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A smile found its way to his lips at the thought of Rukia trying to better her cooking skills. He couldn't help but think to the one time where she failed to make him pancakes. Then the time when she surprised him 3 weeks after the Manor incident with breakfast, which also happened to be when they shared their first kiss. Just as he entered the building with a smile on his face he stood frozen in place right after, a bit shocked at the sight before him. Renji and Rukia were cooking side by side. Both of them had flour and dough and different bits of cream and frosting on them. Worst of all...Rukia was smiling.

A deep desire of wanting to kill Renji immediately filled his thoughts. Just as his murderous reiatsu was about to leak out from his body he stopped at the sound of Rukia calling his name.

"Kishin, you're here?"

He just stared at her. He desperately wanted to kill Renji right now and he knew it was foolish of him since the reason was simply because she was sharing what seemed like such an intimate moment with Renji and not him, but he eventually came back to his senses. With a simple wave of his hand he motioned for Rukia to come over which she quickly obeyed and did as he asked. He took note of her beaming smile and internally sighed in defeat. All thoughts about killing Renji left him as he saw the genuine happy look in her eyes.

"Kishin, are you okay?" She blinked and asked as she stood in front of him.

He didn't answer her for a moment. His silence was making her feel nervous with thoughts like she had wronged him, but not long after he gently cupped the bottom of her chin to keep her still and leaned down licking the sugary cream off the side of her cheek.

"Ah! W-What are yo-"

Kishin just smirked and licked his lips. "Mmm. Tasty."

She immediately placed her hand over the cheek that Kishin had licked as her face turned cherry red from a mix of embarrassment and giddy warmth.

Renji on the other hand who was still in the room was instantly shocked and enraged. "Oi! What the hell do you think you're doing Lieutenant Chigetsu!" He immediately charged over and stood between them.

"R-Renji?" Rukia stammered out, still a bit flustered.

Kishin however, stared Renji in the eye with a triumphant look. "Is something wrong Lieutenant Abarai?"

"I-I-Is there something wrong?!" Renji stammered. "Did you seriously just ask that? What you just did was wrong!" He shouted accusingly.

Kishin put on an innocent facial expression and asked nonchalantly, "Hmm? And what did I do?"

Renji's face heated up in anger. "You licked her!"

Kishin just glanced down at Rukia and asked, "Did you hate it?"

Rukia just coughed and didn't answer. This infuriated Renji even more. It was then that Renji had a wild idea. He bent down and was just about to lick Rukia on the cheek as well when she immediately whacked him on the head.

Bam!

"OW!" Renji shouted out as he rubbed his head. "Why'd you hit me?"

Rukia placed her arms on her hips and glared daggers at him. "What do you think you were about to do?"

"What, you let Lieutenant Chigetsu do it and you didn't stop him nor did you deny liking it!"

"That! That...ahem. That doesn't mean you should do it!" She then turned to Kishin and was about to say something when she noticed the murderous look in his eyes. She had known Kishin long enough now to know that he was really on the verge of hurting Renji.

Whack!

"Ow!" Kishin massaged his ribs where Rukia had hit him. "Senpai...why?"

She just huffed out a deep long sigh feeling a massive headache coming on. "You come with me. We need to talk." As she began to walk off into the backroom of the kitchen she paused and turned to Renji. "You, stay here and reflect on what you did wrong." She then dragged Kishin into the backroom, shutting the door behind them.

Kishin just stood in place with a sour look on his face while Rukia just glared at him with an incredulous look on hers. "You...I saw the look in your eyes. You were seriously about to hurt Renji weren't you?!"

"Tch. So what."

"You! I told you before that you can't just go attacking people like that!"

He simply responded by looking straight into her eyes. "He was about to lick you! You think I'm going to just stand there and let someone else do that to you?"

Rukia was at a bit of a loss for words as she struggled for an answer. "Tha-That doesn't mean you should hurt Renji. He's my friend!"

"Your friend?! He hasn't spoken a word to you in decades! Since when did you both all of a sudden become so buddy buddy?"

Rukia shifted a bit in place hesitantly fiddling with her thumbs. "He...this morning he came to talk to me and apologized for never having the courage to say a word to me for so long. Renji said that he thought he was doing the right thing by sitting back and not interfering with my life because I finally had a family with the Kuchiki clan. He didn't want to ruin that for me."

"And now he just suddenly comes to talk to you again and everything is fine?"

