The temperature continued to drop, while two bright eyes looked two pale ones straight in the eye. "Please... Ichimaru..."
At that, Gin simply frowned at the boy. He then spoke up carefully and methodically. "Shiro-chan knows Hinamori very well. What do you think her wish would be?"
Toshiro's eyes blinked a couple of times, and then his head darted down. "Hinamori's with Aizen, isn't she? She's able to give herself to him completely, like she's always wanted to do. I guess she also wanted to forget about all of us, not that I really can blame her, considering what I did to her in the other world."
"Don't worry," Ichimaru spoke up, a smile playing across his face. "I'll think of some way to bring Hinamori home."
"Why?" The boy spoke up, his tone rather dry.
"Because she's family..." Gin stated.
"It isn't as if you like your niece." Shinso spoke up, much to Ichimaru's irritation.
To which the silver haired man quickly responded. "She's still that sister's child."
"Didn't Hinamori get the wish she wanted?" The white haired youth's mouth was twisted up. "I don't want to hurt her anymore... and if this is what she wanted..."
This caused Ichimaru's jaw to drop as he was completely unused to this particular child shying away from what he wanted. But then, Toshiro had always had a way of putting others before himself. Gin frowned at this. "You do understand what it means to give yourself to someone completely, don't you?"
"It means that you would be willing to do anything for someone, kind of like what you did for my and Rangiku." The boy stated, causing a vein to pop on Gin's forehead.
"I don't think he understands that giving oneself completely can also involve becoming someones sexual toy. Do you really want to explain that one to him? I mean, he is rather young." His zampaktuo chimed in, causing Ichimaru a great deal of frustration.
Isshin managed to come to the fukutaicho of the fifth's rescue. "Don't you remember how the wishes get twisted around to be something we don't want it to be?"
At that, the small boy paused. "How long will it take me to learn to walk?"
The eldest Shiba shook his head. "That is going to require a lot of physical therapy."
"One week." Toshiro stated flat out, his face filled with a great level of stubbornness.
At that, Kaien laughed. "One week what?"
"In one week, I'm going to be able to walk again and I am going to go rescue Hinamori." The boy stated.
"Toshiro, I don't think that is possible." Ichigo sighed.
The response was more stubbornness, not to mention a horrified look on Rangiku's face. "I'll do it."
"Well, the first step to getting to the point is for you to get some rest." Isshin stated, using the fact that the boy trusted him to his advantage.
Rangiku came and scooped up the boy into her arms, frowning at the males in the room. "How is it that he can act so childish, yet have been a taicho in the other world."
"Matsumoto!" The complaint came as she followed Kukaku away to a guest room.
"Well, some things never changed. His idea of what he is able to do with that small body of his has always put him in harms way." Ichimaru stated, placing a hand on his forehead and pinching his brow.
"One week though?" Kaien shook his head while Soifon watched. "That isn't possible, is it?"
"Honestly, I don't think it is." Isshin stated, touching his chin lightly.
"Not to mention we don't have a week." Ichimaru stated, spitting out his words. "For all I know, Aizen has already done something to Momo-chan that can't be taken back"
"Are you speaking of Hinamori Momo?" Soifon asked, her voice monotone. "Aizen is planning on making her one of his wives tomorrow. They'll be a huge ceremony tomorrow."
This caused Gin to flinch. "I don't care if any of you help me with this, but I am going to go and kill that bastard tomorrow and get my niece back. She should never have been sold like that, but honestly... it doesn't surprise me that one of my older brothers would do something like that to family. That is just the way they always were."
"I'll go with you." Ichigo stated, but no one else voiced their thoughts right away.
Finally, Isshin spoke up. "I'll see if I can't get some help from some other places. I don't know if we'll be able to come up with a plan though."
"That is something I specialize in." The orange haired teens words caused quite a few to wince as they heard his next words. "I've gone into battle all the time without a plan."
At that, Ganju sat up, confusion on his face. "What is going on?"
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Aizen's Kingdom (Bleach Fanfic)
FanfictionIf Aizen won, he would have ended up changing everything... and when that happens Gin finds himself trying to fix things from the broken state they have ended up as. Disclaimer - I don't own Bleach. Original publication date 10-18-2011.