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Prize of Victory	By : NovaAlexandria Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 87207 -:- Recommendations : 8 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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Warnings: Fluff and more fluff. Beware the Fluff.
　

Orihime hummed happily as she looked at the sheet of paper in her hands, skipping down the street and drawing everyone she passed attention with her cheerful demeanour. The report in her hand, fresh from the 4^th Division, confirmed she was indeed pregnant, two weeks along by the look of it.

Unohana, with a kindly, motherly look, had congratulated Orihime and informed her she was required by Aizen to share the news and information with Szayel. Orihime didn�t have a problem with that at all. Karin had already informed her that Szayel would end up involved anyway and not to worry about his usual preference for insane experimentation because it would be kept in check by Aizen�s orders, and the threat to his life should any harm come to her or her child from Ulquiorra of course.

Now, all that remained was informing the rest of the world of her news. As Karin and Ulquiorra now knew her condition, the next person on her �Please inform� list was an easy one. The general announcement would take place tomorrow, but she knew that if she didn�t inform Tatsuki of this newest development in person and as soon as possible, her best friend since childhood might take it as a slight. She doubted that Ulquiorra would begrudge her a little side trip on the way home from the 4^th Division.

�What are you so happy about?� Tatsuki asked, looking up from wiping down the kitchen table as Orihime burst into the house the woman shared with Tesra.

The place was small, but Orihime found it charming. Tatsuki hadn�t even bothered to pick up the few pieces of clothing Ulquiorra had provided for them over the years from the Fourth Espada�s house. Instead, she had taken to wearing Tesra�s old uniforms most of the time. In truth they looked better on her than the clothing she�d made do with so far; the dark indigo color, a shade that looked almost black, complimented Tatsuki�s hair and skin.

�I wasn�t going to tell anyone until tomorrow, but look!!!� Orihime beamed as she practically thrust the slightly crumpled paper she held under the other young woman�s nose, forcing Tatsuki�s eyes to momentarily cross.

Tatsuki shook her head, took it and scanned over the page, her mouth dropping as she read it. Coming to the end her gaze darted back up to her friend�s face.

�Orihime-chan,� she breathed.

�I know, isn�t it exciting?! Karin-chan was actually the one who figured it out first. She said she could see my reiatsu had split.�

�Are you really happy about this?� Tatsuki asked apprehensively, a worried look in her eyes.

�Of course!� Orihime exclaimed, clapping her hands together, gray eyes sparkling. �Just think, soon I will have a baby all of my own,� she squealed in delight. �And he or she could grow up with Ajuga-chan and they can play together,� Orihime gushed. Her eyes seemed to glaze over a bit as the daydream she seemed on the verge of grabbed her full attention.

Tatsuki just shook her head again and smiled softly as her friend�s imagination took off for the stratosphere as it was occasionally known to do. Eventually Orihime came back from her mental vacation to look at her friend, the dreamy smile momentarily fading from her face.

�You are happy for me right, Tatsuki-chan?� Orihime asked nervously.

�If you are happy, I am happy,� Tatsuki assured her. �Does Ulquiorra know yet?� she asked hesitantly.

�I told him as soon as I knew,� Orihime answered.

�Aaaaand?� Tatsuki continued, fishing for something more than just the fact Ulquiorra had been properly informed of his impending fatherhood.

Orihime blushed deeply as she recalled just how he had expressed his joy at the news. She had never seen him so� well, she really couldn�t think of any good words to describe it. Tatsuki just shook her head.

�Wasn�t it just yesterday you were trying to convince him NOT to get your pregnant?� Tatsuki pointed out, one eyebrow raised.

�That was almost two years ago now!� Orihime exclaimed.

They both blinked in surprise as they realized the truth of that statement.

�Wow, has it been that long already?� Orihime mused.

�I know. It seems like just the other day I was worried about studying for the next test, but that was almost eight years ago� Tatsuki frowned, folding her hands together and studying her nails.

The time certainly had flown by, more so after Karin had �broken out of her cage� and dragged the rest of them along with her. It was amazing how much had happened in the last two years. From being locked in their respective houses without any freedoms, or safety for that matter, to Karin getting pregnant to the attack of the Swarm and Tatsuki�s own Claiming, what had once been five years of living in an unbroken routine of housework, chatter and Ulquiorra�s demands of Orihime�s body had turned into a hectic, never-knew-when-battle-was-going-to-be-joined-children-popping-up rush of a two-year ride.

�A lot has happened since then,� Orihime sighed wistfully.

�It has,� Tatsuki agreed, and then changed the subject. �Do you love him?� she asked.