Rukia gave Kishin a stern look. "Why not? He's my friend Kishin. My friend! We haven't talked for more than 40 years! I was happy that he finally wanted to talk to me again."

Kishin just scowled. "That's so random! You don't find it odd that he all of a sudden wanted to get close to you again?!"

"What's wrong with that!? You think I should just push him away?!"

"I-…" Kishin stopped himself from finishing his sentence as he could see the look in her eyes growing more and more painful. He clenched his fist and swallowed down his words.

"Then what am I?" He softly whispered. A hurtful expression was reflected in his own eyes.

The space between them became heavy and tense as a still silence permeated the air. After several long moments of Rukia not giving an answer he felt his heart breaking.

What's wrong with me? I'm not this fragile am I? Please say something...anything...senpai…

In the end he closed his eyes and turned to leave, however he didn't get far when he felt Rukia wrap her arms around him hugging him from behind. She squeezed his waist tightly and softly spoke into his back. "I don't know what you are to me yet...or what we are...I still have a lot of things I need to figure out for myself, but...don't leave. I need you. Please…"

Kishin just stood in place with his back turned to her for an undetermined amount of time confirming the physical sensation of her gripping him tight. The feeling of her snuggling her head into the middle of his back. The warmth of her body flushed against his. In the end he let out a long defeated sigh shaking his head out of the gutter. The tension in his shoulders finally relaxed.

"Senpai, I'm the one who's afraid that you'd leave me. Not the other way around."

He unhooked her arms so he could turn around to face her. He smirked at her pastry covered face, a mischievous glint flashed within his eyes. Rukia immediately picked up on it and nervously backed up into the wall behind her.

"Uh...haha...Kishin, what are you thinking?"

He just licked his lips and walked closer. "Well, I think you should make it up to me for causing me to worry."

"Haha...and exactly how sho-Mmpf!" She never had a chance to finish her sentence as Kishin suddenly attack her lips igniting a burning heat throughout her body. Her arms instinctively wrapped around his neck keeping their faces locked together in a wet and passionate feverish kiss.

XXX

Kishin happily grinned as he felt her kiss him back. Without warning he quickly broke away from their interlocked lips, both of them taking in a gulp of much needed air. He lifted her up with his right arm causing her to yelp out a bit in shock. Her hands gripped his shoulders to stabilize her body from the maneuver.

"What are you doing?" She asked, completely flustered in their very intimate position, however Kishin didn't give a verbal response and only went back to reclaiming her lips. His tongue glided along her bottom lip, pushing against it both softly and gently as if coaxing her to let him into her adorable mouth. A moan reverberated from her throat as she anticipated what was coming next. With no resistance she parted her lips and immediately made way for him. Once more, just like that day when they shared their first kiss, their tongues began to dance in a frenzy of pleasurable domination. The taste of sweet honey, of chocolate, hints of vanilla, Kishin felt as if he was sampling all of the delicious desserts that Rukia had attempted to bake from earlier as he explored every inch of her hot wet cavern, but this wasn't enough for him.

His left hand immediately snaked beneath her shirt and apron finding the perky round jewel of her smooth firm breasts. He grinned against her lips feeling her jolt and shudder in his arms. His hand touched and kneaded her soft silky mounds pinching her hardened nipples. Although her breasts weren't all that large, he loved how easily they squished within his palm. His ministrations were causing a fire to burn within her causing her to moan out in pleasure.

"Hnnnng...gaaah..." She broke away from their impassioned kiss squirming and wriggling in his arms. Her mouth hung agape as she struggled to breathe out his name. "Ki-haaah...shin-nghhh."

He growled with desire and lust at how she raggedly panted out his name. She was making it difficult for him to hold back. His tongue immediately found its way to the base of her milky neck and he began to taste her. He started at her clavicle and slowly moved his way up leaving a warm wet trail up to the tip of her chin. As his tongue moved across the nape of her neck he felt her quiver beneath him. He knew immediately that he had found one of her weak spots.

Rukia's eyes wavered when he paused there and quickly attempted to stop him. "Kishin...huff...huff...wai-aaahhh! Mmpf!" She couldn't finish her sentence as he instantly suckled her there, occasionally grazing his sharp teeth against it. She felt the warm wetness of his silky tongue lapping at her neck. The strong pressure of his sucking lips and the light grazing of his sharp teeth against her was too much. She quickly wrapped her left arm tightly around his neck while covering her mouth with her right hand to stifle her loud moans.

