Chapter 2

Ichigo was pleased. That’s for sure. He must’ve preformed great if Hitsugaya had brought him breakfast that morning. Of corse he threw him out of Soul Society, not wanting another office sex to happen. Ichigo didn’t care. He was happy, and he knew Hitsugaya was, too. Hitsugaya was suppose to be sent down here with Rukia and Renji. Matsumoto was left taking care of the division.

Ichigo walked to Urahara’s shop with a big grin on his face. He couldn’t get that night out of his head.

“Well, that’s unusual,” said the shopkeeper, “a grin instead of a scowl. I presume you had a good day with Hitsugaya yesterday,” Urahara said happily. He was the only one Hitsugaya felt comfortable telling about their relationship.

“Yea, it was great,” he said rubbing the back of his head.

‘Be careful Ichigo, wouldn’t want little Hitsugaya to get pregnant now, would we?” Urahara said, hiding his smile behind his fan.

Ichigo stared blankly at him.

“...what?”

“Well, you see shinigami are souls, so, they have spirit particles that basically make up their body. If anything happens where one of you’re little “boys” can get in, his body would make the necessary arrangements to host the little bugger.” Urahara said, like it was nothing.

Ichigo’s eye twitched.

The door behind them opened and Hitsugaya, Rukia, and Renji emerged. Hitsugaya saw the look on Ichigo’s face and went up to him.

“Is something wrong?” he asked.

Ichigo snapped out of his trace and rubbed the back of his head nervously. “Uh, nononono!”

Everyone knew immediately that something was up. He could feel their stares on him. Urahara only smiled. “Well, you see Ichigo just disco-“ Urahara didn’t get to finish when an elbow hit his face.

“Ok, what’s going on?” Hitsugaya asked crossing his arms.

“Look, can we need to talk.” Ichigo said, he noticed Urahara slowly crawling away. “You’re coming too!” He grabbed the shopkeepers collar.

“You guys can go stay at my place, my family’s away for a month.” Ichigo said to Rukia and Renji before closing the shop door on them. They just stood there, then left.

“TELL HIM!” Ichigo yelled at Urahara.

“Now, now, no need to be so demanding.”

Ichigo gave him a look that would have killed him if it could.

Hitsugaya waited patiently to be informed of what was going on, he wasn’t even here 10 minutes and Ichigo was already causing him a problem.

“Well, I simply told Ichigo that it was possible to get you pregnant,” he said, once again as if it was nothing.

Hitsugaya laughed.

“Come on Ichigo, you actually believe him? It’s simply impossible. I mean, we’re both guys. It’s clearly impossible...right?”

Urahara grinned, no fan hiding it this time.

“Right?” Hitsugaya said again, he looked like he was getting panicky. “Urahara?” Urahara only grinned.

Now it was Hitsugaya’s time to twitch.

“OH MY GWAD!” Hitsugaya shouted as he clutched his head.

“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US BEFORE!” Ichigo yelled.

“To be honest, I didn’t think you would take it take far.”

Silence.

“Let me ask you something though,” Urahara said, “how good was your night last night?”

Hitsugaya and Ichigo looked at each other, then at Urahara.

“Care to come with me and check, it might be early but I have special equipment,” Urahara said.

“Hell no, I’m not making you check me to see if I’m...pre-pregnant!” Hitsugaya yelled and started to leave, Ichigo behind him.

“Well,” Urahara said before they left, “if you start to feel sick in a couple of weeks, why don’t you stop by.”

Hitsugaya slammed the door.

“My, my, Urahara, that’s not the way to tell someone they might be carrying a child,” said a black cat in the window.

“Come on, Yoruichi, those two are fun to mess with.” Urahara smiled. He enjoyed teasing those two.

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Hitsugaya and Ichigo walked in silent on their way home. When they got there they ignored the questions Rukia and Renji threw at them and went straight to Ichigo’s room. Ichigo slammed the door and put his back against it, sliding down so he could sit on the floor. Hitsugaya just threw himself face first onto the bed. Not even bothering to take Hyorinmaru off. He mumbled something into the sheets.

“What?”

Mumble.

“I can’t hear you with your face in the sheets!”

“I said ‘I left my gigai there’!”

