Well, sorry it took so long. I had to run it through several spell checkers because I'm a little horrible at slepping today. :D Thanks for all the reviews I have gotten both on this story and my lther, Shadows In The Night!

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. I own baby Kaien and baby Masaki, though!

Daddy Pt: V — Double Trouble

"Ichigo! Could you take Kaien for a minute?"

Ichigo stuck his head out from Kaien's room and groaned, rolling his eyes. Dropping the diaper bag he was holding, he walked into the living room and gently took the baby from Rukia. She smiled at him and walked into the bathroom; the baby, now only a month from being born, had decided to sit on Rukia's bladder that morning, and as such, she had been using the restroom all day.

Kaien began babbling nonsense as Ichigo walked with him back into the nursery and sat him down on the changing table.

He began stripping the baby of his wet clothes and dropped them inside the laundry basket.

"Eww! You stink, baby!"

Kaien laughed and began kicking his feet back and forth, making it very hard for Ichigo to remove the soiled diaper from the squirming baby.

Ichigo smiled and grabbed one of Kaien's feet, blowing air onto it, making a loud fart-like sound. Kaien giggled harder and Ichigo took the moment he had to take the diaper off of him. He smiled at his accomplishment and wrapped the diaper up, dropping it in the trash before cleaning up Kaien and putting a clean diaper on him.

"What should you wear? Hmm . . . something that will make Uncle Byakuya laugh, huh?"

Kaien just giggled and kicked his legs harder.

Ichigo began surfing through Kaien's clothes before pulling out a dark blue pair of jean overalls and a orange T-shirt that clipped between the baby's legs. Kaien wore a lot of overalls because he liked to take off his pants and throw them.

After wrestling Kaien to put a pair of orange socks on, Ichigo finally gave up and stuffed them, along with the cute, fuzzy jean shoes, into Kaien's diaper bag.

"Let's go, stinkie."

Kaien continued giggling as Ichigo hoisted him up into his arms and kissed his small head before walking out of the nursery, only to run back in a second later to grab the diaper bag which he had left behind.

When he walked into the living room, Rukia was sitting down on the couch, her hand resting on her large stomach. Ichigo smiled and reached down, grabbing her hand and pulling her to her feet.

"Are you sure you can still fit in the car?" Ichigo teased, knowing very well she couldn't do anything to him even if she wanted to; her small frame and the weight of being eight months pregnant was proving to be a challenge for walking.

Rukia glared at him. Ichigo grinned and grabbed her coat, wrapping it around her shoulders before opening the door for her and leading her outside. Once she had wrestled herself into the car, Ichigo opened the back door and placed Kaien in his car seat, reaching over and buckling the buckles, checking and rechecking to see if they were tight enough.

Once Kaien was safely inside, Ichigo closed the door and walked over to his own, getting inside and starting the car.

"Am I really that fat?" Rukia asked, staring at her huge belly.

Ichigo leaned over and kissed her stomach, leaning his head on it for a second to feel the baby kick.

"If I didn't know better, I'd guess you were having twins. But the test my dad did pretty much ruled that out," Ichigo said, pulling the car out of the driveway of their small apartment complex.

The apartment complex wasn't one of those that was three stories high and had about fifty apartments on it. Instead, it was an actual house split in two; they lived on one side and, currently, no one else lived on the other. It was three bedroom, and the size of the yard was enough for Kaien to play in, so Ichigo had gone ahead and bought it, saying that if they ever had more kids, they could share rooms.

The apartment was on a block with several other houses like it. Unlike in most cities, there were large trees surrounding the houses and all the yards were kept nice. All in all, it was a very nice neighborhood to raise children in. And there was a school nearby, which was a plus.

Currently, Ichigo, Rukia and Kaien were going to visit Byakuya and Renji, who were staying at the Urahara Shop. As soon as Rukia had heard that they were going to be staying for a week, she decided that she wanted to visit them. And of course, she wanted to bring Kaien, and Ichigo had to come, too, so she made a family event out of it.

