Hey there everybody! ~Krazykoreangurl~ is back! :) *crickets* Man, why isn't anyone enthusiastic!? XP Haha, just kidding around. I've rewritten this story so many times, I've lost count. Even now, when I read this story, it seems very... let's go with the word "crappy." I've gone through ideas in my head, planning each detail, smoothing out the wrinkles... but it still became THIS. Gah.
I love this story, and I put in a lot of effort, and I know not most people like OC characters in stories, but I wanted to show a side of Aizen that I'm sure exists, and I also wanted to show my theory on why Gin betrayed Soul Society. PLEASE, NO FLAMES. Constructive criticism is appreciated. If I'm not happy with how this story goes, I'm going to have to delete it and REWRITE... Please, enjoy!
NOTE: This chapter is like an intro to the story itself so it's not really the FIRST chapter to the MAIN STORY PLOT. The next chapter will be the REAL main chapter, so please wait for it, even if you think this story SUCKS. The next chapter will show how my OC character first came to Soul Society itself, which is really important to the main plot.
I DO NOT OWN.
"Otou-san!" Minako called out, waving frantically, nearly tripping on her own feet as she ran wildly past the students that crowded around the pathway leading up to the academy.
"Hey watch it!" one of the kids yelled angrily, pushing her out onto the road.
"Ah!" she gasped as she fell towards the concrete ground. She tensed and closed her eyes, waiting for the crushing impact, but suddenly, lean arms caught her before she could fall. Her eyes opened to reveal curious green orbs.
"Gin!" she exclaimed.
"Minako-chan, wanna tell me who pushed 'ya?" he asked, his eyes elsewhere into the crowd. She glanced back into the crowd, only noticing she was right in front of the line of students at the edge of the path, and that the kid who had pushed her was suddenly isolated by his own friends thanks to the glare of Gin.
"I-I-Ichimaru-fukitaicho of the 5th Squad!" he squeaked, trembling.
She stuck her tongue out childishly at the guy and elbowed Gin in the ribs.
"Gin, you're scaring the poor guy," she whined, getting up out of his arms, gently pushing him away. "You're attracting too much attention towards me, Ichimaru-fukitaicho," winking at him as she teasingly added his title.
"Minako-chan!" she heard someone call out to her behind Gin.
She eagerly leaned to the side to see who and gave a squeal of happiness as she saw it was "Otou-san," or more specifically, Aizen. He wore his taicho's robe with dignity and seemed poised and calm, more than usual.
"Otou-san!" she exclaimed joyfully, running into his open arms.
"Let's head into the school," he gently said.
"Kay!" she agreed. "Gin, let's go in!"
It took Gin a few seconds to follow, but he made sure to glare at the boy who had pushed Minako.
"Minako-chan!!!"
Said girl gave a sigh, nearly ready to run for it, but before she could even turn around, a big chested girl jumped onto her, hugging her tightly.
"R-R-Rangiku! Suffocating!" Minako coughed.
Rangiku instantly backed off with a giggle.
"Goodness, Minako-chan! Don't tell me my assets are killing you!" she joked. "You have nearly as big assets as me!" she announced loudly. People that were passing by looked towards the pair, shocked.
"Rangiku!" Minako yelled, punching her friend in the head.
"Sorry, sorry!" Rangiku laughed nervously, backing away slowly. "Catch me if you can!" Rangiku ran in the opposite direction as if death was after her, hot on her heels.
"Matsumoto Rangiku…" Minako growled, unsheathing her zanpakuto partially. "You're on!" she exclaimed, a grin appearing on her face as she ran after her friend.
"Retsu? Retsu? Where are you, Retsu?" Minako called out, wandering through the 4th division's garden. It was supposed to be a place where patients could go and "heal." Retsu herself said that it was a good way to medicate patients and make them feel better, emotionally.
Minako sighed and glanced at her watch, noticing that Retsu was late, which was quite unlike the punctual taicho she normally was.
