Okay I lied. After reading the preview again I had to continue it. I hafta be honest, this is my favorite out of all my fanfics because I am knee deep in Bleach right now and I cannot stay away from this fanfic! Plus Tuesday is when Bleach: DiamondDust Rebellion is released in the US and I wanted to make this a nice big chapter in favor to it. And when I read over the preview, I found a few mistakes and errors in it so that's all fixed. Now, Shiro-chan!
Toshiro: What?
Me: Disclaimer!
Toshiro: I don't wanna say it.
Me: Oh. Ichimaru-taicho!
Gin: Cookie does not own Bleach or its characters. What a shame.
Me: (squeals)
Baby Strawberry Snowflakes
1 month
Ichigo's POV
Toshiro hit the one month mark and the nausea has pretty much gone away. He isn't throwing up every other hour now. It's more like once every other day. He's happy because his mouth doesn't taste like acid anymore. I'm glad because I won't hafta hear that painful retching noise when I happen to be nearby. I miss my family a lot but I seem to have a lot more friends here than I did back in the World of the Living. Sure I had Orihime, Chad, Uryu, Tatsuki, and I guess Keigo. But here I have Rangiku, Gin, Izuru, Renji, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Rukia, Ukitake, and of course Toshiro. Oh and I only use their honorifics out loud. I always feel like Toshiro is watching me to make sure I follow the rules and shit. This is nerve racking. I hafta live like this until for the rest of eternity? Or until I get killed? Bullcrap. I was told by Rangiku that Toshiro needed to see me for something serious. I immediately thought about the baby, but we'll see.
I ran into his office, "Toshiro, you wanted to see me?" I cursed inwardly for saying his first name.
I waited for him to yell but there was no answer, "Hello? Hitsugaya-taicho? Are you here?"
There was a barely audible sniffling noise from across the hall. It was coming from Toshiro's bedroom. I walked in and saw him lying on his bed and it looked like he had been crying.
"Hitsugaya-taicho, what's wrong? What did you need to see me for?" I asked, slightly shaking him.
"Oh drop the honorific, Ichigo. I don't even care right now." Toshiro grumbled.
Needless to say I was shocked, "Uh okay Toshiro. What did you want?"
Toshiro sat up on his bed and immediately let his face fall in his hands, "Ugh, I still can't believe it."
I sat down next to him and placed my hand on his shoulder, "Can't believe what? Is this about the baby?"
The small man nodded and raised his head to face me, "I was called by Unohana for a checkup and she noticed that I was already showing a bit, which isn't supposed to happen until the third month. So she felt around my stomach and said three words: 'You're having twins'."
My heart skipped a beat, "What?! Seriously?!"
Much to my dismay, he nodded again, "I'm sorry Ichigo. I didn't ever mean to cause you so much distress. Because of me, you died, had to leave your family behind, and now are expecting two children. If it weren't for me enrolling in the Soul Reaper Academy, none of this would have happened!"
"Hold on a minute." I stopped him, "What do you mean by that? This can't be your fault. It's my fault for not keeping it in my pants and getting you pregnant."
He chuckled, "Thanks but all in all it is my fault. If I hadn't have enrolled in the Soul Reaper Academy, I wouldn't have become a Soul Reaper, risen to a captain, had to go to school, met you, been screwed by you, and gotten pregnant! If I hadn't have showed up, you wouldn't have needed to keep it in your pants!"
As if waiting for the right moment, the worst person to visit them at the moment, decided to pop in, "Hello Hitsugaya! Hello Ichigo! How are ya today?"
I gaped at him. Ichimaru-taicho came in at the worst times, "Well, we aren't exactly our best right now."
Gin turned and looked at Toshiro and saw that he had been crying, "Oh no! Don't tell me ya lost the baby!"
"No Ichimaru. " Toshiro turned and looked at him with a warm look, "It's quite the opposite really. I'm actually having twins."
"Really? Well tat's wonderful news! But then why was ya cryin'?" Gin asked, confused.
Toshiro shrugged, "I guess I just was a bit shocked and a little upset. I mean, it's not like I had really planned this in the first place."
Gin opened his eyes a little and leaned towards me, "You are awfully quiet. Ya got nuthin ta say ta me?"
"It's nothing against you, Ichimaru-taicho. Toshiro seems to be the one doing all the talking so I didn't wanna interrupt him." I explained.
"That's Hitsugaya-taicho!" Toshiro fussed.
Gin smiled from ear to ear, "Well, I can see everything is back ta normal. I'm-"
He was interrupted by the ring of his cell phone, his smile faded, "Oh great." Gin answered his phone and put it on speaker, "Hiya Izuru."
"Where are you, ya bastard?!"
"Now calm down, Izuru. I was just checkin' up on Hitsugaya and Ichigo. I told you when I was leavin'." Gin soothed.
"Hell no you did not! Gin Ichimaru, you better get your smiling ass back here before I kill you!"
Toshiro and I looked at each other in awe at what was going on. This was the first time I had ever seen Kira so mad.
"All right Izuru. I'll be right there. Jus' calm down. Gettin' all worked up for nuthin' isn't good for the baby, okay?"
