Frozen Savior

by That Crazy Guy

The Boy had been deemed a child prodigy. But unjust forces victimized him in the cruelest way imaginable. What does the young genuis do from there on out? And what effect will it have on his present and the future of both our world and the Soul Society?

10. Family Ties

Warning: This chapter contains tragedy, blood, and the most violent scene so far in this fan fiction.

I don't own Bleach or Devil May Cry

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Ch. 10 Family Ties

"Lieutenant Hitsugaya, we're getting slaughtered on the North end!" a shinigami shouted while nursing his bleeding arm.

"I'm on it, go get your wound treated" Toushirou ordered before he rushed through the streets towards the North. "Damn it this is a mess!!!" Toushirou swore in his mind as he cut his way through dozens of hollows, many of the buildings around him were either collapsed or on fire "Please be alright."

*Ten hours earlier*

It was a calm and peaceful day (by Seireitei standards), the weather was bright and cheerful, and for the most part the entire city seemed to be running rather smoothly. Toushirou had been left in charge of the sixth squad because Byakuya had been out on a mission outside Rukongai.

"Alright everyone Captain Kuchki is scheduled to get back from his mission tonight, so I want this place in tip top shape by the end of the day" Toushirou ordered "I want to know about any significant problems, is that understood?"

"Sir" the officers replied before they left for their station.

A couple of hours later Toushirou had finished filing the reports, Toushirou turned his attention towards the clock on the wall before sighing and thinking "three, two, one" as he walked headed out the door and said "No, Captain Kuchki isn't back yet; unless you have official business please leave" Gojou Ikari was speechless as the silver haired lieutenant walked past him.

"You better watch yourself boy" Gojou hissed as Toushirou began to walk away "or I'll have you reported."

Toushirou stopped and looked back at the older man with a cold expression in his eyes before saying simply "if I catch you harassing any of my subordinates, I'll report you to the Head Captain; now tell me how do you think that'll make you look in the eyes of the nobility?"

"Damn this kid!!!" Gojou swore in his mind.

"I advise you to leave now" Toushirou stated as he headed towards the exit.

"Why Captain Kuchki?" Gojou asked himself "Why have you never acknowledged me, even when I became a Captain and yet you've made this filth your Lieutenant and you promoted that woman when you know what she is…I just don't get it."

Toushirou checked on his officers' statuses throughout the squad six section the Seireitei. The third and fourth seats were both ahead of their own schedules which caused Toushirou to crack a smile for a moment before he made his way to Youmei's post.

"Everything's going smoothly Lieutenant Hitsugaya" Youmei said cheerfully as Toushirou appeared.

"You seem to be doing well" Toushirou said plainly "I'm glad I got rid of Ikari before he came here."

"Thanks" Youmei replied happily before saying nervously "I appreciate what you did for me."

"I have no idea what you're talking about" Toushirou lied simply.

Youmei smiled softly as she looked to the skies to the west and said "there appears to be a storm brewing."

Toushirou nodded at the dark clouds and said "yeah, let's try to get everything done before our soldiers end up looking like drowned rats."

"Sir" Youmei replied before a small insect caught her eyes "Lieutenant look."

"A Hell Butterfly?!" Toushirou replied "and just when everything was going so smoothly…"

"ATTENTION!!! HOLLOWS SPOTTED IN THE WESTERN RUKONGAI!!!" a voice boomed throughout the squad six section.

"Western Rukongai?!" Toushirou thought "it can't be…"

"SQUAD SIX IS HEREBY ORDERED TO HEAD FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, JUNRINAN!!!" the voice echoed.

"Junrinan?!" Toushirou gasped.

"Sir?" Youmei replied in confusion.

"Move out now!!!" Toushirou ordered causing Youmei to break off in a mad dash with dozens of soldiers following her "Granny…please be okay."

*End flashback*

"Lieutenant are you heading North?" Youmei asked as she slashed a hollow.

"Yeah" Toushirou replied as Youmei leapt down to the street next to him.

"Why are you so worked up sir?" Youmei asked "this isn't like you."

