Deep Set

What if Aizen's plan all along didn't involve Orihime? What if all he wanted to do was lure two powerful shinigami onto his side? He figured it out all he had to do was kidnap one small child.

Disclaimer- I do not own bleach or any of its characters.

Chapter One- The Beginnings of a Normal Day

Karin woke to the soft beeping of her alarm. 6.00am, sighing sleepily she rolled over and switched it off before it could wake Yuzu up. Sitting up she stretched before grabbing some clothes and heading into the bathroom that she shared with Yuzu.

Exiting the bathroom after changing and washing she spied the clock again across the room,6.10am 'Good' she thought 'Still got enough time for breakfast', walking down the corridor to the stairs she momentarily paused at the door to Ichigo's room. She didn't know where he had gone even Toushiro the white haired shinigami she had met once didn't even know where he might have gone, suppressing a sigh she continued on down the stairs quickly, Heading for the kitchen trying to keep as quiet as possible- she only woke up early for soccer/football practice when they had a match later in the day after school- Today was one of those days and she didn't like to wake the house up when she went early,

"Kaaarrriiinnn", he exclaimed loudly "My prize daughter!"

Unfortunately Isshin did not share Karin's view.

"Shut up baka!" hissed Karin smacking him in the face in an attempt to shut him up. Forgetting that that only made things worse she cringed as he began weeping and talking to her mother's poster about how horrible his kids are, Karin ignored him and proceeded to get herself some breakfast. Deciding on cereal since Yuzu normally cooked breakfast and she didn't trust herself enough with the cooking to attempt herself, plus she concluded she probably didn't have enough time to make anything fancier anyway.

Pouring out the milk onto the cornflakes Karin put the milk back into the fridge before strolling over to eat at the table. She noted that her father's sobs had quietened down to a level that was just about normal volume, she also noted with pleasure that his face has a substantial bruise on it. She hoped that would serve as a reminder not to be loud in the early morning again. Crunching on her cornflakes she dwelled on the plan of attack for the day. She knew her and her team mates were ready for the match physically it was just a matter of mentally preparing them that they were good and that they were going to do excellent.

Snapping out of her daydream Karin quickly finished off her breakfast and put her empty bowl in the sink before grabbing her kit and heading out the door. Not bothering to shout to the old man where she was going, she knew he knew so there was no point risking waking the house again. As she walked past the clinic joined onto the house she saw the lights come on and knew that he had gone down through the house to set up the clinic for that day, 'Wait' she thought dad doesn't normally set up till… she eyed her watch just to be sure,

"Crap, I'm gonna be late!" she exclaimed and picked up the speed heading for the park where they practiced early morning, this would teach her to daydream at breakfast.

Despite Karin turning up late she was still the first one there, groaning to herself as she thought of having to deal with grumpy early morning half asleep boys she began practicing her skills bouncing the ball from foot to foot and trying out different angles to try and score from. Suddenly she felt a slight pressure on her head pulling down slightly on her consciousness. Shaking her head she got rid of it and thought nothing of it as she ran to fetch the ball returning with it she saw everyone else arriving at once from the other end of the park walking towards them she shouted loudly at them,

"Oi you lazy bunch of bones what took you so long?" What met her ears after that statement was a collection of grunts and groans along with one of the team falling on the floor pretending to sleep.

"Come on your not teenagers yet! Quit with the groaning and let's get some practice done before the game tonight!" Exclaimed Karin fetching the ball from where she had just kicked it away to, kicking the ball to the nearest boy who she recognized as Yamada Taro the newest edition to the team he stopped the ball with his foot before kicking it to a fellow player this continued in a circle for awhile before Karin called for a stop and started dividing the team in half to have a practice game against each other. Since there was 11 of them she split them equally 5 on each side before stepping out to be the ref. Starting the game off with a loud shout she was to busy keeping an eye on the ball and the players to notice the tree.

