Disclaimer: Do not own Bleach, but it would be awesome for me if I did!

Warnings: This is an AU story. This story goes along my story Astounding Revelations. I suggest you read that story before starting this one.

Pairings: Mainly Shunsui/Nanao

A/N: Many thanks to my beta, ForeverSam, for everything.

****I do want to point out that my beta has temporarily lost her internet connection at home and she cannot download at school so this chapter is unbeta'd (is that a word...lol) Anyways, I apologize for any errors.****

Arrival

By: akirk85029

Nanao was thankful that Shunsui had cleared out the house for most of the day, even though she knew most of them would be back for the dinner that was supposed to have happened the day before. Nanao just wanted a small moment of time with just her and Shunsui and Toushirou and his family to get to know one another.

Shunsui chuckled lightly as he walked into the front room and saw Nanao waiting impatiently for her brother to arrive. He walked behind her wrapping his arms around her pulling her gently towards him. "He'll be here, stop worrying!"

Nanao sighed before leaning completely against her husband. She sometimes didn't like that he could read her so well.

Shunsui kissed her temple and moved one hand over her lower abdomen. "You'll learn that having a kid means you'll never be on time anymore."

Nanao elbowed him slightly and felt a slight satisfaction at his small grunt. "So does that mean you'll be later than usual?"

Shunsui laughed and was about to reply when a car pulled into their drive. He felt the sudden loss of warmth as Nanao moved away from him but smiled as she grabbed his hand and pulled him with her to the front door.

Nanao released Shunsui's hand as she walked out the front door. She smiled as she watched her brother reaching into the backseat to remove the child seat that turned into an automatic carrier. She saw, who she surmised was her sister-in-law and niece waiting as Toushirou completed his task.

Kiyomi turned as she heard footsteps and released her mother's hand. She took a few steps forward recognizing the woman in the photos her father had shown her this morning.

Momo felt her daughter move away from her and turned towards the direction Kiyomi was heading. She smiled as she saw her new-found sister-in-law standing at the bottom of the steps leading towards the front door. Momo couldn't believe how she still looked so much like her pictures. She heard the car door close and felt one of Toushirou's hands at the small of her back as they walked forward following their daughter's path.

Nanao watched as her niece walked towards her unsure as to what to expect of the little girl. She had never really spent a lot of time around children except for when she was one. She held her hand out for Kiyomi to take hoping the girl would not be afraid of her.

Kiyomi smiled brightly as she saw her aunt's outstretched hand and promptly ignored it as she ran and wrapped her arms around Nanao's legs in an attempt to hug her. Kiyomi looked up as she felt a hand lay gently on her head. "Hi Aunt Nanao!"

Nanao smiled at Kiyomi and was amazed at how much the little girl reminded her of Toushirou. She looked over at her brother who was smiling at them. She returned her gaze to her niece. "Hi Kiyomi."

Toushirou took a step forward holding the carrier with his son in front of him. "Nanao, I want you to meet my wife Momo." Toushirou stated moving his other hand from the small of Momo's back as he introduced her.

Nanao with Kiyomi standing next to her now holding onto one of her hands, held her other hand up to greet Momo.

Momo smiled and shook her head. She walked forward and embraced Nanao in a hug. "I am so happy to finally be able to meet you!"

Nanao smiled and turned towards her husband. "This is my husband, Shunsui."

Momo walked forward and gave Shunsui a hug and then asked Kiyomi to move forward and greet her uncle.

Kiyomi ran forward and Shunsui picked the little girl up and held her in his arms. He so couldn't wait until he was a father himself.

"Let's take this party inside!" Shunsui stated happily leading the group into his and Nanao's home.

Nanao sat down on the sofa with her baby nephew, Ryutaro safely in her arms. She was surprised when Momo immediately offered to let her hold him. Nanao couldn't believe that he had slept through the movement from his carrier to his mother's arms to Nanao's.

Shunsui was sitting next to Nanao admiring how she looked with a baby in her arms while trying to keep up with the twenty questions Kiyomi was throwing at him.

Momo and Toushirou were sitting across from them silently enjoying the small moment when their children weren't requiring their constant attention. They knew it wouldn't last for long.

Toushirou looked over at his sister and he finally felt at peace. He had found her at last and now she was actually safe. He watched as Nanao smiled at his son. He turned to Momo and smiled.

Momo smiled back at her husband, she couldn't describe how much she loved seeing a smile on Toushirou's face. She turned to face her sister-in-law. "So I hear congratulations are in order!"

Nanao smiled at Momo. "Yes, and I heard that Shunsui verbally beat the information out of some poor school aide!"

"Hey! I just wanted to make sure you were okay!" Shunsui declared defending himself. He knew payback was in store later for Rangiku for blurting it out the way she did over breakfast.

Nanao rolled her eyes with a smile as she turned her head back to her nephew. She knew she was going to have to call Dr. Unohana later and let her know the whole story.

