Leaving the child on the wooden step hurt as much as the idea of Rangiku dying. The only consolation was the fact his zampaktuo honestly tried to cheer him up. "At least you know he's with people who will take care of him, so honestly don't worry about the fact you can't hold onto him. Because that's what you're really upset about, the fact you can't hold them and keep your family close. That is the price you have to pay."

The man simply went back to the fifth and at first tried heading back to his quarters only to stop short. Instead he turned on his heals and headed to the fifth division to see that Aizen was sitting at his desk. He leaned up against the wall, that fake smile of his spreading across his face. "Why?"

"What do you mean why?"

"Why did you kidnap Ran-chan?"

"Matsumoto Rangiku is dead Gin-kun." The man continued to work away at the paperwork.

"I can't wait until I'm promoted to the captain of the third division as I won't have to deal with him as much." The man folded his arms across his chest. "I went after the Hollow that supposedly killed Ran-chan."

"Oh..."

"It clearly said that it wasn't it."

"Oh... what do you mean it said it wasn't it."

"It only ate four before the one I rescued and not five. It remembered the number because it was very hungry before you let it lose. It was another one of your experiments... one that you gave your power too."

The man looked at him. "Well... you found out like I expected you too. I have her in a secure location and she'll be safe as long as you play nicely."

"So... you don't trust me?"

"No... I actually expect you to have second thoughts about what you're doing simply because she exists so I moved her existence to a position where you will comply no matter what."

"What... you going to kill her if I don't play nicely?"

"Gin... there are so many other things I can do to her without killing her. Of course, I wouldn't expect you of all people to understand them but they involve leaving her mentally scarred for life and a very, very changed person. And even if you do play nicely I might just do some of them for the fun of it. Your friend is very pretty."

Gin swallowed. "I'll take my leave now." He turned and paused in the doorway. "Did you make this move because I'm going to be the taicho of the third."

"Of course."

The silver haired man slipped out of the room and headed to his room, collapsing onto the futon and cover his head. Shiso of course spoke to him. "If you hadn't learned a long time ago to supress your emotions you would be bawling right about now."

"I would not." The man dozed off for a few minutes but awoke again and turned his head to the small hiding spot. Pulling it open he looked at the small teddy bear, his mind thinking of the small child. "I may end up losing him .If I do..."

"If you do you would be going berserk and not caring whether you were able to take down Aizen or not. You listen to me right here. Aizen thinks he's sealed your heart away but what he doesn't realize is that yours and Rangiku's child is your heart. Use it to your advantage. This is otherwise a very good plan and you should stick to it."

Gin let out a deep breath and closed the small door. Standing up he headed back to where he had left the child. Kaien and Miyako's reiatsu was faint as was the boy's meaning they had gone to the forth division. He set the bear down where one of them would find it and then slipped away, receiving a lecture from his zampaktuo about giving the secret away.

He waited to hear something about the child but no information came. He found himself walking around a few days later, glaring at certain division members when they came to near. Eventually though he went and bought some amanatto and slipped it under his sleeve before making the decision to head to the forth being called a fool by his zampaktuo the whole time. "I'm just checking to see if he is all right. I'm not going to be seeing him."

"Then why the babe's favorite candy?'

"I'll just drop it somewhere where they can find it again, like on the windowsill."

"Yes... and how is that not seeing him."

The man walked along and over heard the forth division gossiping about the child that had been brought in. "Ah... good. I have an excuse now if they catch me sneaking around. I can say I came to visit the forth and see what they were up to and I over heard about the kid. And remember... I'm only going to leave it on the windowsill."

He paused short upon passing a particular door, flinching as he realized that the girl that had lived with Toshiro was there in the room with Shiba Kaien. Instead he changed direction and opened the door, slipping the candy into his sleeve. "So... what do we have here?"

The three looked up and blinked a couple of times. The girl stammered then. "Ichimaaru Fukutaicho!"

"Ah... hello." Gin slid the door shut, the want to pick on her hitting hard despite the fact Kaien was glaring at him. "Who might you three be?"

