Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. Bleach is owned by Tite Kubo/Shonen Jump. I do own OC and plot.
Author's Note: Sorry for the extremely late post, I've been super super busy. I hope you all like this chapter, I tried to do as many pov as I could.
Title: Unraveling Heart Pt. 2:
A Burden of the Past; The Hope for the Future?: Multi Pov
Byakuya Pov:
I thought I lived a simple life. I continue to honor the vow of my late wife by protecting Rukia. I uphold the kuchiki name by doing my duties as a soul reaper captain. Then, suddenly, two strange children fall from the heavens and change everything. My whole world seem to turned upside down into chaos.
The moment I met the future daughter of Kurosaki Ichigo and my sister, I instantly felt a connection. It was as if I had known her my entire life. She had my wife's hair, long raven hue hair that glistened in the moonlight. She had rukia's pale complexion, smile, and laughter. Her warm brown eyes held an everlasting fire that reminded me of Kurosaki Ichigo's strength and determination. Her training exercise on Sokyoku hill showed all those qualities. But through that facade of strength, there was a deep sorrow created by a great loss.
The moment I met the son of Urahara and Yoruichi, I knew there was more than meets the eye. There was a sense of untrust about him. And if he truly was the son of Urahara, information was skewed. By following him tonight, hearing what he had to say to that women-Hisana's zanpakuto confirmed that my instincts were correct.
"Talk." I said with a lethal calm tone that made my subordinates quiver. Hansuke stormy grey eyes didn't even flinch at the tone of my voice or my sword in his face.
"It's complicated." He pushed the tip of my sword away from his face and walked away. " You wouldn't understand."
Underneath my breath, I released senbonzakura's shikai command and stretched out my arm. A wall of blossoms blocked his way. The release of my spiritual pressure will alarm the others, ruining my plans of a private conversation, but I have to stop him before he gets away.
Right on queue, Ichigo and Rukia arrived first in the clearing. Following a few of the other captains and their lieutenants.
"Onii-sama!" Rukia cried at the same time Ichigo said "Are you in trouble, Byakuya? Hansuke?...what's going on here?"
Normally, I would be greatly annoyed, but my primary focus was obtaining real answers. Maybe their presence can help with that.
I took a step closer. "I don't think Hisana would appreciate you keeping secrets from us."
"You don't know anything about her or what is truly going on!" Hansuke shouted as he swiftly turned around. A spark flashed across his grey eyes. "So stop acting like you do. Just let me go because y-you're just wasting time...time Hisana nor the future has."
This caused everyone to go completely still in shock.
"W-what are you talking about, Hansuke?" Rukia's voice shaked.
Hansuke looked away from Rukia and stared at the ground.
This is it. I thought. He's breaking point.
"Hansuke has been lying. He knows who the Emperor is," I said loud enough for everyone to hear. "and he knew this entire time."
Hansuke Pov:
"So, what if I do?" I answered in a flat tone as I raised my head. Staring in the Byakuya's silver eyes, hoping I could play it off. "It's none of your business anyway, so get the hell out of my way."
"It's damn right our business, so cut the bullshit and talk" Ichigo intervened, stepping towards Byakuya and I.
My brain started to ache as I scanned the forest around me, meeting the stare of almost every captain and their subordinates.
Come on, we can take them. My Zanpakuto whispered in my mind.
I appreciate the enthusiasm, Shōmei ōkami (Lighting Wolf). I replied with a long mental sigh. but I don't think we can get out of this one.
I may be the son of a handsome, smartass merchant and a speed-lighting cat goddess, but I am no match for Byakuya's unlimited blade works or Ichigo's inner hollow anger issues at once. Let alone every captain and lieutenant in this field who held bewildered expressions. Worst of all, my parents were among them.
Still, I couldn't shake those images Gesshoku had showed me from memory. I don't know if they were real or fiction. If Ayahiko truly changed history by bringing Kaien back from, his powers are far greater than Hisana's. She won't last long against him nor Ayahiko for that matter.
'If something happens to my niece, I'll hold you responsible.' Said the future Captain Kuchiki to me before Hisana met me for our mission to the "Emperor's Palace"- to steal a timekey from an elite guard and hitchhike are way into the past.
