Author Notes: Gin Interlude half way through.
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I wasn't entirely sure what to think of the fact I'd had a run in with the Clown Prince of Crime... My hand minutely shook as I tried to stop it, somewhat in vai- My thoughts froze the moment I felt reiatsu suddenly encompass said hand, stopping it's shaking in the process.
Thanks!
Aizen of course said nothing.
Still, the fact was... Joker being real, worse, showing up in this world? That was a lot to take in... Aizen wasn't all too worried, given he'd lost his powers, but... I still couldn't help the feeling that it didn't matter if he'd lost those powers... He was in a world omnipotent power was likely even closer compared to his own.
I knew he'd come back.
Characters like him don't make a one off appearance- Hey Aizen how do you cope with fact you're a manga character? I suddenly questioned earning a minor shock to my reiatsu covered hand.
It does not change anything.
I blinked at the answer before realising that yes... It didn't matter. With that lovely breakthrough, I turned my focus back towards the two gingers in the room. Orihime was on the ground, resting, though her gaze was sharper then I'd ever seen it. She was watching herself use her ability.
Funnily enough, this wasn't one of my memories. It was in fact Aizen's... Abridgement of it, which thanks to his Shikai ability meant he could effectively create and showcase any 'future' he wants...
He's like a budget Huya right now-
I held in the urge to spit the drink out as Aizen used thunderstrike.
It was super effective.
I turned my attention back towards the girl, watching as she nodded to herself for he 80th time so far and promptly got up to try and learn her ability again. Which of course meant Shunsui was still here. Yamamoto had disappeared from the room not long after the Joker incident, intent on finding anymore hidden passages. Which there was a lot of. Like hundreds. And Aizen's only responsible for like two thirds of them- Uh, right... Back to Shunsui... The man was currently trying to teach Ichigo how to talk to his Zanpakuto spirit. His real one while Rukia was currently in front of me trying to practise one of the Kido spells Aizen had propped up on a screen.
Meanwhile I was relaxing against the sofa, waiting for Orihime to figure out what ever the hell she's supposed to do.
It's not like I actually remembered. I showed Aizen a few scenes of her using said ability and let him take it from there.
Surprisingly enough, underneath all of the major signs of insanity, past his destructive tendencies and... This is taking too long.
Beneath all the Aizenness that makes up Aizen, like really deep down and past all the Aizenic traits that make him such an... Aizen, like so far down even Gin's Shikai would have trouble reaching it-
You understand that if I truly wanted, I could use Kyoka Suigetsu to replace you-
You can't release yourself.
...Aizen? Anyway... Where I was- Am I channelling Yoda? Why am I channelling Yoda? Aizen are you watching Star Wars again!?
Deal with it.
... I sighed, there was no winning this argument. Now you might be wondering why... Well, apparently the force, like chakra, and haki of all things, have some similarities between each other. Similarities that can be replicated, not that it was going to happen anytime soon. To my own disappointment, Aizen had said it would likely take centuries before anyone ever figured out how to connect the pieces, not that it's stopped him from working on it... And the fact he'd somehow already stumbled on it even before I'd shown up here?
I briefly shivered, no doubt due to Aizen. Even my reiatsu, as high as it was, had limits... three simultaneous screens with another larger one in the inner world... All showcasing entirely different things.
Needles to say, I could barely do anymore than sit still.
"Aizen-taichou," Rukia's voice suddenly broke me out of my stupor as I turned towards her, raising a single eyebrow as I eyed her hand, a smile slowly growing on my face as I watched Ichigo pale.
Rukia's hand was outstretched towards me, a white glow emanating out of it.
"Tanma Otoshi!" Rukia cried out as the reiatsu imploded out of her hand showering the air and me with a white glow. I found myself instinctively covering a single eye at the sudden brightness, completely ignoring though still feeling the attempted effects.
I, of course had Aizen show everyone the original canon scene, where Shinji used it on Ichigo... And well, the fact it showed Ichigo completely blacking out was likely the only reason Rukia had agreed to learn it.
Ichigo rubbed the back of his head, a worried expression on his face as he lost his focus from his own lesson, and turned towards me, a betrayed look replacing the previous.
"She insisted," I shrugged, "Plus I figured the next time Shunsui and Pals-" Rukia held in the urge to snort, Orihime and Ichigo failed. Shunsui twitched, though he didn't rise to the bait. "Decide to have another crack at politics, she can knock em all out and save everyone-"
"I think he get's it, Aizen-taichou,"
Shunsui remarked with a strained smile.
