Healing His Solitude - Aizen Sousuke Love Story

Chapter 8 - Discovered

Aizen pov: [cue: intense fangirl scream; from me too <3]

I heard footsteps as I sat in the main hall of Las Noches. All of my Espada and their fraccion were gathered at my feet awaiting Ulquiorra's and Yami's return.

I had sent them to find out a little about Kurosaki Ichigo, the ryoka that seemed to pique my interest when he broke into Soul Society. Him and his human friends.

After 100 years of careful planning and execution, I had obtained the Hougyoku. For someone like me who had two times the power of any other Captain in Soul Society, it was even less than child's play to control the Arrancar gathered here. After all, it was I who took them under my wing, using the Hougyoku to help them attain their level of power.

Most of them weren't Vasto Lordes, but I had seen the potential power begging to be released from them. I had granted their wish and now had more than 50 Arrancar, both weak and strong, under my control. Of course, with the Espada ready as well, my army was complete. They would be more than enough to destroy Soul Society and have me take the place of God.

"We have returned, Aizen sama." I opened my eyes slowly looking down at them from where I sat.

"Welcome back, Ulquiorra, Yami." Yami got down on his knees with a frown. His right arm had been sliced clean off but I didn't see it as anything important.

"Now, let us see what you witnessed. Show me, in front of your twenty comrades." I smiled, curious to know the update on the ryoka boy.

"As you wish, Aizen sama." He reached for his left eye, pulling it out of the socket and shattering it so all of us could see through their encounter with the earth shinigami.

I closed my eyes and leaned back in my seat comfortably as all the scenes flashed behind my lids. It was just as expected. Kurosaki Ichigo still had a long way to mastering his shinigami abilities. He wasn't a threat at the low level of reiatsu he had now. When he could barely maintain his reiatsu in front of Yami when he wasn't in his released form, what could he achieve?

The other two, a human girl and boy were even less of a threat than Kurosaki Ichigo. In fact, I doubt their power was anything useful at all. But I suppose the girl's ability to control the effect of time was interesting. Perhaps I should consider bringing here as bait and I could manipulate her into helping me with her abilities too.

"Ichigo!" I twitched, frowning almost unnoticeably when another human girl turned up on the scene. She had brown hair that reached her mid back and blue green eyes. She looked like a normal human but her reiatsu and soul presence seemed somewhat familiar.

She had looked afraid when Yami had gone to attack her. She made no move to fight, instead only trembled. I was sure she could tell just how powerful Ulquiorra and Yami were....the fear in her eyes was proof enough. And yet, I found it to be ironic.

Before Yami had gotten the chance to crush her, Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoroichi had arrived. Sensing the upper hand, Ulquiorra had wrapped up their visit to earth.

When the images faded, I opened my eyes and smiled. "Well done, Ulquiorra." I stood up and all the Arrancar looked at me. "You may all take your leave. I will summon you for your next mission soon." Saying so, I walked out of the hall and to one of my many rooms. I climbed up to the balcony and stopped in front of the railings to look at the endless sands of Hueco Mundo.

I didn't hold back from narrowing my eyes with a slight frown now. That girl....there was no doubt about it. The one that the Captain Commander himself had killed more than ninety seven years ago when she lost control over that vast amount of power in her....it was her. I remember her name was Sai and she served as Komamura's Lieutenant during her life as a shinigami in Soul Society. I had gotten to know about her existence just after I became a captain and it hadn't given me enough time to use her in my plans of acquiring and strengthening the Hougyoku.