Chapter 7

Toshiro Hitsugaya

Birthday

I wasn't allowed to see her for another hour after that. The vice captains and lieutenants rushed in through the front door and into the room. Karin and the babies were taken from the house and brought back to the 4th squad barracks. It was done so quickly that I could barely even comprehend what was going on.

Matsumoto and I made our way down to the barracks shortly after. I knew now that all of them were okay but I wanted to see them.

"Where are they?" I asked as I stepped through the front door of the barracks and down the long hallway where I knew Unohana was. She stepped out of a door at the end of the hallway and stood there waiting for me to reach her.

"Are they okay?" I asked.

"Karin is fine." She replied trying to be a reassuring as possible.

"And the twins?" I asked.

"The twins are stable but they are very small they will probably have to be held here for the next couple of days until I'm completely sure that they are okay to go home." She replied.

"What's the matter with them?" I asked.

"Nothing, I just want to make sure that they are completely stable before I release them. They were born way before their due date and we didn't really plan for there to be two of them." she said calmly.

"Can I see them?" I asked. She gave no verbal answer she turned and headed back into the room she had just come out of. Karin was lying in her bed looking over at two baby bassinets that were positioned across the room from where she was.

I walked over and stood in between the two bassinets The one to the left was pink and the one on my right was blue.

"See I told you there was a boy." Matsumoto said as she leaned over the blue bassinet to take a glance at the sleeping child that was inside. "I master at masking his reiatsu already." She said as she looked him over one more time.

"His name is Katsu." She answered.

"What is her name?" I asked.

"Toshi," Karin replied simply. "Because she looks just like you."

I smiled before going over to sit on the edge of the bed. I had made an art out of this during the last nine months of us living together. I should get a medal for being able to balance myself on the edge of a bed without falling.

"Katsu and Toshi." I repeated. "Perfect."