"You're brother is going to chew me to pieces," Ichigo whined, turning the car into the Urahara shop.

"Well, I should hope not. I don't plan on taking care of two babies all by myself," Rukia said, smiling as she reached into the back seat and touched Kaien's little foot. He giggled and pulled it back, grabbing his tiny toes with his hands and sticking them in his mouth. His bright violet eyes were glowing happily as he wiggled his little fingers at Rukia in a wave.

Ichigo turned off the car as Kaien began babbling nonsense. After helping Rukia out, he opened the car door and worked on getting Kaien unbuckled.

For the happy baby he was, Kaien was fond of his car seat, and when he was taken out, he would begin to cry. So, as Ichigo tried to knock on the door with one hand, hold the diaper bag on his shoulder without dropping it, and having Kaien in the other hand, he was about to cry, which Kaien was doing enough for both of them.

Renji opened the door, and nearly laughed at the sight of Ichigo, a captain-level Shinigami, overburdened with a diaper bag and a baby.

"Ah, shut up and take Kaien for me, will ya?" Ichigo growled. Renji laughed again and lifted Kaien out of Ichigo's arms. Said baby began screaming louder the second he was removed from the save haven of daddy, and soon Urahara and Byakuya came in to find out who had the lung capacity to scream so loud.

"I see he takes after you, Kurosaki," Urahara said, laughing.

Ichigo ignored him and began shuffling through the diaper bag, finally grabbing Kaien's shoes and socks.

He took the baby from Renji and sat him down on the counter, quickly pulling on the socks and shoes on him while he was busy screaming and not concentrating on trying to keep the fuzzy objects off of his feet.

Afterwards, Ichigo lifted Kaien back into his arms; the smaller of the two stopped crying. Looking around, he realized that Rukia had gone off to the bathroom.

Soo . . . he was left alone with three insane, manic Shinigami.

At least he had a baby to use as a shield.

"Since you know the sex of the baby, have you decided on a name?" Renji asked, smirking as Ichigo fought with the banana. Rukia was better with feeding Kaien, but since she was so large with pregnancy and had trouble even holding Kaien anymore, Ichigo had taken it upon himself to do most of the work.

But feeding Kaien bananas was hard.

He kept spitting them out, so Ichigo had to scrape them off of his face and try again. It took three tries to even feed the baby one spoon-full. He wished that Rukia could still breast feed Kaien, but she had to give that up when she found out she was pregnant again.

He wasn't even sure how she had gotten pregnant while breast feeding . . .

"Yeah, we decided a name," Rukia answered, smiling.

"Well, what is it?" Renji asked, now curious. He was actually doing most of the talking, as he was closer to Ichigo and Rukia than he was to Urahara and Byakuya. Actually, Urahara wasn't even in the room; he had to go do something involving Ururu and Jinta.

"We can't tell you," Ichigo said, groaning as Kaien spit his banana all over himself.

"What?" Renji asked, pouting now.

Ichigo could tell that Renji had had plenty of coffee . . .

Rukia jabbed Ichigo in the stomach, glaring playfully at him.

"We're going to name her Masaki Hisana."

Ichigo could see the reaction from Byakuya at the mention of his late wife's name.

"We thought it was fitting, seeing as how Kaien got named after two special people. Actually, we had decided that, if was going to be a boy, we were going to name it Byakuya William Kurosaki," Rukia said, shifting her position on the couch to a more comfortable position. Ichigo could tell she was uncomfortable and moved to a better position so she could sit better.

"You were going to name it after me?" Byakuya asked, turning his head to look at his sister properly for the first time that night. She smiled and nodded, subconsciously rubbing her stomach to calm the restless baby. She was kicking again.

"Yeah, we-" Rukia was cut off as she doubled over in pain, hissing through her teeth. Ichigo was at her side instantly.

"You OK? The baby's not coming is it?"

"No, she's just kicking really hard. It hurts," Rukia said, breathing heavily. "Oh, God it hurts . . ."

"Should I call my dad?" Ichigo asked, helping Rukia into a sitting position. Byakuya and Renji were hovering over her, too.

