," Kisuke chuckled, tipping his hat as he moved forward to join Tessai," What's all of the shouting about?"

He paused, blinking as he took a closer look at Tetsuya.

Cute.

Not at all what I imagined Byakuya's right hand would look like. He's got a reputation for staying out of sight, a respectable sword and ability, taicho level. I know he acts as a healer sometimes too, but…I didn't picture him looking like…this….

"Eh…um," he stammered, shaking his head to clear the dizziness his thoughts had given him, "Ah, you're Tetsuya, right?"

"I am," the younger man affirmed, calming slightly as Tessai relaxed and Kisuke moved forward.

"Welcome to my shop," Kisuke said, smiling disarmingly.

"Urahara-san," Tetsuya began.

"Call me Kisuke," the shopkeeper interrupted.

"Erm…Kisuke-san…" Tetsuya stammered, a measure of his anger seeping away as he met Kisuke's pale grey eyes directly, "I am…sorry, but it is of the greatest urgency that I reach my cousin. H-he will have arrived earlier."

"Yeah, I sent him on through to Hueco Mundo with Zaraki Kenpachi."

Tetsuya's breath caught jaggedly and he paled.

"K-Kenpachi," he repeated, his sapphire eyes widening in distress, "Oh…oh no!"

"Are you okay, Tetsu-chan?" Kisuke asked, "Maybe you should sit down for a minute."

"N-no, no, no, I have to get to my cousin," Tetsuya insisted, "He's overdue coming back and…and it is critical that I get to him."

Kisuke nodded.

"Okay, I get that it's urgent. Can you tell me what the emergency is?" he asked.

Tetsuya took a steadying breath, glancing at Tessai, who exchanged a knowing look with Kisuke.

"I ah, I will go and make your tea, Boss," Tessai said, heading up the ladder the led back into the shop.

"Thanks," Kisuke said gratefully, "Now then, Tetsu-chan…"

"Tetsuya," the younger man corrected him.

"Sorry, just a habit," the shopkeeper mumbled, "Anyway, I'll help you get where you need to go, but you were…going to tell me what the emergency is?"

"Oh yes, right," Tetsuya agreed, biting at his lip for a moment, "I suppose that since you are helping me reach him and you grew up in Yoruichi-san's family, you can be trusted with the information. You see, this morning, Byakuya-sama and I—ah!"

Tetsuya suddenly blanched, doubling over for a moment and grimacing.

"Hey, hey, are you okay? Let's get you up—"

"NO!" Tetsuya objected, his voice panicked, "I need to find my cousin now! Please, it's…"

"I get that it's an emergency," Kisuke said with more calm than he felt, "Let's get you settled here and I'll send—"

"No!" Tetsuya managed in an anguished groan, "I have to reach him now. It has to be me, and it can't wait."

"You're not gonna make it to him in this condition," Kisuke said worriedly, looking around, "Aw, hell, I'd better go with you."

"G-go with me?" Tetsuya mused in a stymied tone.

"You're barely on your feet. You're not going to find Byakuya in your condition, but I can get you there," Kisuke said, moving forward and swiftly opening a garganta for them.

He grabbed Tetsuya's hand and the younger man stared at their joined hands for a moment before breaking into a run as Kisuke laid down a path for them.

"I…I thought you were banished?" Tetsuya inquired as they ran together with the shopkeeper's hand still holding onto his.

"Weeeell," Kisuke chuckled, "it seems that after getting my help with Aizen and again with Ywach, the powers that be finally reconsidered my banishment. They even offered me a private lab in the Seireitei."

"Oh, I hadn't heard."

"Mmhmm, cause I politely refused," Kisuke laughed.

"You…"

"I said no thanks. I'd have to be crazy to go back there and subject myself to their shenanigans, Tetsu-chan."

"Tetsuya."

"Right. Staying at the shop means continuing to, how should I put this? Be my own boss?"

"Hmm, of course," Tetsuya agreed, flinching as his reiatsu flared.

He shivered as Kisuke paused on the trail.

"What is that? What is going on with your rei—"

"Urahara-san!" Tetsuya shouted, "Look out!"

"Huh?"

Before he could register what was happening, a heavy roar shook the underground cavern and he was taken down on the reiatsu trail as something swept across, shattering the trail.

"Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" Kisuke howled, grabbing the cracked edge of the trail with one hand and grabbing Tetsuya's cloak in his other.

He dragged himself up and hauled Tetsuya up after, then the two fled together, hastily laying out a path that the monster behind them continued to destroy.

"Urahara-san," Tetsuya panted, "we're not going to make it like this. W-we need to—"

"Get our asses out of this corridor now," Kisuke finished, taking the younger man's hand again and bringing a flush to Tetsuya's cheeks and throat, "You've got it, kiddo."

"T-Tetsu—"

The younger man's words ended in a gasping howl as a doorway opened in front of them and they dove out of the garganta…and into the midst of a stinging torrent of blasting sand.

"Can any fucking thing go right?" the shopkeeper shouted, his voice eaten up by the shrieking wind.

"Wh-what is this?" Tetsuya cried, clinging to the shopkeeper as Kisuke muttered something and dragged him forward.

"Sandstorm…wasn't on the charts, no wait, not a sandstorm. Leviathan hollow—not good!"

We're not getting anywhere in this, Tetsuya reasoned, his heart sinking as he considered.

He watched as Kisuke began to raise a reiatsu cage to protect them, but backed away as the shopkeeper motioned for him to move closer.