"Retsu?" she tried again. "Retsu?"
She sighed sadly, wandering where she had gone. It wasn't normal of Retsu to be late.
"Minako-chan, I'm sorry to be late, but there was an emergency patient. A hollow attacked an unthinking squad on their way back home," a soft voice said. A few seconds later, Retsu appeared from behind a pair of trees.
"Retsu!" Minako exclaimed, all anxiety leaving her. "Oh dear! I was so worried! I thought something bad happened to you!"
"No need to worry anymore, Minako-chan. I'm here now. Now then, let's have our evening tea and watch the sunset, eh?"
Minako entered the house, unsurprised by the lack of light. She quickly switched the lights on, her lips set in a straight line. There was no one home. She glanced uneasily at the clock. It read 7:30 p.m. It was dinner time. But like all the other times… there would be no home cooked meal waiting for her on the table, with Aizen at the head of the table, greeting her warmly. He would be held by "work," so he said. She sighed and ran a hair through her black hair and got to work.
An hour later, she had dinner ready on the table, and placed two settings on the table. It was now 8: 30. She'd wait for half an hour more until she went out. This had been going on for months. Maybe 10? Something was wrong. She knew it, but she couldn't bring herself to bring the topic up. She remember when she had tried to broach the topic once, which was the last time, she flinched uneasily at the memory.
"Otou-san, why are you always back home so late?" she asked the famous captain.
"I've told you before, Minako-chan, there's just so much work," he calmly stated, pulling on his shoes.
"But that's impossible!" she pouted. "Gin does half the work, which leaves you half. That much work would only take you half the day."
"It's work, trust me," he answered coolly, standing up, ready to leave.
"I can't!" she cried, getting up from the couch. "You don't come back for dinner! You come back late! I'm worried! Why must you leave me alone!? How can you even say you love me!? I thought I was your daughter, Otou-san! Isn't that why you adopted me!?"
He sighed and walked up to her, embracing her tightly.
"Don't worry, because soon, soon, it'll be all over, and I'll be able to give you everything you want…everything… the world will be at your beck and call…" he whispered softly, more to him than anything else.
She had been freaked out but what he had said, but he had told her to not worry. She would have to… believe him. Ever since half of her friends had disappeared from her life, like Shinji-kun and Hiyori-chan, she felt lonely, like something was missing and there was a huge empty hole in her chest, though she'd never admit that to anybody. Especially… Kisuke-kun's and Yuroichi-chan's abrupt leave.
30 minutes passed like slow torture for Minako.
Minako left the house, closing the door behind her with a small click. She sighed, brushing down her shinigami outfit down, feeling stiff from sitting 30 minutes straight. She frowned slightly seeing that Aizen was no where in view. Oh well. At least Shunsui had invited her over for some sake tonight. She'd take up on his offer.
Minako entered the house, glancing at her watch, seeing that it was 3 in the morning. She was drunk like crazy and it had taken all of her energy to remain composed like the person she was, flash stepping at a fast rate back home. She opened the door and slid it to a close behind her, before falling onto the floor, crying. She forced herself to get up and she nearly tripped on her feet as she heard hurried steps coming towards her. The light suddenly turned on.
"Minako-chan?"
She looked up warily, seeing Gin frowning down on her.
"Have ya been drinkin'?" he asked, going down to reach her level, feeling her forehead. She wrenched her forehead out of his grasp and staggered a few steps.
"Yes, Gin. I'm drunk as hell!" she slurred angrily. "What, is there something wrong with that?"
"Minako-chan, Aizen-taicho won't be too happy hear that ya got drunk while he's been workin'."
"Working?" she yelled. "Fuck that bullshit, Gin! He's probably off who knows where! All I ask is for some of his time as father to daughter, but he can't even do that for me, can he!?"
"Minako-chan, yer drunk. Ya don't know what yer saying. You know Aizen-taicho cares for ya deeply. Minako-chan, he loves ya, and ya know he wouldn't do anything to hurt ya," Gin said softly.