�Ulquiorra?�

�Yes.�

�I think so,� Orihime frowned. �I mean, it�s not like the crush I use to have on Ichigo. This feels different. I think I am actually happy. He has tried so hard to understand me. And I know he loves me. Look at everything he puts up with!� she chuckled.

�When he eats your cooking without complaint, then I will believe it,� Tatsuki snorted.

�Oi,� Orihime protested.

Both girls laughed and subsequently missed the sound of the front door opening and closing.

�What about you?� Orihime asked.

�What about me?� Tatsuki asked.

�Do you love Tesra-san?� Orihime asked excitedly.

Tatsuki held up her hands in protest at that, as if to ward off the question itself.

�Whoa!! Hold it right there! We haven�t even been together for that long.�

�But you sleep together�� Orihime pointed out.

Tatsuki ran a hand through her hair and then laced her fingers together, resting her chin on her hands while propping her elbows on the table.

�Well yeah we do. I mean, he�s doing me a pretty big favour and sleeping together seems like a small price to pay for his protection,� she admitted.

�So, you don�t like him?�

�No, I like him. He�s a good person, but I think love is a little far reaching at this moment of time,� she said, a little more defensively than necessary.

�So, you could fall in love with him?� Orihime pressed eagerly.

Tatsuki rolled her eyes at that and made a face at her friend.

�I suppose. As marriage fodder around here goes, he�s got more check marks than not in the �plus� column.�

�Alright, name six of them,� Orihime demanded excitedly.

�Why?� Tatsuki asked suspiciously.

�Come one, just do it,� Orihime wheedled.

Tatsuki sighed, but knew that once Orihime had her mind set on something there was almost no deterring her. She decided to surrender before the war could even start and answered the question.

�Well, one, he�s a great cook, and I mean great. Two, he�s clean, I mean, hell, I hardly even need to dust around here. Three, he�s got good taste in clothing.�

�Hence the reason you are wearing it,� Orihime giggled.

�Indeed,� Tatsuki conceded.

�That�s only three.�

�I know! Geez. You do realize you are going to have to name six great things about Ulquiorra after this, right?�

�Sure, sure. The other three, if you don�t mind.� Orihime pressed eagerly.

Tatsuki shook her head and sighed, but continued anyway.

�Four, he�s polite, like a gentleman but without that domineering �oh, you are such a helpless little lady and can�t do anything for yourself� attitude. Five, he�s loyal, almost to a fault. In fact, I�ve got a sneaking suspicion that even if a more powerful woman threw herself at his feet right now he would probably politely tell her no.�

�That�s five, and you didn�t even need to think about them,� Orihime giggled. �One more��

�Trustworthy,� Tatsuki shrugged after thinking about it for a moment. �He�s definitely trustworthy.�

�And six! Wow, are you absolutely sure you don�t love him?�

�Ichigo was all of those things and I didn�t love him,� Tatsuki replied, a little crossly.

�But with time?�

Tatsuki shrugged again, and looked at the ceiling, as if examining it for cracks or other imperfections.

�Who can say? Can I see spending the rest of my time here with Tesra? Yes. Without a shadow of a doubt. If he asked me to have kids a few years down the road when I felt ready to have them, I might even agree.�

Orihime gave her a knowing smirk.

�Why are you looking at me like that?� Tatsuki demanded with a huff.

�You sound like I did two years ago.�

�Well, see me in another two years. Anyway, your turn.�

�I don�t even know where to start.�

A polite cough caused both women to jump in surprise. Orihime blinked at the intruder while Tatsuki�s eyes grew larger as she realized that the majority of her words had been overhead. At first she blanched and then blushed deeply. Suddenly, her fingernails seemed very, very interesting.

�Oh, hello Tesra. How long have you been home?� she asked faintly, finally looking up at him through her lashes.

�A few minutes,� he confessed with a blush on his own cheeks.

�Oh.�

For a moment the kitchen was filled with a heavy, awkward silence as Orihime�s gaze went back and forth between the two of them.

�Is there something you needed, Tesra-san?� Orihime was the first to break the strained mood.

�I need to do Matsumoto-san�s shopping and I was just wondering if you wanted to come along,� he admitted sheepishly.

Tatsuki looked about to decline, but Orihime smirked and cut her off.

�Go ahead. Don�t hold back on my account. I can make it home without a problem!� Orihime winked at her.

�Could you be any less subtle?� Tatsuki drawled with a raised eyebrow.

Orihime just giggled.

Tatsuki sighed.

�I would be happy to go with you,� Tatsuki said to Tesra. �Let me get a cloak, it�s a bit chilly out there.�

He nodded and there was definitely a little bit of a sparkle in those eyes as he watched her grab her things.

