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Safe in my Arms	By : ShadowedEcho Category: Bleach > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 3066 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Ichigo could only scowl when Grimmjow's response to his growl was another of his cocky grins, that Alpha was infuriating. Though even Ichigo couldn't stay mad when he saw the look of pride on Grimmjow's face as Szayel filled him in on the health of the babies and Ichigo. "You did well my Beta," Grimmjow approved, coming over to sit on the bed next to Ichigo and the babies. He picked up his neatly swaddled daughter and cuddled her to his chest.
"Yeah, well you have Shiro to thank for a lot of that, it's his fault you got me pregnant in the first place." Ichigo gripped at his Hollow, even as the albino being laughed at his King's words, long since coming to terms with sharing their soul.
"How did you find out you were pregnant? Did he tell you, or make you guess?" Grimmjow asked curiously, smiling softly as his daughter nuzzled closer to his warm body.
Ichigo scowled again, another round of laughter from his counterpart echoing in his head, "He did end up telling me, but not before I thought I was going crazy. I don't usually get sick, especially after becoming a Shinigami and then a Visored, so when I started throwing up and feeling exhausted all the time I didn't know what was happening. It was only when I started to put on weight and my balance got thrown off a bit that Shiro caved and told me I would be having babies."
"How long did it take for others to find out?" He asked inquisitively, knowing with three children Ichigo had to have started showing pretty early.
"I told the Visoreds as soon as I knew, I wanted to know if any of them had gone through it, and I needed back up because I would not be risking my children to go hunting Hollows every night. With their help, I was able to hide until my third month when Rukia saw my stomach was growing. I didn't think she would know high level Hollow males could get pregnant, but she knew right away." Even knowing Rukia was probably being driven by fear, her mentor Kaien had been over taken by a Hollow, he didn't think he could ever forgive her for ratting him out to Soul Society.
Grimmjow tilted his head in curiosity, "Had any of the Visored males given birth before? They are opposite to Arrancar, but we don't know much more than that about your kind." He admitted.
"No, I'm the first, but they knew it was possible, and I think they would've if they had time to think about mating rather than hiding from Soul Society all the time. Once Shiro explained about Betas and Alphas I figured out that the Visoreds had those scents he was talking about." Ichigo indulged his curiosity, wondering if Grimmjow was just a bit more cat like than he would be willing to admit.
"Shinji and Kensei, the two you said tried to follow, are they Betas or Alphas?" Grimmjow continued to question as long as Ichigo was in the mood to answer.
"Kensei is an alpha, but I'm pretty sure Shinji is a beta." He replied letting his body finally relax with the news his babies were healthy, finding Grimmjow's presence surprisingly comforting.
Grimmjow saw Ichigo's body sag in relaxation, on impulse he steadied his daughter with one arm, and with his free hand stroked through Ichigo's messy orange hair, smirking when Ichigo pushed against his hand thoroughly enjoying the touch, "You really are a Beta, wouldn't have guessed that from our first fight." He knew Ichigo could hear the smirk in his voice.
"I would think the three children would be a better hint than me enjoying being petted," Ichigo pointed out, not bothering to deny he had liked when Grimmjow ran his hand through his hair.
"You are only part Hollow, I wanted to see just how much that influences you," Grimmjow had wondered if Ichigo would have all the instincts of a Beta, including a liking for affectionate touches from their Alpha.
Szayel interrupted them, having been shamelessly listening in on the conversation, as well as Starrk though the brunette had sprawled out on the couch to listen, "Grimmjow, really he has a point, if he is Hollow enough to get pregnant, then yes he is fully a Beta."
"Well, maybe I just wanted to touch him," Grimmjow replied arrogantly, enjoying the light blush dusting Ichigo's cheeks.
Szayel gave him an unimpressed look, "Alphas are all the same, the Beta does the work, and the Alpha gets all the perks."
"What? It's not like he didn't enjoy it, he even admitted to liking being petted," Grimmjow pointed out, trademark grin back in place.
Ichigo reached over and hit Grimmjow in the shoulder, careful to hit the arm not supporting his daughter, "Don't let it go to your head." He warned.
"Too late," Starrk warned, his voice sounding like he was half-asleep already.
"I agree with him, Grimmjow already has an attitude problem, having three healthy children from a single mating is only going to make it worse, especially with a Beta as tough as you." Szayel elaborated.
Ichigo's eyes narrowed, "The way he acted when I told him there was three made it seem normal. Is it odd that I had three babies?"
