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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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"Remember if they get too fussy call Starrk, his power is stronger it should help calm them down. If they seem cold their jackets are over here, you know where the blankets are." Ichigo fussed over the babies, throwing comments over his shoulder at an increasingly impatient Grimmjow.
It didn't take the Alpha long to lose patience with the situation, "Ichigo calm down. I can handle them it will be fine. You are only going to be gone for a few hours, and you're not even leaving Las Noches. You promised Szayel you would help him today, so get going." Grimmjow kicked Ichigo out of the room, knowing this was the first time the babies would be completely out of his sight since they were born. It was all right for him to be nervous, but he had an appointment to keep.
Ichigo left reluctantly, eyes never leaving his children until he was out of the room and didn't have a choice anymore. His travel through the white halls of Las Noches was closer to a run then a walk, the sooner he got to Szayel's lab the quicker he would be back with his children. He was almost to the labyrinth entranceway to his quarters when he was halted by Tia coming from a different hallway.
"What's the rush, is something wrong?" She called worried about his flight through the halls, thinking there might be something wrong with one of the babies.
He stopped and spoke to her quickly hoping to get past her as fast as possible without making her mad at him. "Nothing is wrong, I promised Szayel I would help him with something today. It's the first time I've been away from them so I was trying to get there fast."
She nodded, and let him go, "All right, I understand, I won't keep you anymore."
Ichigo didn't bother to respond as he entered the path to Szayel's quarters. The pink haired Espada had the halls leading straight to the correct room to help him out, when normally it would be a confusing mess of turns. Szayel was truly happy about what was about to happen, enough for him to forgo his usual theatrics.
Ichigo walked into the room and was surprised to see a medium sized training yard rather than a lab or even a bedroom. He thought he might have had the wrong room, until he caught sight of Szayel's distinctive hair. He quickly crossed the distance to the eighth Espada.
"Why are we down here?" Ichigo asked, as he looked over the workbench Szayel was contemplating, noticing a small syringe laying on it's surface filled with a clear liquid.
Szayel looked up from his musings, "We are going to need room. Fighting is a traditional part of mating, this hoax doesn't stand a chance of working unless all the steps of a true mating are followed." His excitement was obvious in his voice, but he was patient enough to explain what would be happening, at least minimally anyway.
Ichigo nodded, "I figured that was a part of it, especially once you asked if I fought with Grimmjow before anything happened between us. Now what is in that needle, and which of us is taking it?" His father running the clinic made him unafraid of needles, but wary of strange substances.
A small grin danced across Szayel's lips, he was doing a fairly good job of containing his mirth altogether, but he couldn't suppress it all, "The needle is for you, it is a serum I came up with that mimics an Alpha's pheromones. This is what is going to allow you to dominate another Beta."
"I have a few questions," Ichigo stated while looking at the innocent seeming needle and the grinning Arrancar. "First, why the serum? Why didn't you just ask one of the Alphas to come and help me out before I get to you? Also if I need this shot to manage to dominate you, then how come Tia can mate other Betas without it?"
The grin widened, "If an Alpha were to physically be in here while we do this, than nothing would stop them from attempting to complete the matings with both of us. Yes, we have the power to reject the Alpha, but in doing that, it would shut down my body's attempts to produce children. It's better and safer if I just trick your body into thinking you are an Alpha for a few hours, it won't take that long for this small of a dose to be metabolized. As for Harribel, she isn't mating other Betas she is merely slaking lust. There is a difference."
Ichigo got a blank look on his face, "Sex and mating are different?"
Szayel didn't even try to suppress the laugh, "I forget you are new to our ways. Yes they are different. Mating is more of a ritual, sex is part of it yes, but there is more to it than that for children to form."
Ichigo ran a hand through his hair messing it up even more as he thought, not realizing it was a habit picked up from Grimmjow, "I didn't think it was that complicated, but I guess my mating was mostly an accident so I don't really know how it was supposed to work."
