Family Secrets

Aizen has always been a snake, even more than Gin. He has always been in the shadows, planning his ultimate scheme to rule over everyone. He has crossed many lines to achieve his goals, but today, he has crossed the ultimate line of harming someone's father. Kuroi only sees red and rockets towards Aizen. Aizen tries to dodge, but Kuroi grabs his hand and starts to charge a Gran Rey Cero.

"You have a strong grip," said Aizen.

"What did you do to my father?" asked Kuroi.

"He'll just be out of commission for a little while. He's not dead yet," said Aizen.

"What's your plan? I can see in your eyes that you know that you can't beat me while I'm in this form. You sent your lackey Gin to distract me because you were too scared to fight me then and there. I don't know how you dealt with Yamamoto, but I won't go down as easily," said Kuroi.

"You still have a lot to learn, boy," said Aizen.

"No, this is the last thing that you'll see," said Kuroi.

Kuroi launches the point-blank Gran Rey Cero at Aizen. A huge explosion is created in the air and blows everything away. The sky temporarily turns red just like the cero. The charred body of Aizen falls onto a rooftop. Kuroi softly lands next to Aizen's body and looks over it.

"I thought he would be stronger than this. I guess I'll just grab him and-," said Kuroi.

"Put me in Muken, right?" asked Aizen.

"Huh?" asked Kuroi.

"You thought that you would beat me with that Gran Rey Cero, right? You would be able to, but I've changed," said Aizen.

The burns on Aizen's body start to slowly disappear. The bloody cuts on his body start close up and the blood disintegrates. Aizen stands up and fixes his hair.

"Is that high-speed regeneration?" thought Kuroi.

"It's not high-speed regeneration. Why would I go under Hollowfication?" said Aizen.

"Can he read my thoughts?" thought Kuroi.

"No, you're just predictable. I predicted that you would try to kill me with a Gran Rey Cero, so I'm glad that it finally kicked in. If you had hit me with a full power Gran Rey Cero, you would have disintegrated me and you would've won this short war, but you would rather not sacrifice your friends and allies. Yamamoto was ready to kill everyone here to beat me. That's what a real hero does to defeat "the big bad". That was the last chance for you to kill me, Kuroi Hono, and you blew it," said Aizen.

"How did you regenerate? That's not one of your Shikai abilities and I doubt that that was one of your Bankai abilities. How are you able to do that?" said Kuroi.

"It's just my servant obeying its master," said Aizen.

"What does that mean?" asked Kuroi.

Aizen rips off the remaining upper part of his attire and reveals the Hogyoku below his chest.

"The Hogyoku? Why is it in your body?" asked Kuroi.

"Kisuke Urahara placed the Hogyoku in Rukia Kuchiki to keep it away from me as I already told you, but I planned all of it. I planned for you to meet Rukia Kuchiki, so you would become friends. Then, when I sent Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki to get her, I knew that you would try to save her and I knew that you would lose. I knew that by losing, you would find out that you had an inner Hollow and you would later go learn how to master your Hollowfication. I also knew that if I showed up and took Rukia, you would want to take her from the Soul Society. You wouldn't be strong enough, so Kisuke Urahara would teach you Bankai. I knew that you and your father were creating a plan to defeat me, but it helped me achieve my goals. You trained with Kenpachi Zaraki every day for nearly two weeks, You easily surpassed at least half of the captains of the Gotei 13. Then, you fought Byakuya Kuchiki and easily defeated him. I knew that Toshiro Hitsugaya, Rangiku Matsumoto, Retsu Unohana, Isane Kotetsu, and Momo Hinamori would find me in Central 46, so I just walked out because I wanted to find Rukia and retrieve the Hogyoku. You should already know what happened next. I easily defeated you, took the Hogyoku, and defeated Ichigo. Yet another defeat would push you to train even harder. I knew that the Visoreds were in the World of the Living, so I sent Grimmjow and his Fraccion and Ulquiorra and Yammy to push you to choose to train with the Visoreds. You mastered your Hollowfication by fighting in fights that I set up. I brought you to Hueco Mundo to get stronger. You were killed by Ulquiorra and unlocked a power that could get close to surpassing me. I knew that Unohana would be sent to Hueco Mundo because she's a healer, so I knew she would restore your spiritual pressure. At full power, you surpassed me, so I couldn't have you fight me. I sent Gin to distract you until the Hogyoku accepted me as his master and made me immortal. You can no longer beat me, Kuroi Hono. You have lost," said Aizen.

