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Definitely Maybe - Chapter 5 – Experience is the best Teacher
Renji, Rukia, Rocky and Michelle exited the Senkaimon into Soul Society and began making their way to the Kuchiki manor. As they walked there were greetings going on all around them. The Jaegerjaquez children were somewhat popular in the Seireitei mostly due to their mother although many knew a debt of gratitude was owed to their father for his help in the Quincy war.
When they arrived to the manor Rangiku Matsumoto ran out of the front doors to greet them with a huge hug, "Oh my goodness, you've both grown so much since the last time we saw you," she squealed in excitement. Both kids were having trouble breathing due to be smoothed by her enormous breasts. When they'd finally disentangled themselves from her they looked up to see Byakuya Kuchiki standing back watching his fiancé fawn over them.
They stepped forward and bowed politely to him saying together, "Good morning Kuchiki Taichou." Michelle continued when they'd stood back up, "Thank you for allowing us to stay with you."
Byakuya inclined his head to their greeting but in his eyes was shining pleasure at having them there. For many decades the Kuchiki manor had lacked the presence of children. He hoped in the future he and Rangiku could remedy that after their wedding but for now he took pleasure in having Jaegerjaquez Orihime's children under his roof. He motioned for them to come forward and hugged them.
"Now then, let's get you settled in," he said and guided them to their guest room himself, Rukia and Rangiku's eyes shining at watching the man they both adored and loved being so kind. It could still catch both of them off guard occasionally.
The first few days consisted of making visits to all their parent's friends and their children. Some had gifts for them to make up for missing a few birthdays while others had items they wished them to take back to their parents. Because Rukia and Renji had their own duties to attend to the twins were given a certain amount of freedom when they were not training. But really, everywhere they went they ran into people who were looking after them.
Rocky had become more adept at controlling his shield fairly quickly while Michelle's attacks were getting more and more powerful. Each twin had acquired one power from their mother along with exceptional strength from their father. Both had received the ability to heal to some degree but their younger brother was by far the more adept at it. None were quite sure why the powers had manifested the way they did since Orihime's came from her sprites but Urahara thought it possible it was that way because she was still human.
Had she lived her life out and came to Soul Society at the end of it he estimated her powers would have manifested in a zanpaktuo like any other soul reaper. They were in uncharted territory in a number of areas having to do with Orihime and her family from her powers manifesting while she was human to Grimmjow's humanity growing stronger and their combined DNA creating hybrid children.
From what they could tell the children were able to access their powers similar to how the Quincy's did, although they were not using the spiritual pressure around them but rather pulling from their own reserves.
Because of this their stay in Soul Society served two purposes. One was to help them replenish their reserves and the other was for them to learn to control their use of it so they did not deplete themselves. Additionally they were getting used to using their abilities in active situations should they ever find themselves attacked again.
They had just finished their second day of training of their third week in Soul Society and had decided to go on a picnic to one of the fields surrounding the Seireitei. Once set up they enjoyed a leisurely meal but were interrupted by a Garganta opening near them.
Out stepped two high level arrancars and the twins hitched their breath. By the looks on their faces they knew this was not a bona fide visit. These were arrant arrancars here on their own business unless Harribel had abandoned the truce and was infiltrating Soul Society!
Not thinking before speaking Rocky piped up, "Hey! What are you doing here?"
The arrancars whipped their heads to face the twins and both had smug smiles creep across their faces.
Without a word they headed towards the them, intent on beginning their destruction with these two brats. The next moment they were stunned when one was caught by Rocky's dome and the other was slammed into by Michelle's attack.
Despite success with their first offense and defense on their own the twins knew they were in trouble. Despite their high reiatsu levels they had not yet been fully trained in shunpo, only having managed a few flash steps here and there. Getting away or defending from these two was going to be impossible if they used shunpo.
The next moment that is precisely what happened. Rocky's shield was shattered by the arrancar incased in it and he grabbed the boy while the other who had been attacked by Michelle overtook her. They struggled but were no match for the powerful creatures.
Suddenly there was an overwhelming push of spiritual pressure and Byakuya entered into the clearing, Renji behind him by one step.
"Release them at once," the captain said his voice frigid. Renji had Zabimaru in his hands and a murderous look on his face.
The arrancar let go of the kids turning their attention to these more formidable opponents.
"What business have you in Soul Society?" Byakuya demanded.
They didn't answer but instead one of them swiped Michelle's leg causing it to bleed. She cried out in pain and clutched her wound, her brother making his way to her. That was all it took for both soul reapers to move forward and engage the enemy.
"Rocky, get you and your sister out of here," shouted Renji as he fought.
Rock nodded, stooped to pick her up and began running away from the scene. When they were far enough away he took a moment to stop and heal her leg. They were close enough that they could still see the fight going on. The arrancars were exceptionally strong and were giving their uncles trouble.
"They need help," Michelle murmured and Rocky flicked his gaze to her.
His eyes shot back to the fight when he heard Renji cry out in pain. He'd been hit particularly hard in the stomach, blood rushing out of his wound. The twins' eyes widened when they realized he'd lost his grip on Zabimaru.
"Uncle Renji!" they both cried and rushed forward. Both of them weren't thinking just acting on instinct.
