1 Death and Rebirth

Karakura Town

"Kill, Kamishini No Yari." A tall slender man, in a loose white robe with torn sleeves, spoke with his thin left arm peeking out from the torn sleeve. The tip of the slender man's palm gently touched the chest of another man.

The other man was also extremely tall, dressed in white. But in comparison to the slender man with silver-violet hair, the other man was fit and had long flowing dark brown hair.

The other man's face twisted with anger as he yelled. "Damn you, Gin." A blue light started seeping out from his chest.

The slender man named Gin, smiled in response as he spoke. "You're gonna die with a hole in your chest. Just like you wanted."

As soon as Gin finished speaking, the other man's chest burst open. His entire chest along with a good portion of his left shoulder vanished, leaving a large gap in his torso region. However, in the gap floated a blue sphere.

Gin's smile never changed, as he quickly stretched his arm towards the blue sphere.

Suddenly, defying all logic, the other man stretched out his left hand to prevent Gin from obtaining the blue sphere.

However, in a flash, Gin disappeared and reappeared a few meters away. The blue sphere was safely in his right palm.

The other man quickly fell to the ground, with a large portion of his torso now missing. Gin however didn't stay for this. He quickly vanished out of sight as soon as he got the blue sphere.

The man with long brown hair, laid on the ground as he muttered. "Gin…..." "Gin..."

Gin quickly reappeared a distance away, near the back alley of a few buildings. His unchanging face finally revealed an expression of relief and tiredness. His goal, that he had been pursing for decades, had finally been fulfilled.

Gin was panting, as he stared at the blue sphere in his right palm. Blooded dripped down to the ground as he noticed a small chunk of flesh missing from his right wrist.

'Captain Aizen, almost ripped of my wrist.' Gin thought. "It's over. It's finally over."

Gin didn't have get a chance to finish his sentence, before a suffocating presence clouded the entire Karakura Town. He felt his entire body freeze under this tremendous pressure. Back where the long-haired man had fallen. His chest had regrown, glowing in a purple.

"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" The long-haired man, rose to his knees, as he let out a sound that was a mix between maniacal laughter and angry scream.

His entire being glowed a purple, that shot towards the sky. The sky above Karakura town, was dyed a deep violet color.

The purple beam of light thinned out of existence, returning the sky to its pristine blue color and revealing the long-haired man's figure inside.

Aizen's body had undergone a drastic change. Aizen has a hole in the center of his chest with a cross in the middle of it. There is a diamond-shaped object embedded in his forehead. Aizen has gained three sets of butterfly-like wings.

Aizen slowly opened his deep purple eyes as he spoke. "Looks like it's my victory...Gin. The Hougyoku you stole no longer needs to be inside me…...for it to belong to me."

Suddenly, Aizen entire body dematerialized in specks of purple light and vanished from the sky above Karakura Town.

Back at the alley. Gin stared at the pulsing Hougyoku in his palm. "How can this be?" His facial expression turned to worry and uncertainty, completely wiping out the feeling of victory and relief.

Suddenly Gin felt killing intent coming from behind of him. Specks of purple light materialized into the figure of Aizen. The Hougyoku turned into a stream of energy and escaped his Gin's palm. The stream of energy shot towards the cross in Aizen's chest before reforming into the Hougyoku.

Gin's eyes revealed fear as he quickly tried to turn back. His mind however thought back to the first time he met Aizen.

'He's the one…He's the one that did that to Rangiku. I will kill him and take back what was taken from her.'

This was the last memory Gin would have. Drops of blood clouded his line of sight. Aizen had slashed him across the chest. Gin's white robe split apart revealing his bleeding chest.

'No...it can't end like. I have to take it back. I have…...for Rangiku.' Gin opened his eternally closed eyes, revealing blue pupils that flashed with determination.

'Ah…..this is not good, I can't muster any strength.' Gin reached out with his right hand towards the Hougyoku that was embedded in Aizen's chest.

Aizen stared apathetically at this futile attempt by his ex-subordinate. Gin's hand almost reached the Hougyoku. He knew that even he could reach it, even if he could take it away, Aizen would still be alive, but he still had to try.

Aizen grabbed the hand that reached out and pulled it right out of his arm socket. Blood sprayed out from Gin's right shoulder. Gin didn't even have a chance to react before he saw a small smile of Aizen's face.

Aizen still holding Gin's severed arm in his left, thrust his right hand holding his sword towards Gin's chest. The sword met almost no friction as it pierced through his heart.

Gin fell forward onto the sword and would've fallen to the ground had he not been supported by the sword that punctured his heart. Blood continued dripping out from Gin's mouth.

Aizen spoke coldly looking at Gin's limp body. "Fear is necessary for evolution. That kind of fear, that if one doesn't not change would threaten to vanish his existence from the world at any moment."

He continued. "Thank you, Gin. Thanks to you, I have finally become a new being that transcend both Hollows and Shinigamis."

With that said, Aizen swung his sword, with Gin impaled on it. The mere swing of a sword destroyed a large portion of Karakura Town, sending debris everywhere.

A small cloud of dust and debris rose into the air. The dust settled revealing Aizen's figure staring at a large piece of debris in front of him.

On the debris, layed Gin's impaled figure. His eyes ironically open right now despite him being at the door of death, as compared when he had them nearly closed his entire life.

Gin thought back to when he decided to become a Shinigami. He thought back to how promised to never make Rangiku cry ever again.

'This is no good…...After all that, I couldn't get back what he took from her…...' Gin arranged his final thoughts when he saw Rangiku arrive in front of him. He wanted to tell her to get away, but his voice wouldn't come out. 'She came here after all that...'

'But I'm glad…...I'm glad I apologized before I left her.' He thought as her tears fell on his face.

'Rangiku...I'm going to close my eyes.... for a bit.' The words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat.

Aizen stared at Rangiku who was kneeling in front of Gin's body and readied his sword.

Suddenly a new party entered the situation. A tall youth with long orange hair holding an unconscious man.

The youth wore a black sleeveless robe. He stared at Aizen, who immediately ignored Rangiku's presence.

Gin's vision was extremely blurry, and he could barely see anything. However, his vision became clear for a second, and only for a second, but this gave him everything he needed to pass on peacefully.

Over Aizen's shoulder, Gin saw the look in the orange-haired youth's eyes. 'You look like a strong man now. I'm glad. I can go knowin' it's okay to leave the rest to you.'

With that Gin Ichimaru closed his eyes, forever.

..........

'What is this?' A ball of white floated in the middle of nothingness. 'Where am I?'

Suddenly the ball of white disappeared from the void of nothingness.

"Waaaahhhhhh" The cry of a baby rang out loud in the room. A woman wearing a white surgical mask, white hair cover and apron, held a baby, as she gently cut his umbilical cord.

"Reina, have you decided a name for the child?" The woman holding the baby asked the woman who had just given birth.

The woman who had given birth, was covered in sweat. She was a beautiful woman with long straight black hair. Her eyes were red with two black tomoe in the center. Under normal circumstances she wouldn't use her sharingan, but the pain of childbirth subconsciously influenced her to activate her sharingan.

The beautiful mother, Reina spoke. "Yes…. his name will be Gin. Gin Uchiha."