This chance arrived when Shinsui, Isshin, Urahara, Matsumoto and Ikkaku got drunk enough that they got out a karaoke machine (from who knows where) and started to cause a muck. Ichigo was laughing with his friend when he noticed beckoning him outside the dinner room and into another. Quietly he left the room and followed her.
"How's your vacation coming along, Kurosaki-kun?" Unohana asked as soon as Ichigo closed the door.
"It's been going well… sensei," Ichigo replied as he scratched his hair.
Unohana smiled and nodded towards him. She walked out to the veranda and Ichigo followed with his head hanging down.
"I never would have guess that you were the father of those kids," she chuckled, "I must be getting old. I should have noticed something when I heard their surname was 'Kurosaki.'"
Ichigo looked at his college professor and his boss, Unohana. "I'm sorry to ask you this… but can you please not tell them where I've been these past seven years?"
Unohana's smile disappeared and replaced it with a serious expression. "And may I ask why not?"
Ichigo sighed and looked up at the night stars. "I don't want to hurt them."
"How can knowing the truth—"
"It's not about what I have been doing that'll hurt them," Ichigo interrupted, "But… why I was doing it."
His sensei blinked for a few seconds. She then placed a smile on her face. "I'm guessing I can't ask more information from you."
Ichigo didn't say anything. He kept looking up.
"My husband and I'll keep your promise… But that is only for a month."
"What?" Ichigo turned his gaze to his sensei.
Unohana nodded her head. "Your vacation from the hospital is only a month, remember? And there is no way I'm letting one of our best residents leave the hospital for too long. A lot of your fellow doctors and your patients rely on you. So, by the time you return to Tokyo, they'll have to know the truth. And when they ask us, we will not deny it from them."
Ichigo didn't say anything. He just nodded as looked down at his feet.
"I hope you can figure out how to tell your family… and sooner the better. Without you, the hospital has been pretty busy."
"One month. All I need is but one month," Ichigo said.
Unohana nodded her head. "Well then, we should get back before the other's realize we're missing."
"Oh! And please come by the hospital tomorrow if you can. Nakatsu-san returned and I want you to check something for me."
"Hai."
The student and teacher started to leave the room. But they didn't realize that a shadow has been following them and heard their entire conversation.
"So… he's been here," Takeshi poked his head out from underneath the table that he had been hiding under, "I got to find out more."
A/N: So Ichigo has been in Tokyo... Now Takeshi found out WHERE his dad has been, but he's going to soon find out WHY he has been in Tokyo. Wait and see why Ichigo had to leave Rukia and their kids!
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