Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Tite Kubo except the storyline.
Wow, thanks for the reviews o.O I was actually going to change the whole first chapter, but I don't know if I should now. I'm very happy, and don't worry, Gin becomes less OOC as the story goes on, it's just you know, his grief and stuff is making him that way
Chapter Summary: Gin has finally found Matsumoto in the small town of Karakura, but reuniting with her is harder then expected
Chapter 2 – Reunited?
"Ah… Ichimaru-san!" Urahara said as Gin walked through the door way to Urahara's shop. The man, Urahara, didn't seem to be very surprised at seeing Gin walk through the doorway to his shop, but then again, the guy was never surprised at much.
"You know where she is don't you?" Gin said, his eyes were open again and he had a very un-characteristic like snarl on his face.
"Who?" Urahara asked, playing the idiot.
"Don't mess with me Urahara!" Ichimaru said, gripping his sword tightly.
"You might want to watch where you swing that," was all Urahara said, smirking.
"Tch," Gin replied, turning around, he knew he had no chance with that man, killing him would be as hard as killing Aizen.
"You might want to ask Kurosaki!" Urahara said, before heading towards he back of the shop, Gin stood at the doorway wondering if he should. He knew Ichigo and his father didn't like him much and the stupid guy might attack him, damn orange-head. He hated the color of his hair… hated it, it was too much like… hers.
"Eh… aren't you Ichimaru?" Isshin said, looking up suspiciously at Gin, who still wore his captains uniform, Urahara wouldn't make him a faux body, let alone give him one, that ass. The ex-captain didn't answer at first, his eyes just glared at Isshin with annoyance. "Urahara told me you might be coming around here… alright, so, let's see… Matsumoto," Isshin muttered, turning to look at the folders in the filing cabinet. Gin just stood there, glaring, apparently, when his eyes were open, all he could do was glare.
"Did Urahara give you that faux body?" Gin asked.
"This? Yep, that mans a genius, this thing ages you know? I'm not aging, but this body makes me look like I am, gray hair!" Isshin said laughing as if they were old friends. This friendly laugh pissed Gin off for some reason.
"That bastard… he said…" Gin muttered angrily.
"Ah… here it is, Matsumoto, have a daughter who's turning four in three days, name of Rangiku, she's the girl you're looking for I presume?" Isshin said, holding up the folder without even looking at it.
"You knew!" Gin said, taking a step closer.
"Ah… maybe I did, anyways… a doctor isn't allowed to give out personal information," Isshin said grinning, but before he could put the folder back, it was already snatched out of his hand. "Tch, no manners…" Isshin grumbled, but he made no move to get the folder back, and didn't' say anything when he did receive the folder back. Gin left the clinic quickly and went to the address on the folder, her home was near the park. When he arrived at the park, the man expected the place to be deserted, school should be in session at this time, so he was surprised to see a little girl sitting on the swing. His breath caught in his throat… she looked, it really was a reincarnation. Gin remembered the same small face and short hair that still needed to grow. He also, remembered the sad look on her face.
The girl looked up, Gin wasn't sure if he should move away, but even if he did it would've been too late, she saw him. "W-Who're you?" she asked, her eyes were red and it looked like she had been crying.
He didn't answer, his eyes were open in shock and his mouth hung slightly open, what should he say? Should he say anything at all, he was tempted to sneer and say something like, "And what's the little baby crying about?" but for some reason… he couldn't.
--x--
Are ya hungry?
Y-Yes…
Come with me, I got food for ya!
--x—
Argh! Gin staggered back, it seemed so real, why did he see that?
"W-Wait! Mister!" Rangiku called as Gin ran and left, he didn't turn back, memories flood his mind, blinded him, what the hell was this? He remembered crying, a small voice, a pleading voice… soft lips, a warm hug… ARGH! He felt like yelling or something, but yelling was something he would never do, never.
"Urahara! Give me my body! Isshin said you-" Gin paused, seeing a faux body already in front of him, that looked exactly like him as a child… the resemblance scared him.
"Mm… the price… what should the price be?" Urahara asked, coming out from the shadows.