It was probably the universe's way of punishing me for what I did or to make me feel guilty. Either way, I hate to say it was working.
"So, what's it going to be boy?" Byakuya said coldly. "Will you tell us the truth or will all of us have to beat it out of you?"
I frowned. "Even if I did tell you, none of you can defeat him. He will destroy you with the snap of his fingers. Erase you from time itself before any of you could even scream bankai."
"Is that what he is going to do with Hisana?" Rukia asked, a frown on her face. "Is she-"
"No. She's not erased nor dead. She's alive, but if I don't rescue her soon..." I shook my head. I didn't want to think of the possibilities. "Nevermind. You don't have to worry about it. I'll rescue Hisana and defeat the Emperor. After all, I am the son of a goddess and that handsome genius."
My father didn't crack his normal goofy laugh and smile. He dipped his chin and raised his eyebrow. "And how do you plan to defeat Emperor Ayahiko, O, smart son of mine?"
A shocked expression washed over my face. "How-" I frowned deeply. "You pieced together the pages I shredded, didn't you?"
My father reached into his sleeve and revealed a handful of tapped pages. "Took a while to piece together and read your chicken scratch of a plan, but I figured it out. After all, I am the handsome genius."
"Excuse me," My mother warned.
"I mean, you're a genius too Yoruichi." My father stammered nervously as he pulled up his fan to his face. My mother kicked him in the gut with such force. It caused my father to bend over and hurl. Everyone stared at them like are- they-really -married-in-the-future?
"When I asked you who the Emperor, you told me he wouldn't hurt Hisana." Ichigo asked, making sure I didn't have time to change the conversation. "Why would this Ayahiko guy spare her? Who-who is he?"
I felt another blood vessel appearing on my forehead as I felt another headache coming. "There's not use to delaying any longer is there?" I muttered to myself, sighing in frustration. "Fine!" I yelled. "Do you all really want to know who you're up against?! Ayahiko is Aizen's son!"
Ichigo jaw dropped as the crowd gasped, then simultaneously fell into silence. "Yes, that's right. Aizen has a son, he is the all-powerful Emperor who is currently ruling the known universe, oh, and to top that off, he was Hisana's ex-boyfriend!" I screamed in jealous rage.
Ichigo Pov:
For the next five minutes, I listened to Hansuke vent out his feelings and to tell an abridged version of their history. But the more he told, I still wouldn't believe what I was hearing. Sosuke Aizen, the most hated villain in soul society has son? I thought for sure Hansuke was mistaken.
I raised my hands and motioned for him to stop. "Wait, back up." I said. "I'm sorry, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. Aizen has a son. His son is this all powerful tyrant from the future who has romantic feelings for my-" I looked at Rukia. "I mean, our future daughter?"
The moment I said daughter, Rukia blushed and turned away, hoping Byakuya didn't see her reaction.
With his arms crossed, Hansuke said. "Unfortunately."
"And you were best friends with him?"
"He seemed like a cool guy, and he practically the only one in the academy who understood well-smart stuff! If its anyone to blame, its Kaien. He's the one who found Ayahiko in the first place!"
"What?" Rukia shot her head up.
Hansuke rubbed his face. "Does no one listen? Seven years ago, when Kaien was a member of squad 11, he came across a seven year old with incredible spiritual pressure. He was alone, scared, and was fighting to survive in the Rukon District. In the future, the academy started to accept children and appoint them as "shinigami apprentices". Feeling bad for leaving him alone, Kaien brought him to the academy to become one. He introduced him to me, Hisana who frequently visited soul society, and the three of us instantly became... friends."
"And how did we not know he was the son of a criminal mastermind!" Captain Hitsugaya yelled. He was the first Captain to actually speak. Most of us were still in shock.
Hansuke shrugged. "Well, he is the offspring of a master manipulator. He simply claimed he didn't have a last night, and you all bought it."
"Including you, dumbass." Soi Foi muttered.
"I was seven!" Hansuke defended. "How the hell was I supposed to know!"
"Alright, that's enough." Yoruichi snapped. "Soi Foi, stop calling my son an idiot. Hansuke, how did Ayahiko become so powerful?"