I blinked before flashing him a grin and turned towards Ichigo. "Do you get it Ichigo?" I questioned.
Ichigo seemed to stare between me and the other captain for a second before grinning, while Rukia sighed beside me. "No I think I'll take the full explanation,"
I obliged.
Shunsui wasn't happy, though from the way his expression seemed to settle on Rukia's own laughter, I don't think he was as angry as he was letting on. If anything he looked content...
It didn't take long before we fell back into the earlier mood. Judging from the way Orihime's resolve seemed to harden at the fact Rukia had completed her job first, I figured it wouldn't be long before she figured out... Whatever Aizen was trying to teach her. Once Shunsui's arm was healed, I figured Yamamoto was likely to have me go back straight to my captains duties...
At least until we invaded Huaco Mundo with a pseudo-nazi, a teenage boxer and two gingers.
Yeah, I don't like our odds either.
...
I somehow managed to keep a passive expression on my face, even as Shunsui screamed from the pain, though the man certainly tried to compose himself, the sweat pouring down his face not doing him any favours as he grimaced further, the pain no doubt increasing.
Orihime herself had a terrified look on hers, I think.
She'd long since closed her eyes, at Shunsui's behest. Her powers surrounding the captain's hand. I turned my gaze minutely towards the hand, eyeing the way the Orihime's power... For whatever reason-
Aizen...
...
I barely held in the urge to rub the bridge of my nose.
Shunsui let out another gasp of pain as his hand slowly started regaining it's fingers. The man's bloodshot eyes barely staying open-
"I guess you have to really want it," Rukia. I repeat Rukia, remarked without a second look towards the man as she focused her attention back towards me her eyes closed in concentration as she agreed to give the lvl 90 spells, under my supposed great guidance, a go.
Aizen naturally wanted to start off with the Nuke, but I managed to whittle it own to a block-buster at best. Atleast until, Orihime having finally figured out what the screens meant suddenly sprang towards me instead of the captain waiting on her to heal him, rather patiently aswell, Ichigo was officially a project I no longer had any intention of dealing with.
At which point I simply pointed over towards the irritated man, for whatever reason earning a pout, and she summoned her... I really should start paying attention...
Honestly, I really should've stopped and asked when reject field came out red.
Needless to say, regrowing my hands is not a experience I had any intention of going through.
As for Aizen-
Yes?
The man's response was immediate, a taunting tone to it, mixed with amusement.
I sighed and turned around, my plan already filtering into Aizen's mind-
Ok hang on a second, we can talk about-
Nope.
I promptly drew my sword- Wait- And stabbed it into the ground just before Rukia, earning a gasp ou of somewhere. Shunsui's eyes widening even with the pain coursing through him as a horrified expression, for a moment, seemed to flash through his face. Though the alarm quickly died down the moment I promptly crouched down, my eyes level with hilt of the blade.
"We've talked about this," I deadpanned to my Zanpakuto.
I can't believe you went through with it...
Don't push me.
How exactly can you make this any-
Aizen's words froze the moment he got a summary of what I had planned. -...Fine, tell the idiots to stop what they're doing.
I promptly sighed, picked my sword and grinned at my audience.
"Apologies for that... My Zanpakuto can be a little... Vindictive," I shrugged, eyeing no one in particular -Shunsui- before quickly sheathing the blade.
"You don't- Gyahh!" Shunsui suddenly cried out at the-
You're an asshole. I thought on reflex as I suddenly had the urge to snort out loud, the cloud quickly lifting from me as the colours righted themselves, Shunsui's screams suddenly dying out as the pain-filled expression slowly turned to a wary one, his eyes locked onto his still regenerating hand, before turning into a surprised one.
"Is... Is Captain-san alright? Has it finished..?" The girl asked though she didn't wait for an answer as she slowly opened her eyes, a relieved sigh coming out as her ability finally resembled the ones she'd seen thanks to the other captain.
Shunsui eyed me warily, though his gaze slowly lowered onto the Zanpakuto before turning back up, a resigned expression appearing on his face. "Vindictive huh?"
I blinked, rubbing the back of my head. "I guess, Kyo can be a bit of a drama queen as well, though I really should've noticed something was off when I could barely move..." I'd somehow managed to ignore three consecutively more painful shocks for each word.
