Summary:

Have you ever noticed that when someone returns from the brink of death, they don't return as the same person, there will be drastic changes in them? Changes that either completely destroy them or builds them from the scratch. But one thing is for sure nothing will remain the same for them, those are the ones touched by death herself. Sometimes those people do not simply return alone to the land of the living, in instances where the person is filled with immense negative feelings like depression, helplessness, sadness, or rage, feelings which they have not or couldn't express throughout their life stored within them attract far more sinister and darker beings, but rarely do these beings escape their confinement to interact with normal people. What happens when a boy with a hidden past unknown to himself who has suffered throughout his life and has been a failure in everything he has ever done because of the consequences of certain events related directly to his past and branded as a goofy loser for his not so comic acts by his peers, who has hidden his real self behind that facade in front of everyone except his family and close friends finds himself in the presence of death due to a disastrous accident gains an ability which was sought by many beings throughout the history for centuries in addition to his latent abilities being awoken because of the said spirits trying to possess him. How will this change him and what role will he play in the supernatural events happening in his town. Will he help certain someone from his past in achieving their goal or will he stop him along with others or will he follow his own path to glory?

Chapter 1: The beginning

14 years ago, August 11th 11:50 pm

A bespectacled brown-haired man with a black robe covered by white coat was walking in one of the streets of Karakura town with a small bundle in his hands, one can find a katana like sword hanging from his hips. One look at him people might assume that either he is a person suffering from sixth grader syndrome or a weirdo roaming the streets trying to look cool, if the people are capable of seeing him that is ,because the man is a Shinigami captain only people with high spiritual power can see him and he has concealed his presence from prying eyes of the other supernatural entities Shinigami and hollows alike using the Reiatsu Concealing Cloak since he was on one of his most important personal missions of his life. He glanced at the small bundle in his arm ,the cold calculating look in his eyes was replaced with kindness and affection, his face had a genuine smile not the fake ones he had been giving his subordinates .The bundle in his arm apparently turned out to be a small male baby who opened his dark brown eyes which are similar to that of the man holding him. Recognizing the man immediately the boy started cooing giving him a toothy smile. The baby tried to move his hands to touch the face of the man carrying him, after few failed attempts the boy finally patted the man on his chest and uttered his first word

"Papa"

A normal person wouldn't heard it as it was barely audible and the thunderstorm. But the man was a Shinigami with all his senses enhanced so it would be impossible for him to miss the child's first word. He was stunned for a moment not knowing what to do since he had never been in this position before, he regained his composure quickly his eyes brimming with tears. Though he had a proud affectionate smile on his face. Wiping his eyes, he kissed the child's forehead and held even more closer to him. He started walking at a rapid pace determined to reach his destination quickly. the longer he spends time with his son the harder it will be to part himself from him .The Shinigami captain rarely got himself emotionally attached to other unless it involves him gaining power or when he was emotionally manipulating others by faking it ,but the attachment he was feeling towards the little drooling human in his arm was far more than anything he had ever felt throughout his entire life not even when he had been promoted to the position of the captain or when he had successfully framed his fellow Shinigami members for being abominations which was a result of his own actions or when he had betrayed his former captain and his pesky friends or when he had gotten away without getting caught for his crimes by framing Urahara for helping the hollowfied Shinigami . No, the satisfaction and elation he felt when he was holding the boy in his arm or when the boy addressed him as his papa when he uttered his first words was far greater than any of things he had achieved in his life.

Sozuke Aizen lived for power, has killed for power, caused chaos for the sake of getting power and will die for power. Power had always been a driving force for him and his life time goal is to become the most powerful being ever existed and he valued people based on their power. Ironically his son though was powerless no matter what he tried or tests he had conducted; he couldn't find the exact reason for his lack of power. He wondered if this was nature's way of saying fuck you for meddling with things, he shouldn't like creating a life? He had expected himself to hate the boy for being powerless but no when the child opened his eyes for the first time which was the same color as his, he was mesmerized and when he held the child in his arm for the first time all his doubts were gone in a blink. He would make an exception for the child and he will become powerful for him too, so that he can live peacefully and comfortably like a prince. A kingdom where he is the king and the child in his arm will be the prince, then the king after him, a kingdom so powerful filled with warriors and creations either made by him through experiments or through manipulating people. But in order to achieve that goal he had to separate himself from the child, his first sentient creation not corrupted by the worlds or universes impurities, life at its purest form.