Her head connected with the rough bark first Karin felt it cut into her skin as the rest of her body caught up and also collided, Pain shot through Karin as she fell onto her back wincing she tried to sit up but found her head started spinning when she tried. She put a hand up to try to steady her head as the world wouldn't stay still in front of her and all she could hear was the clamor of the raised anxious voices of her teammates. Blinking a few times she managed to get her vision straight but her head was still throbbing. Checking herself for injuries she saw only a small cut on her right knee. But putting a hand to her head she noticed she was bleeding quite a bit, 'Great' she thought but moved her head to focus on her teammates who were still crowded around asking if she was alright. Smiling at them and then standing up wobbling a bit as she did before she fell over she had to grab the damn tree for support. It was a big tree Karin noted, how she had never seen it before was beyond her. Karin made a mental note to check where she was running before pelting of at full speed without looking.

"I'm fine guys though I think I better head home and get checked by my dad just incase…" She paused looking about for her kit bag and had to hide a wince in pain as her head violently throbbed again deciding to leave it and hope one of her teammates picked it up and gave it to her at school,

"I will catch you guys at school anyway be ready for another practice and lunch we are not going to loose to County" Karin spoke with determination to her team waved and smiled at them goodbye before biting back her pain and quickly walking away from the pitch. Once she was around the corner and out of sight from her teammates she allowed herself to show pain and slowing her pace down headed home slowly keeping pressure on her head to control the bleeding like her old man had told her to do.

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Meanwhile elsewhere in Kuraka town a gateway opened in the sky sending out a wave of spiritual energy that instantly alerted the shinigami stationed there of there presence, They didn't need the reminder bleeping on there phones for these four neither did they really need the energy as they where hovering right above them. Surprised as they were at there sudden entrance they did not show it. Merely exchanging glances Ikkaku's grin seemed to grow wider than ever while Yumichika's and Matsumoto's faces were more of a grimace. Hitsugaya didn't even seem to blink.

Each of them assessed the arrancar's capabilities while withdrawing from the gigai and sending them off elsewhere, they all imagined Urahara would subject them to many hours cleaning of the shop if one was damaged or destroyed. Withdrawing there zanpackto's they began squaring up against there opponents and with Hitsugaya's order they flew up to face them, not quite noticing as a blue haired white blur zoomed off.

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Arriving home seemed to take an age to Karin, then again she knew she was probably walking as twice as slow as she normally did walking home from the pitch. Since normally she was running due to being late for either dinner or school, Practice often overran.

Stepping into the clinic rather than the house since at that hour her old man was more likely to be found here, Looking about she couldn't see him anywhere near the desk or any other patients around so she assumed he was probably sorting out equipment in one of the patients rooms so instead of beginning to look round for him since the pain in her head had if it was possible doubled since leaving the field, she rang the little bell on the desk hoping he would appear fast and not shout,

"Karin!" he exclaimed stepping out of the nearest room

One out of two was still good, though once he noticed Karin's condition his personality completely changed – which Karin was relived by her head was now no longer throbbing with pain but was becoming numb and she was half flopped over the reception desk. Isshin said no more and helped Karin up and over into the patient's room he had just exited. Sitting her down on the bed he moved her hand away from the wound on her head and softly wiped away the blood with a wet cloth.

"It's not as bad as it feels" he commented in an attempt to ease Karin continuing to clean the wound as he spoke

"Tell that to my head" mumbled Karin gripping the edge of the bed tightly so she didn't fall of like she felt she was about to, the room has started to spin and she felt sick.

"Right well I'm going to bandage you up because that's a pretty nasty bump and you are on bed rest for the rest of the day" Isshin turned round at this to grab some disinfectant and the pack of bandages from the shelf behind him

"What! Dad no I have to play tonight at the game against county! We have no reserve I have to play!" Karin almost jumped up to argue with her dad but a wave of pain hit her head again so she swayed precariously on the edge of the bed and slightly fell forward. Isshin turning round in the nick of time caught her before she hit the floor and then lay Karin down on the bed.