"As big and healthy as they are, and while completely on your own, yes it earns some bragging rights. Multiple young are common in Hollow pregnancies, I don't know what your type is but Grimmjow being feline adds to the chance for multiples, but it is rare for all the young conceived to make it through the entire pregnancy and birth. A strong Alpha supporting their Beta increases the chance of more young surviving, but you being alone, well Grimmjow gets even more acclaim for mating a Beta strong enough to withstand that." Szayel explained, the grin never leaving Grimmjow's face.
Ichigo smirked, "So that's why he is strutting around like a peacock, he is riding my coat tails. Oh, and I'm lizard type if you're curious." Ichigo got an odd kind of glee from watching Grimmjow deflate a bit at the peacock comment.
"I wouldn't tease him too much, the babies are proof you picked him, because you had to want to submit to him. It does kind of give him the right to brag, even if it will probably get annoying." Szayel warned. "Lizard huh? You probably don't want to hear this but you were lucky it was only three, we have a tendency to follow our living world counterparts when it comes to number of young. Even if your Alpha had been Ulquiorra, who is bat type and usually only produces a single baby per mating, you may have ended up with at least twins."
Ichigo went quiet for a moment, conversing internally, "No, I wouldn't have had more than three, according to Shiro my human side limits the number of babies my soul will allow itself to form."
Szayel thought about it for a few minutes, "That does make some sense, the true form of your soul is human shaped, and you already said you couldn't give birth as a Hollow, so yes I can see why there would be a limit on the number of young per mating in that case. I wonder if that will hold true with Arrancar as well as the Visoreds?"
"It does," Starrk responded to Szayel's half-rhetorical question.
Ichigo looked at the highest-ranking Espada dozing on his couch, "How do you know?"
Starrk lazily opened one blue eye, "I am the only Arrancar here that was around before Aizen took matters into his own hands. I've had a longer time to figure out these things."
"But you told me you haven't had a successful mating yet?" Szayel asked in confusion.
Starrk shook his head, "I didn't, but that doesn't mean I can't learn in other ways. Splitting off Lilynette was similar to a mating, and it gave me some insight into the process for the Arrancar class."
"Was the split really that similar?" Szayel hadn't had a chance to talk to Starrk about it; the older Arrancar was usually too busy sleeping to get in a conversation with.
"Very similar, though I guess it is also similar to the Visoreds in a way. Lily is both a part of my soul like Shiro is to Ichigo, but also separate at times like a child would be. She doesn't age like a born Hollow would, she is like us, frozen at the time of removing our masks." Starrk responded to Szayel's curiosity with a relaxed tone of voice, bordering on the edge of sleep again.
"Will my babies be stuck like this?" Ichigo asked with a worried look at the infants, the thought never entered his head that since Arrancars didn't age maybe his children wouldn't either.
"No, they will age. They were born, not created from a damaged soul, they will age until they hit their prime and stop aging once they reach that point. I should warn you that the stronger the spiritual pressure they feed off, the faster born Hollows grow. You are powerful, but nursing three of them should make the aging a tad more gradual than only having one." Szayel informed the worried Beta.
"Are any of the Espada born Hollows?" Ichigo asked, slowly calming down at Szayel's reassurance.
"Harribel, Starrk, and I were born. I had a brother from the same Alpha in the Fraccion but he didn't make it through the war." Szayel answered, "The others started out as Plus souls and evolved from there through the levels. Born Hollows inherit the level of their strongest parent, but can work their way up from there. For example Harribel was born at Adjuchas but was a Vasto Lorde before becoming an Arrancar."
"How fast do you think my babies will age?" Ichigo both dreaded and loved that his children would grow quickly, dreaded because he was looking forward to nurturing them, and loved because it meant they wouldn't be vulnerable for so long.
"If I had to guess I would say twice as fast as a human, for every day they are here it will be like two for an infant in the living world. That isn't too fast if you're looking forward to watching them grow." Szayel correctly interpreted the tone of voice Ichigo had used.
Ichigo blushed a bit as the next question came to him, but he asked it anyway, "How quickly might I be able to get pregnant again? I love these three but I am not ready for more any time soon."
"The babies' immature spiritual pressure will act as a kind of birth control for you, as long as your soul is intertwined with theirs you won't have another batch until their power settles. Should be at least a few years depending on the rate of growth," Szayel informed him as clinically as he could, there was no need to embarrass the young Beta.
Ichigo nodded blush receding quickly, he had grown up in a clinic, he wasn't too horribly embarrassed by bodily functions. He just didn't like discussing them with people that until a short time ago were strangers or trying to kill him.