"No price," Gin answered, taking the body, Urahara made no move to stop him.
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"W-Who's there?" Rangiku Matsumoto asked, she was sitting at the park again. She thought she saw a little boy in the shadows.
"Hey there!" Gin said, smirking, his eyes in his usual slits. Even as a kid he looked like this.
"W-Who're you?" Rangiku asked nervously, he looked a lot like the man from a few days ago.
"The names Gin, Ichimaru Gin!" he answered still smirking.
"W-Why are you s-smiling like that?" Rangiku asked, wiping her eyes quickly, the boy was laughing at him, she could feel it, she didn't notice the smile wipe off Gin's face, she didn't see the twitch of his hand as he thought about whether he should wipe the tears of her face. All she saw was the cold sneering smile that the boy held on his face, in her mind. Then something seemed to click.
"G-Gin… " she murmured, somehow, for some reason… she felt very comfortable around him, as if she had known him for years. "I-I'm Rangiku, Matsumoto… Rangiku…" she replied nervously putting a small smile on her face.
"Why're you cryin there?" Gin asked casually, still holding his disturbing smirk, in truth he wanted to hold her, but he never let his emotions get the better of him.
"M-My birthday is tomorrow… b-but I have no friends… mama, says it's okay, but… but she and daddy think I'm weird, I-I can see ghosts," Matsumoto finished lamely, she was thinking about the strange man she saw yesterday, she actually came to the park to see him again… but he was gone.
"I can see 'em too, spirits," Gin said grinning, sitting on the swing beside Matsumoto. She smiled at him, he remembered that smile from long ago, it stayed the same as she grew older, the same smile, the smile she reserved for him only. She never showed that smile to anyone else, not even to her captain. Even now, she still had that smile.
"I-… I also have weird dreams, I tell mama and she scolds me… daddy once showed me a picture of my great, great, great, grandma… I've seen her in a dream before," If this was anyone else, Gin would've yawned and fallen asleep, but this wasn't just someone, this was her, and so he listened to every word she said. He didn't smile though, instead his mouth was open in curiosity, I have to act like a child… he thought to himself, remember the innocent curious faces he would pull when Ran-chan told him stories. He also remembered the kind smile he reserved for her, he remembered, how innocent he was as a young child, and made sure to act just like that.
"Eh…? Ya sure have weird dreams there," Gin said, trying to hide the happiness in his voice, he didn't sound rude either. Rangiku had just told him about her dreams, how she dreamed of Soul Society and how she saw different people in her dreams. Apparently, her doctor, Doctor Kurosaki seemed very familiar and some other people too, other adults, like Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends, she all thought they were familiar. He felt happy, very happy that she seemed to remember these things, just as Komamura had said she would
"Ran-chan! Get back here!" a sharp voice cut through the two's conversation. Gin looked up in mild surprise, making sure he didn't open his eyes and glare as he would've to anyone else. Instead he looked up with a child-liked curiosity on his face. Even children could look like adults, he learned that when Rangiku commented on how when Gin seems surprised or angry, he would look like an adult. Mrs. Matsumoto stepped towards her daughter and grabbed her by the hair angrily, dragging her off the swing.
"Mama me-ow! Mama, that hurts!" little Rangiku said, trying to release her mothers grip on her short hair.
"What did mama say about talking to strangers?" Mrs. Matsuomoto said, at first she loved her child but when she learned of her child's strange abilities and dreams, she seemed like some sort of monster, or witch, not a human, her daughter was definitely not human.
"Bu-ow! Mama, stop it!" Rangiku called again, tears began pouring down her face, Gin couldn't just sit and watch, not when it was his Ran-chan that was getting hurt.
"Let go!" he said, wishing that he didn't have such a soft child-like voice and that he was in his original body. He placed his pale, small, hand on Rangiku's mothers' arm and tightened his grip, digging his nails into the woman's skin.
