Kisuke felt like he was going to collapse. They had finally made it to the American airport in a city he couldn't remember the name of. Rukia had been abnormally hyper the entire flight and refused to sleep. She had constantly asked him questions. The other passengers and flight attendants thought it was cute, several told him so. He had wanted to jump head first out the plane. After what seemed like a century they finally made it to their destination. Rukia practically sprinted out. Then they had to get their bags, get a cab, go to the hotel Tessai found for them and make it to their room. Rukia was excited the entire time, she'd never been to America( which Kisuke didn't understand. When he was a young reaper it had been a requirement to at least visit ten different countries and speak no less than five different languages). They made it to their room, which as luck would have it, was on the sixth floor. By the time they made it inside he felt like passing out. While it had been morning when they left, it was evening the previous day. The time difference was more than he thought it'd be and jet lag was starting to set in. He dropped his bags on the floor and collapsed on the nearest bed.
"Urahara ,what's wrong with you?! Lets begin our search" His energizer bunny friend announced.
"Arent you tired?" He looked over at her.
"Of course not, why would I be?" He frowned before putting his face in his pillow. If the trip itself didn't kill him, he was pretty sure Rukia would.
Rukia sat in her light blue bunny PJ's, with matching slippers, on the edge of her bed watching Kisuke. She glanced at the clock, it was 10pm. They had wasted so much time. She yanked her backpack off the floor and flung it at the man. He didn't move.
"Urahara wake up!" She jumped off the bed, ready to beat any thought of sleep out of him when something poked its head out of her bag.
"Rukia, you shoulda opened this thing earlier" Kon popped his head out.
"What are you doing here?" She crossed her arms and gave him a classic Kuchiki death glare.
"Well, I heard you talkin with Ichigo bout leavin and there was no way in hell I'd be stuck with him by myself. I like being around you more" He ran over to hug her and got kicked against the opposite wall.
"Kon this isn't a joke. Urahara wont wake up so we can find my nephew"
"Nephew?"
"Oops"
"What nephew?"
"So you do know" Kisuke sat up and yawned
"You knew?" She asked
"Of course but I wasn't sure if Yoruichi had told you yet"
"Told what? I wanna know!" Kon hopped onto Rukia's bed
"You'll probably find out eventually…Byakuya and Yoruichi had a son together"
"WHAT?!" He screamed
"Quiet you idiot"
"But…but…wow!"
"That's what I thought" she nodded in agreement
"But why would the kid be here?"
"It's a hunch, I'm not completely sure" Kisuke grabbed some things out of his bag and made his way to the bathroom. Before he shut the door he said
"Oh and remind me to tell you everything about Octavian"
"Was there something wrong with him?" she sat next to Kon
"If you consider being able to manipulate electricity normal then no there was nothing wrong with him" He shut the door leaving a shocked shinigami and speechless stuffed animal.
That following morning in a very large office, a secretary sat behind a large desk taking phone calls when a blonde haired man approached her. She finished her call then said
"Welcome to Harmony Electronics, how may I help you?" She kept typing and looking at her screen.
"I need to see Ms. Harmony" Kisuke answered. The woman held back a laugh.
"Sir, you do realize she's the President and owner of this company. Most of the time she's rarely here"
"Yeah but I really need to see her" She stopped typing and finally glanced up to see him smiling. She blushed
"Well…I can try. Please wait over there" She motioned towards the sofas with the coffee tables in the corner. He did as he was told. Rukia had disappeared with Kon before he'd gotten up earlier. He yawned. He'd find her later. Five minutes later he was summoned back over
"Sir, the earliest opening I have is for next month"
"I cant wait that long"
"I'm sorry but that's…" She didn't finish because a large group of people walked in the front door. They all seemed to be trying to get the attention of someone in the center. Kisuke put his hands in his pockets and smiled
"Never mind" He started to walk over. Everyone in the office had dropped what they were doing. In the center of the commotion was a dark haired woman. She wore an all white suit with matching heels. Her hair was curled and fell down her back. Large black sunglasses covered her eyes. She was used to all the fuss.
"Ms. Harmony here's the stock report for today" She was handed some papers which she promptly gave to her assistant.
"Ma'am you have a meeting at two " Harmony was about to continue to her office on the tenth floor when she saw a familiar face standing off to the side smiling. She grinned, taking her sunglasses off
"You look lovely today Ms. Harmony" Someone else told her
"I know sweetie" She answered before walking over to Kisuke. With a wave of her hand she dismissed the crowd, they all left except for a young man holding much of the papers people had been trying to give to his boss.
"Kisuke Urahara, what took you so long handsome?"
"Nice to see you too Harmony Kuchiki, I wanna talk"
Meanwhile back across the ocean in Karakura town, Ichigo was on his way home from training. Renji walked beside him, in his gigai. They were enjoying the night air when Keigo popped out of nowhere with Mizuiro.
"Ichigo! What ya doin?!" He tried to jump him but Ichigo moved out of the way, allowing his friend to fall on his face.
"Hey Mizuiro" He said to the smaller one
"Hey, Hi Renji". The red head snorted in response. Ichigo rolled his eyes. Renji had been in his class for some weeks now. He'd already gained a reputation for being lazy and though he passed every test.
"What are you guys doin out here?" Ichigo asked
"We were headed to Keigo's but then he saw you and wanted to ask you something"
"That's right!" Keigo jumped up "Ichigo did you ever ask Rukia about her family or know them?" Renji tensed and looked at his friend to see what he'd answer
"Uhh, she doesn't talk about em, why?" He answered.
"When I first her, I thought her name sounded familiar but I couldn't remember. Does Harmony Electronics ring a bell?"
"Should it?"
"Argh! Ichigo the owners name is Harmony Kuchiki! She's the President and owner ! Its like a billion dollar American company" Ichigo stopped in his tracks. He'd heard of it before, in fact his family owned several of their products. He didnt understand why Rukia would have the same last name unless...
"Renji?" They locked eyes and nodded. Both had the same idea, ask Byakuya. Without another word they raced the rest of the way back to Urahara's shop.
"They're weird"
"You're one to talk"
"Lets go Mizuiro! I know this spot where older women hang out"
"This should be fun" He grumbled.
A/N- i was reading that Japan is like fourteen to fifteen hours ahead of the U.S. so when i go back and forth between there please keep that in mind. so while it was morning where Kisuke and Rukia were it was night back in Japan. i hope i got that right, feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.
