Shin and Gin were walking through the Seireitei when they heard a loud noise.

"RRRRRRRRR!"

The sound had come so suddenly that it caught both of them by surprise." What was that!?" Gin asked.

"RRRRRRR!"

Shin hid behind his fathers leg. "I-I d-don't kn- know..."" Shin said clutching Gin's coat.

"RRRRRRR!"

"Daddy, I'm scared!" Shin said Hugging his father.

"RRRRRRR!"

Gin looked around but saw nothing, then smiled when he realized where the sound was coming from. Chuckling he turned to Shin. "Shin, that's your stomach!" He said looking down at the boy. Shin blushed a little." Ah, whoops... I'm hungry. I didn't get breakfast." He said looking at his stomach. "Bad tummy! You scared us." He scolded his tummy. "RRRRRRR!" His tummy growled as if in reply.

Gin smiled and pulled out a small pack from his robe and held it out to Shin. "Here ya go my boy!" He said handing it to his son. "This should help." Shin took the pack from his father and opened it. His face lit up when he saw what it was. "Oh wow!" He said with a big smile. "Dried persimmons! My favorite!" He picked one of the persimmons out of the bowl and took a bite and sighed in satisfaction. "Finally!" He thought then looked up at Gin. "Thanks daddy!" Shin said his mouth full of dried persimmon. "You're welcome my boy." Gin answered as they started walking again. Shin eating his persimmons on the way to his first captains meeting.

It didn't take them long to reach the Squad 1 Barracks and as they neared the door to the meeting hall they saw a man standing outside waiting for them. He had shaggy brown hair, chocolate brown eyes and glasses. "You're late." The man said as they walked up. "Well, good morning., Captain Aizen." Gin greeted.

"Yes, good morning to you too, Captain Ichimaru. Now, like I said, you're late." Gin sighed. "Yeah sorry bout that. It's been kinda crazy this morning." Aizen nodded. "Well then, shall we go in?" He asked but before Gin could respond, Shin chimed in. "Hay!" The 5 year old said. "What about me!" Shin pouted clearly upset that the 2 men had forgotten about him.

"What about you?" Gin joked, however Shin, who is only 5 thought his father was being serious. "I'm here to! So isn't anybody gonna say good morning to me!?" Shin asked. Gin smiled. "Oh right! I forgot you were here!" He said jokingly. "What!?" Shin said tears coming to his eyes. Aizen Shook his head. "Gin, stop teasing him." He said then looked down at Shin. "And how are you doing today Shin?"

"I'm great! Whata bout you, Mr. Sosikay?" Shin said with a grin. Aizen frowned and bent down to Shin so they were at eye level. "Now Shin, I've told you, My name is Sousuke." He said calmly. Shin's grin just grew bigger. "Sosikay!" The 5 year old said giggling. Aizen sighed again. "Want me to help?" Gin asked.

Aizen stood up and gave him a look that said, 'You need to shut up' but remained calm. "Why?" Aizen asked. "All you're going to do is say, 'Shin say Sousuke', then he'll say my name correctly and the two of you will have a big laugh at my frustration." Aizen explained. Gin laughed nervously. "You say that as if we do that all the time." He said while rubbing the back of his head.

"That's because you do." Said a rough voice behind them. The voice had come so suddenly, it scared Shin, who had gotten board and was playing with Gin and Aizen's hell butterflies. Shin hid behind Gin as they all turned to see the Head Captain walk up. "Good morning, Head Captain." Both Aizen and Gin greeted Yamamoto with a bow. "And a good morning to the two of you as well." Said Yamamoto, then he noticed Shin hiding behind his father. "And may I assume that the boy hiding behind you is your Son, Ichimaru?" He asked.

Gin smiled. "Why yes, this is Shin." He then looked down at Shin. "Shin, this is Head Captain Yamamoto, say hello." Shin looked up at the Head Captain and gulped but stepped forward. "G-good m-morning, Sir." Shin said nervously with a polite bow. And to Shin's surprise, Yamamoto seemed to lighten up a bit, because the Head Captain had smiled at him and held out his hand for a handshake. "It's nice to meet you, young one." Yamamoto said softly. Shin smiled and shook his hand. "It's nice to meet you too Sir. Shin said happily. Yamamoto then turned to Aizen and Gin. "Now then, shall we go inside? The other captains are waiting." He said walking towards the door but Aizen stopped him. "Head captain?" He asked. "Yes Aizen, what is it?" Yamamoto said looking at him. "What's this meeting for?" Aizen asked in curiosity. "You'll find that out in a few minutes. Now let's get inside." Yamamoto ordered. "Yes Sir." Gin and Aizen said in unison. And all 4 of them walked in.