"I didn't say it was complicated," Szayel chided, beginning to get impatient now, "It's fairly straight forward truthfully, but it isn't simply sex. The Beta and Alpha fight until the Beta is either satisfied with the Alpha's strength and submits to them, or the Beta rejects the Alpha and they walk away. The main difference between sex and mating is who is in charge, sex the Alpha makes the decisions, mating the Beta does. The Alpha has to prove they are able to protect their Beta and children, while the Beta needs to show the Alpha they are strong enough to carry and birth the litter. That is the significance of the fight."
Ichigo contemplated it for a few minutes, "The way you said that made it sound like the Beta is usually stronger than the Alpha."
"In most cases yes, but there are some like Nnoitra and I where there is no doubt the Alpha is stronger, but since I was resilient enough to take every hit he could dish out I gained his approval. I didn't succeed through strength, but endurance. In those cases there is usually some kind of extenuating circumstances, either the pair have mated before when the balance went the other way, or the Beta chooses the Alpha before the battle begins. I wanted Nnoitra to be my mate, so our battle was one sided, he didn't have to prove anything to me I didn't already know. That is also what I have been doing with Grimmjow and Ulquiorra since Nnoitra died." Szayel was about to the end of his patience with explaining, but he did want Ichigo's help, and to do that he needed to get Ichigo calm enough to take the shot.
"Is there anything else I need to know before we start this? Is your serum going to be enough to let me know what to do?" Ichigo could tell he was pushing Szayel too hard, he said he would help, so he would, he would just ask Grimmjow about it later, or maybe Starrk.
"There is only one thing, once I submit to you, instead of letting your power flair wildly, try to concentrate it all on me. The more power used to compress everything the better chance this has of working. I will direct the power once it flows to mine, but you need to get it to me." Szayel was glad it looked like things would be starting soon.
In response, Ichigo set Zangetsu to the side and removed his top, baring his arm to allow Szayel to give him the injection, only to pause him at the last minute, "This won't affect my children will it?"
"No, once this metabolizes your body will go right back to being a nesting Beta. It will only take a few hours, and there is enough powerful Hollows around if they get hungry we can keep them calm until your milk comes back." Szayel assured as he quickly administered the small dose of serum.
"How long will this take to work?" Ichigo asked, not feeling any different.
Szayel smirked, picking up Fornicaras and pointing the blade at Ichigo, "Movement speeds up the reaction, we start the battle now, and you will have about ten minutes before you start acting like an Alpha."
He hefted Zangetsu in answer, it had been awhile since he was able to fight unrestricted, and Shiro was always up for a fight, "Let's go then," He stated before attacking Szayel.
The next few minutes of fighting was spent feeling each other out, finding weak points, and studying movement. Ichigo was getting used to wielding Zangetsu again, while Szayel was trying to gather his scattered thoughts enough to realize it was finally happening. His chance at a child.
Ichigo felt his blood heating up, his strikes getting harder, attacking more than defending. He felt Shiro come closer to the surface, fighting alongside him as they performed a deadly dance with Szayel. Ichigo found himself forgetting more and more of their true purpose as the desire to fight and subdue grew stronger.
Szayel was reminding Ichigo what it was like to fight an Espada, a truly powerful opponent fully capable of killing him if he made one mistake. He might only be the Eighth in line, but that was still miles above even the strongest Fraccion.
The rust knocked off their blades at last, they moved at lightning speed around the training yard. Blades clashing as often as fists or feet. Ichigo losing a bit more of himself with every strike, his eyes glowing blue with the power he was trying to hold onto, the knowledge he would need it buried deep in his consciousness.
Szayel might have been strong, but Ichigo was stronger to begin with, and with the serum making him lose his grip on his inhibitions it was no surprise first blood was drawn from the Espada. The scent of blood and Szayel's Beta pheromone permeated the air, and with it, the last shred of control was lost within Ichigo. Shiro leapt into control, leading the fight now instead of merely assisting.
Szayel was surprised when Ichigo's fighting style completely changed after that moment. The Hollow far more reckless and daring with his attacks, Szayel was hard pressed to keep up with him at all now. He was returning to his tactics with the other powerful Alphas, he didn't need to win he just needed to endure.
