Christmas Nightmare
~ Misunderstanding ~
When Ichigo set Gin down on one of the best in the clinic, he glanced out the upstairs window in time to see a light snow fall snowing. He let out a deep sigh before heading back to the main house to see how his father and sister were doing with the two female shinigami in the room. He also wanted to be there when the other shinigami showed up.
He stepped into the room just as Isshin spoke up in defense of Ichimaru. The substitute shinigami blinked a couple of times, when Karin said something about a promise. Folding his arms across his chest, the orange haired shinigami spoke up. "I am not sure what is going on, but I'm also going to work on getting Toshiro back."
At that, Rangiku gave him a smile. "I know you are. Actually, I am really appreciative for some of the things you've done for taicho in the past. He thinks highly of you."
"Well, we are friends so of course I am going to look out for him." The younger Kurosaki male moved over to sit by his sister, flopping his arms across the back of the sofa. "Are we waiting for the others before we move out and look again."
At that, Rangiku opened her mouth in a round shape. "Well, I more of mean taicho looks up to you, like a brother figure. The only person who knows what happened is Ichimaru Gin, so we have to wait until he wakes up. We also will need to wait for the reinforcements we've called for."
"I'll get to work calling Chad and the others to see if they can keep an eye out for something." Ichigo stated as he headed over to the phone.
The room remained quiet while everyone waited, and finally Isshin turned to Karin. "You really should be getting to bed sweet heart."
"How do you know Toshiro and his mom." The question caught the man off guard and caused him to glance over at his son, who was making the last call.
Rangiku though bubbled over. "Your father was the taicho of the tenth division before taicho... I mean Toshiro was. Toshiro was the fukutaicho, and I was the third seat then."
Isshin glanced over at his son, who simply waved his hand as he hung up the phone. "I already knew that because Toshiro called you his taicho when he was half asleep still."
At that, the man patted Karin on the shoulder. "Bed. Now kiddo. If something happens, I'll be sure to tell you."
At that, Karin sulked upstairs towards her room, her eyes revealing that she was still not happy with everything that was going on. Ichigo then took the time to speak up. "My friends said they'll meet up at Urahara's as soon as they get some more sleep so that they can be filled in on any more details that we get."
As he said this, a knock came on the door and Rukia hurried over to the door, opening it up and greeting the people who came in. The first person who stepped into the room was Renji, who's mouth twisted up into a smirk. "So, Hitsugaya Taicho went and got himself kidnapped, despite the fact he likes to insist that he is not a kid."
"That isn't funny." A small feminine voice spoke up, a great deal of concern and worry in her voice. "Shiro-chan could be in serious trouble."
"Don't worry, Hinamori-san. We're going to find him and bring him home." Izuru said as he stepped in next to Momo.
The other person to step in next to him was Hisagi, who let out a deep breath of air. "What do we know so far."
At that, Isshin stood up, which caused Izuru's mouth to suddenly drop open as Momo's eyes went wide and she clapped a hand over her mouth. The blond haired man stuttered out his words. "You are..."
At that, Renji scratched his head, his mouth twisting up into a scowl. "I know this old geezer to be Kurosaki's old man. What does he have to do with this? Seriously Ichigo, I thought you would know better then to involve people who can't see ghosts."
"Well..." It was the orange haired shinigami's turn to suddenly scratch his head.
"I don't know this person as anyone's father." Momo spoke up, her voice trembling.
At that, Kira took the time to speak up. "Abarai... you don't understand. This man simply isn't just Kurosaki Ichigo's father."
"What do you mean?" At that, Renji glanced around, looking at everyone's either shocked, or rather amused faces. Glancing at Rukia and the hand she had clapped over her mouth to stifle the giggles, he spoke up again. "Seriously, does even Rukia know something I don't?"
At that, Hisagi spoke up, letting out a deep sound of irritation. "This man... this man used to be the taicho of the tenth division before Hitsugaya Taicho."
At that, the red headed shinigami suddenly found his jaw dropping as he pointed a finger at the man. Isshin however brushed the whole situation off and simply began to speak. "Don't worry. Yamamoto already knows that I am alive. I'm stepping up right now, because I want to get the kid back safely."
At that, Hinamori's hands suddenly clenched up into fists, and her lips pushed together in frustration. "Why? Why are you choosing to help now? You basically abandoned him before in the past, and then you ignored the fact that he was around your son? You're a monster, a bastard, a meanie..."
At that, both Kira and Hisagi clapped hands over her mouth. The fukutaicho of the ninth division shook his head. "Honestly Hinamori, this isn't the time for this."