When they walked in, the other Captains were all standing there. "Bout time!" Said Zaraki turning to the door. "I must agree." Said Mayuri annoyed. "This is most rude, do you have any idea how long we've waited?" He said looking at Gin as he, Aizen and Yamamoto took their positions and Shin stood next to his father. "Aw, calm down, Mayuri. It's only been 30 minutes." Kyoraku said with a smile. "Yes, 30 precious minutes I could have been spending on my research." Mayuri retorted. "Research for what? A cure for that thing you call a face." Commented Zaraki. "Mche" Kyoraku gave a small snort. Mayuri glared at them and was about to retaliate but Yamamoto banged his staff-cane thing on the floor and it echoed around the room startling Shin, who hugged his father.

"That is enough!" Ordered the Head Captain. "Yes Sir! They all said in unison even Shin. "Now then, I have called this Captains meeting to discuss the matter of Captain Ichimaru's adopted son, Shin. Yamamoto said. "Gin if you will bring your son up here please." As they made their way to the front of the hall to Yamamoto, all eyes where on Shin. "I don't get it." Aizen thought. What is so important about a 5 year old?" "Head Caption?" Asked Toshiro. "What is so important about a 5 year old child?" He said almost as if he had read Aizen's mind.

"Well..." Gin stepped forward. "Shin here, has a really high spiritual pressure." He said gesturing to his son. Shin just stood there nervously. "Do they havta keep looking at me?…" Shin thought to himself as he looked down at the floor embarrassed because all the Captains were staring at him. "How high is it?" Asked Komamura. "Higher then mine." Yamamoto answered him in a gruff voice. There were a few gasps from some of the other Captains. "You have got to be kidding me..." Thought Aizen. "Can a little kid really have a spiritual pressure that high?" He looked at Shin. "I mean, not even the boy from..." his train of thought trailed off.

Shin of course thought The Head Captain was upset about this, so naturally he did what all kids his age do when they think they've done something wrong. "I'm sorry…" Shin said as he continued to look at the floor. "Aw... how cute." Unohana commented. with a smile. "It's quite alright young one." Yamamoto said reassuringly. Shin gave a small smile. "Is his spiritual pressure really that high? I mean, can a child really have such a high power level?" Byakuya asked unknowingly saying what Aizen was thinking." Yes!" Gin said proudly. "So, what is to happen with the boy?" Asked Tousan. The Head Captain looked at Shin.

"He will be trained by all 13 of the Captains." Yamamoto said flatly. "What exactly do you mean Sir?" Asked Jushiro. "Well, he will spend a week of training with each Captain." Explained Gin. "Why do 'we' have to train him!?" Mayuri asked rather rudely. "Why can't 'you' train him!? I mean after all, he is your son." Gin just shook his head. "Because I'm much to busy, what with me being a captain and all." He clarified. "That makes since..." Said Kyoraku.

Mayuri glared at them. "No it doesn't! We're all captains!" He said angrily. "No shirt Sherlock..." Zaraki muttered. "What was that!?" Mayuri asked glaring at him. "Enough Kurotsuchi!" Yamamoto ordered and Mayuri went silent. "So what kind of training will it be?" Asked Kyoraku. "He will be learning what each squad dose as well as what we soul reapers do." Yamamoto explained. "Ah, ok then!" Kyoraku nodded.

"When does this training start?" Zaraki asked. "In 1 week." Answered Yamamoto. "1 week? You mean as in 5 days or 7?" Zaraki asked in confusion. "I mean 7. Why, is that a problem?" Yamamoto asked narrowing his eyes. Zaraki grinned. "Nope." He answered plainly.

When Zaraki grinned Shin felt a shutter go down his spine and hid behind his father. Gin noticed this and looked at Zaraki. "Now look Zaraki, Shin may have a lot of power but he doesn't know how to use it. He can't even fight." Gin stated. "I know that!" Zaraki retorted. "As he is now, he looks more like a cream puff then a warrior. He stated but before Gin could take offense to this, Shin had licked his bottom lip. "Mmm... cream puff..." The 5 year old said with a big smile.

The captains all stared at him for a moment before they bursted into fits of laughter. Even Byakuya, with all his discipline had cracked a smile. Mayuri however just stood there. "So who takes care of him then?" Asked Unohana once everyone else had calmed down. "My aunty!" Shin chimed in with a big smile. "Your Aunt?" Asked Soi-fon in confusion, then she looked at Gin. "I didn't know you had a sister." Gin smiled. "Oh! That's a very good story!" Gin said thinking of the day he met Ginene.

Flashback…

A young silver haired boy and a young girl with strawberry blonde hair, walked through the Seireitei, both feeling tired and frustrated. "Where is it!?" Asked the girl. The silver haired boy looked around and gave a very creepy grin to a couple of guys who were gawking at his friend. The boys took one look at the silver haired boy's fox like grin and left. "I don't know Ran, but let's keep moving." He said to the girl.