"My grandmother's house is on the north end of town" Toushirou growled as the section of town came into view and rain began to fall; there were countless hollows flooding the streets and the skies, dozens of shinigami were lying either dead or injured on the ground. "Damn it" Toushirou swore as he leapt into the fray.

"I'll cover you" Youmei said frantically before thinking "he's losing his cool."

"Hey cupcake don't you think you better help him before he does something stupid and gets himself killed?" a voice asked lightly.

Youmei snapped back to reality and said "Strike, Aoibara (Blue Rose)" the Zanpakutou changed from a katana to a dark blue hand gun with two barrels and a rose was etched into the sides. Youmei aimed the gun at a hollow flying towards Toushirou's back with its fangs bared and pulled the trigger launching two bright flashes of light from her weapon and piercing through the hollow's torso.

Several hollows appeared in front of Toushirou before he hissed "rein over the frosted frozen heavens, Hyourinmaru" the hollows were frozen in a block of ice and fell to the ground where they shattered into dozens of little pieces. Toushirou looked to his right to see a thirty foot gorilla like hollow coming upon a mother and her baby in the street, the hollow attempted to grab the frightened soul; however his arm froze over and broke off, it turned to its right to see a silver haired shinigami with a chain wrapped around its arm attached to his Zanpakutou. The hollows opened its jaw and lunged towards Toushirou, "get out of my way" Toushirou said coldly as he yanked the chain and slammed the hollow with it's own frozen and severed arm causing it to fall to the ground "take your kid and get out of here as fast as you can" Toushirou said sternly.

"Right" the woman said as she regained herself and ran off "was that Toushirou Hitsugaya? He's become a real beast…" suddenly she heard a loud roar and looked behind her to see the hollow gaining on, moments later she heard a couple of loud bangs before several holes appeared in the hollow's head and it disappeared.

"Please ma'am get to safety while we get rid of the hollows" Youmei said softly before firing three more times to eliminate some small hollows, the woman nodded and ran off for safety. Youmei saw that Toushirou was about leap into another swarm of hollows, but before he could she grabbed his shoulder with her right hand.

"Youmei what the hell do you think you're doing?!" Toushirou swore angrily.

"You need to calm down sir" Youmei replied before pulling the trigger several times, killing any hollows that approached them "I know you just want to save your grandmother, but you'll only do something regrettable if you allow your emotions to cloud your judgments."

Toushirou looked to the distance no more than a couple blocks away on top of a hill to see his childhood home standing largely untouched which brought him a sigh of relief "I guess you're right" he said plainly feeling dumb, suddenly a loud roar filled the air as a fifteen foot dog like hollow charged towards them; reacting calmly Toushirou swung his blade towards the beast creating a large ice dragon which intercepted it midway.

"That's more like it" Youmei said with a faint smile before she swung her left arm around and fired several rounds causing the minor hollows to drop dead.

Toushirou nodded but his eyes shot open when they were suddenly surrounded by dozens of hollows; each one was at least twenty feet in length and they were all preparing to fire blasts of spirit energy on the pair of shinigami "get away!!!" Toushirou commanded as he leapt into the air and watched in horror as the blasts got closer and closer to Youmei.

"I can't dodge in time!!!" Youmei thought to herself.

"Damn it, looks like I'll have to step in" a voice said in an annoyed tone.

"Youmei!!!" Toushirou shouted as the blasts exploded around the fifth seat; moments later the dust cleared showing Youmei lying unconscious, her hair was down since the ties had been disintegrated, there was a large cut on her forehead which was bleeding over her left eye, both her sleeves and leggings had been blown off her uniform, her stomach was exposed, and her body was covered in injuries. Aoibara changed back into its sealed state right next to Youmei's left hand. The hollows fired off a second round of attacks only for the unconscious shinigami to be surrounded by a dragon made of ice which exploded sending ice off in every direction forcing the hollows back and injuring several of them "back off" Toushirou warned darkly. The hollows began to approach when the younger shinigami leapt towards them and began to thin their numbers. A few seconds later Toushirou saw a thirty foot snake like hollow racing towards Youmei "Damn it I can't make it in time!!!" he swore in his mind.

