~Of Birthdays and Siblings~
Urahra's Demon
Ichigo headed up to his room to grab his jacket, only to find himself crashing into the shinigami leaving his room. Hisagi reached up and scratched his head. "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"No reason." The substitute narrowed his eyes.
"Hey! Ichi-nii! What about breakfast!"
"I need to grab some on the go." The orange haired teen replied as he looked down the stairs.
Letting out a deep sigh, Hisagi folded his arms across his chest. "You are up to something."
It was then that Rukia came hurring up the stairs. "Ichigo, Chad, Orihime and Uryu said they'll meet us over at Urahara's shop."
"Why are you all going to Urahara's shop?" The fukutaicho of the ninth division continued to glower at the Substitute Shinigami.
"Uh... we're planning for a Christmas party." Ichigo made the lie up on the spot.
"No you aren't. Whatever your doing, I am going with you." The man stated as he stepped out of the room. "And you might as well sit down for the breakfast your sister made you as I doubt a planning party is something you need to be in such a hurry that you'll miss out on."
"Plus, your sister's food is good baldy." Hiyori replied from downstairs. It was around an hour later that they found themselves headed to Urahara's shop with an extra tagging along. Tessai motioned for them to go into the back room and they found the three Rukia had called already there.
Uryu found himself frowning at the uninvited visitor. "Why did you bring him along?"
"Yeah... I had the feeling you guys were up to something. We aren't supposed to be making a move until the forty-six gives us the information." Hisagi sat down at the table while Tessai went off to get some tea.
Urahara came into the room and sat down. "Well, what are you guys doing here? I'm rather preparing for a quest, so I can't be of much help."
"We were wondering if there was a way to get to the place the Quincy are," Hiyori spoke up. "I'm going to find a way to do so anyways as I am going after the shrimp no matter what anyone says."
The man flicked his fan open. "I don't know how to get there... but my quest may." The striped hat man then narrowed his eyes. "However... I'm not sure my quest will be happy that all of you are here."
"No... I'm not happy at all. I thought I would just be speaking with you."
The familiar voice caused a good deal of the members to suddenly turn and look in the door way. Rukia's eyes widened and she felt cold shivers running down her spin, while the look on Hiyori's face became pure anger as she restrained herself from making a move. The looks from Ichigo's friends remained calm as the looked at the silver haired man.
Hisagi however lost his temper and he moved to pin the man against the wall. "You're supposed to be dead."
It was then that Renji came hurrying into the room rubbing the back of his head. "Urahara! We have an intruder who came in from Hueco Mundos! It's Ichimaru Gin and we need..."
The fukutaicho of the sixth division paused as he saw that said intruder was pinned against the wall. Urahara let out a deep sigh before snapping his fan shut. "He isn't an intruder. He's the guest I was telling you about. The quest I might add who knows how to get to the place that the Quincy live."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Gin stated, frowning at him. His eyes drifted over to the blond haired Vaizard. "How's taicho doing?"
"I'm not speaking to him and I am not speaking to you. You two are the last people I want to see right now." Hiyori bubbled out.
Hisagi though pressed closer at Gin's throat. "How would this idiot know where that place is?"
"So... the person who took three times to get into the academy is telling someone who graduated in a year that he his an idiot?" The silver haired man smirked at the man with the numbered tattoo.
"Now, now. Sit down so that we can talk. He isn't the enemy. If there is an actual enemy." Urahara's words caused Hisagi to back off and the silver haired man sat down at the table rubbing his throat. "It is nice to see you Gin-kun."
"Well, I don't hold the same sentiment." Hiyori continued to glare at the man.
"Anyways, as I was saying... you know how to get into the place the Quincy are."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Gin took one of the glass of tea Tessai brought into the room, his perpetual smile continuing.
"I'm referring to the fact that you're a child of darkness." Urahara smirked at the man, watching as he suddenly flinched.
Gin let out a deep breath. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"How about I use the term Pure One?" Urahara watched as the man shook his head.
"Seriously... I don't know what you're talking about." The man continued to ignore the conversation. "After I finish my tea I'll be heading back."
