I thank all those who review and to the news that the Makers of Fanfiction are planning to take down Lemons, while I don't like them, I certainly don't want them to be taken down.
Also I forgot to put these in the last chapter. And sorry for the long update, took me a few tries with this chapter to get it right.
1: Three years in Shinigami years, I have no idea how many human years counts to shinigami years.
2: I'm pretty sure they had phones back then since the 12th division is very high tech.
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Chapter Three: Meeting the Beifongs
It was an original day for most shinigami in the Seireitei, key word most.
"Okay Shiro-chan I want you to be on your best behavior when we meet the Beifongs." Yoruichi told her eight year old son as they rode within a wagon.
Both of them were wearing beautiful robes with Yoruichi wearing a purple color with gold vines and Toshiro wearing a light green color and a blue dragon wrapping around it. Around his neck was a small diamond in the shape of the Shihoin clan family seal which is a family heirloom that would be passed down heirs of each generation and could buy three mountains.
"Alright Kaa-chan." Toshiro said with a smile which Yoruichi returned and placed a hand on his head, messing up his spiky hair. Her son was growing up rather well but he had a problem with making friends his age. He got along well with older people but with kids his age, they would look at him differently and mistreat him because of it(which would result in a , so the elders thought it would be "good" for him to meet the daughter of the Beifongs.
Although she knew the real reason why they were going to meet one of the wealthiest family in all of Soul Society with a fortune that could rival any noble clan, they were hoping for the two to get marry in the future and merge the two clans. She was all against it at first but then decided to go with it just so Toshiro can make a friend his age.
Soon they reached the Beifongs compound and the guards opened the gate for them. Getting out of the wagon, Toshiro looked around in awe as he took in the surroundings. It was a huge garden with a medium size lake that had a wooden bridge over it and a large forest stood around the manor. Guards wearing samurai armor with the flying boar symbol on there chest armor were either walking around or at there post.
"This place is huge!" Toshiro said, spinning around to get a view of everything while Yoruichi laughed at her son and placed a hand on his shoulder to keep him from running off.
"Come on Toshiro we need to meet the Beifongs." Nodding his head, the duo followed the pathway into the manor and soon they went met with a large, in muscles, bald man who looked in his mid forties and had a sword strapped to his side.
He bowed to the two of them. "Yoruichi-sama and Toshiro-sama its an honor to meet you both. Please follow me to the dining room." He stood back up and lead them into the manor and soon they were in a large dining room.
He turned to address them. "The Beifongs will be here shortly until then, please enjoy the food." He walked out the room as Yoruichi and Toshiro each took a seat next to each other. They both ate in a noble manner and exchanged comments and laughs to pass the time then the door opened to reveal the Beifongs and there personal guards.
Lao Beifong was a young man with black hair that was cut short with a small hat that bore that Beifong symbol and golden color robes. Along with that he had brown color eyes and a small Chinese mustache. Poppy had the same color robes as her husband and a green necklace on her neck with a large head of hair and black color eyes.
Their daughter Toph was the biggest surprise. She had black hair that was held up with a hairband and bangs that slightly covered her eyes which showed that she was blind. Besides that, she had light green robes and was flanked by two guards, each one holding a spear.
"Yoruichi-san its good to see you again." Lao said as he gave her a smile and sat, his wife and daughter, who was lead by one of her guards, each took a seat on the side of him.
Yoruichi returned the smile. "Likewise." Toshiro was looking at Toph who was eating with the help of one of her guards and Poppy looked at Toshiro with a smile.
"Your son is very handsome, Yoruichi. I can tell that he's going to be quite the looker when he gets older." Toshiro blushed and focused on his food as his Kaa-chan laughed and patted his hair.
"Oh I know that already but thank you for the compliment." The rest of the meal was filled with comments and laughs but the only ones who didn't join in was the guards, who all stood in the corners of the room and near there employers, and Toph who was silence during most of the meal, only talking when spoken to.
After the meal, Yoruichi looked at the two elder Beifongs. "I think Toshiro and Toph should get to know each other better, don't you two think so as well?" Poppy agreed without hesitation but Lao was against it for a minute until he gave in, under the condition that Toph's personal guards would follow them.
After they left, the atmosphere in the room changed from nice and friendly to all business.
Lao looked at Yoruichi with a business gaze. "So I understand that your elders wish for a marriage contract between our clans."
Yoruichi nodded her head. "I'm all against it. My little Shiro-chan is too young for that kind of stuff."
Poppy nodded in agreement. "As is my Toph." Lao looked at the two women and sighed. "I agree as well but your elders are persistent Yoruichi-san and will probably try to marry your son off to another clan if this one doesn't work."
