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Gin sat with Byakuya's grandmother. They were in a room that would give them the most privacy.

"Did Byakuya tell were you where he was going that night?"

She looked at Gin and started to think.

"Please Kuchiki-san, what do you remember?"

"Gin, he told me that he was going to meet someone at the place." She looked at Gin as though he was not telling him everything.

"Where is this place? Is it a place he goes to often? Where is it?" Gin pleaded with her.

"It is a place outside of the Black Ridge gate; about five miles from the gate." Gin knew that the area she was talking about had been searched already.

"Is there any other place Byakuya would go outside of that gate?" Gin almost wanted to grab her and shake the answer out of her. "Is there any other place that he could go outside of the gate that you know of?"

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Gin was running out of the Blue Stream Gate. With his flash step he had a stride that he could arrive to the area soon.

'Go five miles from that gate. There is an isolated field. No one knows about it except Byakuya and me.'

Gin ran until he was standing in the middle of a field. The only problem is there are two fields. He ran around to look and didn't see anything. He sent word to the commander that he got more information from Byakuya's Grandmother. He sent his location to the commander and he sent three squads to assist Gin. They searched until dark. Just as they were about to leave, one of the members of the search squad yelled, "We found something."

Gin ran over and stopped. In front of him on the ground was a haori. Gin heart dropped when he saw the Sixth Division insignia on it. Gin started to breathe heavily as he knelt to pick up the haori. He could not believe what he was seeing. He stood and started to walk forward. He saw Byakuya's katana. Near it he found the necklace. Gin fell to his knees and picked up the necklace. He looked at the necklace and closed his hand around it. He closed his eyes and waited for the next find.

"We found something," someone yelled out.

Gin jumped at the sound of the voice. He slowly got up and walked toward the group that had gathered in one spot. They parted for Gin to make his way through. On the ground was a badly decomposed shinigami; next to the body was the kenseikan Byakuya was known to wear. The body was partially buried in a make shift grave. He could not tell if it was Byakuya or not. Everything around suggested that it was him.

Shock from the scene must have taken over Gin because all he remembers was telling the group to notify the commander that they found a body. He knew that he had to go see Byakuya's grandmother and tell her that they may have found her grandson.

Gin slowly walked away carrying the haori, the katana, the kenseikan and the necklace. He did a flash step to the gate. But when he got to the gate, he stopped. He felt as though he was in another world. He was numb. As Kaiwan opened the gate for Gin, he walked through it without any acknowledgement to the gate keeper. He clutched the items as he walked in the direction to the Kuchiki manor. He was not aware of his surroundings; it was all a blur. Others passed him by as her continued to walk. His mind was blank and his emotions were raw. He tried his best to keep his eyes dry.

Gin stood on the steps of the Kuchiki manner as the door opened. The servant looked into Gins eyes and saw the item in his hands; it scared her. She screamed as she ran to get others. Gin walked in the home and down the hallway. Everyone was running and screaming as Gin made his way to the parlor where Byakuya's Grandmother was sitting. Gin came in and sat across from her. Her eyes started to water as Gin held out his hand. She reached out as Gin placed the necklace in her hand. The tears did not flow as she held the necklace. Gin could not react to her sorrow because he could believe that Byakuya was gone. He sat next to her as she held on to the necklace. She was in her stoic mode.

"Gin Ichimaru, you have kept your promise to me. You did bring him home to me. Now, you must find out how this happened."

Gin was shocked to hear her say that. His mind was still trying to wrap around Byakuya's body being found and she wants to find out who did this. She must have seen the shock in his eyes. Her eyes soften as she realized Gin was hurting. She grabbed his hand.

"You must go and grieve for him; then come back to me. I know that you are leaving the Gotei 13 and now in your heart you want to get away." She placed a hand on his cheek. "Place your things here in our manor and you leave and when you get your head together you come back to me."

"Kuchiki-san, I do not want to impose," Gin said as the gravity of the situation was slowly bringing him back to reality.

"I told you my grandson spoke highly of you." She reached out to the necklace he had around his neck. "He cared for you. He gave it to you on that weekend, didn't he?"

Gin was shocked. Byakuya told her everything about them. "I'm sorry I didn't mean for you to," Gin said as his words dropped.

She placed a hand on his. "You go. When you are ready, come back to me. We will talk about it later."

Gin stood and bowed to her. As he turned, he saw the house become active. Rukia and Renji were running into the home and others members of the Gotei 13 were arriving.

Gin walked to his home.

The next thing Gin remembered, he was waking up in his bed. He sat up and thought it was a dream but no matter how hard he tried, he knew that last night events were real. He dragged himself out of the bed and made some tea. As he sat at the table, it hit him. He picked the cup up and threw it across the room. He yelled out.

"Damn you Byakuya!" Gin yelled it at the top of his lungs. The tears started as he fell to the floor. Gin could not stop it. He could not stop it.

After the funeral, Gin sent his thing to the Kuchiki Manor and wrote his final report.

The body that was found could not be identified one hundred percent that it was Byakuya Kuchiki. Due to the items found near the body, and the time of the decomposition of the body matching the time Byakuya was missing; it was conclude that the Byakuya was officially dead.

Gin did not attend the funeral. He turned in his final report along with his haori to the commander. Before he left, the commander accepted his resignation of his commission but he did leave the door open for him to return.

Gin walked through the gate and went to the area that they found Byakuya. He looked at the area again and started to walk away.

"I promise you that I will be back and I will find out who murdered you."

My friend told me they smell continuation of the story. I told them we will see. I told them I will not complete the story until I am sure. Thanks for reading.