Well, here you have it! October 5th. Sorry for being so late in getting it up! I have been busy today. Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW! I didn't get any reviews for my last one, though I did have 120 hits. :(
Anyway, ages are different in this, and some things might be AU. And Byakyua might be a LITTLE out of character.
Ages: (Rukia, Byakuya and Renji are unknown because it is said that they have lived in the Soul Society for over a hundred years
Ichigo/Ishida/Chad/Inoue(Seeing as how their all the same age): 19
Rukia: Unknown, though she looks as old as the others: 19
Renji: Unknown, though he looks 19-21
Byakuya: Unknown: He looks 25 or so.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rukia, Ichigo, Byakuya ... and all the others. I do, however, own Rukia's baby!
Daddy Pt: I - Daddy Unknown
"Who is the father?"
Byakuya stood facing Ichigo, Ishida, Inoue, Chad and Renji. They were all standing in the white halls of the Labor and Delivery section of an Earth Hospital. Byakuya was there against his will, but when he had been contacted and asked to return to Earth for an emergency, he had no choice but to go because it involved his sister.
The emergency had been unknown, but the second he had come through the gate, Ichigo was waiting for him, refusing to tell anything, and led him quickly to the hospital.
He had arrived to find Rukia in labor, eight months pregnant.
And that was where everyone was now. No one knew, or was telling, who the baby's father was. Byakuya wasn't stupid; he knew that at least one of the large group had to know who was the father of Rukia's baby, but no one was speaking.
"I asked who the father was!" Byakuya yelled, his fists clenched in frustration. "And how come she's in there alone?" Concern took over fury as he realized that not one of Rukia's friends were with her when she was going through this.
"Rukia kicked us out, yelling something about killing Renji if he said another word, and killing Ichigo if he ever got near her . . . after she broke his fingers," Ishida reported.
Byakuya looked over in surprise at Ichigo, who was leaning up against the wall. He smirked and held up his hand, which was wrapped in several layers of cloth.
"All five," Ichigo grumbled. "I don't think they'll ever be the same again."
Byakuya didn't comment.
Suddenly a scream came from the delivery room. Everyone winced. Byakuya turned back to the group.
"How come I wasn't informed that my sister was pregnant?"
This time, Ichigo answered.
"Well, she thought that you would lose it . . . like you're doing right now." Ichigo got up from his position against the wall, using both hands to push himself forward. He regretted it badly.
Screaming in pain, Ichigo dropped into the nearest chair, holding his injured hand in his uninjured one. He took a deep breath in, closing his eyes as he stared up at the ceiling.
"Are you OK, Kurosaki-Kun?" Inoue asked, concern lighting her eyes. Ichigo nodded, looking back down at his hand as he flexed his wrist. The tips of his fingers, which were showing from the thick wrappings around his hand, were pulsing red.
"You should have that looked at," Byakuya said, looking at Ichigo. "Rukia can't heal it, for obvious reasons, and Inoue can't heal it because we are in a public place, and her healing process is ... well, noticable."
Ichigo shook his head.
"They would take hours. When I broke my leg in preschool, they had me in here all night. And I plan to give Rukia a piece of my mind for breaking my hand in the first place."
"I will not have you bothering my sister," Byakuya growled, making Ichigo shrink back. He grumbled something about 'Just joking'.
Just as a loud scream erupted from the room Rukia was in, Ichigo accidently sat on his hand. No one was sure who screamed louder: Ichigo or Rukia. It was a close call. Ichigo's scream made everyone turn around and stare at him.
"Oh, come on, Kurosaki. You've taken worse wounds than this. Buck up," Ishida said.
"Ishida, I swear, if you don't shut-up, I will break all of your fingers, too," Ichigo growled.
Byakuya then turned to look at Renji and Chad, who had been silent the whole time.
"Do either of you know who's the father of Rukia's baby?"
Neither answered. They knew, and weren't trying to hide the fact that they knew, but they weren't telling.
"Why will no one tell me?" Byakuya yelled.
No one answered.
The next thirty minutes were spent in silence, the only sounds being the screaming from Rukia, and the occasional whine of pain from Ichigo. What seemed like days later, a nurse poked her head out from the door of the room Rukia was in. She smiled and looked around the group.
"No more than five in the room at a time," she said. Everyone looked at each other, and Chad said he would stay behind so everyone else could go in. Byakuya, Ichigo, Renji, Ishida and Inoue walked inside.
When they entered the room, Rukia was sitting up in bed. There was little mess in the room; someone must had cleaned up most everything so not to get the baby sick. Not paying much attention to anything else, Byakuya walked over to Rukia. She was holding the baby in her arms. Ichigo and Renji stood beside her bed, while Inoue and Ishida stood back.
"It's a six pound, five ounce baby boy. You're an Uncle," the nurse said to Byakuya, having been informed of his relation to Rukia.
Rukia looked up at everyone, grinning, but clearly tired.
"You want to hold him, Nii-Sama?" (A/N: Nii-Sama means Brother, basically)
"Sure," Byakuya said, reaching out and gently taking the tiny baby from Rukia. He was wrapped in a light blue blanket from head to toe; only his face was showing. The first thing Byakuya did was glance at the baby's eyes, hoping for a sign of who the father was. The baby had eyes exactly like Rukia's. Darn.
Rukia looked at everyone else, her eyes landing on Ichigo's hand. She winced.
"Did I do that?" she asked. Ichigo nodded.
"I'm gonna hurt that nurse that suggested I hold you hand. And you have a devil of a grip," Ichigo growled happily. He was smiling, trying to get a look at the baby from the angle in which Byakuya was holding it.
"Well, it is partly your fault. You're the one who got me pregn-" Rukia cut herself off a little too late. As she spoke the words, Byakuya, who was only listening partly, had moved the blanket off of the baby's head to discover . . . orange hair.
"Ah, crap." Was all Ichigo said. Byakuya turned to look at him.
"KUROSAKI!"
The next part might not be up tomorrow, it might be a while. I am going to split up the Multi-Parters up over many days. :P
PLEASE REVIEW and tell me you thoughts. If you review, I might not have Byakuya kill Ichigo . . .