The hollow opened its massive jaw as it lunged towards the weakened shinigami but just before it could bite into its prey it saw the shinigami grin before she quickly leapt to her feet, grabbed her Zanpakutou with her left hand, stop it in its tracks with her right hand, and then suddenly stabbed the blade of her Zanpakutou into its face.

"That was close, you almost got her there, ya ugly bastard" Youmei said with a psychotic grin before caught some of the blood falling off her face with her tongue "I see the little princess managed to get herself beat up pretty bad, I'll have to give her hell for it later" suddenly she broke off in a dark laugh which even chilled many of the surrounding hollows to the bone.

"What are you?" the snake hollow asked.

Youmei smiled as she eyed the snake like hollow with a strong sense of blood lust before she suddenly appeared right in front of the serpent's face with a shunpo, grabbed onto its mask with her right hand, and then began stabbing it repeatedly in the face while cackling "what am I?' you ask, what does it matter to a worm like you, after all you're not going to live long enough to even absorb the answer."

"It's just like her file detailed" Toushirou thought as Youmei slammed her blade into the hollow's mask one last time before she leapt back down to the ground "a sudden shift to a violent and vulgar personality, a switch from long range to close range combat,…" Toushirou looked at Youmei's Zanpakutou to see that the grip and the sheath were no longer dark blue like her eyes but were now blood red like her hair "…and her Zanpakutou has changed; there's no doubt about it this is…"

Youmei looked around at all the hollows that had gathered around them before saying "so let me guess, you guys sensed our strong spiritual pressures and thought something along the lines of 'damn I bet those two taste unbelievable', but you didn't think it through, strong spiritual pressures mean much more dangerous prey" she held up her Zanpakutou and the blade began to glow light red "allow me to demonstrate, burn them Akakouhi (Red Queen)!!!"

"…Youmei Rammyaku's alternate personality, a dangerous and blood thirsty killer with her own Zanpakutou, Akakouhi" Toushirou thought as he looked at Youmei's new sword. The blade was about four feet long; the edge was golden, the blade was a medium tone of red and was covered in dark red marks and two gems, and on the center of the blade was a golden crown. The hilt transitioned between the blade and the handle with a half gem shaped guard, at the bottom of the grip was a red gem, and on the other side of the gem was a second black grip.

Youmei smiled viciously before leaping towards several hollows and splitting them across their faces with a single left handed swing. Moments later a lion like hollow attempted to leap on top of her, however Youmei stabbed it through the mouth with her weapon, moments later the hollow began to lash out despite having a sword shoved down its throat. "Still alive, huh?" Youmei asked "this is going to be fun" she added before grabbing the black grip and turning it with a flick of her right wrist, almost instantly the hollow burst into flames revealing a burning blade.

"Truly a dangerous woman" Toushirou thought as she slashed and burned her way through batch after batch of hollows before walking up to him.

"Hey kid I want to be frank with you, right now I want to cut you into little tiny bits and roast you over an open fire" Youmei said plainly causing Toushirou to grip his sword tightly "but that bitch of a princess would wrestle control of this body away from me, so why don't you be a good little squirt and go see your granny? Leave these bottom feeders to me, who knows there might be an opportunity for some real fun."

Toushirou watched as Youmei's sword ignited after she grabbed the bottom grip and turned it with a couple of flicks of her right hand, she immediately leapt into the fray of hollows and Toushirou watched as they were suddenly and violently either torn to shreds or burnt to a crisp before thinking "yeah she's got this, under control."

Toushirou used a shunpo to get to his child hood home as flash of lightning filled the sky and a light rain began to fall as he slashed a couple of hollows that were heading for the front entrance, suddenly he heard a loud scream from the inside.