"Fuck that bullshit!" she screamed, throwing the closest thing to her at him. It was a potted plant. He dodged easily and the crash resounded loudly as it hit the wooden floor. "I'm leaving. He can pick up the pieces of my life and try to fix it if he wants, but that's only if he can deal with the fact that I'm his responsibility! I can see that he doesn't love me and that he doesn't care for me! My life…"
She trailed off, sobbing as she slammed the door open.
"My life is broken. First, Shinji-kun and Hiyori-chan… and Love-kun, and Lisa-chan… and all of them!" she screamed. "They're all being taken away from me! Kisuke! Yuroichi-chan!"
Gin placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, but she roughly shrugged it off.
"And you, Gin!" she roughly screamed, her throat becoming scratchy.
Gin saddened inwardly as he heard her voice becoming rough and scratchy. Even her own body was refusing to listen to her. She wasn't used to screaming that much. The Minako he knew was nice and calm, caring and loving, gentle and quiet.
"You, Gin, you are just like Otou-san, leaving me whenever you feel like it. It's like you're never there! Can't you tell that I lo—!"
"I was wondering what all this noise was, and now that I come upon such a scene… my goodness," Kyoraku yawned, covering his mouth.
"Taicho!" the young Nanao snapped. "Don't say such a rude thing to Minako-chan!"
"Right, right," he said, nodding tiredly. "Well then, Minako-chan, I'm so sorry to do this, but I've gotta."
His hand in front of her face was the only warning she got before she blacked out. The obviously not drunk captain caught her before she crumpled to the floor.
"Oh? I was thinking that you'd be her drinking partner tonight," Gin easily said, raising his eyebrows. "But you're not drunk."
"Of course not," Kyoraku replied airily. "I care for Minako-chan." Unlike you.
The unsaid words hung in the air.
"Kyoraku-taicho invited Minako-chan over for sake to loosen her up tonight because he's noticed a change in her behavior. He said it was a small change, so small that even her best friend, Rangiku-fukitaicho wouldn't even notice it but he said he worried for her health, so he invited her over and hoped that she would talk about her problems, but tonight we figured out that she prefers to drink a lot, much more than normal, when she's under stress. She must've drunken a lot though, to not even notice that Kyoraku-taicho hadn't even touched his sake. He was planning to walk her home, but she disappeared quite quickly. Even when she's drunk, she's able to hide her reiatsu and move that fast," she said appraisingly, breaking the silence. You were unable to see her falling, Ichimaru-fukitaicho.
"You were unable to see her falling, Ichimaru-fukitaicho," she continued on coolly. Kyoraku nearly smacked himself, seeing that Nanao wasn't the type to stay quiet, not when it came to Minako. Gin's fake smile turned to a frown, but he hurried to raise it up. "I blame you and Aizen-taicho for her failing health. She is hurting physically and mentally. I do not blame her, because after all Yadomaru-fukitaicho has left, and those two were particularly close, and it would be a hard argument to say who was closer: Rangiku-fukitaicho or Yadomaru-fukitaicho… then again there's Hiyori-fukitaicho and Kuna-fukitaicho."
"Ya seem to know many people, little Nanao-chan," Gin stated calmly, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Thanks to Minako-chan," she stated coolly back, her hand reaching inside her outfit for her zanpakuto.
Someone's coughing fits made everyone freeze in their tracks. Minako was awakening in Kyoraku's arms.
"S-Stop it… Nanao-chan… Gin is… much… stronger…" she breathed, before coughing again.
Kyoraku felt her forehead.
"She's burning up!" he exclaimed, eyebrows snapping together. "Maybe next time, Gin-kun. Nanao-chan, let's go!"
"So… cold…" Minako wheezed, shivering visibly.
"Hai, taicho," she replied steadily. They flash stepped away, but not before Nanao glanced easily at Gin, eyes narrowing into a glare.
