20 No You

As Shin took Aizen's hand, the latter had a smile on his face, but as Shin's shadow expanded behind him, forming a vertical portal, large enough for two people to go through, his face morphed into one of intrigue.

"Let's continue elsewhere." Shin told the man, one of their Legs already going through the portal.

"Shin, don't do something you are gonna regret. The matter is not as simple as Aizen makes it seems to be." Isshin tried to make his son come back to reason. Siding with someone like Aizen will never end well.

"Father, do you believe me?" Was Shin's answer to his father's plea, no it was a question, one that seemed to hit Isshin in the feel as he remembered him asking the same question not too long ago during their discussion.

Just as the last time, he didn't think much about it, he sighed as he gave his son the same answer. "Of course I do."

More words needn't be said, thus Shin and Aizen left the house through the portal, Aizen wasn't worried that it would be a trap or anything of the kind.

No, it was more like he didn't need to worry, why? Because he was strong, only the weak hesitate and cower in fear, someone of his status needn't such things.

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Yoruichi's P.O.V

I left my house, letting Shin there as he seemed to have something else to do before leaving, although I was curious what it was, I didn't ask, I believed in him.

Making my way to Urahara's shop, I was in a really good mood, I decided that I would go a little harder on Chad and Orihime during this time training session.

Arriving there, everything was normal like usual and they were making good progress although they could still pretty much be considered weak, they would have their ass handled by a seated officer.

But they do have some pretty interesting abilities, mainly that little girl Orihime, her barriers are so powerful even I can't destroy them, though they are ways to go around that.

And anybody with enough experience won't have any problem dealing with it, but that's fine, she is not a fighter after all but support, and she is a really scary one at that.

I understand why Shin's wanted to train them, they have potential and can be of great help in the future.

As I was giving them some tips on how to better handle their respective abilities, something we weren't expecting happened, we received some news that something big happened in the Soul Society, and Rukia hurriedly took off, without wasting any time.

Ichigo who at that time was accompanying her in hunting some hollows around the town also accompanied them.

After hearing the news, Orihime and Chad wanted to help, worried that Ichigo and Rukia may also be in danger but it was not so simple for humans to go to the Soul Society.

Fearing the worse I had a discussion with Urahara and Tessai, and sure enough, they thought the same thing, it's probably Aizen's doing, that or we couldn't think of anything else able to cause such commotion at the moment.

With that conclusion, we decided on our next course of action, due to the urgency of the situation there was no time to waste thus I along with Chad and Orihime will be going to Soul Society to provide assistance while Urahara will contact Shin and Isshin.

At least that was supposed to be the plan, thus we took off to the Soul society, but what we came to behold left us in shock.

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Urahara's P.O.V

Sending off Yoruichi and the two kids, I quickly went to work, I had to contact Shin and Isshin the quickest possible.

I knew that Aizen being who he is wouldn't just sit around to plan as wished, thus I have been anticipating something like this happening.

The future that Shin saw had already been changed since the moment he saw it and even more when he told someone else about it. That's why ability like future sight although powerful and even more useful, couldn't be trusted at 100%. Even more when your case is like Shin's and you have no control over it, making it completely random.

Well, his ability was not really a future sight, but future knowledge... It's a bit different, but If my hypothesis is true, what came to know may not necessarily be our future but the future of a parallel reality or something similar.

That seems even more just considering that he has no control over it, it could even be multiple pieces of knowledge each coming from different parallel worlds.

But I digress, not was not the time to think about this, the most important point was that... His form of future sight is not that reliable.

So I was expecting things to go south since the beginning, and that's also why I accepted to give him the hogyoku, for him who has become so strong, was the perfect candidate to protect it, and considering his background and effort to stop Aizen, trusting him was the right solution... At least that's what I think.

Not even wasting time trying to contact them through their phones, I sped up through the streets as I arrived at their residences not long after.

Considering that Aizen's goal right now should be to obtain the Hogyoku, it's not hard to conclude that he will have to go take it from the one who currently acts as a safe keeper for it.

I am not worried about their safety, even Aizen, as strong as he was, couldn't hope to defeat someone like Shin who I estimated might even give the one who shall not be named a run for his money.

But still, he wanted, no he needed to be there, he wanted to see the end result, how things would eventually turn out.

Alas, it seemed that such was not my destiny as I barged into the house seeing Isshin with a complicated expression on his face and his two daughters in his hands.

At the side a black portal that almost disappeared, impossible to go through.

It didn't take much for me to come to a conclusion and estimate what happened here. But still, I decided to ask, all the same.

"Isshin-san, what happened here?" As I asked I could see his expression change multiple times before he answered with a strained voice. "He teleported somewhere else... along with Aizen."

"Did they change location to fight?" I asked looking around there is no sign of conflict, meaning they didn't throw hands here.

He sighed as he answered. "To be honest, I am not really sure"

Now, I can't help but wonder, If putting my trust in him was really a good choice. No! There's no need to think about it at this point. I have confidence in my ability to read people and he is surely not one to betray his ally.

But, he is not sure...? I will need to hear the details.

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Third P.O.V

Ironically enough for Aizen, from all the places Shin could have chosen to take him to him, it was here.

A never-ending white desert, with a multitude of dunes, littered with boulders. An unchanging night that covers the sky, and an endless white desert that covers the ground with tree-like objects which rather than plants are more similar to quartz minerals.

