Gin checked to make sure the coast was clear as he crossed through the passage ways, holding Eniese on his back. He wanted to encounter as least few people as possible as he traveled to Aizen's place. If they wanted their plan to succeed, they needed to make sure no one would kill Eniese at all. They also needed to make sure that few people as possible would find her, otherwise someone might find out that she's Urahara's and Yoruichi's daughter, and try to kill her. Everything was going smoothly, until Gin heard someone screaming a little bit in joy at the sight of the little girl on Eniese's back. Gin sighed as he turned around, knowing who would scream as happy as what he just heard.
"Hey." Gin said with his usual expeession as he turned around. He saw Matsumoto looking at the girl that looked back at her over Gin's shoulders.
"Hey Gin! Who's the kid?" Matsumoto said a bit happily. Eniese quickly ducked behind Gin's shoulder, not wanting anyone she didn't know or trust to hurt her. Matsumoto was in awe a bit, noticing how cute she thought Eniese was acting for a girl her age.
"She's my um...cousin." Gin replied, thinking of a quick answer. Eniese moved her head a bit to look back at Matsumoto, only with half her head exposed.
"Hi there, I'm Matsumoto. What's your name?" Matsumoto asked, raising her hand out. Eniese just starred at her hand nervously for a bit, unsure whether or not to trust her. The only thing that kept her from freaking out was the fact she was safe with her 'dad's friend' to guard her. Eniese studdered a bit nervously as she raised her hands softly on Matsumoto's, shaking it.
"E-Eniese." She replied, quietly. Eniese burried her face into Gin's shoulder as Matsumoto gently stroked her hair.
"That's a cute name." Matsumoto replied. Gin just smiled a bit, surprised he could fool Matsumoto so easily. Even though he could never admit it, if there was one person he trusted to keep a secret it was Matsumoto, which kinda sucks because she's never really good at keeping any secrets. The three of them were startled a bit though as they heard some strange explosion at the northern Seritei gates. Gin looked intently at the gate before looking back at Matsumoto. He knew he couldn't let the ryoka get the girl back, and he knew he couldn't let the others on to their plans.
"Matsumoto..." Gin started, getting her attention. Matsumoto grew surprised as Gin quickly handed Eniese to her. Eniese looked back worriedly as he did this.
"But Gin..." Eniese complained, eyes watering.
"Gin, what's going..." Matsumoto started, before Gin pulled her a bit closer to whisper into her ear.
"Listen. This girl is one of the ryoka. I need you to watch over her until I come up with a plan." Gin whispered. Matsumoto's eyes widened at what he just said, shifting her gaze down to the watery-eyed Eniese before looking back at Gin. "You know as well as I do if someone finds out they'll kill her on spot. I'm trusting you to watch over her, and don't tell her anything about what will happen if they catch her, ok?" Gin said, taking a step back and giving Matsumoto time to take it all in. Even she knew that they would kill her if someone found out, and that they couldn't just hand the child over anyway. The ryoka were planning to invade the Seritei in the first place, and would just bring the child right back, so handing her back was pointless. After another few seconds of going into thought, Matsumoto nodded.
"Ok, I'll keep her safe for as long as needed." Matsumoto replied.
"Thank you." Gin said, instantly disappearing. Matsumoto looked down as she heard the girl whimpering as tears rolled down her eyes.
"It's ok Eniese. You don't need to cry." Matsumoto said as she began walking back. Eniese just sniffled a bit before finally being able to speak.
"B-But I dun know where I am. And my mommy's gonna be weally wowwied about..." Eniese replied, before beginning to cry again. Matsumoto blinked somewhat curiously, wondering why a mother would bring a three year old to something this dangerous.
"Who is your mother sweetie?" Matsumoto asked.
"I c-can't tell you. My mommy said not to talk to stwangers..." Eniese replied. Matsumoto just giggled at her childish attitude, seeing how she acts exactly like a little kid. She thought of an obvious trick to get her to tell about her mother.
"Ok then, how about this? My name is Matsumoto Rangiku. And your name is Eniese. So since we know each other, I'm not a stranger, and you can tell me, right?" Matsumoto asked. Eniese sniffled a bit before looking down as if in thought, then looking back at Matsumoto.
"Yeah, I guess so. My mommy's name is Yowichi." Eniese statted, causing Matsumoto to widen her eyes a bit. She heard of Yoruichi from Soi Fon's tales of her, about being the "Goddess of Flash Step" (or something like that). She couldn't believe that this little girl could be the daughter of Yoruichi, but seeing the purple hair and the similar eyes. The two grew startled as they heard the Northern gate slamming down quickly, echoing through the whole area. Matsumoto flinched as she realized that because of it, it would attract a lot of attention, and shimigamis would be storming the streets. Without hesitation, she burst towards a destination, going to the only person who may help her at the time, and allow them to hide her during the invasion...
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At the same time.............
Ichigo screamed in pain as he struggled to get Yoruichi off of him. She had been clawing at his face for the last ten minutes there, while Chad, Orihime, and Ishida just stood there, feeling sweat dropping from their heads. They didn't want to get involved with the cat's angry attitude, nor her ferocious and deadly claws.
