Chapter 5: Past becomes Present

A.N.: This is a request by BlueShard20.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

The Next Day….

Hikaru peeked into her mother's room and saw her future parents snuggling underneath the futon. "They're so cute…." She smiled and closed the door. As she walked away she reached into her pocket and marked off the final event on the list. "And my mission is complete!"

"So what happens now?"

The daughter of Ichigo and Rukia turned to see her uncle walking towards her. "My Uncle Kisuke designed the machine that sent me here to create a tear in the space-time continuum tonight at the spot where I first arrived. I'll wait there and then head through the portal when it appears and head back to my time." She cocked a thumb towards Rukia's room. "You sure you're alright with this? I never asked Mama or Papa but for a while it seemed like the Kuchiki Clan gave the three of us the cold shoulder."

"I'd imagine they might," Byakuya replied. "But I won't. Your father changed Rukia in a way that nobody ever could. He saved her. He saved us all, Hikaru. I can live with this. Although I am going to make Ichigo marry her soon since he did get her pregnant."

Hikaru smiled happily at her uncle, glad that he was okay with this. "Thanks, Uncle Byakuya!" She ran over and hugged her uncle, who in turn hugged her back. "Thank you, Uncle, for everything."

"What will you do in the meantime?" Byakuya asked her niece.

"Lay low. Besides, I should leave my parents alone for now. Because…you know…" she shuddered as she remembered what she heard last night, "They're busy making me." Her eyes lit up when she remembered the one final part of her mission. "Oh! That reminds me." She took out her list and pulled the paper back, revealing another sheet of paper hidden underneath. Crumpling the list, she handed the second paper to Byakuya. "Could you please deliver this to Uncle Kisuke? He said that he was supposed to read this, which tells him to work on a time machine to send me back in time."

"I see," the man said, pocketing the letter. Hikaru turned to leave before she could a get far Hikaru felt a hand on her shoulder. "Would you like to stay for the night? You are a Kuchiki after all, even if nobody else knows it." He gestured to his sister's room. "Wouldn't you like to get to know your parents while they were this age?"

Hikaru thought about it and nodded. "I'd like that but…they should be alone right now. But I'll say goodbye while they're asleep." She walked back over to Byakuya and hugged him. "Goodbye, Uncle Byakuya."

Byakuya patted her head and smiled. "Goodbye, Hikaru Kurosaki." Letting go of her, he walked away and left her.

Hikaru quietly opened the door to her mother's room and tiptoed inside. She quietly knelt in front of her parents and kissed each of their foreheads. "Goodbye, Mama. Goodbye, Papa. It was nice meeting you."

Getting up, she walked out of the room and closed the door, leaving her parents still snoozing. "Great, now to wait…."

Later that Evening….

"Brother?" Rukia walked over to Byakuya's room and knelt in the doorway. "Have you seen Karin Edogawa?"

"I'm sorry, Rukia, but I haven't." Byakuya put his pen down and turned to face his sister. "You seem quite fond of her, if you don't mind my noticing."

The lieutenant nodded. "She's…quite spiritied. She reminds me of myself in a way."

"I agree," Byakuya said with a tiny smile.

Rukia would've said something else when she noticed his bandaged hand. "Brother, what happened to your hand?" she asked out of concern.

"I received it during a battle against a very worthy enemy. But that is of no importance. How is Ichigo Kurosaki?"

"Ichigo?" Her cheeks turned bright red when she remembered last night. "I…uh…he seems fine, Brother."

Byakuya gave his sister a knowing smile. "I understand, Rukia. I know what happened last night. And I approve."

Rukia's eyes lit up with joy. "You do? Really?"

"Yes."

Rukia gave a humble bow. "Thank you, Brother." When she rasied her head she looked around. "Seriously, where is Karin?"

"I'm certain you'll meet her again." 'In about nine months or so….' "Regardless, you've duties to attend to," he reminded.

"Yes. Thank you, Brother." Rukia bowed one last time and got up, leaving Byakuya to scribble in his book. What Rukia didn't know, however, was that Byakuya was currently planning their upcoming wedding, preparing to spring it on them when her pregnancy was revealed.

Byakuya took a look at his hand and smiled. "Goodbye, Hikaru."

Years later….
Squad 12: Kisuke's Laboratory

The gyroscope machine buzzed in whirled as it tore a hole in the space-time continuum, electricity shooting out of it and attacking the walls and ceilings. Anything that wasn't nailed down was sent flying. When the machine came to a stop there stood Hikaru once more. When the dizziness faded she saw three people standing in front of her. "MAMA! PAPA!"

Ichigo and Rukia Kurosaki rushed forward and held their daughter, having been alerted to Hikaru's secret mission by Byakuya. After giving Kisuke the third degree about sending their daughter to the past, they waited for their little girl in front of the time machine in trepidation.

Rukia, now captain of Squad Thirteen, ran her hand through her daughter's hair and cooed softly as she held her child. "We were so worried."

"Yeah," Ichigo said. "And-" He was cut off when he realized something. "Hikaru, why are you naked?"

Hikaru looked down and saw that she was naked again, her clothes destroyed from the time-travel. "NOT AGAIN!" Covering herself, she walked over to Kisuke and slapped the taste out of his mouth. "WHY DIDN'T YOU FIX THAT?"

Both Ichigo and Rukia walked over to Kisuke and proceeded to follow their daughter's example and slapped Kisuke before Rukia threw her Haori over her daughter. "C'mon, Hikaru. Let's go home. I'm certain that you'll want to tell us what happened."

"Well…" Hikaru giggled as she followed her parents out of the room. "You guys were there too, you know?"

Years Ago….
Urahara Shop

Kisuke took the letter out of his mailbox and frowned. It was a letter to him…from him? "What the hell?" He opened it up and read the letter.

"Hey, Younger Me! I'm writing this to you from years in the future. And yes, you did send a letter to your younger self. To prove that I'm you, your biggest desire is to turn Mayuri into a monkey and make him dance for your amusment-"

"Yep…" Kisuke nodded. "Definitely me."

"The reason I'm writing this is to tell you to get started on a machine capable of time travel. The reason why is because years from now, you'll send Ichigo and Rukia's daughter, Hikaru Kurosaki, into the past in order to initiate a chain of events that leads to her birth and her parents becoming husband and wife. If you don't do this, then she'll never be born, you'll never be a godfather, and more than likely Rukia won't owe you a whole lot of cash for babysitting. So get started as soon as you get this letter. I'd tell you the mechanics required but, knowing me, you'll figure it out. Burn this letter as soon as you finish reading it so that nobody finds it and discovers what you're doing. When you finish, write this letter again and hand it to Ichigo's daughter before sending her back in time.

P.S.: Shave the stubble. Yoruichi told me it's not sexy at all. Grow a goatee.

Kisuke looked at the note for several minutes before nodding to himself. "I can use a new project, I guess." He held out his hand and burned the letter with a quick spell and headed inside.

"Let's get to work then."

The End