Ichigo's eyes burned gold as he fought the Espada to the ground. Knocking the blade out of the Beta's hands he forced Szayel to his knees. He submissively bowed his head and submitted to Ichigo hoping the dose he had given him would allow him to recognize this as the point they could stop fighting, Nnoitra didn't stop until he was an inch from death. He didn't want to go through that again when he was so excited about this chance at carrying a litter again.
Szayel felt warm breath ghost across his neck, as Ichigo nuzzled into the crook between his shoulder and jaw. The same place Grimmjow had nuzzled to calm him during labor, unknowingly to him this was the spot the Pheromones were concentrated the strongest, and by contacting that spot he was accepting Szayel as his Beta.
Zangetsu dropped to the ground as Ichigo pushed Szayel onto his back, pressing him into the sandy ground of the training yard still nuzzling that delicious smelling spot. Teeth pressed to his skin, and a shudder ran through Szayel, the abuse of that little patch of skin sending shocks of pleasure through him.
Szayel's clothing was practically ripped off of him, and he felt the thrill of the overwhelming presence of Ichigo. The Visored was insanely powerful. They had all known this, but to feel it fully focused on him, on making him submit and respond to him, it was a Beta's dream come true. Even with the Beta usually stronger than the Alpha, they still craved that domination, there was more to the Alpha/Beta dynamic than simple strength.
Seeing through a hazy fog of lust and power, Ichigo ravaged the body under him, Shiro still the more dominate side of their shared soul. It's not like his King wasn't enjoying it, but the primal nature of mating called Shiro out, he had been at the forefront during their mating with Grimmjow too.
Szayel didn't have any complaints as he was taken. The Visored knew what he was doing, though the Espada could have sworn the boy was a virgin before Grimmjow got to him. It was refreshingly delightful to feel the different power, and raw strength housed in the tough body pressing him into the sand. They took things at a quick but thorough pace, neither really wanting to rush. They allowed their power to rise as they closed in on the end. Ichigo reminded Shiro to try and direct it at the Espada if he could, but control had never been their strong point.
It just goes to show that even after the time they spent together out in the desert Shiro could still shock his King. When the moment of release came, Shiro gathered and pushed it all at Szayel, even as the Espada lay spent in the sand. His body now open to the creation of children after his release.
The rush of pure unadulterated power was almost more than Szayel could handle. It was a good thing he was only directing the power, not trying to suppress it, or he would have burned himself out. As it was, he forced his own power to join with Ichigo's, focusing on his abdomen, and the delicate remnants of his lost litter. It was now that the reason he needed a Beta would become clear. This part of the process was not like a normal mating, usually the power was allowed to ebb and flow at will, but he needed it to condense at a specific point.
The power coiled around the remains, kindling them back from the brink, his body searching desperately for Alpha seed found what it was seeking. The power from Ichigo was still a Beta's power even with the serum messing with his mind, this would normally read as nothing by Szayel's body, but with the lingering bits of Nnoitra there, the power and seed combined. Nnoitra's spirit and Ichigo's harmonizing where an Alpha's power would fight to subdue or kill what little chance Szayel had of carrying Nnoitra's young.
The harmonized power and spirit that formed now twisted and twined with Szayel's own essence. The three forces danced around each other until they found the right mixture, settling back to a contented hum.
The hum broke through to the outside world as Szayel let the relaxed sound release from his lips. That had felt insanely good, so much better than his matings with Grimmjow or Ulquiorra. This time, he felt it might have worked, where as before he knew almost as soon as he woke up that it probably hadn't.
He opened sleepy gold eyes with a look of happiness on his face, as he felt hands running gently through his hair, and he was no longer lying listlessly in the sand while power ravaged through him, but was held on Ichigo's lap. "Are you all right, I didn't hurt you did I?" The warm hearted Visored asked, not putting the Espada down even though he was now awake.
Szayel soaked up the embrace for a bit, as he replied languidly, "You have no idea how good that felt. You could have left me bleeding in the sand, and taken me as roughly as possible, and I still wouldn't hurt right now."