"Hey Ichigo, what happened to your body? I just realized I forgot to ask." Grimmjow admitted, though he did think the shock of finding Ichigo in labor was a decent excuse to be absentminded.
"I'm pretty sure the Visoreds still have it, I wasn't sure what would happen when I had to leave it for the hearing at Soul Society, I wasn't sure if the babies would come with me when I left it or not." Ichigo explained. He hadn't expected to be delayed in the Seireitei for almost a month before the final orders came through and he was sent into exile.
"How did you handle knowing it was literally your soul that was pregnant, and your body was only fitting itself to your soul?" The blue haired alpha asked curiously.
Ichigo's scowl returned and he endured another bought of laughter from Shiro, "I probably would have handled it a lot better if a certain albino menace had thought to mention it before it came to me having to leave my body."
"Your Hollow enjoys picking on you doesn't he?" Grimmjow sounded gleeful, Ichigo just wanted to hit him again.
"Yeah he does, but I put up with it, he kept us safe I owe him a lot." Ichigo admitted freely. "Now as nice as it is to have someone to talk to that isn't a part of my soul, I'm exhausted, can I please have some time to myself to rest?"
"Of course," Szayel was quick to reply. "Grimmjow, you might as well come too, I know you are going to want to brag all about your heroic actions rescuing your Beta, maybe Ulquiorra will listen to you." Szayel ordered, pulling the Alpha from the room, but not before loading him down with the supplies he had brought to check over the babies.
Starrk made to pull himself off the couch in order to follow them out, but Ichigo's voice stopped him, "You can stay, you looked relaxed over there. I won't mind if you sleep here."
He had the grace to look grateful, "Thank you, my room is currently filled with Nel and Lilynette, hard to rest with those two around."
Ichigo cocked his head to the side, listening out the hall until he couldn't hear the banter passing between the two Espada that just left, "How far along are you?"
Starrk, who was just drifting off to sleep, rose up with slightly widened blue eyes, "What do you mean?"
"Two things, I heard the threat Harribel made to you earlier, and second when Szayel was asking you about successful matings you said didn't, not haven't." Ichigo was a lot more observant than he was given credit for, including knowing Starrk didn't want the other Espada to know just yet.
Starrk sighed, knowing he was caught, and there wasn't much point in lying as it would be obvious before too much longer, "Almost three months, you won't tell anyone?"
"It's your story to tell," Ichigo assured, "But why are you hiding, they took to my children quickly enough and we weren't even on the same side in the war?"
"I never thought I would find an Alpha strong enough to make me want to submit," Starrk admitted, "But with Aizen gathering the strongest Hollows into the Espada, there was more than one with a chance." He let the statement speak for itself.
"You don't know which Alpha is the sire?" Ichigo guessed.
Starrk nodded, "It's usually the Alphas that mate multiple Betas, but it is not uncommon for a Beta to have more than one Alpha, this situation is still a bit odd though."
"You mean with them living in close quarters," Ichigo figured out, "Are you afraid they are going to start fighting or something like that?"
Starrk shook his head, lounging back on the couch, now that the shock had worked its way out of his system, he found it was nice having someone to share his news with besides Harribel. "No, that's what makes the situation unusual. An Alpha won't attack a Beta that might be carrying their young, and they usually avoid rival Alphas as much as possible to put less strain on the Beta. Ulquiorra and Grimmjow are different, they see each other not as rivals, but brothers. They won't fight, you never got to experience it but an Alpha caring for a mated Beta can be a tad overprotective, and in my case there will be two not just one."
"Oh, I get it; you think they are going to smother you once they find out?" It clicked together in Ichigo's mind as Starrk nodded.
"I might be a Beta, but I only submitted because I don't like being alone and I wanted children, not because they can actually overpower me. If they think I am going to be a docile little mate letting them do everything, they have another thing coming." Starrk didn't look thrilled at the thought.
Ichigo nodded in agreement, and with a slightly mischievous smile, "I understand that, even if Grimmjow had been around the whole time I wouldn't want him being too clingy, just being there when needed is enough."
"Is it going to bother you that Grimmjow might be the sire?" Starrk didn't know how much Ichigo knew about Hollow matings, if he would be jealous or not.
