NOTE: Just so anyone knows, even though in the manga Hisagi defeated Tousen while he was in his hollow form, in this story, Tousen never turned to his hollow form in the previous war. Instead, he used his bankai to defeat Hisagi. You will see Tousen go hollow on Hisagi next chapter. Also, I know Matsumoto and Gin never had a relationship but in this story they had a bit of a relationship before Gin betrayed Soul Society as Aizen's accomplice.

I also have to warn everyone that there is a character death later on in this chapter.

With all that said, I hope you enjoy the story.

Chapter 13: Tragedy Falls

Nemu ran out of the way of the incoming attacks while she watched both captains – her captain and the former captain – exchange blows with each other's zampakutou. Mayuri tried to slash at Urahara, hoping to paralyze him with the toxins that contaminate the three-pronged blade, but his opponent parried and dodged each attack.

After teleporting to another point of the room, Urahara used his zampakutou's attack once again to stave off his opponent, but that attack was blocked right away and Mayuri lunged at his former commander for another strike, only to be parried off once again. He growled with frustration as he tried again and again.

"You're really pissing me off!" Mayuri shouted as he continued to attack repetitively.

"You're forgetting, Kurotsuchi, that I have more experience than you will ever have," Urahara argued, blocking and countering each strike. "Remember? I was originally in the Covert Ops!"

"You talk too much, Kisuke!" Mayuri spat as he swung with all his might, only to e blocked and countered once again. This time, Urahara's blade slashed across Mayuri's stomach, blood splashing out of the deep wound.

Mayuri stepped back, panting and seething in anger as he held onto his bloody wound with a white hand. Taking a needle out of a deep pocket from his haori, he pierced the sharp point close to the wound and squeezed the syringe, injecting a bright yellow liquid into the wound.

Urahara watched as his opponent cleaned off the remaining liquid and then held the zampakutou with its prongs facing downward. A wide maniacal smirk spread on his face as he eyed his opponent evilly. "You've made things interesting, Kisuke," he commented, "but now things become more interesting."

Urahara's eyes narrowed as he prepared for his opponent's up and coming bankai.

"Bankai!" Mayuri shouted. Poisonous fumes steam upward as an enormous being with the head of a baby and the body of a caterpillar began to form behind him, smashing everything with its weight. "Konjiki Ashisogi Jizou."

This release state did not phase Urahara one bit for he had seen this state so many times and have made note of all of its abilities. However, he also knew how lethal the abilities may be, so he knew he had to be careful.

"This may be no surprise to you, Kisuke, but even if you were the one who had made all of my accomplishments possible, I would rather kill those such as yourself who stand in my way."

Urahara readied his zampakutou to fight some more. "If that's the case," he smirked with confidence, "bring it on."

Mayuri sent his released zampakutou charging towards his ready opponent, blades retracting from its neck as they prepare to strike. Urahara narrowed his eyes and held his zampakutou in front of him. "Kirisaki!" A crimson shield formed in front of him and thousands of energy bullets fired at gigantic baby-caterpillar, piercing every bit of its surface.

The beast screeched in anger and unleashed its poison gas, causing Nemu to immediately cover her mouth while she was undercover. Urahara used shunpo to escape the gas as quickly as he could, avoiding the clouds that slowly crept towards him.

Mayuri just smiled wickedly for he was unscathed by the poison. "You can't escape forever, Kisuke! No one but me will have the willpower to escape Konjiki Ashisogi Jizou's highly toxic breath!"

"You don't think I don't know that?!" Urahara shot back as he pressed his back against the ceiling of the laboratory. He swept his sword out in front of him, screaming louder, "Sing, Benehime!" A larger wave of crimson escape shot out of the sword and sliced the unsuspecting monster in half, striking Mayuri with explosive force.

Nemu peeked from her hands as she saw her captain nearly covered, head to foot, with blood. His arm was missing and there was a large, gaping hole in his stomach. There was a leering snarl as he managed to take out a syringe needle with his intact, but gnarled hand.

"You…bastard!" He hissed as he pierced the bloody stump where his other arm would have been.

Urahara knew what his former subordinate would do so he acted quickly. With shunpo, he teleported in front of Mayuri and slashed through his chest without hesitation. Blood splashed from the vital wound as the masked captain collapsed at Urahara's feet.

Urahara sheathed his zampakutou and sneered at the body lying before him. "Good riddance, Mayuri-san…for being a dangerous man. You had this coming. So good bye."

He turned towards the place where Nemu was hiding. "You can come out now."

