Hey, A new story for y'all! I decided to re-read the Harry Potter books, and figured I might as well do something constructive while I'm at it! I own nothing...

Byakuya sighed as the Captain Commander spoke, "Will you accept this mission?"

Byakuya nodded solemnly. "It will involve being a child again, and the Spirit King knows how you were when you were younger."

Byakuya's eye involuntarily twitched, and he said, "I accept the mission, Sou-Taicho."

The old man nodded, and said, "I am sending Kurosaki Ichigo along with you, just as a precaution."

Another twitch of Byakuya's eye. "Very well. If there's nothing else?"

"Dismissed, Kuchiki-Taicho."

Byakuya made his way home, and stepped into the manor's dining room. His sister looked at him, and smiled softly, sending warmth through Byakuya as he knew they had grown closer after her execution.

He sat down at the low table next to her, "Rukia… I have been assigned a mission."

She nodded, "If I may inquire, Nii-san?"

"You know you may, Rukia."

She giggled, "So, Nii-san?"

He sighed, "It is in Britain. Avalon has requested our help with a wizard they are having problems with. It seems the man has managed to split his soul seven times, and seal the fragments in various objects. Ichigo and I will be going. It will be years before we come back, but we don't know a specific time span. I assume about 17 years."

She sighed, "Kiwotsukete(be careful), Nii-san."

He hugged her and let a small smile show, "Hai, Rukia."

Then he felt like she was going to break down. "I mean it. I lost Renji, I can't lose two of the most important men in my life."

He hugged her tighter, "You won't."

She relaxed, and Byakuya let her go, "You get to bed, Rukia. I have some paperwork to finish. It won't take long, so don't complain about my lack of sleep."

When he finished, he fell into bed, and was asleep before his head even hit the pillow. In the morning, he made his way to breakfast, and saw the two women waiting for him already. "Ohayo, Nii-san!"

"Ohayo, Byakuya-san."

He nodded, "Ohayo, Ichigo-chan, Rukia."

He sat, and they ate a silent breakfast. After, Rukia had the day off, and the other two left in two hours, so they just sat around for a while. Rukia looked at her brother, and to the floor. Byakuya noticed, and raised an eyebrow, "Hai, Rukia?"

She blushed, "S-sore wa nanimonai (I-it's nothing), Nii-san!" He frowned slightly, "Come now, sorehanandesuka (what is it)?"

Her mouth opened and closed a few times before she finally managed to speak, "I-I've always wanted to sit in someone's lap. It's childish, but all the other children I've talked to say it makes them feel safe, and growing up in Inuzuri, I never got that, so I was just wondering and-"

"You're rambling, Rukia." Ichigo cut her off, and Rukia's blush got deeper.

Byakuya pulled her to him, and set her in his lap.

She tensed, before relaxing into him, and he rested his chin on her head, "Souka… Like this, Rukia?"

He felt her nod, and she said, "Oi, Ichigo, what if the Seireitei knew Nii-san was a cuddle-bug, ne?"

Ichigo giggled and said, "That would be very amusing." Rukia giggled, and buried herself deeper into Byakuya, cuddling up to his chest.

Ichigo stood, "I need to go to Karakura Town to tell my family. Arigatou for letting me stay last night, Byakuya-san. I know I came in late."

He waved her off, "Go, Ichigo-chan."

She left, and Rukia looked up, "Nii-san."

He looked down at her and she hurriedly got off his lap, and took her place at the table, eyes downcast. Then he understood as the Head Elder burst in. He cursed himself for not noticing Tori earlier. She stood over them, and the head elder sat. She looked at the two of them and finally her eyes rested on Byakuya, "Kuchiki-sama, I need to discuss something urgently. You have turned down every marriage proposal for the two of you, and the other Elders are getting… edgy. Taikon proposed that the two of you marry, and I couldn't do anything to deter their decision."

Rukia's jaw had practically hit the floor, and Byakuya's eyes had widened. Tori sighed and said, "They didn't even ask your approval, they used division 54, section 3, in order to overrule your votes in this. They all signed the marriage contract, which made it legal…"

At this point, Byakuya's jaw dropped, and the elder sighed, "I'm sorry, Kuchiki-sama. I know you just took a long mission, so I at least convinced then to wait on expecting an heir until the mission was over."

She stood, and left. Byakuya looked at Rukia, and she looked like she was going to pass out. He slid over to her, and she leaned on his shoulder, "Daijoboka, Rukia?"

"H-Hai…"

He grabbed her hand and said, "Its okay."

She nodded, and he said, "I'm sorry to leave you like this, but if I don't leave now, I will be late."

He stood, helping her up, and she said, "There is something I've wanted to do for a while. I guess I can now…" She leaned up, and kissed Byakuya gently. He leaned down, and their lips met again. Byakuya pulled her against him, and his lips latched securely onto hers, not parting this time. She playfully nipped at his bottom lip, and his slightly chapped lips parted for her. She explored his mouth with an almost timid passion, and when it came to his turn, he plundered her mouth, and she moaned into his mouth. They parted, breathing heavily, and she said, "Wow… The SWA has always been wondering what kind of kisser you were. I guess now I can give a detailed account, just to make them jealous."