"That was a very convoluted plan. If you wanted to make me super powerful, you could have just kidnapped me when I was a small child and trained me from birth. You don't have to flex your intelligence," said Kuroi.

"My plan was not convoluted because you are an interesting test subject. I just assisted in your development. Did you ever notice how everything was going normal until you met Rukia? All of these "strong" hollows popped up once Ichigo Kurosaki became a soul reaper. Did you think it was fate? If you did, you're wrong. It was all me. I manipulated everything that has ever happened to you while you were a soul reaper. We're practically family at this point," said Aizen.

"Don't you dare disrespect my family, you bastard! I don't care about how long you've been watching me! I don't care about how you set up everything! I will just have to destroy you!" exclaimed Kuroi.

"Are you not going to question how long that I've known your existence or if you could win any battles without my assistance?" asked Aizen.

"I don't care," said Kuroi.

"Before we fight, do you want to know why I saw you as a worthy test subject?" asked Aizen.

"You're just prolonging your life at this point, but I'll just amuse you," said Kuroi.

"Have you ever noticed how your mother died? Yumi Hono was extremely strong for a human woman. Once she got cancer, I knew that there was no chance that she would die, but she did in the most mysterious ways. She was hit with a blue light. It's called the Auschwalen. I know your father would never tell you about that. Even though your father is one of the strongest soul reapers to ever exist, he's not a perfect guy. He hides stuff from you. The reason that I wanted to "experiment" on you is that you're the perfect hybrid. Your father's a soul reaper and your mother was a-," said Aizen.

"You talk way too much, Aizen," said Isshin.

Kuroi stares at the person that has appeared in front of him.

"Uncle Isshin," said Kuroi.

"Let's go, Kuroi," said Isshin.

"I can't. He was just going to tell me what my mother was," said Kuroi.

"He's lying to get your head. Just trust me and let's move," said Isshin.

"How do you know that? Dad's hiding something from me right and you were hiding this from Ichigo. Now I understand why you guys are so close. You're both liars," said Kuroi.

"This is not the time or place to argue about this. Just take my hand and let's go," said Isshin.

"No! You're going to tell me everything that I need to know right now! I'm tired of this shit! I'm tired of all of these secrets coming out of nowhere! I'm so-," said Kuroi.

Kuroi stops speaking when Isshin grabs his Hollow horn and rips it off. Kuroi falls and falls unconscious. Isshin grabs his unconscious body and puts it over his shoulder.

"It seems like you guys have some family issues to deal with," said Aizen.

"Shut up, Aizen," said Isshin.

Isshin flash steps off the roof and flash steps until he finds a random building far away from Aizen. He places Kuroi on the ground and he wakes up.

"I'm sorry, unc. I'm just annoyed," said Kuroi.

"Your father and I should be the ones apologizing. We kept these secrets from you boys long enough," said Isshin.

"You and my father fought together as captains of the Gotei 13, didn't you? That's why you have a piece of the captain kimono on your shihakusho," said Kuroi.

"I used to be the captain of Squad 10. Back then were the good ol days. Aoi, Shunsui, Jushiro, Kisuke, and I used to always hang out together when the weather was warm. Even though some messed up stuff happened, I wouldn't give it up for anything. Masaki, Ichigo, Yuzu, Karin, you, Aoi, Yumi, we're all family and we care for each other. I won't let you fight Aizen alone," said Isshin.

"You must have just regained your powers. I've never sensed this spiritual pressure from you," said Kuroi.

"I sacrificed my powers to protect Masaki in this world. Your father will explain the rest of what happened when he met your mother," said Isshin.

"Where's Ichigo?" asked Kuroi.

"I ordered him to take your father to Unohana. We're going to confront him and end this," said Isshin.