Ichigo sighed. They shouldn’t be fighting, they should be talking about. Something the both of them hate doing, talking about their problems.

“I’ll get it tomorr-“ Ichigo stopped when he saw a figure that looked like Hitsugaya knocking at the window.

“Seems like Urahara took care of it,” he said as he let it in, it had a note.

Lovebirds,

I noticed you forgot this and probably would want to face me later. So I took the liberty of sending it to you. Once again I’d like to remind Hitsugaya, feel anything unusual just come to me! /giant Urahara looking head with a smile/

Ichigo crumbled it in his hands mumbling curses under his breath. Hitsugaya slipped into his gigai and again fell on the bed. Ichigo knew it was bothering Hitsugaya more then himself. He went over to him and bent down at the side on the bed.

“Don’t worry, ok?” he said as he started to rub Hitsugaya’s head.

“It’s just...what if I am? What would we do? What would everybody think? How would we-“

“Shhh,” Ichigo shushed him as he got on the bed and placed him on his lap. “If it does happen, then me and you’ll get through it. And who cares what others think? I love you, and nothing will change that, got it?”

“I love you, too.” Hitsugaya said, Ichigo placing a kiss on his forehead. Ichigo undid his bed and slipped the both of them under it. Not even bothering to change into night clothes, the two fell asleep instantly.

Renji and Rukia had fallen asleep on the couch as well.

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Chapter 3

2 weeks later.

Ichigo awoke alone in the bed, again. He sat up and looked around groggily.

11:30.

Hitsugaya was probably up and about for at least three hours by now. Ichigo stood up, grabbed clothes, and took a quick shower. When he was done he headed downstairs. No one was there. He went to the refrigerator and grabbed the carton of milk and drank from it directly. When he closed the door he noticed a note on the fridge.

Ichigo,

Went out patrolling the town, be back around 2:00.

Rukia.

‘Patrolling?’ Ichigo thought as he continued to drink the milk. He noticed a P.S. on the bottom.

P.S.

Don’t drink the milk, Renji drank straight from the container quickly before we left.

Ichigo spit the milk out as quick as possible and rubbed he mouth on his arm.

“DISGUSTING!”

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Hitsugaya was standing atop a light post and looked over the people walking below. He put the thought of everything Urahara had said to the back of his mind. He needed to concentrate on his work, he couldn’t allow personal problems to interfere. He let out a sigh and jumped into the air, gliding through the wind. Suddenly, a large spiritual pressure appeared. It was coming from the park, he quickly changed his direction and headed there. He felt Renji and Rukia heading there as well.

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Ichigo felt a high spiritual pressure and immediately ran to the hollow screeching badge. He knew the others were on patrol but he couldn’t just stand around and do nothing, and this was a strong spiritual pressure. He didn’t want anyone to get hurt. He exited his body and jumped out of his bedroom window. When he got to the park, he saw Renji finishing off the Hollow.

“What are you doing here Ichigo?” Rukia asked when he landed next to her. Renji and Hitsugaya walked towards them.

“The spiritual pressure was strong that’s why,” he said.

“We’re capable of taking care of things,” Hitsugaya said as he crossed his arms.

“I know that!” Ichigo said, a scowl on his face. Even though they were going out, they would still argue over the usual things. “Oh, and YOU!” Ichigo pointed to Renji “DON’T DRINK STRAIGHT FROM THE CARTON!”

“Wha...!” It took Renji a minute to process what Ichigo meant, when he did him and Ichigo just yelled at each. Hitsugaya and Rukia sighed in the background. After a few minutes of pointless yelling Rukia interrupted.

“Can we get going now? I’m getting hungry and I saw something interesting in your fridge,” she said to Ichigo. He sighed. They started walking back to the house when Ichigo noticed Hitsugaya wasn’t coming. He turned around and saw him standing with his over his stomach and eyes narrowed.

“Everything O.K., Toshiro?” Ichigo asked, worried.

