Bringing Home Babies
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of this story. However the plot is mine.
Well, this is the ending of my first story and I must say that I am proud of the way it turned out. The reviews I have gotten have helped me a lot thanks to some of their praise and motivation.
I hope that the anonymous reviewer question will be answered, if not I will answer it in a review:)
*****
Rukia would definitely notice that something was off, but unfortunately he couldn't find another way to break the information to her. Then again it was not his fault entirely, her 'nii-sama' had stated, well more like threatened him not to tell her about Hisana's revival.
The pompous ass...
Now he was sitting staring at the ceiling to provide the answers to his questions,
"Yo Ichigo!,why didn't you tell her earlier you pineapple head?" Kon shouted to him from across the bed before running and jumping on his head.
"You know Rukia will be very angry Ichigo" he continued while hitting him in the head with his paw. Ichigo shook his head for a second before grabbing him by the tail and shaking the hell out of him.
"Ichigo I am sorry, please put me down!" he wailed at the torture he was receiving.
"Why..., I feel like playing with ya, can I tear these paws off?" he crooned at the lion before tugging at the paw harshly.
"Please Ichigo, I will never disturb you again, please don't take my paw off!" Kon whined. Ichigo stopped tugging and face the lion; if he could gulp then he would have done it when he stared at him. Sighing loudly, Ichigo simply tossed the annoying lion on the bed before grabbing a pillow and lying on it.
"Why didn't you tell her earlier Ichigo, it has been two months since you did that mission..." Kon asked a few minutes after.
"Her honourable brother..." Ichigo began before rolling his eyes, "threatened me not to tell her" he finished before getting up and taking his chemistry text from his bag.
"Why...?" Kon enquired moving closer to Ichigo as he sat back on the bed.
"Hisana was pregnant when we found her and aumm..., well, we can safely say they're not his and...I think you can figure out the rest" he finished while opening the text to separation techniques. He watched as Kon jaw slackened and his jaw dropped. He sighed softly before turning away from him.
"Ichigo..." he began softly before shouting, "Please don't tell Rukia, I don't want to sleep alone in this room!" he pleaded before grabbing his shirt.
"What are you talking about-"
"I don't want you to die Ichigo!" he whined.
"I kicked his ass already Kon" he stated lamely before smirking.
"But he underestimated you back then Ichigo-"
"Whatever Kon, I am trying to study here" he interrupted and Kon sat back on his hind legs for a while.
"What's the sense Ichigo, you still fail your tests" Kon stated nonchalantly after a few minutes.
The book fell and he grabbed him by the neck squeezing tightly.
"I am going to rip you apart, you little pest..." Ichigo stated with an evil glare.
"Rukia!!! Help me please" Kon pleaded as Ichigo tied him with a small rope.
"First, I will cut those paws off, and then I'll burn-"
Wamm...
"What the hell did you do that for Rukia?" he shouted before rubbing the bump on his head.
"I need answers to these three questions Ichigo!" Rukia sneered before tossing Kon into the wall.
"Why were you taking about nii-sama, how is death involved and what are you hiding from me?" she enquired while grabbing his shirt and wringing it.
"How long have you been listening?" he laughed nervously before gulping.
"Ever since Kon shouted 'don't tell Rukia Ichigo" she repeated.
"Thanks for helping Kon" Ichigo mumbled angrily, he watched as the lion laughed nervously before running to take cover under his pillows.
"Well..." she began a few minutes later after staring into brown eyes.
"Rukia, you have to promise me that you will not get angry after I give you the info..."
Rukia immediately loosen her grip on his shirt and stared back with an arched brow,
"What will happen if I do" she replied while rolling her eyes,
"Your brother might kill me for it..."
Her eyes shot back to him immediately,
"Has something happened to my 'nii-sama', where is he, how is he doing-"
"Calm down Rukia, your brother is fine..."
"Then what is it then?" she asked with pleading eyes.