Yoruichi sighed and then smiled. "I'm aware of that but anyone who wishes to marry Shiro-chan will have to beat me in battle first."
Lao and Poppy shared a smile. "I see, your planning to pull that little trick if it comes to it huh." Poppy said with a sly smile which Yoruichi returned.
With Toshiro and Toph
The duo were walking around the forest with Toph's two guards, Ying and Yang, following behind them and oddly enough Toph had ditched her shoes and walked around barefooted. Toshiro attempted to learn a little more about her.
"So Toph whats your favorite color?" Bad question as Toph scoffed. "I'm blind remember smart guy." He blushed as the two guards shared a laugh.
"Sorry. Okay how about you talk about your self, like your hobbies, likes and dislikes." Toph shrugged and avoided an ant hill.
"Okay, I like soft music, moles(the animal), sarcasm, and blind jokes. My dislikes are whenever people think since I'm blind that I'm weak, sweet food, and being in one place too long. My hobbies are listening to the guards training and playing with the earth."
Toshiro smiled and said. "I like watermelon, winter, cats, and cold food. My dislikes are summer, hot food, and loud music. My hobbies are training with my Kaa-chan, Nee-chan, Ojisans, and Obasans, and playing with Snowflake my pet tiger."
"Tiger?" Toph asked in surprise as she avoided some bushes. "Yeah my Kaa-chan give me Snowflake on my seventh birthday but she's still a kitten."
Toph shrugged again and jumped onto the railing of a stone bridge and, as he walked beside her he had to ask. "How do you do that?"
"Do what?" Toshiro would have pointed at her balancing on the railing with no visible effort but remembered she was blind and stopped himself from doing so.
"How do you see where your going?" Toph jumped back onto the ground and walked side by side Toshiro. "To be honest, I really don't know, something just tells me where everything is. Like that ant hill," She pointed at a small ant hill. "or that pond and you guys."
"So you really don't know?" Toph shook her head and Toshiro thought about this for a second. "Toph have you been having weird dreams lately?"
Toph's eyes widen. "How'd you know that?" Toshiro shrugged. "Just a guess." The blind girl then sighed.
"Yeah and it all been with me in a dark cave but I could see everything. The walls, the stalactites and stalagmites, and something else."
The white hair boy looked at her. "What do you mean something else?" Toph sighed again.
"I don't know but all I can hear from it is whispers but its too faint to make out." That was all Toshiro needed. "I see Toph, I think that might be your Zanpakuto trying to talk to you."
This surprised Toph and her two guards but before he could say anything else, something flew at Ying who blocked it with his spear revealing to be a kunai. The two quickly took there positions in surrounding the two nobles the best they could while looking at the surrounding area.
"Show yourself!" Yang shouted and was answered by a male voice saying, "If you wish." Four figures appear out of nowhere, all wearing black outfits and blocking anyway out, but the leader had short blond hair, blue eyes, pale skin and evil grin on his face.
"Who are you and why are you here?" Ying said shielding the two kids with his body and holding his spear in a defensive stance. The leader's grin didn't fade as he said. "I am Xingu and my reasons for being here is quite simple, I want those two."
He pointed behind Ying and at Toshiro, who was covering Toph with his body, and Toph who was listening and gripping Toshiro's robes with a tight grip.
"If you want them you'll have to get past our dead bodies!" Yang shouted at the man whose grin simply widen. "Very well." He snapped his fingers and the other three began closing in the distance between them.
"Yang I have a plan." Ying said to his brother as he eyed the three figures as they got closer. "When I say go, I want you to take Toph-sama and Toshiro-sama and run back to the manor."
Yang nodded his head and thought. 'Where the hell are the other guards.'
In the Guards' Room in the Manor
Currently most of the guards were knocked out after being exposed to sleeping gas and the doors leading out were locked shut, meaning the four were on their own.
Back to the four
"Toph-sama, Toshiro-sama I want both of you to cover your ears and eyes when I say go." The two nodded and got ready to do so. The three were getting closer but only when they were a few feet away, Ying shouted. "GO!"
In one fluid motion, he reached into the inside of his armor and pulled out several small black balls which he threw at his feet which caused loud and bright flashes to blind the enemies. Yang quickly grabbed the two into his arms and began to run back to the manor as Ying, who was used to his own flash bangs, quickly drove his spear at the closest foe but was blocked by Xingu.
Xingu, who now had a sword out, kicked him back and shouted at the others. "Go! Get them before they reached the manor, I'll handle this weakling." The three nodded and disappeared in shunpos which Ying cursed at.
