Gin Interlude: Second Wind

It was funny really. And by it, he meant everything.

Everything was just so damn funny to him these days!

Especially the scene before him! Good lord!

He knew Tosen would one day commit treason, given he was part of their clique of death. But he certainly never expected him to, and mind his Kenpachi! He was a little intoxicated, just skip the damn middleman and try to actually murder a noble, in open daylight.

In the man's home.

Oh how he wished he could read Komamura's mind at that very moment. It had been hilarious to witness. The wolf captain's face as he watched Tosen randomly set off a level 80 destructive Kido on sight of the noble had been priceless.

Gods if he'd known copying Shunsui Kyoraku's lifestyle choices would make his this... Enjoyable, he would've joined him long ago. He could certainly see why Matsumoto seemed to love it.

He barely hid the surprise on his face, his form automatically moving to the left as a piece of burning fabric fell onto the spot he'd been in, as he watched the man in question appear, with none other than the cause of his new addiction, Aizen Iamsogoingtomurder Sosuke...

He watched absentmindedly as Tokinada casually threatened Aizen. Though even he was surprised by the sudden news of a war between Quincys and Hollows... The only fights he'd seen from those two sides had been against them.

With another sigh, Gin promptly took several more gulps as he watched the bane of his life immediately start manipulating the situation.

"Shunsui-san-" What? "- how do you feel about nobles dying for the greater good?" Gin took a single second to process the fact Aizen just openly asked another captain to kill a no-

He watched stone-faced as Shunsui, without skipping a beat, promptly leapt at the noble in question, his zanpakuto out within a flash.

He took an extra long gulp that time. His mind already worried he was going to run out.

...

He watched with mild fascination as Shunsui's attack was blocked handily, the noble showing surprising swordsmanship. With a backwards leap, the man made some distance against the captain, Shunsui following on his heel with a downward swipe with one of his blade, the other still sheathed.

Gin turned his attention towards Aizen, finding the man still standing in his earlier spot, oddly quiet-

His head immediately snapped towards the fight between Tokinada and Shunsui, his eyes widening the slightest as he watched Shunsui's sword for a moment go through the noble without a single sign of blood. Even the captain in question seemed taken back as he took a few steps out of reach of the other.

He himself swiftly turned his attention towards Aizen, though to his own bemusement the man had neither moved a muscle nor changed his expression. The serene smile on his face threatening to make him empty his stomach. His mind wondering if the man was already using his Zanpakuto... Not that he'd felt any reiatsu so much as leak out of him...

And then, Aizen reacted.

He ignored the chill that overcame him as the captain suddenly filled the burning manor in his reiatsu. The burst managing to even put a stop to Kaname's duel.

The wolf captain immediately turning on the spot, a wide-eyed expression on his face as he eyed the source of the near-suffocating pressure.

"Aizen-ta-" Komamura started before to near everyone's surprise, the illusion, even he had been under without realising, lifted.

The false Tokinada before Shunsui shattered into millions of pieces as the nobles true position reappeared right before Aizen. The man himself having turned a full 180 as the illusion faded.

Gin idly took in Tokinada's enraged face, the mans expression worsening by the second as Aizen spoke.

"Sorry, Tokinada, but I am afraid you're going to have to warp every one of my senses if you want your illusions to succeed,"

Gin didn't waste a minute as he promptly finished the bottle he'd brought with him, the burning drink roughly coursing down his throat, because if he wasn't wrong, he could've sworn Aizen was insinuating that-

"Keep your guards up... his Zanpaktuo, Enrakyōten, allows him to warp the senses of all who hear it's release..."

He oddly enough found himself utterly fascinated with how purple Tokinada's face seemed to be going.

"The only way to break out is to pulse more reiatsu then he-" Aizen promptly pointed his sword towards the seething noble, his hands white from clenching his Ancestral Zanpakuto. "could possibly ever produce."

He almost couldn't help the chuckle that time as he watched the scene play out before him, idly wondering if he was even awake anymore. Because he was pretty sure, Aizen Sosuke just openly told the others his own Zanpakuto's weakness. And he almost, almost, couldn't help the trigger. The sudden urge to laugh! The sudden urge to cackle hysterically at what life had handed him!

He'd almost lost it.

Almost.

Because at that very moment, he'd seen it.

He'd seen his solution.

He idly rose from his seated position, his eyes lackadiascially watching as Aizen continued trash-talking the noble. The noble whose hands were literally tied, given the bindings surrounding his chest. Courtesy of Shunsui. He'd started incanting the moment the illusion had shattered.

Still, he ignored it all as he simply reached for his zanpakuto.

He may not be able to kill Aizen.

But he could certainly break him, one piece at a time.

He pointed his blade, his mind entirely uncaring of the fact Tokinada's blade seemed to change in colour.

This... He realised with a hint of resignation as he stared at the mastermind, Must be how he feels...

Because whether Tokinada survived, didn't truly matter. His plan would succeed none the less.

"Bankai," Gin whispered. "Korose, Kamishini no Yari," He watched with absolute disinterest as the blade sailed true, hitting the surprised Tokinada in the chest. He watched with idle fascination as the man swore, his ability to speak quickly dying out as his body slowly crumbled from the chest.

And as much as he relished Aizen's surprised expression, he had one last thing left to do.

Gin promptly flash stepped over towards the crumbling noble, and in as carefree and as clear as possible, he exclaimed.

"Eh! What a truly dangerous Zanpakuto ability!" He watched, with absolute glee as Aizen's face twisted. Gin Ichimaru immediately picked up the blade left on the ground, his swaying body immediately flashing over towards the 8th division commander. "Perhaps it's best the Captain-commander keeps this locked away! We wouldn't want such a dangerous ability to fall into the wrong hands... Who knows what kind of damage that man could've done." He turned on his feet after throwing the damn blade towards the other captain, having finished his tirade, not giving Shunsui a chance to so much as speak.

Locking gazes with Aizen, he smirked, quickly raising both of his hands as he walked towards him.

"I believe I've committed a crime, when's my trial?"

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"Is... Is this a cry for help?" -Not!Aizen

Edit: Fixed the attack's name.