Once more Kishin grinned at the reaction she was giving him. A burning fire was building inside of him as he began to completely lose himself in her. A large tent started forming through his hakama evident of his growing lust.

"Rukia...huff...huff...I want you." He voiced out with a deep dark husk.

"Wait, Kishin we should st-OHHH!"

He ground his hips against her core letting her feel just how turned on he was cutting off her attempt to stop them.

"Mmm...Fuck! Rukia I-" He was also cut off from her action of kissing him. She hummed against his lips feeling a burning need inside. He just growled back and gripped her tiny waist with both of his hands once more grinding his hips into hers, but much harder this time. The friction caused by their movement caused them both to let out low involuntary moans of pleasure. Kishin was completely losing his self-control. He snaked down his hand beneath her skirt and immediately pressed down on her little lovely button against her warm soaked panties.

A sucking gasp of air entered Rukia's lungs before she let out a deafening scream at the sudden burst of shocking stimulation. "HUUUUH...I-It's too mu-UHHH! AHHH!"

Realizing how loud she was just now she immediately and instinctively bit down on Kishin's shoulder to muffle her moans. "HAA-Ampfff!"

Kishin grinned in triumph at how responsive she was to his touch. The slight sting he felt from her biting his shoulder trying desperately to keep quiet only turned him on more. He could feel just how dripping wet she was as he continued to torturously rub and press down on her clit with his thumb in slow concentric circles. At the same time he began teasing the slit of her pussy by sliding his long slick fingers back and forth along her entrance without slipping his fingers inside.

Rukia immediately responded by bucking and grinding her own hips into his palm desperately wanting more. No, needing more. Her entire body was trembling against him at this point. She was losing strength in her arms and legs. Her body tingled and burned shaking all over the place. She had told him that she wanted to take things slow, but right now she was losing herself in the moment. She felt so good flushed against him. And the way he touched her...made her feel...she wanted to be even closer than they were now. She could feel his growing erection against her inner thigh and even though she couldn't see it, she knew he'd completely fill her if they continued on like this. It scared her and excited her as she imagined how it'd feel to be connected with Kishin, but she didn't know if he'd even fit inside of her.

"Please...huff...Kishi-AH! ...m-mooore…"

The sound of her needy trembling whimper immediately elicited a hoarse pleasurable moan from him. "Ugh...you're so fucking wet Rukia...I'm...huff...I'm going to ta-"

XXX

Knock. Knock.

The sound of knocking on the door immediately interrupted them causing Kishin to grit his teeth in hatred for whoever was on the other side.

"Ignore it." He said with a low dark growl.

Rukia was completely flustered and burning with lust so she also mentally cursed whoever was at the door. She was going to reach the high heavens soon and for a moment, she was really going to simply ignore whoever interrupted them like Kishin had commanded, but they were interrupted again by the loud knocking of the door followed by Renji's voice. "Oi? You guys done talking yet?"

Kishin turned to glare at the door with a murderous glint in his eyes, however Rukia finally came back to her senses. She quickly pushed him off of her and slumped down to the ground, taking a few long moments to get her shaky rapid breathing under control.

Kishin stared at her with eyes still full of lust. The moment she stood back up he cornered her back against the wall and was about to reclaim her lips, however she immediately pinched his sides to stop him.

"O-Ow! Rukia...why?"

She just glanced up at him, for a split second she thought that she saw the image of an abandoned puppy in his eyes causing her to let out an amused laugh. "Heh-Hahaha!"

She then motioned for him to lower his head to which he simply complied. Rukia grinned and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "There. I think I've made it up to you now right?"

Kishin wanted to tell her no and that they should continue, but in the end he couldn't fight against her beaming sparkling eyes so he just crossed his arms and huffed out a sigh. "Fine. For now."

She grinned and took a quick moment to make herself presentable before awkwardly walking out the door and greeting Renji.

"What...took so long? Rukia, are you alright?" Renji asked suspiciously.

She simply nodded her head. "Everything's fine. I'm going to clean up and call it a day."

Kishin just walked past Renji completely ignoring him while following behind Rukia. "I'll help."

Renji could only rub the back of his neck in awkwardness having no idea what just happened. He thought Rukia brought Kishin back there to scold him, but they both came out looking pretty content. In the end he just shrugged his shoulders. The atmosphere wasn't tense anymore so he simply let it slide. Thirty minutes later and the place was all cleaned up. Renji continued to give Kishin and Rukia suspicious looks as he noted that the two of them were a bit too content, but neither of them were acting strange around him leading him to glean nothing.