There was no mistaking without a doubt this was Hueco Mundo.

"You know Aizen, I do not really dislike you." Shin's voice echoed as he faced Aizen, the other, though was wondering what he was getting at. He thought that Shin already accepted his proposition.

"I am well aware that everyone has their own story and goals... thus I tend to think that there is no such thing as eternal enemies. As long as there's a possible common ground, there's a possibility for understanding." Shin said, taking sit on the air, one knee up with one hand resting on top of it, half of his face invisible.

"What are you getting at?" Aizen asked with curiosity, remaining standing.

"It's simple really, although I do not dislike you, to be honest, I admire you even, at some point, mind and means are something most could only dream to possess. But that is also the problem, people like you are dangerous, too dangerous. You are only good as allies or... dead." From many points of view, although flattering, this could be considered a threat, but Aizen was not your everyday guy thus he knew how to read between the lines.

All in all, there was no problem, he was an ally since Shin took his hand. He was willing to overlook this kind of disrespect if it means gaining an ally with such potential. Although not as good as his brother, he was still a Quincy, a Shinigami, and a Fullbringer after all, his potential was only second to one. At least that was what he thought.

"You admire me? That though is a surprise." Aizen said as he looked down at the young man, he was merely amused by his words.

"As Expected, you are not taking me seriously at all. Your arrogance is blinding you since you have been at the top for too long. It seems like a fight is inevitable." Although he said, he still didn't get up, nor was he particularly on his guard.

"From your say, you should be well aware of my power, and you still wish to fight me? It does make me wonder if it is bravery or pure idiocy?" Really as Shin, the man's arrogance was way up in the sky, competing with the sun itself.

"But very well, I shall give you what you want. I shall show you true power, I will let you see why you should follow me." Unconsciously, his real thoughts leaked, thus instead of continuing along the line of allying and putting Shin at the same level as himself, it become "following"

"Hm? Hahahahahaha" Shin of course remarked the change and the answer was an expression of intrigue before a burst of full-blown laughter. He eventually stopped as he continued, his expression changing and becoming indifferent, but his voice was not neutral at all..

"You seem to be misunderstanding something since the beginning." His voice was one of pure haughtiness and pretension. "You have never been the stronger one. In, you are nowhere near strong enough to say those words."

And as a declaration, Shin who had been reigning in and containing his absurd transcendental Spiritual power since the day of his evolution as to not cause collateral damage... Let it go.

He let it all go, as the enormous pressure came down crashing on Aizen and the surrounding.

"What... what is this power?!" Aizen felt a gigantic weight crush his very being he could even hardly move, all his instincts and senses were telling him to not move!

The surrounding was getting crushed under the weight of Shin's spiritual power, The wind stirred as the earth below parted, as if to escape, even the elements wanted none to do with this being.

Let alone the elements, even the Space around seemed to oscillate and distort under Shin's power.

All beings flew, at least those that could flee, those who were far enough to take the full-blown pressure of Shin's absurd spiritual pressure as for those who were around... whether basic hollows, Ajukas, or even Vasto Lorde... all indiscriminately died without even realizing how.

At this point, Aizen who already reached the peak of his potential as a shinigami and had the potential to become a transcendent himself felt it, others may not, but he was able to feel it.

"This absurd power, you...! You have already reached this level! My goal... you already..."

Aizen spoke in disbelief, he couldn't believe it, but with the weight of reality crushing him, he had no other choice but to come to terms with it. The boy before him already achieved the level he was dreaming to achieve. How? How did he obtain such power?

"The Hogyoku, you used the hogyoku!" That was the only possible scenario, or how else could he have attained this level of power? The power to stand against the Soul King himself!

"Hmph, do not think everyone is like you. Contrary to you, I needn't the Hogyoku to achieve this level. But I do have to thank you for your efforts, as without you doing what you didn't it wouldn't have been possible." He was talking about Aizen's experiment of uniting a Quincy and a Shinigami and adding a hollow to that, to get a being with incomparable potential... Ichigo.

Azen was wide awake as his mind raced, and his majestic mind made his work all pieces of the puzzle coming to place.

Trying his best as he used the majority of his spiritual power to resist the pressure, he calmed down with his impeccable control over his emotion. He sat down before Shin, he knew a fight between the two of them would be pointless, it would be almost impossible for him to merely injure him, thus he voiced his thoughts.

"Just as I planned to transcend by destroying the barrier between shinigami and Hollows with the help of the Hogyoku, you somehow were able to do the same but between Shinigami and Quincy instead." That was his conclusion but he still had a question, since he claimed to not have used the Hogyoku then "How? How did you accomplish it?" Saying he wanted to know would be an understatement.

"I will answer your question but before that. How about I reverse your proposition?" Shin said as his spiritual pressure recessed and his voice came back to normal.

"How about Sosuke Aizen, Join me and I will tell you everything you want to know and much more." Shin got up as he said prompting Aizen to do the same.

"Whether it's power or knowledge that you want I can give them to you, If it's becoming a transcendent that you want, I will help you, If it's becoming a God that you want, I will make you one. If it's not being subject to the Soul King and his World influence that you want then I will show another world." This time it was Shin's turn as he extended his two hands wide. His voice, full of temptation.

Aizen was left in shock, realizing the meaning of his words. A new world?

...

Yes, seems like Shin pulled a reverse card...

Really would be a waste to kill Aizen, hope he accepts, or... he would have to die... and that would be just too bad.