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 Six- Land of Confusion

When Karin awoke the first thing she realised was the familiar smell of noodles looking about for the source she saw them on the table next to her resting on a plate piled substantially high with a glass of water next to it.

Looking cautiously about she thought for a split second the food might be poisoned but the thought was soon cast aside if they wanted her dead why go to the trouble of kidnapping and then cooking for her. So lifting the food to her mouth in a very un-dignified fashion she ate fast like the food might be taken from her at any moment. Downing the water once she had finished she set the glass back down and wiped her mouth on her sleeve, it might not be very polite or dignified but there wasn't anyone around to see her she supposed. Thinking about it why did her captor not move the bed back to its original place Karin mused on that for a bit while her stomach settled before just decided whoever it was probably didn't want to wake her. Sighing softly she flopped back onto the bed then after a few moments got up again and moved behind it and got a good view of the window, she blinked in surprise as the moon glinted back at her, how long had she been asleep? Silently kicking herself for being so lazy she moved around and began to lift the desk onto the bed.

It was heavy but by lifting one side at a time Karin managed to prop the desk onto the bed a good distance from the wall, and then with one huge shove Karin got it all against the wall just below the windowsill. As it hit the wall it made a loud clunking sound Karin cringed slightly and looked towards the door for a second as though whoever was holding her captive was about to burst through. But after a few moments of nothing Karin turned back to the task at hand. Clambering onto the bed she stood on the gap at the edge left by the thinner desk before lifting herself up onto the desk.

Standing on the desk Karin saw that the windowsill was definitely within reach now so reaching up she grabbed the window sill with both hands and with a short jump pulled herself up.

She was not expecting the view the window presented her with, as far as the eye could see all there was, was glistening white sand. The occasional tree littered the landscape bare of all its leaves and smaller twigs, more resembling branches stuck into the ground like guard posts. The moons light glittered of the sand dunes further away as Karin stared not quite believing her eyes. Looking down below the window she saw how high up the window was as a seemingly endless white wall descending out of her sight below her. All of Karin's confidence dissolved as was replaced with a mixture of anger at her captors and fear. She had been so sure her plan would work. That she could then get help or maybe jump free but this wasn't Kuraka, Hell she wasn't even sure if it was earth. Her fear increased when suddenly she saw movement in the corner of her eye coming from the opposite end of the room by the door,

"Beautiful isn't it?" remarked Aizen stepping fully into the room with ease and shutting it closed behind him.

Karin merely spluttered in response realising why now her captors hadn't moved the bed back to its original location, not because they wanted her to sleep but so she could see there was no escaping. Taking in Aizen's appearance she concluded it was a different man from before even if they where wearing the same clothes her eyes then rested on Aizen's Zanpaktou.

"This is Kyōka Suigetsu (1) she has been looking forward to meeting you" Karin's eyes widened as Aizen unsheathed it from his side and held it loosely in his hand. Aizen muttered something to the sword that Karin couldn't hear stretching forwards on the sill Karin watched as the sword glowed a soft red before vanishing from Aizen's hand.

Karin blinked staring at the place the sword had previously occupied mesmerised and utterly confused. First she is kidnapped then by the looks of it taken off the planet and how there's some weird magician in her room. Karin felt like screaming in frustration at all the questions bubbling up in her mind. But as soon as the frustration came it was gone and replaced by a calm female voice in her head.

'My my so many questions' the voice marvelled and Karin jumped and stared at the man across the room who had yet to introduce himself who was smiling softly at her, Unnerved Karin tried to move further away but her back only met the cold window.

'Great' thought Karin panicking slightly 'I'm hearing things'

The voice Karin had heard earlier giggled, 'My my you're not a smart one are you'

Karin spluttered and was about to retort to the rather obnoxious voice when she noticed that Aizen had closed his eyes in concentration, Karin's blind confusion shot up again but suddenly everything went red and Karin felt like she was floating backwards away from her body, She tried to speak to cry out but found it pointless as her mouth did not want to respond. She tried to move but found her arms and legs weren't responding either.