“It’s just, that spiritual pressure. I have this feeling like there’s something not right, like ther-“ Hitsugaya wasn’t able to finish when he felt a wave of pain emitting from his chest. He saw everyone’s eyes go wide. He looked down at his chest, only to see something protruding through him, he could feel the warm blood soaking his clothes and himself slipping into unconsciousness. Why? He’s taken worse hits then this. Was it the shock? How come he didn’t see it coming? Before the blackness took him in, he heard Ichigo cal his name.

“TOSHIRO!” Ichigo shouted as soon as the shock worn off. He watched in horror as the ground below lifted up, revealing an incomplete arrancar (1). Hitsugaya was dangling in the air, still in the arrancar’s grasp. Several tentacle like things swung by the demons head, with claws at the end of each.

“Heheheh, such as strong spiritual pressure belongs to a such a weakling.” The arrancar laughed as he inspected Hitsugaya closer. Soon enough the arrancar screamed in pain as the tentacle piercing Hitsugaya was cut off by Zangetsu. Renji had caught Hitsugaya and left him with Rukia.

When Rukia looked back at Ichigo, the arrancar was sliced in two and disintegrating, Ichigo was breathing heavily, but not from exhaustion, from anger. Ichigo ran over to her and lifted Hitsugaya into his arms. Rukia and Renji didn’t question where he was going. They ended up barging into Urahara’s shop.

As Hitsugaya was getting healed Ichigo stayed with Rukia and Renji right outside the door.

“Orihime’s out of town, that’s why I brought him here,” he said suddenly.

No more works were spoken.

I was about an hour later when Urahara emerged.

“How is he?!” Ichigo said as he quickly rose from his seat on the floor, Rukia and Renji doing the same.

“He’s fine, the injury was severe, but not life threatening.” Urahara said.

“Can I see him?” Ichigo asked.

“Yes, but before you do, we need to talk.”

Ichigo was hesitant at first, he let out a sigh. “Rukia, Renji, can you guys stay with Toshiro, incase he wakes up?”

“Sure,” Renji said.

Ichigo smiled sadly then followed Urahara into a different room. They both took a seat.

“Ichigo, this might have been against your wishes, and also Hitsugaya’s, but do to the circumstances, I had to check,” Urahara said.

Ichigo’s eyes widened, he knew what he meant by “check”.

“You had no right! We told you th-“

“An injury like that shouldn’t have taken that long!” Urahara cut Ichigo off.

“What do you mean?”

“The injury was severe, yes, but a certain amount of energy would have been enough to heal it, but instead Tessai had to use double the energy.”

“What does that mean?” Ichigo asked, slightly afraid of the answer.

“It means, that Hitsugaya’s spirit energy was sending the healing energy to protect something.”

Ichigo knew what that something was. “So I’m guessing that means I should go look at some baby clothes, hm?” Ichigo said, a small smile appearing. Urahara smiled as well, he placed a hand on Ichigo’s shoulder.

“You and Toshiro and gonna be fine, I’ll even offer to babysit once in a while.” Ichigo laughed at that, so did Urahara.

Ichigo watched as Hitsugaya’s eyes fluttered open. He smiled, Hitsugaya smiled back. Ichigo lifted the sheets and got under the covers with Hitsugaya. He pulled him in closely.

“You scared me there,” he said.

“I’m sorry, it’s just, I’ve been having trouble detecting the hollows lately.”

Ichigo’s eyes narrowed. Was that a side effect of being pregnant? Ichigo let out a sigh which made hitsugaya look up at him.

“Toshiro I have to tell you something,” he said as he sat up slowly. Allowing Hitsugaya to sit next to him.

Ichigo looked at Hitsugaya’s chest, it was like he never was hurt. Ichigo looked into Hitsugaya’s beautiful teal orbs.

“Toshiro,” Ichigo said as he grabbed one of Hitsugaya’s hands, “you’re pregnant.”

Hitsugaya just looked at Ichigo’s eyes, Ichigo stared back.

Well, Ichigo only stared until he saw Hitsugaya backwards, clearly fainting.

“Oi! Toshiro!” Ichigo said as he tried to fan Hitsugaya awake. He heard the door open and saw Urahara, Rukia, and Renji.

“Ah, so I see you told him,” Urahara said with a smile.

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1. Like the way Grand Fisher was when he fought Ichigo’s dad.

