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Chapter 3

The journey was uneventful, Aizen, who have secretly boarded the ship, was ready to start phase two of his plan to retrieve the Hogyoku and his Zanpakuto, Aizen once again had covered himself by using kyokko* and went aboard the deck, there he waited until Mariejois came to his line of sight, once he saw Mariejois he used Shunpo (flash step) to reach the gates.

Up close Mariejois was impressive structure, buildings were built to be not only a place for residents but also as a form of art, the castle in the middle the most impressive building in all of Mariejois, even though not as big or as grand as Las Noches, it was still a sight to see, however Aizen didn't want to waste any time he quickly knocked out the guards before undoing Kyokko, it was already dark, but he didn't want to be seen enough to have a bounty, in that sense, the darkness would be of great use to him.

However, Aizen's first problem had already presented it self as he felt a new presence behind him, he turned around and saw what he read to be a fishman, the fishman had red skin and a beard that reached to his chest,

He wore black knee-langth trousers and a cape and had two swords tucked around his waist as well as several other weapons.

"Who are you? Are you with the tenryubito?", the fishman asked a bit frantically.

"There is no need to yell, normally you should give your name first." Aizen said, however the fishman drew his sword and prepared to attack.

"Wait" Aizen said as the fishman stopped, starting a conflict here and now wasn't advantageous, "I didn't expect you to be so trigger happy, my name is Sosuke Aizen, and I am not with the tenryubito, however I won't tell you anymore than that until you tell me who you are." Aizen stated, he was a bit irritated from being forced to this position, he hated giving information unnecessarily.

"My name is Fisher Tiger, and I came here to free the slaves those tenryubito keep hostage" the fishman stated with anger apparent in his voice.

Aizen thought for a moment, freeing the slaves would cause quite the commotion, all the attention would be on Fisher Tiger and he would be able to move as freely as the shadows, things couldn't get any better.

"Fisher, would like to make a deal?" Aizen asked.

"What kind of deal are you talking about?" Fisher replied.

"I will help free the slaves that you wish to free, and I will defeat and kill any amount of enemy forces that will come my way, thus you'll be able to cover more ground and minimize the risk of being caught"

"I see, but what do you get from this deal? There must be a catch" Fisher said not completely trusting this stranger.

"there is a catch, you see, there is something of great value to me inside there that I wish to retrieve, if you hadn't came I would have snuck inside trying to take it without being noticed, which is very risky, however now that you are here, you can draw the attention while I make my move. However as far as your enemy knows, you work alone, you have never met me or heard my name, and in return for that, you will free more slaves and the risk for will be minimized, so is it a deal then?"

Fisher though for a while but finally decided "very well" he said,

Aizen smirked, now it would be even less risky than before.

"Listen there about twenty guards behind this door, if you climb it you walk into a death trap" Aizen said.

"So how should we go in?" Fisher asked

"I will blast the gate open, it will give the element of surprise you need, and also will give me enough time to go and retrieve my belongings" Aizen explained.

"Very well let us begin" Fisher exclaimed.

"Stay back" Aizen said as he directed the palm of his hand at the gate "Hado number 33: sokatsui" Aizen as the blue flame erupted from his hand and hit the gates and effectively making them collapse.

"Farewell, and good luck, we will probably not meet again" Aizen said as the dust settled, and with that he used Shunpo to land on one of the roofs.

Once he was on the roof he looked back seeing fisher fight his way through the troops of marines, just as planned, all the attention was directed at Fisher, now to find his Zanpakuto, Aizen closed his yes and searched for Kyouka Suigetsu's spiritual pressure.

He soon found it, it was on the northern part of Mariejois, inside the castle walls, it made sense the tenryubito will reside in the most fortified place inside Mariejois, not that it will help with this particular invasion, Aizen waited for the chaos to spread, it was only than that Aizen acted, as the fire spread in the city and the marines were in disarray, Aizen shunpoed to the castle which was half empty due to the commotion

However he kept his promise, as he came and killed all the marines that came against him, every group that came was dealt with seconds, none were able to see more than a flash of him before they were killed.

Aizen checked the vicinity he had to make sure that no one saw him and stayed alive, than out of nowhere he heard a tick of some sort, like that of a camera, wait, that was camera, he turned around and saw a photographer.

"Excuse me, but why are you taking picture of me?" Aizen asked, while letting loose some spiritual pressure, the photographer fell to his, struggling to breath.

"I…I wasn't! I swear!" the photographer blurted out, at that moment Aizen understood why did he take the photo.

"You're lying, that isn't polite, you know" Aizen said as he flash stepped towards the man.

"Please don't kill me! I…I will destroy the photo" the man begged ecstatically, Aizen didn't stop the pressure.

"That just won't do, when you took this job, didn't it occur to you that it had risks, didn't it occur to you what an outlaw would do to you if they were to find you" Aizen said, the man was so terrified that his was starting to become white.