Ichigo kept carding his fingers through his hair, it felt like the right thing to do, as the same gesture had him practically purring in Grimmjow's lap with just one pass through, "You think it worked?"
Szayel nodded, allowing the grin to bloom on his face, the usual traces of madness obscured by his sheer exuberance, "I think so. The power you gave me has settled, but it hasn't dispersed. It doesn't feel like my past successful matings, but this was a bit different to start with."
Ichigo smiled at his happiness, "I'm glad. I was a little worried about putting you through all this for nothing."
"Stop that," Szayel chided, "I told you when you first agreed to this I was willing to take the risk. Any chance at all was better than not trying. There is still no guarantee it really did work, or if I will carry all the way, but I have more hope now than I did a few hours ago. You gave me that, so don't you dare feel guilty. Even if this doesn't work out I still owe you for this chance." At that, Szayel lifted a hand and pressed it to his bare abdomen, hoping his child was under his palm.
Ichigo contemplated the content Espada for a few moments, before deciding to ask the questions that had been on the tip of his tongue, but he hadn't wanted to ask until there was at least some hope so he wouldn't upset Szayel by asking. "If this does work, what do you think might be different about this litter?"
Szayel hummed again, still stroking the soft skin of his belly, "Well, for one, my usual litters are quite large. I don't think I have ever managed to carry all of the young I conceive. Therefore, for me this litter will be much smaller than I am used to. Also, since it was kindled from already partially formed souls, I may not carry as long as a typical pregnancy, but I will have to wait a bit to find out if that is true."
"Well that answers about them, but what about you? Could this hurt you?" Ichigo couldn't turn off his need to protect, especially now that he had a hand in getting Szayel to this point.
Szayel was a bit reluctant to answer this one, but he decided Ichigo deserved to know, "Yes, it might." He admitted, "You are more powerful than I was expecting, and I wasn't anticipating you being weak, but young take a lot of power to form and carry. On a normal basis young are lost by the Beta not having enough power to get all of them through, and if the Alpha can't give enough initially the drain is too much and can harm the Beta as well. I haven't had that problem before, I am the Eighth Espada after all, but this litter was formed from residual energy that was rekindled by yours. The drain on me could be far more than other litters since they didn't start out with as much as a normal litter would have."
Ichigo was having a little trouble understanding that, "If all of my power wasn't enough to bring them up to a normal litter's strength, than how do any Hollows have the ability to carry a pregnancy to term?" He wasn't being arrogant, he was being honest, the months of living off nothing but his own power had taught him to appreciate it.
Szayel sighed, knowing that question was coming, but it still couldn't eliminate his happy buzz, "If you were a true Alpha, than I wouldn't have anything to worry about, but your power was a catalyst to awaken Nnoitra's remnants. That took a good portion of your power right there, before any children came close to being created. As powerful as you are, this wouldn't have worked at all if you had even a quarter less power than you do. Your combined strength was still more than I was expecting, so I have a better chance of making it through just fine than I thought I would have." He paused a bit before continuing, "I made this choice Ichigo. I knew the risks, to myself and them, don't forget that. I will fight for this litter. I will fight harder than I have ever fought. By the end I may be close to loosing all my strength, but I will make it, somehow I will."
Ichigo kissed his temple softly, the gentle affection shocking Szayel a bit but not in a bad way, "Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"You already have helped me," Szayel pointed out again, "Other than what you have already done, I don't know yet. I won't need anything until later in my pregnancy. You did give enough that I can simply enjoy this for awhile. Once I get to that point, I don't know how you can help, but if I figure something out I'll tell you." He promised.
"Thank you," Ichigo replied, "I will do all I can."
"Why?" Szayel asked curiously, "You did this part to repay a debt, why go further? I'm not saying it isn't appreciated, I'm just not sure of your motives." Szayel figured he had answered enough of Ichigo's questions it was time to ask his own.
"Do you know what my name means?" Ichigo asked quietly.
"It sounds like strawberry, but it means he who protects, or number one protector," Szayel replied, teasing a bit with his first answer.