Shunsui promptly snapped his gaze towards his arm, his disbelieving expression returning in full force as he moved his fingers.
"Feel's like you never lost anything doesn't it?" I threw a shot in the dark.
Shunsui blinked at the question, his gaze slowly returning to me as a frown filled his face."No, not really. I can see that it's my own hand... but It doesn't feel like it's mine, more of the opposite real- Oh." His mouth seemed to open the slightest as he stared at me, a unrecognisable expression on his face, though it wasn't hostile.
I blinked at the words. Aizen what'd I do?
... Would it kill you not to juggle my future for even a single moment?
I don' know. Probably? You going to tell me what's goin- Oh, I done goofed it.
... Fantastic observation.
Thanks.
I can literally hear the head bangs.
Like, just have some popcorn and chill the-
And... paralysed. For like three seconds. Aizen might be the one behind it but that does not matter for I am also an Aizen-
Goddamit Aiden!-
What did you just call me? Aizen's voice was deceptively quiet, quieter then I've ever heard him in fact.
...Chair-sam-
...
...
The inevitable shock came right on time.
Only unlike my own expectation's, as well as Aizen's for that matter, it didn't come from him.
I blinked, a bemused expression showing on my face as Ichigo and Rukia tensed. Beside the two orange-haired humans, Shunsui quickly snapped to his feet, mild shock appearing on his face as he locked gazes with me.
No, the shock came from the two captain-class, in more ways than one, reiatsu's that suddenly filled the very air-
"That's... Komamura-Taicho and..." Shunsui's eyes widened further- "Kaname-Taicho!?"
I blinked again, one hand going through my hair as I sighed. "Kuchiki-san, if you could escort your friends to-" And I could just about see the moment Ichigo made to object- "Yoruichi-sans ward,"
The ginger hero didn't waste so much as a second as he turned to wait on Rukia, his curiosity overtaken by his... worry regarding Neko-gami.
When the foursome disappeared (Ori, Ichi, Ru, Hanataro), I let out a tired sigh. "...No rest for the wicked, eh?" I turned towards the other captain.
Shunsui, for whatever reason winced at the words. "...Not expected?" He questioned, a wary tone to his voice as he stared at me, clear worry shown over his face as he processed the situation.
I gave him a humourless smile and promptly disappeared in the direction of the sudden reiatsu spike, Shunsui on my heel.
...
"The noble barracks..." I heard Shunsui mutter, his form just behind me as we flew across the air.
"Hmm." I shrugged off the uneasy feeling the words filled... I myself didn't know much regarding the noble families but Aizen seemed to, given his current silence and the feelings running through.
"Do you truly not recall anything-"
"Shunsui-san," I spoke over him, turning a single eye back as I kept the other on the approaching site. "Do keep in mind, what I remembered to plan for, before my untimely traversal, only encompassed Hollows, Quincys and Zaraki Kenpachi."
"Untimely-"
Shunsui focused on the particular word as he eyed me. "I thought you travelled here on your own whim?"
I nodded, "I did, given the lack of candidacy, who came here, was never going to be in question. But all the same, I never got to do it on my own terms, those were given to me... Besides, there was neither room nor anyone else to truly worry about at the time either." Given this is- Was all a manga before I came here went unsaid.
Shunsui mulled over the words, his frown deepening as we crossed another captains barracks, the flock of worried shinigami practically clearing the paths and air the moment their eyes landed on us.
"... Just who? Who could've had the power to throw the future into-"
"You.. really don't want to know the answer to that. There's a list." I remarked, having completely forgotten all of them myself.
Still, given the sullen mood on the mans face, his earlier joy at getting his hand back having entirely evaporated, I felt somewhat bad... So I figured I'd just tell him to relax- "Honestly? if I were in your position, I'd stick to drinking,"
Shunsui, however instead of making me feel bette- Instead of relaxing, winced again.
"...Perhaps after I've done my damn job... If what you say is true then..." He grit his teeth, his hands clenched tight enough to let me hear it, mid-flight. "We've let things escalate this far... All right under our own bloody noses, if not for your interference..."
"...You know it's funny... Back home-" Oh my god! Shunsui stop wincing! It's not good for your face! " I would've never believed it if someone told me I'd managed to make you go sober."
"..." Shunsui struggled to keep the sudden amusement from his face, a sight that finally let me breath a sigh of relief, a small smile almost growing on my own face-
Only for the man to wince again as he realised I'd been trying to make him feel better... Because that made so much sense!