Ichigo was quick to shake his head, "No, it won't. I have seen him look at my babies, he loves them, that is all I really want, if your children end up being his than it will just mean my babies will have siblings a little closer in age than I thought." Ichigo knew enough from Shiro that Grimmjow wouldn't be his exclusively, and he found he honestly didn't mind. He liked Grimmjow's touch, but they didn't have anything remotely like a relationship at this point. Maybe he could try the whole Alpha/Beta lifestyle, and see how following his darker side ended up. His children have undeniably declared him a part of it already, might as well see where it leads.
"Good, though I kind of hope they aren't his, not that he is a bad Alpha, he's a good one. Just that if your three and mine end up as all his he is going to be insufferable. Plus Ulquiorra might loosen up a bit if he has babies to care for." Starrk informed him, eyes sliding closed towards the end.
"All right, we will have to wait till the time comes, sleep, it wasn't a cover story earlier I really am tired too." Ichigo informed him, rustling around until he was curled around his babies snuggled under the covers, careful not to cover their little faces with anything that might stop them from breathing. "You're not too cold over there are you?"
"Not too bad," He murmured drowsily.
"You can come up here, no reason to be uncomfortable," Ichigo offered as his own eyes started closing. He thought the Espada would refuse, or protest a bit more, but he felt the bed dip, and Starrk's warm back brushed up against his. That was the last thing Ichigo was aware of for several relaxing hours, his spiritual pressure plus Starrk's washing gently over the babies, keeping them from waking in hunger.
The next time he woke up, it was to the presence of two familiar forms entering his room, plus a drawled voice, "I should have brought a camera."
Ichigo's eyes shot open, too tired to move, and not feeling threatened by the familiar presence of the two new arrivals in his room he stayed where he was, the warm lump that was Starrk hadn't stirred, but Ichigo could feel his muscles tense on the edge of wakefulness, "Shinji? Kensei?" Ichigo asked, lifted his head up to look at his friends.
"Yeah, that girl Espada tracked us down, told us you were safe. We had to come see for ourselves." Shinji answered, stepping closer to the bed with Kensei following quietly. "Wait, who's that?" Shinji asked catching sight of the extra adult on the bed.
"Starrk, another Espada, now how is everyone, are they ok?" Ichigo asked, wanting to know if anyone had been hurt trying to get to him.
"A few bumps and bruises, nothing too bad, we were all more worried about you," The silver haired Alpha Visored answered.
Ichigo shifted the blanket to show the bundled babies, "We all made it, though it was a little rocky towards the end." Finally forcing himself to sit up he asked them, "Do you know where the others are at? We can take the babies out with us and let Starrk sleep awhile longer."
"Yeah, our escort showed us where to find them," Shinji answered, "Need help carrying the babies?" He sounded hopeful.
"Of course," Ichigo allowed, first handing Shinji his daughter, then giving Kensei his youngest son, leaving his firstborn in his arms.
"She's adorable," Shinji cooed, Ichigo had never seen the man coo before, if he had any doubt about Shinji's status as a Beta it was gone now. Although, there was a soft smile on Kensei's face as he gently traced the red lines on the little boy's mask.
"What's his name?" Kensei asked quietly.
"Ah well, we haven't named them yet, we should probably do that soon." Ichigo confessed.
"Grimmjow is treating you well?" Kensei's voice was hard and dangerous, he didn't want anything happening to his comrades.
Ichigo nodded, "Better than I ever thought he would, we have fought so many times I thought he would surely hurt me or the babies, but he didn't. He even helped me deliver them." He turned towards them as they walked through Los Noches, "The Espada are different now. Aizen had a lot more control over them than we thought. They take care of each other like our clan does, and now I'm part of their clan. It is really odd to be honest, but if it keeps my children safe, I will go along with it."
"We figured it out, or we would be fighting tooth and nail to free you, not walking calmly to see them." Shinji responded.
"Where are we going anyway?" Ichigo asked curiously.
Shinji answered him again, "Aizen's old meeting hall, but it's had some upgrades according to the one that fetched us."
"That was Tia Harribel by the way, Nel and her were the only females in the Espada." Ichigo informed him as they arrived at their destination, but at the stairs leading down, he ran into a problem.
His body had not completely come back from giving birth yet, his hips were still loose from the hormones, on only the first step down he gasped in surprise at the sudden pain, unwilling to take another step. He was at a loss for what to do until he felt strong arms go around him and his son, picking him up bridal style, and carrying him down the stairs. The room had indeed been changed since Aizen's reign, instead of the long table and uncomfortable high backed chairs, there was now large comfortable cushions scattered around the room, big enough for one or two people to stretch out on comfortably. Grimmjow set Ichigo down on the side of a cushion, and sat down next to his Beta, pulling him onto his lap once settled. Ichigo found he liked it there, so he wiggled around a bit to get comfortable, and let himself relax leaning against Grimmjow, their first child held safely in his arms.