"Please don't kill me…. I've got a wife and two kids" the man exclaimed frantically as he begged for his life.

"Somehow, I can't seem to care" Aizen said as he raised his fingers to the man's forehead, the man screamed, "Hado 4: Byakurai" the pale lightning shot through the man's head and with that he was dead.

"I wasted too much time on you" Aizen said as he crushed the camera and took the photo, he had to hurry up and retrieve his belongings before Fisher decides to make an escape with the slaves, he again searched for his Kyouka Suigetsu's spiritual pressure, he quickly found it, it wasn't far, so he rushed to it.

When Aizen had arrived at the place where his Zanpakuto was kept, he looked at the mansion, Aizen had to admit it was a lucrative residence, no doubt kept for the highest rank of nobility, he heard some people inside.

Aizen busted the door, what he first saw was a middle aged man in the tenryubito uniform with a horizontal blond Mohawk shaped like a heart, the middle aged man was in the middle of yelling and kicking a teenage girl with blue hair, who was dressed as a maid and had a huge collar around her neck.

However all that has stopped when Aizen had entered the room, as both the middle aged man and the teenage girl looked at him with opened jaws.

"So you are the intruder, what Gall you show to break into my house you disgusting insect, who are you any way?" The man said angrily, never he had believe someone had the impudence to barge in to his house while he is inside.

Aizen just looked at him and casted "Bakudo #1: Sai", as the man fell with a grunt to his knees with his right hand behind his back, Aizen closed the door, he didn't want any witnesses.

"My name is Sosuke Aizen, and you must be Saint Alger, are you not?" Aizen asked.

"And what if I am, do you know what they are going to do to you once they find I was attacked, you won't even get a trail!" the man, now identified as Saint Alger, yelled in anger.

"You have something that belongs to me" Aizen said calmly, as he saw Saint Alger fuming with anger and pain.

"What nerve! Everything in this house…no… everything in the world belongs to us the Tenryubito, the money you earn, roof above your head, your very lives, all of these come from the graces we give!" the man yelled, angry.

"The graces you give? what have you given to society over the years? What have you done for the weak of this world? You cling to the protection of the navy as fetus clings to the Umbilical cord, and without it you are helpless, you can't defend yourself, even against me, one 'disgusting insect' as you've said. Every honor you have is nothing but property handed down to you from your ancestors, and even they are turning in their graves for what you have become." though he didn't show it, the tenryubito had made him very irritated, he had an almost instinctual hatred against him and his kind, and he didn't usually had those kind of feelings.

The tenryubito was shocked and afraid, no one had ever spoken to him like that, even though the man didn't seem angry, that was something in his tone of voice that struck fear in him all the way to his bones.

Aizen had decided it was time to lead the conversation in his direction.

"Listen to me, you are going to answer my questions, if you won't, something unfortunate might happen to you" Aizen said as he broke the tenryubito's mask and pressed a finger against the man's forehead.

"What would you like to know?" the tenryubito asked, not willing to risk his life any further.

"Good, we finally came to an understanding, now just to confirm have you been in Saobaody Archipelago eight days ago?" Aizen asked.

"Y...Yes" the tenryubito replied.

"Very good, at Sabaody Archipelago, you have claimed a sword and what could be described as an orb that you have found on the street, correct?" Aizen asked, these first two questions were meant to determine weather the tenryubito was being truthful, after all he knew his Zanpakuto was in this mansion.

"Yes… I have" the tenryubito replied with fear, Aizen smirked.

"Well than those are my belongings to me, I want you to tell me where they are" Aizen said in a sinisterly calm voice, the tenryubito was so afraid he was crying.

"t-The sword is in the armory r-room, second d-door from the r-right in the central hallway" the tenryubito said frantically.

"And the Orb…?" Aizen said rather impatiently.

"I-it is not within my p-possession anymore" the tenryubito replied frantically.

"What!?" Aizen said Fuming with anger.

"it was just yesterday, I had a meeting with some high Ranked Marine officials in my office, discussing some security issues, and then Marine officials said something about the orb radiating an unusual energy, I had no idea, I originally thought of it as a nice paper weight, so I agreed to sell it to them for the highest price they would pay" the tenryubito blurted out, afried, an d with good reason Aizen was angry, not only the location of the Hogyoku was once again unknown to him, but wherever it was, it would be guarded by marines, he decide he will think about his next steps later now it was time to retrieve his Zanpakuto.

"I am going to collect my sword now, don't try to run, there is no way for to overcome my kido anyway" Aizen said as he went to retrieve his things.

As he was heading to the armory, he wondered why the girl, the in the maid outfit, hadn't ran away while he interrogated Saint Alger, she was probably a slave, so why didn't she run away?.

