Masaki's Pregnancy!!!

A night of passion.

Ten Unohana stepped outside feeling refreshed, and even the moon in the sky seemed so bright.

Compared to Ten, Masaki was rather tired, lying on the bed behind him. She still hadn't awakened and remained fast asleep, a sweet smile on her lips, but traces of tears lingered at the corners of her eyes...

However, someone was jealous—

"I hate husbands."

"Yeah, that girl dragged him into the room as soon as she got here."

Ten watched Cirucci, Sun-Sun, Apache, and Mila?Rose discussing the matter. He smiled and shook his head. "What are you talking about?"

The women hurriedly straightened up. "Nothing!!"

"All right, stop pretending. Don't let it happen again!" Ten lowered his voice. "If you're envious and jealous, I'll tell you what to do—I have very little resistance to beautiful women. Just a little, the tiniest bit of temptation, and I won't be able to resist." Ten left with a smile, leaving the women behind, each lost in her own thoughts...

But Ten hadn't gone far when he suddenly stopped.

"Hm? What's this? Nelliel?!!" Ten suddenly frowned. "Didn't I tell her to watch out for Nnoitra? How did she still end up like this?" He turned to the women behind him. "I have something to take care of. I'll be right back."

With that, he quickly left.

Although Ten traveled quickly, his sensing range was vast, so it still took him some time to reach Nel's location...

"What happened? Didn't I tell Nel to watch out for that Hollow called Nnoitra? What happened here?" Ten asked as he took Nel, Pesche, and Dondochakka off the combat insect Bawabawa's back. Only then did he realize something was wrong—Pesche and Dondochakka were nearly dead.

Ten frowned. "It seems something different happened. Luckily, Nel is all right. As for her mask, I'll have Orihime's Shun Shun Rikka heal it later."

With that, he picked Nel up from Bawabawa's back. With a soft pop, all three Hollows turned to black ash and scattered. Ten said, "It seems Pesche and Dondochakka used all their Reiatsu to keep Bawabawa going. Sigh..."

He sighed and silently paid his respects to Nel's two Fracción, then carried Nel away. After all, Ten wasn't yet strong enough to roam Hueco Mundo as he pleased.

When he reached his palace, Ten gently put Nel down and spoke to Rukia, who had come over with the other women. "Little Lulu, come heal her with Kidō. It would be best if you used up all your Reiatsu. Leave the Hōgyoku to me after that."

When Ten told Rukia to heal Nel,

Rukia was a little unwilling, but since Ten had told her to do it, she went over and slowly released her Reiatsu into Nel using healing Kidō.

Seeing this, Ten smiled faintly, very pleased with Rukia. "I'll go check on Masaki first. If Masaki is all right, we can start dealing with the Hōgyoku inside you. Your strength might even increase rapidly afterward. So, for the best results, Little Lulu, try to use up all the Reiatsu in your body!!"

With that, he slowly left to find Masaki.

In Masaki's room,

Masaki gazed at the empty space beside her, feeling a little disappointed. It was just like her heart at that moment. Although she knew Ten must be busy, she still felt empty inside. Just then—

Creak—

The door opened, and Ten slowly walked in carrying a bowl of water.

Seeing that Masaki was awake, he smiled and said, "Why didn't you sleep a little longer, Masaki? But since you're awake, get up and have some water. There's no food in Hueco Mundo. This is spirit water, and it can stave off hunger. You have a human body, so you should have some!"

"Mm." Masaki answered and took the water. Her heart slowly filled with sweetness, and her whole being radiated a distinctive, mature charm.

Ten smiled. "How is it? Can you get out of bed?"

Masaki's face turned bright red, and she nodded almost imperceptibly.

Ten said, "Then, um..."

"What is it, dear?"

"Masaki, can you control the flow of Reishi with extreme precision right now?"

"Is this about Rukia?"

"Mm."

Masaki lowered her head slightly. "Dear, I'm sorry..."

Ten replied without concern, "It's fine. I can control Reishi precisely too. After all, I've trained in the Quincy's Reishi control. I just wanted to be lazy for a bit."

Ten made it sound simple, but in fact it was much harder than he said. It wasn't that his Reishi control was poor, but that doing two things separately was much harder than doing them at the same time. It was the difference between focusing on one thing and dividing one's attention between two.