"It can't be!!!" Toushirou screamed in his mind as he rushed in, what he saw caused his eyes to pop open, his irises to shrink to the size of a pin head, his heart rate to accelerate, and everything around him to slow down to a crawl. On the floor was a small elderly woman lying a small pool of blood and on top of her was a human sized hollow in the shape of a preying mantis nibbling away at her side before looking up to Toushirou. Seconds later it lunged towards the young Lieutenant pincers first "You bastard…" Toushirou mumbled before he sliced off both pincers, dropped Hyourinmaru, slammed the hollow into the ground with his left hand wrapped around its neck and yelled "…HOW DARE YOU!!!" at the top of his lungs and began to mercilessly punch the hollow with his right hand repeatedly "Damn you, Damn you, DAMN YOU!!!" he shouted with tears in his eyes as he delivered a killing blow.

"Toushirou is that you?" a feeble voice called drawing Toushirou's attention to the old woman lying on the ground a few feet away "come here would you dear?"

"Grandma" Toushirou said weakly as he slowly walked towards the woman who had raised him since he arrived in the Rukongai district. Suddenly Toushirou looked to his side in horror to see a small bird like hollow lunge at him "Damn I dropped Hyourinmaru…and there's no way I can dodge at this range!!!"

"Hadou four Byakuria" a monotone voice chanted before a very small, focused, powerful, and incredibly bright bolt of white lightning lit up the hut and incinerated the hollow mid way.

Toushirou looked behind himself to see a calm shinigami with an emotionless expression and a white haori "Captain Kuchki…" Toushirou said weakly.

"Oh is this your captain?" she asked pleasantly "I can tell just by looking at you that he's been a good mentor."

"Grandmother hold on, I'll get some medics in here, it'll be okay" Toushirou said desperately before he tried to run off but he felt her grab him by his left arm.

"I think we both know that it's already too late for me" she said softly as she felt her grip begin to shake "I just wanted to say a few things to you before I faded away."

"Grandma!" Toushirou cried desperately.

"I'm proud of you Toushirou and Momo to, you've both grown into such fine young individuals" she said happily as her vision began to fade "but please keep an eye on her, she's so kind hearted that I fear she may blindly put all her faith in someone only to be betrayed in the cruelest fashion…" she then coughed up a large amount of blood before adding "…over the years I've had the distinct pleasure of watching you both grow, and I can tell that both you and Momo will continue to grow both as shinigami and as people which will likely bring about unbelievable changes for you; but please promise me one thing, promise me that you'll never lose that kind heart of yours…"

"What are you talking about?" Toushirou asked his panic apparent.

The old woman chuckled before replying "don't play coy with an old woman Toushirou. You know full well that I'm referring to that enormous heart of yours that allows you to love others despite how strange or unusual they are and to help the people who were often thrown away by society find purpose" Toushirou's eyes opened widely which caused the old woman to smile even larger "I can tell just by looking at your Captain over there that he's the same way, so both of you heed the words of an old woman. I know it's cruel and selfish of me to ask this of such fine young men like yourselves, don't spend your days trying to hide those kind hearts from the rest of the world, heaven knows this world…needs…them…" and so her vision went completely black.

"GRANDMA!!!" Toushirou screamed as tears fell from her eyes, but to no avail. Suddenly Toushirou was surrounded by a snow white aura "damn it I'm losing control!!!"

Suddenly he felt a strong grip on his shoulder and then he felt a strong force strike him in his chest, knocking him unconscious.

Byakuya gently laid his Lieutenant on the ground before walking over to the dead woman before removing her from the pool of blood and setting her down on a nearby futon. He gently placed his right hand over her face and closed her eyes before covering her with the fabric he wore around his neck. He then picked up Hyourinmaru placed it back into Toushirou's sheath before picking him up and heading for the exit. Byakuya looked back towards the dead woman before closing his eyes for a moment and leaving. From atop the hill Byakuya saw all the mayhem from the combat between the hollows and shinigami as he unsheathed his Zanpakutou before chanting "Bankai, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi" almost instantly the skies of Junrinan were covered by a swarm of blades.

"Damn it" Youmei swore "that pompous ass captain had to go and ruin all my fun!" she swung her sword as it resealed and sheathed it "I guess its time to give you the body back, don't bug me unless it's something good."

Moments later Youmei blinked her eyes a couple of times and her Zanpakutou turned blue, she then checked herself and blushed deeply "Oh no, I'm barely even clothed!!!"