"For the love of the soul-king will you stop wincing!? It's really starting to piss me off!"
Shunsui's gobsmacked expression was, admittedly, worth the slip. Alas, because of it, I failed to see to the coming roof.
I doubt Aizen was going to be happy I may or may not have broken his glasses.
I am fairly certain the frame is not supposed to bend like that...
...
The noble barracks were certainly far more lavish compared to the rest, though this one made the Kuchiki's look like a military base... The Tokinada's were certainly wealthy, and it showed!
At least that's what, and I am naturally presuming here given I've yet to visit the Kuchiki residence, I'd normally say given the once likely beautiful grounds were currently on fire. And honestly, I am just a little surprised Shunsui and I were the first ones here. Even more so given the fact I couldn't feel any reiatsus making their way towards us...
Hysterical servants ran around in a frenzy all around us as we made our way across them towards the centre of the reiatsu pressure. How half of these souls were currently standing conscious amidst two captain- I blinked, my head snapping towards Shunsui as my eyes narrowed.
"You said there were two captain-level reiatsu's right?
Shunsui blinked, his hand outstretched as it quickly caught the girl he'd accidentally crashed into, my own body automatically sidestepping her fellow uh, colleague? His face however narrowed as he processed my words and turned back ahead.
"'Cos I am feeling three,"
"... Funny, I can feel four," He remarked warily.
With those words, I promptly stopped on my feet, surprising the other before simply focusing on the reiatsus currently spiking even further up.
Shunsui's eyes minutely widened as I threw caution to the wind and promptly flash-stepped into the middle of a potential battle.
When I reopened my eyes, I found myself staring at three captains I recognised, two of them swinging blade to blade as one made to overpower the other. Komamura currently had his sword held up in a guard stance as he stared down at Kaname Tosen, his baskelmet missing from his head. A worried expression on his face as he held Kaname at bay.
Ichimaru was quite literally just sitting towards the side, under a burning curtain no less, on one rather out of place looking chair, his eyes taking in the chaos with barely a care, an amused smile on his face as he relaxed, in his hand was a covered-
Ichimaru Gin. Was. Openly. Drinking.
Turning my head away from the confusing sight, I focused on the stranger just behind the wolf-captain, the green-eyed slender man with dark green hair barely going past his chin, dressed in what I could only describe as the formalist of formal wear and given it was in this universe, I immediately pinned him as a villain. The smirk on his face as his eyes landed on me only made it more evident.
Especially considering the first words out of his mouth at my appearance.
"Sosuke-kun! if you could kindly control your blind dog that would be greatly appreciated!" The man stated, an evil glint quite literally forming in his eyes as he lackadaisically laid a hand on his Zanpakuto. "Honestly! You'd think the Captains of Soul Society would focus their energy on the important matters... Like say, the current war in Karakura Town."
I blinked at the words, wondering what the hell he was on about...
"What war?" Shunsui immediately questioned the presumed noble.
"Oho? Didn't you hear? Seems some Hollows,"The man's smirk seemed to intensify as he stared directly at me, effectively sealing his fate. "Six, Espada if I heard correctly, are currently fighting a group-" His eyes seemed to light up at the word, as if it seemed to blow some kind of expecation- "of Quincy!" Wait... What?
Komamura on the other hand seemed more focused, given he hadn't so much as reacted, on his currently treasonous best friend. Said man entirely ignoring the rest as he made to get through the wolf before him. The two in their own world as they pitted their reiatsu against one another, the sparks in the air turning almost visible from the sheer raw power behind them.
Ichimaru Gin on the other hand, having processed everything that was said, promptly took another gulp.
"...Shunsui-san," I started, immediately earning the man's attention, though my eyes never left the strangers, my own smirk slowly growing. I... Was fairly certain he was lying about the supposed war in Karakura Town... We'd have heard something by now after all.
Regardless the man, for whatever reason, seemed to be on good terms with Aizen Sosuke, seemed to know some, if not all, of his plans and was evidently not on good terms with said mans underlings... Wasn't like Gin was making any effort to help him.
As far as I am aware those were grounds for an execution.
"How do you feel about nobles dying for the greater good?" Said noble, needless to say, was not amused at my choice of words, a cold mask quickly filling his face as he gripped his zanpakuto, the pommel slowly sliding out as he fixed his stance the slightest.