Slowly and hesitantly, Nemu crept out of her hiding place. "If…if Mayuri-sama was a criminal, then does that…"

Urahara sighed as he interrupted her. "At this point, I'm not sure. However, you will be detained though. We will see what the captain-commander says. Come with me."

Nemu nodded as she followed Urahara out of the laboratory.

Hisagi and Matsumoto were rushing through the streets of Sereitei, making sure everyone was doing alright and looking for casualties. That was when Gin Ichimaru and Tousen Kaname blocked their way.

Gin giggled while Tousen just calmly faced his former subordinate. Matsumoto and Hisagi grabbed their zampakutou in anger.

"If it isn't the lovely Matsumoto!" Gin exclaimed with feigned excitement as his smile grew wider.

"Drop dead, Ichimaru!" Matsumoto spat.

"Such strong words," Gin commented, "but I'm afraid that I can't do that easily. You know how crafty I can get, but I don't want to hurt such a beautiful woman like yerself. After all, I do believe there is some sort of spark that is still between us. What do you say?"

Hisagi blocked his view of Matsumoto, growling as he held the hilt of his sword tighter. "Don't talk shit about my woman, Ichimaru! She's mine now! You left her a long time ago. She deserves much better than you!"

"Matsumoto, tsk, tsk, tsk… I'm very disappointed in you." Gin said calmly, still smirking. "You know just how much I loved you and I know that you can't resist me."

Hisagi immediately drew his zampakutou but Tousen blocked his way before he could get to Gin. "I don't think so, Hisagi," Tousen objected without feeling. "You and I will fight here and now."

"Kaname-Taichou…no, I shouldn't call you that anymore," Hisagi shook his head angrily, "but whatever, I accept. After all, I have always wanted to make you pay for what you had done to Soul Society and to the 9th Division."

"And about your defeat the last time we fought?" Tousen asked in correction.

Hisagi thought back to the fight they had at the last war. It was intense and his former captain had done something that he would never expect; he revealed to him that he was a viazard and had the power to hollowificate at will. What was even more infuriating was how he was nearly killed, not by Kaname's hollow form, but by his bankai. Ever since that day, Hisagi had plotted to pay his former captain back with everything he had.

"That too," Hisagi growled. "Let's begin this, but not here. I don't want Matsumoto to see what I am about to do to you."

Matsumoto touched her boyfriend's arm affectionately. "Good luck, Hisagi."

Hisagi gave her a little smile before kissing her lips lightly. "Yea, you too." Then he frowned once again. "But if he does anything to you, however, I won't be there to protect you and I apologize in advance."

Matsumoto rolled her eyes. "Don't worry about it. After all, I'm pretty strong myself since we are the same rank."

Hisagi smirked in response. "Yeah." Then he glared at his former captain. "Let's go."

Tousen nodded and followed Hisagi to another area of Sereitei so that they can begin their fight.

Gin smirked as he stepped closer to Matsumoto. "Looks like we're alone," he stated, chuckling as though he were about to do something cruel to her.

Matsumoto immediately drew her zampakutou, glaring at her former classmate. "Just so you know, Gin, I moved on from you for a reason. You always left and so I got sick of it."

"Of course you did, but now I'm back, see?"

"Yea well, it's a little too late for forgiveness." She held her zampakutou in front of her face, preparing to strike, stepping back with every step that Gin took towards her.

"Forgiveness? That is where yer wrong, dear Matsumoto," Gin denied. Matsumoto just narrowed her eyes at him. "The fact that you had left my memories behind for someone else is disappointin'. Maybe I should punish ya for a bit. I'm sure you would love that." He chuckled once again with a murderous stare in his fox-like eyes.

"Go to hell!" Matsumoto snapped. She hovered her hand above her zampakutou, shouting, "Growl, Haineko!"

Wisps of ash escaped from her hilt and flew towards Gin, who immediately disappeared and reappeared behind her, catching her off guard with a bone-crushing kick to her arm, shattering it in two places. She gasped with surprise and pain as her arm was crushed against her chest with Gin's foot. Gin sent another kick against her back, widening his smirk as she fell to the floor.

He stood above her and watched as she slowly tried to stand up. "I warned ya, dear Matsumoto. You should understand that the difference between our strengths is greater than you would ever comprehend. Now you can't use one of yer arms to release your zampakutou. That's too bad, and it's also too bad that yer precious Hisagi ain't here to protect you."

With one violent punch, he sent her crashing towards the wall of a nearest building. Blood dripped from the side of her head but she did not care about that. Instead she continued to growl at Gin as he enjoyed this moment.