Gin's smile widened as they disappeared. He had heard her threat and he knew she'd somehow follow through on it one day.
"Hurt her again, and I won't be so lenient, Ichimaru. Next time, you will repay her hurt and pain with your own blood."
Gin looked back to the moon.
'She sure is something else that girl… then again, Minako-chan has that effect on many people.'
Minako woke up, her eyes opening slowly. She was in the 4th division's rest area meant for one day visits. She sat up slowly, looking out the window. The sun was high in the sky.
"You're awake," a soft voice came from the door.
"Yes, Retsu," Minako replied, never looking at the door.
"It took the whole night to break your fever. You just got better, so you shouldn't be up and about."
"Thanks…" she muttered, almost bitterly.
"Of all the people I expected to find at my office early this morning was you, Minako."
"…"
Retsu continued talking as she gazed at Minako's back almost wistfully.
"From what Kyoraku-taicho says, you were very drunk and drank much more than he usually does before you started burning up."
"…"
"You're body was quite unused to the level of alcohol."
"…"
Retsu's eyes narrowed just a fraction.
"Are you going to sulk the whole afternoon?"
"… I'm not sulking."
"I believe you are," Retsu answered shortly, taking a step towards.
"… I'm thinking."
Retsu stopped short. "… What do you mean?"
Minako surprised her as she lightly hopped down from the bed, walking past her softly, her feet making no sound. She stopped at the doorway as Retsu called out to her.
"Minako, where do you think you're going? I believe I just said you needed rest."
"… Retsu, we both know that I'm fine. You have no way to keep me here."
"… Where are you going?"
"… Somewhere far, far away…"
Retsu's eyes filled with worry as she watched Minako disappear around the corner.
'Minako… I believe you are already far, far away… must you go further?'
Minako walked with no sense of direction, except that she couldn't go left, because that was the way to the 5th Squad's HQ. So where else could she go and seek shelter? She couldn't go right because it'd lead to the 3rd Squad's HQ… She grimaced and decided to head right, heading for the 2nd Squad's HQ. Maybe she'd find Soi Fon…
She held her head high as she walked past the towering buildings that made up the 3rd Squad's HQ, the shadows created by the high sun. She was soon out of the creepy territory of the 3rd Squad, but somehow, a higher being must've hated her, for a tall, lean figure appeared in front of her, his silver hair straight as usual, his sly, almost foxy grin chiseled into his face.
'Gin…' she thought grimly.
"Minako-chan!" he greeted cheerfully.
Minako stepped to the side and continued by him with a curt nod of her head, greeting him coolly.
"Ichimaru-taicho."
"Oh? You've never called me that Minako-chan…" he said inquisitively.
"I believe that a few things were in need of change," she answered easily, flashing him a fake smile that never truly reached her eyes.
His smile started to slip, but he quickly put it back to place.
"Oh? I guess so then, if ya say so…"
She stopped in front of the 2nd Squad's HQ, nodding at him.
"This is where I leave, Ichimaru-taicho," she dismissed, opening the door.
"O' course," he whistled.
She walked into the HQ, closing the door behind her, reminding herself not to run away in the opposite direction.
"Soi Fon?" Minako called out.
She gave a sigh and plopped into a boulder that had shaped into a seat in one of the many courtyards.
"You'd think she'd be here of all places," she grumbled. "Where is she?"
"Minako-chan?" a cheery voice called out to her.
Minako gave a squeal as she jumped out of her seat to look behind her.
"R-Rangiku!" she exclaimed, holding her heart. "You scared me! What are you doing here?"
"Mhm? Meeee???" she asked, a sly smile on her face. "Oh you know… wondering around… running from paperwork…"
"I highly doubt that right now," Minako said, a grin taking place on her face. "I think you came here looking for me—who told you? Isshin-taicho?"
"What? Taciho, tell me to come look for you?" Rangiku asked innocently, twinkles in her eyes. "You'd think that man has nothing better to do than avoid his own work, wouldn't you?"
