Things have been progressing well so far: Nanao is finally home and your little girl is not so little anymore. Her hair have appeared at last and it seems she'll take after you in this aspect. Her skin is now milk white and her eyes as stunning as ever.

She is going to be trouble when she grows up.

Come to think of it, she already is.

It seems as if every Shinigami in Seritei is reduced to a bubbling fool as soon as he or she sets eye upon your daughter.

It all started with Yama-jii, that after seeing Sagiso for the first time, proceeded to brush his long beard on her bald head to make her giggle. And how could you forget Zaraki, who started dancing in the middle of 4° division just to jingle his bells? (Nanao has been wary of him after that). Rangiku thought it would be funny to present you with an enormous bra…never mind the fact your daughter is way too young for such things. Byakuga decided the best way to divert the child was to use his zampaktou and create a shower of sakura blossoms for her…it was a nice thing…up until the moment he thought himself well alone and started squealing like a suffering pig, using strange noises and snorting all the while: it was disturbing to say the least.

But the worst of all was Juushiro and Toushiro's visit. You're the first to admit your daughter will be a sure knockout when she grows up, but this will not be for 500 years (or so you hope) and there's no way in hell you'll even consider an arranged marriage between your girl and the short captain.

It has been a terrible month and yesterday morning you found a white hair (your first!) standing proud against the black. It's too soon for these things and yet Sagiso is already making you pay for every trouble you caused her mother…who, by the way, has been sniggering to herself like a madwoman for the last week or so.

Even now she is there, with your daughter in her arms suckling at her breast and you think you could face anything for the two of them

-Shunsui? Are you listening to me? I spoke to Unohana Taicho yesterday and it's confermed: I'm pregnant again…

Or not.