He chuckled and said, "I must go, Rukia… my wife…" He tested the waters in saying that, and left with a billowing haori and Shunpoed to the Senkaimon, where Ichigo was waiting. They left without a word, and were in the basement of Urahara Shoten, where the eccentric shopkeeper made them put bracelets on. Byakuya's was a simple pink band, edged in black, with a sakura blossom charm, and Ichigo's was black edged in red with a strawberry charm on it.

Urahara grinned, waving his fan, "The middle band is a translation band, so you can speak in our language, and it'll sound like English with a British accent. The outer band is a Reiatsu suppressor, so you don't have to consciously suppress it all the time and the charm is to make your bodies younger, and age with the Gigai you'll be in."

They left, and when they got in the Gigai, they were both newborns. They fell asleep, and

Urahara with Yoruichi took them too England, to be with their proper families.

When Byakuya woke up, he idly wondered why everything looked so much bigger, and so different. He tried to sit up, but found he could only roll onto his side. He looked at his hands, and almost screamed out. Urahara! You goddamned bastard! You turned me into a baby!

Master, it is part of the mission. You are to grow up this world. I overheard Urahara and the Were-cat talking about it.

Byakuya sighed, and managed to sit up, he gritted his gums together, forgetting he didn't have teeth, and winced at the pain. He laughed loudly at his own stupidity, and the door opened silently. Byakuya was just silently glad his mindset was still that of an adult, and hadn't regressed as well. "Hello Harry, my baby boy."

She picked him up, and Byakuya was about to start squirming, but realized he had never really been held by a parental figure before, his father and grandfather always working, and his mother having died in childbirth. He had been raised by the servants. Byakuya knew his father had always wanted to raise him, but simply didn't have the time, having to do the duties of the Lord and the Lady of the House, as well as run and train 6th Division.

Byakuya was suddenly really glad he had Rukia to do the duties of the Lady Kuchiki, otherwise he didn't think he'd ever have been able to sleep. He looked at the woman smiling at him. Her green eyes were practically glowing in the moonlight, and Byakuya idly wondered if his Gigai had her eyes. He reached up, and touched her hair, its brightness rivaling that of Ichigo's. It amused him, and he smiled.

"Is Harry alright, Lily?"

"Yes, James. He's fine. I assume it was just him laughing."

Byakuya giggled, figuring he'd play along, with nothing else to do, and James grabbed a book off a shelf, "Well, it's late, so let's read him a story."

Lily held him in her lap, and James thought, "How about The Tale of the Three Brothers?"

Lily nodded, and James started, and spoke with a voice that made Byakuya immediately fall into their world, as if he was really there.

There were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure.

And Death spoke to them. He was angry that he had been cheated out of three new victims, for travelers usually drowned in the river. But Death was cunning. He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever enough to evade him.

So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a wand more powerful than any in existence: a wand the must always win duels for its owner, a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death! So Death crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the oldest brother.

Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man, decided that he wanted to humiliate Death further, and asked for the power to recall others from Death. So Death picked up a stone from the riverbank, and gave it to the second brother, and told him the stone would have the power to bring back the dead.

And then Death asked the third and youngest brother what he would like. The youngest brother was also the humblest and also the wisest of the brothers, and he did not trust Death. So he asked for something that would enable him to go forth from that place without being followed by Death. And Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own Cloak of Invisibility.

Then Death stood aside, and allowed the three brothers to continue on their way, and they did so, talking with wonder of the adventure they had had, and admiring Death's gifts. In due course the brothers separated, each for his own destination.

The first brother traveled on for a week or more, and reaching a distant village, sought out a fellow wizard with whom he had a quarrel. Naturally with the Elder Wand as his weapon, he could not fail to win the duel that followed. Leaving his enemy dead upon the floor, the oldest brother proceeded to an inn, where he boasted loudly of the powerful wand he had snatched from Death himself, and of how it made him invincible.

That very night, another wizard crept upon the oldest brother as he lay, wine-sodden, upon his bed. The thief took the wand and, for good measure, slit the oldest brother's throat.

And so Death took the first brother for his own.

Meanwhile, the second brother journeyed to his own home, where he lived alone. Here he took out the stone that had the power to recall the dead, and turned it thrice in his hand. To his amazement and his delight, the figure of the girl he had once hoped to marry, before her untimely death, appeared at once before him.

Yet she was sad and cold, separated from him as by a veil. Though she had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and suffered. Finally the second brother, driven mad with hopeless longing, killed himself so as truly to join her.

And so Death took the second brother for his own.

But though Death searched for the third brother for many years, he was never able to find him. It was only when he had attained a great age that the youngest brother finally took off the Cloak of Invisibility and gave it to his son. And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him gladly, and, equals, they departed this life."

Should I continue? Let me know! Review, flame, whatever, but thanks for reading, dears! Also, if the Japaneses is wrongses, BLAME GOOGLE! BWAHAHAHA I've always wanted to say that... And sorryses, I just watched The Hobbit, great movie, and nowses I occasionally talkses like Smeagle.

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