AN: So yeah, I tried to make a new chapter for this story. I hope you like it. I will try to continue all of my stories next year :). I promise. I hope that I won't be on Hiatus for too long, so sorry that my muse ditched me so I have not been updating for so long. Again ANY ideas that you may have (even the smallest ones) let me know.
Chapter 13
Two moths had passed since the horrible plane accident in Karakura that had supposedly taken the lives of Kuchiki Byakuya and Kuchiki Hidehiro. How ever the police and other authorities had problems in their investigation. There were no bodies to be found from the crash site. There had been no remains of the two executives of the Kuchiki Enterprises. It was like the two men had just vanished into thin air. The media had jumped in to the story acclaiming several different possibilities as where the bodies were. One conclusion of the media had been that they were burned to the ground and some other ideas had been as surreal as to alien abduction. The pilot and the co-pilot of the plane could not give any answers either. They had vanished in to thin air with their families to a place unknown. No one in the Kuchiki family themselves had any clue about anything. It seemed that the head of the Kuchiki had completely left his family in the dark. The successful bundle of separate companies under the Kuchiki Enterprises were now run by few other executives of the family and the business was kept the same as if the head of the company was only having a few months of vacation. The whole accident seemed to be a mystery to the public. To the authorities it was rather obvious that the plane had been sabotaged and who the targets were, but they could not do much until the "victims" themselves would approach them.
Byakuya and Hidehiro had no intentions to go to the authorities or to even ask for an official investigation. They were rather sure that Aizen Sousuke, the successful socialite, was one way or the other involved in this and that the sleazy man would have some hired help to sweep them out of the picture as soon as they would submerge from their acclaimed "death". Byakuya and Hidehiro would have to keep low profile and hide for a certain time and wait so that they could get the man themselves. So they had contacted Urahara Kisuke and currently lived in one of his guest houses. Byakuya had ordered Soifon to investigate the businesses of both Aizen and Ichimaru and also have both of the men tailed. It should be an easy job for her. She had an excellent team to work with. Meanwhile both Byakuya and Hidehiro would do their own work in silence. Soifon had contacted her former mentor with Byakuya's approval. The mentor was none other than Shihoin Yoruichi, the very person who had been a catalyst to all this. Byakuya was just never going to tell her that. And with her husbands assistance she had found something useful.
Aizen Sousuke was keeping himself busy with his official work during the day. He did nothing special and nothing illegal as far as they could gather the information. So they could not catch him in bright day light. If the man was doing something illegal he was good at keeping it in the dark. He was a careful person and if he had a goal he would achieved otherwise. Soifon and Yoruichi had found out that Aizen had begun to spend most of his evenings in "The Bony Grasshopper", usually sipping some wine and watching the crowd. When he was there he was using his valuable time to keep an eye of people and then he was speaking with the new bartender that had been hired there after Kuwahara Takako had informed the sudden arrangements of the ownership of the bar. This bartender was obviously something Aizen was smitten with and Omaeda who was Soifon's second in command had been able find out her name. The new bartender was Renka. She had quit her job the next day she had heard of Byakuya's death. She had given her letter of resignation to Rukia explaining to her that she could not possibly work for the Kuchiki anymore. It seemed that she could not spend any time at the office she had seen her beloved Byakuya in so many times. Then she had taken Takako's position to help Nnoitra at the bar. By Omaeda's report to Soifon he told her that Renka usually spoke to Aizen as he seemed to be some sort of reminder of Byakuya and he had heard the man asking Renka out for a date. She had politely refused informing something about a broken heart. Aizen being the forever gentleman had offered his shoulder to cry on informing that Renka could take her time and space. The man had slowly begun to break the walls of protection and sorrow the woman had suddenly built around her. It was obvious that the red haired woman missed Byakuya as she was often seen driving to the crash site to bring flowers, but it was also obvious that Aizen was not going to let her be alone for very long time. The socialite had been waiting patiently but how long he would continue to be that was unknown.