"You don't remember us?" The red head blinked a couple oftimes.

"Of course I remember you three.'

"He's a fukutaicho. There is no way that he would..."

"Ah... wait. You're the three kiddos who stood up to those hollows their first year with Shuhei-chan so that the other first years could get back to soul society." The man stepped into the room. "Why are you three here?" The fake smile spread across his face. "Though I know why you're here and I don't like it one bit. How you found out I haven't a clue."

"I... my little brother was brought to the division."

"Oh... the one that the members of the forth division are talking about." Gin walked forward. "Why's he here?"

Momo froze for a few seconds before blurting. "Granny... Toshiro... froze granny... the villagers..."

Kaien watched the silver haired man carefully, a frown on his face but Gin payed him no mind. "Come on. Spit it out."

"Toshiro froze our granny to death and the villagers beat him up."

"Oh..." The silver haired man folded his arms across his chest. "You seem calm about the whole thing. Why didn't you do anything?" He then blurted out something he probably shouldn't have. "This wouldn't happen to be because you're fixated on Aizen?"

"What..."

Kaien let out an irritated sound and stood up, going and grabbing and grabbing a book from the table. The spine of the book cracked against the top of Gin's head, causing the man to flinch and shift his hold on the candy he had hidden. "How long am I and Isshin going to have to babysit you? You're going to be a captain soon." The man stepped around and then shoved Gin's head down so he was bowing to Momo. "Apologize for your rude comment."

"Gomenasai." Gin's eyes opened as he looked at the ground and a frown spread across his face. "Why'd he have to go and do that?"

"Because he and Isshin know you very well and can predict you even better then Aizen can."

"As if." Gin stood up and began to rub his head while still frowning. "That hurt by the way."

"For your information she's calm because I've been talking to her. She also didn't know what was going on as her reiatsu is comparable to his in the same manner Isshin's is compared to mine."

"Oh..." The silver haired man took a rather candid position about the manner. "I still never have liked how she's treated Shiro-chan. And I want it to be the Shiba clan that takes him in and not her caring for him. She's weak."

Momo's hands gripped the seat of her pants. "You're going to be a captain soon?"

"Yes..."

"Speaking of which." Kaien suddenly grabbed on of Gin's arms and then the next. "You wouldn't be here unless you were planning on pranking the patients." The second grab caused the man to find the bag of candy and pull him out. "So I'm confiscating your toy, what ever it may be."

Kaien went back and sat down while Gin frowned at him. "But the kiddy could likely use with a prank to cheer him up, right?" This caused the man to glare at him. "Best way to get information. Glad I didn't say I wouldn't pick on someone hurt that bad as I shouldn't have that bit of information."

"Gin... the child is still in a comma and is having nightmares."

Gin frowned at him. "Oh... it's that bad?"

"Unfortunately, yes."

"Oh. Poor kiddo." He crept over to the window and sat on the sill, his arms crossed wondering if he would be able to listen to the conversation between Kaien and the children.

Like he predicted Kaien choose to change the conversation to help calm Momo down again who had started hiccuping when he had mentioned Aizen again. "Why don't you tell me a little bit about your brother?"

"Like what?"

"Oh... what kind of games does he like playing?"

"He doesn't like playing many games, he prefers reading. He does play tops and when I was able to take him he always beat the other children."

"Ahh... how about his favorite and least favorite foods."

A smile spread across the girls face. "Shiro-chan loves amanatto like granny and watermelon. He doesn't like dried persimmons."

"Oh."

Gin flinched. "Good grief... I need to get that bag of candy from Kaien-dono somehow."

"Good luck. You know that the only reason he doesn't have Bankai is because he enjoys living in Isshin's shadow. Perhaps that is why he understands you so much, you who lives in someone elses shadow. You know full well he could easily wipe the floor with you."

"Yeah, yeah."

"Plus, if he does figure it out... which I doubt, he won't tell. You know he won't."