The captain in question's face, for a moment seemed to turn wary as he processed my words and took in Kaname's stance on the matter, Ichimaru Gin's drink in hand and the wolf captain in the room currently trying to defend said noble.
To my own surprise a determined look promptly took over the 8th division captain's face. I watched, both amused and somewhat shocked as Shunsui, without so much as a by your leave, quickly unsheathed his zanpakuto and struck.
...
-GIN-
It was funny really. And by it, he meant everything.
Everything was just so damn funny to him these days!
Especially the scene before him! Good lord!
He knew Tosen would one day commit treason, given he was part of their clique of death. But he certainly never expected him to, and mind his Kenpachi! He was a little intoxicated, just skip the damn middleman and try to actually murder a noble, in open daylight.
In the man's home.
Oh how he wished he could read Komamura's mind at that very moment. It had been hilarious to witness. The wolf captain's face as he watched Tosen randomly set off a level 80 destructive Kido on sight of the noble had been priceless.
Gods if he'd known copying Shunsui Kyoraku's lifestyle choices would make his this... Enjoyable, he would've joined him long ago. He could certainly see why Matsumoto seemed to love it.
He barely hid the surprise on his face, his form automatically moving to the left as a piece of burning fabric fell onto the spot he'd been in, as he watched the man in question appear, with none other than the cause of his new addiction, Aizen Iamsogoingtomurder Sosuke...
He watched absentmindedly as Tokinada casually threatened Aizen. Though even he was surprised by the sudden news of a war between Quincys and Hollows... The only fights he'd seen from those two sides had been against them.
With another sigh, Gin promptly took several more gulps as he watched the bane of his life immediately start manipulating the situation.
"Shunsui-san-" What? "- how do you feel about nobles dying for the greater good?" Gin took a single second to process the fact Aizen just openly asked another captain to kill a no-
He watched stone-faced as Shunsui, without skipping a beat, promptly leapt at the noble in question, his zanpakuto out within a flash.
He took an extra long gulp that time. His mind already worried he was going to run out.
...
He watched with mild fascination as Shunsui's attack was blocked handily, the noble showing surprising swordsmanship. With a backwards leap, the man made some distance against the captain, Shunsui following on his heel with a downward swipe with one of his blade, the other still sheathed.
Gin turned his attention towards Aizen, finding the man still standing in his earlier spot, oddly quiet-
His head immediately snapped towards the fight between Tokinada and Shunsui, his eyes widening the slightest as he watched Shunsui's sword for a moment gothrough the noble without a single sign of blood. Even the captain in question seemed taken back as he took a few steps out of reach of the other.
He himself swiftly turned his attention towards Aizen, though to his own bemusement the man had neither moved a muscle nor changed his expression. The serene smile on his face threatening to make him empty his stomach. His mind wondering if the man was already using his Zanpakuto... Not that he'd felt any reiatsu so much as leak out of him...
And then, Aizen reacted.
He ignored the chill that overcame him as the captain suddenly filled the burning manor in his reiatsu. The burst managing to even put a stop to Kaname's duel.
The wolf captain immediately turning on the spot, a wide-eyed expression on his face as he eyed the source of the near-suffocating pressure.
"Aizen-ta-" Komamura started before to near everyone's surprise, the illusion, even he had been under without realising, lifted.
The false Tokinada before Shunsui shattered into millions of pieces as the nobles true position reappeared right before Aizen. The man himself having turned a full 180 as the illusion faded.
Gin idly took in Tokinada's enraged face, the mans expression worsening by the second as Aizen spoke.
"Sorry, Tokinada, but I am afraid you're going to have to warp every one of my senses if you want your illusions to succeed,"
Gin didn't waste a minute as he promptly finished the bottle he'd brought with him, the burning drink roughly coursing down his throat, because if he wasn't wrong, he could've sworn Aizen was insinuating that-
"Keep your guards up... his Zanpaktuo, Enrakyōten, allows him to warp the senses of all who hear it's release..."
He oddly enough found himself utterly fascinated with how purple Tokinada's face seemed to be going.
"The only way to break out is to pulse more reiatsu then he-" Aizen promptly pointed his sword towards the seething noble, his hands white from clenching his Ancestral Zanpakuto. "could possibly ever produce."
