Title: Ran for Your Life II
Genre: Friendship, Romance
Characters: Silbern, Schwarz and another canon character.
Summary: This is how Silbern gets his canon name.
Rating: T
Date Posted: 09/12/12
Note: In Japan it is not taboo to marry your cousin even if they are first cousins. This is forth level, and is the lowest level allowed. So, Sakura could have been Yamamoto's sister and the girl his daughter and there would have been no issue.

Ran for Your Life II

The small red headed girl pulled her knees to her chest as she found a quiet place that she felt the silver haired demon child would not be able to find her. She leaned forward and looked at her feet wishing she could go home, back to Soul Society where she felt she belonged. She was beginning to fall asleep when a familiar face popped in front of her, startling her.

"There you are." The voice spoke up, a smile on his face. His eyes were narrowed and she thought at first she would want to run from him, but for some reason the smile didn't creep her out. "I've been looking all over for you."

"Why?" The girl asked the question, frowning as she hadn't gotten used to his strange behavior even though it had been a couple of months. She didn't like how he became attached to her and stuck to her like glue. Having hidden from him, he had managed to find her whenever she tried hiding from him.

"My name is Silbern. Father says your name is Rangiku. That is a pretty name." The boy climbed into small storage room she had found and sat in front of her. 'Do you want to be friends?"

"Why don't you go and be friends with the others like you." The girl muttered into the hem of her kimono."

"There aren't others like me. Schwarz plays with me, but we are not alike despite being twins." The man stated.

"I mean, why don't you go and play with the other Vandenreich children. I'm a shinigami, not a Vandenreich." The girl glared at the boy, becoming rather amused when he suddenly frowned.

"They don't like me. They never have. That's why I only play with Schwarz. I want to be friends with you though." The boy continued to press the matter.

"Why? You think killing people is a game! That's..." The girl paused, closing her eyes.

"I'm not going to do it anymore even though father is mad at me." The boy suddenly turned to look at the wall, pulling his own legs up to his chest. "I didn't know they couldn't come back."

"But you hurt people. You enjoy hurting others. Nobody likes being hurt." The female frowned at him.

"I do." Silbern didn't notice the horrified look on his face. "When I get hurt I can feel emotions really easily. I'm more likely to express my feelings on my face or be able to describe them."

"Your not supposed to be able to describe feelings!" The girl shook her head in disbelief.

"Why not? A feeling is a physical thing, so one should be able to describe it." The retort caused the girl to bury her head in her arms in order to try and ignore the strange child. However, he continued to speak up. "What does a chrysanthemum look like?"

"Excuse me?"

"Your name. Fuhrer says your first name means a chrysanthemum riot. Mutti says that a chrysanthemum is a type of flower. The only flowers I've seen are the Sakura flowers that fuhrer brings home for mutti on her birthday. That's because mother's given name is the cherry blossom."

"Haven't you been outside of this palace though? Surely you've seen things like trees and grass and flowers."

"I've been to Hueco Mundo and I've seen dead trees. I've been outside, but everything is cold. The prettiest things here are mutti and you." The boy glanced at the ground. "Sometimes mutti will make ice sculptures for my and Schwarz and those are pretty too as are her things, but she says the real things are even prettier and she would rather we one day see those. She doesn't talk about it much."

"A chrysanthemum has many little petals and they come in many colors." The girl found her curiosity perked.

"Do they come in the color of your hair? Your hair is a pretty color." The boy continued to sit there.

"Yeah... that's my favorite kind."

"Maybe someday I'll bring you one then, if I can find one."

"What makes you think I'm going to stay here? I am quite sure that my grandfather will come and rescue me. He is a great and powerful man." The girl stated, watching as the silver haired youth glanced up, frowning as he did so.

"Onkel won't by coming." Silbern stated the fact firmly.

"What did you call my grandfather?"

"Uncle... your grandfather is my mother's uncle. He doesn't know where this place is. If he did, Soul Society would have been on our doorstep a long time ago." The boy picked up one of the items in the storage and began to play with it.

"You mean to say we're of the same family line?" The girl blinked a couple of times.

"Yes... we're second cousins. I want to be family like mutti and fuher are."

The red headed female found her cheeks suddenly flushing up. "You... do you understand what you're saying?"

The boy looked up at her, his eyes widening slightly, revealing pale teal eyes. "Do you have a fever?"

"No... I..." The small female found her cheeks flushing deeper as he suddenly scooted over and touched his forehead to hers, only to have her kick at him hard. "Pervert."

"I don't know what that word means." The young man blinked a couple of times, before sitting back up. "You don't have a fever though, so I don't have to worry about taking you to mutti. I think..." There was a moment of awkward silence and he spoke up again. "What is soul society like? Mutti rarely if ever talks about it. I think she misses the place."

"Then you'll understand that I don't want to talk about it."

"Oh... what would you like to play?"

"I don't want to play." The girl folded her arms across her chest. "Plus, I bet you don't know any games other then that one you used to play, and I don't want to play that."

"Schwarz and I play a game where one of us hides and the other looks. I'm usually the one hiding. He says I sometimes have a funny mood and he can't ever tell what I am going to do, despite the fact we're twins."

"What does you and your brother's names mean?" The girl asked, her curiosity perked again.

"His name means black, mine means silver." The boy began to play with another item.

"Can I call the two of you Kuro and Gin then? The names are less confusing and easier for me to remember."

"If you call me Gin, then can I call you Ran-chan?"

"Yeah... why don't we play that game you talked about. I'll see first."

"You don't trust me either?"

"No... well, yes. I don't trust you. That isn't why I thought you should hide though. Technically its my turn to find you as you've been finding me a lot."

"All right." Before Ran could say anything more, he was gone. However, finding him was another task. Eventually she found Schwarz. She fidgeted nervously, suddenly feeling as if she trusted the dark brother less, when a few days ago it would have been the opposite.

"What is it?" The male glared at her.

"Have you seen Silbern?"

"I thought you hated my brother."

"We're... playing hide and seek and I'm it."

"Don't worry. He'll come out when he is good and ready to come out. He always does. I've never been able to find him for a long time now. He forgets we're playing and comes out, just like her forgets that I've insulted him for his intelligence level."

"You're mean!"

"Look..." the boy paused. "Wait a second! Shouldn't you be saying that he's the mean one! You may not have been here long, but you know he has a few sadistic tenancies. Mutti is the only person able to control him and even then it is creepy because she somehow manages to get him doing stuff girls are meant to do."

"He's your brother though! You of all people should know that he isn't normal and not treat him like he is a monster."

"In case you haven't noticed he is a monster." Schwarz suddenly felt her slap him across the cheek. His temper flared and he suddenly made the action to slap her. However, before he could do so Gin had moved into place and had grabbed his hand.

"Don't touch Ran-chan. Nobody is allowed to hurt her, not even me."

"Silbern..."

"I said don't touch her." The next thing Rangiku knew, both boy's were wrestling on the floor

"Gin! Stop it!" The silver haired youth suddenly stopped fighting and his brother got on top of him

The boy glanced up at her. "What did you call him?"

"I called him Gin just like he calls me Ran-chan. Do you have a problem with it?" Rangiku however reached down and grabbed Gin's hand and began to drag him away, not waiting for an answer.

So, I've introduced a few more of my theories here. First off, Gin is the son of the Vandenreich leader and Yamamoto's neice and Rangiku is Yamamoto's grandaughter. Also, Gin has a twin brother who happens to be one of the Vandenreich members.