"There just going to have to re-arrange the match then, you may very well have a concussion..." Isshin paused as he put some disinfectant on the wound watching Karin's expression for pain and saw only determination, "What did you hit anyway?" Isshin enquired beginning to wind the bandages around Karin's head

"Tree" grunted Karin still annoyed at her father for telling her she couldn't go to the match, Isshin seemed to catch the hint and didn't say anything more about it. After finishing bandaging up her head Isshin stepped back to check the bandage was in the right place before suddenly snapping back and returning to being the happy-go-lucky loud dad.

"Well I will check on you in a bit Kaaarrriiinnn" he called as though she was on the other side of the clinic rather than on a bed in front of him, and with his loud voice still echoing round the room he skipped out the door closing it behind him. Karin groaned as his voice made her head throb again. Looking at her watch she noted that the time was 7.35am wondering how so much had happened in such a short space of time Karin settled down on the bed figuring the day was probably going to pass slowly if she didn't try Karin rolled over onto the side which didn't have the cut and tried to get some sleep.

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Waking up later Karin wondered why it was so dark… was she still asleep? Sitting up in the bed she tried to see what her watch said, but not having enough light was an issue with this watch so getting up she headed for the small window in the corner and drew back the curtain, noting silently that her head wasn't hurting as much as earlier. Using the light from the window she peered at her watch,

"Holy crap!" she exclaimed, the little hands on her clock read 4.30pm. Astounded that she had slept for that long she remembered that the match with County kicked of at 4.45 at the pitch on the school grounds. Scrambling quickly to the door she peeked out to see if the old man was anywhere about after about a minute she was satisfied that no-one was there before running out the door careful to avoid hitting her head on the swinging clinic doors.

Hurrying out toward the direction of the school, Karin began to unwind the bandage; her head was only a dull throb of pain every so often now so she figured long as she avoided headers (and tree's) it would be all good. Turning down a side street she noted a sudden change in atmosphere, it suddenly felt heavy and thick and for some reason Karin felt it get harder to breathe as the air seemed to get even thicker around her making her sink to her knees and slump into the wall beside her. It was similar to the weird pull she had felt earlier in the day but it was stronger. There was shouting coming from somewhere around her and Karin swore she saw something white fly overhead before the world started to get fuzzy round the edges.

Trying to get up from the cold damp floor Karin wondered what the hell was going on, maybe her dad's advice to stick to bed rest was a good idea after all, the pain in her head had returned but it was a different kind of pain, more like a pressure on her head forcing her down. Still struggling to stand Karin suddenly noticed a pair of black shoes in front of her confused she looked up taking in the white robes and sword before her eyes rested on his face. What she saw at first she figured she was hallucinating, was the guy wearing a half a costume Viking hat? Trying to focus more on him Karin peered moving her head closer before recoiling as another wave of pressure hit her head. The world about her started to fade as her consciousness slipped into oblivion.

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Ulquiorra was pleased. It had not taken him long to get the girl, Aizen-sama would be happy he was sure. With the distraction in place and everybody else fighting no-one had noticed his presence. He did have to raise his spiritual pressure quite a bit more than normal to make a human faint hopefully the extra pressure would not be noticed but Ulquiorra knew he would have had to raise it a lot more if she hadn't been injured before hand. That had taken some work he silently mused as he opened a gateway to head back to Las Noches, Karin hanging limp in his right hand.

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Thanks to all whom reviewed/favorite/alerted this story :) – means a lot so thanks again.

As a little note I was going to leave the whole chapter as just what Karin gets up to but I decided to add in a bit of the main storyline so you can see the time it's currently set in, I didn't want to add it all in as I would just be retelling the story. I also hope you don't mind I jumped straight into the action :D

I hope I didn't disappoint