Chapter 17: Planned paradox

Sosuke was in his lab working on a few things when he felt a garganta open up behind him. He wasn't alarmed or even weary when two slender arms wrapped themselves around his neck and he felt a little force on the top of his head. As a matter of fact, he smiled and sighed out.

"Hello Misuto." He said as he heard a little giggle behind him.

"Hi daddy." She said to him as she hugged him some more before releasing him. She walked over to his side as he looked up at her and smirked.

"So, what brings you to my humble aboard today Misuto?" Sosuke asked his surrogate daughter with a kind smile.

Misuto smiled a big toothed smile and giggled a bit. "No reason in particular, just came to tell you that the two soul reapers you and Lord Kaiyo sent are integrating well in Las Noches."

Sosuke nodded to his daughter. He knew that Ichigo wanted Kisuke and Yoruichi out of the way and potentially join them through force, but Sosuke never imagined that they would start to fit in with the arrancars. This was getting better and better by the moment.

"Thank you for the good news Misuto." Sosuke said to his daughter with that same smile. Make sure to keep them under watch until Ichigo says otherwise. Okay?"

Misuto gave him a big smile and a surprise hug that he returned. "No problem daddy." She said to him before letting go of him and opening a garganta. She left and went back to relay the orders to the Aka and Szayel.

Sosuke shook his head at his daughters playful nature. Powerful or not, she was still his little girl no matter what. He started to think just how different his life would have been if he hadn't met Ichigo all those years ago. He could've turned out so different than he is now, and in a bad way at that. His musing was cut short when Ichigo stepped into his lab with an almost glow to his usually stoic tone.

"Ichigo?" Sosuke started as he turned in his chair and raised an eyebrow. "You seem...cheerful. Almost like you went and had a fun battle with Zaraki again."

Ichigo shook his head at his former student and continued to smile. "I met someone who has my greatest interest. A little girl in the world of the living that I will need your help monitoring for some time Sosuke."

The captain of squad five nodded and leaned in his chair. "Who is it?"

"A Quincy girl just born named Masaki Kurosaki." Ichigo said to him and saw his former student go wide eyed.

"Kurosaki? But, that was your-" Sosuke was going to continue when Ichigo stopped him by raising his hand.

The current Kenpachi sat down in another chair and looked right at Sosuke with that same smile and continued. "I think it's about time I tell you the truth of where I came from that day Sosuke." To say that Sosuke Aizen was surprised by those words was an understatement. He was never told just what had happened that day specifically or just where Ichigo was really from, but he knew that this conversation would change everything.

Done

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