'This is bad, Yang doesn't know Shunpo so they'll be able to catch up in no time.' He aimed a stab at Xingu's chest but he dodged it and aimed a thrust at Ying's right forearm who managed to dodge it but not before he got a cut from it.
"Prepare to die."
With Yang, Toph and Toshiro
Yang ran as fast as he could with the two in his arms but he knew that his pursers knew Shunpo so it was only a matter of time until they caught up to them. Suddenly he was hit in the back of the leg with a kunai, making him fall and drop the two.
The three other figures appeared out of nowhere and one of them placed a foot on Yang's spine and applied some pressure on it, making him wince from pain.
Yang looked at Toshiro and Toph and yelled. "RUN!" He then reached into his armor and threw some powder at the person on his back, hitting right in the face and, once it made contact, he yelled in pain and began rubbing his eyes. Yang took the chance and threw him off his back and kicked away another one as Toph and Toshiro ran into the surrounding forest.
Two of the pursers, the one that Yang kicked down and the other one that has yet to be hurt, shared a look and nodded to each other as the one Yang kicked down engaged him in battle with the slightly blinded one while the last one went after the two.
With Ying and Xingu
'This is bad.' Ying thought as he used his spear to hold himself up, barely keeping himself from fainting. The battle was one-sided as Ying had two cuts to his stomach, a stab on his back, and a long deep cut on his right arm while the most damage Xingu took was a stab wound in his shoulder but judging by the way he was moving, it didn't bother him much.
"I'll admit, your pretty stubborn to still be standing," Xingu said as they circled each other. "But I can tell your going to fall soon."
'I still got one last trick to play, just hope someone is around to see it.' Ying aimed his left hand at Xingu who got ready to dodge but was caught off guard when Ying threw his hand straight up and yelled.
"Hado #4 Byakurai!" A bolt of lightning shot up into the air and lit up the sky and Ying fell to the ground, exhausted as Xingu laughed as he came closer to him.
"That's it? An attack that was not even close to hitting me," Xingu appeared directly above him, holding his sword high ready to bring it down on his chest. "Goodbye weakling."
But before he could bring the blade down a fist suddenly hit his stomach, knocking the air out of him, and sending him flying right into, and through, a tree before coming to a stop completely unconscious.
Yoruichi glared at Xingu and looked down at Ying who weakly pointed in a direction. "They went that way." Nodding, Yoruichi shunpo'ed off just as Soifon and a fourth division member arrived to help Ying with his injuries.
With Toph and Toshiro
The two were hiding in a hollow tree but the position they were in was a bit... awkward to say the least as the space was too small so Toph had to sit in Toshiro's lap which she was blushing slightly. Toshiro, unaware of the embarrassing position, was keeping an eye on outside, looking for the purser that they barely managed to lose.
"Hey Toshiro," Toph whispered as she leaned against his chest. "Tell me more about my Zanpakuto."
"No offensive Toph but is this really the best time to be talking about that?" Toph punched his leg, making him jump. "Ow! What was that for?"
Toph held up another fist which made Toshiro quickly surrender. "Alright, whenever you get dreams like that it means that your Zanpakuto is trying to talk to you but most people can't even hear there Zanpakuto until they go into the Academy."
The dark hair girl thought about this for a second and said, "Can you hear your Zanpakuto?" Toshiro sighed and nodded his head but then receive a hit to the arm. "Ow! Will you quit doing that?"
"As soon as you get it into your thick head that I'm blind therefore; I can't see if your nodding or not."
Toshiro quickly said yes to her question and went on. "But my dreams are more clearer. I can see that I'm in a plain of ice and I can hear a dragon's roar in the distance."
"You ever tried going toward it?" She asked, interested. "Yes but before I could make it, I would wake up." Before they could continue, a pair of hands shot out of the hole for the tree and grabbed them both by the arms.
The two soon found themselves dangling in the air as one of their pursers held them up. Looking around, they saw that three of them had caught up to them.
"Let us go!" Toph kicked at them but without touching the ground, she was only hitting air. "You two gave us a chase, your lucky that the boss wants you both in perfect condition."
"What about Xingu?" Another one asked which the one holding the two up answered. "We need to complete the mission even if we leave someone behind."
Toshiro was about to aim a kick at his holder's side but a deep voice suddenly spoke up. "That won't work."
"Huh?" Toshiro looked around to find the voice. "Just listen, focus on his arms and let me do the rest." He quickly did as the voice said and stared hard at the arms that held him and Toph up and suddenly the man let both of them go.
"What the hell? Lang what are you doing?" The other two stepped back as Lang drew to two kunai from his sleeves. "I don't know! I can't control my arms and legs!" He jumped at them as they drew there weapons and Toph and Toshiro quickly got up and, after grabbing Toph's hand, ran away from them.
