Of Birthdays and Siblings

Missing

Morning came to the ice palace and the occupants found themselves waking up. A figure with dark hair stretched his arms before pushing the covers back. He carefully went about making his bed and then proceeded to get dressed. After taking care of the necessary toiletry issues he headed out of the room. Everything was going normally.

The man stepped over to another door and knocked on it. "Bambietta. It is time to get up if you aren't up already. I know it is your birthday, but that doesn't mean you should sleep in."

Silence greeted the man and he found himself pausing. He knocked on the door again before opening it to peek in. The lights were off in the room and thus he lit the light fixtures in order to see the room. Letting out a deep breath he found the room in disarray and missing the person who was supposed to occupy the room.

While there were signs that the bed had been slept in, there were also signs that she hadn't remained in bed for very long. The bed was unmade, indicating the female had left without doing a rather basic chore. Not that it mattered as the maids that kept the palace cleaned would just do it for her. The small female's pajamas were thrown haphazardly onto the bed, while the bed slippers were in different areas in the room.

The man let out a deep sigh before heading out to find the young female. Breakfast would be served soon and the leader of the Vandenriech felt that being punctual to meals was a very important thing. While he never punished his granddaughter he wouldn't hesitate about lecturing her about it. However, because there was never any punishment Bambietta kept breaking the rule

As he headed through the halls, he could hear the other members of the Vandenreich excited about the birthday celebration that would be going that afternoon. Every so often he would stop and ask if they had seen her, but the only answer he got was a rather amused, "I'm sorry your highness."

Finally, he came to the gate and let out a deep sigh. Turning to one of the people hurrying about, he spoke up. "Could you please check to see if anyone has gone through the gate in the last few hours?"

The man hurried off and came hurtling back with the records. "Apparently Lady Bambietta went through the gate last night. The time was an hour before midnight roughly. The place she went was..."

The dark haired man raised an eyebrow suddenly. "Where did she go?"

"She went to Soul Society..." The man glanced up, his entire body shaking. "Honestly your highness, I didn't know that your niece would go there."

"Sometimes I don't know what is going through that child's mind, but I also had a problem knowing what went through my own brother's." The man spun around on his heels, knowing full well that he would need to report to the information to his father, who would not be pleased. He walked into the man's study and found him reading a book.

"Is Bambietta up and about yet?"

The young man let out a coughing sound. "Oh... she is up alright. She's been up most of the night, not to mention she isn't anywhere within Vandenreich."

The man glanced up, a frown upon his face. "Where did she go?"

"She headed to Soul Society." The man then spoke up. "I could go and do another scouting missing to see what's taken her so long to get back, and if they have captured her I can break her out and return her here."

Juhabach looked at the man, his eyes narrowed and his lips pushed together. The man was biting back his anger. Finally, he choose to speak. "Go. I trust you enough not to get yourself caught. She on the other hand is likely to have done something very childish. I'll think of an appropriate punishment for her when you haul her back here."

The man made a quick bow and headed first to his room in order to grab his clock in order to hide his features. He then headed back to the gate and noticed that the man who had given him the information hadn't gotten over his nervousness of having found out that Bambietta had pulled a stunt. "I'll be going through after her."

"Yes your highness. Please have a safe trip." The other man made a quick bow before the dark haired man disappeared.

Juhabach's son licked his lips as he headed along the path. Upon arriving in Soul Society, he found himself taking a good look around. He ducked behind a wall and ran along the side until he came to the forth division, known from the information they had to be the healing place. The place was one of those his father had deemed as off limits if they ever decided to go through the planned attack on Soul Society.

Ducking under one of the windows and keeping an eye on his surroundings to make sure no one noticed him. A familiar rieatsu touched his senses and he found himself fighting back a gagging sensation due his distaste of the particular woman. Another woman spoke up and he found himself listening.

"How do you know that he was born here and not in the living world? Quincy have the ability to travel between worlds and a Shinigami parent could have brought him here, which would explain why he and his sister were separated for so long."

The man found himself swallowing, remembering the reconnaissance he had done in the past.. "They know that their child prodigy is related to us? Or did that woman confide her secret to Unohana."

"No... they were born here. I know this because..." These words from that woman caused him to gag again. "Actually, I don't know how I know this. Call it woman's intuition."

"Liar. You're their mother, so you should know where they were born."

"I mean, I know how to deal with him because he is so much like Gin that I can almost think two steps ahead of him, unless he's in one of his tricky."

"Great... a new mini version of my brother."

"Matsumoto Fukutaicho... do you understand anything that you're telling me and what your words imply?"

The man continued to listen without seeing the two people. Listening caused him to learn the interesting fact that Rangiku had lost her memories, meaning he could easily tell her that the two children weren't hers and that she was imagining it because she wanted his brother to reciprocate her feelings.

Letting out a deep sigh, he quickly moved to another place in order to try and find the actual information he wanted. He came close to a red haired Shinigami and a small female. "I can't believe Shiro-chan decided to escape to the living world with that Quincy. I mean, the idea that they are siblings is absolutely a ridiculous idea. I'm also mad that taicho isn't taking me with him. Shiro-chan is my little brother."

"Hinamori..." The red haired male let out a deep sigh. "Look. The fact is their rieatsu does this weird thing when they are around each other which points to them being twins. Your just mad that he's found his real family."

"She isn't his real family even if they are blood related!" The small female spoke up, her words tumbling out. "I mean, he just met her. I've known him many, many years more then her and I've taken care of him since he was little."

"Fine. I'll leave you to your little delusion and be heading on my way. They are still trying to figure out who is going. Can't really blame your taicho for not wanting to take you on this one. You're likely to do something stupid because of your emotional attachment to Hitsugaya Taicho."

The man let out a deep sigh before heading back to Vandenriech to report in and to plan their strategy out from there. He found himself heading back to the study. His father looked up again. "So?"

"I learned a few things. First, I found out that woman has no memory of the children being hers. Second, Bambietta was captured, but apparently her brother broke her out and they both headed to the living world. What are your orders?"

"I want you to take a small group and request that they come home. Bambietta is trying my nerves today."

"Both of them?"

The man snapped his book shut. "Both of them."