Chapter 4

It’s been an hour since Ichigo and Urahara got kicked out of the room Hitsugaya was staying in. When Hitsugaya gained consciousness he told Ichigo he was happy, but then he started to cry, mumbling things about Soul Society and captain stuff, Ichigo tried to calm him for a few minutes, but Hitsugaya demanded for Rukia. Over the 2 weeks since Rukia found out, they’ve became great friends. Urahara went to get her and since then, Ichigo had been waiting in another room.

Ichigo looked towards the hallway when he heard footsteps approaching. Rukia and Hitsugaya appear. Hitsugaya, who had bloodshot eyes, knelt down next to Ichigo and buried his head in Ichigo’s neck. Ichigo held him close.

“You up to going back home?” Ichigo asked Hitsugaya, knowing they need to talk about this in private. He felt Hitsugaya’s head go up and down. “Urahara, thank you for your help,” he said as he picked Hitsugaya up and nodded towards Rukia, mouthing a thank you.

“If you have any questions just come here,” Urahara said as he lead them out.

Ichigo placed Hitsugaya down, turned around and squatted. Hitsugaya rubbed his eyes and looked at Ichigo’s back.

“Well, come on.” Hitsugaya slowly got onto Ichigo’s back. Ichigo was the only one the new Hitsugaya secretly liked piggyback rides. He told Ichigo once he wanted to see what it was like to ride on Zaraki’s back, he laughed, which earned him a very hard elbow into the stomach.

The streets were quite, it was around dinner time so, most people were in. When Ichigo got home he went straight to his bedroom and placed Hitsugaya on the bed. Hitsugaya curled up and buried his head in Ichigo’s pillow. Ichigo rubbed Toshiro’s back. It wasn’t an uncomfortable silence, it was an understanding one. Ichigo let the silence linger only for a little, then he laid down next to Toshiro and hugged him.

“Everything’s going to be O.K. Urahara said he’d help us if we needed anything.”

“It’s not that, Ichigo” Toshiro said as he clutched Ichigo’s shirt “I’m glad we’re going to have a kid, and I’m extremely glad it’s ours, it’s just,” he hesitated “I know that only four people in the Soul Society are going to back me up with this, the others, what are they gonna think?”

Ichigo sighed, he knew the Soul Society was strict. “And what four people are that?” he asked knowing half the answer.

“Matsumoto, Unohana, Ukitake and Shunsui taicho,” he said. “I have to go back tomorrow.”

“I’ll go with you then, and if anyone has a problem I’ll kick their ass,” Ichigo said.

Hitsugaya sat up and looked at Ichigo. “You can’t do that.”

Ichigo sat up as well.

“What are you gonna do?” he asked.

“I’m going to keep it to myself, I’ll tell those four but that’s it,” he said. Hitsugaya looked up at Ichigo. “What?” he asked noticing the teens worried look.

“Well, it’s just, your spiritual energy isn’t as strong as it usually is and after a few months, well, Toshiro, it’s gonna start to show,” Ichigo said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

“I’ll figure something out,” Hitsugaya said looking down at his lap.

No more words were spoken as the two feel asleep in each others arms.

The next morning was awkward. Renji and Rukia came by in the morning to tell Hitsugaya that the gate at Urahara’s was ready. The walk to the shop was in silence. Only when the four of them got to Soul Society did the noise start.

“TAICHO! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!” came the cheery voice of Matsumoto, she was about to take Hitsugaya in on of her death hugs, but noticed that he was distracted and stopped.

“Taicho, is everything OK?” she asked, worried.

“Matsumoto, after I report to the sou-taicho I want you to see if you could get Unohana, Ukitake, and Shunsui in my office. Tell them we need to talk whenever their free,” he said, then he shunpoed to the first division.

“Taicho!” Matsumoto said, but he was already gone. “Taicho...?”

She turned to the group of three behind her. She looked at them, Renji and Rukia avoiding her gaze, Ichigo looked her straight in the eyes.

“It’s best you do as he says, Rangiku,” Ichigo said as he too shunpoed away, but to the tenth division instead.

Matsumoto really had no idea what was going on, as Rukia and Renji both said they have to report in to their taicho’s as well, so, she was literally left in the dust as everyone shunpoed away.

