The Hollow Queen

Cravings

After spending a good amount of the afternoon studying for the captaincy exams, Rukia decides to stop by her brother's division to spend time with him, Hisana and her best friend Renji. Captain Isshin has elected himself to escort her around the seireitei in his son's place, despite the fact that Rukia is several magnitudes stronger than him. "Isshin? If you don't mind me asking, what was Masaki's pregnancy with Ichigo like?" She asks, seeing as the first trimester would be the best time to learn about what to expect with her own pregnancy. The black haired man smiles reminiscing on what it was like with his own wife so long ago.

"Well, it wasn't easy, I'll tell you that much. Granted Ichigo has never made things easy for himself or anyone else." He begins before chuckling to himself. "He was born almost a month late and had to be a c-section baby." This statement causes Rukia to lift an eyebrow at her father in law.

"What's a c-section?" She asks as the two stoll through the small roads of the seireitei.

"It's a procedure that has to be done when the baby isn't in the right position for birth. Usually babies will situate themselves upside down in the last trimester to be born head first. Ichigo didn't bother moving to that position. The c-section itself is a simple procedure, a small incision is made at the base of your stomach and into the womb, from there the amniotic sack is pierced, the muscle is pulled away with retractors and the doctor removes the baby through the incision. If you end up having to have the same thing happen you'll be medicated so there won't be any pain if that's what you're worried about." Isshin explains.

"No, but I don't think they would be able to cut through my Hierro since I became an Espada. Not even Aizen could cut my skin. Not to mention it might just regenerate before they could finish it." She says, "I was more wondering what to expect with my baby, did she have any complications or anything like that?"

"No, but while she was pregnant with him, we were attacked by a lesser hollow. She killed it rather easily but other than that it's the usual pregnancy. Remember every pregnancy is unique for the woman experiencing it. Masaki never had cravings through hers with the twins but with Ichigo she had intense cravings for mayonnaise, strawberries, plums, kimchi and lobster." He continues.

"I think I can figure out why you named him Ichigo then." She jokes. "But... the reason I asked is because I'm... kinda hungry..." She says timidly causing him to stop in his tracks before giving her a questioning look.

"Well we probably can get Renji or Shiro-chan to take care of you. Toshiro is in the human world right now anyway making sure the realm transition went smoothly." Isshin says as they arrive at the captain's quarters of the sixth squad. With a light knock on the shoji door, Byakuya beckons for them to enter.

"Yo." Renji greets casually as he sits on a couch facing a television on the far side of the office. "Captain Kuchiki says that you're gonna be a captain here soon." Renji says as Rukia enters the office followed by Isshin.

"I'm taking the captain's exam in a couple months," She begins before her stomach growls again her face turns red slightly as it happens before she takes a seat beside her sister. "B-byakuya... can you contact Captain Hitsugaya?"

"Of course, what do you need of him?" He asks as he picks up his solid black soul pager and prepares to call him. She blushes when he asks this, unable to find the confidence to ask for what she's craving.

"Rukia-chan is experiencing some... pregnancy cravings so it might be a little peculiar." Renji arches an eyebrow at her.

"Didn't think you and Carrot top would get busy so quickly. Congrats," He says before smirking and stifling a laugh. "The brat's gonna have his ridiculous hair and power. How much you wanna bet that the kid's reiatsu is gonna knock out half the fourth division."