"He said he's immortal. How will we beat him if he can't die?" said Kuroi.

"Who said that we were going to kill him?" asked Isshin.

"He's too dangerous to be left alive," said Kuroi.

"If with the power that you possessed in that hollow form, you wouldn't be able to kill him. You have the power to, but you would have to kill everyone here to defeat him and you won't do that. You're human at the end of the day," said Isshin.

"How do we beat him?" asked Kuroi.

"Help is coming. All we have to do is confront Aizen. Let's go," said Isshin.

Isshin and Kuroi flash step out of the building until they reach the building that Aizen is standing on.

"You guys have already dealt with your family quarrel? I thought that it would last a little longer," said Aizen.

"You've never had a family, Aizen. You wouldn't understand family quarrels," said Kuroi.

"It seems that you got rid of that pesky Hollow form. Now, you are weaker than me. Everything is going according to plan," said Aizen.

"Does your plan include getting defeated by us?" asked Isshin.

"No," said Aizen.

"Then, you're not as smart as I thought," said Isshin.

Isshin flicks his finger and Aizen flies into a building. Aizen gets back onto his feet and darts towards the two soul reapers. Isshin jumps into the air and slams his blade onto the ceiling, but Aizen can dodge. He turns his head to look forward and is hit with a Jigoku Piasa by Kuroi. The building is destroyed by the attack.

"You've gotten slower. I didn't even have my Hollow mask. You should have been able to dodge it. Have you reached your limit?" said Kuroi.

"I have reached my limit as a soul reaper," said Aizen.

"What are you talking about?" asked Kuroi.

"My body is going through a metamorphosis. It seems that the Hogyoku has started to read my mind," said Aizen.

"What does that mean?" asked Kuroi.

"The Hogyoku has a will of its own. I didn't know that and I'm its master. Do you two know the powers of the Hogyoku?" said Aizen.

"To control the boundary between soul reapers and Hollows just like you said at the Sokyoku Hill," said Kuroi.

"Incorrect. The true power of the Hogyoku is to read the minds of people around it and manifest what it finds there," said Aizen.

"I knew you were reading my mind," said Kuroi.

"I wasn't reading it. The Hogyoku was. All of the miracles that have ever happened to you guys were because of this thing inside me," said Aizen.

"What do you mean?" asked Isshin.

"The reason Kisuke Urahara misidentified the power of the Hogyoku was because that was his wish as its creator. The reason Rukia Kuchiki gave all of her powers to Ichigo Kurosaki was that she still couldn't relieve herself from the pain of killing Kaien Shiba. The reason Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Tatsuki Arisawa had their special powers brought forth is because of their feelings of powerlessness. Everything that has happened was because of this special orb," said Aizen.

"You put it inside of you, so it should be reading your mind. Now I understand. You're going to use the Hogyoku to become God. You're going to continue to go through your metamorphosis until you surpass everyone and become the new Soul King," said Kuroi.

"You're correct, boy. You should teach your uncle about using his head instead of his blade," said Aizen.

"I'll show you how I think with my blade," said Isshin.

"You shouldn't. This fight is over," said Aizen.

White shell-like material starts to come out of the Hogyoku and it starts to cover Aizen.

"Even though Kisuke Urahara misidentified the Hogyoku, it will help me destroy the boundary between mortal and divine being. I will become a-," said Aizen.

Aizen stops talking when a bean flies through his chest. Aizen looks up and sees Kisuke standing on a broken chunk of a building.

"Do you ever shut up," said Kisuke.

"It looks like you have finally come, Kisuke Urahara," said Aizen.

"It's been a long time, Aizen. That's a curious outfit that you're wearing," said Kisuke.

"Everything is ugly when it's in its midpoint of evolution," said Aizen.

"No one said it was ugly. It looks like you fused with the Hogyoku," said Kisuke.

"It's not fusion. I just subjugated it. I subjugated what you couldn't control," said Aizen.

"I was unable to control it back in those days," said Kisuke.

"Back in those days? Why can't you admit defeat? Well, it doesn't matter if you admit defeat or not. You will never be able to control the Hogyoku," said Aizen.