*A few hours later*

Toushirou's eyes slowly cracked open as the morning light poured in through the window and struck his face. Moments later he quickly sat up as his vision cleared and he found himself in a small hospital bed. He tried to get out of bed but he saw Momo laying her head on his bed, though she was sleeping deeply he couldn't help but notice that her eyes appeared to have dried out from an enormous amount of crying.

"So you're awake Lieutenant Hitsugaya" Retsu said softly from the entrance.

"How long have I been here Captain Unohana?" Toushirou asked.

"Captain Kuchki brought you here about seven hours ago, Miss Hinamori showed up about ten minutes later and hasn't left since" Retsu answered.

"What happened in Junrinan?" Toushirou asked heavily.

"He's not even trying to hide from reality…poor boy" Retsu thought to herself before saying "just focus on resting Lieutenant Hitsugaya; your squad mates, the Dark-Hearts, and Lieutenant Matsumoto have been visiting you."

"Damn it!!!" Toushirou swore in his mind as Retsu left.

A few minutes later Toushirou felt Momo stirring as she woke up. "Are you alright Toushirou?" Momo asked.

"Define 'alright' if you would please" Toushirou replied.

"So grandmother is…" Momo began but couldn't quite finish.

"…dead" Toushirou stated "and if it wasn't for Captain Kuchki, I'd be dead to."

"Toushirou…" Momo said softly before she heard someone walk in and turned to her right to see her Captain walking in.

"Momo I understand you're devastated, but you really should return to your quarters and get some real rest, or else me and the rest of the squad will worry about you" Aizen said softly "and I need to make sure this boy is still going to be useful."

"I'm sorry Captain Aizen" Momo replied as she stood up and gave Toushirou a gentle hug before softly saying "please rest up" and leaving.

"Captain Aizen can I ask you a couple questions?" Toushirou asked.

"Certainly" Aizen replied gently.

"What was the damage in Junrinan and to my men" Toushirou asked "I'm going to find out sooner or later so please."

Aizen sighed before saying "Early reports indicate about a hundred civilian casualties and about a dozen of your soldiers died, a couple dozen more have been hospitalized, and as expected there was wide-spread destruction to the roads and buildings" Toushirou had a rather sullen expression before Aizen added "I know it sounds bad but given the sheer number of hollows and the fact that your squad was short staffed you actually did a splendid job."

"A rather bitter victory" Toushirou thought solemnly.

"However…" Aizen continued "…when your grandmother died your spiritual pressure began to fluctuate violently, forcing Captain Kuchki to knock you out before clearing out the hollows with his Zanpakutou."

"So that's a Captain's power…" Toushirou said solemnly "where's my sword?"

"Captains Kuchki and Unohana felt it prudent to put you on a leave of absence and to confiscate your Zanpakutou until you've had some time to grieve" Aizen stated "anything else?"

"There was one more thing I wanted to ask you, so long as it's off the record" Toushirou asked.

"Certainly" Aizen replied.

"I'm certain you've noticed that Momo really admires you" Toushirou said plainly.

"Are you trying to make me blush?" Aizen asked.

"And I'm sure you realize that Momo has dependency issues…" Toushirou began with a rather dark tone.

"I see where you're going with this" Aizen said softly "don't worry I'll take good care of her for you."

"Thank you Captain Aizen" Toushirou replied.

"It's no problem, Momo's lucky to have you" Aizen stated with a smile "good, he isn't too damaged to carry out my plans."

*The next morning*

Toushirou woke up feeling slightly better but he still felt miserable over what had transpired the previous day, he was released from care after being examined by a couple of healers. Just when he left his room he heard a familiar voice call out "Lieutenant Hitsugaya" he looked to the side to see Youmei walking up to him nervously, she was back in her normal shinigami robes like him, but she had a large bandage on her forehead, and though he couldn't see them her arms and legs were covered in bandages as well.

"Youmei are you alright?" Toushirou asked.

"Oh I'm fine" Youmei answered.

"Are you sure?" Toushirou asked.

"Of course" she replied softly before saying "I'm sorry about your grandmother, I know what it's like to lose family members."