'How the hell am I going to break this to her...' he thought before an idea popped up,
He got up from the bed and went to the chest and pulled out the drawer, anxiously searching for an item until he came across it,
"What are you doing Ichigo and where are you going?" she asked as she watched him moved to the door with a set of keys in his hand. He opened the door and laughed nervously as he slipped outside,
"Your sister is alive..."
Her eyes widen until they looked as if they would fall out of the socket, before he slammed the door.
It flung opened again.
"And she was pregnant..."
He finished before running like a bat out of hell for the bathroom, the keys tucked firmly in his pocket.
"Ichigo!!!!"
*****
Another blood curling screech shook the mansion walls, he held unto the window ledge tightly until his knuckles were white from the pressure. This seems as if it was the only method he could use to keep his fear in check now that she was in labour.
"She is very stressed Lord Kuchiki, her distress level is too high for a mother to be in two weeks, what have you done to her...'
Those words seemed to gnaw at his soul each time he remembered them, Unohana, although she didn't seem judgemental, her tone definitely brought out that she blamed him for her condition.
And he really was the cause of all this, he thought ruefully before moving to sit in the chair and rubbing his brow. She was pregnant after all, Unohana had said when she chastised him, and pregnant women often had emotional problems.
Those two words had hurt more than he wanted to, and unfortunately he couldn't take them away. Everything had ended up for the worst since the past two months, first the elders and now Hisana avoided him completely.
"She has lost weight instead of gaining Lord Kuchiki, and she looks a lot paler..." Unohana said as she examined Hisana.
I simply sat and watched the process coolly, even though on the inside I felt as if I would crumble soon.
Sighing at the obvious bad situation, she simply stopped her ministrations and whispered softly for me to join her outside.
Once we were outside of hearing reach she enquired,
"Something is going on at your house that I don't like Lord Kuchiki, and I don't have to live there to know that you and Hisana have fallen out, so what is going on, have you made attempts to mend what is about to be broken?"
I looked in the older woman's eyes as she pried into my personal affairs, but judging from the way the doctor glared at him, he knew it was an order more than a question he had a choice to answer.
"She refuses to forgive an action I did the day the elders were reprimanded..."
"And what is that Lord Kuchiki?"
"I wish not to speak of it, Ms Retsu..." he answered before walking past her.
"I take it that you have said something about the children Lord Kuchiki..."
He stooped in his tracks.
"I never thought you to be like this Lord Kuchiki, it is obvious that you only wish Hisana was here with herself alone, but the good thing about it is that your years of longing is now over, so why don't you just bear with her and the children and live happily-"
"There is no such thing as happily ever after, Ms Retsu, such fairy tales are for the simple minded-" he bit out bitterly before he was interrupted.
"Lord Kuchiki, happily ever after can be taken two ways, for a simple-minded person such as yourself who believes in the one where spouses live forever without problems or the optimistic spouse who believes that their marriage will last through the bad and good times, through health and sickness and for rich or for poor. That is happily ever after that I speak of"
He turned after the explanation to face her with doleful eyes.
"I have tried so hard to make her forgive me and yet she refuses-"
"Then try again"
Another scream was heard before the wailing of newborn babies. Harsh whispers were heard as the servants passed the door, completely unaware that their Lord was in the room.
"Will he accept them..." a feminine voice said.
"He doesn't have to; the Lady said she would leave the day they were born"
An 'oh' was heard from the rest of the group and Byakuya clenched the silver bands in his pocket.
He would definitely keep on trying.
*****
"There...there..." Unohana said as she hushed the wailing baby boy. She dragged herself to the armchair and sat down with him, trying to pacify him but to no avail.
"Bring him, Captain..." an exhausted Hisana choked out,
"Hisana, you should get some sleep-" she began, but the wailing grew louder.
"Just bring him to me..." she continued softly. Nodding her head, Unohana walked to the bed and gave her the crying baby. She watched as she pulled away her kimono just enough to show the areola of her breast. The baby quietens after a while before his mouth found her nipple and began sucking eagerly.
