816Chapter 39: A plan of action
The room was dead silent as the words Unohana spoke were sinking in to everyone. A boy being born in the soul society? It should have been impossible. There has never been a male birth in the soul society's entire history, yet in one fell swoop, it seemed that Rukia Kuchiki would be the first to deliver one. There were a variety of reactions to this news. Most were completely flabbergasted by this news, especially the head of the Kuchiki clan, Byakuren. She expected her younger sister to get pregnant because of how much time she spent with Ichigo, but this was something else entirely. The elders would have a complete meltdown with this news.
To everyone's surprise though, while they were all shocked and staring at Rukia with wide eyes, it was the head captain who broke the tension by chuckling. It started off low and gained the attention of those closest to her, but then it broke out in a near hysterical laughter that caught everyone, even Ichigo, off guard. They all watched as this oldest woman within the Seireitei was laughing in her chair at this entire situation, and they almost didn't have the courage to stop her.
"Uh, s-sensei?" Joshiraku stammered as she has never seen the old woman laugh like this before.
The head captain stopped and sighed deeply with a satisfied look in her eyes as she leaned back into her chair. "In all of my years of life I have seen so many things and experienced so much, but this," she waved her free hand towards both Rukia and Ichigo and smirked, "makes me realize that even I can still be surprised by many things."
"So, you're not like mad or anything?" Ichigo asked, almost hesitant to do so.
"Mad?" Genmei started as she tilted her head ever so slightly. "On the contrary, Ichigo Kurosaki." She stood up and walked towards the two. "I believe that this will change so much within all three worlds." She placed a hand on his shoulder as she stood in front of the two. "I do not know why you exist the way that you do Ichigo, but I feel you will unite everyone within those worlds one way," she leaned towards his ear and whispered seductively, "or another."
With that, Genmei left the room with a smile on her face as everyone was left in a stunned state. None moreso than Ichigo as he could practically feel the lust coming off the older woman when she whispered in his ear.
This was a very awkward meeting.
[Kurosaki residence]
Not long after the group left to attend the meeting, everyone else decided to head back to the Kurosaki clinic. Well, all except for Yamma who fell asleep in the underground training area and refused to wake up. While on the way back, Isshin kept her word and told her daughters so much on the spiritual worlds. To say the two were intrigued was an understatement. Quorro held a sleeping Yuzuki in her arms as they made their way back to the clinic. She was smiling at her daughter's peaceful face while thinking about everything that has happened today.
It was almost like one of those fairy tales that humans tell. A woman whose emotions were always cut off meets a brave warrior who shatters that shell that she resided in for so long. Love and lust ensue, and life is formed between the two despite being on opposite sides of an impending war. It was almost like a fairy tale to her.
As she sat on the couch with her daughter in her next to her bundled in a sheet and sound asleep, Quorro watched as Isshin reappeared after spending the better part of an hour talking to her daughters in their room. No doubt to explain the importance of keeping this all to themselves as normal humans were not ready to experience these things yet. Isshin came down in her gigai and sat down on the recliner as she let out a deep sigh.
"They seem excited about everything they've seen so far." Quorro started as she saw the woman in her male gigai let out another sigh.
"They'll eventually gain their own powers soon with so many spiritually aware beings around them." Isshin started. "That's gonna be a bit of a nightmare."
Quorro tilted her head a bit and narrowed her eyes slightly. "How so?"
Isshin leaned back in his chair. "Because all it would take is for one slip up of any kind to bring the wrath of the Central Forty-six down on us."
"I thought Lady Aizen killed them?"
"She did, but they were replaced so easily and would just as easily would bring their wrath upon my family."
Quorro looked to her daughter and a haunting thought came to her mind. "What would they do if they found out about Yuzuki and my relationship to Ichigo?"
Isshin looked to her and saw the fear in her body language as she looked towards her still sleeping daughter. "You probably already have a good idea what they would do."
Quorro sighed and shuddered at the thought. If one thing was for sure, she would walk through hell itself to keep her daughter safe and face the soul queen herself if necessary. No one, and she meant no one, was going to hurt her child in anyway.
"I'll let Ichigo know you said your goodbye's for now." Isshin spoke, getting her attention. "It's probably best if you head back to Hueco Mundo. The longer you stay here, the more likely we are to get compromised by someone in the soul society."
Quorro nodded and gently picked Yuzuki up. She made a Garganta appear and took a step inside before turning her head towards Isshin. "I'm surprised you're so calm about all of this."
Isshin smirked. "I finally have a granddaughter and no longer have to hide myself from my own family. I consider those to be pretty damn good wins for me."
Quorro smirked back to the man and nodded before going through the Garganta. Once it closed, Isshin chuckled to himself.
Quorro arrived back in her room and set Yuzuki down onto the bed. She smiled as her daughter curled into the sheets and decided to let her rest for now. Though, the second she left the room, she was confronted by the one person she did not expect to see so soon.
"Hello Quorro."
Her body tensed and her blood nearly ran cold at the tone of the voice behind her. She turned slowly to see those hazel eyes staring right back at her green ones.
"It seems you've had an interesting journey." She briefly looked to the closed door only for Quorro to stand in her way. "Oh no, I don't want to harm your child, but there are some interesting things I need your help with."
"Such as?" Quorro nearly narrowed her eyes in rage as Aizen finally took her eyes off the door.
"I need your help to retrieve a very important part of my plan." All she did then was smirk.
Gonna end this one here.
Really love that this story still gets so much love. Thank ya'll so much for that.
I'm also really loving how this story has gone and feel that it's edging closer to the end. Not that close but getting there.
In the next chapter, Aizen decided to execute her plan and take back control in an unconventional way.
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