"I really should have brought that camera," Shinji said with a wide grin, settling himself and the little girl on a cushion close to Ichigo and Grimmjow, Kensei following suit. The only Arrancar not in the room was Starrk, Lilynette, and Nel.
Ichigo ignored him, speaking to Grimmjow instead, "I think maybe we should name the children now, can't keep calling them baby or child forever."
"You've earned the right to name them, I will tell you if I really don't like something," Grimmjow answered.
"Thank you," Ichigo responded sincerely, now looking down contemplating his baby, "I want to honor my friends, the ones who stuck by me, but I don't know who is with me or against me anymore," He mumbled.
"We can help with that," Shinji was grinning again, a look to rival Grimmjow's, as he turned to Harribel, "Where is the box?" He asked mysteriously.
"Right here," She answered, a brown cardboard box sitting next to her, "You want me to give it to them now?"
"Yeah, it will answer some of his questions." Shinji allowed, as Harribel carried the box over.
Ichigo and Grimmjow adjusted how they were sitting until Grimmjow was holding the baby and Ichigo could get to the box, he opened it and pulled out three quilted blankets, and a small mountain of baby clothes. "That stuff is from Orihime, Tatsuki, and Uryu. Orihime and Uryu made the clothes, Tatsuki found the quilt patches drawing from many of your old adventures growing up together." Shinji told him, "When your friends couldn't find you, Orihime lead them to us, and we told them what was going on. They are still with you Ichigo."
"Even Uryu?" Ichigo asked in surprise, "Wait, what about Chad?" He inquired worried when his closest male friend wasn't on the list.
"Look in the box again," Kensei told him, successful repressing the smile that wanted to bloom, knowing how much the next items would mean to Ichigo.
Ichigo looked happy as he tilted the box towards him, eyes narrowing in confusion when he heard a light clinking sound like metal hitting metal. His face split into a beaming smile, one that took Grimmjow's breath away, as he fished three golden coins from the box, the three coins looked like the same type as Chad's cherished treasure from his Abuelo. "Oh wow," He whispered.
"What is that, some kind of money?" Grimmjow asked, seeing the shiny objects in Ichigo's hands.
"Yeah, they are Mexican coins, but that isn't why they are special. Chad has a coin just like this, it was a gift from his grandfather, and he treasures it above his life. I think this is his way of saying he treasures my babies the same way." Ichigo knew it had to have been difficult for Chad to track down all three coins, and he felt warm knowing his friends were still with him.
"Do you feel like you can name the babies now?" Kensei asked him, curious to know what Ichigo had come up with.
"Yeah I think I can, I don't want to name them exactly after them, it might get confusing when they visit." Ichigo responded, shifting back around to take his son from Grimmjow.
Stroking his son's fluffy blue hair, he let the name come to him, "How about Tsume, for Tatsuki and Orihime."
"I like it," Grimmjow approved the name for his miniature.
"Now for the other boy, something for Chad and Uryu, hmmm," Ichigo thought.
"What about Amon, both of them sound faithful and true, it would fit without being a copy," Kensei offered, cuddling the baby in question to him.
"Amon," Ichigo said to himself, testing out the sound, "I think I like it, what about you?" He asked his Alpha.
"It fits him," Grimmjow replied simply, seeing how his Beta liked the name, and he didn't have a problem with it.
"Now for our little girl," Ichigo contemplated, "I want to honor the Visoreds, but there are so many of them. I think maybe Hikari, she is the dawn in our life, and it has pieces of their names in it."
"We would be honored to have this little one have a bit of us in her," Shinji thanked, still cooing at the baby in his arms.
Grimmjow grinned, one matching Shinji's, "I like those names, Tsume, Hikari, and Amon. They are going to be trouble when they get bigger," He predicted, the proud grin announcing his delight.
"Oh, don't give us that, we know you can't wait for them to be getting into everything," Ulquiorra teasingly jabbed at the other Alpha, surprising the new Visoreds, they didn't know the stoic Espada was capable of humor.
"You're an Alpha too, you would be the same way if they were yours," Grimmjow fired back, quieting Ulquiorra, and making Ichigo bite his tongue, he would keep Starrk's secret until the oldest Espada was ready to talk.
"How many of you are Alphas?" Kensei asked curiously, knowing he was one too.