"How are you doing?" Toushirou asked wondering how Nanao was dealing with everything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours.

Nanao took a deep breathe and looked over at her brother. "Surprisingly, I'm actually doing okay! Maybe it's because I know he can't ever bother any of us again, I don't know, but I finally feel as if everything's going to be okay."

Later that afternoon everyone started arriving back at Shunsui and Nanao's house to start the family dinner. This time Toushirou was properly introduced to everyone along with his wife and kids.

Nanao turned to Toushirou as Rangiku walked into the room and warned him that Rangiku had always wanted a little brother.

As soon as Rangiku spotted Nanao and Toushirou standing together she ran over and encased them both in a tight hug. Nanao laughed at Toushirou's face after they were released as Rangiku started pinching his cheeks saying how cute he was.

Toushirou sighed in relief when Rangiku removed her hands from his face and turned her attentions on Ryutaro, who he knew she would be gentler with. He turned as the man he knew as Jyuushiro entered the room and watched as Kiyomi stopped in her tracks. He frowned as he heard Momo giggle next to him and tell Hisagi, who was right next to her, that he had just been dumped.

Jyuushiro halted his movements when he saw the little white haired girl stop to stare at him with her eyes wider than normal. He tried not to laugh when the girl ran up to him wanting to be held. Jyuushiro nearly dropped her when she yelled out for her father and he swore he could hear a pin drop after that.

Kiyomi turned to see her father step forward. "Look daddy he has hair just like ours!" Kiyomi shouted excitedly. She turned back around to look at the man holding her in amazement.

While everyone was talking about how cute Kiyomi was, Toushirou was trying to keep his calm. He couldn't believe his daughter had just yelled out like that over someone's hair color that was not different from her own. He was glad that everyone had a good sense of humor.

Soon everyone was called into the dining room so that dinner could start. Toushirou walked up next to his sister as everyone made their way into the other room.

Nanao looked over at her brother as he stopped next to her. "I really like Momo, I don't think I could imagine anyone better for you!"

"I never had eyes for anyone but her!" Toushirou stated smirking at Nanao. "And I guess I have to admit Shunsui isn't all that bad!"

Nanao smiled at her brother while shaking her head. "We are a pair of misfits aren't we?"

"Not by our own making!" Toushirou pointed out. "But I think you have found a place where you are loved." Toushirou continued looking into the dining room where everyone was trying to get situated.

Nanao smiled softly and gave her brother a hug. "Thank you."

Toushirou gave her an odd look as to question why she was thanking him.

Nanao just shrugged her shoulders. "Come on, our family is waiting for us."

Toushirou grinned and followed his sister into the dining room where everyone was indeed waiting for them.

Over the next few months Toushirou and Nanao had fully repaired their broken past. Toushirou had even on one occasion brought over their childhood photos. Although, he didn't tell her that their parents had thrown all the photos out and that he had retrieved them from the trash. He did however have to explain why any photos that did happen to have their parents in it had sections cut out as he held an intense hatred for his parents for a long time. Toushirou was surprised at how Nanao's new family had accepted him and his wife and kids with open arms and he never looked back.

Nanao was currently five months pregnant and she was over at Toushirou and Momo's house having a small lunch get together for Momo's best friend, Rukia's birthday. It was a girl's lunch and the men were all out elsewehere, Toushirou had even taken Ryutaro with him.

Nanao smiled at Kiyomi who sat pouting in a chair because she couldn't go with her father or more importantly with her uncle's best friend, Jyuushiro. Nanao walked over and sat down next to her niece. "Smile Ki, they won't be gone all day! You should go have fun and play with your friend while you can. She looks a little lonely."

Kiyomi turned her head and saw Rukia's oldest daughter, Kiyomi's best friend, sitting in the living room next to her mother while Rukia was holding her other daughter up trying to urge her to learn to walk. Kiyomi smiled at her aunt and gave her a hug before running to her best friend and dragging her into her room.

Nanao moved into the living with Momo, Rukia, and Rangiku and sat down with a sigh. She placed her hand over her protruding belly and rubbed it gently hoping that baby would settle down, it felt like the baby was doing somersaults inside her stomach.

Momo looked over at Nanao and smiled. "So did you find out what you're having?"

Nanao leaned back into her chair and gave a small smile back. "No, I decided I wanted to be surprised. I don't have too many good surprises, so Shunsui could not find out either because he would never be able to keep that secret!"

Rangiku laughed at her adopted sister. "And you know he's dying to know too!"

At seven and a half months pregnant Nanao was getting close to being ready for the baby to be born. She never realized how long nine months could be. As she was walking around the park for some form of exercise she smiled thinking about how excited Shunsui was about becoming a father. They had already finished decorating the baby's room.

Nanao stopped walking when she found her path blocked and was surprised to see who was blocking her path as she never expected to see them again, her biological parents.

"So where is your brother?" Nanao's mother asked with a sneer.

