Posted originally on the Archive_of_Our_Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ works/14078082. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Underage Category: M/M Fandom: Bleach Character: Hitsugaya_Toushirou, Kurotsuchi_Mayuri, Muguruma_Kensei, Otoribashi Roujuurou, Kuchiki_Byakuya Additional Tags: Mpreg Stats: Published: 2018-03-24 Updated: 2018-03-25 Chapters: 2/? Words: 1651 ****** Swirling Vines ****** by CPDefne Summary Hitsugaya was missing for five months. Muguruma and Ootoribashi goes out looking for him. ***** Chapter 1 ***** Muguruma strides inside the village. West Rukongai. Junrinan. That bastard Hitsugaya has ran off to live with his grandmother for five months now. With no contact whatsoever. Matsumoto is having quite the trouble handling the division alone. It'll be good for her. 35 years have passed since the war. They had little unrest here and there but mostly its been peaceful. Everyone has changed a bit. Hitsugaya started showing sign of change. He's gotten very attractive. Didn't grew much in height though. When, suddenly he wanted leave for such a long time, Kyouraku happily gave him permit. Muguruma sometimes doubt his head captain's commanding skill. But it was also very odd of Hitsugaya to ask such a careless permit himself. So Muguruma has decided he himself will go and lecture Hitsugaya over captain's responsibilities. When he retook his position as captain of 9th division, they didn't talked much outside captain's meeting or through Shinji. But after the war, they started interacting. "Wait! Kensei!" Ootoribashi can't keep up with his co-worker's pace. Kensei has a pissed off look gracing his face. Like always. They soon spot Hitsugaya's grandmother's little hut. Its surrounded by small or large trees. There is quite a bit open space too. Like all houses in this district, its a pleasant looking home. They knock. "IS ANYBODY HERE!" Kensei shouts at the top of his lungs. "Be a little quieter! An old woman lives here you know!" Ootoribashi tries to reason. Muguruma nods, understanding. An aged woman opens the door. She has a round face. The two captain guessed it's Hitsugaya's grandmother. "HELLO MAM!!" "Be a little quieter!" "WE are here TO SEE Captain HITSUGAYA! We would LIKE TO speak with HIM." Ootoribashi hides his face in shame. Perhaps Kensei thinks old ladies can't hear properly. The old woman looks confused. "Toushiro..?" "YES! And WE want to SEE HIM!" She gets a bit quiet now. After few seconds of silence she speaks, "He came here few months ago." "AND...." "He stayed for 5-6 days." Her face clouds their minds. "You mean, he is not here now?" Ootoribashi worriedly asks. The old lady nods. She seems concerned now. "Did something happened to Toushiro?" Kensei was about to speak but Rose stops him. With an assuring smile he says, "No mam. He ran off two days ago so were were just anxious. There's nothing to worry about." The woman doesn't seem pleased. "We'll take our leave now." =============================================================================== The two captains are on their way returning home. "You heard that?" Rose asks. "Of course." Kensei answers while walking in front. "Where do you think he is?" Rose wonders. Its been more then 5 months. Everyone thinks Hitsugaya is staying with his grandmother. "We'll find out." Kensei says. Rose is quick to object. "We have to find him?!" He wants to let it go. "Its our duty to investigate. It'll be bad if we lose a captain." Rose deeply sighs. Kensei is right. =============================================================================== Its at the edge of Rukongai. Almost near the forest. One hut is visible. Hitsugaya's reiatsu is strongest here. He has hidden his reiatsu for some reason. It took lot of Kensei and Rose to find him. Muguruma barges inside without asking for permission. Rose sighs deeply again. It'd be good if Kensei asks for his opinion on the matter sometimes. The house has two rooms. "Alright Hitsugaya come out." Kensei demands. There is silence. "Hitsu-..." The back door opens and he jumps. "Wait you little!" Kensei immediately chases. "Hitsugaya!" He runs deep into the forest. His shunpo seems to have gotten slower. But its still more then enough to outrun both of them. Kensei's eyebrow twitches. They had to go through so much to find his concealed reiatsu, and when they finally corners him, he runs! Fine. He won't go Bankai. "TACHIKAZE!" Hitsugaya swiftly dodges the coming winds. Unfortunately Rose was waiting for that. Hitsugaya's actions can be sometimes so predictable. And with the slash of a whip, he falls. "Alright stop running." All these running quicken Hitsugaya's breathing. He's panting. His long white locks covering his face. It's longer then before. He doesn't answers. "Hitsugaya..." Kensei warns, coming close to him Ootoribashi turns him around. They gets shocked seeing him. His stomach, its abnormally swollen. To think Hitsugaya was hiding while in this condition! "What do you think it is? Tumor?" Rose inspect. Kensei too is taken aback at the worse state. Hitsugaya remains silent. ***** Chapter 2 ***** Kurotsuchi was humming to himself in his personal lab. Nobody is allowed here, save for his daughter. He's alone in the cluttered but still organised room. He's soon agitated by his sense. With an angry grouch, he spat, "Get out of here." His door is opened by Kensei. "You're always on some mood." "I don't want to hear that from