OF BETRAYALS AND HAPPY ENDINGS-CHAPTER 1

A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for taking so long to update, but I kinda got lazy….. eheh. This is the first chapter, but sadly I have to say that it may be below expectations cuz I'm not confident much about this chapter at all. In my honest opinion, the standard of this chapter is really low compared to my prologue. So please feel free to offer any constructive criticism and advice on how to improve my writing. Thank you!

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach! Only the storyline3

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Hueco Mundo, Throne Room:

Aizen Sousuke was not happy. In fact, he was downright furious. How dare that-that-that senile old fossil try and execute his strawberry? He dismissed the arrancar that was all but cowering at the furious reiatsu bearing down on him. The arrancar scurried away, glad to be far away from Aizen. He valued his life, thank you very much. Meanwhile, Gin came dancing into the room.

"Aizen-taichouuuuuuu…"

" Yes Gin?" Aizen replied absentmindedly, thinking of all sorts of ways to make a certain old fart suffer.

" Ya have a visitor….." the silver haired fox sing-songed as he pulled out a bound and gagged Hanatarou from his behind his back. "Oh?" Aizen eyed the timid boy with interest. With a flourish, Gin had untied and ungagged the healer, who immediately fell to his knees and opened his mouth determinedly. "Unohana-taichou sent me!" At that, Aizen's curiosity was aroused. Gin's smile grew even wider, if it was possible. Seeing no negative reactions from the two men before him, Hanatarou continued. "Unohana-taichou wanted me to pass on a message to you. She says that she is no longer able to tolerate the Soutaichou's actions, and that I should pass this letter to you." At this, Hanatarou reached into his shihakushou and produced a plain white envelope which he gave to Aizen. Upon opening it, Aizen could see it was indeed from the 4th division captain, as the handwriting was a dead giveaway. Only Byakuya's handwriting was as neat as this, but this writing held a feminine quality that Byakuya's lacked.

"I trust this finds you in good health. As Hanatarou should already have explained, we are no longer able to tolerate Yamamoto-Soutaichou's rigidity. He has ordered the execution of Kurosaki Ichigo, his entire family, as well as Kisuke Urahara and his friends. There is a group of us who are unable to agree with this as Kurosaki has done a lot for us. I also think that if I am right in guessing that the elder Kurosaki is in fact Isshin, you have a vested interest in this as well. I sincerely hope that you will decide to help us in stopping the execution and assassination of Kurosaki Ichigo. Please send your reply though Hanatarou.

-Unohana Retsu."

Thinking to himself for a moment, Aizen mused on this surprising development. If Unohana was in on this, most likely Ukitake was too. If Ukitake was in on this, Kyoraku was definitely in. Byakuya, being the most honorable, would definitely try to stop the assassination, seeing that he did in fact owe Ichigo for Rukia. As Ichigo's friends, Rukia and Renji would definitely know, seeing as they both had Byakuya wrapped around their little fingers. Izuru would be willing to come. Hisagi was too rigid, no way he wanted Momo around, Zaraki could be persuaded. If Zaraki came, Yachiru would come, so would Ikkaku and Yumichika. Soi Fon, Mayuri, Komamura and Toshiro would never be persuaded. All too rigid. Hmm… Time to start wording his reply. "Hanatarou, please wait awhile while I write a letter to Unohana-san."

"Hai, Aizen-san!"

After passing Hanatarou the carefully worded letter, Aizen instructed Gin to bring Hanatarou back to Seireitei and make sure no one realised that they had communicated in any way. After that matter was dealt with, Aizen got ready for a visit to the real world to make sure nothing happened to his precious strawberry.

Seireitei. 4th Division:

"Unohana-taichou!" Unohana Retsu looked up as her 7th seat, Yamada Hanatarou burst into her office with a plain white letter in his hand. "Here's the reply!" Instantly interested, she took the letter and began to read it.

"I am pleased to hear that there are those who do not approve of the assassination of Kurosaki Ichigo. I assume that the 8th and the 13th are in on this as well? I suggest that Byakuya be "brought into the loop" as well, as he most likely disapproves of this. It would be useful if you are able to convince Kenpachi Zaraki that Yamamoto is too rigid in his decision regarding the Substitute Shinigami. I look forward to our cooperation.

–Aizen"

Smiling serenely, Unohana rose and tucked the note into her shihakusho and dismissed Hanatarou before heading off to her long-time friend's home.

Real world, Karakura Town, Urahara Shoten:

Urahara Kisuke stared at Kurosaki Isshin in surprise – and he was flabbergasted. Urahara Kisuke did not get flabbergasted. So why was he flabbergasted? Oh yes, because his lover just told him that Yamamoto Shigekuni Genryuusai, Soutaichou of the Gotei Juubantai, was father to Kurosaki Isshin, grandfather to Kurosaki Ichigo, and yet he wanted to assassinate his own grandson? No, this wasn't the end of it. In fact, Isshin wanted to HELP Aizen. Okay, that was… slightly normal.

"Kisuke, can't you see? Sousuke doesn't want to destroy Seireitei, he wants to revolutionize it, even if he has to be the enemy!"

"Okay, okay. Does Yamamoto even know that, uh, Ichi-kun is his grandson? I mean, if he knew, then he wouldn't want Ichi dead, yeah?"

"Not likely," was the blunt answer from a pissed Isshin.

"Hmm."

Both men sat in seiza position, staring at the tea cups in front of them contemplatively, brows furrowed in thought. Their positions and facial expressions were so similar that a third man who had just arrived, chuckled at their faces when they both flopped on the table at the realization that Aizen had. Just. Heard. Everything.

"So yeah, you know everything now, Sousuke?"

"Of course. I have eyes and ears everywhere, or my role as the evil overlord of Hueco Mundo would be all for show."

He inclined his head gracefully in thanks as Urahara got up to pour him a cup of tea, joining Isshin at the table. As he set down the tea cup, his face turned dark.

"So let me confirm this. That old fossil wants to assassinate his own grandson?"

At Isshin's glum nod, Aizen continued. "Therefore, we have no choice but to follow my plan if you want dear Ichi-kun to continue living."

Sensing their agreement, Aizen laid out his plan in greater detail. "First, we will move all of you to Hueco Mundo. I will prepare quarters for you, so don't worry. We will have to make sure that all of Ichi-kun's friends know of the situation so that they will cooperate. I will talk to Ichigo about this later, so Isshin, please allow me to follow you back to your house tonight. We will replace everyone with modified souls in gigais so as not to arouse suspicion. However, we have to let Soul Society believe that you all have been killed. I will have to discuss this with Ichigo later. To fully stop this threat, I will have no choice but to take the throne as Spirit King so that Yamamoto will no longer pose a threat. However, I have no intention of resorting to this, in the case that a key has to be created, we will use the very worst parts of Rukongai for the key, but we will use Karakura as a diversion."

Having cleared this up with both men, Aizen and Isshin left to talk with Ichigo while Urahara prepared to move, set up a meeting so all of Ichigo's friends would be aware, as well as to start creating gigais for everyone.

-End-

A/N: Did everyone enjoy this? I hope so cuz I'm running out of ideas… Please read and review! (You know you want to…..)