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Daddy Pt: VII — Grandfather

"And dad, I swear, if you even think of corrupting their minds with anything perverted, I'll kill you."

Ichigo stared at his dad, not quite ready to let Kaien and Masaki stay with his crazy, manic father for the day. But Isshin just smiled happily and said,

"Oh, why on Earth would I do that Ichigo? Their so sweet and innocent; of course I wouldn't corrupt them!"

Rukia, who was standing next to Ichigo, rolled her eyes. She leaned over and whispered to him, "Ichigo, I really don't like this idea. Why can't we leave them with my brother?"

"Because your brother isn't even in the same dimension as us. And believe me, I don't like this anymore than you do. But Yuzu, Karin were all busy today and Ishida and Orihime have their own O.B. appointment today. Dad was the last option."

Rukia groaned again and bent down beside Kaien and Masaki, holding out her arms as they both ran to hug her.

Masaki said,

"Bye bye mommy!"

"Bye, sweetie. Be good for Granddaddy, OK?"

Masaki nodded and then ran over to Ichigo while Kaien hugged Rukia.

"Do you have to go, mommy? Why can't we come with you?" he said, tears shining in his bright violet eyes as he clung onto Rukia tightly.

"Because, baby, mommy and daddy have to do something very important, OK?"

Kaien nodded and wiped his tears away, resting his head on Rukia's chest as she stood up with him still in her arms. She turned to Isshin and said,

"Both he and Masaki are going to need a nap in a few hours. And Kaien doesn't like carrots and rice; he won't eat them so don't try feeding them to him. Masaki has a cold and she needs her medicine soon. It's in their bag. And please, don't get them hyper. They need to go to bed before eight."

Isshin nodded, his eyebrows raising as he watched Rukia. She whispered something to Kaien and kissed him on the cheek before putting him down beside his sister.

Ichigo put his arm around Rukia and looked at his dad once more before sighing.

"OK. Look dad, if I come back and they are hurt, you die."

Isshin nodded, smirking. "What? You don't even trust your own father with his grandkids?"

"No."

Isshin pouted and said, "Your appointment is at two. It's one forty-five, go on. They'll be fine with me!" The look on his face suggested otherwise, but both Ichigo and Rukia knew that he was right; they only had a few minutes to get to their appointment.

"Bye-bye daddy and mommy!" Masaki said happily, bouncing up and down, her black shoulder-length hair flapping in the wind. Kaien waved to, wiping his tears away as he ran to hug Rukia again before they climbed into the car.

Isshin turned to the kids.

"So, what should we do first?"

"I want mommy!" Kaien cried, tears slipping down his tiny face.

Isshin sighed.

This was going to be a long day.

"Ichigo, I really don't like leaving them with your dad."

"Rukia, it'll be fine. He raised me after all, didn't he?"

If it was possible, Rukia looked even more worried. Ichigo looked over at her for a second, smirking, before focusing his attention back onto the road. They drove in silence for a few minutes before Rukia spoke again.

"Ichigo, what if this doesn't work?"

He reached his hand over and placed it over her own, reassuring her with a smile that she rarely ever saw unless he was with her, Kaien or Masaki.

"We'll go from there. But we just have to pray and hope it works; OK?"

Rukia nodded, looking down at her feet. Ichigo spoke again.

"I know you wanted to conceive naturally, but the doctor said that might not be possible. Besides, if this doesn't work, I'm happy with just Kaien and Masaki. We'll be fine, right?"

Rukia knew that he would be happy with just Kaien and Masaki, like he'd said, but she also knew that she wanted a baby just as much as he did. They would both move on if it couldn't happen... she didn't even know when her life had changed so much. One day, she was scared because she was pregnant, and now, she wanted another baby so badly that it hurt.

Rukia nodded bravely, and Ichigo could tell how badly she wanted this. He smiled softly and said,

"When did this all happen? I mean... one day we were just fighting Hollows, trying to make the world a better place to live, and the next thing I know, I have a baby and I'm getting married. When did our yelling and fighting stop?"

"Never?" It was more of a question than a statement. Ichigo laughed.

"You're right. But it just seems to have happened so fast. Before you came, I could have never imagined myself settling down and having a family. But now, I have you and Kaien and Masaki, and I couldn't imagine my life turning out any different."

Rukia looked over and smiled.

"Where do you think you would be today if you had never met me?"

"Hm... I don't know. I would probably be living alone, coming home to an empty apartment everyday. I most certainly wouldn't be married, have two kids and trying for a third," Ichigo said, turning on his blinker as they turned into the clinic. "Come on. Let's go see if we can have a baby."

Rukia got out of the car and walked over to Ichigo, taking his hand as they walked inside. The reception area looked normal; there were chairs lining the wall and several kids playing around while their parents were seeing the specialists. The kids were being watched by a young woman who looked as though she loved her job. The walls were light blue and the carpet was a contrasting tan color. There were bright lights filling the room, and the man behind the desk had his feet perched up on top of it and was reading a magazine.

