Author's Note: I do not own Bleach or its characters. This is AU.
You Bring the Groom
"I don't like this." Kisuke paced his office. "If anyone besides Aizen was involved I wouldn't be so concerned, but it's Aizen. And we both know that he's up to something."
Yoruichi perched on his desk. This was not a development that she had planned for. Neither of them trusted Sosuke Aizen any father than they could throw him. Unfortunately, they were some of the only people who a disturbing pattern in his actions over the last ten or fifteen years. Most people considered the man to be the model professor. Both Yoruichi and Kisuke knew better.
"We can't prove anything yet, Kisuke."
He sighed. "I know. I just hope we can put a stop to this before it gets out of hand. The man's already destroyed enough lives."
Both Yoruichi and Kisuke were certain that Aizen had been behind the firing of a number of faculty members ten years ago along with the expulsion of some of their students. Included in that had been a doctoral candidate Kisuke had inherited from his predecessor. Hiyori had been something like a younger sister to Kisuke, and he had hated the fact that he couldn't fix things for her. And now it looked like it was happening again.
"I just wish we knew what to look for. I mean, whatever his plan is, Aizen hasn't tipped his hand much."
Yoruichi shrugged. "Let's start from Rukia's end of things then. We know what he gained by getting rid of Hiyori and the others. It didn't escape either of us that their replacements for the most part were people trained by Aizen or at least friendly with him. What does he gain by getting Rukia expelled?"
Kisuke sighed and ran both his hands through his hair. "I don't know. I can't think of anything. She's just an undergraduate. She's not even in his department."
"Maybe we should look into that some. I doubt Aizen would do this for kicks."
Kisuke nodded. "Definitely. Maybe if we can figure out what he's trying to gain, we can figure out what he's up to. But we don't want him to know we're on to him."
"Right." Yoruichi nodded. "I'll check with my usual sources and see where that gets."
Kisuke met her eyes. "I don't want to fail this time. I can't let him destroy someone else's life."
"I know. We had better get busy."