He drew his short, dagger-like zampakutou from his robe. "This fight was too short that it was borin'," he complained, "I wanna have some fun but you know what they say, orders are orders…if you know what I mean by 'fun'." He chuckled as he ogled her broken body with keen interest.

Matsumoto spat some blood to the side. "Shut the hell up, you pervert! I belong to Hisagi now and there's nothing you can do about it!"

Gin's seemingly permanent smile grew wider as he pointed his short zampakutou at Matsumoto. "This is fer leavin' me for a low-class loser like Hisagi," he remarked sinisterly as his blade extended at top speeds towards her at his command. She struggled to get up but because of her heavy injuries she could not.

Her eyes widened as the blade came crashing towards her, ready to pierce her through at any given moment. She knew that Hisagi was fighting against Tousen nearby and could not protect her at the moment. Shutting her eyes, she knew that it was over and waited for the blow to come.

But it never came.

Matsumoto slowly opened her eyes to get a view of her saviour, hoping that it was Hisagi but to her disappointment yet also to her surprise, it was Kira standing in a defensive position with his sword in front of him. It was as though he had parried away Gin's attack before it hit her.

She stared in shock as she remembered what happened back in the chat room; how he and Hinamori had been so mean to everyone for no reason at all. Had Kira decided to once again be as friendly as he used to be?

"Hey Matsumoto-san," Kira greeted with his usual calm tone. Matsumoto just stared in awe. "I know that you're a little surprised to see that I have decided to save your life, but I want you to know that I am sorry for what happened earlier. Hinamori and I both are. If you don't believe me though, I will make it up to you by fighting off Ichimaru-Taichou. Sounds good?"

Matsumoto also knew that Kira had his issues with his former captain that he wanted to deal with. Even then, she knew that he was being sincere. After all, they had always been close for as long as she could remember.

She smiled weakly in an affirmative response. "Alright, good luck then."

Kira nodded and glared at his former captain who was still smirking as evil as ever. "Ah Izuru," Gin said slyly, "it's so nice to see you again."

Kira tightened his hold onto his zampakutou. "Bastard! You think you have changed? I don't think so…after witnessing what you just did to Matsumoto!"

Gin gave out an insane laugh. "It felt so right to beat her like I had done. After all, it served her right."

Kira got into a fighting stance as he seethed in vengeful anger. "Served her right?! I am going to make sure that that smile of yours is wiped off your fucking face! Raise your head, Wabisuke!"

His sword's blade curved in a square-like formation, almost as though it were shaped as the number seven.

Gin chuckled. "You never cease to amaze me, Izuru. However, too bad I have seen your attacks so many times. So I'm afraid you won't get past me. Shoot him to death, Shinsou!"

His blade extended to Kira, who was about to parry it with his zampakutou but Gin retracted his blade and teleported to another area. Kira lunged at his former captain, trying with all his might to slash at him but Gin dodged every time it came at him. Kira growled with frustration with each failed strike, but he knew that he would not give up. After all, he was fighting not only to settle the score with his former captain but also to come on good terms with Matsumoto again.

Gin chuckled even more as he dodged every attack, not wanting to touch his zampakutou against Kira's for Wabisuke had the power to double everything it struck.

However, the former Third Division captain also knew that his former lieutenant's strength was far behind his own. Craftiness was his greatest weapon and he had demonstrated that with his former lover.

Within about fifteen or twenty minutes into the repetitive battle, Gin held out a hand with the palm facing towards Kira and shouted, "Bakudou 63 – Sajo Sabaku!" Within seconds, chains made of reiatsu whipped around Kira, binding him tightly and making him loosen his grip on his zampakutou.

Matsumoto stared wide-eyed in shock as her friend tried to struggle against his bonds. She had a feeling that something like this would happen, but she knew that stopping her friend from fighting his former captain was futile. She wanted to help him, but she could not with her injuries forbidding her to move.

Instead, she just watched in horror as Gin cackled triumphantly, holding his dagger-like zampaikutou towards his opponent. "It's been nice being your superior, Izuru," he commented slyly as a wide smirk remained on his face, "but you had always failed to understand that your strength can't surpass my own. I don't know about you though, but I am really enjoying this moment. Good bye. Shoot him to death…Shinsou!"

Kira ground his teeth and widened his eyes as the blade extended and shot towards him at maximum speed, knowing fully well that it was over. Before anyone could even blink, the sharp point of the blade pierced through Kira's chest, releasing a vast amount of blood as it escaped out of the middle of his back, stabbing into a spot of the building Matsumoto was lying against.