"Well, I know that she's the same as always." Isshin scratched his head. "Haven't you learned by now, Momo-chan, that temper and stubbornness of yours just gets in the way and puts yourself and others into harms way?"
Before the small female could respond, there came a crashing sound from the clinic. This caused all of the shinigami, ex, substitute and regular, to suddenly turn their heads towards the direction of the sound. Ichigo moved forward. "I think Ichimaru just woke up."
At that, they eyes of the four fukutaicho who had arrived in the living world suddenly went wide. Renji and Shuhei suddenly hurried over to the door to the clinic and pushed it open hard. They quickly headed over to where they could feel the mild fluctuation of Ichimaru's reiatsu, Ichigo hot on their heels. They arrived up at the room that Ichigo had placed Gin in, and the substitute grabbed Renji's arm.
"Don't you dare use your zampaktuo in here. This is my family's business and it is important to us." Ichigo snapped out, much to Renji's irritation.
The silver haired man was at the side of the bed, trying to lift himself up, but unable to do so. He was muttering something under his breath, his aura rather dark, despite also being weak. "I'm going to kill her. I'm going to kill that woman."
At that, Shuhei pulled out his zampaktuo and placed it at Ichimaru's throat, his eyes also rather dark. "You wouldn't happen to be talking about Rangiku are you? You wouldn't happen to have harmed or killed Hitsugaya Taicho."
Gin suddenly glowered at the man, one of his hands reaching up to touch the injury that had been caused by his son's blade. Despite his predicament, he choose not to speak about the matter at hand. Isshin though, shoved past Renji and gabbed Hissagi's hand. "We don't know that he's the enemy! Goodness know I don't think he is."
At that, the man with the numbers on his cheek pulled away, his movements showing that he was very reluctant to do so. "How can you trust this man?"
"Was Toshiro taken by that woman who took you before Gin?" The older Kurosaki asked, watching the man carefully.
At that, Ichimaru tried pulling himself up again, only to fall back to the ground. "I'm going to kill that bitch, Isshin. I'm going to strangle her and make sure that she never breaths again."
"Oi! You need to calm down. Simply answer my question." The eldest there groaned.
At that, Gin glared at the other males, his eyes rather murderous. "It was her. I'm going to get him back."
At that, Ichigo's father grabbed the other person and hoisted him into the bed. "You aren't going anywhere. Plus, we need you to fill us in on the details. Normally, your reactions actually show a sense of thinking things through."
At that, Gin glanced at the wall, not speaking. It was Renji though who spoke up. "What is so bad about this woman?"
"I suggest if you see her, don't hold back on attacking her despite your beliefs Abarai. Her powers are not to be messed with." The man stated, his eyes still staring at the wall. It was then that the others shoved into the room, only to get a dark look from Isshin.
"Look, I want Rangiku in here with me. I'm more likely to get answers from Gin if the people around him are ones that he has even the slightest inkling of trusting." The man stated, watching as the others slipped out of the room, except for Hinamori Momo. The man let out a deep sigh. "Hinamori, I'll talk to you as soon as I can give you a definite order."
At that, the small female started out of the room, a few tears starting up in her eyes, which caused Isshin to let out a deep sigh. "Look, someone needs to go and look for his gigai. It should be somewhere near the park. That's what you need to do."
At that, Rangiku went and sat down in the chair at the foot of Gin's bed. "What happened. This time around, I want the truth from you Gin."
At that, the man let out a sigh, his hand covering the wound that Toshiro had given him. "That woman has two different powers that you need to be aware of. She is able to control people at their fullest power level, and she is able to cause their power to completely drop. She also has a partner who attacks using ivy vines."
"And..." The woman folded her arms across her busty chest.
"The first time around, I was the person who was under her control and Shiro-chan was crashed. This time around it was reversed." Gin glanced at the wall. "Rangiku, how strong is your bond with our son?"
"What does this have to do with anything?" Matsumoto shook her head in confusion.
"The reason your boyfriend snapped out of her control before was because she told him to attack his own son." Isshin let out a deep sigh. "Gin refused her order, and then when she went to take her blade against Toshiro, well... Ichimaru received an injury from that."
"But what does this have to do with Taicho?" The woman began to play with her hair, her frustration growing.
At that, the silver haired man removed his hand from his shoulder. "Before she left with him, she had Toshiro attack me, to make it clear that our bond is weak and not enough to break him out, not to mention there might be some hurt feelings there." Gin then closed his eyes. "There is something else that you need to know."
"What?" Rangiku simply watched the man, her entire body tense.
"Those ivy things her partner uses. Shiro-chan is allergic to them and had a reaction before. She used the vines on him again. He's likely having another allergic reaction as we speak." Ichimaru stated, just as Isshin let out a curse.
