I felt the urge to write in the form of short stories. It'll start off being mostly Aizen and co. I will try to not make it ooc, though bits of it probably will be.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Bleach.


It was a slow and boring day, yet Aizen was entertaining himself by thinking of his brilliant plan, while Gin lurked nearby, smiling.

Yes…pitfall traps. Classic. Ichigo and those that were with him would never see it coming. Aizen leaned back in his chair, quite pleased with the simple plan. Now all he had to do was wait for some unfortunate soul to fall into his deceptive trap.

Gin was quiet and observing Aizen's behavior. It was a game he liked to play now and then. Like today, for example, Aizen would occasionally laugh. It made Gin wonder why Aizen was in such a good mood. If it was because of the pitfall traps he had recently had installed everywhere...

A wide smile appeared on Gin's face. If that was the case, then Aizen was going to be disappointed. Gin smiled to himself. Oh well, no point in telling Aizen now that Grimmjow, Ulquiorra and Nnoitra had been headed for the largest pitfall trap of them all. Gin tilted his head. Any moment now…

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! Son of a bitch! What the hell is a hole doing here?"

"Apparently it's a pitfall trap."

"Hahaha! And you fell into it. Dumbass!"

Grimmjow could be heard stringing together a long, very explicit description of what he thought of Nnoitra at the moment, while said recipient of insult laughed away at the other's misfortune.

Aizen's good mood began to dissipate, "What was that?" He looked to Gin for an answer, but the other man merely smiled.

Aizen's next question was drowned out by Grimmjow engaging Nnoitra in verbal abuse that threatened to escalate into physical violence.

Then it went quiet.

The door opened, and Ulquiorra entered, a blank expression on his face as he approached Aizen.

Aizen stared back at Ulquiorra, "What was that all about?"

The other's expression remained the same as he responded, "Grimmjow fell into a pitfall trap and Nnoitra made fun of him."

Which was self explanatory, Aizen assumed, "And?"

"The two of them started to fight, and then Tosen knocked the both of them out."

Aizen frowned unhappily. Not because the Espada were fighting amongst themselves, again, but because it seemed as if his pitfall traps had failed. That meant he'd have to think of a new plan.

Gin made himself scarce as soon as Aizen was lost in thought. He had been the one to send Grimmjow and the other two toward the pitfall trap, under the guise of sending them on an errand. Gin seemed to move a bit faster, although the smile was still in place. He had even known the pitfall trap was there.

Grimmjow's voice could soon be heard echoing down the hall the moment he regained consciousness.

"Where the hell did that smiling bastard go?!"


It was entertaining to write, even though I doubt Aizen would even bother with traps like that (I can't remember if he would or not). Let me know how it went? If you want to see more…quicksand or an unconscious Aizen in the next chapter?