"Ow ow ow! Stop scratching me you friggen cat!" Ichigo shouted, covering his face with his arms, even though his arms were the things getting scratched now.
"How could you you blond headed idiot! You let go of Eniese during the explosion!" Yoruichi shouted, still scratching at his arms.
"I told you I am sorry!" Ichigo yelled back. Even during this argument, Ishida, Chad, and Orihime talked amongst themselves.
"Uhh...Shouldn't we try to help him?" Orihime asked, somewhat scared of the cat as of now.
"Ichigo...Seems to be managing on his own...Right Chad?" Ishida asked, not wanting to get involved.
"Ummm...Define managing...." Chad replied. The non stop scratching of death lasted for about five more minutes until Yoruichi finally decided to stop. Seeing how there was practically a scratch mark on Ichigo's face every two inches from each other, she sighed at the fact that arguing about it wouldn't get them much progress. Ichigo, on the other hand, grunted as he gently rubbed his face, trying to ease on the immense pain he had on it. As Ichigo turned around however, he noticed the giant castle-like buildings, as well as a giant hill next to it.
"Hey, what's that?" Ichigo asked, pointing. As Yoruichi looked back, she was shocked at the sight, not of the Soul Society, but of a large hole that appeared to be way up above part of a wall, going straight through the Seritei . When she looked more closely, she saw steam coming from the wall, which means it was just made.
"It's the Seritei Gates. Once we get over it, we should be able to..." Yoruichi started, before looking back at Ichigo. Her eyes widened as she saw him already running towards the gates. "Y-You fool! Don't approach the place so recklessly!" Yoruichi yelled. Ichigo looked back at her confusingly (even though Ichigo thought the cat was a he), wondering why she would want him to stop. Before feeling the massive quake of something huge landing right in front of him. Dust scattered about as the area before it cleared, revealing what seemed to be a hundred foot tall wall, stretching all around the Seritei, and a ten foot giant. He appeared to have a huge Shimigami robe on, an arm gaurd around his left arm, and some strange red hat.
"It's been a long time since someone tried to enter the Seritei without a pass." The great giant said. Ichigo, Chad and Orihime seemed to be the only ones who continued to stare at the giant for the time being, while Ishida and Yoruichi chatted.
"He's huge..." Ishida commented, looking at the giant's size.
"His name is Jidonbo. He's one of the heroes who guard the Seritei gates. But that's the least of my worries." Yoruichi commented, looking at the ground.
"You're worried about you're daughter, aren't you?" Ishida said quietly, so no one else heard. He looked at Yoruichi as she just sighed. "I still don't get why you don't tell the other's about who you really are?" Ishida asked.
"I need to keep my identity secret, There's some people in the Seritei even I don't wish to see. And above that, I saw something before the gate closed." Yoruichi replied. Ishida blinked a bit curiously at this.
"What did you see?" Ishida asked. Yoruichi just remained silent for a few seconds before she finally replied.
"Eniese was blown into the Seritei..."
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Matsumoto ran across the last of the few halls in order to find Hitsuguya. Eniese whimpered a bit a few times here and there, but thankfully to Matsumoto, she hasn't cried as much, and eventually fell asleep due to how long it was taking for the two to go to wherever they needed. And as she thought, she was lucky she ran earlier when she did. Looking outside, she could see the bustling streets in the Seritei filling with people who were running all over the place.
Meanwhile Hitsuguya just sighed as he waited in his office. From a hell butterfly, Hitsuguya was told by Matsumoto that the two are suppose to meet in his office, but unfortunately to him, he wasn't given a reason, saying that it was just "important". His half closed eyes suddenly opened though as he heard the door opening, and Matsumoto rushing right in and closing it right behind her. She let out a drown out sigh as she wiped a bit of sweat from her head, indicating the long run she had just gone through.
"Matsumoto, mind explaining to me what this is abo..." Hitsuguya started, before Matsumoto suddenly covered his mouth, to his surprise.
"Shhhh." Matsumoto whispered, looking around. As Hitsuguya looked at her arms, he noticed how she had one arm behind her back, causing him to raise an eye brow suspiciously. Before he could get a peek, Matsumoto quickly ran out of the room, running to her bedroom. What's up with her? Hitsuguya thought to himself, as he began walking towards her bedroom. As he slowly opened the door, his eyes widened as he saw her tucking a girl into her bed.
"What the hell is going on?" Hitsuguya yelled into the bedroom. Matsumoto quickly covered his mouth as she looked back at Eniese. She felt relieved to see Eniese only move a bit as she continued to sleep, before giving a somewhat worried expression back to Hitsuguya.
"C'mon, we'll talk outside." Matsumoto replied, pushing him out the door as she turned off the lights, closing the somewhat creeking door as quiet as possible.
"Ok, start talking. Who's the kid?" Hitsuguya asked, demanding an answer.
"Did you hear about the ryoka that just entered the Soul Society?" Matsumoto asked.