"I know you're a first time mother, but you seem to have experience with infants..." Unohana said as Hisana fixed the baby in a more comfortable position.
"I frequent the mansion's library..." she replied softly as she held the baby with care.
Unohana smiled before getting up to stand where Hisana laid, the baby breathing slowed down to an even intake of the oxygen.
"You have read a lot" she whispered softly as Hisana brushed the dark hair of the boy. Unohana then took the bundle of joy and placed him beside his sleeping siblings.
"They resemble him more than I thought they would..." Hisana said softly before falling asleep. Unohana sighed loudly before covering her with the blanket.
"That they do, Lady Kuchiki" she whispered softly before turning off the lights and stepping out the room.
*****
Unohana arrived at the fourth division barracks several minutes, everyone looking at her for answers but she simply ignored them. She would not reveal anything about Lord Kuchiki's sons until he saw the DNA results and signed the birth certificate that she was about to prepare.
She walked down the hallway to her office and stopped a few minutes later when she found an anxious Isane waiting at the shoji door.
"Lieutenant..." she began.
Isane looked at her Captain before bowing and sliding the door open. Muttering a thank you to Isane, Unohana stepped in the office and took her seat behind the desk. Isane slid the door shut after she had stepped in and followed her to the desk with the papers.
"Captain, I have received the birth certificates from Saya and also the results from lieutenant Nemu" she stated before handing Unohana the file containing the papers.
"What are the results?" she asked with a small smile as she opened the file and began writing the information on the birth certificates.
"Surprisingly Captain, Lord Kuchiki is the father of Lady Kuchiki's newborns..." Isane replied softly before telling the captain all the information about the infants.
"Lieutenant, I want you to deliver this file to Captain Kuchiki, tell him that he should place his signature on the three certificates and return them to me after, since his wife hasn't signed yet. Also lieutenant, it is imperative that he sees the DNA results first before he signs" Unohana said before signing her signature where the deliverer should be.
Nodding, Isane took the file from the Captain and headed through the door before flash stepping to the six division barracks.
*****
An ebony haired woman shunpoed down the streets of Sereitei with a spiky blond haired in tow, who was currently yelling obscenities at her and was also warning her to be careful, but somehow she couldn't slow down. The urgency to see this woman who had spent her dying years to find her, pushed her small body to speeds she didn't know she possess.
She was delighted that she was going to see the woman her brother had married, but also furious at the fact that he didn't want her to know. When the hell was he going to tell her anyway, she thought angrily as she turned a sharp corner suddenly and earned at wince from her boyfriend. He, who had told her so much of this woman, had refused to let her know of her revival until, according to Ichigo, an appointed time. Well, the time has come she muttered angrily as the six division came into sight.
The time has finally arrived.
"Lieutenant Abarai, I need to see your captain" Isane said as she saw him leave his room.
"I am sorry Isane, but the Captain is not feeling well right now and wishes not to be disturb by anyone, including my self" Renji stated before looking at the file in her hand.
"I supposed that is for him to see" he continued.
"My Captain says that this is imperative and he should see it no-" Isane began before she was interrupted by the sounds of screams and shouts.
"What the he-" Renji began before he saw a raging Rukia coming down the hall with Ichigo in tow.
"Renji, please don't let her past, use force if necessary!" Ichigo bellowed as he tried to stop Rukia from getting closer.
Her reiatsu was flaring higher with every step she took and to his surprise he couldn't even move. He glimpsed Isane who was now on her knees due to the force of the spiritual pressure.
"Yo Renji, why are you just standing there, release your zapakutou you ass!" Ichigo shouted again.
"I would if I could, you knucklehead-" he bellowed back.
"You useless piece of-" Ichigo began before he was silence with an all too familiar tone.
"Why is there shouting in my division Abarai..." Byakuya muttered as he stepped out of the room.