He almost couldn't help the chuckle that time as he watched the scene play out before him, idly wondering if he was even awake anymore. Because he was pretty sure, Aizen Sosuke just openly told the others his own Zanpakuto's weakness. And he almost, almost, couldn't help the trigger. The sudden urge to laugh! The sudden urge to cackle hysterically at what life had handed him!
He'd almost lost it.
Almost.
Because at that very moment, he'd seen it.
He'd seen his solution.
He idly rose from his seated position, his eyes lackadiascially watching as Aizen continued trash-talking the noble. The noble whose hands were literally tied, given the bindings surrounding his chest. Courtesy of Shunsui. He'd started incanting the moment the illusion had shattered.
Still, he ignored it all as he simply reached for his zanpakuto.
He may not be able to kill Aizen.
But he could certainly break him, one piece at a time.
He pointed his blade, his mind entirely uncaring of the fact Tokinada's blade seemed to change in colour.
This... He realised with a hint of resignation as he stared at the mastermind, Must be how he feels...
Because whether Tokinada survived, didn't truly matter. His plan would succeed none the less.
"Bankai," Gin whispered. "Korose, Kamishini no Yari," He watched with absolute disinterest as the blade sailed true, hitting the surprised Tokinada in the chest. He watched with idle fascination as the man swore, his ability to speak quickly dying out as his body slowly crumbled from the chest.
And as much as he relished Aizen's surprised expression, he had one last thing left to do.
Gin promptly flash stepped over towards the crumbling noble, and in as carefree and as clear as possible, he exclaimed.
"Eh! What a truly dangerous Zanpakuto ability!" He watched, with absolute glee as Aizen's face twisted. Gin Ichimaru immediately picked up the blade left on the ground, his swaying body immediately flashing over towards the 8th division commander. "Perhaps it's best the Captain-commander keeps this locked away! We wouldn't want such a dangerous ability to fall into the wrong hands... Who knows what kind of damage that man could've done." He turned on his feet after throwing the damn blade towards the other captain, having finished his tirade, not giving Shunsui a chance to so much as speak.
Locking gazes with Aizen, he smirked, quickly raising both of his hands as he walked towards him.
"I believe I've committed a crime, when's my trial?"
...
-AIZEN-
I stared at the smirking drunk idiot before, because seriously who attacks nobility? In public? me, his hands raised in the universal surrender gesture, even as he held his own Zanpakuto with one of them.
"-when's my trial?" Gin finished, the smile growing as a glint filled his eyes.
"...Yeah, no," I deadpanned, earning a blink out of the man. "There's no time for that," I added on with a shrug and turned towards Shunsui. The captain in question was currently holding Tokinada's Zanpakuto with one hand, a wary look to his face as he kept the blade as far as his arm could manage.
"So, any idea-" I started in an attempt to earn the man's attention before Gin promptly screeched.
"What?"
Gin questioned, a dumbfounded look filling his drunken form.
I turned towards him. "Yes?"
Gin blinked as he took in my expression, one eye narrowing the slightest. "I want-" Though before the man could finish, Kaname quickly cut in between the two of us, his expression clear he was still looking for a fight as he grit his teeth, grabbing the drunk captain by the scruff of his cloak. Though Gin's eyes never left mine, even as he was jostled.
"What do you think you're doing!?"
Gin turned a single eye towards the blind captain currently shaking him. "Exactly." He stated, as serious as can be before he turned back towards me, and Shunsui, the man having decided to join the three of us. "I killed someone! I demand a tria-"
"Tokinada was mine... How dare you take that bastard's life away from me!?"
Honestly? The one I really felt bad for right now? Komamura.
The poor captain looked so lost as he switched his expression between the two arguing captains casually talking about breaking one of the sacred laws of the realm. One having actually done the deed.
Presuming Tokindada was dead. And you know... Not just pulling an Aizen.
Aizen? Any idea? I figured asking the expert on the matter would help-
Yes.
That's not an answer.
"Not my fault you decided to take so long! You had decades to do it!"
Gin rebuked.
I rubbed the bridge of my nose, closing my eyes in the process.
"Now arrest me and give my goddamn trial-"
"Enough!" I remarked the moment I noticed Shunsui about to jump into the damn argument. Locking gazes with Gin, I promptly made my way towards him, pushing past Tosen.