First Rocky put up a shield to block the next blow coming from the arrancar and Michelle sent out an attack to push him back. They reached Renji who was bleeding more heavily than they realized.
"Rocky, shield!" Michelle yelled and he encased the three of them as she began her healing on Renji.
The arrancar had recovered and was beating on the shield but this time Rocky was holding it firm for longer, however, his energy was waning.
"Michelle hurry, I don't know how much longer I can hold this up," he said as sweat dripping from this temple down his cheek.
"I'm trying but I've never done this during battle, it's hard to concentrate," she admitted, tears blurring her vision for a moment but she pushed them back, she couldn't cry right now!
Rocky looked out and saw Byakuya was trying to get to them but the second arrancar was blocking him. "Where is everyone else?" Rocky thought as he felt his shield getting weaker. It was starting to crack.
"Kids, get out of here, I'll be ok," Renji coughed out but when he went to try to stand he couldn't, the wound in his stomach was still too deep. He knew Michelle was doing her best to heal him quickly but in order to do it thoroughly it took her longer than what her mother could do. Still, he was thankful they were there otherwise he'd be dead by now.
"We won't leave you like this, you're still bleeding too much and you can't move properly," Michelle countered fiercely and he almost chuckled at how much she looked like her father in that moment, the only difference being she hadn't sworn…yet.
Rocky looked to his side and saw that Zabimaru was close by so he reached out and picked him up. He knew he wasn't strong enough to wield the weapon properly but he hoped he could buy them some time.
When the arrancar had reared back to attack the shield again Rocky stood up. As their enemy moved forward he suddenly dropped the shield as he swung the zanpaktuo forward. It was exceptionally heavy but his adrenaline helped him get a clean hit in. Because the arrancar wasn't expecting it at all his position put him directly in line with the attack and his momentum made the hit harder than it would have been had he not been moving forward.
Rocky heard a grunt of pain from the creature in front of him and had a satisfied smirk on his face when he saw he'd drawn blood.
The arrancar wasn't done yet, however, and started to come back after him. Rocky steeled his nerves and held the sword in front of him as best he could. Just before he was hit he saw petals flowing around him. His smirk returned as he slammed the shield back up.
"Sayonara you piece of shit," he chuckled as he watched Byakuya's bankai overwhelm the arrancar in front of him.
He heard the scream of the creature as it was shred to pieces in the flurry of sakura blossoms.
There was a wave of activity after the fight and the twins reported to the head captain what they saw. When Harribel was contacted she was beyond furious.
"My deepest apologies Head Captain Yamamoto," the fierce woman said with a deep bow, "I have had recent issues with rebelling factions. We have been attempting to deal with it on our own but apparently two of the rebels took it upon themselves to attempt to start another war between us."
"Do you require assistance?" the head captain asked.
"That is not necessary captain, when I heard about the breach I contacted my former comrades and requested their assistance. We know Soul Society has many capable warriors but in Hueco Mundo it is better to have those already acclimated to the environment assist."
The next moment there was a commotion behind Harribel and she sighed, "It's ok, let him in."
A minute later Rocky and Michelle, who were behind the head captain, saw their father's face appear on the telecommunication screen.
"Rocky, Michelle, are you two ok?" he asked without ceremony or greeting to any in the room.
The twins smiled and stepped forward at Yamamoto's signal.
"Yes dad, we're fine," Michelle said and Rocky nodded.
"You should know they were instrumental in taking down the rebels. Also, Abarai Renji would probably have died without their help," the head captain said.
The look on Grimmjow's face was mixed with pride and concern. Orihime was not going to like that they had been involved but really what could they expect?
He smiled a gentle smile, a sight not seen by many, at his children and said, heedless of who heard him, "I'm very, very proud of both of you. Please be careful and enjoy the rest of your time. I'll do my best to make sure your mom doesn't drag your asses back before the end of the summer."
"Thanks dad, we love you!" Michelle said.
"Love you both too, now, I've got to go kick some ass. Talk to you later," he said and took off.
Harribel and Yamamoto finished their discussion before signing off.
Back at the Kuchiki manor there was a small celebration going on. The twins were being honored for their first active battle.
"We are so proud of you both," Rangiku said.
"Yes, thank you for saving my husband's lame ass, I can't believe you got bested by an arrancar! You're getting slack," Rukia said smacking Renji over the head but her eyes were soft. She knew she'd really almost lost him.
"Hey, it's not my fault the claws of that one had flesh eating bacteria in their tips!" he complained.
When the summer was over and their mother had come to get them Orihime walked up to Renji and Byakuya to hug them. "Thank you for protecting my children," she said with tears in her eyes.
"There is no need to thank us, we should be thanking you. Without them there Renji may have died," the stoic captain replied. She smiled and kissed both their cheeks before grasping the hands of her precious twins.
"Not even teenagers and you're already becoming legends in your own right," she said as they walked to the Senkaimon.
"Well, we have big shoes to fill," Rocky said with a grin.
She ruffled his hair, "Yes, but let's try to keep the world saving responsibility off your shoulders for some years to come."
With that they entered the gates and headed back home to the world of the living and found Grimmjow waiting for them.
The rebellion had been put down.
"Now I'm the one who needs a vacation," he said as he cracked his neck.
His wife and children chuckled at him as they all walked out of the shop to head back home.