The only way to find out was going on was to follow the orders given to her, so, she did.

When Hitsugaya arrived, his office was quite full. Ukitake and Unohana occupied the couch Matsumoto was always napping on, Shunsui and Matsumoto were lounging on the floor, and Ichigo was leaning against his desk.

“We missed you, Hitsugaya.” Ukitake said, smiling kindly. Surprisingly he didn’t have any candy with him. Shunsui tipped the top of his hat, and Unohana smiled her motherly smile.

“Is there something important you’d like to tell us? Matsumoto said you seemed distracted when you arrived,” Shunsui said.

Hitsugaya dropped his head and looked at the floor, he only looked up when he felt a hand on his head. “Do you not feel well, Hitsugaya? You seem a little weak,” Unohana said concerned.

‘She noticed. I wonder if anyone else did,” Ichigo thought to himself.

“No that’s not it,” he said as he politely moved Unohana’s hand away and walked to Ichigo and took his hand. Hitsugaya took a deep breath and sighed.

“A few months ago me and Ichigo became a couple, and it seems that, well, were gonna be having a child,” he said, he closed his eyes.

“TAICHO!” He heard Matsumoto yelled, then he felt like he was getting the life squeezed out of him. “I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU, CONGRATULATIONS!” When Matsumoto finally released him he looked around. Everyone had a smile on their face.

“You looked surprised, Hitsugaya,” Ukitake said as he walked up to the small boy. Hitsugaya felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up at Ichigo. He smiled. “I guess I was a little worried what you guys thought.”

“So, now what?” Ichigo said, “Lets do something, I don’t wanna stay in this office all day again.”

“Well, if you would like, I can make sure everything is going smoothly for you and the baby, Hitsugaya,” Unohana said.

“Sure, but, I would appreciate it if you can keep it quiet for now.”

“Of course,” Shunsui said.

As they left the office, Hitsugaya, Ichigo, and Matsumoto followed Unohana to the fourth division and Ukitake and Shunsui walked back to the thirteenth.

Unfortunately, no one noticed the shadow that lingered outside of the tenth division’s taicho’s office.

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Chapter 5

Hitsugaya was laying flat on a table while Unohana was moving her hands around his exposed stomach. Ichigo was off to the side, looking curiously. When she was done she removed her hands and smiled.

“All seems to be fine. Your going to be feeling somewhat weak since your spiritual energy will be protecting the babies as a first priority,” she said.

Hitsugaya stopped putting on his top. “Excuse me?”

“Is something wrong?” Unohana asked.

“Babiessss?” he said, hissing at the S.

“There’s more then one in him?” Ichigo asked, the way he said it made it just sound weird, causing Hitsugaya to send him an icy glare.

“Why yes, three.” Unohana said with her motherly smile.

If it wasn’t for a hell butterfly, Hitsugaya was sure he would have fainted, again, and probably wouldn’t have woken up. He sighed, the worry coming back as he listened to the hell butterfly’s message.

It was a usual captains meeting, updates and etc. Hitsugaya found himself for the first time looking off into the distance, not caring about the world around him for th moment. H as brought out of his daze when he heard his name being roughly called.

“Hitsugaya taicho, if you are bored, you may leave.” Yamamoto said, clearly annoyed at the way Hitsugaya looked. Hitsugaya snapped back at attention.

“No, Sou-taicho, I apologize,” he said bowing.

He regained his posture, then he heard giggling from his left. He looked up and saw the insane scientist shaking with laughter.

“What’s so funny Kurotsuchi taicho?” Hitsugaya asked, his icy glare towards the creature/shinigami.

“It’s just seems like you’re distracted with something concerning a certain orange haired boy,” he said with a sick look of evil happiness. Hitsugaya’s eyes widened.

“Is there something you’d like to tell us, Hitsugaya taicho?” asked Yamamoto. Hitsugaya turned his head quickly to him.

“Uh, no sou-taicho, I’m not sure what Kurotsuchi is talking about.”

“My, my, now were lying to the sou-taicho? From what I heard outside your office you have something to tell.” This got Hitsugaya’s attention.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing eavesdropping on my conversations, you have no right!” Hitsugaya yelled at the twelfth division taicho.

