Another Kind of Torture | By : Whackybiscuit Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 11463 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Epilogue
King Aizen's Palace:
Ichigo was busy practicing his sword exercises when he was tackled by an orange blur. As he picked himself up he looked down at the giggling little girl clinging to him. "Daddy come play with us!" cried out little Tatsuki. The little 4 year old was the spitting image of her mother, with Orihime's eyes and burnt orange hair. Behind her a little boy with sea-green hair and brown eyes came up next to her with a ball in his hands. "Pweeasssse?" begged little Renji, with big puppy-dog eyes.
Their father chuckled and took the ball into his hands. "All right we can play for one game, and then head inside for supper. Your mother will get mad if you're late again." As Ichigo played ball with his children memories of the past echoed throughout his mind, taunting him as he looked into the smiling faces of his children.
Aizen had been true to his word, for what little there was to accept. From that day on he treated Ichigo almost like a son, training him in the finer arts of Soul Reaper combat. Ichigo never trusted him for a minute but was content to just deal with Aizen's fatherly tone. When he and his Espada went off to war in the winter Ichigo was left inside Las Noches with Orihime and the other women. Their pregnancy had gone to the point where they were in no condition to fight deathmatches with captain level soul reapers. The Tres Bestia were angry that they didn't get the chance to fight but Halibel was content to wait with Ichigo. As agreed, when the captains put the inhabitants of Karakura Town to sleep he had Ulquiorra quietly nab Yuzu and Karin and bring them to Las Noches. According to what the Espada told him, his father had joined the fray and tried to face Aizen with Yoruichi and Urahara but was defeated.
He didn't ask how many of his friends Aizen killed. He was sure that if he did ask the man what sanity he had left would leave him, and he couldn't falter now, not after he'd been forced to give up so much for the sake of others. Aizen had returned victorious after the Oken had been made and fusing with the Hogyoku. His appearance terrified Ichigo, looking like some butterfly god. Luckily Ichigo's spiritual pressure was at the level now where he could stand being in his presence without being turned to dust. It was obvious that he had broken into the Soul King's palace and replaced the King, though he wasn't exactly sure how he exactly did that. Afterward he moved his forces into the Soul King's palace, giving Ichigo one of the floating cities for a home to raise his children while he ruled over Soul Society.
Ichigo had a hard time adjusting to his new home, but like the months in Las Noches he had learned to deal with it as he waited for Orihime and the others to give birth. During the weeks leading up to little Tatsuki's birth and the birth of the rest of his children Ichigo had moments of panic. He never thought he'd be a father this soon and he couldn't ask his own father for advice.
While he didn't kill Isshin, Aizen had brought him into Las Noches half dead. When he awoke after Orihime healed him he was as surprised as she was to learn that he was ok. When he explained to his father everything that happened and his choice to stay Isshin had been furious. However, Ichigo's rage had been much greater, now knowing the entire truth about him from Aizen. He threw back in his father's face everything that he'd kept from him, saying that if he had just come clean earlier all of this might have been avoided. As of now Aizen had banished him to the World of the Living, a testament to his failures.
When Orihime and the others gave birth Ichigo's doubts faded. Aizen had given him permission to be the one to name his children and he gladly gave them the names of his dearest friends. Truthfully most of the others were cool with him being the one to name them, considering that they were the reason he'd been backed into a corner. Orihime was overjoyed when she held little Tatsuki and Nel warmly accepted the name Renji for her son. The same could not be said for Currci's son Byakuya. Ichigo originally wanted to name him Uryu but Cirruci had adamantly refused saying, "There's no way in hell I'm naming my son after some four-eyed dork!" The same was true for Loly, who wanted nothing more than to name her own son Souske. Since none of the children had mask fragments anywhere on their bodies, both Ichigo and Aizen figured that they were Vizards. Even now Ichigo could sense the power lurking in them.
Ichigo walked into his home holding a laughing Tatsuki in his arms, seeing Nel sitting in the main living room with Halibel. On Halibel's lap sat her daughter Rukia. Like Orihime's daughter Rukia was the spitting image of Halibel, with mocha skin and blonde messy hair. She had, however, inherited Ichigo's dark chocolate eyes. Rukia hopped off her mother's lap and went to go play with Tatsuki and Renji in their room, scampering off after them. "Halibel, what are you doing here?"
"I came to check up on you. Plus Rukia wouldn't stop asking to see you all day, so we decided to pay a visit. My subordinates would've come, but they were busy." It was true that he'd seen very little of Sung-Sun, Mila Rose and Appaci, except when they came around with little Masaki, Chad and Mahana in tow for them to see their father regularly. Aside from wanting the occasional fling, only Halibel had any genuine interest in Ichigo. He saw even less of Loly and Menoly. Once she'd recovered her senses, Loly had been furious with Ichigo at the fact that he'd knocked her up. The only time he ever saw his son Souske was when he'd demanded to see his son. Menoly was usually busy, still being Aizen's attendant but she came by whenever she could to see Ichigo and let him play with her son Hanataro.
Orihime came in, smiling as she watched her daughter play with her siblings. Ichigo glanced down and looked at her pregnant belly, no longer afraid with the prospect of building his family. It had been an odd day when Aizen had married them, (A.N.: Just picture that wedding in your head. Go on, I'll wait…Messed up, huh?), but he was glad to have Orihime as a wife. At least someone could handle the insanity better than he could. A little while ago Orihime wanted to have another child with him, to which he'd agreed, promising that if it was a boy they'd name him Sora and if it was a girl they'd name her Rangiku. Despite the fact that it bothered him a little at first he later took Nel to be his wife as well, seeing that she had grown to love him just like Orihime had. Seeing the interest Halibel took in him he'd extended the offer to come live with them at least but the Espada had politely refused, saying that she didn't want to come between Nel and Orihime for competing for his affections. "Ichigo," his wife asked seeing the concern on his face, "Are you alright?
Ichigo turned to his wife with a sigh escaping his lips. "No Orihime, I'm not," he turned back to his children's room, watching them play, "but I'll settle for contentment." He went to go watch them some more, finding that doing so helped lift the heavy burdens placed on his heart. As he'd said, he was far from ok, but at least he had some semblance of happiness and that was all that mattered now.
THE END
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