Word came to Kaien that the boy wasn't feeling well through a Hell Butterfly sent by Unohana. He carefully went to his and Miyako's room and picked up the teddy bear they had been holding back. He carefully tucked it in his arms and hurried over to the forth division, a frown spread across his face. The fukutaicho of the thirteenth division slipped into the room and held out the bear to his wife.

Miyako looked at him in surprise. "Kaien... you said to hold that off."

"I said to hold it off until we knew we needed it. We needed it." The man added in something then. "Unohana said for once you're not having any luck calming him down and even Momo is getting worried. She was actually here a little while ago with Nanao."

"I..." The woman held out the toy. "Look Toshiro! It's a stuffed bear. It's a nice, soft toy."

Kaien swallowed and then said something he would have rather not say. "It's something your oto-san left you."

The child's eyes stopped clamping shut and opened to look at the toy. A hiccup escaped and Miyako handed it to him. The woman blinked a couple of times. "Yes... do you remember your oto-san."

"That's honestly a good question Miyako. Do you know what set that off Miyako? Is crying I mean?"

"I don't know." The woman paused, touching his forehead. Without her saying anything he knew the child wasn't well and yet she said it anyways.

"I have some time off... I'll stay with you two." Kaien sat in the other chair and looked at the ceiling, waiting paitently for Miyako's order. Finally after a day she let out a sigh of relief. "It broke. Would you send a Hell Butterfly to Momo-chan. I promised her that I would send for her. Also... I told her that we were thinking of adopting her and Toshiro."

"What..." Kaien shook his head. "What if she has other plans for the two of them? You said not to get our hopes up."

"She's looking for a way to stay together with him and to be honest it really is their only option. You yourself noted that her grades aren't as good as they would need to be for that to happen."

"No... she wouldn't get a seated position. Still... we wanted to wait until he was better and could understand what was going on."

"You're brother told her."

"What..." Kaien paused in the doorway and turned towards her, frowning as he did so.

"Apparently he accosted her at the introduction held at the school and told her to call him uncle."

"Good grief. He... I am leery of introducing her to the rest of our family now." The man slipped out of the room and waited at the entrance for the girl to arrive. "I apologize for nii-sama's behavior the other day. Miyako just told me as she's been so busy fussing over Toshiro-kun." He then spun on his heals so that he could walk with her. "I also heard that she told you we planned on adopting you and Toshiro. How do you feel about it?"

"We've been busy with classes and I haven't had a chance to talk about this with my friends yet. I kind of worry that Renji will encourage me to get adopted because being adopted by one of the five noble clans means that I will be taken care of and be well off. On the other hand he'll also stop talking to me once that happens like he did with Rukia.'

"Kuchiki's little sister?" Kaien thought for a few minutes as he walked. "Well... the Kuchiki clan has always been one of the stricter clans. Keep in mind that our clan doesn't mind intermingling with the commoner folk like the others do and if you have to remind him of that.'

"So you've met Rukia?" Momo looked up. "I don't understand why Renji is so occupied with her. I mean... I understand the fact you want to be around your childhood friends for ever and..." The girl paused, stopping short. "I said I would never go back to the village because of what they did but aren't I doing what Renji is doing to Rukia?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Rukia's status changes so they stopped communicating with each other. On the other hand my status changed and I haven't in the past month tried to speak with them. I ignored them during the funeral. I didn't even try to ask for their side of things."

"And what if your child hood friends had a hand in what happened to Toshiro?" Kaien frowned as they continued to walk.

"If they had..." Momo looked at the ground. "Maybe that's why I don't want to speak with them. They may very well have had a hand in what was going on. But..."

"Give yourself time to think about that. If need be the Shiba clan can send people to find information out about your friends and arrange for you to speak with them away from the village. Just make sure you're ready for this."

Silence followed them and then Momo spoke again. "If I do decide that we'll let you adopt us... I don't think I could call you father or Miyako-san mother. It feels kind of weird so to speak."

"We'll wait. We've already been waiting for a long time. To be honest, just having you let us adopt you two would be enough."

They arrived at the door and Momo blinked a couple of times. "Where did the teddy bear come from?"