Nanao shook her head, she couldn't believe how childish and petty they still were. "What does it matter to you? Last he told me was that he didn't ever want to see you again and neither do I for that matter!"

Nanao tried to walk around them but found that they continued to block her way. "What do you really want? Are you spying on your own son?"

Nanao's father took a menacing step forward. "You still continue to poison our son's mind with your lies!"

Nanao kept her firm stance. She was not going to be intimated by her biological parents anymore. "Your ignorance astounds me!"

Nanao's mother sneered at her again. "So how many kids does this make for you? You must have been knocked up plenty of times by now!"

Nanao just rolled her eyes. "I just don't understand how you can still believe that ridiculous lie! Did you ever really care for me at all?"

Nanao's father glared at her. "Why in the hell would I care about a girl? You were supposed to have been born a boy and it was a mistake to let Toushirou spend so much time around you!"

"They why the hell are you bothering her now and why would it matter who I spent time with growing up because you two were never really around?" Toushirou stated angrily as he walked up to them to stand next to his sister.

Nanao turned to her brother, surprised to see him there.

"Your husband is looking for you!" Toushirou stated to Nanao and pointed the way to where Shunsui had headed off to.

After Nanao departed Toushirou turned to his so-called parents. "You two are so delusional and don't ever bother her again!"

"But son, we only care about what's best for you!" Toushirou's father stated calmly.

Toushirou shook his head trying to rid himself of the feeling of wanting to destroy his own parents. "You two only care about how things look for you and what you can get from people!" Toushirou turned to leave but stopped and pulled a paper from his pocket that he had been meaning to deliver to them since this is the fourth time they stalked him and his family to the park. He handed the paper to his father. "By the way this is a restraining order; you are not to come within one hundred feet of my family or Nanao's!"

Shunsui walked into the house quickly placing the carrier down which held his one day old daughter in it. He walked back as Nanao shut the front door and lifted her up into his arms despite her protests and carried her to the couch. He knew people would be stopping by throughout the day to see their new baby.

Nanao sighed in relief as she leaned back against the pillows that Shunsui had arranged for her on the couch. She couldn't believe how painful childbirth had been, all her reading and researching on the subject did not prepare her for the actual experience. She smiled as she watched Shunsui lift their daughter so cautiously out of the carrier and brought her over to Nanao's waiting arms.

As Nanao sat up and received her daughter, Shunsui slid in behind her and pulled Nanao back to rest against his chest and he wrapped his arms around his wife and daughter. He had no idea of how to put into words the feeling he had right at this moment.

Nanao looked down at her daughter slightly brushing her dark brown hair. She smiled as Shunsui leaned his head down and whispered in her ear that they had made a beautiful baby together.

After a couple of hours everyone had made it over for Shunsui's big announcement. Nanao still couldn't believe that Shunsui had decided to further torture everyone by making them wait until now to tell everybody their baby's name.

Seira and Kazuhiko were standing at the end of the couch Nanao was laying on as they were the first to arrive. Tomoya and Miaka were standing at the other end talking to Toushirou and Momo who stood next to them. Rangiku and Hisagi were sitting in the loveseat across the way watching nine month old Ryutaro crawl towards his sister Kiyomi who was sitting in front of Jyuushiro on the floor. Rangiku had a hand on her stomach wishing for her own pregnancy to rush forward as she had only announced the news last week.

Shunsui stood up and turned towards his niece. "Ki, do you want to be the first to greet your new cousin!"

Kiyomi smiled brightly at her uncle. "Yeah!"

Shunsui let Kiyomi sit next to Nanao on the couch and moved forward running a finger across his daughter's cheek. Shunsui smiled as his daughter seemed to open her eyes for just a second as if in recognition that her father was there.

Nanao smiled. "She is so going to be a daddy's girl!"

Shunsui smiled brilliantly. He turned back to Kiyomi. "Ki, I would like to introduce you to your new cousin Mirai."

After everyone had left, Shunsui and Nanao were upstairs in Mirai's room watching her sleep in her crib for the first time. Shunsui held Nanao in his arms holding her against him. He watched his daughter's even steady breathing and wondered what she thought of her first day home. Mirai had been passed around as everyone had wanted to hold her.

"I can't believe she's finally here!" Nanao stated in a tired voice.

Shunsui turned Nanao around and kissed her gently. "Our future has finally arrived!"

Nanao smiled and looked back at their daughter and hoped all the best for Mirai. Nanao turned to Shunsui. "The future is certainly looking a lot brighter!"

Shunsui grinned before kissing his wife again. He wondered how long he should really wait before he told her he wanted her to have another baby with him.

A/N: I do apologize again for taking so long. I need to really update my other stories as well - don't worry I haven't forgotten about them! It's just been so hard to find time to write lately. I do hope that this was a decent ending for everyone. And Mirai means future, so I thought that was a cute little play on the meaning of her name and the last couple of lines between Nanao & Shunsui. I want to Thank Everyone that has taken the time to read and review this story. I truly appreciate it!! :)