"I'm fine" Toushirou lied.

"Please Lieutenant, you should really talk to someone, for your own sake" Youmei replied.

Toushirou didn't reply as he walked off towards the exit. "It was my own damn fault, not yours or anyone else's" Toushirou thought to himself as he fought back several tears.

Youmei sighed before thinking "if there is some sort of God, I'd like to know what its reasons are for forcing kids to witness Hell from a front row seat" as she leaned against the wall and thought back to her own child hood.

*Flashback*

It was a dark night and stormy night on the grounds of a noble castle grounds. Most of the inhabitants and servants were fast asleep however the hallways were littered with the bodies of the night guards and the sounds of footsteps could be heard by anyone who listened closely enough.

"Youmei you have to hide!!!" A woman with red hair and green eyes said in a panic.

"But mommy" a little girl no older than four cried as her mother tried to force her through a small trap door that was too small for an adult to fit through.

"Get going Youmei, they're coming" A man with dark blue eyes and black hair said urgently, moments later a blade punched through his back before he fell to the ground.

"PAPA!!!" Youmei yelled with tears in her eyes as he fell to the ground and two men covered from head to toe walked in, one of them was holding a blood stained katana.

"Stay back!!!" Youmei's mother threatened as she forced Youmei backed and hissed "get out of here Youmei, I'm begging you."

Youmei's eyes shot open as the man who had killed her father dashed forward and struck her mother in the back while she was focused on Youmei sending a stream of blood to stain both the ceiling and the floor before she fell, with a lifeless expression in her eyes.

"MAMMA, PAPPA!!!" Youmei shouted as the man walked up to her holding the katana still stained with the blood of her parents with an emotionless glare in his eyes "Is this the end?! Am I really going to die like this?!" the man raised the sword above his shoulder intending to slice the frightened child on the ground "at least I'll be with Mommy and Daddy soon" she thought as the blade started to fall towards her.

"Damn you're a pain in my ass" a voice echoed in her head. Moments later the assassin felt the little girl grab his wrist with her right hand just before he and his colleagues suddenly felt a spiritual pressure that was so strong it threatened to crush their bones into dust. "Looks like you two get to be my first playmates" Youmei said cynically before she slammed the assassin's fore arm with her left hand breaking the bone causing him to drop the weapon.

"You bitch!!!" the assassin said before he tried to hit her with his left hand, however Youmei quickly picked up the katana with her left hand and slashed his left arm off causing him to fall to the floor in pain.

"You're next" Youmei said the blood lust evident in her voice the assassin tried to run but he suddenly felt an extreme rush of pain as both his legs were severed from his body.

A few seconds later a large group of guards came to investigate the screams, when they came through the door they saw the lord and lady of the castle lying dead, two assassins were bleeding heavily from missing limbs and the princess of the castle was covered in blood and holding a blood stained katana.

"Princess Youmei!!!" one of the guards shouted before he and the others were about to charge in, but suddenly they were frozen in their tracks by a strong spiritual pressure.

"Unless you want to die, I advise you to stay back" Youmei said evilly "I was literally born today so I intend to throw myself one Hell of a birthday party."

"Wait we'll tell you who hired us, just please stop!" the armless Assassin begged.

"It's too bad you're not dealing with the cup cake princess" Youmei replied "but you know this katana you used to kill mumsy and dadsy is just too sharp, I mean this'll be over before I can really get to the good parts" she then walked over to the wall and pulled a decorative shield off and began to strike it with the sword repeatedly changing it from a razor sharp Assassination instrument to a jagged saw like blade "now let's have some fun" Youmei said as she walked over to the Assassins; the guards were frozen in shock and terror as they witnessed their princess brutally torture the pair of Assassins without mercy.

The next morning Youmei woke up to see herself covered in blood, both her parents were lying on the floor dead, two brutally disfigured corpses were lying next to her, and over a dozen of the castle soldiers were standing around the door looking absolutely terrified. Youmei tried to lift her hands but felt a solid weight in her left hand, she looked at her hand in terror as she saw herself holding a blood stained sword "What happened?" Youmei asked weakly as she started breathing heavily.