Rukia's reiatsu calmed then, before she spat at him,
"Where is she?"
He turned to face her with a surprised look on his face,
"Excuse me Rukia-"
"Brother, where is my sister?" she interrupted with a dangerous tone.
"Your insolence Rukia is to be looked upon-"
"My insolence..." she repeated with an incredulous tone to her voice.
"Brother, you have the gall to not tell me of my sister and then you want to curse me of my insolence, now seriously brother, what would you have me think if I had done this to you..."
"There was a lot going on-"
"It as been two months now brother, why keep her from me for so long..." she said before catching her breath and continuing,
"What if I got pregnant for Ichigo and never told you, and then you came down to the living world and saw me with a huge stomach in front of me... what would have done brother...?"
"..."
"You cannot answer it can you, because I know that you have either killed Ichigo..."
Ichigo winced when his eyes met with cold grey ones,
"Or have me abort the child-"
"Sorry to interrupt Rukia, but Lord Kuchiki should see this first" Isane said while giving him the file.
They watched as he opened the file quickly and began reading its contents, before watching the papers fall to the ground and he was gone.
Rukia quickly rushed to where he stood and began taking up the papers and soon the rest began helping too, until her eyes caught sight of a paper mark DNA results and she began reading aloud, successfully stopping the rest from moving.
"Lord Kuchiki, Hisana had requested a DNA test to be taken after she had given birth, and so it was done with the hair she received from your hairdresser. I must congratulate you that you are the father of the three boys, Shinnoumaru, Byakuya and Kenshin Kuchiki born on January 1st, 2000.
P.S Ms Shiounin will be very proud to know that the boys were born on her birthday.
Yours truly,
Unohana Retsu
Everyone except Isane looked at each other surprised before shunpoing to the Kuchiki mansion leaving a startled Isane behind.
*****
His heart thumped heavily in his chest as he walked briskly down the hallway of his mansion.
Hisana had been correct all this time, they were his...
The realization that he was a father now sprung an emotion indescribable to him, yet his chest felt like a watermelon was growing rapidly inside when he thought about her...
She was going to leave him and this was his last chance to fix their relationship, he thought as he turned a corner and soon the birthing room came into sight and a lumped formed into his throat when he saw her standing in the hallway with her arms wrapped tightly around her.
"Hisana..." he spoke softly and watched her startled form turn to face him with a sad smile.
"So... you are here to see me off" she replied softly and he didn't take him several seconds to realize that she was indeed a beautiful gift that came to him to relinquish his miserable and lonely life.
All I need to do his hold her and then maybe...
"I had no intention Hisana..." he replied moving closer to her.
"Well, you have gotten the results I supposed" she answered without looking at him,
He moved closer...
"Maybe that's why you here Byakuya-sama, to change-"
Her words were silenced as his lips brushed lightly against hers innocently, before it got more intense and both was lost trying to fulfil this one kiss that seemed to slowly begin to mend what is broken, but soon they parted for oxygen, each panting loudly,
"Are you planning to seduce me Lord Kuchiki" she said between pants while resting her hands on his shoulders trying to steady her self.
His eyes narrowed at her slightly before he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer, her hazy blue eyes looking up into his grey ones.
"If that is what I have to do to make you stay a little longer my beloved, then I will..." he replied before attacking her mouth and proceeded to draw her inside.
She stopped at the door suddenly and parted,
"I have just had three babies Byakuya-sama, we can't go as far as you which to" she said as a blush rose to her cheeks.
"Then we'll go as far as we can..." he answered before pulling her in the room next to their children.
*****
Three hyperactive four year olds placed their ears against their mother's stomach waiting for the inevitable.
"It moved mama, it moved!" they shouted happily a few minutes later before removing their ears from her stomach.
"Yes children, they moved, mother felt it" she replied softly to them knowing fully that they didn't understand everything.
