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 Four- Eye of the Moon

Previously....

"However this one has" he grinned manically before turning round to show Karin to the others, "Gentlemen meet Kurosaki Karin"

Gin wracked his brains, Kurosaki where had he heard that name before... Then a flash of orange from Tousen's scarf as he moved forward toward Karin triggered his memory and he remembered the powerful human who had interfered with Aizen's early plan to kill Rukia.

"And what is her use to us?" asked Gin curiously, analysing her features more closely to see if there was physical connection between her and the human he remembered,

"You shall see" Grinned Aizen moving Karin slightly in his grip to get a closer look at her face before laying her down on the ground in front of him,

"That wasn't an answer" Gin smiled at Aizen keeping his usual expression intact as he turned to face him taking his eyes of Karin,

"All in good time Gin" replied Aizen waving towards him dismissively as he turned to go sit back on his throne like chair. Once seated he motioned to Ulquiorra who Gin has noticed hadn't moved throughout the conversation,

"Find a place for her..." He paused for thought, "Somewhere far away from everyone don't want any unfortunate accidents" he frowned thinking quietly of some of the more excitable arrancar inside the governing walls. Then before Ulquiorra could pick Karin up again, "Oh and head back and retrieve the distraction force, we don't want them killing them yet"

With a short nod Ulquiorra grabbed Karin of the floor before turning sharply to head towards the door, as Gin turned slightly to watch Ulquiorra leave, Karin hanging limp from his arm again he began to wonder about Aizen's plan about the girl. There was nothing special about her aside maybe from her last name and decently powerful spiritual pressure which he had noticed had risen since Ulquiorra had picked her up again. Even unconscious it was sparking out of her like lightning strikes something that kept making Ulquiorra twitch with slight discomfort as they must be hitting him directly through there skin contact. Gin suppressed a chuckle it was nice to see the emotionless git in discomfort once in awhile. He continued to let his mind wonder as he watched them exit through the end door, he had to contact soul society and soon. Regardless of whom she may possibly be related too, Aizen had kidnapped a young human and it didn't seem to be on a whim either. Remembering the glee that had been written all over Aizen's face earlier there was clearly something deeper going on here. Deciding it couldn't hurt to ask again he was about to turn back and open his mouth to speak when Tousen spoke up again,

"What exactly is the plan now?" Gin swivelled on the spot to face them both again; happy at how he wasn't the one interrogating. He didn't want Aizen to catch him as a traitor since he asked so many questions,

"Well gentlemen I need to test my theory's first and if all goes well I will inform you as to the plan... In the meantime attend to your normal duties" and with a swish of robes Aizen vanished.

Gin sighed and thought back to were he was supposed to be right now. The surveillance room- probably the most boring job assigned to him but least he could catch some Z's as the sleeping facilities in this place still kept him up at night- Either that or the constant night was just messing with his head. Walking out the room as he decided shunpo was pointless he left Tousen behind, he hadn't moved since Aizen left and Gin guessed he was probably doing exactly what he was currently doing- Trying to figure out what the hell he was up to.

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Karin awoke with a start, forgetting the most recent activities in the aftermath of waking. Karin wondered why on earth she wasn't in her bedroom and why she was so cold. Sitting up to get a better look at her surroundings she remembered what had happened,

"Crap" muttered Karin as she climbed to her feet ignoring her head which was still throbbing from earlier.

Walking around the edges of the room she found a table a door (which was unfortunately locked) and a bed which she had been lying on before. There was no light fitting in the room only the light from the moon filtering thought the high window above the table allowed Karin to see. Even peering though the keyhole she could see no light outside of the door.

Karin shivered again as questions buzzed though her mind, 'It's not winter yet so why is it so cold and dreary? And why is the moon so big?' suddenly noticing how close it seemed in relation to the last time she had seen it out. Flopping down on the bed she wrapped the one blanket that was there around her. Now she regretted wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Not that she knew she was going to be kidnapped by a guy in really bad fancy dress. Thinking about him she remembered how everything had gone black suddenly.

Thinking about it she put it down to her head injury, 'I was feeling pretty weird before he turned up' mused Karin thinking about the weird pressure she had felt forcing her to the ground before she had seen his shoes appear from no-where.

Deciding not to dwell on him as if he was the one who had taken her to this strange place she was bound to see him again and concentrated on possible ways to get out. The window was pretty high but by standing on the table beneath Karin figured she may be able to reach the ledge.

Walking over to the other side of the room she clambered up onto the desk, looking up Karin realised that it was a bigger distance than she first thought, Even after jumping carefully on the table she didn't come even close to the ledge. Climbing back down to the floor Karin thought about propping the desk sideways against the wall but ruled that out quickly as she realised she would not be able to climb up it and the instability caused by the extra weight on one side would make it collapse on her. So instead Karin looked around the room for possible ideas

Her eyes caught the bed on the other side of the room she saw that it was a decent enough size to maybe put the desk on top of, Grinning she ran over to the bed to try to pull it along over to the window, it was really heavy and Karin had difficulty pulling it so once it was a decent distance from the wall Karin moved between the wall and the bed to push the bed using the wall as leverage. Getting halfway across the room using that method Karin still had halfway to go. Using all her strength she continued to push the bed toward the light slowly bringing it closer, inch by inch.

Karin felt like she had been pushing this bed for an age. Her legs and arms where tired, her head had decided to join in with them and was painfully throbbing again but relief was close as suddenly there was a soft thump as the bed met the table pushing it slightly against the wall. Sighing with relief Karin got up from the floor and flopped down on the bed; Much as escape mattered right now she knew she was way too tired currently to even try to lift the table onto it. So a quick rest was in order.

Bathed in the moonlight Karin didn't know how long she had been lying there, her breathing had evened out from the exertion but her arms and legs were aching and her muscles were very tired, and to make matters worse since she hadn't eaten since breakfast her stomach was starting to growl and grumble at her complaining at the lack of dinner. Deciding it was probably best to leave escaping activities until the morning when it was lighter and she was better rested Karin let herself drift of to sleep pushing thoughts of food to the back of her mind.

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Meanwhile a pair of eyes had been watching her movements closely. He had daren't enter the room himself as currently in her state she would have spotted him easily and probably attacked him. So simple observing would have to do. Slipping into the room now seeing she was fast asleep he decided not to move the bed back to its previous position, leaving it where it was for the moment might prove amusing when she finally managed to see the view out of the window.

Setting down a tray of food on the desk beside Karin he swiftly turned and slipped out the door silently. Out in the open again inside one of many of las noches's winding corridors kept dark so as not to alert the guest to activity outside. As he walked out heading back towards light and the rest of his empire, Aizen couldn't help but smile manically

"Seems everything's going exactly to plan"

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So not a huge chapter this time but giving everyone a little window as to what's going on with Karin.

I'm going on holiday next Friday however – I will try to get the next chapter up before I go but if I don't manage it I will be gone a week from then so just a quick heads up.