Rukia and Byakuya glanced briefly at each other when the clan healer walked towards them. He'd have the news if she was indeed pregnant, or if she'd have to try again.

"well?" the elder one asked in his cold, stoic manner.

"congratulations. Rukia-sama. You are carrying the next heir to the family. But there was one thing I was seriously confused about."

"yes and what may that be?"

"I found the reiatsu of a third person all over your body."

"let me guess. Renji's? of course his is all over me. We danced quite a lot last night." She knew that the excuse was weak and easy to counter because there was no way just dancing would transfer those amounts of reiatsu. But she hoped that it'd just make them stop asking.

And thankfully he didn't ask any further questions so she decided to leave as quickly as possible saying :'now excuse me… I'd like to go and tell my husband the news."

Byakuya stared after her as she walked through the door. The news. Not 'the good news' just 'news'. It made him wonder if he'd really done the wrong thing after all because Rukia didn't really seem to be that happy with the decision. He sighed and looked down. He had also noticed her weak excuse and he knew that she knew. It made him wonder what had happened and he was sure as hell going to find out.

XXXX

Rukia entered the 14th divisions office. A new division solely made for the sake of changing and enforcing laws. Their first task was reviewing all the laws and make changes. Then when that task was done, they'd have to check every verdict that central 46 gave, and later on they'd be the judges giving the kind of punishments while the central was just going to be the jury. Saying if the person was guilty or not.

"hej." Ichigo said as he looked up from his papers. "How'd it go?"

"we did it. I'm pregnant." She said, a soft smile on her face as she sat down on the opposite end of his desk.

"you don't seem too happy about that?"

"well… I don't know…. I'm not sure if I'm even ready to become a mother already and here I am, having the 'task' of getting pregnant immediately after the marriage to bear the heir."

"I'm sorry. But hey… I've got some good news as well. Me and Renji made plans to get to know if Rikichi has a person of interest. That way we know how to proceed in making him yours."

She blushed. "you're fast aren't you."

"yeah well…. I owe you big time." He mumbled softly, biting his lip.

"It's alright. But now I've gotta go, tell my captain the news and stuff." She softly hugged him and then left, leaving Ichigo to ponder if he was even ready to become a father. He wasn't sure.

…

The door opened once again, this time revealing his redhaired lover who walked inside and locked said door. "Hej… I heard the news. And I've got some paperwork for you from Kuchiki-taichou" Renji said softly, sitting down in front of the teen. "congrats." He smiled at him before giving him a quick peck on the lips.

"well… couldn't have done it without you." The younger one smiled.

Suddenly the door blew open, making Renji quickly sit back down in his chair before he turned around to view the intruder.

"Ikakku. What the hell man. That door was locked for a reason."

"yeah well… What're you two planning. I just got the news and wanted to congratulate our little friend here. "

Renji rolled his eyes and puffed out a stubborn breath. "I was giving him the brother to sister's husband talk."

"which is?"

"It comes down to: Hurt her and I'll kill you."

At this Ikkaku grinned and slapped Renji on the back. "spoken like a true ex-member of the eleventh squad. "Yo.. Ichi…. I also got some news for you. The soutaichou wants to speak to you in his chamber about one of the changes you want to make."

"yeah well… That's going to have to wait because Kuchiki-taichou just send over loads and loads of paperwork and I need Renji's help on them." The perfect excuse on getting them alone once again.

The bald man nodded and walked out, closing the door behind him. He knew that work had to happen.

Renji and Ichigo stared at each other before they softly chuckled. "first day and we already almost got caught. We really gotta be careful. Rukia brought us together, now we have to make sure not to get her into any trouble." The younger one said softly, barely above a whisper making Renji nod before he gave the other another quick kiss on the lips.

"now let's get started on that paperwork."

XXXX

Renji opened the door to step outside. "so you finally get it?" he asked the teen. "yes I think so." Came the mumbled response. But the redhead knew that soon enough he'd have to send some of the paper's back to Ichigo to get them right. The only paper he knew was absolutely right was his request to make Rikichi his fukutaichou because he seriously needed someone to help him out with all the paperwork seeing as right now he was the only person in his division. For the rest of the time they'd done some of the paperwork alright, but they most of all had decided to enjoy each other's company for a bit seeing as how there was no real danger in being seen with the windows above the doors and not see-through, and you couldn't really see anything through the Shōji doors as well.

He closed the door behind him and flesh stepped away, not noticing the reiatsu around the corner.

XXXX

The soutaichou stared at Ichigo. "explain this to me Kurosaki-taichou. Why do you want to change the law concerning arranged marriages seeing as how you just entered one."

"yeah well…. Byakuya should be glad that Rukia and I already knew each other for a long time that she used to sleep in my closet so we're used to being in the same room. Not to forget the fact that we were already like friends, family even… Even thought I mean brother and sister. But lots of people who end up in one don't even know each other and then they have to have sex with a stranger, sleep in the same room as that stranger and share their lives with them. I think that pushing someone into a marriage should not be allowed. They can do recommendations sure… But I think that in the end the decision if they want to share their life with someone is up to the person themselves. They can perfectly decide for themselves is that person is worth them or not."

He softly glared at Byakuya, making the clan head once again ponder over his actions.

The soutaichou gazed at him before he nodded in defeat. "Fine. I get your point and I will allow the law to be changed. But I want you to write down the procedures in which they can do recommendations or most of the clans will probably try to find a way to work around the law.

Once again Ichigo shot a look at his brother in law before he nodded at the soutaichou.

"you are all dismissed."