"Agreed," Minako sighed, getting up from the rock. "Let's go. I'll go meet with Soi Fon later."
"Actually, I'm here, Minako-sama," a voice called out from behind.
Minako stiffened and quickly turned to see Soi Fon's slim figure meekly walking up towards her.
"I'm very sorry… I couldn't respond as quick… but there are three hollows… that are able to hide their reiatsu…"
Minako's eyes widened as Soi Fon fell to the ground, hand clutched to her side, trying hard to stop the bleeding from an obviously deep wound.
"Soi Fon!"
Rangiku stood alert, her eyes flickering here and there.
"Soi Fon, stay with me!" Minako snapped, slapping the girl's face. "Stay with me!"
"Minako-sama… I'm sorry," Soi Fon gasped, before slumping.
Minako's narrowed and she stood up, unsheathing her sword.
Rangiku's eyes widened the instant she saw it.
Minako never… unsheathed her sword unless she was… angry.
There was a surge of reiatsu around them, as if it was pinpointing their location.
"Minako-chan…?" Rangiku called out to the glassy eyed girl.
Minako's head snapped up to meet with the frosty blue eyes of Rangiku. Her emerald eyes shone with unshed tears but spoke of unspeakable anger.
"Rangiku…" she gritted out. "Call back-up now. I don't even care if it's the 3rd squad or the 5th squad. We need back-up now."
The reiatsu around them surged even more, making Minako choke on her words.
She jumped into the air, eyes narrowing as three hollows surround her, all with a bloodthirsty look on their faces.
She raised her sword into the air and yelled,
"Shoot into the heavens, Kihōtenkyū!"
Rangiku grimaced, following the orders given to her.
Minako's zanpakuto disappeared, excluding the hilt, and from the hilt came forth bubbles all different sizes. The bubbles seemed to float for a second in the air and were unnaturally still, but within an instant, several shot towards each hollow, leaving a trail of sparkly, tiny bubbles in their midst, like shooting stars, and slammed into the hollows, exploding on impact like bombs.
The hollows fell to the ground, but even before they fell, a yet larger hollow appeared below them, opening his mouth wide open, swallowing them whole.
Minako's eyes widened in horror as she watched them get eaten. She gave a gasp as the hollow looked up at her, his mouth upturned into a horrible sneer.
"You look so pretty…" he cackled. "Pretty tasty!"
Rangiku jumped up to join her.
"Rangiku, stay back," Minako ordered firmly.
"No!" Rangiku defied. "I won't just stand around and watch you take on an Adjuchas level hollow!"
"Rangiku… I'm not telling you because I think you're weak," Minako laughed slightly.
Rangiku glanced at the girl to make sure she hadn't gone crazy.
"Why then!?"
"I don't want you caught up in my Bankai is all," she tittered lightly. "Now back away unless you wanna cause me more misery with your death."
Rangiku's eyes widened and she quickly flash stepped about a mile away.
"Oi, Rangiku, did you call my back-up!?" Minako called out.
"Yeah!" Rangiku called back, worry flashing across her face. Minako's Bankai was… very double-crossing.
Minako raised her bladeless sword into the sky as the hollow appeared before her.
"You can't expect your tiny bubbles to harm me, now can you?" he snickered.
She laughed dryly.
"No, I don't think they'd hurt you," she admitted. "But you've gone and messed with me while I was in a bad mood… now I'm pissed. Let me show you something that no one has ever lived to tell the tale of."
"What…?" the hollow asked, a flash of fear cross his face, before turning into a sneer. "What, a little bubble bomb?"
He had to admit, her sword raised in the air was a fearful sight that made his heart pound loudly, though it had no blade.
"My Bankai," she grinned.
"Bankai… Kagayaiteirushinju!"
The hollow stiffened in defense as the bubbles gathered together and grew in size as it surrounded them as one huge bubble. The bubble had a glassy sheen and was see-through.
