Title Devil's Paradise
SeriesBleach
RatingPG-13/T, though I may eventually make it a higher rating.
Summary Searching for the reason behind Aizen's betrayal, Hinamori Momo and Kira Izuru travel to Hueco Mundo as Soul Society prepares for war.

Disclaimer I do not own Bleach. If I did..this would totally happen.

Author's Notes Hurray, the first chapter! This will be uploaded on deviantArt as well as here, and it will be uploaded at dA first, so if you want to check for new chapters, please look there; my username is PhilosiphicalCheese.

This fanfic is remarkably difficult for me to write; I'm not that good with multi-chaptered fics, or even one-shots with actual dialogue, so this is something new for me. My characterization of the characters will probably be very off from what they actually act like, so bear with me; I'm trying. As for the pairing of this fanfic...I can't really say. I'll probably play with all sorts of popular pairings(AiHina, HitsuHina, and KiraHina definitely, at least.), and some crack arrancarxHina pairings. x3 The official pairing is still up in the air though...knowing me, there will be heavy hints at smut(while keeping it in a Teen rating, of course) for at least AiHina or KiraHina. ..;

The first few chapters will come quickly, as all things do, and then I'll slow down most likely. I can't estimate how many chapters it'll have..it depends on how much I want to write. -blink- It'll probably have more than ten chapters though. Nevertheless; enjoy the fic!

It was quiet in Seiretei. Despite the fact that Rangiku had most likely goaded some of her fellow officers into going drinking with her, and Captain Kyouraku was most likely still pestering his vice-captain even at such an ungodly hour, the slender shinigami running through the streets only heard silence. Perhaps that was fortunate, for Hinamori Momo had no desire for anyone to be alerted to her prescence, for someone would surely try to stop her.

It had been a few months since she'd awakened from her coma, and in that time, she had thought about nothing except what had happened with Aizen. She still refused to believe that he had betrayed Soul Society with such ease of mind, but, at the same time, she no longer felt that the blame could be cast at anyone else...at least, it could not go to any of the traitors. She had been the first to greet Captain Hitsugaya upon his return from the human world, and it had been only a few minutes before she had lashed out at him, her grief still too near for her to want to deal with his 'comforting' words. She had little recollection of what he'd said to her, but whatever it was, it made her see red. Since that moment of blind fury, Hinamori had referred to him by his proper title, and she came to determine that he loathed her for it

And, with all of the sincerity she could muster, she could honestly say that she didn't care. Her friends hated her; she kept them at a distance, and they tried to make her feel like it wasn't her fault, that Aizen was evil, and they'd stop him for her sake, and it made her angry, so what did it matter if she made them angry with her right back? She didn't care what Hitsugaya or her other companions thought about her, about her former captain; she would find the answers she was looking for, no matter which of her friends she had to push away. They thought they could 'save' her, but they were wrong; she didn't want, or need saving

Orihime Inoue had been retrieved from Hueco Mundo, but not before she had been able to set back Aizen's plans by a few months, and not before her nakama had cut the roster of his top fighters, his espada practically in half. The Soul Society was frantically taking advantage of these few extra months; it wouldn't suprise Hinamori if all of the vice-captains had obtained bankai by the time Aizen's seige was set to begin. However, it didn't matter, for if she was to be in the war, she would follow the man she chose a long time ago to.

Being a master of kidou, certain tasks were suprisingly simple for her, and among those things was creating a portal to the human world. She had consulted the library a week or so ago, and determined how she could create a portal to Hueco Mundo. She had found the answer she sought, and now her footsteps brought her far away from Seireitei. Studying the slightly sloped ground beneath her for a moment, the shinigami closed her eyes, sighing as she placed her sheathed sword at her hip. It was time.

"Hinamori-kun."

Eyes snapping open, Hinamori whirled around, hand gripping the hilt of her sword tightly. However, she relaxed ever so slightly as she saw who it was. "Oh, its you, Kira-kun," she spoke carefully, trying to keep her tone light and easy. "What are you doing here at such an hour?" Her friend gazed at her steadily, arms folded over his chest; he would not let her off the hook that easily.

"I could ask the same of you; what are you doing here?"

"I was taking a walk. Its been hard to sleep since...what happened." Her eyes slid to the side as if the mere thought brought up painful images for her. She dared a glance at her friend, and she mentally flinched. She was right; he wouldn't let her off the hook that easily. The blonde's visible eye was narrowed, his fingertips gripping more tightly at his arms as he straightened.

"Vice-Captain Hinamori, I sincerely doubt that your intentions were 'just going for a walk' when you came so far out here." The smaller vice-captain flinched visibly this time, eyes flickering up to meet his in something close to pleading desperation before she finally sighed again, her face slipping back behind her carefully constructed mask as she turned away from him. "I'm going," she finally said.

"To Hueco Mundo? To Aizen? To the traitors?"

Again, a flinch. "Yes."

"Why?"

She whirled around once again, trying to hide some inconcievable emotion behind anger in her eyes. "Because I want to know why this happened! I want to know why Captain Aizen left, why he wants to destroy Soul Society, why he tried to kill Hitsugaya-kun and Abarai-kun and Kuchiki-san! I want to know why he left me behind..is that so much to ask?! Answer me, Kira!" Her blonde friend was silent, listening to her as she fell to her knees on the ground, the anger draining from her as that inconceivable emotion surfaced. "I want to know what I did to make him hate me so much."

Kira listened patiently, as he had so many times before. Extending his hand to her, he held it out until she took it and pulled herself up. He glanced past her, closing his eyes as he weighed the decision in his heart before he looked back at her. "I'm coming with you."

Hinamori did not ask why. She merely turned, closing her eyes. "Fine." She didn't listen for a response before she began the incantation. The taller vice-captain watched her silently. No tears had reached those eyes, even at her thought of Aizen hating her...and that frightened him more than anything that might happen in accompanying her to Hueco Mundo. But she needed him; he knew she did. He had abandonded her once to be betrayed by the man she'd loved with all of her heart, and he would not do that again.

As a blue light suddenly flickered in front of his eyes, Kira snapped out of his musings. He stepped forward to stand beside his friend, glancing towards her silently. "Are you sure you're ready for this?" Her gaze shifted to his briefly, and he once again found himself looking for any trace of feeling past her masked eyes. She closed her eyes, her dark gaze shifted back to the portal. "I'm ready."

Gripping each other's hand's tightly, the two shinigami stepped through the portal.

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Seated at his desk in the tenth division, the young captain of said division's head raised sharply from his work as if he had suddenly become aware of a prescence...or a lackthereof.

"Hinamori..."