“Well, lets just say I noticed something about that didn’t seem quite right, so I wanted to check it out,” he responded.

“YOU STILL HAD NO RIGHT! HOW DARE YOU LISTEN IN ON MY PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS!” Hitsugaya shouted, raising his voice. He dare not look around the room to see the faces of the other captains. Most were quite shocked, even Byakuya slightly, for the young captain never would lose his calm composure over something like this.

“It didn’t seem so private with certain captains there, I believe if you can tell some captains you can tell all of us.” Kurotsuchi said.

“Enough!” Yamamoto said, pounding his staff. “Hitsugaya taicho, I don’t know what this is about, but I want an explanation right now!”

Hitsugaya had a lost look on his face, like a lost child choosing whether or not it was safe to go with a person offering help him. He felt all eyes on him.

“I-I...” Hitsugaya couldn’t even talk.

“Come on, boy, get on with it,” Zaraki said, clearly wanting to get out of here and beat someone to a pulp.

“Well, since it seems he’s clearly speechless, I’ll say it.” Kurotsuchi said shrugging.

Ukitake tried to stop him, “Kurotsuchi, hold on a-“

“Our young taicho here, is carrying the child of Kurosaki Ichigo,” he said as if it was nothing.

Hitsugaya felt as if the room was spinning, but felt a strange feeling growing inside him. Was it anger? He felt a hand go on his shoulder knowing it was Shunsui’s but knocked it off as got out of the line he was in and stood in front of Kurotsuchi, tears were streaming down his face.

“HOW DARE YOU!” he yelled, shaking. He wasn’t sure why he was shaking, whether or not it from anger or shame. He knew he was letting his reiatsu (1) going out of control, for he saw Kurotsuchi’s breath. Almost as on cue, Ichigo burst through the doors.

“Toshiro!” he shouted, after feeling the spike in reiatsu, he figured something was wrong. He saw Hitsugaya’s face in tears. Before Ichigo could say anything else, Yamamoto pounded his staff.

“ENOUGH! I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS!” he was clearly pissed. “Kurotsuchi taicho, you have no right to sneak around other divisions, if I find out you do it again, the punishment will be severe. Hitsugaya taicho, Kurosaki, I believe you two have some explaining to do.”

Ichigo just had a blank look on his face, he really wasn’t sure what was going on, but from the looks of it everyone in the room knew about him and Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya walked up to him and clutched his arm.

“Uh, well, I’m assuming you guys figured out that me Toshiro will be having children,” he said.

Silence, all eyes were on him and he felt himself starting to sweat under the pressure. He notice that no one failed to miss the “children”. Ukitake decided it was time he stepped in fully.

“Sou-taicho, please, can’t you talk with them in private, it is a personal matter.”

Yamamoto took a look at the couple. Ichigo was sweating and was almost red in the face and Hitsugaya had his face buried in the teens arm, shaking. He had to admit to himself he felt pity for Hitsugaya. He knew the boy was very prideful and for this to cause him to break down like this, it must be serious. He sighed.

“Very well, all are dismissed. Except Unohana, Ukitake and Shunsui. The rest of you are to say nothing of this to anyone. If I find this mentioned to anyone who’s not a captain, will be punished,” he said. As everyone started to file out, Zaraki stopped in front of Ichigo.

“Yo, Ichigo,” he said with a smile.

“Um...yea?”

“Heh, these kids better be as strong as you because when they get old enough, I’m gonna fight them full force!”

Ichigo was shocked. Was Zaraki...congratulating him? Ichigo smirked. “Please, like I’d even let you near my kids.”

“We’ll see about that,” and with that Zaraki left. Ichigo looked down at Hitsugaya, who finally stopped crying.

“Hey, you ok?”

“No.”

Ichigo frowned. He hated when his Toshiro was sad or upset about something. He was about to say comforting words when Yamamoto’s voice echoed in the now mostly emptied room.

“Follow me,” he said. No questioned where they were going. Ichigo wrapped his arm around Hitsugaya’s shoulders and walked with him. Ukitake and the others in front.

As Ichigo was walking he just thought of something.

How was his dad gonna react?

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1. Spiritual energy/pressure