With not any further delay, I give the disclaimer and then, the chapter!

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Chapter 7

"Hey, this kid has orange hair! He looks like that punk Ichi--" Ikkaku said.

"Nah… It must only be a look-alike or sumthin'… This is a lost kid we found meeting Byakuya-taichou." Kenpachi prevented his subordinate from saying something confidential.

"You mean Ichigo-papa?" Ichiyuki smiled brightly.

ICHIGO-PAPA? The whole 11th squad shouted.

"Nan desu kah? What's wrong misters? Did my daddy do something?" Ichiyuki innocently climbed onto Ikkaku's lap.

"Nnno wonder this kid was so familiar…" Ikkaku's face turned purple.

"My full name is Kurosaki, Ichiyuki! My papa is Kurosaki, Ichigo… and my mama is…" he paused.

Everyone was eager to know who the mother was…

"My mama is…" Ichiyuki started to cry.

"Yuki-kun… what's wrong?" Yachiru comforted the kid.

"Mama's always on a trip… And she never comes back… She missed my birthday… And Christmas…" he sobbed.

"This is so sad!" the eleventh squad members cried along.

"Hey Ukitake-taichou! Get a load of this!" Kenpachi saw the white haired captain.

"What is it Kenpachi-taichou?" Ukitake approached his fellow captain.

Kenpachi pushed Ichiyuki who still had a trace of tears in his blue eyes.

"Why, who owns this kid?" Ukitake got a closer look, brushed through his orange hair and smiled.

"Oji-chan… I miss my mama…" Ichiyuki sobbed.

"Aww… Where's your mama, kid?" he asked.

"I don't know…" he replied.

"I'll take care of this kid Kenpachi-taichou. You can go back to your business. Thanks."

"Let's play again sometime Yuki-kun!" Yachiru waved.

"Hai…" the young 5 year old replied.

"So, where did you come from kid?" Ukitake was walking along with the boy following him.

"Karakura… That's what everyone calls it." He replied.

So he's from the living world… Ukitake thought to himself.

"What's your name Oji-chan?" Ichiyuki asked.

"My name is Ukitake, Jyuushire. I'm captain of the 13th squad." He said.

"My name is Kurosaki, Ichiyuki… uh, orange haired kid! Haha!" he laughed.

Ukitake laughed as well.

Kurosaki eh? Rukia will be interested to know this… he thought.

Later…

"Ukitake-taichou's in a meeting now, so… you wanna play Yuki-kun?" Kiyone offered.

Ichiyuki started to cry.

"I miss papa! I want to go home!" he screamed.

"Yuki… Onegai… stop crying…" Kiyone tried to comfort him.

"You want to go out and get some peaches?" she offered.

"I wanna go by myself…" Ichiyuki sobbed.

"But you might get lost… I can't get you lost… I have to go with you…" she smiled.

"Eh?... Where'd he GO?" Ichiyuki wasn't in sight. He suddenly disappeared.

Ichiyuki was running around the gardens. Cherry blossoms were falling. He was wondering why. As he got a closer look, it was Byakuya.

"It's kind Byakuya-oji-chan! We meet again!" he smiled.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I was… not feeling good." His blue eyes started to water again.

"I see." He walked all the way back to the 6th squad headquarters. Ichiyuki followed him.

"Wow… This place is different…" he said.

"I don't think you should follow me any longer. Go home."Byakuya coldly said.

"Byakuya-taichou, what's happening? Who's that kid?" Renji was stunned to see another orange-head aside from Ichigo.

"Ah! It's a chicken!" Ichiyuki brightly and innocently smiled and pointed at Renji's red spiky hair.

"Chicken! Look, kid…" Renji got annoyed.

"Gomen ne Oji-chan… It's because you look fun to play with…" his blue eyes stared at the tall 6th squad lieutenant.

Those blue eyes remind me of Rukia… And that bright orange hair… Ugh… I don't even want to think about it! Renji thought.

"Hey kid, you might be bored… Go ahead and explore! Just don't get into Byakuya-taichou's room okay?" Renji whispered to Ichiyuki.

"Roger!" Ichiyuki saluted and giggled. He walked around.

"That cheered him up…" Renji smirked.

"What did you tell the kid?" Byakuya asked.

"That kid was really interesting… Right Byakuya-taichou?…" Renji said.

"I can somehow tell you're the first person he met in this place… Why didn't you report this ryoka to Captain-Commander?" Renji was curious.

"Hn…" he walked away.

Ichiyuki was roaming around, when he saw a room he had to get inside to. There was no one in the room, but helt a familiar and warm presence in the room, so he went further in.

He saw some letters on the table. One of them fell from the desk and opened. Ichiyuki picked it up. But before he could read a line, the owner of the room came in and he hid behind the wardrobe…

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