She shook her head.

"I'll be fine. Ichigo, she kicks as hard as you!" Rukia exclaimed, collapsing back onto the couch. Ichigo caught her with his free hand, handing Kaien to Byakuya with his other. He gently straightened Rukia out on the couch, putting his hand to her stomach.

"That's funny. I don't feel her kicking. Rukia, I really think I should call my dad," Ichigo said, worried now. The pain was slowly getting worse, and as Rukia placed her own hand on top of Ichigo's, she couldn't feel the baby kicking, as she usually could, even when her hand was over another.

"That m-might be a good i-idea . . " Rukia stuttered.

"Just . . . breathe as if you were in labor. That should help the pain. I'll be right back," Ichigo said, kissing her on the forehead before running to the phone. He dialed with shaking hands and was sure he had got the number wrong until his dad picked up the phone with his usual loud greeting.

"YO!"

"Dad, I think something's wrong," the worry in his voice bleeding out and over the phone. Isshin instantly became serious.

"Wrong with what? The baby?"

"Yeah. A couple minutes ago Rukia said if felt like the baby was just kicking really hard, but now she's in so much pain . . ."

"Has her water broken?" Isshin asked, full doctor mode turning on.

"Not yet. Dad, please . . ."

"I'll come right over. Are you at home?"

"No, I'm at the Urahara shop."

"I'll be right over."

Ichigo hung up and walked back into the living room. Kaien was crying in Byakuya's arms, and as soon as he saw Ichigo, he held out his arms and didn't stop crying until Ichigo took him, running his hand over his soft orange hair. Kaien leaned his head up against Ichigo's shoulders and stuck his fingers in his mouth, blinking tears out of his eyes.

Ichigo bent down beside Rukia and whipped her sweaty hair out of her face, giving her an encouraging smile.

"My dad's going to be here in a minute. It'll be fine, OK?"

Rukia nodded up at him, breathing deeply again. Ichigo reached out his free hand and grasped Rukia's tightly in his own. Kaien was reaching out, trying to get to Rukia. He was beginning to pout again. Finally, Ichigo just sat him on his knee so he could lay his head on Rukia's arm.

Byakuya, Renji and Ichigo were all on the edge of their seats, flinching everytime Rukia winced in pain. When Isshin appeared in the doorway, everyone breathes a sigh of relief and Ichigo hauled his dad over to Rukia.

"Hello, Rukia. Are you feeling alright?"

"N-not r-r-really . . ." Rukia gasped, sitting up and startling Kaien into a cry as another wave of pain crashed over her. "It u-used to just f-feel like k-kicking, but now, it f-feels like contractions."

"Has your water broken?" Isshin asked, quickly checking her over. The second the words were out of his mouth, Rukia gave the loudest cry of all and gripped Ichigo's hand tightly. Looking up at Byakuya, Ichigo motioned to Kaien. Byakuya nodded and took the baby so he wouldn't fall or get in the way. Kaien cried in protest, but let Byakuya hold him.

"M-maybe . . I-I'm not sure," Rukia said.

"Rukia, would you like to go to the hospital?"

Rukia shook her head slightly.

"We were p-planning on a-a home birth."

"Well then, I'll have to deliver," Isshin said, snapping on a pair of gloves. He quickly shooed everyone away and lifted Rukia's legs. He then placed a blanket over her for privacy. Renji turned around and walked over to the wall; he didn't quite want to be a witness to a live birth in Urahara's living room.

"Rukia, you're water's intact, but I don't think it will be for long. Soon you're going to feel like you want to push, but don't. It's too early and I would like to wait just a little while to make sure that this isn't false labor, OK?"

Rukia couldn't do anything but nod. Ichigo held onto her hand tightly as he moved onto the couch behind her, letting her rest her head on his chest. When she cried out because of the pain, Kaien began screaming and reaching out for her. Byakuya was doing his best to comfort the baby, but it wasn't working. Ichigo looked over, and he could tell that Kaien was sleepy; he never got this cranky otherwise.