"No where in particular." Miyako looked up, a smile on her face. "It does help to calm your brother down when he is upset though." Things proceeded to where Toshiro woke up and dived under the bed upon seeing Kaien, taking his bear with him. The man found himself leaving while the boy remained under the bed.

M

A soft rain dripped outside of the forth division as Kaien moved through the halls. His mind was made up, firm in his decision. He looked into the room where Toshiro had been moved and saw that the child was sulking on the bed, his knees pulled up to his chest. "I see he's not happy."

"Well... would you be happy if you got kicked out of your room?"

"You told him it was for cleaning purposes?"

"Yes... well... besides the painting mess we have not had a problem with him making messes. He loves his bathes and lets us know when he has to go to the restroom. And why are you hiding? Actually... why did you ask me and Unohana to do this."

"I told you... I explained things to Unohana. Be patient." The man stood at the corner when he heard a rather loud voice.

"Kaien! You wanted to see me, right!"

A frown spread across Miyako's face and her arms crossed across her chest. "What is your brother doing here?"

"Isshin?" Kaien blinked a couple of times. "Isshin is... well... he..."

"Kaien said he wanted me to help with something."

"Of course we want you to help. If you don't I will force you to do examinations on female patients Shiba Taicho."

Isshin's mouth twitched. "Unohana... you're behind me aren't you?" There came a short period of silence before the man spoke again. "You know what happens when I do examinations of female patients."

"I will make it so you can not escape the room until you finish or you pass out from screaming. If you want to maintain your reputation as a pervert... albeit fake one... you will help us out."

"So... what do I need to do?" Isshin let out a sigh."

Kaien turned to his brother. "I need you to flex out your reiatsu and sit on the bed in here."

"That's it." Isshin shook his head and walked into the room. "That's easy. I mean..." It was then that the taicho of the tenth division watched something dart under the bed. "wait... what's the kid doing here?" The man then turned to glare at his brother. "Why are you having me scare the kid?"

"There is something I want to confirm. Use your reiatsu to make sure that none of Toshiro's shows through. It's important that you do this." Kaien moved away from the room.

"Hey! Wait a second! I'm here waiting on the bed and scaring the kid and what are you doing?"

"I'm going and getting someone." Kaine shook his head at his brother.

Unohana moved to the window. "I'm just here to make sure that no one escapes.'

Miyako let out a sigh. "I guess my job is to make sure you don't bolt for the door. The only reason I'm going along with this is because Unohana thinks it is a good idea."

The fukutaicho of the thirteenth division slipped out of the room and headed to the fifth division, knocking on the door. "Ichimaru..."

The silver haired man looked up. "Kaien-dono-san!"

"Isshin needs your help with something."

A frown spread across the man's face and he then stood up, waving his hand at his taicho. "Bye-bye. I'm needed. See you later. Hopefully you'll smile for me." The man then walked next to Kaien as they headed to the forth division, a sudden frown spreading across the silver haired man's face. "Why are we headed to the forth division?"

"He's at the forth division." A lie came to mind about lying about Isshin needing help examining the female patients but knew he wouldn't buy it. "Unohana has him confined for bed rest and he's wanting some company. I of course am busy with my duties while Miyako is busy with the little boy that is in the forth division's care."

"Oh... I guess I can handle that." The silver haired man became cheerful again, only to freeze after stepping into the room and seeing Isshin sitting on the bed. Both men then had frowns on their faces. Gin opened his mouth to say something only to see a small hand suddenly appear from under the bed. "No..."

In the attempt to back up Gin found himself crashing into Kaien and heard the door slide shut. Miyako was sitting in the room with a rather surprised look on her face while Unohana stood looking out the window. It was then that another small hand appeared from under the bed, catching Miyako's attention as Gin's eyes were glued in that direction. The small hand clutched onto a toy bear. "Please..."

It was then that a head of hair popped out and a small boy looked up with a smile, his eyes suddenly sparkling. Gin turned to look at Kaien, a frown plastered onto his face. "Why? I can't..."

"You can't what?"

Gin turned his head towards the child and watched as the boy moved all the way out, a smile on his face. "I can't..."