"Why you little!" her mother said, releasing her grip and holding her arm in pain, Gin smiled his normal, evil, taunting little smile. The smile that sent shivers down everyone's spine and the smile that made Rangiku's mother back away in fear. "Let's go Ran-chan, this boy is a bad boy, look what he did to mama!" and with that, Mrs. Matsumoto picked up her daughter and carried her away.
The day after that, Rangiku wasn't at the park… and she wasn't there the next day, the day after or even next week. When Gin went to her house, in his faux body of course, her parents slammed the door on him calling him a devil… those words, he felt a pulsing anger beating through him. Those were the exact words the people in Rukongai had called him, the words in which he and Rangiku had to endure, but at least they endured them together. Now, she was alone, and he couldn't protect her like he did the last time.
But that wasn't the only thing stopping Gin from seeing Rangiku, Captain-Commander wasn't very thrilled about the captains letting Gin escape and he made certain that every captain would go out to find the ex-captain. Many shinigami thought this was pointless, they didn't want Gin back, he was scary. The captains didn't want to either, Gin didn't want to be there, and they didn't care much. The only people that bothered to chase after Gin was Hitsugaya and Kira. Ikkaku and Yumichika had to go along as well because they were part of 'Hitsugaya's squad'.
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"Dad, what the hell is this?" Ichigo said, as he entered his room. Even though he was staying in his own apartment, he still came home sometimes to see Karin and Yuzu.
"Kurosaki!" Ikkaku said grinning, they still hadn't battled again after the small one in soul society and Ikkaku hated losing. Half the reason he came here was to have a fight with Kurosaki again.
"What are they doing here? Is something wrong?" Ichigo asked confused, when he saw Hitsugaya he expected to be hugged by Matsumoto fukutaichou but he didn't see her anywhere, somehow he didn't feel relieved though.
"We're here to take Ichimaru Gin back to Soul Society," Hitsugaya said, keeping his voice calm and level, even though his hands were balled into fists.
"Wha-? What did he do?" Ichigo asked, silence… all eyes were on Hitsugaya, Kira looked away into the distance, something bad must've happened.
"He killed someone, that's it," Kira stuttered at last.
"If you want, could you help us find him?" Hitusgaya asked, his eyes staring hard at Ichigo's face.
"Well… who did he kill?" Ichigo answered unsure.
"A certain fukutaichou," Isshin answered, walking into the kitchen, "You should just leave him, poor mans grieving, I am sure he won't cause any harm. Yama-ji has always been stubborn," grunted Isshin as he sat down on a empty chair.
There was a moments pause to let Ichigo think, a certain fukutaichou… wait… no! "I think I know where to find him, he'll probably be at her house… Matsumoto I mean, I'll show you," Ichigo said getting up, everyone stood except Isshin he sighed and looked away, "tch" was all Ichigo's father decided to say.
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"Alright, here we are, the Matsumoto residence," Ichigo said frowning, he felt sorry for the little girl. He had seen her and her family a lot in the past four years, as he grew up he always had the suspicion that Rangiku was the Rangiku from Soul Society, but he never guessed anyone would kill her. He just… thought she died or something, but now that he thought about it, it seemed like a stupid thought. His thoughts were cut short though.
Suddenly the small group heard a noise, Ichigo turned around first and then everyone else, for a moment there was a shocked silence.
"I-Ichimaru Taichou!" Kira said weakly, seeing the little boy that resembled Gin Ichimaru so closely.
"Ichimaru…" Hitsugaya breathed, his voice full of venom.
Then… the door of the house flew open, and little Rangiku ran out of the house only to run in between Gin and Hitsugaya's group, much to the little girls shock.
I should really plan this story out a bit more. Ah well, I don't think this chapter is as good as the last one. Oh, and I know the ending of the chapter is kind of cliché (in my opinion) but… yeah…
I was actually planning to re-write the whole story and make it slightly different, but I think I'll just make a entire new fanfiction instead – with basically the same storyline, but a different way of writing, whoops I'm ranting right now.
Erm… it's kind of hard for me to describe Gin's face's as a little boy, but we've seen him as a little boy in the anime and manga so – I'm sure it's not to hard. Thanks for the reviews again.
Bye
- Griƒƒen