"Rukia, I'm going to go settle Kaien down real quick, OK?"

Rukia nodded, taking another deep breath in. Ichigo stood from behind her and walked over to Byakuya, taking the screaming baby from him. Kaien was still crying, but not so loud and shrill. Whispering quietly to the baby, Ichigo walked outside the door, closing it behind him. If you listened closely, you could hear Ichigo's sometimes rough voice singing sweetly, or as sweetly as he could manage, to Kaien.

"Rukia, I'm afraid that these are real contractions. Your going to give birth in a matter of hours. You have two choices: Since the baby is a little early, it would be best to go to the hospital, but as soon as your water breaks, it will be too late to stop the labor. So your first choice would be to try and get you to the hospital before that happens. Your second choice, since the baby is only a little early and should be perfectly fine, would to have the baby here. If problems arise, or the baby doesn't look very healthy, we can bring it to the hospital," Isshin explained, coming to sit beside Rukia.

"Aren't you a doctor?" she asked, looking up just as Ichigo walked back in.

As Isshin nodded, Ichigo passed the now sleeping Kaien back to Byakuya and walked back over to Rukia, taking her hand in his own.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"Rukia's in labor. And yes, I am a doctor, but I'm afraid I don't have the right medications to try and stop the labor-"

"Oh, God, I think my water just broke."

And that was the beginning of the madness.

Isshin suddenly went into full doctor mode again and kicked Byakuya and Renji out of the room, letting only Ichigo stay. After checking, and seeing that her water had broken, he began preparing her for the birth.

Two hours later, on December 23rd, at three-thirty PM, Masaki Hisana Kurosaki was born into the world weighing roughly six pounds and five ounces. Isshin had wrapped her up in a soft blanket that Renji had snatched from Urahara's supplies and handed her to Rukia, who was now sitting up, tired but happy.

"Well, she looks healthy, she's breathing fine, and she's moving around, so that's all good. But she still needs to take a visit to the hospital so we can get checked over and you guys can fill out a birth certificate."

Ichigo nodded, his eyes still fixed on the new baby. Everyone was crowded around, even Urahara, who had returned from whatever he had been doing earlier.

"She looks like you," Renji said to Rukia. Rukia just smiled. Thankfully, Masaki hadn't earned bright orange hair; instead, it looked as though she had gotten Rukia's hair. And her eyes. But her personality said Ichigo.

Rukia found that out the second she started crying and fussing.

Yup. That was Ichigo.

"Ichigo, go get Kaien in his car seat and take Rukia and the baby to the hospital. I'll follow. So will . . ." he looked questioningly at Byakuya and Renji.

"I want to be there with my sister," Byakuya said, still staring at the baby. Renji nodded as well and Ichigo took Kaien from Byakuya and buckled him inside the car outside before coming back in, after warning Jinta and Ururu to watch Kaien, and picking Rukia up bridal style and carrying her out to the car, for he doubted that she could walk well after giving birth.

Once everyone was at the hospital, and Kaien was awake again, Rukia was settled into a bed and taken care of while Masaki was brought up to the NICU.

"We need you to fill out a birth certificate," one of the nurses said, smiling as she walked over to Ichigo and Rukia. Ichigo nodded and began filling out everything he knew by heart, consulting the doctor about some things and asking the exact weight of the baby, as they hadn't been able to check very well with a fruit scale.

Afterwards, Rukia kicked him out and asked him to check on Masaki.

He walked up to the NICU, knowing that he would find Renji and Byakuya, with Kaien, watching over the baby like Rukia had asked. They'd had to stay outside because they weren't direct family, but they were making sure that Masaki was fine.

As they watched Ichigo walk inside, after taking a fussy Kaien, and walk over to Masaki's crib and smile at the baby, Byakuya decided that maybe Ichigo was good enough for his sister.

Just maybe.

That. Was. LONG. Yikes! I took me forever to write, and there will hopefully be one more after this when Kaien is five and Masaki is four. About how they see ghosts. In your review, please tell me what you would like to see in another one if I ever do one after te next.

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