I do not any of the characters or the ideas created by Tite Kubo, however my OC and original storyline belong to me.
This is my first Bleach fic, so PLEASE REVIEW!
Thank you Windblade67 for your review, I am glad that I am making the true relationship between Delilah and Sōsuke Aizen clear whilst also giving hints of some plot which will be revealed later on.
From the moment that her mother had helped her down the stairs and given breakfast, she had wondered over to the front door and sat down. It was a typical activity for her to do, especially when neither her daddy nor Gin were around. She loved her mother dearly but there were days when her mother could bare to look at her and a part of her wondered if it had something to do with her long white hair. So it was on a day such as this that she chosen to sit and wait for the eventual arrival of her daddy and her perfect playmate as she was more then convinced that they would be able to help her mother return to her jolly old self and make her forget about her worries.
She continued to wait in front of the door and after what seemed to be an eternity, she heard a faint knock upon the front door and it was at that moment that she realised that the sun was already beginning to set. As she rose to her feet, her legs felt stiff from sitting for such an incredibly long time but now she knew that her daddy and Gin had at last come.
"Come on in" she heard her mother call out from the kitchen and she watched as the front door opened and her heartbeat increased with excitement.
And soon enough she can face to face with her daddy's ever knowing face and Gin's secret smile.
It did not take her long for her to be overwhelmed with happiness as she rushed forward and instantly wrapped her little arms(or try to) wrap her little arms around their legs. And it was also immediately that they leaned down and wrapped there own arms around her tiny little body.
In Delilah's mind, their arrival would bring the smile back onto her mother's face and they would start telling her about the soul society, the place where they came from. This was something which she had desired to know for such an incredibly long time…
"How are you today, little Lielee?" she heard Gin ask her.
Delilah looked up at the two of them and her eyes portrayed concern, and from their understanding expressions they knew that her mother was also having one of her 'bad' days. She may have never known the real reason as to why her mother sometimes acted so cold, but her daddy and Gin both seemed to know something she did not, and she hoped that sometime in the future all of these unanswered questions would be revealed to her.
"So what's it like living in the soul society?"
Both of the captains glanced towards each other and they simply smiled knowing that it was her manner of changing the subject. Yet that did halt her frowning, crossing her arms and pouting, evidently annoyed that she could deduce what thoughts were passing through their minds.
And Gin's smile increased:
"Come on Lielee…let us go the living room, eh?"
It was an innocent enough question but sufficient to lighten the tense mood and allow them to progress onto more interesting topics.
….
Promptly the three of them headed towards the living room and they were meet with extreme tidiness. Along with her mother's distance attitude towards her, on bad days she seemed to try and block out the pain by obsessively cleaning, cooking and simply going overboard with all of the household chores. Delilah had still not yet understood that her mother didn't hate her but rather was plagued with a great amount of guilt considering who her biological father was, especially since due to her heritage she could have never had Delilah with Sōsuke Aizen.
As soon as her daddy and Gin occupied places on the couch, she quickly jumped into the laps and almost squealed when they started attacking her with an onslaught of tickles. This was no doubt something which eased the mood and made Delilah forget about her mother's extreme sorrow.
Once they were comfortable, Delilah's mother appeared with a tray containing drinks and snacks and a refreshed smile upon her face. It seemed that the presence of her daddy and Gin had made her mother forget whatever troubled her and much to her curiosity, her daddy always knew how to make her mother happy and make her love her once again.
"So how was the captain's meeting?" she heard her mother ask in a truly interested tone.
Her daddy was the one to answer:
"The head captain just asked us to give a general report and introduced a new training regime to all of the squads"
Delilah glanced towards her daddy wondering how exactly they could be in two places at the same time and she saw her daddy smiling at her:
"Our lieutenants took the reigns much like they always do"
She gazed at the two of them intrigued and she couldn't help but admire their captain's uniforms and a part of her wondered what she would look like wearing one of those soul reaper robes.
For the next minutes they munched on the snacks and consumed the juices which her mother had brought them and Delilah was feeling a little more comfortable around her mother. After all it seemed that she was passing into the apologetic stage and she won't be surprised if her mother treated her to all sorts of sweet things and new toys and clothes to make up with how distances she had been with her.
Delilah was the one to break the silence by asking the same question as before:
"So what's it like living in the soul society?"
Her daddy nodded and began to speak:
"Well little Delilah Gin and I live in the Seireitei"
Delilah titled her head in fascination:
"Daddy, you and Gin are soul reaper captains aren't you?"
"Someone's very clever aren't they?" Gin congratulated her whilst her daddy grinned widely, no doubt pleased that she had started to read some of the books which he had left behind for her.
Delilah blushed a little and waited for her daddy to continue.
"The Seireitei is where all soul reapers and nobles live whereas the other souls reside in the Rukkon district"
Delilah nodded and questioned him about the Rukkon district:
"Daddy can't the souls who live in the Rukkon district visit the Seireitei?"
It was an innocent enough question but quite a difficult one to answer:
"Well Delilah, even though the separation between the upper and the lower classes in the living world is rarely enforced, the governing body known as Central 46 still strongly implements these laws of segregation to essentially separate those who have power and those who do not"
At the moment that Sōsuke Aizen had mentioned Central 46, their had been an exchange of glances between him and Delilah's mother, almost as if there was something that she was missing or they were refusing to tell her about.
"If I were to ever go to the soul society, where would I go?"
It was a couple of seconds later that her mother, her father and Gin had burst into a fits of laughter causing Delilah to becoming increasingly irritated.
"Isn't that obvious my little princess…?"
Delilah turned to look at her mother's kind face:
"…you're place would be in the safe confines of the Seireitei"
This chapter may have been a little slow but I thought that it was important to show how there were times that Delilah's mother became depressed when her daughter started to look more and more like her biological father. Delilah has also been introduced to the Seireitei and her difficulty to understand the separation between the Rukkon district residents and the Seireitei. This will hopefully show why she doesn't stick her nose up at the lower classes in the future...
THANKS FOR READING AND PRETTY PLEASE REVIEW! IT'LL PROMPT ME TO START WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER!
Until next time!