Ichigo scowled, but continued on anyway, yes he knew what his name sounded like, but that was a child's name not an adults, "I was named a protector, and that is what I do. I watched my mom die when I was still very young, she was killed by a Hollow while trying to protect me. I didn't really understand what had happened, but all I knew was I made a promise to always protect whoever needed it, no matter what. I had been taking martial arts lessons with a friend of mine before she died, but wasn't very good, after she died I threw myself into it, and I never looked back. You are here in front of me, you needed my help, so I helped. Now because of my help, you may need even more support, so if you do I am there. I didn't do this out of duty, though that was part of it, I did it because I wanted to."
Szayel buried his head in Ichigo's shoulder, for a fleeting moment he wondered what it would have been like if Ichigo had been an Alpha and he had met him before Nnoitra, but he quickly knocked that thought away, "Grimmjow was lucky you chose him."
Ichigo's response was a bit slow in coming, "I think I knew from the first moment I saw him that something was going to happen between us. He beat me into a pulp that time. I thought he was going to kill me, but he was stopped before he could finish me off. There were times though when I could see his face, he was almost childlike at times, excited at the thought of fighting. At the time, I was still at odds with my Hollow, so I didn't understand the drive then, but now I do. I understand now that even back then he was so much like me I wanted to run either far away from him, or towards him and never let go. He was like a living version of the dark side I tried to hide from everyone else. The part that enjoyed fighting with Zaraki and finally landing a hit that made him bleed, or the times I stood up and beat an opponent no one thought I could."
"He was your match, the feral side," Szayel figured out, "Just like Nnoitra was mine. I was under no illusions about him. He was rude and arrogant, he loved to pick a fight just because he could, and he used to wind up Ulquiorra until even he couldn't be stoic anymore. His Fraccion Tesla worshipped the ground Nnoitra walked on, but he wasn't a strong enough Beta, Nnoitra never tried to mate him because he knew if he tried he might kill him. He was a lot of things, but he did care about his few chosen special people. If Nnoitra had to carry on without Tesla, he would have been almost as broken as I was at losing both of them. I managed to save Grimmjow and Ulquiorra, but Nnoitra was too far gone by the time I got there."
Ichigo stroked through his hair again, offering what comfort he could, "For what it is worth, I thank you for holding it together long enough to bring Grimmjow back. It couldn't have been easy, but without him I may have lost my children in that cave, none of you would have known to look for us. Especially with Amon coming the way he did, I don't know what would have happened."
"I couldn't let him die when there was something I could do, it took all I had to save him and keep him away from Aizen, but I would do it again. I may have been the embodiment of madness, but even the insane have a heart, it's just every once and awhile that heart gets buried." Szayel explained quietly.
Ichigo put a hand over Szayel's, which still hadn't budged from his stomach, "You will have even more of a heart back if this worked. I have never felt anything so powerful as the first time I looked at my children."
"I remember," Szayel responded, "I have had four successful litters. It felt like my whole world suddenly became all about them. I remember feeling them squirming around inside me, I remember the pain and joy of their birth. I can remember feeling the worst fear of my life when they were born and it was only my Alpha and myself to protect them. The only time I was in any form of a band, was when I had my second litter and my brother had his first at the same time. Yylfordt and I had the same Alpha at the time, so it was only the three of us. Not long after that, he joined up with his own band, and found Grimmjow later. He ended up being Grimmjow's Fraccion once he entered the Espada."
"You mentioned him before, but I didn't know he was Grimmjow's," Ichigo responded quietly, wondering how Szayel was coping with the deaths of both his most recent Alpha, and his brother. "You have family here, at least for this litter you have someone to share it with, and we will all keep an eye on you." Ichigo knew he didn't have to ask the others to know his word were true.
"I know," Szayel assured, "That's a good part of the reason I decided to take this risk. I want to carry his young, but without help, I don't think either of us would make it, so I wouldn't have done it. Here I am safe, I don't have to worry about hunting, or the desert, killing them, and you're right there is family here to share this with, and other children for my young to play with. It's the perfect place."
