Disclaimer: Everything in this story belongs to Tite Kubo except for the storyline

Okay, this chapter will be pretty short, but it's not cause I'm losing inspiration or anything (just in case people worry). The next chapter will be longer, and I'm not sure about the chapter after that. Anyways – without further ado, Chappy 6!

Chapter 6 – Decisions

Everyone stepped through the portal, each person immersed in their own thoughts. The group looked at the barren grounds of Hueco Mundo, shivering as they remembered the dead bodies, except Gin. Gin's mouth twitched as he remembered the bloodied bodies of dead shinigami, the yells, the screams… the blood, but then a face flashed through his head and he fought the urge to cringe and cry out. In his minds eye, as he stood on the plains of Hueco Mundo, surveying the war, he saw Matsumoto get stabbed… but she survived that stab… something spoke in his mind.

He nodded mentally to himself, but then another, darker voice said, But she didn't survive the next stab… and Gin was brought back to the memory of the time he killed her. For some reason, he remembered the pain and surprise on her face in great detail, for some reason, he remembered her weak voice as she spoke he last words… Gin… his name. Gin fought the urge to fall onto his knees and cry, he looked down at the ground instead, his teeth clenched tightly together and his hands were balled into tight fists as his body trembled, trying to control the tears that were threatening to pour out of his eyes like a waterfall.

So you are back… Gin… a voice, Aizen's voice, pounded through his head, disturbing his thoughts.

"A-Aizen Taicho," he mumbled, trying to keep his voice light and steady.

Are you going to betray me Gin? Aizen's voice again, pounded through his head, giving him a headache, a big one at that.

He didn't answer… the pain in his head increased, Gin stood up straight and stared at the direction of Los Noches with a slight frown. The others followed his gaze, but for a different reason. They stared because that place was their enemy, Gin stared… because Aizen was there laughing at him, and it made him slightly annoyed.

So? Aizen's voice again, Gin grinned, I'm home Aizen-Taicho! Gin replied, and far away Aizen laughed. His laugh echoed far, and reached the ears of the group of shinigami. They glanced at Gins wide grin and frowned. Hitsugaya was the first to suspect betrayal.

"Gin…" Hitsugaya whispered, gripping his zanpakuto, ready to unleash it at any moment.

"Sorry guys… but I gotta save Ran-chan, and this tha only way witout gettin' 'urt," Gin said and then stepped into a portal created for him and disappeared.

Hitsugaya lunged, Ichigo yelled and Kira made a strangled cry that sounded like someone was dying. Yoruichi and Isshin had no reaction, "Are we going?" Kurosaki senior said, and then he turned without waiting for an answer. It took a moment for Ichigo and Hitsugaya to get going, but when the two went, they were filled with a burning anger.

"I knew we shouldn't have trusted him…" the two whispered together, but that was the only thing said before they arrived at Los Noches.

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"I am glad you returned Gin," Aizen said, his voice and the smile on his face were mocking.

"Yep, I'm home Aizen-Taicho!" Gin replied with a smirk, undaunted by Aizen's smile.

Aizen laughed and then waved his hand for Gin to leave. After the man left, Aizen smirked and flicked his hand, a image appeared in the air of Gin walked away with a slight frown and then the image disappeared, leaving a satisfied smile on Aizen's face.

Gin, who was quite aware that Aizen had been spying on him smirked a bit after he felt the tingling sensation of being watched pass. Then he frowned again, but instead of his slight frown which didn't really mean, the frown he wore on his face meant anger, and sadness. He walked into a side hallway and then into his room, which was still the same as it had been six years ago.

The ex-shinigami sat on his bed after a nice shower, his silver hair dripped slightly and he wore no shirt, a towel draped on his back. His eyes were open, the pools of red glared at the wall, as if daring the stone to crack, which it did. Thoughts swarmed through his head, ones of anger, confusion and annoyance.

What were these feelings? He had never felt these feelings before. Every time Gin walked away from Rangiku as a child, he threw a bit of his feelings away as well. The day he walked out of Ran-chans life completely, was the day feelings stopped associating themselves with Gin Ichimaru. Why then, did he still feel things? Why did he feel anger at Aizen for taking Matsumoto when he had ignored her and felt nothing for her after the Winter War. Why did he feel regret after stabbing her when at any other time, he might've laughed. Dimly, the memory of Matsumoto getting stabbed flashed through his mind and he felt a surge of anger… it took nearly 15 minutes to rip Shinso out of the wall.

Feelings made people weak… all he wanted was power, power… that's what Gin tried to tell himself, but it didn't work. Whenever he tried to think about power, or about ruling and being second-man to Aizen… Matsumoto's face would appear and shatter his thoughts as a strange, hot feeling rushed through his mind and body. Love… a voice spoke in his head. A warm, kind voice… the voice Gin used as a child when he first laid eyes on Rangiku Matsumoto.

Heh, Love… a taunting voice from another part of his mind replied.

You love her! The warm voice said in a matter-of-fact tone.

No… I threw those away... Gin thought to himself.

You can't throw away love the kind voice replied, it echoed through Gins system. What should he do?

Are you going to save her! The taunting voice yelled, giggling.

She needs you... the warm voice whispered.

"Save her…" he whispered quietly, he thought about it. Minutes passed with silence and then he stood up with a smirk, "as if!" and then he put of his uniform and walked out of his room whistling while Aizen laughed in his throne again, and then he flicked his hand and a image of a unconscious Matsumoto, Rangiku appeared. The young girl was pale, and weak… she talked in her sleep, "Gin… where are you… why did you go… come back…" A smirk appeared on Aizens face and the image disappeared as Gin entered the room.

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"Hitsugaya-Taicho!" Rangiku yelled as she sat up in her prison cell, far away, her captain groaned in pain.

Heh, yeah… I said it would be short. Sorry about that, I hope you don't mind. I tried to stretch it a bit, but when I did it turned out really bad. Like I was just adding in random bits of words and paragraphs just for the hell of it.

Next chapter will definitely be longer – well… when I get to writing I am sure it'll be longer. It involves fight scenes.

I'll also take a bit longer to update since I have no experience with fight scenes and Bleach - and I don't want the chapter to turn out rushed and bad so I'm going to take my time on it. If it does turn out bad... um... obviously I have no talent. I've tried before... turned out really confusing - I re-read the fight scene and wrote, and realized I had no idea what I was talking about so yeah. I'll shut up now.

Well, until next time.

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