Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Seireitei Monogatari ❯ Shotgun Wedding ( Chapter 76 )

Title: Shotgun Wedding

Pairing/Characters: Ichigo, Ukitake, Shunsui, Isshin, Urahara

Rating: T

Words: 1072
Warning: Some OOC

Description: Sequel to Five Times Ukitake Tried to Get Laid (And the One Time He Succeeded). After years of longing, they decide there's no point in waiting.

 

 

A sad, soft sigh echoed through the eighth division office, entirely forlorn.

 

“Jyuu-chan.”

 

Shunsui pouted behind his desk, chin propped up on his hand as he gazed moodily at nothing. One hand idly rolled a sake jug back and forth on the desktop, the continuous sound the only thing to pierce the quiet other than his sighs. He was so bored.

 

All his paperwork was done. Nanao-chan had been giving him very strange looks, which were a lot like pity in his book. She hadn't even smacked him with her fan in days! He had retreated to his office for that very reason, not wanting to see her cute face with that sad look.

 

He was so lonely. He hadn't seen his cute Jyuu-chan in a week. Well, not counting that one... incident. When he went to check on his best buddy the second day after his disappearance. That particular day had been entirely stricken from his memory.

 

But dear Kami-sama, the boy was flexible.

 

Bam!

 

His door flew open with a very loud bang.

 

“Shunsui!”

 

He leapt about ten feet in the air, the sake jug skittering out from under his grasp and spinning off the end of his desk. It promptly crashed to the floor and shattered into a half-dozen pieces. Luckily, it was already empty.

 

“Jyuu-chan?” He was hopeful as he looked to the door.

 

His best friend was a sight for sore eyes, all smiling and grinning like that. His cheeks were flushed adorably. Why, he looked several centuries younger, especially with his hair tied back like that!

 

“I'm getting married!”

 

Shunsui blinked. And blinked again.

 

What? No “I'm happy to see you, Shunsui?” What happened to “It's been a week. I've missed you.”

 

And even for Shunsui, his first response was not “Congratulations, I'm happy for you.” Or even “Who's the lucky man/woman?” Especially since he could already guess.

 

Instead, the first thing he managed to say was, “Damn, you move fast.”

 

He peered at his best buddy. “What'd you do, knock him up?”

 

Jyuu-chan had to be in a good mood because he didn't even glare at him for that. Instead, he just barged excitedly on.

 

“No, but we want kids. At least two! We're going to live in my house,” Jyuushiro went on, eyes sparkling.

 

Shunsui was completely flabbergasted. “But what about Ichigo-kun's life in the real world?”

 

“Ichigo is going to finish college,” his dearest Jyuu-chan explained in a hurried and excited voice. “Education is important, you know. And then, he's going to give his body to Kon!”

 

The other man blinked in confusion. “Kon?”

 

“His mod-soul,” Jyuu-chan clarified.

 

Shunsui groped for something, anything that made sense. “But won't he need a job?”

 

“I've already sent a message to Genryuusai-sensei! Ichigo's accepted the fifth division captaincy. He'll take it as soon as he graduates.”

 

Looking around, Shunsui couldn't help but wonder. “So where is the lover-boy?”

 

“Gone to fetch his family and friends!”

 

Feeling both grumpy and happy for his buddy, Shunsui furrowed his brow. “And what about the rest of your life? Is there anything I'm missing?”

 

“No. But we better get going,” Jyuushiro put in with a beaming smile. “We don't want to be late.”

 

Fetch? Late?

 

Shunsui somehow felt he was missing something important. But he was already being tugged to his feet by a surprisingly forceful Jyuu-chan. It was then that he got a good look at his buddy's wardrobe. The shihakushou and captain's haori were gone, replaced by some really fancy robes that Shunsui had never seen before.

 

“You look nice.” He squinted. “When did you get that?”

 

“The day before yesterday,” Jyuu-chan chirped.

 

`They actually left the house?' Shunsui asked himself.

 

“It was a speed order from Ishida-san! Just for the occasion.” Jyuushiro was practically bouncing on his feet, radiating a happy glow.

 

Occasion? Shunsui's mind was slowly starting to wake up, gears shifting to life. He just had this sneaking suspicion.

 

“So when's the wedding?” he questioned as he was dragged from his office, much to Nanao-chan's amusement and confusion both.

 

Jyuushiro beamed at him over his shoulder. “Right now!”

 

“What?” Shunsui cried.

 

And then…

 

“Wait! Jyuu-chan! My hat!”

 

*****

 

“What?” Urahara Kisuke and Isshin spluttered together, their voices in perfect unison.

 

Next to them, Yoruichi's mouth had visibly dropped open. And searching for an incredible well of patience, which had grown extensively in the past week, Ichigo repeated himself.

 

“I'm getting married.”

 

Urahara blinked, his hat shoved back from his face in his surprise and making him look several years younger. “How?”

 

“When?” Yoruichi added in complete bewilderment.

 

“To who?” Isshin demanded, too stunned to even manage some loud proclamation of love and/or devotion to his son.

 

Ichigo chose to answer the last question since it was the only one that mattered. “Jyuushiro.” He shifted in his seat, fighting the urge to grin widely and never stop, heart fluttering in his chest.

 

All three stared at him as if they couldn't seem to connect the dots. The trio of former captains gaped as if they had never heard of marriage before. He could practically see the gears churning in their heads, noticing the exact moment when clarity dawned.

 

“Ukitake Jyuushiro?”

 

Again, it was a complete unison of their voices. As if their thought processes were managing to run at exactly the same speed.

 

“The man old enough to be my grandfather?” Isshin demanded, pointing to himself as if there were any doubt who he meant.

 

“Much less your grandfather, Ichigo,” Yoruichi pointed out, golden eyes wide.

 

Ichigo nodded, a pleased smile tugging at his lips. “Yes.”

 

He glanced at the clock and realized that he didn't have time to explain the specifics. Instead, he fished a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it over.

 

“Be here in two hours,” Ichigo explained as he rose to his feet, grin slowly widening. “Don't be late.”

 

He still had several people to tell, after all. Jyuushiro had promised to speak to all their friends in Soul Society. And Ichigo had already told Chad, having found his friend in less than five minutes. Chad had just given him a thumbs up, which was all Ichigo needed. Easy acceptance. Ishida had promised to tell Orihime for him. And then, Tatsuki and the rest. All that was left were Rukia and Renji.

 

The three fully grown (or so they claimed) adults, gaped at him.

 

“Two hours?” Isshin questioned, clearly aghast. “What happens in two hours?”

 

Ichigo rolled his eyes but even that wasn't enough to cover his apparent excitement. “You'll figure it out. And make sure Karin and Yuzu are there, too. And anyone else you want to bring.”

 

He turned and left, flitting out a nearby window. He vaguely sensed both Renji and Rukia's reiatsu somewhere near the shopping center. That was his next stop.

 

Somewhere behind him he heard, “But what happens in two hours?”

 

Ichigo just smiled.

 

*****