"Toshiro what happened back there?" Toph asked as they ran which he replied with a "I don't know."
"Blood bending." The voice said again which Toshiro let out a quiet "what?" "It's one of my abilities. Every living thing contains water and I happen to be able to control it but you'll learn this ability in time."
Toshiro quickly pieced everything together and thought. 'Your my... Zanpakuto, aren't you?' The voice let out a deep short laugh. "I suggest you focus on running."
With Yang
Yang was currently in the process of pulling his spear out of his right shoulder when Yoruichi appeared out of nowhere and he pointed into the forest.
"That way!" Yoruichi didn't even spare a nod as she continued her search for her son and Toph.
Back with Toph and Toshiro
The duo was still running when Toph tripped. "Toph!" Toshiro quickly went back over to her and helped her up. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," She placed her left foot down and winced from pain. "Scratch that, I think I sprain my ankle." Toshiro didn't waste anytime and quickly lifted her up onto his back. "Whoa! What are you doing?"
"Carrying you, we can't stop." Toshiro ran with Toph on his back which she was impressed that he could still run carrying her. However, after a few feet, a kunai found itself in Toshiro's leg which made yell in pain and fall.
Toph got off his back and tried to help him up but her own injury prevent her from doing so. Soon Toshiro was lifted in the air by the neck as Toph screamed his name.
"You little brat," The man said as he tighten his grip on Toshiro's neck, his right arm dangled uselessly by his side. "I have no idea what you did to Lang but your going to pay." He felt someone punch his side and looked to see Toph, putting most of her weight on her right leg, throw another punch to his side. He scowled and used the back of his hand to hit her back, sending her to the ground.
He focused his attention back on Toshiro. "Now where were we?" Toshiro felt the hand on his throat tighten and he fought for air as he hit uselessly at the man's arm.
"Close your eyes, I do not wish for you to see this." Toshiro did so and, after a while, he heard a strange gurgling sound and the man's hand release his grip on his neck. He had no idea what happen to the man but soon he felt himself fade into unconsciousness.
With Yoruichi
After beating those other two men into the ground, Yoruichi followed a blood trail. When she arrived, she found the last man's body who had large amounts of blood flowing from his mouth and near them, Toph had Toshiro's head in her lap.
She kneed by their side and looked at Toshiro who had a right of bruises on his neck and a wound on the back of leg which she quickly healed with some kido.
"Will he be alright?" Toph asked and Yoruichi looked at her, a bruise on her face that she healed as well. "He'll be fine." Yoruichi said with a relived sigh.
One week later in the Fourth Division
"Is it a sword?" Toph guessed as Toshiro smiled. "Yup."
Currently the two were sharing a room in Fourth Division which Unohana allowed for Toshiro to get to know Toph better. In the week they been in there, they found out that both of them had a lot of similar interests.
The door opened and Yoruichi stepped in with Soifon and Kuukaku behind her. "Hey Toshiro, getting to know your girlfriend better?" Kuukaku said with a grin, making the two blush crimson.
"She isn't my girlfriend!" He yelled at his Obasan who laughed along with Yoruichi and Soifon. The purple hair women decided to interrupt them before Toshiro can retreat under his sheets like last time.
"Well you two I think you'll both be happy to know that Unohana said that you can leave now." The two cheered since, despite each other companies, the week they spent in the Fourth Division was rather dull. "Toph, you'll be leaving with Soifon while I take Toshiro home."
The two nodded, got off the beds, changed(After Toshiro pulled the curtain that separated the two), and went now at the entrance of the Fourth Division where Unohana had met up with them to say goodbye to Toph as well.
"Hang on." Toph tugged on Soifon's hand, stopping her, and she turned to Toshiro who had a confuse look on his face. "Toph, is something wrong?"
"N-no I just wanted to g-give you something," She said, stuttering which made Toshiro even more confuse. However what happen next was something that no one predicted.
Toph gave Toshiro a soft kiss on his left cheek and pulled away, face crimson and the same could be said with Toshiro. She quickly then told Soifon to get and the two vanished in a Shunpo. The three adults were looking at Toshiro's red face and each of them shared a grin.
"Well well Shiro-chan, you work fast don't you," Yoruichi teased her son. "So should I start planning the wedding."
Toshiro's face, if possible, turned even redder. "Kaa-chan!"
Kuukaku joined in on the teasing. "I could do the fireworks for you two, I'll make the best ones anyone ever seen."
"Kuukaku-Obasan!"
"I could help with the flowers. I have some just perfect for weddings." Unohana said, a smile on her face as she too join in.
"Unohana-Obasan, not you too!"
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