"Of course I did, I could feel the spiritual pressure right away..." Hitsuguya suddenly stopped though as he realized what she was getting at. "Oh you got to be kidding me!" Hitsuguya shouted. Matsumoto groaned irritably as she heard crying coming from the room near them (remember, she's only 3 years old technically ).
"Now look what you did!" Matsumoto shouted in his face, somewhat surprising Hitsuguya. But to both of their surprises, a huge riatsu sparked up from the room before dimming down again. Matsumoto opened the door as she turned on the light, seeing the sniffling and tear filled Eniese crying a bit in the bed. Matsumoto sat on the bed next to her as she set Eniese down in her lap. Eneiese managed to stop a little bit from crying, although she still sniffled and had tears rolling down her eyes. "What's wrong sweetie?" Matsumoto asked. Eniese sniffled a bit before she replied.
"I-I was all awone! I dun know how I gotted h-h-hewe..." Eniese cried into Matsumoto's stomach. Hitsuguya looked at Eniese curiously as he walked into the room.
"Who are you?" Hitsuguya asked. Eniese sniffled a bit before looking at Hitsuguya. She just continued to stare at him as she tilted her head a bit in a curious fashion.
"Is dis a daycawe?" Eniese asked, looking at Matsumoto. Matsumoto blinked curiously at Eniese's question.
"Why would you say that?" Matsumoto asked.
"Because d'eres anudder kid here." Eniese replied, pointing at Hitsuguya. Matsumoto covered her mouth to keep her from laughing as Hitsuguya felt a nerve break, boiling in anger.
"I'm not a kid!" He shouted in Eniese's face. Eniese's eyes began to water as she grew a bit frightened by Hitsuguya's anger. Matsumoto glared at Hitsuguya acting so rude towards a little girl.
"Don't yell at her!" Matsumoto yelled back, standing as she held the quivering Eniese. "Just because she's a little girl doesn't mean you should act like a child and irresponsible!" She stammered. Hitsuguya just looked at her, somewhat surprised and annoyed, before looking back at Eniese. His eyes opened a bit bigger as he noticed a small Zanpakto on the side of her Kimono.
"Y-You're a shimigami?" Hitsuguya said, surprised. Matsumoto blinked curiously as she looked down, just noticing the Zanpakto attached to her Kimono. Eniese sniffled a bit as she nodded.
"Y-Yeah...Is someting wong?" Eniese asked. Matsumoto smiled a bit, just loving the child-like accent that Eniese had.
"No, nothings wrong." Matsumoto said, holding her a bit closer to her chest as Eniese laid her head gently against it. "Right Hitsuguya?" Matsumoto said a bit sternly, looking at him a bit angrily. Hitsuguya rolled his eyes a bit as he knew he wouldn't be getting out of this unless he continued to play along.
"No, nothing is wrong." He moaned.
"Well...Can I go den? I need ta find somebody." Eniese asked.
"Who sweetie?" Matsumoto asked.
"Some person named Azen or someting." Eniese replied, trying best to remember what Gin told her earlier. Matsumoto and Hitsuguya looked at each other a bit surprised before looking back at Eniese.
"You mean Aizen?" Matsumoto replied. Eniese smiled a bit as she could tell these people were...somewhat friendly.
"Yeah." Eniese said happily.
"But why do you want to meet him?"
"Because he's a fwiend of my daddy."
"And...who's your daddy?"
"Uwihawa." Eniese said. Hitsuguya and Matsumoto looked shocked at the reply. Even though Matsumoto knew who her mother was, she had no idea she was engaged with Urahara. Whether or not they did love each other so much, she didn't think they'd end up having a child. Eniese's eyes began to water again as she felt nervous, noticing the two's shocked expressions. "W-What's wong? Did I say someting wong?" Eniese asked, crying a bit. Matsumoto shook her head as she snapped out of her expression, seeing it upsetting her.
"N-No." Matsumoto cooed, stroking Eniese's hair. "We were just surprised is all."
"But why do you want to see Aizen so badly?" Hitsuguya asked. Eniese looked back at him, sniffling a bit before finally replying.
" 'Cause Gin said dat he weally wanted to meet me." Eniese replied. Matsumoto and Hitsuguya looked at each other a bit, wondering why it was that Aizen would want to meet her so badly, but considering he's a Captain who knows that Eniese was here, he could easily rat them out of someone found out they had Eniese to begin with. Either way, they knew they didn't have a choice. If Aizen did want the girl dead, he would've told everybody about it.
"Alright then, let's go see Aizen." Matsumoto replied, carrying Eniese to the door. Hitsuguya found it somewhat strange though. As to why Aizen would order Gin to bring her to him, and that he knew Urahara and Yoruichi had a daughter was questionable to him. But for the time being, he decided to go along and see what Aizen wanted with her. Everyone was just ready to walk right out the door, but the minute they opened it, blank expressions overcame Matsumoto's and Hitsuguya's face at who was standing in front of the door.
"Ah, we finally get to meet Eniese..."
Sorry for delay and short update than usual. Been real busy and stuff with other fics. Gonna post as much as I can on this story for the rest of the week, so stay tunnned!
