The battered old hag of a nanny sat with the tiny infant rocking him as she finished pressing the bottle of prepared feed into him. She looked up at the door as the younger of the masters entered the nursery. He looked tired and had red eyes, his whole demeanour was of someone battle weary.

"How is this little mite?" Ichigo asked catching a waving hand.

"He seems fine, fed well." She replied looking at the young man with not to small amount of caution. These Kuchiki's were a hard lot to please and she feared she'd say the wrong thing. Reki had been a darling of a child to raise but his father Kendo had been a furious man and quick to anger. She was happy to be called back into service when the young master married and had the first son.

"Good. And yourself?"

"My Lord?"

"It must have been quite difficult for you in the carriage behind your master."

"I... er..." She didn't know how to answer, no lord had ever asked her about her own health. In her hundreds of years service she wad dumbfounded.

"Now you have a new house. Here let me." He slid his arms around the baby and lifted him from the woman's arms. "Take some time to rest okay." He smiled at her and she nodded with her mouth hanging down to her chin.

"The baby needs his rest." She began to protest as Ichigo made his way out of the nursery. "I should be putting him down to sleep. Master should you..."

"I used to help my mother with my twin sisters. I think I can cope." He smiled.

"Master Kendo forbid the children to leave the nursery without his permission."

"But he's not the master any more." Ichigo replied left with a saddened smile.

...

Byakuya turned in the bed as he heard the door sliding open. Only Ichigo came and went without knocking. He sat as he saw Ichigo walking towards him with the baby in his arms. He was immediately reminded of why the baby was here and he bit down his emotions. Burying them in the family cemetery today had been a difficult task.

"Here." Ichigo carefully handed the sleeping infant over who stirred enough to let out a deep sigh and frown.

Byakuya held the baby and smiled at his beautiful little face.

"Yuki." Byakuya stroked the warm peach skin of his cheek. "All is done now? He is ours?"

"The elders had signed the last papers. Kendo's place will be shut up and secured then the servants and remaining family moved closer to us. All of the estates owned privately by that branch have been put under our care for this little one when he's of age. They have agreed his succession to the head of the family and formally adopted pending your signature."

"Well. That only leaves one more thing." Byakuya leaned to his husband and kissed him. "To live happily ever after." Ichigo nodded.

"And to thank everyone reading for watching our story unfold. But it would be nice to have sex from now on without the audience."

"Ichigo!" Byakuya tutted.

So there you have it decided to discontinue this story got bored after a comment. Really if you didn't see this coming then... shrugs. Thanks for your reviews.