A Baby in a Hat

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Hisana cried as she left her baby sister. She told herself that somebody would take her sister in and she will survive. But she knew that in these parts of Rukongai they wouldn't take a baby in as it would just be another mouth to feed and most are starving. Hisana was already sick. But she knew that both of them wouldn't survive if they stayed together so she left her baby sister in hopes that at least one of them may live. She only prayed that someone would find her sister soon as it was getting cold.

The baby she left was much stronger than she thought. In fact, what Hisana didn't know was that the baby's reiatsu made her illness just a bit worse. Perhaps in another place and in another time, that baby would become a street urchin, a vagrant who was abused and maltreated at the streets of Rukongai. But this is not such story. This is a story of how that baby would be found by a man who needed love and a family who needed a small baby to carry on.

Kyouraku Shunsui normally did not venture outside of the walls of Seireitei but the sightings on the stray Arrancar who wandered in the midst of Rukongai called for a captain and he just happened to be available. There was something quite illogical in that Arrancar's movements, it usually wanders off in the midst of souls who could feed on. But this place is devoid of souls given that it was already late at night. The fight was quick, even if the Arrancar was powerful enough to kill several shinigami, it didn't stood a chance against him. He was about to leave when he heard a baby's cry. He followed the sound of that cry, it was just a few steps away. "So, this is what the Arrancar was planning to feed off..." Shunsui told himself as he picked up the baby.

He felt it's unstable reiatsu, powerful but still uncontrolled given its age. It also explained how the baby managed to survive in this bitter cold. This baby's reiatsu is probably the reason why somebody left it out to die. If the person taking care of this baby does not have the sufficient reiatsu to manage, that person could very well get ill. Irresponsible, philandering drunkard he may be, he's not a cold hearted bastard. So, to protect the baby from the speed and cold, as he shunpoed back to Seireitei, he placed it on his hat before heading back home.

A/N: I've just decided to edit the chapters of this old thing. I hope someone would see this and enjoy!