�You may not love him yet, but I can see he�s clearly falling for you,� Orihime thought to herself. �I hope I�m there to see your face, Tatsuki-chan, when you realize it as well.�

Everyone else had managed to find someone; it was only fair that Tatsuki had attached herself to someone as well, and Orihime could not think of anyone better than Tesra to take her hand.

Granted, the number of people they knew here was limited, and of those that they did know, most were taken, female or definitely not worth it. So yes, Orihime had to concede that even without six things Tatsuki could name about him, Tesra was, by far, the most eligible marriage candidate around.

　

　

　

Karin stood in place while Grimmjow explained to the two girls what he expected from them. Ajuga wore a pair of gloves that Szayel had crafted specifically for her, made to cover her hands so that she wouldn�t need to worry about her claws harming Hana.

It never ceased to amaze Karin how quickly Ajuga grew. For a two-year-old, she was already almost the equivalent of a human of four. Hana was still larger and heavier, but Karin wondered how much longer that would last and if Ajuga wouldn�t out-age Hana soon.

Both girls listened to their instructor as he explained the move they were going to be learning. It was a simple parry; stepping to the side to avoid a punch and grabbing the opponent�s wrist to use their momentum against them.

Karin couldn�t help the inward smirk as she recalled using that move against Nnoitra. Grimmjow seemed done with the explanation and took his place across from her. Karin fell into the defensive stance he had beaten into her years ago.

They moved slowly so the girls could follow. He lashed out at her and she side stepped, grabbing his wrist with one hand and using his own momentum to send him past her. She could have kneed him in the gut on the way by, or even swiped his feet out from under him, but that was for another lesson. The basics first and then they would teach the girls to expand upon it.

�That was awesome, Karin-obachan,� Hana cheered.

Ajuga agreed, ears pricked forward and tail moving from side to side in excitement.

�The best thing about this style of fighting is it will let you beat an opponent stronger than you,� Karin commented.

�Really?� Ajuga asked sceptically, head cocked to the side.

�It�s all about centrifugal force,� Hana explained. �An object in motion tends to stay in motion, and this move utilizes that basic principle.�

�A little heavy for an eight-year-old, but that�s correct,� Karin agreed.

�It�s just math,� Hana shrugged.

�It�s one thing to doodle on a piece of paper; it�s another to apply it to a real situation. Now, get into position!� Grimmjow ordered, blue brows drawn into a severe expression.

Both girls fell into the defensive stance that they had learned earlier in the day.

�Hana, you attack! Ajuga, you defend!� he barked the instruction.

Nodding, Hana threw a rather pathetic punch. Ajuga side stepped and did manage to grab her wrist, but it was not a good grasp and the two girls got tangled up as Ajuga lost her footing.

Karin couldn�t help but to chuckle. Grimmjow scowled and the two girls apologized to each other while trying to stand back up and reset their stances.

�Was I that bad?� Karin asked her mate out of the side of her mouth.

Grimmjow paused, and shook his head at her question.

�No. But you were older and understood better� he answered. �Ajuga is also still not accustomed to standing on two legs,� he grunted.

It was true. Ajuga was far more comfortable running about on all fours and looked unhappy standing on two legs. Grimmjow assured her Ajuga would grow out of running about on all fours when she got older and her legs outgrew the length of her arms.

�Reset and again,� he repeated the command.

The two girls stood across from each other once again. An hour later and the two girls seemed to have the basics down. It was still a bit sloppy, but training would see them eventually get the move right.

�Alright, away with you,� Grimmjow waved them off.

The two girls bolted off to find Lilinette. Karin chuckled as she watched them run off, happy to escape the lessons. She stretched and prepared to head to the kitchen to start on dinner.

�Where do you think you are going?� Grimmjow demanded.

�To make dinner,� Karin said, as if talking to one of the children.

�Who said training was over? I sent the girls off, not you�� he smirked at her.

�Oh really?� she asked, crossing her arms. �And this has nothing to do with the fourteen different times you groped me while showing the girls how to do the move?�

�No,� he denied. �And it was fifteen times,� he corrected.

�Of course, how silly of me to have miscounted,� she said sarcastically.

Despite her grumbling, Karin did fall into a defensive stance as he took his place across from her. He fell into his stance and gave a nod of his head, indicating the match had started.

Karin decided to end this quickly with a new trick she had learned from Rangiku-chan last training session. She shrugged her shoulders and smirked as her top fell off, revealing her breasts. Grimmjow looked at her in shock and she took that moment of hesitation to wrap the strongest binding she could on him while leaping forward, knocking him to the ground and pinning him with her own body, breasts pushed up against his face.

