Lost Child (Bleach Fanfic)

Different Mind

The taicho of the tenth division let out a deep breath. His zampaktuo spoke then. "You should apologize to your brother."

"Kaien didn't tell me what was going on. He left me out of the loop!"

"That's because he can't trust you to keep a secret. Look at the fact you told Momo to call you uncle despite the fact she didn't yet know about your brother and sister-in-law's plans to adopt the two children. You also blurted out how Kaien and Miyako met."

"This is different. He should know that he can trust me on these kind of thing."

"Your track record stinks like sulfur. And by the way... they're introducing Gin as the captain of the third today."

Isshin stood up, letting out a deep sigh. He walked to the first division and went into the meeting hall. He slipped into his spot. Kyoraku raised an eyebrow at the young taicho. "Something the matter Isshin?"

"Something..." The young man blinked a couple of times and switched from his serious mode of demeanor to the hyper active personality mode. "Nope! I was just thinking!"

"You know... you switch between serious and... not sure what I would call it... rather fast. A reminder here... don't goof off around the old man."

"Yes sir."

"And by the way." Kyoraku held up his thumb. "Nanao-chan came home ranting about your behavior. Nice job getting her going." The thumb then turned down. "Bad job on going a bit overboard."

The man suddenly felt a clipboard hit the top of his head. "I'm right here you know. You really shouldn't encourage your nephew in such a manner."

Isshin let out a sigh as Ukitake came into the room. "Good afternoon kind uncle."

The man looked up before suddenly chuckling. "Shiba Isshin... when you say stuff like that people are going to wonder if you are up to something."

Kaien looked away with a rather irritated look on his face before going and kneeling on the ground behind his captain.

"I'm not. Honest! If you want to ask anyone it should be Gin. He's always up to something " Isshin found himself thinking inwardly. "Wonder how he's doing after what Kaien did. It's been a few days."

The other members began to gather as did their fukutaicho. Yamamoto came in and stood at the front, his arms going behind his back. "I now introduce you to the new captain of the third division, Ichimaru Gin."

The man bowed to the other captains before taking his position. Aizen spoke up then. "Now you just have to pick a fukutaicho for yourself."

Gin's smile suddenly twisted into a frown. Kenpachi scratched his head. "Why not pick that kid in the forth division?"

"Speaking of which, how long will that child be in the chair of the forth division. The last time I checked it was not the job of the forth division to care for those from the Rukongai with mental problems."

Isshin felt himself look at the man with eyes wide. "That stuck up bastard."

"Wait..." Isshin blinked a couple of times, his eyes darting over to his brother who had also spoken at the same time. "I mean to say..."

Yamamoto raised an eyebrow. "Since Shiba Taicho is of the higher rank I'll let him speak first."

Isshin took a deep breath. "What my brother and I were both trying to say was that my brother and sister-in-law are planning on adopting the child and his older sister as his own."

Ukitake frowned. "You two do understand what that will take?"

Byakuya looked at Isshin. "What is so special about this child?"

"Special?" Isshin stopped short.

"Well... there was that rumor about the child drawing his zampaktuo onto the wall." Silence fell over the room at Mayuri's statement. "I think the child would make for a wonderful experiment."

"You..." Kaien opened his mouth.

A sudden fiery flare came over the room and everyone's heads turned towards Yamamoto. "The child is in no condition at this time to become a shinigami. I will also not allow you to experiment on the child. This is not a topic we should be discussing."

Isshin let out a sigh as they were dismissed from the room. He walked up to Gin and clapped him on the back. "Congratulations! Now we just need to get Kaien to learn Bankai, right?"

Gin flinched upon being touched. His eyes darted around the room but he finally let out a deep sigh. "I'm kind of tired."

"It wouldn't..." Isshin stopped short before leaning forward and whispered into the man's ear. "It wouldn't have to do with the boy?"

"No..." Gin kept his voice down.

The tenth division taicho slapped him on the back. "Now come on! We all know that you miss Ran-chan! Don't deny it."

"I really am tired."

Isshin let out a deep sigh. Kaien walked up to him. "Of all things... that being brought up."

The older twin blinked a couple of times. "You aren't mad at me?"

"What ever for?"

"We haven't exactly been talking. I don't remember the last time we haven't talked." Isshin's lips pouted out.

Kaien blinked a couple of times. "You're referring to the fact we had a misunderstanding the other day?"

"I'm still mad that..."

"Can it Isshin." The fukutaicho of the thirteenth flicked his brother on the forehead.

Ukitake let out a deep sigh. "Now, now you two. I don't like it when the two of you act like this. You're honestly supposed to be adults now. After Ran died the two of you really didn't have time to grieve. Both of you have your duties to take care of and then the boy showed up. By the way, what is the child's name?"

"It's Hitsugaya Toshiro." Kaien frowned at his taicho while folding his arms.

"Well... my first piece of advice is to take a vacation the both of you. It's been awhile since the two of you just took some time off to yourselves. You should also tell your other siblings about your plan."

Isshin frowned. "What is your other piece of advice?"

"The chid's hair is white?"

"Yes..." Kaien frowned at the man.

"I'd like to be the boy's Godfather once he's adopted. Apparently we both have white hair and have white in our names."

The twins looked at each other before letting out a laugh.