Ichigo slowly opened his eyes, he didn't know what he was going to see. He didn't even know if Aizen would be by him again like he had when he had seen Katsu's memories. Aizen was standing above him, when had he collapsed to the ground? Aizen held his hand out to him, Ichigo took the man's hand and stood.

"So far nothing has happened except that we ended up here, but I have yet to see anyone."

He wondered what Aizen was like when he had been alive. He wondered if he was the same or if he was completely different. Ichigo spotted Aizen quickly, the Aizen that he saw did not look like the man he was standing by but a child.

"But I don't want to go there."

"Well you have no choice in the matter, Sōsuke."

"Why take me, you don't even take mother there."

"You need to grow up, Sōsuke. I am taking you with me to teach you how to become a man. My associate has a daughter around your age, it would be beneficial for you to get to know her better. "

"Of course, father." Ichigo could hear hatred within the last word. The scene switched.

"Is that Gin?" Ichigo got out as the scene changed and the Aizen that was a child was being introduced to a child that looked a lot like Gin. Except there was no way it could actually be him, Aizen was older then Gin.

"Play nice, Sōsuke. "

Another man came minutes later with a girl by his side. The girl had long dark blonde hair that fell to the middle of her back, and pale green gray eyes.

"Behave, these are the two I told you about. " Ichigo could see that the girl had a sword attached to her hip.

"Yes, father" she said offering him a smile. The man moved away and her eyes fell on Aizen and "Gin". "My name is Chiyo Kuroki" she said offering a smile to both boys. "Who may you be?" She looked at Aizen.

"Sōsuke Aizen."

"You?"

"Gin Ichimaru."

Ichigo and Aizen exchanged looks. "I thought Gin was younger then you."

"He is, I'm just as shocked as you."

"Are you any good" the young Aizen asked Chiyo referring to the sword.

"I'm okay, how are you with a sword?"

"I bet I am better then you" Aizen said with pride.

"Oh is that a bet? What will I get if I win?"

"Oh someone talks big, let's see if you can beat me first."

The girl drew her katana as Aizen went to retrieve a very average katana from where it rested near a tree.

Ichigo watched as the girl not only kept up with Aizen, but soon had the sword pointed at his throat. "Your good, but I am better. What do I get now that I won?"

"You do like stomping on pride don't you? Though I admit your good, where did you learn to fight like that?"

"A little here, a little there. I had a tutor and my father helped a little bit. Oh and I got practice because of my twin brother."

"Where is he at?" Gin had spoken for the first time after saying his name.

"Who knows, oh there he is" she said waving to someone that Ichigo could once again not see from where he was.

"That's your twin brother, you don't seem like twins to me."

"We get that a lot, don't we Ulquiorra."

Ichigo blinked at the name, and finally a younger version of Ulquiorra was standing by Chiyo. "Just who is that girl?" Ichigo hadn't meant to speak out loud, but Aizen shrugged.

"Your guess is right now as good as mine. Though using context clues, I would gather she is from a rich family, as she stated she had a tutor. As for Ulquiorra showing up, I do not know anything about who he was prior to becoming one of my Espadas. I wasn't expecting Gin to be involved in my memories."

The scene switched to a mansion. "Apparently you were also very rich. I rather not be told that I am the girl, because that would make my life very awkward. "

"I doubt that was another life of yours, let's see what happens."

"Wait, when a soul dies and goes to Rukon…"

"The age they die is usually how they appear when they get to Rukon."

"Meaning" Ichigo got out as the child Aizen went into a room. "You wanted to see me, father. Mother" he got out.

"Yes, Sōsuke" his father said as he stood up from the chair he was sitting in.

"We heard that you did not use our last name when meeting Sir Kuroki's daughter."

"I do not care for that name."

"What about it makes you hate the name? Your name is Sosuke Aizen Morioka regardless if you like it or not. Get over this sense of rebellion."

"It isn't rebelling."

Ichigo saw the blood as it started to drip from Aizen's mouth and the look of pain. "Father why" he got out. Ichigo gasped as he noticed that Aizen's father had stabbed him.

The scene around them dissolved and they were back in Los Noches. Ichigo opened his eyes to see a very shaken up looking Aizen.