Aizen jumps towards Kisuke and stabs him in the chest, but he pops like a balloon.

"Rikujokoro," said Kisuke.

Aizen turns his head and sees Kisuke casting a Kido spell. Before he can react, six wide beams of light trap him.

"Now that I think about it, there was a mention of that device in Yammy's battle records," said Kisuke.

"I didn't believe that you would use such a petty trick at this stage of the game. So, what will you do now that you've trapped me in this meager Bakudo?" said Aizen.

"Meager Bakugo? What will it take before it's no longer meager? Bakudo Number 63: Sajo Sabaku!" said Kisuke.

Kisuke puts his hand out and a large, thick rope comes out and ties Aizen up.

"Bakudo Number 79: Kuyo Shibari!" exclaimed Kisuke.

Eight black holes appear around the trapped Aizen. A final black hole appears in the center of Aizen's chest.

"From thousand armed Kanon's Shores where the hands of darkness does not reach and the archer of heaven goes unreflected. Look upon my wandering finger which brings together the illuminating path and the kindling wind. Shot of light, eight bodies, nine cords, Heaven's sutra, stricken jewel, great wheel, ashen turret, make he who draws the bow vanish in a blinding light," said Kisuke.

"Do you believe that I will just allow you to use Kido like that? As if something like this c-," said Aizen.

"Too slow. Hado Number 91: Senju Koten Taiho," said Kisuke.

Ten pink energy points appear around Kisuke and rocket towards Aizen. They hit him and create a large explosion.

"It seems like the Hogyoku caused your downfall, Aizen," said Kisuke.

"You're wrong about that," said Aizen.

Kisuke quickly turns around to see Aizen who has evolved even more.

"Too slow," said Aizen.

Aizen slashes Kisuke's chest with his hand.

"I can let my guard down because there is no reason to be on guard. I was unsurpassed in the Soul Society. Now, my unsurpassibility begins to reach greater heights with the help of the Hogyoku. Even level 90 Hados no longer need to be dodged," said Aizen.

"When I said that the Hogyoku caused your downfall, I wasn't talking about Kido being the thing to beat you. In the past, you would never fight me without a plan," said Kisuke.

"Why would I need to plan against someone who can't beat me?" asked Aizen.

"Look down," said Kisuke.

Aizen proceeds to look down at his wrists and sees two eye-like symbols in front of his wrists.

"What are these things?" asked Aizen.

"They're a seal. I blocked off all of your spiritual pressure vents which are located in your wrists. You will be incinerated by your spiritual pressure. Goodbye, Aizen," said Kisuke.

Aizen seemingly blows up like a nuke in the sky. Kisuke slowly descends to the ground.

"Is he dead?" asked Kuroi.

"No. It would be lovely for him to have died from that, but life is never that easy. He will be here any second," said Kisuke.

"I am already here," said Aizen.

Seeming like he teleported, he appears in between Kisuke, Isshin, and Kuroi before they can blink.

"I will give you credit Kisuke Urahara. If I didn't subjugate the Hogyoku, I would have died. The seal that you created will not affect me," said Aizen.

"What have you become?" asked Kuroi.

"It's too complicated for a mere mortal like yourself to understand," said Kuroi.

Kisuke unsheathes his Zanpakuto and dashes towards Aizen. Isshin also charges at Aizen. They both try to slash him, but Aizen blocks Isshin's blade with his right foot and kicks Kisuke away.

"Hado Number 73: Soren Sokatsui!" exclaimed Ichigo.

A giant blue ball of energy hits Aizen, but it doesn't affect him in the slightest.

"Kido doesn't work on me, Ichigo Kurosaki. I'll give you a pass because you probably didn't know that," said Aizen.

"I wasn't trying to kill you. They are," said Ichigo.

"Huh?" asked Aizen.

Aizen looks up and sees three people in the air. The father and son have charged up Jigoku Piasas and Hollow masks lie on their faces. The cat woman accompanying them has some grey-colored armor.

"This is a shocker," said Aizen.

"Jigoku Piasa Smash!" exclaimed the warriors.