"Gin," I smiled, "I really don't have time for this, so if you-"
"I killed a noble! I don't care what future you're from! That's a capital punishment wait-"
I promptly released my reiatsu again, filling the clearing and thankfully shutting the drunk captain before me up again. "Let me put this in a way you'll understand." I raised a single finger, pointing towards Kaname. "The only thing dear Kaname here is angry over is the fact you took his kill," I pointed towards the wary wolf captain, earning a startled jump in the process. He'd been glancing around nervously towards the eastern district for whatever reason.. "Komamura, as against this little debaccle-"
"Good lord! A noble of Soul Society has died! Have you no res-" Komamura barked affronted as he stared at each of us.
"As I was saying, he's not going to incriminate Kaname," Gin made to open his mouth before I glared. "And if he so much as thinks of bringing this up with the Commander, he can be damn well sure that Tosen's going down with you-" My threat of course only managed to confuse Gin even more as his brow furrowed in an attempt to process what I'd said.
"What kind of b-" Kaname however immediately made to respond.
"Tosen. Do not test me right now." I deadpanned before pointing towards Shunsui. "He quite literally attacked the noble before you,"
Shunsui coughed.
I finally pointed to myself as I stared at the now irritated captain. "I? Seriously couldn't give two damns right about now. You want a trial? Go back to the academy." I finished turning on my feet- And promptly froze at the sight of the Captain-Commander casually watching the four of us.
"...Yo! " I deadpanned and promptly made to walk past the man, as if nothing had yet to happen.
"Aizen-Taicho," Yamamoto started in greeting quickly causing me to freeze once again, a strained smile appearing on my face, his own gaze was momentarily drawn to the ashes on the manor's scorched floor, particularly where a certain noble had been standing, before slowly turning towards the ancestral sword in Shunsui's hands and finally going back towards my currently frozen body.
I quickly raised my hands. "I had nothing to do with this!"
'Cough' "Bullshit," 'Cough'
Did... Did Shunsui really just-
"Ahem!" Chojiro's narrowed eyes took me by surprise, having not noticed the man's presence earlier.
I turned back towards the captain commander. Somewhat surprised to see that Yamamoto didn't look remotely offended. "Anyway..." Given the man's seemingly cheerfulmood, I figured it was as good a time as any to ask, "I was wondering when I could actually, you know? Scout Huaco Mundo?"
Yamamoto raised an amused eyebrow, "I believe the archives hold plenty of data-"
"The archives were burnt down in the Quincy attack," Shunsui promptly interjected.
Yamamoto blinked. "Then the back ups-"
"Burnt during the Espada attack."
Yamamoto took a second to process the 8th Division captain's words before sighing.
"So... I guess this means I am going to Huaco Mundo?" I remarked. "Do make sure the Ryoka is combat ready by the time I return. Wouldn't want my Plan A to go to waste,"
"Plan A?" Shunsui questioned, somewhat curious having heard nothing so far-
I nodded. "Throw Ichigo Kurosaki at it,"
Yamamoto, thankfully seemed to understand perfectly as he nodded. "I see. When were you hoping to leave?"
"In a few-" Hours, only the final word failed to come out as I and everyone currently surrounding me felt the sudden concentrated pressure build up ontop of one of the cracked roofs above us. A brilliant flash of white light suddenly crashing down from the sky itself, covering the roof and everything beneath it in a myriad of colours before-
"I hope you weren't planning to leave so soon Aizen-kun!" The booming voice echoed out, followed by a jovial laugh, one that sent a chill down my spine. A large form suddenly came into existence as the light show promptly dissipated.
The large form of the captain of the Zero Squad himself.
Ichibe Hyosube.
Just behind him, I could make out an unrecognisable group of people in matching uniforms, the only one in anything different been the shinigami himself. I figured they were the man's retainers.
"You've certainly been a busy bird! Aizen Sosuke! To think you'd managed to not only garner the attention of the king above all! but to impress him enough to order, nigh demand! Your very inclusion into-"
I turned towards the, steadily getting irritated, captain-commander and promptly cut the man off, earning a rare geniunely amused smile from Yamamoto himself.
"-leaving now. I might be willing to make time for Gin's fun little murder games but Santa Claus is where I draw the line. Be sure to send reinforcements! I am probably going to need them!" I exclaimed and without a by your leave, disappeared. Destination Yoruichi's ward.
The link between us, while had been increased to cover at the very least all of Seireitei, didn't cover travel to the Hollow realm.
Yet. For some reason I felt like I was forgetting something. Something Tokinada had mentioned regarding the human world... or a few somethings for that matter...
...Can't have been all that important if I'd managed to forget it.
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