Ichigo was quiet, he didn't know if it would be wise to try to comfort Aizen. He wanted to, but he wasn't sure what to say or how to do such. He just stayed quiet, slowly and silently stroking Aizen's hands.

"I think there is a reason why once you die you don't remember the life you had" Aizen got out almost bitterly, Ichigo could tell the man was trying hard to control his voice from shaking. His control was not there and his voice shook a little.

Ichigo wrapped his arms around Aizen after that comment. He couldn't control the memories that showed up, he didn't even know how he was able to show the memories in the first place. He had figured out that only the major events played, meaning meeting that girl was a major event for Aizen. "So Aizen was only your middle name" Ichigo got out, wanting to hit himself for being so stupid as to let that slip out.

"Apparently" he got out stabling his voice again. Ichigo never had seen the man so shaken up about anything before, though he had just seen his father killing him. It wasn't a pleasant moment. "Come on, we should probably get back to the room before anyone starts to panic."

"Are you going to be okay" Ichigo got out.

"It explains some things. Of course, I'll be okay."

"Please don't hate me, I wouldn't have known."

"I don't hate you, Ichigo. Just come on" Aizen got out and moved from the bed towards the door. Ichigo followed behind him, giving the man his space. He didn't know what to do, it felt like Aizen was closing up to him, and he hated it.

They walked in silent back to the room. Ulquiorra was waiting outside it. Aizen did not speak to him but simply just went into the room and closed the door behind him that left Ichigo to talk to the Espada who they had seen the younger version of in the memory. "What is wrong with Lord Aizen" Ulquiorra said in his monotone voice.

"He will be fine, just everything going on" Ichigo got out reaching to open the door, only to have Ulquiorra snatch his hand away from the door knob.

"It would be in your best interest to tell me the truth, Ichigo Kurosaki. You might be this crowd prince, you may be the favorite of Lord Aizen, but I will not allow you to keep things from me."

Ichigo could feel the bones in his hands threatening to break as Ulquiorra squished his hand to try to get the truth out of him. "Ask him, don't ask me. Give me back my hand" he got out. He pushed away from Ulquiorra with his free hand and went away from the door. He did not wish to try to get into the room if Ulquiorra was just going to stop him. He wanted to be there for Aizen, but in all reality the man did need some space. Ichigo walked away from the Espada. He would be Aizen's problem now. Ichigo's mind was going in overdrive as he walked. Aizen had retreated because of him.

He wasn't truly paying attention as he walked away from Aizen's room and down the hallway. That was when he ran into someone. He looked up to say sorry only to see who he had run into. Grimmjow.

"Watch it." Ichigo offered his hands to help the Espada up.

"Sorry, Grimm."

The man looked at him. "What has got you like this? Was it that bastard Aizen?"

"Look I don't want to talk about this in the middle of the hallway."

"Fine with me" Grimmjow said and snatched Ichigo's wrist and drug him down the hallway, only stopping when they reached the door. He closed the door quickly after pulling Ichigo in.

"Where did you drag me to and why the hell did you drag me" Ichigo snapped rubbing at his wrist which just happened to have been the one that had almost been broken once today.

Ichigo looked around at the normal room that had outlines of blues all through it. "My room, you said you didn't want to talk in the middle of the hallway. Talk."

"Any room would have been fine, ya know that right? Why drag me to your room?!"

"Just talk to me, okay. I'm listenin" Grimmjow said and went to go sit on his bed. Ichigo was left awkwardly standing near the door.

"Just Ulquiorra being a bastard, he wanted to know what happened and when I didn't tell him the answer he wanted he threatened to break my hand that you just so casually drug me by. Thanks for that" Ichigo got out, his voice was rich with sarcasm on the last part.

"Why didn't Aizen stop him then?"

"He shut himself in his room and he would be the subject of Ulquiorra's question."

Grimmjow looked up at Ichigo with bright blue eyes. "Come sit, ya look too awkward standin there like that."

"I'm fine standing" he got out remembering how Grimmjow had been in the asylum reality.

"I told ya to come sit, by me." Ichigo sighed and went and took a seat on Grimmjow's bed.

"There happy" he got out.

"Yes, with that. Now tell me the whole story. Come on ya can trust me."

"Why should I give you a reason to think I'm crazy?"