you. As you can see, I'm working!" Rose who also came sighed at the greeting. "Kurotsuchi, we need your help." Mayuri stays uninterested. He refuses again, "Just go." "Kurotsuchi..." Kensei now stands aside, behind him is Hitsugaya. He's looking down. Seeing Hitsugaya, Mayuri gets quiet. Rose and Kensei can feel that he changed his mind. =============================================================================== Hitsugaya is lying in an OR table. Mayuri has strapped his hands and legs tight to the bed. He didn't resisted. He has been quiet. Mayuri mixes few liquids, pouring them in a glass. He comes towards Hitsugaya and lifts his face. He carefully feeds the drinks to Hitsugaya. "You could had brought him earlier. His health has declined." Kensei sees Mayuri drink the mixture to Hitsugaya. Mayuri is right. Hitsugaya really is in bad health. His eyes have dark circles, he has gotten thin, reiatsu emitting from him is low. "What's wrong with him?" Kensei asks. Mayuri remains quiet. Muguruma and Ootoribashi are standing a little far away. Mayuri comes to them after feeding Hitsugaya. They didn't wanted anyone to find out so they chose Mayuri instead of 4th division. They thought it might be what Hitsugaya wants. They trusts Mayuri, they knows he won't do any harm to Toushiro. That he won't hurt him is another thing. "Is there any danger to his health?" Ootoribashi asks, he's concerned. Mayuri has his back turned to them. He doesn't replies. "Kurotsuchi..." "Why do you think he was hiding?" Mayuri speaks. Ootoribashi and Muguruma remains quiet, allowing Mayuri to finish his sentence. "He's pregnant." The words flies by Muguruma and Ootoribashi's ears. Its very rare for shinigami to have children. They forgets which gender gives birth. "He was hiding because he knew we'd force him to abort it." This time it catches. So there is danger to his health. "Abort it?" Kensei inquires. "Its not a child, its a monster! Its growing by sucking his reiatsu!" Kurotsuchi says those words with such intense disgust that it surprises the other two captain. Ootoribashi sighs and asks, "So... what're you gonna do now?" "Abort it obviously." This elicits response to up until now silent Hitsugaya. He anxiously starts moving against the binds, looking at them. Muguruma notices Toushiro's discontent. He went so far as to hide himself for this, Kensei has sympathy for him. "Why do we have to abort it?" "I said its not a child, its a monster! In order to grow, its eating his inner organs, by the time delivery comes, it'll rip out of his stomach, killing him in the process." That removes sympathy. Kensei inquires more, "How did he got pregnant in the first place?" As far as he knows, males usually don't give birth. And he doubts Hitsugaya is hermaphrodite. Mayuri answers, "Its a rare abnormality. It can happen with females too. Growing outside of uterus, slowly killing the mother." He looks at Hitsugaya now, "But then again, Hitsugaya Taicho has always been special." He grins to himself. It seems he's looking forward to cutting Toushiro's stomach open. "Please! Please! Don't kill my child!" Hitsugaya begs to them. "It'll kill you." "I'll survive!" "Shut up." =============================================================================== Muguruma and Ootoribashi have left. They gave Hitsugaya into Mayuri's hands. Kurotsuchi has already shifted Hitsugaya in the surgery room. "Kurotsuchi please!" Hitsugaya is continually begging. He's on the verge of breaking down and crying. Kurotsuchi can see tears beginning to gather in his eyes. "Don't kill my child!" Mayuri is seriously surprised how attached Hitsugaya has grown to the monster. He knows the young captain is naive but this is stupidity. Even on a female, he wouldn't had allowed further development of the fetus. He would had loved to experiment but not at the cost of losing one captain. He has made all preperation, now he has to anaesthetise Hitsugaya. He would had like to do the surgery raw, but he can't. "Kurotsuchi.. Kurotsuchi.." Mayuri is getting fed up with all the whining. "What's wrong with you!! This child will kill you!" Tears are already falling over Hitsugaya cheeks. Overwhelmed with emotion, he stammers lowly, "Its my only child... don't kill it." "You can have another child with any girl." Kurotsuchi points out. "Its an abnormal development usually resulting from infection or congenital defects." Kurotsuchi tries to assures, "You're a healthy boy, you can have child again." Hitsugaya still doesn't calms down. He continues to cry. "Its my only child... don't kill it." Kurotsuchi pretends to ignore him. "If you kill my child, I'll commit suicide!" Hitsugaya shouts out, threatening Kurotsuchi. "Did I ever told you how beautiful you look when crying?" Kurotsuchi amuses himself. Hitsugaya remains stubborn. His crying hasn't stopped. "Please! Please! Kurotsuchi...!" Now he's getting on his nerves. He looks below to Hitsugaya. He's really desperate. "Kurotsuchi please..." Mayuri sighs. He looks at Hitsugaya's face. =============================================================================== "Where's he?" "Escaped." "WHAT?!!" Kurotsuchi irritatingly barks, "Don't shout! I can hear!" Kensei can't believe this man! Was he always this irresponsible?! Failing to kill that zombie bitch should had been a warning. "I let my guard down, he got away. Now don't disturb me anymore! I have work to do." Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!