Sorry for the late update. I've been having a bit of writer's block in general.
The door flew open and smacked the wall. Daisuke was infuriated by what had just transpired. Izuru only gave him a somewhat neutral glare.
"Where are your parents, boy?" Daisuke growled. "They didn't show up at the rendezvous point."
"What are you talking about?" Izuru replied. "They should have shown up."
Annoyed by the teen's response, Daisuke grabbed him by his collar and slammed Izuru against a wall.
"Don't toy with me boy. They didn't show up and something tells me that you're hiding something."
Izuru knew that he couldn't keep his charade up any longer, so he could tell that there was no point in hiding it any more.
"You're right. I am hiding something, but it's only because you failed to do your research."
"What do you mean?"
"Had your henchman paid attention to the gravesite I visited, he ould have noticed that it was my parents'."
Daisuke growled in shock.
"Kiba!" Daisuke called, dropping Izuru.
The man in question approached the cell.
"Yes?" Kiba responded.
"Who's grave did the boy visit?"
"From what I could tell his grandparents."
Daisuke was silent. After a few moments, he pulled out a dagger and stabbed the man. This caused Izuru to jump in shock.
"You fool!" Daisuke yelled. "Because of you, we've just lost our paycheck."
He pulled the dagger out and Kiba fell over, dead. He turned his attention back to Izuru.
"Now it's your turn."
Aizen and Gin were keeping themselves hidden not too far from the base in question. They kept their spiritual pressure hidden as to not catch any of the henchmen guarding the door.
"Here's the plan," Aizen began, "I'll take care of the guards while you go and get Izuru. Kill anyone who gets in your way. I'll join you shortly after."
"Understood." Gin replied.
Aizen made his move, killing the men on sight. With them no longer living, Aizen motioned Gin to go. Gin nodded and ran inside of the building.
Izuru fell to the ground, a bruise graced his cheek provided by Daisuke's fist. Upon attempting to get up, he was soon kicked back down.
"You little brat." Daisuke growled. "No wonder you were so quiet. You were trying to push your death further down the road, weren't you?"
Izuru forced himself to get up as Daisuke pulled a dagger out. Taking an alerted note of this action, he tried to avoid Daisuke's attack, stumbling more and more with each step. To get him to stop, Daisuke kicked the teen in the stomach, knocking Izuru down. With Izuru temporarily immobile, Daisuke took another swing at him. With what little will he had left, Izuru pushed himself aside. Unfortunately, the blade was still able to make contact, vertically slashing over his left eye. A hurt scream escaped from Izuru as his hand covered his bleeding eye.
"Say goodbye!" Daisuke yelled, going for another strike.
His assault was soon interrupted as the sound of the door being destroyed grabbed his attention.
"Awful, simply awful." A voice noted, entering the cell. "Viciously harm a defenseless is nothing short of cruel."
Daisuke's eyes widened in shock, while Izuru could only keep a hazy gaze. Invading their space was none other than Gin Ichimaru. A devious grin was plastered on his fave.
"Wha… What are you doing here?" Daisuke questioned, still puzzled by the man's appearance.
"What do you think?" The vice-captain replied with a shrug. "I'm here for the boy."
At that, Daisuke's expression turned to one of annoyance.
"Over my dead body." Daisuke growled, raising his dagger once more.
Gin's expression didn't change, drawing out his sword.
"Gladly." Gin replied.
Daisuke ran at him, wanting to kill him.
"Peirce him, Shinsou." Gin ordered.
Not needing to be told twice, the short blade extended. It didn't want to stop, piercing Daisuke through the chest. It continued going until it tapped the wall. At that point, it decided to retract to its normal size, and Gin sheathed it.
The expression on Daisuke's face was one of fear. His lifeless body would collapse due to the now dead weight.
With Daisuke out of the way, Gin instantly approached Izuru. He placed his hands on Izuru's shoulders, observing the boy's injuries. Izuru didn't show any physical signs of a response.
"Looks like you've gone and got yourself quite the battle scar there kiddo." Gin stated. "Let me help you out there."
Gin ripped part of his left sleeve off. Gin carefully pried Izuru's hand off of his injured eye, slowly placing it beside Izuru. He then proceeded to cover the eye with the torn piece of clothing, tightening it enough for it to stay on. It was at that moment that Gin tried to talk to Izuru again, knowing that Izuru was still conscious enough to hear him.
"You're going to be alright." Gin promised, picking the teen up. "We'll get you some help."
Izuru started to accept unconsciousness, all the while finding an odd sense of comfort that he had been found.
Gin exited the cell only to be greeted by Aizen. The fifth captain was a little shocked with the sight in front of him.
"What happened?" Aizen inquired.
"He's taken quite a beating." Gin replied. "He also has a gash over his eye that's bleeding pretty badly. I'm going to take him to see Unohana if that's alright. I'd also like to stay around until he's recovered."
"Go right ahead."
Gin just gave him a nod, before they made their way out of the now slaughterhouse.
Okay, so I have a bit of an announcement. I plan on having this story completed by tomorrow (Friday if I have a hard time with some of the editing). It's not because I want to rush it but I do have a few reasons.
1) It is completed.
I know I've mentioned that this story is technically completed and I've been making the proper edits. This is a big reason.
2) There are only two chapters left.
With only two chapters left, I'd like to get them written. These two chapters should be easier to edit since it covers Izuru's hospital stay, recovery, and some bonding between Gin and Izuru.
3) This story was meant to be updated quickly.
Going back to point 1 for a second. With it being a completed story, I originally planned to have it up and done pretty quick (not that that happened ^^;)
4) I'd like to have one of my "in-progress" completed.
I have four in-progress stories that I've been juggling between (and I have a fifth that I plan to complete). I want to get one done and since this one has the least amount of chapters, I'm going to complete this one first.