Kishin didn't give him any murderous looks and Rukia continued to talk to him like normal. He couldn't really complain since his change in attitude towards Rukia after not talking to her for over 40 years was incredibly sudden, but he had no choice. He felt a sense of urgency and danger if he didn't try to reignite his relationship with Rukia ever since he visited Kishin early in the morning. To his surprise Rukia gladly accepted his gesture of reigniting their friendship. Renji was brought out of his stupor as Rukia walked out of a changing room dressed back in her shihakusho.

"Alright. I'm done."

Kishin smirked and stood up from where he was seated. "Then let's go Rukia."

"Mn." She simply replied as they both started walking out the door side by side.

Renji stared in a daze before he cried out alarmingly, "W-Wait! Where are you two going?"

Rukia just turned and gave Renji a confused look. "We're going back to the 13th division. Why?"

Renji nervously scratched the back of his head. This was the worst case scenario for him since he couldn't just arbitrarily go with them. He still had his duties as a Lieutenant to fulfill and he pushed back his paperwork this morning to come be with Rukia. Now he had to go complete his duties.

Kishin and Rukia just stared at Renji's conflicted look before they asked at the same time, "Something wrong?"

Renji sighed in defeat. "Uhhh...N-No...nothing. I'm...fine."

They just shrugged and continued walking off into the distance, but not before Rukia said, "Renji. Thank you...for coming to speak to me again. I thought that maybe you might have resented me for distancing myself from you ever since I became part of the Kuchiki family. It was nice seeing you again."

She then turned and left with Kishin.

Kishin glanced down at her with a somewhat jealous look in his eyes so Rukia gave him a blank stare back. "What?"

He just clicked his tongue in annoyance. "It was nice seeing you again? Really?"

Rukia blinked a few times before venturing to ask, "Are you...jeal-"

"I am not!" He quickly interjected before grumbling out, "...maybe I really should kill him."

Rukia furrowed her brow and pinched his side.

"OW! Senpai, you've been doing that a lot lately."

"Hmpf. Then stop threatening to kill people."

"Then how am I supposed to protect what's important to me?"

Rukia gave him a confused look. "Protect what's important to you? Like what?"

"Like wha-? Senpai...it's obviously YOU." He said with an incredulous look.

Rukia felt her cheeks heat up at his straightforward answer. "I-I'm what's important to you?"

"Didn't I make that clear to you a while ago? You said you wouldn't leave me, but what if...what if someone takes you away from me…"

Rukia felt a warmth invade her heart. She smiled and gently laced her fingers through his.

"No one's going to take me away from you…" She whispered softly and re-assuredly.

He immediately tightened his hold on her soft milky hand.

"I'll kill anyone who tri-Ow!" He shouted out and rubbed the side of his stomach where Rukia had pinched him.

She just glared at him and scolded, "There you go again talking about killing people."

Kishin just clicked his tongue in defeat. "Tch."

It was then the memory of his talk with Aizen in Hueco Mundo surfaced in his mind mixed with the knowledge that he had about the events to come.

Will Aizen have Central 46 station Rukia in the World of the Living? Will Urahara be left with no choice but to hide the Hogyoku in a gigai? ...NO! I refuse to let Rukia be the carrier. Anyone else but her…

He tightened his grip on their interlocked hands and gazed at her with a hesitant look. "Rukia..."

"Hm? What is it?" She curiously responded noting the strange look Kishin was giving her.

"If...if one day someone named Urahara Kisuke offers to give you a gigai, you absolutely refuse him."

Rukia raised her eyebrow in confusion at his sudden request. "Errr...where is this coming from?"

"Senpai. Promise me you will refuse. No matter what." He said seriously.

Rukia noted the pleading look in his eyes and found it hard to refuse so she simply nodded her head. "Okay...fine. I'll do as you say, but where is this coming from? And who's this Urahara Kisuke person?"

Kishin let out a sigh. "It's...sorta a long story. In short, just be careful if you're ever demanded to patrol the World of the Living okay?"

He watched as Rukia had on a pondering look intently thinking to herself. Her violet colored eyes seemed to sparkle a bit at the angle in which she currently tilted her head. He couldn't help feeling his heart flutter at her cute thinking face and the sound of her innocent voice as she replied, "Okay. Since you're asking then I'll do as you say."

She glanced up at him noting the stunned look in his eyes. "Something wrong?"

