Life of Simplicity (Bleach Fanfic)

Simply Panic *Isane*

"You mean to say, Isshin-san Taicho is alive, and no one bothered to tell me?" Isane couldn't help but think back on the look of the small taicho's face as he said those words. She would have thought there would have been some sort of bitter resentment in there about certain persons keeping secrets from the small taicho, but that wasn't the case.

Instead, she saw a smile plastered on the child taicho's face, the like of which she had only seen a few times in the many years she had known him. The child was odd in the fact that when it came to his emotions, he was very similar to Ichimaru Gin in the fact that they both rarely wore their emotions on their sleeves. The difference was that one always smiled, while the other always frowned.

Problem lay in the small detail that possibly had kept Unohana from telling Hitsugaya Taicho that his former captain was in fact still alive. There was the fact that Ichigo Kurosaki happened to be the biological son of Isshin, something that would likely place discontent in the small taicho's heart about whether or not he should belong.

Had not the small child taicho come looking for something to do, some way of helping the others, but ended up being turned down simply because he was supposed to be resting. Many members in the forth division never voiced their concerns aloud, they never felt comfortable with having someone so young in such a position. Then again, they dealt with death too much. It was one sorrow after another piled on.

Isane thus set out in search of the small taicho, hoping she could fix the situation. However, her concentration was broken by an exploding sound coming from Ichimaru Gin's room, which caused her to hurry over, despite the fact she found the man to be overly creepy. She stepped into the room, her eyes catching site of a rather large hole in the wall, surrounded by scorch marks.

Her head then turned quickly to see Ichimaru Gin, his head bent down, his entire body shaking, his mouth panting for some odd reason. Something told her that he wasn't well and she could tell from Rangiku's expression that she also knew this. "Matsumoto?"

At that, the other female looked up at Isane, her eyes filled with worry and fear. "Please... go get his former taicho," the female blurted out.

This caused Isane's eyes to blink a couple of times before she spun on her heals to get the Vizard leader, despite the fact that she didn't know much about said man. As she approached the room that the blond, female Vizard was in, she heard loud voices and saw both Isshin and Shinji step back into the room. Upon getting there, she heard one of the forth division's patients rather distraught.

"I can tell you... I knew him when he was your age. You're just like him." Hiyori spat out as soon as Isane opened the door to her room.

As she stuck her head in, she heard Hitsugaya Toshiro speak up, rather surprising her. "I am not like him!"

The fukutaicho of the forth saw the look on the small taicho's face and knew that the young taicho wasn't happy about whatever conversation the two of them had been having. At that, she managed to mutter out her words, instead of taking a deep breath like she should have. "Something is going on with Ichimaru Gin. Matsumoto Rangiku said that I should get Shinji-san."

At that, the blond followed her from the room and Isane could hear Isshin mutter an apology to the small taicho. They walked at a steady pace back to the room. The former taicho of the tenth division spoke up at this point. "Can you tell us exactly what is going on with Ichimaru?"

"All I know is that he shot kido off at the wall and that he is having a mental break down. I don't know why Rangiku asked for his former taicho, but I do know... I know something wasn't right." Isane found her voice strained. "Anyways, what was it that Hiyori and Hitsugaya Taicho were arguing about."