AN: Updated you this chapter must be the most boring ones… moving on too fast…but one said, its better to write more short chappies that wait long chapters... something like that... aaww.. so remember to comment about the chapter..

Chapter 12

Aizen had put the speaker of the phone down after having another conversation with Gin and he settled to his large arm chair. He took a sip from his expensive red wine and smiled while looking thru the glass. He had taken a quite liking to the color. So vibrant, so alive. Red was now his favorite color. It reminded him of Renka. Poor Renka, he hoped that she would not be too sad.

He had been pleased with the progress. His informant had told him that the red head that had now been hosted in the Kuchiki manor for the past week was getting restless. She had wanted to go out and search for her friend on her own. She had been eager to get out after she had received a letter from Takako stating that none were to search after her. Kuchiki however had denied it.

The raven head was now on his way to the airport with his cousin and soon those men would be out of the picture. Very soon there would be no Kuchiki Byakuya or Kuchiki Hidehiro. Well actually killing the taller Kuchiki was now a bonus. Gin already had what he wanted. He had Takako and he had convinced her to cut all the ties to her previous life. Abarai Renka would soon walk into Aizen's comforting arms. She would need someone to comfort her. It brought shivers to the brown haired man. He would only have to wait for little while when the world of the Kuchiki's and his own would change forever. Gin had suggested that he should redecorate his house. Women seemed to love secure houses.

Monday afternoon was bright for one Aizen Sousuke and dark to the rest of the business world of Karakura. News broadcast were all over the airport to report the accident. The domestic flight SE-176 had crashed only ten minutes after the take off. The passengers were dead, burned to the ground, only the head pilot and the co-pilot had miraculously survived. The flight had not been a commercial one with hundreds of passengers but it had been a small private jet owned by the Kuchiki. Burning mass and the smoke could be seen over the sky of the airport. The reporters were both exited and sad to have this kind of news to discuss and the main news had been how the CEO of Kuchiki International and his financial executive had both boarded the plane and burned alive.

When this news had reached the ears of one Abarai Renka she had been devastated. The man she was hopelessly in love was now presumed dead. She was numb.

She had escaped the mansion as soon as Rukia and her servant Neliel were talking on the phone. She had taken a cab and gone to her house. She opened the door and she ran to her room, to her bed and she cried. She could not believe that Byakuya was no longer. When she was falling asleep she felt a hand touch her hair caressing her head gently. Soft lips touched her forehead and kissed her. Splash of raven hair touched her cheek and she felt the comforting touch of Byakuya calming her down. She smiled and thought that even if Byakuya would have died in the crash he would have stayed with her and now haunted her. She fell asleep.

Truth was far from that. Byakuya and Hidehiro had boarded the plane, but before the take off they had exited the plane. They had informed the pilot their suspicion of a bomb and the aircraft had been silently and without notice evacuated. The flight had taken off, but only the autopilot had been on. They all stood and watched as the plane rose to the horizon, exploded and crashed down. The pilots had been transported to the crash site to make it look like they were the only ones surviving. Byakuya was glad that he had loyal employers whom would do even this kind of farce play for his willing. He had had a hunch of a fault play ever since Tousen had refused to postpone the meeting. He had been right. Someone wanted to take his life, all he had to find out who and why. His business did not always make friends.

Byakuya stood up, gently covered his precious Renka in warm blanket and went to find his cousin. Hidehiro was standing at the door of Takako's room. They had not been inside the house after Takako had gone missing, but his security had been. They had not found anything suspicions except the window in poor condition. Byakuya opened the door and went inside Takako's room.

"I have the suspicion that her disappearance might have something to do with our current "death". I suggest that you begin to search this room with different point of view. There might be a clue that who is behind this. Only then we can find Takako and keep Renka safe." Byakuya spoke quietly. Hidehiro nodded.

The room had been searched before, but Byakuya was certain that Soifon might not relate the Kuchiki's into the woman's vanishing. As far as they knew the woman was alive. The deed of the bar had appeared to Jigura stating that the man owned the full 100 percent of the bar now and Renka had received the full deed of the house she was living in. Handwriting had been Takako's. Letters to both Jigura and Renka had stated that she was not to be searched and that she was fine. Hidehiro believed that the woman was far from fine.

They began to look around the room; they opened closets, drawers any locations that held papers, documents or just anything the woman might keep. Hidehiro kneeled to look under the bed and found nothing. When he was about to rise from his position he saw something taped under the bed strings. She maneuvered himself under the bed to look better. It was a manila envelope. He plugged the tapes off and got away from the position he was in. Hidehiro caught Byakuya's attention and they stood quietly when they opened the envelope. Inside were few papers, pictures and newsletter clipping. They looked at the clippings first. There were from Rukongai News, stating that a high school student had been brutally beaten and the man was barely living. The next clip was the announcement of Ichimaru Gin arrest. Byakuya looked at Hidehiro, why on earth would Takako keep such clips in her possession. They looked at the pictures. They were of Gin, the man smiling gently towards the person who was taking them. To Byakuya it was obvious that Takako had something to do with Ichimaru. The next papers were the ones that caught Hidehiro gasping. The marital certificate and the divorce papers and medical files of miscarriage.

Hidehiro was shaking. The woman whom he was in love with had been married with Ichimaru. She had been pregnant for the man and in the end she had filed for divorce as well.

"I think I should inform Soifon about your find. She is already aware that we are alive. Maybe Ichimaru has something to do with Takako's disappearance."

"Maybe so Byakuya, but why would Ichimaru wants us dead, if he already has her?"

"You, he might want dead, because you have shown interest on her. Me, I don't think I am his target. There is someone else who wishes me to be gone."

"Who?"

"Who does Ichimaru Gin associate with?"

"Aizen."

AN2: Oh, what a boring chapter, but I got some moves here. Stupid plot bunny. Got the final chapter written, but you have to wait until we get there . There is still something in between... Now you know the drill, you read, you review. Thank you!