"I had one hell of a good night and those guys just couldn't seem to look away" a voice echoed in her head.

"Who was that?" Youmei asked.

"Want a hint? Look into something with a reflective surface" the voice replied.

Youmei made her way over to a well polished shield and saw her reflection; however her reflection was smiling evilly and waving at her "who are you?" Youmei asked terrified.

"I'm you" the voice replied happily.

*End flashback*

"After that my Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and even my grand parents decided that as a split personality was unfit to become the next head of the Rammyaku clan; as if that weren't enough they threw me off the grounds and threatened to kill me should I ever return. Since my other side killed the Assassins there was no way to find out who had hired them" Youmei thought heavily as she headed back to her room for her last night at the hospital "After I lost my status I thought I was just going to fade into obscurity that was until…" Youmei looked at the Camellia image on the fold of her robe and smiled "…Captain Kuchki noticed me and made me an officer in his squad, the head of one of the four great noble families accepted me into his squad, thanks to him I was able to feel as if I was valuable."

Toushirou turned one last corner as he headed for the exit but stopped mid-way when he saw Byakuya enter and begin to walk down the same hallway to check on his injured troops. He didn't even seem to notice his Lieutenant as he walked towards him.

"I'm sorry" Toushirou heard him say quietly as he walked by.

Two days later Toushirou, Momo, and the citizens of Junrinan held a funeral for all the victims of the recent hollow attack. There were a large number of shinigami attending including Rangiku, Youmei, and the Dark-Hearts. Momo cried on Toushirou's shoulder as their service unfolded, it began to rain softly when the burial was complete and everyone except for two shinigami left, Toushirou just looked over his shoulder quietly as Aizen guided Momo back to the Seireitei.

Toushirou stood before his grandmothers grave silently for several seconds before asking "how long do you plan to hang around here Rangiku?"

"Until you're done here" Rangiku answered.

"That could take a while" Toushirou said dully.

"That's fine by me" Rangiku replied "no one should leave a loved one's service alone."

"Why do you care?" Toushirou asked coldly.

"Because I'm your friend, and I can tell you're really grieving" Rangiku stated simply "I understand completely why you're crying."

"I'm not crying it's just the rain" Toushirou retorted quickly before he felt Rangiku place her left hand on his right shoulder and place her left hand on his forehead where she saw water to continue running from his eyes despite the improvised windshield.

"I'm sorry but you can't fool me" Rangiku said softly causing Toushirou to look at the ground to his side. Rangiku gently pulled him into an embrace and said "just let it out, I promise this'll stay just between us" and so the two stood there in the rain as Toushirou cried silently on Rangiku's shoulder.

*Ten years later- Squad ten restricted area*

"So it's finally done" Gojou thought happily as he looked around at his new lab equipment "tomorrow I'll take the next step to becoming one of the great four noble families!!!"

"So you're finally ready to make your move" Aizen thought smugly hidden by his Kyouka Suigetsu "this should be entertaining."

Author's notes: I had hoped to make Toushirou a Captain on the tenth chapter when I started writing this fan fiction but sometimes these things just don't work out the way we plan. Anyway stay tuned for chapter 11 where I'll show you what Gojou's been up to for ten years (I assure you it's one of those acts of messed up science that crosses the line that man was NEVER meant to cross) and Toushirou gets his Haori. Until then please leave a review and have a good time.

Zanpakutou Profile: Aoibara

Translation: Blue Rose

Release command: Strike

Info: Youmei's Zanpakutou takes the shape of a Dark Blue handgun with two barrels and a rose design etched into the side. This weapon was inspired by the Blue Rose from Devil May Cry 4.

Zanpakutou Profile: Akakouhi

Translation: Red Queen

Release command: Burn them

Info: Youmei's alternate personality's Zanpakutou transforms into a broadsword with a four foot long blade. The handle is split into two sections, the top part is a normal grip while the bottom half can be engulf the blade in fire by rotating it with a flick of the wrist. This weapon was inspired by the Red Queen sword from Devil May Cry four.