"Only the two of us," Ulquiorra answered him.
"Oh, is it odd for there to be so few Alphas? There are only two of us in the Visoreds also." Kensei responded, slightly surprised it was Ulquiorra that replied to him.
"There are more Betas then Alphas, since an Alpha can sire more than one batch of young at a time." Szayel responded.
"Makes sense," Kensei agreed.
"Ichigo," Shinji's voice sounded serious for the first time since they had woken Ichigo up from his nap, "Before we get too far into this reunion, there is something you need to know."
"What's going on?" Ichigo replied just as seriously, unconsciously tightening his hold on Tsume.
"Not necessarily a bad thing," Shinji was quick to say, "We have had a few people from Soul Society contact us through Urahara. You do still have support there, many of the high-ranking officers, and a surprising number of captains, think you got a very bad deal. They would like a chance to talk to you if we ran into you again, and here we are."
Ichigo squeezed his eyes shut, burrowing further back onto Grimmjow, nuzzling his son, taking a few minutes to compose himself. "All right, I will hear them out, but there will be stipulations on the meeting." Ichigo finally said, a bit more together, "They would meet us here in Heuco Mundo, only one Captain class, and one Lieutenant can come until we know it isn't a trap, the Captain may bring no more than two other seated officers for protection. If they truly mean what they say, they won't be harmed, if they are trying to hurt us, you all have my full permission to attack." Ichigo laid out his plan to the Espada.
Harribel nodded in approval, "That may work, we can handle that number of enemies if it does come down to fighting, and that is enough of an escort for the Captain to feel like the risk is worth it if they really are trying to mend bridges. The Arrancar class has a few things to offer the Shinigami if they manage to see passed their prejudice."
"What kind of things would you be willing to offer? It might make it easier to get a captain to agree to a meeting if they think they might get something out of it," Shinji was never one to downplay political motivations.
"We eat Hollows. The ones that cause trouble in the living world are more like what a cow or chicken would be to a human. If we serve as population control for the Hollows trying to break through to the living world, it would lighten their work load, we get a meal, and it wouldn't throw off the balance of the realms because the soul would be added onto ours, not gone completely."
"Fighting fire with fire, using High-level Hollows to fight lesser ones, I can see how it might tempt them. I think squad thirteen is still the head of negotiations." Shinji replied, "Ukitake seems gentle most of the time, but I wouldn't provoke him, he is one of the toughest fighters in Seireitei once diplomacy fails."
"Ukitake is one of the ones wanting to talk to me? He is Rukia's Captain; I would think he would go along with her." Ichigo asked curiously.
"He normally would when it comes to his subordinates, but remember what I said about him being gentle? Jyushiro loves children, and won't fight with or around them, he would be appalled at Soul Society wanting to remove children even before their birth." Shinji explained.
"Which of the other Captains are part of this?" Ichigo wondered, he had met several over the time spent as both Ryoka and substitute Soul Reaper.
"Ukitake, Kyouraku, Zaraki, Unohana, and I'm pretty sure Miss. Shihouin knocked some sense into Soi Fon if the bruises are any indication," Shinji's grin widened at the remembrance of fist and hand shaped bruises on the tiny female Captain.
"Yoruichi is still with me?" Ichigo asked, hoping she was, the cat woman had taught him a lot during his first foray into Seireitei.
"Of course, you were her most successful student, even Soi Fon didn't learn as fast and she practically worships the ground Yoruichi walks on. Remember, Yoruichi and Urahara were exiled from Soul Society too, for breaking rules to help save Hollow hybrids, they are both still on your side. They were worried when we told them it was Grimmjow who mated you, but I can see things have changed," Shinji teased at the end, looking at how closely Ichigo was pressing himself against the Alpha.
"I would never hurt one of my Betas," Grimmjow growled darkly. "And I rarely hurt any Beta at all, not my style." He added on for good measure.
"We know that now, but can you blame us for worrying? The first time you met Ichigo you almost killed him." Kensei responded this time, matching the Alpha's growl with his own.
"I won't deny I enjoyed fighting him, but my violent side was being fanned by Aizen. He deliberately encouraged my lust for battle, and by continuously pulling me away from fights with Ichigo, it just made me want to fight him more. He had my mind so messed up I couldn't even tell Ichigo was a Beta until our last fight, and you're holding the result of that." Grimmjow explained himself, pulling Ichigo closer to his chest, the Beta allowing it.
Shinji looked down at Hikari as Grimmjow responded to Kensei, "Yeah we can definitely see the results."
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