In order to gain something, you have to lose something that's the general law of nature, Aizen understood it perfectly well after all he sacrificed a lot of things in his life to be in the position where he is right now .To achieve his goal he had to separate himself from little human for exactly 14 years in order for his plans come to fruition .He had already the obstacles in his path and had placed the necessary chips in the place where he needed them to be. So now he has to do is wait patiently for things to fit in his plan .He can't risk the child from being exposed to the soul society ,if they find out about his existence he will suffer a fate worse than death and as for him he would executed on the spot .He didn't want either one of those scenarios to happen in reality besides he knew that not all of his allies are really his allies who would use the child against him and no matter how much he tried to deny it ,it's a well known fact that the the boy was his one and only weakness ,having him with him will also create doubts and unwanted questions in the minds of the people in the soul society so that's why after carefully thinking and planning he had selected this back water town where nothing happens a lot and no harmful supernatural entities roaming around unlike other towns which were infested with hollows .The town is also a home to few quincies, who were supposedly extinct according to the stealth squad and the spies of the soul society ,he shook his head in disgust how low the mighty squad has fallen and even though he played a major role in it by framing Urahara and made sure that the morons in the central 46 to trust the story he had carefully created ,that Urahara was helping the hollofied Shinigami members like his former captain shinji and his friends resulting in all of them getting arrested and when they were about face execution for their supposed crimes, their friend former stealth squad captain Yoruichi aided them in their escape and fleeing the soul society along with the prisoners to the mortal world to this town hundred years ago . The bureaucrats in the section 46 had bought the story he had created well, without thinking since all the clues were in such a way that those who were a threat to him and whom he considered as an obstacle in his path took the blame without him involving directly.

Ironically his son is going to grow up in the same town but none of them will be able to tell that boy is his son, after all no one had ever tried or succeeded in what he had done and only his faithful pawns knew about the existence of the boy in the first place. Not even Urahara would be able predict this. So, the risk of his son getting harmed here is zero to null. Even if they somehow managed to find out about his existence they are too honourable to go after a powerless innocent supposedly human kid and there is no way they will be able to inform the soul society about his son after all they are still fugitives wanted for treason and illegal experimentation.

The family he had planned to leave the child with is one of the richest family in the town consisting of only three members .The head of the family is a man named Kenshi who is currently in his mid-thirties a kind hearted wealthy business man ,his wife Kasumi a former model turned social worker and their only child daughter who is four years old .The husband and wife wanted to have another child but they couldn't achieve it due to some complications in the wife's reproductive system ,fortunately for him he was able to find this out when he had thoroughly checked their background so manipulating them into accepting the child into their house hold was not a big deal for him after all they still ached to have a child but are still bit hesitant to adopt one.

He stalked their day to day activities for a month by using his hollows .So he knew at this moment the family is returning from their visit to a resort where they had celebrated their daughter's birthday and will be reaching their house in this route .He had commanded his hollows to kill some random couple from some other place and placed their disfigured corpses in the wreckage making it look like an automobile accident with the supposed son of the couple being the sole survivor. Everything's done he just have to place the child in the wreckage and wait for them to arrive .Once they are in position he will simply use his hypnotic ability and implant a simple suggestion in the minds of the family into taking his son aka adopting him into their house hold .Knowing the kind nature of the couple plus their need to have another child they might even take him in without any hypnotism . He placed the child in the wreckage making sure that nothing harms him, before leaving he had some parting words for his son

"You might think that I am abandoning you little guy but the truth is I am not. You being with me is danger to both of our lives. You are a welcome distraction in my life, you have made me understand what it feels like to be loved unconditionally without expecting anything in return and you have taught what it means to love someone. The emotions which I am feeling right now, it jeopardizes the plans I have made for years. If one of these plans fail a fate worse than death waits for us. I don't mind suffering that fate but I wouldn't want you to suffer it ,so I would rather separate myself from you if I it saves you from that .The time I spent with you is the most cherished memory for me right from the moment you were born till now .I will return to take you back with me once my plans have succeeded. I'm not sure how long it will take but I swear ill be back for you"

Aizen ran his hand through his son's hair

"Good bye for now my dear son, your new family is filled with really kind people and they will provide you a life and childhood filled with love and affection, which I couldn't give you"

The child just blinked at him for some time and there was no chance he would have understood the things which were spoken to him. He could hear the family's vehicle approaching in the distance. Even without the Reiatsu Concealing Cloak they wouldn't be able to see him since none of the family members have high spiritual energy/awareness, which was the first thing he checked before he chose them. He stood at a distance slightly away from the wreckage.

The boy missing the comforting presence of his father started crying loudly which was what Aizen wanted to happen. Seeing his son crying like that pained him more than he had expected. It was through sheer will power and determination that he was able to stay in the place still instead of going to comfort the crying the child. He could see the vehicle stop in the middle of the road, few meters ahead of the wreckage.

Note: My first attempt in writing a bleach fanfic. Constructive criticisms are welcome. The actual story starts the day before Ichigo goes to soul society, will diverge and intermingle with original story line. Trying to make the characters not to be too ooc. And the main character in this story is someone who is usually a side character mostly known for his comedic purpose. Certain characters will be tweaked for the sake of the story.