Aizen's Kingdom (Bleach Fanfic)

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Profound silence was what greeted Gin for a a couple of days. Ichimaru ended up at Tousens's place, barred from going to work due to his supposed drinking episode the day before. The dark skinned man refused to talk to him, let alone give him time of day. However, after a couple of days, when Ichimaru was no longer barred from returning to his shinigami duties he finally spoke up.

"Do you remember your rank and position?" Kaname stated firmly, standing in the door frame that separated the two rooms that were a part of the apartment that the man had outside of his quarters at the ninth division.

"I think you know full well that I don't know my rank. Hell, I don't know who is in what position anymore. 'cause you know, I think I've come from a different world." Gin stated from the corner of the room, his tone indicating that he found the whole situation boring.

"You are the fukutaicho of the fifth division under Hirako Shinji. He's the one who has been putting in a good word for you, but I honestly don't know how long that will last. It honestly think it is a game to him." Tousen continued to glower at him, not at all pleased with the situation.

"Are you a captain?" The question seemed to be important, yet not.

At that, the man suddenly raised an eyebrow. "I am the captain of the eighth division."

At that, Ichimaru found himself opening his eyes up a bit. The information he got made him nervous and tense, as it meant that the older captains were out of the picture. However, even if they weren't, he had his doubts that he would be able to convince them that something was wrong, particularly if he and Aizen were the only ones who shared having memories of the other world.

"The captain of the forth is..." The man folded his arms across his chest. "I think I need to find out, just in case I am placed in their for some sort of mental problem."

At that, Tousen let out a deep sigh. "Yamada Seinosuke took over for his grandmother, Unohana Taicho when she choose to retire, which you know full well is rare. His wife, Yamada Isane is the fukutaicho."

"And his brother?" Gin continued to pressure.

At that, the man turned to glare at Ichimaru. "He's the fukutaicho of the thirteenth division under Shiba Kaien. I can't believe that kid made captain, though maybe his older brother being a captain had something with him getting the position when Ukitake Taicho retired."

At that, Ichimaru blinked a couple of times. "You said that retiring was rare."

"He retired when Yamamoto and Kyoraku Taicho were killed." Tousen suddenly tossed an item at Ichimaru. "That's the last question I will answer. Here is your fukutaicho badge. You've had a bad habit of leaving it around places."

At that, the dark skinned man walked away, leaving Ichimaru with partial information about the new world he was in. Glancing down at his badge, he stopped and thought about the things that had in fact occurred to him. Closing his eyes, he also thought back to what the man had said before, that Kaien was now the captain of the thirteenth. "He said something about Kaien getting the position because his brother was a captain." At that, he opened up his eyes. "That means Isshin is still a captain in this world."

At that, he stood up and decided to head towards the tenth division, the most likely division for Isshin to actually be in. His footsteps fell on the wooden floor, as he found the need to find out more of the truth, despite the fact that it honestly meant more anguishing about trying to change Toshiro and Rangiku's futures towards a better one.

"If I recollect, when Shiba Isshin went to the living world and lost his powers, he ended up starting a family, under a new name." At that, Gin found himself inwardly flinching. "The substitute shinigami..."

Upon arriving at the tenth division, Ichimaru opened up the door and saw the man he was looking for at his desk. The man was busy working away at the paperwork and he payed the man no attention. However, the current fukutaicho raised up his head. Ichimaru recognized it as Tomo Atsuo, the lieutenant before Toshiro in the other world.

"Hitsugaya Fukutaicho?" The man's words caused Isshin to suddenly look up.

At that, Isshin motioned for Gin to come over and see him. "How is Toshiro doing?"

"My son?" Ichimaru suddenly found himself smiling, wishing that he had been able to share this information with the man before. "He's not gotten worse. He's a good kid."

"Children should be able to run around and do things." The man continued working away. "I'd stop by and visit, but your wife thinks that people visiting him will make him sick and have another attack."

"So what are we to do then? It isn't right that we not let him have some sort of freedom." Gin suddenly sat down in the chair in front of the man's desk

At that, Isshin suddenly glanced up. "I know that you can't bring that child into Soul Society... that's why you turned down the quarters in the fifth division, so you could spend more time with him. However, you might want to ask Yamada Taicho if he knows of any ways to strengthen that child's legs so that he might be able to walk on his own. If Toshiro can get to the point of walking on his own, your wife can't say anything, right?"

At that, Ichimaru found himself blinking a couple of times. "You think that Toshiro could possibly walk?"

"Gin, you and I've talked about this before." However, the tenth division taicho raised up his hand. "You're having those memory lapse problems again, aren't you?"

At that, the silver haired man suddenly found himself glancing up at the ceiling. "Could you tell me the honest truth about when they started?"

"Your memory lapses started sixteen, seventeen years ago roughly." The man though continued speaking. "Actually, your memory lapses started occurring when you estimated my son from that other world should have been born."

"Then I've likely rattled off stuff about how you were supposed to have three really beautiful kids? Well, your son is damn creepy, but the girls are sweet hearts." The man glanced at the ceiling, needing some time to think about everything, before coming up with a plan. It seemed though, Aizen had more time to plan."