Aizen's Kingdom (Bleach Fanfic)

Frightened Child

The white haired boy's body was tense when he called out for his mother and the substitute Soul Reaper. That in truth wasn't a good thing, as that drew Rangiku's attention to where the two of them were. The woman was known for her temper problem... actually, that was where Toshiro got his own eruptive ire.

As Gin held the young male in his arms, he heard the ash cutting through the traditional paper doors and he found himself suddenly pushing the child forward so that he was bent over in two, the silver haired man bent over on top of him, holding his son tightly in one arm, while he took his other arm and used it to brace the debris off the two of them.

There were a few shouts as someone, Ichimaru couldn't be sure, suddenly lifted the paper doors off of them, while Toshiro entire body shook. Matsumoto's voice could be heard. "Shiro-chan, I'm so sorry."

"When you get pissed off, you so don't think things through." Gin stated, feeling the door lifted up off of him. "If Chibi Taicho doesn't remember this world at all, he is not going to like that even if it is coming from Ran-chan here."

His words were soon confirmed as Toshiro moved, pushing himself up, his voice sounding frustrated. "Matsumoto, you know I hate that nickname."

"Sweet heart, why are you calling me by my maiden name?" The woman frowned, watching the boy carefully. "Actually, how do you know my maiden name? I never told you?" At that, she glared at Ichimaru. "Did you?"

"How should I know." Gin hissed, watching as the boy's Adam's apple bobbed down.

Toshiro's eye's widened in horror, as he wiggled from Ichimaru's grasp. He moved away, his mouth opening, almost as if he had a question to ask, but then something else had occurred to him. "Why can't I move my legs Matsumoto?"

"I wish you would stop calling me that." Rangiku sighed, her mouth twisting up with a rather characteristic pout. No, it wasn't like the busty female to show her darker side to the young child taicho if she could help it, or in this case her own child. She watched as Toshiro wiggled further away, his eyes showing an even greater deal of fear. "You haven't ever been able to walk."

"What do you mean?" At that, Toshiro's words snapped out as he used his arms to move himself away from the woman. "No. I think the better question that I need to ask is who are you. You aren't the Matsumoto I know."

"Sweet heart..." At that, Matsumoto was about to say those words, telling Toshiro the truth.

At that, Gin stood up, getting in between her, standing in her way and allowing the boy to move away from the woman. "Can't you see that Shiro-chan is scared of you Ran-chan."

"And whose fault is that! You are the one who took off with him. You took him off the medicine. You know what happens when you take him off his medicine!"

At that, the boy glanced at the silver haired man, his eyes wide with terror. "Ichimaru, what is going on?" At that, he paused, glancing around the man. "No. I can't trust you. Kurosaki?"

"It's not something I can easily explain Toshiro..." Ichigo stated, his mouth curling up, knowing full well that the tension was escalating. Soifon had knocked out Ganju and know had the orange haired teens arms locked behind him, her tight hold.

At that, the boy's head shook, then he glanced around. "Where is my zampaktuo?"

This caused Gin to pause, raising an eyebrow. Rangiku spoke up, a great deal of concern in her voice. "Little one, you don't have a zampaktuo. Why would you..."

At that, the boy's face suddenly went blank. "I don't have. That isn't..." At that, the temperature in the room suddenly began to drop quickly. "Hy..."

Knowing full well what would happen if Toshiro said one more word, Ichimaru launched into action and lunged forward, covering the boy's mouth. He scooped the boy into his arms while he struggled. However, as Gin moved to leave the room, he found Rangiku in his path. Moving quickly, he loosened his grip slightly on the boy and used a quick, low level kido spell.

"Hyorin..." Toshiro tried again, only to have a hand slapped his mouth again. Gin got to the outside, and moved away from the structure. However, he found himself having to turn back around, as he heard a very angry voice.

"Gin! Put him down!" Rangiku stated, suddenly releasing her zampaktuo, which caused the ash to go flying at the man, cutting into his arm and side, causing him to have to loosen his grip on his son as he went down on one knee so that he wouldn't drop and hurt the boy.

"Don't say..." The man stated, only to have the boy yell as loud as possible.

"Hyorinmaru! Hyorinmaru!" At that, storm clouds began to gather, causing Rangiku to suddenly glance up at the sky as snow began to fall down.

Worry filled her eyes, and she turned her head to Ichimaru. "Gin... what the hell is going on?"

"You are the one who decided to tell him that he doesn't have a zampaktuo. You may not want to believe that there is another world Rangiku, but in that world this kiddo does have a zampaktuo, and it is no pussy cat." The silver haired man said this, right as a large ice dragon formed above him and his son, causing Rangiku's eyes to fill with fear.