At 5:00 a.m., it was generally quiet in Las Noches. It was during this time that everyone was too sleepy to start any fights. Aizen Sosuke slowly walked to his throne room. It was only during the time that was technically morning that he did not regret using the arrancar. During every other moment of the day and night, he found himself constantly asking himself and Ichimaru why he chose to make these noisy, violent beings his minions. It was, he mused, similar to the feeling of a parent of an undisciplined child. However, he did not intend to ever have any children. He slid open the door to the throne room and what he saw made his jaw nearly drop onto the floor. Aizen quickly slammed the door shut, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He slowly counted to three and opened the door again. The door was instantly shut again. Aizen shook his head. He must be hallucinating from lack of sleep, because he swore he saw a teenage boy sleeping upside down on his throne.
Okay, Sosuke he thought to himself, even if it isn't a hallucination, you can take care of it. If you've outwitted all of Soul Society, you can take care of one teenage boy.
He steeped into the room again. To his great relief, the boy had vanished. Sighing, he settled into his throne. Then, he felt cold hands wrap themselves around his throat. His hand immediately went for Kouga Sugetsu. Upon discovering that his zanpakuto had vanished, he began to panic. Even if Soul Society posed no danger to him, perhaps he could be vulnerable to his paranoid hallucinations. Just as he was thinking how humiliating it would be to eventually lose to the Thirteen Companies because of his paranoia, a voice near his ear whispered "Boo!"
Aizen instantly spun around to find the teenage boy he saw earlier, grinning at him. Aizen blinked. He was confused, but not because he did not sense the boy's spiritual pressure-this could be blamed on lack of sleep-, but because of the boy's striking resemblance to Ichimaru. He had silver hair that has tousled and blue eyes. Although it was less creepy, his smile also seemed similar to Ichimaru's. However, he could have passed for a normal twelve-year-old. Instead of shinigami or arrancar clothes, the kid wore jeans and a white T-shirt that said in black letters- "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with nonsense". He had a pair of black headphones on his head.
"Who are you?" asked Aizen, glaring at the kid.
At that moment, Grimmjow and Ulquiorra chose to come in, leading three arrancar and a teenage girl.
"Aizen-sama," said Ulquiorra, "These four say they have an audience with you."
"We, Aizen-sama," said the smallest arrancar, "were sent from our superior. We wish to have an audience with you."
Aizen looked from the grinning boy behind him to the four in front of him, and decided he wanted an explanation.
"Fetch Ichimaru and Tousen," he commanded to Ulquiorra and Grimmjow, "Then leave us."
Minutes later, a drowsy Ichimaru and Tousen came in.
"What does our grand leader want so early in the morning?" asked Ichimaru sarcastically, "Maybe he wants us to cure his insomnia. Then maybe we can all go to sleep."
"Silence, Ichimaru," reprimanded Tousen; "Your unwillingness to do as Aizen-sama commands is disgraceful."
"Silence, both of you," ordered Aizen, "And hear what these-um- people have to say."
The largest arrancar reached into his pocket and produced a small device about two by two by two inches. He touched a button and a screen appeared. While he worked with the device, the girl glared at the boy.
"Ichimaru!" she yelled, "You idiot! You always have to make a grand entry, don't you?"
Ichimaru looked questioningly at Tousen, who in turn looked blankly at Aizen, who obviously had no clue what was going on. Finally, the arrancar finished setting the device and turned to Aizen.
"Aizen-sama," he said, "We are from the future."
He switched on the device and Aizen found himself looking at an image of what looked like an older version of himself.
"Greetings," said the person on the screen, "I am Aizen Sosuke. I assume you are from the past?"