As he entered the armory he saw all kinds of weapons and war tools, looking around, he finally had found Kyouka Suigetsu, as he picked up his Zanpakuto and tucked on his waist, another sword had picked his interest, the sword had an unusual aura around it, it wasn't quite like a Zanpakuto, but it wasn't the regular saber either, no, Aizen could tell it was a katana of great quality, a sword the swordsmith put his soul into.

"What are you thinking?" Kyouka Suigetsu asked.

"Not much, it is just interesting, that they have swords similar to a Zanpakuto here, it is good to have you back" Aizen answered.

"It is good to be back, are you going to take it?" Kyouka Suigetsu inquired.

"I think I would, he won't need it anyway" Aizen said as he picked up the sword, and headed back to the main guestroom where the tenryubito was still bound.

As he got to the guestroom, Aizen saw the tenryubito still bound, as he had expected it would seem the man had struggled with Aizen's kido spell, but to no avail, the girl however was still there, why was that? He thought she may have stayed because he was still there, there for when he left to pick up his things she should have ran, but she was still here, why?.

"Tell me, what is the name of this sword? Sword at this level of quality must have a name?" Aizen asked the tenryubito as he had shown him his newly eh… expropriated sword.

"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OF THAT! That one is definitely mine. I bought it in auction, it cost me 300 million berry!" the tenryubito said angrily.

"Calm down, don't you remember our agreement…"Aizen said sinisterly, the tenryubito gulped anxiously.

"It's the Kikuichimonji Norimune, one of 21 O Wazamono grade sword, that's its name" the tenryubito said resentfully.

"The Kikuichimonji Norimune huh, well thank you for your help" Aizen said, the tenryubito relaxed now he could call the marines and this man would be put to death.

"Unfortunately, that means I don't have any use for you anymore" Aizen said as he unsheathed Kyouka Suigetsu.

"B-but you told me you are not going to kill me!" the tenryubito screamed frantically

"I said I won't kill you as long as you provide me with the information I needed, now there is no more useful information you can give, so you have outlived your usefulness, but if there something to be learned from all this is that in the end the only protection you should trust is the one your own strength can give you" and with that Aizen has slashed the mans throat, the man would die within minuets.

Aizen soon checked that the man was dead, he already had no doubt the marines would be looking for an accomplice to this crime, and he had to make sure there weren't any witnesses.

"You didn't run away, why?" Aizen asked the slave girl, who for some odd reason stayed the entire time.

"The tenryubito can make the collars the slave wear explode at any moment by a remote control even if I ran I wouldn't get far" the girl answered.

"That still doesn't explain why you are still here, the tenryubito is dead you're collar won't detonate before you Get to the other intruder, and he can get it off" Aizen said.

"There is no point, many of the slaves that you are rescuing will be captured eventually, and those that won't be captured won't be able to live peacefully, they will be constantly haunted by the government. From the moment we were bought and became slaves we became property of the tenryubito, we were marked in this symbol" she said as she had shown Aizen the mark on her arm, "The Hoof of the Flying Dragon, that's what it is called, and every person who has this mark on his flesh is mere property in the government eyes" she said "as you have stated in this world the only thing that can protect you is your own strength, I know I don't have the strength to fight the government, so I see no point in running" she said, Aizen was somewhat shocked, he had never seen such a broken person, he had decided this world needs to change, and he will change it, with both his Zanpakuto and the Hogyoku the heavens were the limit, still he couldn't let her stay here, she would be a whiteness, but killing her didn't feel right to him.

"What would you do if you had power?" Aizen asked.

"If I had the power, I would change this world! I would kill the tenryubito! Ha… that is just a hopeless dream"

"Would you like to become stronger?" he asked

"Stronger?" she said as her eyes lit up.

"I can make you stronger than you can imagine" Aizen said. "What is your name, girl?" he asked.

"It's Sora" the girl, now known as Sora, answered, Aizen unsheathed his sword and cut the collar as he thru it out the window, an explosion could be heard near by.

"Go to the Armory room and pick yourself a sword" Aizen said, he wanted to exploit the situation as much as he could, and leaving things behind when you can use them was just wasteful, the only reason he didn't take another sword is because its in practical in combat to use three swords.

Sora came back and had brought with a katana that seemed to have an aura as well. It seemed lady luck has blessed him, not only did he get both his Zanpakuto and the Hogyoku but gained a new subordinate, maybe this time around though he would try trusting his subordinates more.

Speaking of subordinates, Aizen wanted to fined that slave teenage boy he saw at Sabaody Archipelago, he finally knew why the boy seemed to be familiar, he looked like a young teenage version of Gin Ichimaru, and even though he was betrayed by him in the end, Gin provided a nice sense of humor to every conversation.

Kind of anti-climactic ending I know, I hope you will like it, please tell me if my English is bad, tell me if you can find the not-so-well hidden joke, and tell me if you noticed the hidden reference to Rurouni Kenshin in this Chapter, their will be more, some techniques will migrate, any way hope you had enjoyed have a nice day.