"Mama, when will we see our little sister" Kenshin asked while rubbing her tummy.
"Two months, little one" she replied rubbing the last of the pack's back.
"Why can't she hurry up?" Junior asked innocently while looking up into her face.
"She needs time Byakuya to develop strong bones and muscles, would you want her to be sickly when she comes out..." she asked.
"No mama, I wish it not..." he replied while moving to lie on her stomach.
"Mother, what do you plan on naming her" Shinnoumaru chimed in.
"Well, I named you all, so your father will have the privilege of giving the name, but I think it is Sakura" she replied.
Shinnoumaru nodded before getting up to play with his blue ball, and leaving his brothers to lie under the Cherry Blossom tree with their mother. They were in the gardens relaxing and watching the birds as they flew by, each chatting and laughing before the boys got up to play again with each other.
They were so identical that Hisana had no choice but to marked them by giving them different hairstyles. Kenshin hair was in a high ponytail and had small bangs covering half his forehead, Junior wore his hair just like his father's and Shinnoumaru had longer bangs that covered his entire forehead and the rest flowed graciously behind him.
She watched as the three throw the ball to each other both laughing and smiling in glee before they stopped and looked towards the gate. Realizing that they were coming she tried helplessly to stop them from repeating the same thing they had been scolded about yesterday.
"Do not shunpo-" she began but the three bolted around the corner and she had just to wait a few minutes before,
CRASH...
Soon her husband came into sight, two on his arms and one around his neck all smiling brightly at him before they jumped off I ran towards the group behind him.
"Good afternoon anata, I see you were tied up a while ago" she said as he approached her and took his seat behind her before wrapping his arms around her waist.
"That I was..." he replied softly before kissing her on the cheek. He heard the boy screaming in pain several minutes after.
"Ouch! Kenshin stop tugging my hair, go beat Kon or something of the sort" he whined as the little boy stopped and proceeded to Kon who ran like a mad rhino when he saw him approaching.
"Good boy!!" Rukia clapped as Byakuya wrote the word 'horrendous' on the piece of paper.
"Ready, set, go!" Yoruichi said before Shinnoumaru took off and soon she followed behind him trying to catch the speedy one.
"Shinnoumaru is definitely the star of the pack..." Hisana said as she watched Yoruichi finally caught up to him and pulled him to her bosom, him laughing madly at the time.
"Yes he is remarkably Hisana..." Byakuya replied as he watch him shunpo off again with Yoruichi running after him.
"They are one of a kind Byakuya-sama, they all have different personalities yet it completes them" she said while leaning back more on his chest.
"I never thought fatherhood would have brought me so much... I still cannot find the words to describe it..."
"Joy, delight, contentment, that what it brings me Byakuya-sama..."
"Satisfaction, happiness, bliss, just some to begin with..."
"Well at least we have more coming; I don't think Sakura will be able to manage these attentive brothers she will have..."
"Kenshin, don't do that!" Byakuya shouted as he watched Kenshin trying to rip out the bear's paw.
"Sorry papa..." he replied dropping Kon to the ground.
"He is the destructive one" Hisana said before laughing.
"Junior is the miserable one" he stated as he watched Rukia reprimanding him.
"Shinnoumaru is clearly the leader"
"That he is..."
His heirs were here, after five long decades they had finally arrived. The elders had destroyed him, but he was sympathetic when he saw Elder Maki dying and had decided to give Unohana the phial, saying that at least he could find out some answers from him.
All in all, he had a family and the 29th heir of the Kuchiki clan...
His Shinnoumaru...
The Perfect Imperial Prince.
*****
Finally I have finished my first story on . Yep, this is the one. Thank you for reviewing my story; it was a pleasure writing this fiction and I hope you have enjoyed this sweet happy ending, which I am a sucker of.
Please inform me of any grammatical errors so that I may fix them.
P.S I found the name Shinnoumaru from Ravyn Syke's drabble and I give her credit for finding such a wonderful name:)