"Aw! But Gin, Why!?" The girl asked. "I'm tired!" Gin looked at her. "Because, the guys here are looking at you as if you were some kind of treat." Gin said flatly. The girl looked around and saw the men peeking around a corner. "Oh, I see what you mean…" The girl said. "Hello." A voice said and both kids turned to see who was there, Gin stood in front of his friend holding a stick out at the person like a sword but lowered it when he saw that the voice had come from another girl, who was standing with 2 more girls, 1 on her left the other on her right.

The girl who had spoken to them had silver hair that went to her shoulders and yellow eyes. The girl on her left looked to be around the same age but still a little older. She had dark brown, almost black hair, and dark skin. Her eyes were closed so you couldn't tell what color they were, she also had a pair of glasses on and an orange, frilly scarf around her neck. The girl on the silver haired girl's right was an older woman with long brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, she too was warring glasses. "Oh...uh...sorry..." Gin said apologetically. "That's alright,." The girl he had pointed the stick at, said. "My name's Ginene and these are my friends, Kana Tousan." She gestured to the girl on her left. "And Sezuki Aizena." She gestured to the woman on her right.

"Oh! Hi my name's Gin Ichimaru and this is my friend, Rangiku Matsumoto." Gin said gesturing to the girl he referred to as 'Ran'. "Hi!" Rangiku said happily. "So, what brings you to the Seireitei?" Suzuki asked. "We're looking for the SRA." Gin answered but for some reason Rangiku looked confused. "SRA?" She asked looking at Gin. "I thought we were looking foe the school for soul reapers." Suzuki smiled. "That's what SRA stands for." She told her however poor Rangiku still looked confused.

"SAR is an acronym for 'Soul Reaper Academy'. Get it now?" Kana explained with a friendly smile. Rangiku smiled as well. "Well, now I look stupid. Oh well!" She grinned. "So do you know where it is?" Asked Gin. "Of course!" Ginene said. "Follow us!" She turned and walked away, her 2 friends right behind her. Gin and Rangiku exchanged a glance before following. When they got there Kana signed in first. "Tousan huh? Are you related to Kaname Tousan?" Asked the man sitting at the registration table. "Nope. Sorry, never heard of a Kaname Tousan before. I thought I was the only one with that name." Kana said.

Rangiku and Gin signed in then it was Ginen's turn but fore some reason she was hesitant. "What's wrong?" Rangiku asked as she and Gin walked over. Ginene looked at them then at the floor. "I don't have a last name…" Ginene said sadly. "And I think I need one to get in." She explained. "Is that all?" Rangiku asked. "Just use Gin's." She pointed to Gin. "What!?" Both Gin and Ginene asked in unison. "Yeah!" Rangiku said cheerfully. "You to look enough like each other to be siblings so, why not?" She explained. "She's got a point." Suzuki said as Kana nodded in agreement. Ginene smiled and signed in as Ginene Ichimaru, Gin's sister.

End Flashback...

"Hello? Er Hello? Hello!? HELLO, SOUL SOCIETY TO ICHIMARU!?" Said Kyoraku, he and the other captains were trying to get Gin's attention. "Hmm wha?" Gin asked. Everyone looked at him weirdly. "Daddy?" Shin asked looking up at his father. "Are you ok?" Gin looked down at his son and smiled. "Yes my boy. I'm fine." He said reassuringly. "You sure?" Kyoraku asked. "You kind of zonked out on us." Gin laughed shyly. "Yeah, I'm fine." He reassured them. "Just reminiscing on the past." "Oh, ok then." Kyoraku said with a shrug.

"Good now that that is settled, does everyone understand what is going to happen?" Yamamoto asked." Yes Sir." All the Captains said in unison. Yamamoto then turned to Shin. "And what about you young Ichimaru? Do you understand?" Shin immediately stood in an army like pose and saluted the Head Captain. "Sir! Yes Sir!" The 5 year old said in a serious like voice. "Ok, now that, was cute." Soi-fon commented.

3 hours later…

Yamamoto had decided to keep the Captains meeting going a little longer so the other captains could get to know Shin more and so Shin could get to know them better.

Kyoraku was outside in a tree, because he wanted to drink his sake but Yamamoto had said that because of Shin being there he couldn't. So Kyoraku had gladly and willingly spent 2 hours and 30 minutes entertaining the 5 year old before going outside. "Cute kid..." Shunsui said to himself. "I'm actually looking forward to training him. Yep, that kid's got a lot of potential..." And with that the captain of squad 8 yawned, stretched and fell asleep.