She tilted her head to the side when he didn't give her an answer. "Kishin?" She curiously called out.

He just gave her a warm smile. "Senpai, can I kiss you?"

She was a bit taken aback at his question. Her cheeks flushed red as she tore her gaze away from him. "I-Idiot. Why are you asking that?"

He blinked a few times in amusement at her embarrassed reaction. "Isn't it courtesy to ask for permission?"

She fidgeted a bit unable to run away due to their interlocked hands and turned even more red. "E-Even if that's the case...you wouldn't listen anyways."

"Then...I can't?" He teasingly replied.

"Y-You...since when did you start asking for permission?"

"So...you won't let me then?" He teased again.

…

After a moment of silent pause she blushingly turned her head away and whispered near inaudibly, "Idiot...just hurry up and do it."

Kishin smirked at her cuteness and shyness and immediately dipped his head down claiming her sweet lips for himself...

It wasn't long after before they arrived back at the 13th division barracks. Both back in a business mindset. Kishin returned to his office whilst Rukia went off to do her own things. Just as he neared his designated building he paused and frowned noting a presence within his office.

This reiatsu...what does this bastard want?

Kishin clicked his tongue in annoyance and walked into his office seeing a tall scholarly looking man with brown hair, brown square glasses, who wore the standard Shinigami shihakusho and a Captain's haori signifying the 5th division on the back. This man was of course, Aizen Sosuke. Kishin stood by the entrance as the two of them stared at one another in silence. Finally Kishin decided that he should find out why Aizen had stopped by. He put on a fake amiable smile and said with sarcastic enthusiasm, "Captain Aizen, what a pleasant surprise. For you to come all the way here in the 13th division barracks and visit me, it must have been quite a walk. Why don't you take a seat?"

Aizen grinned at Kishin's blatant sarcasm. "Ohya...do you resent me for what I did?"

Kishin kept an indifferent facial expression as he walked around Aizen and sat in his office chair. "Resent is a very strong word Captain Aizen. I prefer...irritated, annoyed, bothersome, irksome. Actually I can't quite find the right term to express how I feel. Oh, wait...how about a life sucking cancerous leeching plague that won't go away no matter what I try to do."

Aizen just let out a light chuckle. "Hahaha, so that's how it is. I assure you I hold true to my word. I will not make your life difficult."

"Really? Then care to explain why you have the sudden urge to pay me a visit?"

Aizen simply ignored Kishin's question and walked over to the bookshelves slowly looking through the different sections. "Hmmm...I see that you are close with Kuchiki Rukia."

Kishin's eyelid slightly twitched at the mention of Rukia's name. His heart rate sped up just slightly as a growing anxiety began to build up inside of him, however he kept his calm and cool exterior as he questioned, "And what if I am?"

Aizen just smirked. "Nothing really. I was just curious and...somewhat surprised."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Hmmm...I was surprised because it's you."

Kishin furrowed his brow. "And again, what do you mean by that?"

"Hahaha, are you truly that wary of me? Lieutenant Chigetsu."

"That depends. Do I need to be wary of you?"

"Oh? Then I suppose I shall answer you the same. That depends."

"Do you usually give such roundabout answers?"

Aizen grinned and picked a book off of the shelf before taking a seat on the nearby couch. "I simply asked because I wanted to see how you'd answer me."

Kishin crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. "Why are you interested in my relationship with Rukia?"

"Because I didn't expect that someone like you, a man who had been able to hide the truth of your Hollowfication for so long and the only person in all of Soul Society to have been able to discern the truth about me, to have such an obvious weakness."

Kishin silently clenched his fist into his chest holding back his murderous intent to kill Aizen. Instead he calmly replied, "So much for you not making my life difficult."

Aizen grinned and flipped a page in the book he was reading. "Am I making your life difficult? I was merely asking a simple question and making a simple statement."

"Yet here you are causing me needless stress. That's part of making my life difficult." Kishin then stood up and walked over to the bookshelf picking a book and sat down on the couch opposite of Aizen. "So? Surely you didn't come here just to have some idle chat with me like we're long lost buddies or something."

"Heh. Indeed."

"Then why are you here?"

The sound of pages being flipped filled the air for a bit as Aizen didn't answer. After a minute or so he then looked up and glanced at Kishin. "Since you are close with Kuchiki Rukia then I assume you would be most displeased if I involved her in my plan."

Kishin flipped a page in his book and answered without meeting Aizen's gaze. "Mn. I would very VERY much prefer it if you left Rukia alone."