"What's this? A bouncy ball? You made a stupid mistake, locking yourself in with me you know. I'm just gonna devour you up, sweetie," the hollow cackled.
She smiled sadly.
"You know, right before you do that, can I say one thing?" she asked, batting her eyelashes innocently.
"Your last dying wish? That's fine with me! Just make sure you don't scream too much when I chew you up," he snickered eagerly.
"Alright, alright," she agreed easily. "It's just that, you see, there's a reason why I don't like my Bankai, and I don't like to use it that much. It's very… eager for battle you see. Very… bloodthirsty."
The hollow's eyes narrowed slightly.
"And?"
"Well… let me show you."
A smirk flitted across her lips.
Gin and Aizen with members of their squads behind them, came up to Rangiku who was gazing at the large, shiny opulent "pearl" with sorrow.
"Hey now… ain't that her Bankai?" Gin muttered quietly.
"Isn't that technique she's using… dangerous?" Aizen asked instead.
"Bakuhatsu."
The hollow's eyes widened as a burst of light seemed to shoot from the center of the bubble, which happened to be from no where, and shoot towards him. He quickly ducked, but the light rebounded off the inner surface and shot towards Minako, who quickly side stepped it, grimacing.
The hollow's eyes widened as he finally understood as he watched the light ray bounce of the walls, making tiny cracks appear on the inner surface.
The lightray would continue on its trail, hitting those who couldn't dodge any more and stab them, whether it was the owner of the zanpakuto or the enemy.
It was a double-edged sword.
As Aizen, Gin, and Rangiku watched the flashing light bounce around in the ball, Rangiku couldn't help but flinch when the light ray slightly cut into Minako's shoulder, but smiled when it stabbed through the hollow's leg.
"Why did she call for back-up if she used her Bankai instead?" Aizen asked, his eyebrows furrowing.
"At first, there were three hollow that had us surrounded," Rangiku conceded. "This Adjuchas just kinda showed up out of no where. She ordered me to call for back-up when she fought the three hollows, seeing that they were able to hide their reiatsu, and were able to defeat Soi Fon, but it seems they were too weak against Kihōtenkyū, but then that hollow over there… consumed them."
"Ya know… I can hardly see 'em in there now," Gin interrupted.
The group looked to the glowing orb and watched as a ray of light shot through a crack on the surface. Rangiku grimaced.
"It's nearly finished…" she exhaled.
The instant she finished speaking, the orb exploded in on itself and out came two bodies, one disappearing as a black silhouette, and the other flying towards them. Rangiku made a move towards the bloody and bruised Minako, but someone else got to her first.
Aizen Sosuke.
He flash stepped with such speed that Rangiku didn't notice he was there until he was back by their side, Minako in his arms.
"W-What… is the 5th Squad doing here…?" she panted.
"We are your back-up," Aizen answered smoothly. "I hope you do not mind."
"… It's my fault anyways," she sighed, rolling her eyes slightly. "Can't believe you actually listened to me Rangiku."
Rangiku was by her friend's side in an instant.
"Hey, what else could I do?" she huffed, trying to make the tense air disappear, though her frosty blue eyes did a once-over of the injuries on Minako's body. "You wouldn't let me fight, and since you ordered me to get back-up… and even you said that it was fine if it was the 3rd Squad or the 5th Squad!"
It was silent as Aizen and Gin glanced at each other stiffly, but they kept walking.
"Where are you taking me?" Minako murmured.
"To the 5th Division barracks," Aizen answered matter-of-factly.
"Aizen-taicho, don't you think she should see Unohana-taciho!?" Rangiku exclaimed, surprised.
"Her injuries are something that any taicho should be able to take care of," he said firmly. "I believe I have a right to take care of my daughter, don't you agree?"
It was silent as all eyes fell on Minako.
"…"
Rangiku's eyes widened as Gin let out a laughter of surprise.
She had fallen asleep!
