500 Years Ago~

"You can't be serious!?"

"I kid you not father. The life of a royal princess doesn't interest me."

"Yuzu you are my only daughter and one of three children! Please…please don't leave."

"I apologize father, but this is what I must do. Life here isn't what I want. Here I cannot amuse myself like I could in the Soul Society."

"You… You aren't happy among family and with the only friends you've ever known?"

"Friends? Family?*creepy laugh* How amusing that you think I view them that way."

"There is nothing I can say to get you to stay in the Royal Palace is there?"

"No, but I can keep you a part of my life. You can send me funds to let me live my life in peace so I can pursue happiness."

"That is fine with me. You never did want or expect much from me growing up so I guess this is the least I can do for you."

"Thank you father, I will think of you on my travels. Goodbye."

Fast Forward 475 Years~

"Masaki when you grow up will you help me out with an experiment?" A young woman asked the five year old girl.

"Of course I will silly! You're a way better mommy then I could ever hope for. I'll do whatever I need to make sure you stay happy." The girl said so naively. To that the young woman merely smiled knowingly.

"All right I'll hold you to it. When you grow up and fall in love I'll die, but you can help me be reborn. Do you want to make sure I can spend all my time with you almost your entire lifetime?" The young woman asked the child.

"Of course I'll do it mommy!" Masaki replied sealing her fate.

"Alright this here is a necklace. When I did you will have already had a child. Then a few years later you should try to conceive another child. After that I will be reborn. Can you promise me that you'll do as I've said when the time comes?" The young woman asked her adopted child Masaki. Once the child agreed her adopted mother Yuzu tucked her in and went to the kitchen.

"Gin it is good to see you. I've missed you. Oh well the price of being a Captain." Yuzu said.

"I missed you as well Yuzu. I came here to give you a status report. Aizen is going to act soon so I hope your soldier will be able to defeat him." He replied in a solemn tone.

"When Masaki's first child is born I will make sure to feed him enough reiatsu so he will be better than Aizen." She replied.

"I hope so I can't keep this double agent farce going on too much longer." He said in a tired sounding way.

"Don't worry dear, soon Aizen will be taken care of, I promise." She said with determination.

Present Day

Masaki has done everything I've asked of her. She gave birth to one of my greatest creations Ichigo. He will become the one who protects just like his namesake. Ichigo at the moment is too weak to fulfill my hopes though. That is why I will be forced to do what I wished I did not have to. My dear warrior will have to watch a hollow eat someone's soul. Unfortunately it is my dear Masaki that will have to sacrifice herself.

I hate that I have to do this. Gin told me where Grand Fisher was last sighted and I lured him here. Masaki my adopted daughter would die in the best and worst way. She would sacrifice herself so that her son could live, but she will not be reincarnated until Grand Fisher is purified. That won't be anytime soon seeing as I have more important things to do and prepare for so that Ichigo can defeat Aizen and Gin and I can continue amusing ourselves with my experiments.

It makes me glad that I can share so many moments of happiness with Gin. We get along so well and have so many similar tastes. No matter what others think of him I will not think badly of him. He is my knight in silver armor. One day, should Ichigo find out my true nature, I hope he can find it in his heart to forgive me for what I've done. In actuality I've never felt bad for any of my actions as another person. Not when I made men fall in love with me and married them for my plan against Aizen or just to amuse me. No not even when I manipulated people to die in my honor. Seeing the little girl I raised die for my own purposes though takes the cake for my most evil of actions.

This is for the best though. Ichigo will get stronger and he will learn to be more prepared for the battles ahead of him. Gin and I will try to push him as much as we can. Though, he will need allies in the future so that he can get farther than by himself. That is why my next couple of years will be on gathering and strengthening a group of individuals just so that Ichigo can get farther in life. I just know he'll be the type to care about his friends and family more than what is accepted by others. At least, I hope he'll be like that.

Anyways, Gin has just given me some important information on Aizen's plan. He is finally making a place where his arrancar army will reside. That means we'll have to react accordingly in order to win this cold war. Once it is time we'll have a full fledged fight to the death. Well I won't be fighting but Gin will and so will Ichigo. In the end we're doing what's right. Although all these events that have taken place make me question on whether or not the ends justify the means.