When Ichigo went up, the man asked him to fill out a chart, handed it to him, and then went back to chewing his gum and his car magazine.

Ichigo sighed.

This was going to be a long day.

Isshin sighed as he put the kids down for their nap; Kaien had cried for nearly half an hour after Rukia had left. Isshin had smiled on it somewhat, as the little boy acted just like Ichigo had. He would let go of his mother during school, but sometimes, he would just cry for no reason when his mommy was gone.

Masaki had passed out after she and Kaien had eaten lunch, and Kaien had sat up and played Sorry! with Isshin for a while before falling to sleep again. Kaien had won all the games.

Isshin sighed again. Maybe he was just destined to be beaten by his grandkids.

Smiling like an idiot as a sleepy Masaki walked into the living room, Isshin stood up from the couch and walked over, picking her up in his arms.

"Hey, Masi," he said, using his pet name for her. She smiled and patted his cheeks.

"You have stickers like daddy," she said, rubbing her hands back and forth on the hair he had forgotten to shave off. "But daddy doesn't have stickers, anymore; he took them off this morning. I helped him!" she said happily, rubbing her hands over her eyes. Isshin smiled.

"You helped him?"

"Uh huh. Mommy did too, but Kaien was sleeping," Masaki stopped and giggled. "He seeps in his unda' wear!"

Isshin would forever fail to see how that was funny, be he played along.

"Really? Do you sleep in your underwear?"

"No! I sleep in my PJ's. And I swept with mommy and daddy last night. I had a bad dweam."

"What was it about?" Isshin asked.

"Evil bunnies!"

"Evil... bunnies?"

Ichigo and Rukia sat in the waiting room, both anxiously waiting for the doctor to call them back. It took over a good thirty minutes until he did, though. Rukia was slightly nervous and Ichigo was trying to calm her.

Finally, a nurse said, "Mr. and Mrs. Kurosaki?"

"That's us," Ichigo said, standing to his feet and taking Rukia's hand when she grouped for his, leaning onto him as they walked into the back room.

She whispered to him, "Ichigo, what if they can't help?"

He squeezed her hand tightly and said,

"We'll be fine, Rukia. We'll be fine."

Isshin pouted as Kaien beat him for the forth time.

"I win again!" the little boy said happily, jumping up and down as he threw his hands in the air. Isshin sighed and put his head in his hands, giving himself the look that his face was dripping through his fingers. Masaki laughed at him and fell onto the couch, her big eyes glowing happily as Isshin put on a big show of having a fit on the floor.

"But I wanted to win this time!"

Kaien laughed harder and sat back down, pulling his overalls up to suck on them.

"I want to play again!" he said.

And soon the next round was started. Masaki was red, Isshin was yellow ("Is so NOT girls color," Isshin protested) and Kaien was blue. Right as Isshin was about to bring his last piece into its safety zone, Kaien picked up his card and said, "Oops! Sorry, Grandpa!"

Isshin groaned as his piece was bumped back to start.

Masaki won this time, and Isshin gave up, falling down onto the floor in an overly dramatic way.

"I hungry," Masaki said, standing to her feet and walking into the kitchen. Isshin followed and Kaien, jumping up and down at he had gotten second place, bounced after them both.

"How about stew for dinner?" Isshin said, glancing into the refrigerator.

"Does it have carrots?"

Isshin groaned.

It ended up being Macaroni and Cheese, which Masaki wouldn't eat unless it had hot dogs in it.

After they were done, Isshin felt like taking a nap himself, but he knew leaving little kids along was a bad idea. So, they played Sorry.

Again.

And Isshin lost.

Again.

"This game is rigged, I tell you!" he whined, his bottom lip sticking out.

Kaien laughed again.

When Ichigo and Rukia came back later that night, Isshin was nearly asleep on his feet. Masaki and Kaien were asleep, though, and were carried out to the car by Ichigo and set inside. Rukia stayed outside with them while Ichigo talked to his dad.

"So, how did it go? Will I have another grandchild soon?"

Ichigo smiled.

"They said that the chances she would become pregnant were about seventy percent. So we have a good shot. We're going in in a week to have the actual procedure done. Will you be able to watch Kaien and Masaki again?"

Isshin smiled.

"Yeah. But Ichigo, could you bring your game of Sorry? Mine's evil."

Well, I told you it would be up! And I had a lot of fun writing this. Anyway, again, I hope you like this! (Willingly hands over matches and lighters) Flame if you like!

Also! If I am to make Rukia have another child, do you want boy or girl? And Ishida and Orihime (In my story) are gonna have a kid, too. Boy or girl? You can vote in both cases.

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