Minako woke up, groggy, as if she had been beat up by a gang or something. A dry, stiff chuckle left her lips. That's right – she had been beat up.
"You're awake."
She stiffened, turning her head slightly see Aizen sitting by her side on the tatami mat. How was it that she didn't notice he was there beforehand…!?
"Yes," she quietly voiced. "I am awake." Glancing over her healed and bandaged wounds, she could only raise an eyebrow. "I'm going to guess you healed me instead of Unohana-taicho?"
"Yes. I hope… you don't mind," Aizen murmured gently, patting the long, black locks of hair on her head. "I couldn't bear… giving you up to another person and let them heal you, even though Matusmoto-sanseke was adamant of healing you herself," he chuckled.
"… Why?" she asked hoarsely, turning her head away from him. "It's not like you care about me."
"I do," he said firmly. "I love you. You are my daughter."
"Maybe I am," she challenged, "but are you my father?"
"When I signed those adoption papers, I clearly remember signing my name on the line after the sentence that read I was to be made your adoptive father… did I not?" he calmly asked.
"Papers… signatures… promises… what meaning do they have!?" she cried, jumping up from the spot she had laid, wringing her hands in the air. Aizen had to applaud her endurance to the pain that must've been shooting through her body like wildfire.
"Minako-chan, what's wrong?" Aizen asked, worry flashing across his features.
"You!" she shouted at him. "You're the problem! Do you know what I do each night… how long I wait for you to join me at the dinner table… for you to come home!? I sit on the couch, with hopes that you'll come in through the door! I even check your office and the squad division barracks wondering if you're there instead!"
She stomped her foot.
"How can you ask me what's wrong, when your suddenly acting like my father, when you haven't been there for me these past months!?"
"I've been busy, Minako-chan…" he answered quietly.
"Busy!? So busy you can't even make time for your "precious" daughter!?"
"… You know I love you."
"And I love you!" she sobbed. "But it's not gonna work until you take your responsibility as my father! If this is how you were gonna treat me, why bother adopting me!? In my opinion, I'm more of a burden than anything else!"
"That's not true!" Aizen said softly, standing up. "You're not a burden, and never will be."
"Then prove it!" she shrieked, before flash stepping out of the room.
Aizen frowned and flash stepped around the house, searching for her. She was no where to be found.
"This… sets a flaw in my plans," he muttered quietly. "I thought I was being a great father… I love her… can't she see it?"
"Mi~na~ko~chan!" a voice rang out.
Aizen stiffened as he looked to the front door that slid open slightly.
"Oh, Aizen-taicho!" Matsumoto exclaimed, surprised. "I'm sorry—I didn't know you'd be here today. Minako-chan tells me you're always at work or at the barracks. The door was open, so I just kinda let myself in… oops?" she laughed nervously.
"It is fine," he assured her. "Minako-chan just left. Actually, Matsumoto-sanseke, could you do me a favor…?"
Rangiku's eyes narrowed knowingly.
"What would this favor entail, Aizen-taicho?" she asked sweetly.
Aizen's lips twisted upwards into a smile. She was a sharp girl—no wonder why Gin liked her.
"It's about Minako-chan actually…"
The third seat's frosty blue eyes softened.
"I see. What do you need me to do?"
AND THAT, is the end to the chapter one: "Aizen's Supposed Kind Heart." I hope you liked it, really. I loved it. :) Please review, and remember, constructive criticism is wanted, and flames will be taken care of by Sode no Shirayuki and Hyōrinmaru will take care of them. :D PLEASE REVIEW!!! :)
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Also, here are translations to some of the names I used that you may be unfamiliar with:
Kihōtenkyū: literally translates to "Bubble celestial sphere" [shikai]
Kagayaiteirushinju: literally translates to "Shining Pearl" [bankai]
Bakuhatsu: literally translates to "burst" [a skill that her bankai uses]
Minako: This is the OC's name, with "Mi" (beautiful), "na"(a phonetic character), "ko" (child)