"Scared child?" the voice asked but this time it was not inside her head the words came from her mouth, shocked and confused Karin tried again to move but her body still wouldn't respond. Karin tried not to succumb to panic and concentrated on what she did understand, she could think for herself and she could still see though her eyes. At least she thought they where her eyes.

Karin tried again to speak but found the effort futile,

"Kyōka?" asked the man on the other side of the room addressing Karin.

"She is putting up much resistance master but nothing we cannot control" the voice again spoke using Karin's mouth and voice.

Karin watched though her own eyes powerless as Aizen continued staring at her,

"Perhaps..." he muttered before everything in Karin's world went black.

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Gin had decided long ago this was the worse job on the rota. Monitoring the surveillance cameras, it might have been interesting in a facility that wasn't full of utterly boring people who did the same things everyday like clockwork. The only interesting thing to watch normally was Grimmjow but Gin had yet to find him on any of the cameras closest to him and he couldn't be bothered to move to watch the others this corner of the room was the most comfortable place for a nap.

He knew he probably should send word to Soul Society about Aizen's strange activities with the kidnapping of the younger Korusaki but Aizen had side stepped all his questions asking about his plan for the girl. Gin hadn't wanted to press the issue but he hoped Aizen's ego would get the better of him soon and he would reveal all. He would have probably guessed by now the substitute shinigami would have noticed the absence of his younger sister, she had been here quite awhile now. Gin idly wondered which camera screen showed her room when movement from the camera nearest his resting head caught his eye.

The camera screen was of one of the empty corridors on the far side of the building, Gin knew barley anyone went down there so when he finally focused on the movement and spotted Aizen he was surprised. Raising an eyebrow under his hair he tracked his supposed leader's progress though various cameras screens before he entered a room.

Gin scowled, and looked about him he couldn't see the screen from that camera anywhere near until he looked up higher

"Aha" Gin grinned and stood to see the screen better and noticed it was the Kurosaki's room. Gin watched the scene play out before him. Aizen appeared to be just talking to there 'guest', Gin suppressed a frown and was instantly annoyed that none of the camera's had audio ability but he let that slide as he continued to watch.

He watched as Aizen unsheathed his sword and continued to watch as Karin's eyes glowed a soft red before returning to normal. Gin's face fell as he pondered the implications behind that. He continued to watch as Karin leapt gracefully from the sill to the table to the ground to stand beside Aizen. Her eyes glowed red again and Aizen's sword appeared in his hand. He sheathed it back into its place and motioned for the younger to open the door.

Gin's confusion continued to mount as the child did not even attempt to escape. He was about to start following Aizen's progress with the camera screens when a red flashing light from the other side of the room caught his attention, Noticing it was as Gin jokingly dubbed it 'Hollow Cam' he headed over grumbling inwardly at not being able to track Aizen but looking towards the camera where the alert was coming from all irritable feelings to the situation vanished as he watched 3 people he was not expecting to see running along the sand plains towards Las Noches.

"What on earth?" he started before hearing someone come in behind him he turned on the spot blinking in surprise at the newcomer,

"Ulquiorra?" Questioned Gin eyeing the arrancar as he entered,

Ulquiorra did not respond to Gin or acknowledge his presence merely walking up next to him to observe the screen

"I will inform Aizen-sama" Ulquiorra stated before turning swiftly on his heel and heading out the room,

"Slimy git" muttered Gin under his breathes before following him out, not only to also alert Aizen of the three heading there way but to find out what on earth he had over Kurosaki Karin.

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(1) – That's his Zanpaktou's name according to Wikipedia, so please don't shout at me if I got it wrong I merely copied Wikipedia.

I realise it has been a long time since I updated longer than even I expected but this chapter I found difficult I must have re-written it countless times. I apologise for the wait and I hope you enjoyed the version of this chapter I finally settled on.

The chapter title comes from a favourite song of mine (Genesis – Land of Confusion) I couldn't think what to name the chapter and considering the confusion inside the chapter and the confusion I had typing it, it fit perfectly.