So, its Juhabach, not Juha Bach.

Title: Ran for His Life
Genre: Romance, Angst
Characters: Gin, Schwarz, Rangiku, Juhabach, Sakura and two other canon characters.
Summary: Juha begins to discuss which of the twins will marry Rangiku. Gin makes the decision because of the discussions to take Rangiku back to soul society and return her to her family so she can be happy and smile again. Ran has other ideas though, but so does Schwarz.
Rating: M
Date Posted: 09/29/12

Ran for His Life III

Schwarz knew to worry when silence filled the ice palace. It meant his silver haired brother was up to something and causing trouble. He found himself suddenly looking for his twin despite the fact he knew Gin wouldn't be found unless Gin wanted to be found. He turned a corner and saw his brother sitting with that girl.

The two were sitting next to each other and she was clinging to his arm and leaning against him while Gin read to her from a book. One of her hands was reaching under Gin's shirt area to touch his chest area. Schwarz felt his eye twitch as he stormed over. "What are the two of you doing?"

"We're just sitting." Gin glanced up, the smile on his face quickly fading. "What is your problem?"

"Do you even have an idea as to what she is having you do?"

"I'm reading to her, simple as that."

"No. I mean do you understand the other thing she is having you do? She's touching you in a manner she shouldn't be." Schwarz folded his arms across his chest.

"Why not?"

The dark haired twin suddenly found his mouth hanging lose. He then sputtered out his next words. "You two do know that you are not a married couple, right?" Gin just looked at him before Schwarz spoke up again. "You don't have an idea what I am talking about do you?"

"I know exactly what you're talking about. While Ran-chan and I aren't a married couple I do plan on marrying her."

The other twin flinched, noticing that Gin's words were a little different from usual. "Father hasn't approved this you know."

"I don't care if he does or not."

"Dinner is ready." Schwarz started to walk back towards the dining area and Gin and Ran followed. He allowed them to pass them and watched them chat with each other happily. His eyes bore into her back and he was glad to finally get to the table despite the fact he still had to sit with her. He began to eat when his father spoke up.

"I think it is time to decide who she will be marrying." Juhabach spoke.

There came the clinking of metal utensils as everyone looked at him. Finally, Gin spoke up. "What do you mean by that?"

"Either you Silbern or your brother Schwarz will be marrying your little friend there."

"I will." Gin stated firmly, glaring at his father.

"Excuse me?" Juhabach narrowed his own eyes at his son. "This decision is up to me."

"She and I don't get along." Schwarz glared at the female while Rangiku looked like a scared rabbit. "It would be better if Silbern if they marry. They're close enough as it is."

"Except Silbern has his problems which makes you the better candidate." The man leaned back in his chair and placed his hands in his lap with his fingers crossed.

Gin suddenly stood up, anger written all over his face. His food was knocked over and he glared right at his father. "No!"

"Excuse me?" The man looked at his silver haired son, his mouth twisting up in amusement. "What are you going to do if I say I won't let you marry her."

"I'll kill you." The boy suddenly let his reiatsu flare out while the two females looked on in horror. "Ran-chan isn't your property."

"Last time I checked she wasn't your property." Juhabach snapped the words out. "And I doubt you could take me out and you know you would only be trying."

"Do you want to test me? I belong to Ran-chan just as she belongs to me."

"You don't know what you're saying."

Gin's mouth twisted up in a smile. "No. You're the one who doesn't understand what I'm saying. I may have had problems in the past understanding a lot of the things going on. I understand a lot more then you think I do."

The silver haired twin then walked over to Rangiku and touched her on the shoulder. She stood up and followed him out of the room without either of them finishing their meal. At the door he turned and waved at the man. "Bye-bye."

"What are you trying to do fuhrer? Even if Silbern can't kill you he can kill me. Plus, I loath that girl. Actually, why do either one of us have to marry her?"

"To maintain your mother's bloodline and to keep her bloodline as pure as possible." Jahuhbach used a napkin on his mouth.

"Are you crazy? As much as I love mother the fact is her blood line is that of a shinigami! Despite being your son others do look down on us because we're half breeds. You're telling us that we need to dilute our blood line even more?"

"We used to be a part of the shinigami. That's why I sent the group to kidnap children to marry into the bloodline to strengthen it. Of course, they brought back way to many adults and what can be done with the children we brought is limited."

"This doesn't change the fact I dislike her."

"If you were to marry her you would learn to love her, it is as simple as that." Juhabach narrowed his eyes at his son. "If I make my decision you are not to go against it."

"You know I won't go against your decisions but you should also know by now that my brother will." Schwarz stood up and left the room.

"You can't be serious about marrying Ran-chan to Schwarz rather then Silbern." Sakura frowned at her husband, her eyes reflecting a high level of worry.

"I know that Silbern is my eldest and that he is attached to the girl. I also know that Schwarz would make the better husband for her and they would have a more productive marriage. I doubt anything will come from any sort of marriage for Silbern."