"I never thought I would think Heuco Mundo was the safest place for my children, but the way things are now it really is." Ichigo admitted, "Its best for them, and I like it here too. I'll tell you right now, even if the meetings with Soul Society go well I am staying right here until the children are big enough to defend themselves. Even then, they will have the choice where to go, but I don't think they would choose to leave. This is their world."
"What about you?" Szayel echoed Ichigo's earlier question to him, "You may be right about the children belonging here, and you do fit in, but is this really your home?"
"Can I tell you a secret?" Ichigo whispered conspiratorially, using playfulness to hide his sudden anxiety, he knew this question would come from somewhere.
Szayel quirked an eyebrow, "After everything we just did, you have to ask that?"
Ichigo looked a bit bashful but soldiered on anyway, "I may have bulked up a bit, but I haven't grown or changed much at all since I gained my Hollow, or since I met Rukia if I were to be brutally honest. I don't think I am aging anymore. I might just be paranoid, but Byakuya destroyed my soul chain, I should be dead, yet here I am."
The Espada contemplated that for a few moments, "There is a bit of precedence. With Arrancar, once we remove our mask we freeze at the age we are at. It doesn't matter if we are born Hollows or not, if we started out as a Hollow and changed to Arrancar we stop aging. If you were a human, and suddenly gained a Hollow, it is very possible it froze you, just like it froze us. The fact you were able to carry and give birth to a litter of Hollow young says you are far more spiritual than human anyway."
"If I truly did stop aging, or even just slowed way down like Shinigami, then Heuco Mundo is my home more than the living world or Soul Society. As a Visored I could claim rights to all three, but I truly think this is where I am meant to be." Ichigo confessed.
"Good, we've come to like you, and anyone that can tame Grimmjow is worth keeping around," Szayel teased before pulling himself off Ichigo's lap. "Now I need to go change since you oh so kindly shredded my clothes, and that serum should be mostly out of your system by now so you should probably go make sure your little hellions haven't driven their sire mad yet."
Ichigo smirked back at him, also pulling himself off the ground, and going over to his pile of clothes, "You didn't seem to complain as I shredded them, and yeah I should probably get back. Although if he can't handle them while they are relatively immobile it is going to be absolutely hilarious when they start walking, they really will be hellions then."
"I can only imagine, what with both you and Grimmjow inside them," Szayel enjoyed teasing Ichigo, it was fun without being life threatening like it was with Grimmjow or Nnoitra.
Ichigo's little grin was scary enough to give Szayel pause, "Not just us, but they definitely have some of my crazy dad in them. It's a good thing I am used to chaos."
"Your dad?" Szayel left the question trail off.
The grin changed to a smirk, "You didn't think it was normal for a human to attract Hollows like a magnet did you? My father was a Shinigami, he didn't bother to tell me, but I beat it out of Kon not long after I met the Visoreds. Not only a Shinigami, but the little pervert admitted he had what looked like the remains of a white haori wrapped around his arm."
"Your father was a Captain? Well yes, that does explain some of it. Those children are going to be powerful with their pedigree." Szayel wasn't too shocked, there had to have been more to Ichigo than first met the eye, this was just one more piece to the puzzle.
"They aren't puppies," Ichigo reminded after the pedigree comment.
Szayel smirked at the opportunity, "No, Starrk's twins are puppies, yours are kittens."
"Kittens? Grimmjow is the cat, what is the term for a baby lizard anyway?" Ichigo figured if they were going to joke about their lineage might as well get the animal right.
Szayel paused and blinked, "You know, I just realized I don't know,"
"Me neither." Ichigo admitted unnecessarily.
"So, kittens it is?" Szayel asked with a joking tone.
Ichigo smiled ruefully, "Kittens it is," He agreed. "At least until we know the answer."
