A/N: If Aizen comes off as even more of a jackass by the time this Chapter is over, then I have succeeded .
Chapter Thirteen- Kaien Shiba and Miyako Shiba
Aizen POV
As I've said many times, there is a limit to what a soul can handle, even the soul of a Shinigami. Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Kido and Hoho- the four basic methods of Shinigami fighting- can only take you so far, combining them can get you farther, but once you've done that there is not much else you can do to make a Shinigami any more powerful.
Apart from turning them into hollows, of course. But I didn't want to go turning powerful Shinigami into hollows, that would only make them more powerful so they could get in my way.
No, what I wanted to do was see if I could create a hollow that could completely negate those four abilities, because if I did that then the Shinigami would be crippled, powerless. I could make them kneel at my feet and there wouldn't be a single thing they could do about it.
The hollow that killed Lieutenant Shiba and his wife was a start of that, it's a shame I had to take out such a nice couple in order to further my own goals, but all's fair in love in war, and this tragedy had a combination of both.
When I had created the hollow with the ability to copy Shinigami and dissolve their Zanpakuto, I had thought it might have had a chance of causing mayhem. I hadn't thought it could do the amount of damage it did, though. A mere hollow taking out a Lieutenant of Kaien Shiba's level? I would have never thought it possible.
It was beautiful, everything I would have hoped for from the experiment.
I had thought it would have ended there, but the after affects were even more stunning. Kuchiki Rukia killing her beloved Lieutenant left her traumatized, shaken- an easy target, although at the time I didn't plan on making her my target. She was just an unfortunate side effect. Now though, looking back, I can see the benefit it had. Because of Kaien's death she felt guilty, responsible. Her lack of self confidence because of that meant she thought she was worthless, and she was willing to just give herself up. Had she actually rebelled against her brother and managed to get to Urahara then it could have caused me more trouble than the hogyoku was worth.
Well, almost more trouble than it was worth.
Because now, thanks to the Hogyoku I had managed to create a complete Arrancar, one capable of fulfilling the original purpose of the Arrancar- blocking all the abilities of the Shinigami.
Wonderwiess.
A perfect creation capable of deflecting all of Yamamoto's attacks, of disintegrating his sword just the way Kaien Shiba's was destroyed years ago.
Although, I doubt when Yamamoto dies he'll have a pretty girl crying over his death.