Nearby, a scream was heard as Hinamori rushed towards the scene, heart breaking with fear and worry for her boyfriend. Gin retracted his blade back as he watched the dramatic scenario before him, dropping Kira's body in the process. Hinamori grabbed onto her boyfriend's body, sobbing continuously as she stared painfully at his paling face and his shallow breathing.

Panicking she started to use kidou to heal him, but he stopped her before she could do it. "M-Momo…please don't…I don't…" He tried to say as Hinamori shook her head vigorously, tears streaming down her face. "I can't bear to lose you too!" She screamed as she tried once again to heal him, but he held onto her wrist weakly. "Momo…I…I'm so sorry for this...but…y-you must understand th-that even if you heal me…it won't make…much difference."

He noticed the tears glistening as they ran down her face and his eyes soften as he could feel what was left of his heart shatter to pieces. How he wished that he could make the pain go away! Ever since Aizen had faked his death a couple years ago, she was under a lot of anxiety and stress and he wanted so much to take her pain away.

It was that night when he listened to her as she poured her heart out to him that he knew exactly what to do while holding her in his arms, kissing her hair tenderly, and telling her everything will be all right. He half-regretted taking her away from Hitsugaya since she was still in a relationship with him, but when she told him that she was going to break up with him anyway, he was assured to be the boyfriend that she had deserved.

Ever since, Kira did everything he could to lessen her pain and he was making progress. She was so happy when she was with him and she was with him every single day as they helped each other run their respective divisions.

Now all that happiness, everything that he had tried to do to keep her away from the pain, was about to fall apart with his passing.

"Momo…" He whispered softly, "I'm very sorry…about…all of this… I wanted so much to take the pain away…"

"P-please don't go!" Hinamori begged as she grabbed a hold of Kira's hand and pressed it against her face, crying into it. "D-don't leave me!"

Matsumoto watched her friend in her moment of suffering. Even though she had been a bitch to her back in the chat room, memories of the event when Aizen faked his death came back and this was the most trying moment in Hinamori's life. She wanted so much to hug her friend if it weren't for her injuries.

Kira watched as Hinamori wept for him. "Momo…I want you…to be strong…for me. Remember…the happy times…please promise…me. I love you…if I could take your pain away with me then I would. Re-remember…my love…for you."

Hinamori nodded as she kissed her boyfriend's hand several times before placing it back on her face. "I love you too…Kira. If this was karma from how I had treated everyone back in the chat room (sob), then I deserve this."

Kira shook his head. "No…you don't deserve…anything bad. If this helps you…feel better…remember that if it weren't…for me…Matsumoto-san would be…dead by now."

Hinamori turned her head to see her injured friend watching their final moments together before turning back to her dying boyfriend. A small, sad smile formed on her face as she whispered, "Thank you, I-Izuru. I love you so much, and I'm sorry I was such a burden."

Kira matched her sad smile once his eyes were turning into slits. "It's alright…Momo… If anything, you helped me…a great deal too. The past year…was the best I've ever had. Good bye, Momo. Take care…of yourself." That said, he closed his eyes and lay still in Hinamori's arms.

She gasped several times as more tears poured out of her eyes, holding onto her boyfriend's body tighter and shaking her head frantically. "No…NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Matsumoto's eyes filled with tears for her friend as she watched her break down before her eyes. She also wept for Kira, grateful in her heart for he had saved her. Hisagi would also be grateful for him as well, she knew that would be the case.

Gin's smirk grew into a sadistic smile as the rain that had been pouring from the skies throughout the war, poured harder than it had ever been.

Next time on Incomplete Sorrows…

Standing on top of a tall building overlooking Sereitei, Aizen smirked as he was transfixed on the battles happening below him. He could feel the excitement pulse through his veins as destruction occurred in every area. Very soon, everything will be his for the taking and his goal will finally have been reached.

So yea, Gin Ichimaru is a sick-minded freak who should be murdered at any given moment…not only for what he had done to Matsumoto but also what he did to Kira as well. Poor Hinamori… I apologize, Kira fans, for killing him off though. I don't mind him, but I want to do something that would lead into the sequel. After all, Hinamori is going to have a bit of an important role there but she needs to have a reason to no longer be lieutenant. Also, I want to give a certain someone an excuse to pummel Gin to the ground for what he did, and no I'm not talking about Ichigo guys. You'll find out next chapter who it is.

This chapter was also quite hard to write for some reason, but oh well. Next chapter will be more fun! I hope anyway. Anyway, please let me know what you think and I will have the video of this up as soon as I can. Take care!