Aizen had said he had 'work' to do and left to go plo- uh I mean do what ever it is he pretends to do. "I just don't get it." Aizen said to himself. "If he really has that kind of power at his age, then why didn't I notice it before?" He asked himself then a thought came to him. "Could it be?" Aizen thought to himself. "Could 'he' really be the boys biological father?... Nah!" Aizen pushed the thought out of his mind. After all, if 'he' really was Shin's father 'he' would have to still be in the soul society. No for that matter 'he' would have to be alive still and that, was something Aizen was positive of, that 'he' was dead. Aizen continued on his way but he was going to make sure he solved the mystery that is the source of Shin's power.

Back at the meeting hall...

Byakuya, Toshiro, Soi-fon and Komamura were watching Shin run around as he tried to catch all 12 of the captains hell butterflies. At one point the butterflies had gotten tired of being chased and started fluttering around Shin's head. "HAHAHAHA! Stop it, that tickles! HAHAHAHA!" Shin laughed as the wings of the butterflies brushed against his face.

"It's amazing isn't it?" Komamura asked. "Yes it is, he has all that power, yet he doesn't even notice it." Toshiro said as Shin began to run from the butterflies. "I doubt he even knows what to do with it." Byakuya commented as he watched Shin run in circles around them, still trying to get away from the butterflies. "Forget not knowing what to do with it, I don't think he even understands it." Soi-fon stated as Shin reclaimed his pursuit of the hell butterflies. "That, is because as he is now, he is nothing more then an innocent little child." Tousan said as he joined them and watched as the hell butterflies got the upper hand on Shin again.

Zaraki was standing against a wall watching Shin play. "Heh. He may be strong but like his fox faced bastard of a father said, he's just a kid." He said as Shin was once again running from the butterflies. "Yep, Yachiru's definitely going to enjoy having him around."

Unohana, Jushiro and Mayuri were near the entrance of the meeting hall also watching Shin. "He's adorable, isn't he?" Jushiro asked as they saw Shin start a hide and seek game with the butterflies. "Yes he is. Shin really is quite an extraordinary young boy." Unohana said then gave a small giggle as Shin squeaked because one of the butterflies found him trying to hide behind Komamura.

"Extraordinary is correct, it is amazing that a mere child could be that powerful at his age. He might make an interesting test subject." Mayuri said thoughtfully. Ukitake and Unohana just stared at him. "What?" Mayuri asked. "You're joking, right?" Jushiro asked. "I never joke about science." Mayuri stated flatly. And for once Unohana actually looked pissed. "Captain Kurotsuchi!" Retsu said sternly. "That is a small child! You will not use him as a ginypig!" She said with anger clearly in her eyes. Mayuri just huffed and walked away.

Shin was having fun playing with the hell butterflies when he saw his father standing by the Head Captain. "Daddy!" Shin said as he ran over to Gin. Gin smiled and picked his son up. "What's up Shin?" Gin asked as Shin gave him a hug. "I'm hungry!" Shin said as he looked up at Gin. Gin smiled and looked at Yamamoto. "Is it ok if we leave for lunch Head Captain?" Yamamoto looked at him for a minute then nodded. "Ok then, let's go Shin." Gin said then carried Shin out of the meeting hall. As soon as they left Yamamoto turned to the other captains.

"Listen up all of you." He said and all the other captains gathered around him. "Ichimaru's son may have a high spiritual pressure, but he is still a kid. So don't try to spar with him!" He said looking at Zaraki. "You don't have to worry about anything old man. Like I said, he's more of a cream puff then a warrior." Zaraki said. "Good." Yamamoto replied then he looked at Mayuri. "And Captain Kurotsuchi, if you so much as go rear him with a needle I will kill you myself if Gin doesn't do it first!" Yamamoto said in a voice that clearly said he was serious. "Oh, fine!" Mayuri said crossing his arms. "Good, you're dismiss." Yamamoto ordered. And with that they all left

After lunch, Gin had taken Shin exploring around the Rukon forests making sure not to attract any Hollows, then around sunset they went back to the Seireitei, Shin was leaning his head on Gin's shoulder as his father carried him to the squad 3 barracks. "Getting tired Shin?" Gin asked. Shin gave a small nod and yawned. "I had a big day..." he said as he closed his eyes. "Did you have fun?" Gin asked. Shin nodded. "Mmhmm... I played with the black butterflies..." he said before he finally fell asleep. Gin smiled as he reached his living courters in squad 3. He laid Shin down on the sofa and covered him up with a blanket then handed the boy a silver stuffed fox. "...daddy..." Shin mumbled in his sleep as he rapped his arms around the fox. Gin smiled. "Good night my Son..." He said before going to bed himself.

A/N: Forgive me for not updating sooner but there's not very good WIFI or internet service where I am so I might not be able to update again until after New years so I'm sorry and I hope y'all have a marry Christmas and a happy new year! Bye bye!

A/N: FoForgive me for not updating sooner but there's not very good Wifi or internet service where I am. So i might not be able to update again untill after new yearsso I'm sorry and I hope y'all have a marry christmas and happy new year! Bye bye!