"Just do it, Ichigo. I'm not gonna judge ya that much. I mean ya being here means I trust ya in a way. I don't let anyone in my room."

"Grimmjow if I didn't know any better, I would say you feel close to me."

"Just tell me the story, damn it."

Ichigo sighed, well here it went. He recapped what had happened with the memory, and hoped to god that Aizen wouldn't kill him for this later. He told him the answer he had given Ulquiorra and the whole exchange outside of Aizen's bedroom.

"Wow, sounds like ya got yaself inta some trouble." He watched as Grimmjow smirked "so Ulquiorra has a sister that is interesting. "

"Grimmjow, ya better not tell another soul about what I told you."

"Fine ya can trust me. Tell me about this other reality now." Right he had promised Grimmjow that story before.

Ichigo sighed telling Grimmjow about the asylum and how they had been friends in that reality, he had left out the part about Grimmjow's actions in that reality. "I see, why do ya have to be with that bastard."

"He isn't that bad."

"Oh yes he is. If ya forgot who came here and took over. He is a horrible being."

"Grimm, insulting him won't make things change, you do realize that."

Grimmjow looked at him. "I know, but it makes me feel better. Also ya gonna keep calling me Grimm?"

"Do you want me to stop?"

"Nope, I just get to call ya Ichi."

"Fine, Gin seems to think he can call me Ichi when he wants to. All this is just a mess, everything is."

Grimmjow leaned back against his pillow. "Ya know you can talk to me when you want to right. I'm a good listener, well when it comes to you."

Ichigo nodded. "Thanks, that actually means a lot."

"So I suppose this means, you're going to go back to Aizen's room."

"Yeah, probably. Well unless Ulquiorra is out there still, he most likely is. Then I don't know where I will go." Ichigo could always go to Aizen's secret room, but he had not told Grimmjow about that room and rather not tell him about it.

"You could always stay with me."

"Would you like to be killed? Aizen would kill you if he knew, seeing as that would mean I would be sleeping in the same bed as you." Ichigo didn't know if he could handle it, and he wouldn't admit it but he didn't want Aizen trying to kill Grimmjow.

"Let him try. You're free to stay with me, if ya want to. He doesn't own you."

"Thanks, Grimm. Though I rather not risk it, plus it is best if I actually check to see if I can go to his room before I accept any offer. I'll keep it in mind though." Ichigo said as he got off of the bed.

"Anytime Ichi, you can come here anytime for anything."

"I understand" Ichigo got out as he reached for the handle and turned it, he closed the door behind him. What had just happened? Right Grimmjow had basically hit on him, he realized that much now. He didn't know if he could handle this. Ichigo snuck around the corner that would lead to Aizen's room and noticed that Ulquiorra was still outside of the room. Ichigo flashstepped out of the hallway and pass Grimmjow's room. It was a nice offer, but he wouldn't accept it. He might as well go to Aizen's secret room.

He opened the door and stepped into the room, closing it slowly behind him. He sighed going over to the very empty bed and laying down on it after attempting to get as comfortable as his Shinigami uniform would allow him to get. He peeled back the covers and climbed in. He might as well try to get some sleep.

Sleep didn't come easily for him. He didn't realize just how much Aizen calmed him down, but without Aizen in the bed with him, his mind was going all over the place making sleep almost impossible. This had been the first time for a while since he hadn't sleep near Aizen. It made him realize just how hard it was for him to get to sleep without Aizen by his side.

Eventually sleep took him.

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Author's Notes:

Writing Aizen's human life even if it was a few memories was interesting indeed.

A little that needs to be known. Aizen was born in 1506. At the time that this was all taking place he was nine years old making the last scene in his memory happening in 1515. This is taking place in the 16th Japan. This puts Aizen's human life in the middle of the Sengoku period. This ends the very short history lesson.

Well there is more to come in later chapters.

I would like to note that Ichigo and Aizen did not actually see the full extent of Aizen's human death. This will be brought up again in future chapters. Though he is stabbed by his father, kind of like how he stabs Momo. Only difference is his father didn't miss any vital organs. Poor Aizen.

Some names that need to be defined…

Chiyo means eternal when Kuroki means Black Tree.

Morioka means Forest Hill.