Chapter 31 continued

When the three of them finally reached Urahara's shop Tessai came up to the car and opened the door. Before anyone had the chance to object he scooped Tatsuki up into his arms and brought her inside. Kisuke was in the training grounds waiting for them to arrive.

"You already know what to do Tessai." He said calmly when they had finally reached where he was standing. Tessai nodded and took Tatsuki over to a pad on the ground. Surrounding the mat were four large metal stacks with chains fixed to the top of each one of them.

"What's all this?" Grimmjow asked.

"Just a precaution," Kisuke replied.

Tessai laid Tatsuki down on the mat and chained down each one of her limps with the chains. When the last chain was locked into place he moved over to where Kisuke was standing.

"Why?" Grimmjow pressed.

"Because we don't know what's going to happen. I would rather be safe than sorry." Kisuke replied. Grimmjow didn't answer he just made his way over to where Tatsuki was on the mat.

"Are you alright?" Grimmjow asked.

"I'm in labor, chained to the ground, in basement of an old shop; I'm perfectly fine." Tatsuki replied sarcastically

"Well, you must not be that bad off if you still have enough energy to be a smartass." Grimmjow replied. Tatsuki laughed even thought her face was twisted in pain

"Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked.

"I feel bad….I wish there was something I could do to help, but I can't." He said to her.

"You say that like I won't be able to handle it." Tatsuki replied with a smile.

Tatsuki cringed in pain. Even though Grimmjow was fully human he was still well aware of the incredibly high spirit energy that was surrounding all of them.

"Is this safe?" Grimmjow asked Urahara.

"So you can't hear them?" Urahara replied.

"….no." Grimmjow replied.

"We're completely surrounded on all sides by the strongest barrier the soul society and ourselves could forge. The barrier itself might be the reason why you can hear the horde or hollows on the other side." Urahara said.

"What!?" Grimmjow said to him.

"Don't worry kurosaki and the others are all there working to make sure none of them get through and the sheer number of them doesn't get too large." He said as he placed his hand on Grimmjow back, before he quickly removed it and went over to where Tatsuki was laying.

"Now, let's get this baby out, shall we." He said. "I'm sure you're in a rush to meet you little one."

Grimmjow went over to Tatsuki side and offered his hand.

"Ow…..ow….OW….OUCH Tatsuki!" Grimmjow said as he eyed his now bleeding arm and the long red scraps left behind by Tatsuki's fingernails.

"You better get used to it, the pain will probably only get worse from here on out." said a calm voice from behind them. Grimmjow looked up to see Unohana walking over to them. She smiled quickly before taking a kneeled position in front of Tatsuki and Grimmjow.

"How many of you are here?" Grimmjow asked.

"That isn't important Grimmjow, what is important is your baby and the fact that He or she is stuck." She said as she continued to look underneath eh blanket that was covering the lower half of Tatsuki's body.

"Stuck!? What the hell do you mean it's stuck?" Grimmjow yelled panicked at the thought of his child literally being stuck and unable to be born.

"Calm down Grimmjow please, this happens more often than you think actually. This only means that the baby's head is a little bit on the big side and he just needs a little more help getting out.

"Please just get it out!" Tatsuki screamed.

"Okay okay, calm down, both of you just take it down a notch. We can handle this." Urahara assured them.

Grimmjow

All I could do was sit there and trust that everything was going to be okay. After about five more minutes I couldn't even feel her nails digging into the skin on my arms. Everything around me was a blur, I couldn't feel anything, and I couldn't hear anything. All I could do was watch.

Then through everything there was one noise, one sharp high pitched scream that sounded like a thousand angels all singing at once. The screaming stopped; the clawing stopped everything else in the world stopped.

I was still only able to watch as Unohana wrapped a squirming little blood covered bundle in a blanket and handed it to Tatsuki.

"Look at him," Tatsuki said to him.

"Him?" I asked.

"That's what I said right?" Tatsuki asked with a small laugh.

"Gahh, that's a big baby." Nel said as she crouched next to Tatsuki and leaned in to get a batter look.

"Where have you been?" I asked her.

"Outside fighting the hollow but they're all gone now." she replied simply. She sat down on her butt and leaned in even further.

"What's his name?" Nel asked.

"With all that's been going on, we haven't really had a chance to pick one." Tatsuki said to her.

"You should name him Benji." Nel said.

"What?" I asked.

"You don't like it?" Nel asked sticking her bottom lip out.

"That's not even a real name." I replied.

"It will be if you name him that." Nel replied defensively.

"We're not naming him that." I replied.

"Then what are you going to name him?" Nel asked.

"Um…..maybe…uh-"

"Henry." Grimmjow said simply.

"Huh?

"What?

"Henry? Really?" Tatsuki asked.

"Henry doesn't really have meaning in Japanese it's an American name." Unohana said.

"So, my name isn't Japanese. Who says we have to give him a name with meaning? Why can't he just have something cool?" I asked.

"Well you have all the right to name your child whatever you want, as long as Mrs. Tatsuki agrees." Unohana said looking over at Tatsuki who was brushing her thumb softly over the top of the baby's head.

"Henry…..it sounds nice…..I like henry." Tatsuki replied still smiling.

"Henry it is then." Urahara said.

"Man! Benji is cool too…." Nel said aloud even though no one was really listening to her.