Masaki said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, dear. Because of that, I could feel that I'm going to get pregnant. Quincy understand their own bodies very well, and I also took some measures, so I can sense what's happening in my belly. It was empty before, but now..."

Ten stood there blankly, at a loss.

Was he going to be a father?

Really?

He couldn't believe it!!

This was something that had never happened to him in either of his lives!!

Ten swallowed. "Really?!"

"Mm, ninety-nine percent sure."

"Hahahahaha!" "Wahahaha!"

"I'm going to be a dad too!!"

"I, Ten Unohana, am going to be a father too!!!"

Ten shouted and made a fuss like a child. Masaki watched him with a smile, but she felt very guilty inside. She still hadn't been able to help Ten activate the Hōgyoku, and she also knew how difficult it was to activate.

Meanwhile, with Rukia.

While Ten was shouting excitedly, Rukia realized that her Reiatsu was having very little healing effect. But remembering Ten's instructions, she paid it no mind and continued channeling her Reiatsu.

Ten walked out smiling. Seeing Rukia working hard to channel her Reiatsu into Nel, he smiled and asked, "How much longer until you've used up all your Reiatsu?"

"Very soon," Rukia said, sweat on her little face.

Ten nodded. "All right, then stop channeling your Reiatsu!"

"Ah, okay!" Rukia slowly removed her hands from Nel.

Ten stretched a hand out in front of Rukia's eyes, and before long she passed out.

Clatter.

Silver chains rapidly wrapped around Ten's body from his arm, and then he actually—

Slowly reached his hand into Rukia's body.

"Now I just have to activate the Hōgyoku a little!!" Ten said, staring intently at the hand he had reached into Rukia's body.

Holding the sealed Hōgyoku in his hand, he focused his mind and prepared to unseal it.

Ten was dividing his attention between two tasks, and neither allowed for the slightest carelessness. Before long, sweat appeared on his forehead. But he still didn't let his guard down in the slightest. If he activated the Hōgyoku too much, it had a will of its own, and Rukia's abilities would never earn its recognition. That would be no different from leaving it inactive, and Aizen might even come to seize it. Ten wanted to activate the Hōgyoku just a little, then let the people around him benefit from it.

He didn't know how long had passed. Ten only felt as though tens of millions of years had gone by.

Finally, he let out a long breath, so tired he was a little weak.

"Finally finished. That was exhausting!!" he said weakly.

But it was all worth it. Orihime Inoue would benefit greatly. If that ability of hers that encroached on the domain of the gods could be strengthened, then...

Besides, Orihime wasn't the only one who could benefit. Aizen, who understood the Hōgyoku best and had earned its recognition for a time, had once concluded that before the Hōgyoku chose a master, everyone around it would benefit to some degree.

"Phew..." Ten let out a long breath, slowly walked to the side, and sat down, gradually making plans in his mind.

After a while,

Ten frowned. "We need to get back to the World of the Living quickly. Hueco Mundo is too unstable. We should go back first. Besides, Karakura Town is a place of concentrated spiritual energy. It's the best place to have a child, and with the Hōgyoku's influence on top of that, it'll be very good for the child. We need to leave as soon as possible. We can't wait any longer. If we delay until Masaki's belly starts to show, she won't be able to move around freely."

Overcome with worry, Ten hadn't considered the conditions in the Dangai.

And that nearly led to tragedy for Ten...

Masaki looked at Ten. "Do we really have to rush? Why don't we wait a little longer?! What if something happens?"

Ten shook his head. "Hueco Mundo isn't very stable, and I'm not very strong right now. Normally, I could take a few risks, but this concerns my child. I can't take that chance. We should choose the less risky path!"

Tier Harribel, her three Fracción, and Cirucci also looked at Ten. Thinking that he was leaving so soon after arriving, they were too heartbroken for words...

Rukia stood behind Ten, looking a little weak as well.

Ten smiled. "It's not a big deal. We're just going through the Dangai. Look how worried you all are."

Then he looked at Harribel. "Little Bell, stay as far away from Aizen as you can. I'll deal with him later. In the meantime, try not to stray too far from Aizen. And unless Aizen forces you to, don't look at his Zanpakuto when he releases it. All right, that's everything. I'm leaving now. Don't worry. Once my strength has recovered, I'll come get you."

As he spoke, a Garganta slowly opened, and Ten, Masaki, and Rukia walked into it.

However, the three of them didn't know that, at that moment, they were approaching the most perilous moment of Ten's life!!!!