"He's going to fight you and he's going to insist on proving you wrong. He may also do something stupid." The woman closed her eyes.

M

Gin paced back and forth. "I hate him. I really hate him."

Ran watched the silver haired youth as he paced back and forth. "I don't want to end up with your brother. I would die if I did."

This caused Gin to pause to look at her. "You aren't smiling. I like your smile."

"I can't smile if I'm unhappy." The female's eyes were distant.

"Do you miss your old home?"

"I've told you before that I do." Ran said.

"What if I were to get you back to Soul Society?" Gin looked at her as he frowned.

"If I could go home that would..." the female smiled, but then frowned. "Your father will kill you and if he doesn't, then when my grandfather catches you he will kill you. I mean, my old home is with him and he's as tough if not tougher then your father."

"I want to promise you something. I want to promise you that you'll always smile." The silver haired youth grinned at her.

Rangiku continued to frown at him. "But I don't... that isn't possible."

"Why not?" Gin suddenly frowned.

"Because good and bad things always happen to people. Memories just don't go away. That is the way human nature is and you can't change it. If you erase emotions then a person isn't human anymore."

"But I can stop that bad things from happening and only make good things happen."

M

Juhabach came upon Schwarz glaring at a piece of paper. The black haired twin had an aggravated look on his face. "What ever is the matter?"

The boy glanced up, his eyes suddenly going wide. The boy crumpled up the piece of paper. "Nothing is going on. Silbern is just playing a cruel practical joke."

The man held out his hand for the piece of paper and rather reluctantly it was handed over. The man looked at the paper and he felt his eyebrow suddenly twitch.

I am taking Ran-chan back to soul society so that she can always smile. Don't come looking for me as you'll have to kill me to bring me back. Plus they'll very likely kill me. Once you're dead you can't come back, so this is good-bye.

The leader of the Vandendreich crumpled the paper himself and stormed out of the room. Schwarz followed on his heels but kept his distance. The man headed towards the Gate of the Sun only to find the gate damaged and the two guards unconscious. Juhabach's reiatsu suddenly flared out and the dark haired twin suddenly darted behind a column.

The man turned towards the younger twin. "How come you didn't know what your brother was up to? You've always known in the past?"

"Silbern hasn't spoken to me since she came around." The boy found himself trembling. "Are you going to kill him once you get your hands on him?"

Instead of answering, the man stormed off. He came to where his wife was and found her looking at the wall vacantly. "He's gone and really done it this time, hasn't he? What has he done to make you this angry?"

Juhabach handed her the letter and upon reading it she clapped a mouth over her hand and a few tears fell from her eyes. She then looked at the man. "Please tell me this isn't true."

"Silbern is dead." The man sat down. Schwarz gave his father a confused look.

"You mean to tell me you killed our... my son?" A few more tears fell down Sakura's face. "If you have, you do know I'll never forgive you."

"I haven't killed him. I can't stop him though from going and getting himself killed off. Thus he is dead to us."

"You aren't sending anyone after him?" Schwarz's eyes suddenly widened in horror.

"It isn't as if anyone can go after him." The man plopped down into a sitting position and attempted to brush the subject off by waving his hand.

"But after the gate is fixed."

"Nobody can track him down and find where he went. Plus, by the time we were able to fix the gate he'll be killed by the shinigami."

"I'm going to go after him to at least see if he is dead or not."

"I forbid it."

"Do you think I'm going to listen?" Schwarz snapped the words out, his lips pushing together in frustration.

"You aren't your brother. Unlike him, you do listen. The subject is closed and I don't want to talk about it."

M

The silver haired youth found himself tugging Rangiku by her hand, while she glanced back in the direction they came from. "We should be able to arrive at the edge of the area the shinigami live in soon."

"No." This statement caused the young man to suddenly freeze.

"But Ran-chan will be happy if I take her home." Gin frowned at the female, his eyes narrowed so she couldn't see the emotion in his eyes.

"My home is with you Gin. Why don't we live in this area and make this our home? We can make our own family and live as husband and wife like we want to." Rangiku glanced at the ground. "That would make me happy. We just need to find a place we can call our own."

The silver haired young man glanced around, before tugging her in another direction. "We'll look for an empty place that we can fix up to be our own. You yourself said that nobody really owns the buildings in this area so if we find one that is starting to run down we can make it our own."

The two continued to walk for some ways before they came to a small wooden building that was run down. The two went in and glanced around at the place. Gin frowned. "This isn't as nice as what you had before though or what you could have if I took you back to your grandfather's place."

"But I wouldn't have you in either of those places." Rangiku spun around and kissed him on the cheek. A breeze blew through causing her to suddenly shiver and clutch her arms around her sides. "It's only the spring, yet it is so cold."

"Spring has just started, so winter hasn't defrosted and such." Gin glanced outside. "We don't have blankets or anything. It will be a few days before I can get anything."

"We can sleep with each other spreading our kimonos over each other, making it so that we have a double layer." Rangiku reached down and touched the floor. "There doesn't seem to be any gaps in the floor, so we won't have any air blowing in from underneath."