Aizen just smirked. "I thought so, however I'm afraid I had already set my eyes on her from the beginning."

Kishin paused mid-page turn. "Meaning?"

"Ohya? Although you do not show it you are actually quite anxious are you not? Chigetsu-kun."

Kishin mentally hacked off Aizen's head thousands of times followed by shouting string after string of curses in his mind, but he otherwise continued to keep his indifferent looking expression. "Why don't you just get to the point. I get what you're saying. You won't make MY life difficult, but you're still going to toy around with other people. And let me guess, Rukia is on your list."

Aizen grinned as a gleam of approval shone in the depths of his eyes. "I'm glad you understand, Lieutenant Chigetsu."

"Tch. So? What is your plan for Rukia exactly?"

Aizen crossed his legs relaxedly before resting his hands on his lap. "Unfortunately it appears I must modify my plans."

Kishin raised his eyebrow suspiciously. "Meaning?"

"I was hoping that Kuchiki Rukia would continue to toil in darkness and torment herself over Shiba Kaien's death, however surprisingly she has begun to handle her depression quite well. Furthermore her skills as a Shinigami have become much more polished than what it was before. I imagine you had a hand to play in this?"

Kishin just went back to looking at his book and flipped a page. "Do you ever ask questions that you don't already know the answer to?"

Aizen smiled in amusement. "I came here to apologize to you in advance."

Once again Kishin paused mid-page turn. "For?"

A smug look appeared on Aizen's face. "For planning to involve your beloved Kuchiki Rukia in an experimental game."

Kishin seriously wanted to tear off Aizen's head right now, however he held himself back. He had already guessed that Aizen was going to involve Rukia, in fact he undoubtedly knew since he had knowledge of this event already, but he had somewhere deep down inside hoped that Aizen would decide to leave her alone.

Haaah...I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

He gently lowered the book in his hand down onto his lap and stared Aizen in the eyes. "What experimental game are you playing?"

Aizen just stared back, not breaking eye contact with Kishin. "Do not worry. I have already modified my plans. There is no need for you to know the details."

Kishin slightly frowned. "Then why come tell me any of this at all?"

Aizen stood up and placed the book in his hand back on the shelf. "I came to tell you for two reasons. One, to inform you that your beloved Kuchiki Rukia will play a role in my plans. As for the second, to put your mind at ease. Should everything go smoothly then Kuchiki Rukia will not be harmed, so there is no need for you to involve yourself when the time comes."

Kishin grit his teeth at Aizen's blatant boasting. "And should I interfere during your little play, let me guess. The Gotei 13 might possibly witness a CRIME of mine."

Aizen held his hands behind his back with a complacent smile on his face. "You understand well, Chigetsu-kun."

"Tch. So the real reason you came here to tell me all of this was to warn me not to move against you? I didn't know you feared my involvement that much."

"Fear your involvement? Not at all. Like I said, you are free to try and stop me anytime you wish. Although do keep in mind, it is the Hogyoku I want and I WILL obtain it. Until that time comes I'm sure you understand well your position. Of course, should you agree to look at my Kyoka Suigetsu right now then I will reconsider my plan."

Kishin furrowed his brow. "How dumb do you think I am? You could go through with your plan even easier after I see your Kyoka Suigetsu."

Aizen shrugged his shoulders and started to slowly walk towards the exit. Just as he reached for the door he paused and commented, "Lieutenant Chigetsu, I'm sure you will know when I decide to act to obtain the Hogyoku. I hope that when that time comes you will let things proceed as I have planned them to be. After all, I'm sure someone of your character could tolerate being hunted by the Gotei 13, but what of your dear friends such as Captain Hitsugaya, or Lieutenant Tsunayashiro? Or worse, your beloved Kuchiki Rukia?"

Kishin clenched his hand into a fist. "Don't push your luck...Aizen."

Aizen slightly narrowed his eyes in amusement. "Ohya. Now that is an interesting expression you are making, Chigetsu Kishin. Do not worry. I already promised you that Kuchiki Rukia will remain unharmed. Of course, that is as long as things proceed as I have ordained them to be."

Kishin narrowed his eyes as he watched Aizen open the door and leave. He then plopped down and laid flat on the couch staring up at the ceiling. The image of Rukia's innocent, cute, and graceful looking face stuck in his mind. A deep long sigh escaped his lips.

"Haaah...Senpai...I wish I could just lock you in a room where you'll be safe forever…"