�I win,� she declared.

He laughed and broke through the binding with an ease that always left her in a bit of surprise. He wrapped his arms around her and rolled them over until he was on top.

�That was a dirty trick,� he accused.

�All is fair in love and war, no?� she questioned as her hands started to undo the ties to his hakama.

�Fuck yeah,� he agreed.

�Language,� she glared at him and slugged him in the upper arm, hard enough to ensure he felt it.

He cursed lightly and she took the slight moment of distraction to roll them over so she was on top once more. With the belt finally loosened she pulled his hakama down to his knees before working on her own belt.

He made himself more comfortable on the grass under her and watched with a lecherous grin as she got her own belt untied and pushed her own hakama past her knees. She brushed his jacked off of his shoulders and ran her hands over his chiselled chest, sighing in appreciation at the muscles under her fingers and noting in amusement that she could see the grass through the hole in chest, indicating his jacket had ridden up his back when she rolled them.

�You gonna fuck me or what?� Grimmjow demanded after several minutes of her just admiring his body.

�Language!� she admonished again, reaching down and giving a very sensitive part of his anatomy a firm squeeze that had him gasping in pleasure and trying to trust into her hands.

�Sorry, you are just so damn hot,� he growled lustfully.

She loved the sound of his voice when hormones started to rule his body. It sent a shiver up her spine and heat to her groin. She positioned herself before slowly sinking down onto him, sighing in bliss as his thick length filled her.

Both let out a moan of pleasure as Karin let herself adjust before she started to ride him, hands snaking out to assault his nipples while he used his own hands to grasp her hips and steady her on top of him, when they weren�t busy cupping and groping her rear.

The sound of their passionate lovemaking filled the training field before Grimmjow suddenly yowled as Karin�s walls clamped around him, milking him for all he was worth. She let out a loud gasp of her own as his hot seed filled her.

They panted in sexual gratification before slowly untangling their limbs and pulling their respective hakama back up.

�So� dinner,� Grimmjow finally broke the silence some time later.

�Shit,� Karin bolted upright and cursed, darting into the house with a pause to snatch her top.

He remained flat on his back, chuckling in satisfaction.

�Language� my ass,� he murmured, stretching out on the grass in the pale winter sunshine and letting his eyes drift closed.

He rested in pleasure for some time before it was interrupted by a bundle of energy that suddenly landed on his chest, earning a surprised �oomph� out of him and causing him to bolt upright in surprise to glare at his errant offspring.

�Got ya Papa,� Ajuga cheered happily.

�So ya did,� he offered her a pleased smirk.

�Mama said supper was ready. Come on,� She jumped off of his chest and darted several feet away before turning to look back at him expectantly.

�I am coming,� he assured her, rolling onto his shoulder before flipping up to land on his feet.

Ajuga cheered at the display and he let his smirk widen at her excitement over his own physical prowess as he walked up to her. Once he was almost to her side she darted away again, heading towards the communal Dinning Room where the rest of the Estate was already starting to arrive.

　

　

　

　

Well, I am thrilled I managed to capture the essence of what it must have felt like to have one�s Zanpakuto return. Welcome to the insanity new readers, and as usual I love each and every one of you that takes the time to review. It means so much to me.

I have no plans on spending much time with the others because in all honesty this is a big enough beast as it is without taking even MORE time to explore what�s going on with everyone else. I did try to do a bit with the Escapee�s (like after Yuzu was rescued) but I was never satisfied with any of it and really, what�s going on with them isn�t important per say to the plot.

Yes, Kaien�s Zanpakuto was eaten, but it wasn�t destroyed per say. We have seen other Zanpakuto broken and such, and each time they could be restored (chunks from Zangetsu when Ichigo fought Kenpachi, Renji�s Zabimaru in season 3 and Kurotsuchi when he broke it on Szayel as a few examples).

As for marriage, we have sort of spoken about it on occasion (he has never actually asked me) but in all honesty it�s such a ridiculously expensive thing to do and I HATE dresses with a passion. So we might, might not, but to me marriage is just a stupidly expensive thing full of unneeded stress.

Urahara is dead. Originally yes, Gin was drugging her, but Aizen wised up to that and put a stop to it. Another reason will be given later. I um, forgot about two more bundles of joy I have planned, but you wont see them until well over page 1000.

This Weeks Question: Can you think of any Arrancar or Shinigami you could name six great things about off the top of your head? And if so, what are they?

Next Chapter: Szayel starts to wonder about further experiments involving fertility and we see more fluff.
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