"But that means we'll see each other in the nude." Gin fidgeted a bit.

"We're husband and wife now so it is all right." Rangiku stated.

M

Juhabach expected Schwarz to listen to him, but the dark haired twin was determined to find his twin. His father was furious that he kept coming and going and he was told that the situation was pointless as Gin was already dead. On twentieth of December, several months after his brother disappeared, he felt Rangiku's spiritual pressure but not his brothers.

The dark haired to storm after her, angry that his brother was gone, only to find the shack instead of a nicely made noble home. Glancing inside, he saw the female lying on a futon with her stomach swollen. She was sound asleep but awoke when she entered. Her eyes suddenly went wide in horror. "Schwarz... what are you doing here?"

"I came to bring my brother back." The boy glared at her in irritation.

"Your father will kill him if you take him back!"

"The person he is going to kill is the person who took his son away." Schwarz stepped forward, watching as she suddenly swallowed. However, she suddenly felt a surge of pain and let out a yelp. "If your sick, it isn't going to stop me from taking you back."

A few tears rolled down Rangiku's face. "I'm not sick. The babies are coming and Gin isn't back. He went to find someone who could deliver babies."

The dark haired youth suddenly froze. "You're carrying my brother's children?" Instead of getting a response of words, he was instead greeted with screams. He stepped forward, irritated with what was going on. Bending down he spoke into her ear. "The only reason I'm helping you is because you are carrying my brother's children. I'm going to be taking them and him back with me."

Schwarz of course didn't know what he was doing and found himself rather uncomfortable with the fact he had to look at the female's nether region. However, eventually a baby came out. The child had white hair and was a male. Not a sound came from the babe and the child's breath was missing. He bent down to see to the little one, only to have Rangiku grab his arm. "There is another one. I'm delivering twins."

Carefully he moved the one baby aside and soon another came out much easier. He was greeted with a solid scream as this baby came out, but was also greeted by the fact the dark haired twin was a female. He carefully cut the cord, only to suddenly feel a surge of reiatsu that was all to familiar to him. He found himself quickly moving to the outside of shack.

Gin glared at him, anger in his eyes. He suddenly pulled up a blade that his brother had never seen before. Schwarz narrowed his eyes. "What is that?"

"This is my zampaktuo. Mother told me about it when her brother died, that I had inherited his Earth Dragon zampaktuo. I've kept it a secret from father and even Rangiku for a long time." The breath came out of the silver haired twin's mouth. "I'm going to kill you Schwarz. I don't care if you are my brother, but I won't let you harm my family."

The next thing Schwarz knew, a blade was flying towards him, crashing into his mouth. Again he moved away and opened up the portal with the one infant in his arms. He found himself crashing onto the floor outside of the gate and the guards suddenly came hurrying towards him. "Someone get his majesty."

"But he's beside his wife and isn't leaving her bedside."

"We'll take him to his majesty." The men lifted him up while he clutched onto the baby which was screaming.

"What is young majesty doing with a baby? He couldn't have found his brother?"

"It is possible he did. I never wanted to run afoul of young master Silbern and I'm not surprised that he attacked his own brother."

Schwarz found himself suddenly brought into his mother's room, where she lay on the bed in a weak state. Juhabach reached out in order to try and prevent her from sitting up, but she shook her head. "I need to heal him."

"You'll kill yourself. You're too ill from worrying about both of them." Juhabach stated.

"I'm going to die anyways as my time is up and it is time for someone to inherit my ice dragon." The woman stood up and walked over to Schwarz, a weak smile on her face as the gaurds lowered him to the ground. She touched the babe before looking him straight in the eye. "She happens to be Silbern's little one. What of the other little one?"

Schwarz shook his head in confusion as to why she knew about the second baby, not to mention to also indicate it was dead. Her next words then surprised him. "It's that little one that will inherit my zampaktuo when I'm passed, so he isn't going to die. I'm just happy I get to make sure you don't die and that I got to see one of my grandchildren."

She then glanced up at Juhabach. "I'm gone, but you've gained two more to love in exchanged."

It was rather obvious the man was not happy about the situation at all.

M

Gin made to go after his brother, but found his step freezing when he heard Ran crying outloud. He hurried to the room before kneeling down next to her, his hand touching the cold body of the other baby. "He took her, and he's not breathing."

Tears were rolling down her face and the silver haired youth bent over and pushed air into the infants mouth in order to try and get the little one breathing. He also found himself instinctively pushing down on the baby's chest. He finally stopped when the little one moved and he scooped it into her arms. "Ran... I'm going to make sure you don't have to frown ever again."

"Don't go after him. I'll not just lose her, but also you." The tears flowed down her cheeks. "Plus, I told you that good and bad things always happen no matter what you try."

Gin simply remained in silence for a few minutes then spoke up not knowing that things in the future would happen that were out of his control. "I'm going to make sure only good stuff happens from now on, I promise."