Hansuke frowned, trying so hard to break down and cry. "It's all my fault, mom. All my fault. I-I wanted to tell you every since I got here, but-but I couldn't because you and dad would be ashamed of me...ashamed of my The past keeps changing. Space and time are dangerously unraveling and being reformed into anything Ayahiko desires. He's world is literally cementing into reality, becoming permanent. That's why Hisana and I-" He paused and looked away.
"Does...does she know that Ayahiko is the Emperor?" Rukia worriedly asked.
He glanced up at her, letting out a heavy sigh. Parting his mouth, he was about to answer when a chim echoed from his pocket. "A moment please," I placed his hand from his pocket and fished out a cellphone.
It was definitely better than my flip phone. I thought, but this wasn't the time to complain about this.
"Really!" Soi Foi yelled, annoyed. "Now's the time to check for a message!"
Hansuke ignored her as he tapped his screen and blinked. "A video message from H-hisana." He whispered and pressed play.
Hansuke Pov:
I grasp the phone tightly as my eyes darted up and down Hisana's body. On screen, she looked worse than in my dream. She sat against a white wall, no doubt of the elebroate corridors of Hueco Mundo. Her right hand was pressed against her side, smothered in blood as her left hand was holding the camera phone.
"I have a thousand things to say to you, Urahara Hansuke, but I don't have much time." Her hollowed voice said in rage that slowly eased into her normal voice. She coughed as the remaining of her hollow mask began to crack and crumble into dust. She licked her lips, smearing the crustated blood that streamed down from her nose. "It is true what my zanpakuto said. Aizen is fused with the Hogyoku, and he's getting stronger by the second. Despite the horrid realization, he still has to go through the metamorphosis stage. I don't know how long that will be, but listen carefully- if I don't make it out of here, you need to forget about saving me and go warn the others."
"No." I whispered, shaking my head. "No. Don't do this."
"You know as well as I that the mission comes first. There's no telling what Aizen will do next to the 13 court guard squads. Besides-" A voice called out her name in fury. Looking away from the camera, Hisana cursed and slowly stood up. With her hand pressed against the wall, she flash stepped out of the corridor and into a lighted room. Once she stop, she continue talking. "I chose to become a soul reaper and fight in this war. Just as it was your choice and Ayahiko's choice to create the Kuronosu."
My eyes widen in shock. Even thought she was not really seeing me through the video call, I could tell she was ashamed of me.
"Yeah, Ayahiko told me the gist of the things like how K-Kaien is alive." She grunted, pain spreading all over her face but kept pressing forward, glancing around her surroundings.
As she continued walking, I could make out the interior design behind her, the ceiling was massive. Where could she be? I wondered. The Throne room?
"After challenging him to a duel, I'm starting to believe it." Hisana frowned. "I just don't understand why would he be serving him, when he is the reason we are all in this mess."
"Wait, Kaien is alive?" Ichigo said, turning the phone towards him. "I thought you said he died-"
I shushed him and tugged back my phone.
Hisana shook her head. "Regardless, you're the key to saving our future. "
She hopefully said. "You're the only one who can undo the Kuronosu's work. The mission can't afford you getting captured or worse-killed-"
"KUROSAKI!" A female voice shouted, clearly closer than before. I knew that voice anywhere.
"Kohana." I whispered.
Hisana turned around and as she did. Aizen's throne could be seen behind her. She shouts, "Kyōmon!" Panting, she glances down at camera. "I wish you would have told me because I could have carried this burden with you!" She said in a frustrated tone.
"HISANA!" A muffled voice said, following a cracking noise.
"Anyways," She says frantically. "whatever happens to me- always remember that you'll always be my best friend." Tears began to fall down from her strained face. "But, if I am to die tonight, I want you to know that night at the Summer festival.. I wished it was you that kissed me underneath the cherry tree…"
The video abruptly ended, then the play button icon appeared. I let out a shuddering breath as the phone slipped out of my hands,
"Hisana."
***end of chapter***
Questions to ponder: What do you think of Hisana's overall message? Could it be possible that she has feelings for Hansuke or does she still have feelings for Ayahiko? Will Aizen attack soul society or will he help his son? Will she survive by escaping, survive by being captured, or will she perish? Please comment on your thoughts on this chapter, especially what you think what will happen next. Thanks for reading :)