"I-I can't!" Tetsuya shouted over the wailing wind, choking on the sand that seemed to attack from everywhere at once, "I…"

"There's no time!" Kisuke snapped, grabbing his hand and yanking him into the cage forming around them as everything went silent and they were cut off from the maelstrom outside.

Tetsuya dropped to his knees, coughing heavily as Kisuke did the same nearby. It took several minutes to regain their composure, but even as his breathing returned to normal, Tetsuya remained pale and anxious. Kisuke shook his head and gave his companion a sympathetic smile.

"Something I can do to help?" he asked, "I mean, I can't get you to Byakuya any faster, I'm afraid, but…"

"Th-there's nothing to do now," Tetsuya panted, remaining on hands and knees with his head lowered in shame, "Urahara-san…"

"It's okay," Kisuke said reassuringly, "If I know Byakuya-bo, and believe me, we've crossed paths quite a bit, he's gonna get back before we do. Don't worry about him. He's smart. He'll find a place to hunker down and wait this out. You'll see."

Tetsuya drew in and released another shuddering breath before continuing.

"Y-you grew up with an heir, w-with someone who became a great clan leader, so I am s-sure that you know how important it is to the clan elders that the line of powerful succession is secured and protected."

Kisuke's frown deepened into a scowl and he nodded silently.

One of the things both Yoruichi and I were glad to get away from—the elders' preoccupation with breeding greatness. Forget for a moment that power doesn't always get passed on like that.

He gave Tetsuya a closer look, sighing.

And even if breeding does sometimes create pretty powerhouses like Byakuya, they can't contain power just within the noble clans. That's why they hate people like this kid. That's why they make'em suffer the way I've heard he has.

Damn.

"Yeah," he said finally, "Child brides, arrangements, contracts…"

Tetsuya nodded.

"And if that does not yield what they desire of a clan leader and there are no choices left—a concubine will be used."

Kisuke let out a disgusted breath.

"Is that why you came hightailing it to my shop and dragged me out into this sandstorm, Tetsu-chan?"

"Tetsuya!"

"Call'em as I see'em," the shopkeeper snapped softly, his grey eyes narrowing, "Tell me, did you cause all of this trouble because Byakuya was late coming home to use some poor innocent girl the council chose to make his heir? Cause if that's all it is, I'm gonna be really disappointed."

Tetsuya remained on his knees, arms wrapped tightly around his abdomen and his head bowed, voice shaking as he answered.

"I am the one the council chose to bear Byakuya-sama's heir," he said bitterly, "though we are not in love and I am, by no means female or innocent. I am simply the only one he would consider—and the council knew that if they used me, application of the A/O serum would ensure that they could completely control the genetic makeup of the child so that none of my genes would tarnish the purity of the heir's blood."

Kisuke remained rooted, frozen as Tetsuya continued, tears streaming down his face.

A/O serum? No fucking way! Figures a banned substance is only banned to the rest of us and not the ones who really have power. I wonder if any of those old bastards know or care how many damned ways the use of that stuff can go wrong. Poor kid.

"Go ahead and look down on me. Be as angry as you want with me," Tetsuya sobbed softly, "but if you know anything about the A/O serum, then you know that if we are separated and we do not proceed…"

"Then, one of you will go alpha with whoever you're with and one will go omega," Kisuke said in a low, regretful voice, "Yeah, I know. I studied the serum while—ah, let's just say it was awhile back. Anyway, judging from your reaction when you heard Byakuya was with Zaraki Kenpachi, I think you know how this is probably gonna happen."

"Byakuya-sama would rather die than be a brood mare to that barbarian," Tetsuya managed somberly, "and I would rather die than force myself on anyone."

"Well," the shopkeeper sighed, moving forward and lifting Tetsuya's chin so that their eyes met, "understand that if either of you is kept from mating, you will both lose your minds and your own reiatsu will destroy you. That's why the drug was banned and it looks like that's one of the things your bastard elders seem to have forgotten."

Tetsuya let out a little gasp, trying to pull away, but Kisuke's hands wrapped around his upper arms, holding him in place.

"I'm not going to sit here and watch you die. Sorry, couldn't live with myself. So, I think you and I will just have to wait and see how this goes. I promise you that if Byakuya isn't able to mate and you start to lose control, I'll do everything I can to save you."

Tetsuya shivered under the weight of the shopkeeper's intense gaze as Kisuke went on.

"Tetsuya, understand, whatever you need me to do, I'm gonna do. You're not doing anything wrong. Just—"

He found himself unable to finish as Tetsuya shuddered and gave in to the hypnotic waves of arousal that seemed to sweep from one end of his slender body to the other and back again. He surged forward, bringing Kisuke down onto his back and clamped down on the shopkeeper's slightly smirking mouth, barely feeling the bracing hands that ran down his quaking back, working to soothe him. Tetsuya's clenched hands tore wildly at their clothing, baring them enough to copulate, then he paused for a moment, holding his shaking body stiff and seeking Kisuke's grey eyes again.

"Wh-which way is this gonna go?" Kisuke panted, his face flushed and his chest heaving softly.

He felt a sweat-slicked hand touch his thigh and smiled as warmly as he could manage despite the ache he felt at how the pretty half-noble had been used by the noble clans. His legs spread easily and he hugged Tetsuya tightly as the younger man made his entry.

They don't deserve you.

And if I have anything to say about it, they're never going to hurt you again, angel.

His smirk intensified and a little chuckle escaped him as he thought about what must be happening between Byakuya and Kenpachi, somewhere in Hueco Mundo.

Those old bastards are going to die of heart failure.

Good.