When Soifon had informed her underlings findings to her boss she was surprised how the usually emotionless man had suddenly grinded his teeth and slammed his fist to the table at the Urahara guest house that was also now currently their base of operation. Hidehiro had immediately tried to calm his cousin down and with a scrutinizing look the taller man had ordered tailing on Renka as well. She was never to be left solemnly alone with Aizen. Sooner or later Aizen would make a move and they wanted Renka out of danger.
Byakuya had not forgotten Renka and he kept her close. When the night came he would go to her house. He had duplicated the key to her house and when he was certain the woman was sleeping he would go in and spent few hours watching her sleep, sometimes caressing her hair and face. There had been times when Renka was half asleep thinking that he had come to her from the "other side" to keep her company and to remind her of their brief moments of happiness they had shared and the love she had for him. Renka often spoke in her sleep and Byakuya was able to find out things about her that made his heart beat faster. It had been a shock to Byakuya to find out how deep and strong feelings she had felt for him at first but after analyzing his own feelings he knew he felt the same. This had been another turning point again to Byakuya; the deep affection the red haired woman was giving him was the courage to resolve this matter. He needed to get Aizen out of the business and out of Renka's life. He needed to do it for both of their sake, so they could finally have the happy end.
While Byakuya had been ordering tailing on Renka and Aizen, Hidehiro himself had made sure the same was done for Takako. But as the brown haired woman was nowhere to be found at the current moment, the eyes went to Ichimaru Gin, the very person whom they suspected of her abduction. Hidehiro had been worried about the woman since she had disappeared and his fear for her well being had increased the moment when he had discovered the documents under her bed.
So currently Ichimaru Gin was also under the scrutinizing eye of Shihoin Yoruichi and Soifon's team of specialized security and investigation. They had more information about the man due the Hidehiro's findings but the silver haired man was surprisingly boring to be tailed. Yoruichi had sent few of her workers to keep an eye on the silver haired man. The man was usually few hours in the office in the mornings and rest of the day he spend his time in a mansion he owned outskirts of Karakura, quite close to Rukongai. Somehow the location seemed strange for such house. They had not seen Takako anywhere, but the bars on the windows and other security measures around the house gave the indication that Gin was keeping something inside his house that he did not want outside. First month of tailing him was like this, giving little information about the man and none about Kuwahara Takako. Then In the end of fourth week of their investigation it changed. This was the first time they had the first sight of Takako. They had tailed Gin out of his office to his house only to pick up Takako and drive her in to the town. Gin had been behaving like a true gentleman and a man of the world. The woman in the other hand seemed weary and tired, maybe a little sick. She did not look happy either. They had been tailing the couple to a hospital, but the investigators had not gone in. They had informed this to Yoruichi who had only asked them to stay put so she could enter the hospital herself.
As she arrived to the hospital she had first checked the emergency rooms just in case Ichimaru had been as asshole and hurt Takako, but the couple was not there. Yoruichi knew that she could not actually search the whole hospital for them so she ended up walking around the premises with the excuse of that it was part of her charity work. After walking around for fifteen minutes she was certain she was not going to find them and as she approaching to exit the hospital she accidentally pumped in to them.
Gin had been pleased to see the woman introducing Takako as his wife to her. When Yoruichi had tentatively asked why they were in the hospital the silver haired man smiled widely and told her that they had been having a check up for Takako. She was expecting a child. Yoruichi had congratulated them but in her mind she had wanted to strangle Ichimaru. Kindly Yoruichi had offered them to come for a luncheon, but Gin had politely denied exclaiming that too much excitement would not be healthy for his precious wife and with polite farewells they had departed. Yoruichi had looked at their departure and saw Takako looking back at her mouthing the silent words. Help me.
When Yoruichi had drearily informed this to Hidehiro the man had suddenly slumped to the nearest chair and cried. Hidehiro was afraid that he would never have the chance to love Takako ever in his life, to have her back. Ichimaru was a man who would not give up on what was his without a fight and now when Takako was even more vulnerable they had no idea how to get the woman out.
Byakuya looked sadly at his cousin and then moved his gaze to Yoruichi.
"Senpai, we need to make action soon."
AN2 : Sorry for a crappy chapter. But thank you very much for reading. So please give me a review and let me know if you liked it or hated it or what even your opinion is or even if I should remake this or something. … oh and before I forget.. Merry Christmas!