With that, Ichigo finished redressing and left Szayel to go check up on his children. As much as he had been worried earlier he had needed the break, he just hadn't realized how badly. Still when he looked in the room and saw the scattered about Arrancar he couldn't stop the smile at his family. Ulquiorra, who was holding Grimmjow's double and debating how much trouble the little boy was going to be, was contemplating the little boy's eyes as they were slowly turning to the predicted gold. Tia had snatched up Amon and was rocking him gently as he slept comfortable in her arms. Grimmjow was holding on to Hikari and whispering quietly to his orange haired daughter, no doubt the story he was whispering would probably not be good for Grimmjow's health if Ichigo ever heard the exact words, but it still brought out the smile Ichigo reserved for the few times he was simple happy and content.
"Well, well, couldn't my Alpha take care of our children?" Ichigo teased, knowing full well it takes a village to raise a child, and there were times he wanted to pull his hair out trying to take care of all three babies.
"Hey, I could have done just fine!" Grimmjow protested, breaking off his whispered story to their little girl, "Tia came here not long after you left, said she caught you careening through the halls like a maniac and figured I could use a hand. Ulquiorra came down a little while ago after checking on Starrk, who is in his own rooms napping by the way."
"How is Szayel?" Harribel asked, before Ichigo and Grimmjow could bait each other so much they forgot to ask.
Ichigo smiled at her, "He is fine, he thinks it worked, but we won't know positively for a little while."
"Are you okay?" Grimmjow asked his own Beta, "Did Szayel have to do anything before you could help him?"
"I'm fine, and I got a new perspective on Alphas, he turned me into one." Ichigo reported, while going over to sit next to Grimmjow, who had been lounging on his bed.
"He turned you into an Alpha!" Grimmjow's eyes were wide as he shifted Hikari in his arms so he could pull Ichigo down and nuzzle the side of neck, sniffing for the familiar scent. Ichigo's scent was a bit sharper than he was used to, but it wasn't that much different, "You smell different, but not quite like an Alpha."
"If you had let me finish, you might not have had to go through that panic attack," Ichigo chided while holding back a chuckle at Grimmjow's worry, "It was temporary, a small injection of Alpha Pheromone that made Shiro and I able to mate him. He said it would be mostly out of my system by now."
"Good, I want my Beta to be, well, a Beta, and more importantly if you were switched into an Alpha we wouldn't be able to house any Visored couples if they managed to conceive without breaking the three Alpha rule, and trust me, that isn't one to break." Grimmjow tried to cover up his shock, he thought he did a pretty good job.
Ulquiorra stifled the laughter he wanted to let out, but settled for saying, "Why do I get the feeling you fully intend on making sure Ichigo carries several of your litters?"
Ichigo rolled his eyes, "Probably because he does. I already gave you three, isn't that enough?"
"Hey you two, I really am concerned about the rule," Grimmjow's protests didn't have the heart in them that they should have. "Oh alright, yes I like having Ichigo as my Beta. Three is a good number, to start off with." He shot right back, even as Ichigo curled into his side without really noticing his actions, having Grimmjow nuzzle him like that had given him a little taste of what Szayel had felt earlier at his touch.
Tia stared at the two on the bed, before breaking her silence, "Somehow, I don't think Ichigo minds."
"Give me a few years and I might think about it," Ichigo grudgingly admitted, he really did love his babies, and if they were to grow up so fast, then yes he may in fact want more children in the future.
"With all the babies on the way already, I think it will be a few years before the next wave anyway," Grimmjow pointed out.
"To think that in trying to stop his army from mating, he unintentionally caused a baby boom, maybe if you'd been allowed to have a few litters during his reign there wouldn't be so many at the moment." Ichigo mentioned. It was an odd thought that had come to him in the past few days.
"That probably has a good bit to do with it," Grimmjow agreed, "Matings are more common when the Alpha and Beta feel safe. Under Aizen that didn't happen often anyway. It probably would have been better for him to allow a select few to mate, then to force us all not to."
Ulquiorra decided to add in his opinion, "There are only three litters arriving close together, that does happen out in the desert. The timing has a lot to do with his death, but I think it only seems like a lot at a time because we went so long without a single litter."
"That's very possible," Tia agreed.
Something hit Ichigo about that time, and it was enough to cause him an edge of panic, "I just realized something, if we are all here, Szayel is in his quarters, and Starrk is napping in his rooms, then where are Nel and Lilynette?"
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