"Yeah. I know. I just really miss you is all. I hate it when you leave me all alone. I feel so unsafe and vulnerable. I feel useless."
Me and Toshiro almost freaked out. I could see in his eyes that he was worried that he would be like that in the near future.
"How dare ya say tat, Izuru! You ain't useless! I promise you I will be there in a minute m'kay?"
"Okay. I love you, Gin."
"I love you too, Izuru." Gin hung up the phone, "Well, I must be off. Izuru can only be left alone for so long, as ya can tell. Bye bye!"
Hitsugaya's POV
I watched Ichimaru leave in a hurry. Hearing Kira's voice over the phone freaked me out. Why did Ichimaru put it on speaker in the first place? Was he wanting to give us a taste of what was to come? No, I could never be like that, could I?
I turned to Ichigo, "Ichigo…do you think I'll ever be like that? Yelling at you over the phone?"
The strawberry smiled, "Hitsugaya-taicho, you yell at me all the time. What would be the difference except that your mood would change a lot more often."
"I guess your right." I paused, thinking for a moment, "But, what if I yell something unintentional at you and you get mad and leave me? What'll happen then?"
Ichigo sighed and shook his head, "Listen Hitsugaya-taicho, you are the 10th division taicho. You are exceptionally strong and are a child prodigy. There is no way in hell that something like this could bring you down. So just for the hell of it, hi Toshiro."
"THAT'S HITSUGAYA-TAICHO TO YOU!!!!" I snapped sharply.
The shinigami smiled, "That will never ever get old.
Gin's POV
Meanwhile, over in the 3rd division, I had finally returned to a distraught Izuru, "Izuru, I'm back. Are ya okay?"
Izuru rushed over to me and hugged me as tight as he could despite his somewhat swollen belly, "Do not ever leave me again, Gin! Please!"
I smiled and put my hand on Izuru's head, "I told ya I would be right back. Ya don't need ta be frettin' about nuthin'."
"Forgive me, but I'm afraid that you'll leave me again like you did when you left with Aizen and Tosen." Izuru whimpered.
"Now Izuru, I have told ya many times before that all of that is in the past now. I'm not going ta leave like that again, I promise." I put my hand on Izuru's stomach, "How could I when I have two special people that I need ta keep safe?"
Izuru looked up at me with a tear streaked face and smiled, "I'm sorry for doubting you, Gin. I should've known better. After all you did come back. But I have to ask, why did you?"
I frowned for a second before leading Izuru onto the couch so he could sit down, "Well, if ya must know. There was a certain someone that I sensed missed me too much and I just had to return to make his sadness go away. Ya thought ya learned to mask yer grief so well, though I saw right through it. Even when ya battled Avirama* and he mentioned my name and ya got pissed, I told Tosen that I was proud that ya were doing well without me, though I knew that deep down ya were still sufferin'. And ta think, if I hadn't of come back, I wouldn't have received such a wonderful gift."
"You were really the only person who saw through my defenses, Gin." Izuru said sleepily before falling asleep on my chest.
I smiled, "Ah Izuru, ya always fall asleep on me." I chuckled, "But tat's one of the reasons why I love ya."
*Avirama is an Arrancar that Izuru fights in 11th season. To see what Gin means, watch the end of episode 216 and the beginning of 217!!!
Well, that's all I got! I tell ya, I started typing this at 3pm, and I'm now finishing it at 12:50 am. Yeah, it took me that long to write just this. I told ya I've got terrible writers block! But oh well, what can ya do? During this time, I watched a few episodes of Bleach, the movie Clerks 2, ate dinner, all while cuddling my new Kon plushie.
Gin: Why didn't ya get a plushie of me?
Me: Surprisingly, they didn't have anything with you on it. Unless you count the 3rd division lieutenant armband.
Gin: Did ya buy that?
Me: I wanted to but I didn't have enough money.
Toshiro: Did it have anything of me?
Me: Oh yeah, you had your own little action figure! It was cute but I knew I wasn't gonna buy it. I was wanting to get the Toshiro slippers I saw on eBay.
Toshiro: Toshiro slippers?
Me: Yep!
Toshiro: Che, how childish.
Me: And I also wanna get a Gin plushie so bad! It's really cute! Though the only Bleach plushies they had were of Kon, Kisuke, and Rukia.
Gin: Where'd ya go?
Me: Fye, it had a crapload of anime stuff. Though it was out of town and I was lucky to go once. Oh, and Shiro-chan!
Toshiro: What?
Me: I'm so excited to see your movie.
Toshiro: I have a movie?
Gin: He has a movie?
Me: Uh-huh! It's called Bleach: DiamondDust Rebellion! It almost centers around the pairing IchiHitsu. It's gonna be released in the US on Tuesday.
Gin: I don't get a movie?
Me: Awwwww! Poor Gin! (hugs) You're so awesome that you don't even need a movie. (looks up) I just noticed how tall you were!
Gin: Oh? Yeah, I'm 6 feet tall.
Me: Dude, I'm only like 5 feet 5 inches, no wonder! You make Toshiro look even more like a midget!
Toshiro: HEY! WATCH IT!!!
Me: (hops on Gin's back) To see the madness of this continue, REVIEW!!!