"Why? You've been pardoned by the forty-six. You don't need to hide anymore."
"Don't listen to him. The only reason you've been pardoned and we've been pardoned is so that when we all show up in Soul Society they can order us executed at the same time." Hiyori folded her arms across her chest.
"Someone is paranoid." Gin let out a deep breath. "I wouldn't be welcome back and I wouldn't cause problems for Ran-chan."
Urahara let out a deep sigh. "I'll get to the point. Toshiro's met his sister."
Gin's eyes suddenly opened up and the smile on his face turned to a frown. "What do you mean by he's met his sister?"
"To be exact, they've taken both children back with them yesterday." Urahara narrowed his eyes, his face twisting up with seriousness.
The cup in Gin's one hand suddenly snapped into pieces and blood and hot tea suddenly dripped from his hand. "What do you mean they've taken them back? You're telling me that my father now has both of them rather then just one?"
There was a period of silence as the others stared at him in disbelief. Hiyori blinked a couple of times. "So you are a Shinigami and Quincy hybrid."
"There is no such thing as a hybrid between a Shinigami and a Quincy or a Shinigami and a Hollow." Gin's eyes narrowed. "The Hollow just represents the darker side of the soul, while the Shinigami Quincy are just different ways of controlling the power of the light side. They're just terms come up with due to the fact people have forgotten after a thousand years the truth."
"No wonder your messes up." Hisagi snapped the words out. "They taught you some really messed up things."
"No... the forty-six is covering up the fact they ordered the death of a small portion of the Shinigami population a thousand years ago because some of them did some things to throw off the balance and they wanted to prevent them from seeking revenge. This isn't something that is taught to the younger generations. My father didn't teach it to me either, it was my mother."
"So?" Hisagi continued to glare at the man.
"My mother would be the one you labeled as a Shinigami, not my father. She left Soul Society with them because she disagreed with the massacre that went on. She told me many things about Soul Society, not because she was one of them." Gin snapped the words out. "I am seriously going to kill my father and my brother when I get my hands on them for this."
"Do you really think you'll be able to do anything on your own?" Urahara spoke up. "And I might as well tell you that they've flat out said that removing them will be considered an act of war on Soul Societies part."
"My war with them has been going on ever since Ran and I fled that place if not a long time before that. She's lucky she doesn't remember that place or what my father did to her family."
"Hold on, what did this guy do to her family?" Hisagi shook his head. "What does Ran have to do with this?"
"One of her parents had their powers sealed so they could remain in Soul Society, which made her also a hybrid, if that is what you're going to call a child born of the two sides. Toshiro and his sister would be second generation with two parents split down the middle."
"Wait a second..." The dark haired male Shinigami blinked a couple of times. He didn't finish what he wanted to say however as he didn't want to say it.
Hiyori let out a deep breath. "No wonder I never liked that kid. He's your kid."
"I'm going after them. This time I'm going to kill him as well as my father." Gin stated.
"Whose him?" Chad asked.
"My brother. I should have given him a nice scar on his face when he took Ran's baby girl away. Ran couldn't stop crying, particularly since we almost lost Shiro-chan when he was born. And then she forgot and couldn't remember him or having her." Gin's entire body was shaking.
"Are you sure killing your family wouldn't start a war."
"That's what I intend to do."
"You're a moron!" Hiyori stated, suddenly hitting Gin on the head. "For someone who is as inteligent as you're supposed to be, you don't know social barriers! If your father and brother being killed will start a war then don't kill them."
Uryu frowned. "Wait... that man with a scar on his face. He's the one who took Toshiro and Baba-chan back. That would explain why she acted familiar with them."
He then got a horrified look on his face. Hisagi spoke up. "If they took the children away I don't see how killing these two would start a war."
"Because he hasn't told us exactly who his father and brother are. Those with him referred to his brother as his highness." Uryu spoke up, looking straight at the silver haired man. "Your father is the leader of this group, isn't he?"
"So? That doesn't change the fact that my father is a bastard and that I want to kill him and my brother for what they did." Gin spoke up, his eyes narrowed and frowning as he spoke.