Disclaimers, etc.: see chapter one
Opening Theme: No Way Back (AAA Dome Tour 15th Anniversary - thanx AAA lot - Live) by AAA
Ending Theme: Party It Up - City Summer Party Remix - by AAA

Chapter 14 written 10/11/2023.

Bleach: Cross
Return of Dragon and Princess:
Princess on Vacation
By Eugena

Rated M

Chapter Fourteen: The Other Son

天国的白雪公主

SOUL SOCIETY - SECRET LOCATION

"You look troubled, son."

Hidetomo Kajoumaru, sixth seat of the thirteenth division, looked up at Kyoka Suigetsu. He didn't feel as if the zanpakuto put him under a spell. He felt quite normal. Sure enough, mom was right. He was as immune to his father's zanpakuto as his full brother and sister. He studied Kyoka Suigetsu's face and, sure enough, he saw the resemblance to his brother Daichi quite clearly.

"I'm just tired of the shit mom goes through," Hidetomo admitted to him.

Kyoka Suigetsu reached out and patted his head comfortingly.

"I'm not a kid, you know," Hidetomo protested.

"Well, you'll always be our little boy."

"I'm not the youngest, you know."

"Ah, yes, that would be your sister. We are quite disappointed you didn't tell us about her earlier."

"Can you blame mom?" he asked. "Don't you get it? Do you know what Ichimaru would do to my sister if he had his way? Surely, you aren't blind. At least tell me that you're not, even if dad is."

The zanpakuto growled. "No, no. Although it surprises me. I've told master we should get rid of Ichimaru. Told him so many times."

"Then tell dad I want him to. Tell him to do it for me, to do it for Raiko. Or let me kill him myself."

"No, no," the zanpakuto insisted. "No need to get your hands dirty of the filth. We will handle it."

"So long as he is living and breathing, I don't believe you."

"We'll disagree for now. But as I said, you look troubled, and I'm sure it's more than Ichimaru. Talk to me, son. I promise to make it better."

"Why should I believe you?"

"We've always taken good care of your mother, haven't we?"

"Very well." He took a moment and looked away.

Kyoka Suigetsu reached out and touched his face.

"Ever since mom broke up with Kenpachi Zaraki, Rangiku Matsumoto has been getting more and more intolerable," Hidetomo admitted. "I mean what an idiot. Practically anyone with a brain can put together why mom broke up with him."

"Yes, I know," Kyoka Suigetsu admitted, "and your father and I are very sorry about that. Not about the breakup itself, but about the reason. We will get revenge for her. We promise."

"Good," Hidetomo said, "but I'd still like Matsumoto to suffer. She's a callous airhead. I really don't know why mom is so lenient with her enemies. Not only Matsumoto, but the evil Fake Princess."

"Is that stupid fake still in denial?" he asked.

"Oh, yes, according to Ms. Fake, a/k/a Orihime Inoue, she's never done anything wrong. Since she didn't get pregnant, what she did never even happened. I can't believe that stupid teenager is still friends with her after that! Mom's so lenient with her, because she's still a child. But you and dad can punish her, right? I'd like to watch. Hell, Yukihime was about to gut her!"

He paused. It had been a while since the incident. At the time, mom's previous incarnation, Yukihime Suzunami, had taken mom's place. Yukihime had been the one dad loved and had been Hidetomo and his siblings' birth mother. He still called her Yukihime and still thought of Shirahime as his actual mom.

"Can Hime come back?" Kyoka Suigetsu asked, referring to Yukihime by the name he and Sosuke Aizen had always called her. "She'd have less mercy. She would make Fake Princess pay."

"I don't know," Hidetomo admitted, "but maybe -."

His phone rang, cutting off his thoughts.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hey there, Kajoumaru!"

Hidetomo made a gaging gesture at the sound of Matsumoto's voice.

"What do you want?" he asked.

"Aww . . . . Is that any way to speak to me?"

"Better than what you actually deserve."

"Hey, I'm doing you a favor here!"

"I doubt it."

"Your whole family, including that precious youngest sister of yours, will be heading out to the beach near Karakura Town. You should join us."

"And what's in this for you?" he asked.

"Me? Little ol' me? What makes you think that? I just want our precious princess to be happy."

"Queen. Queen. She had that title before, and she will have it again. Perhaps a little lowly mortal like yourself should keep that in mind, you airhead slut bag."

"You wound me!" she exclaimed mockingly.

"Oh, that's nothing," he insisted. He looked straight into Kyoka Suigetsu's emerald eyes. "I think I'll let my father and his zanpakuto do the wounding, and it will hurt worse than all the times my father stabbed Momo Hinamori."

"Ha, ha," Matsumoto tried to laugh it off. "About that. You know that's your actual mother, right? Your father was busy banging Momo Hinamori 'cause he could."

"Are you really trying to spread that lie? Sure, Hinamori would have done anything to have my father look at her and would probably done any sort of act he wanted, but he's only cared for the incarnations of Shirayukihime Shinnouhi. Oh yeah, Shinnouhi, you remember right? That means she owns you and every other shinigami here. So, I suggest you back the hell off. No matter what scheming you do, it's going to blow up in your face.

"Oh, but thanks Sluto-moto, I will in fact go to the beach. And if you or anyone else tries to mess with my mom or my siblings, I will make you pay. And maybe, just maybe, my father will drop by, too."

To Be Continued.

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