6 A talk with Gin (2/2)

Itsuki knew that a few days ago he must've encountered Aizen receiving a small ball of energy from three Shinigami, placing it into a glass container that contained the Hōgyoku. The same three Shinigami that left the area where he later found Rangiku collapsed, holding a small ball of energy. After concluding that Aizen must be the leader, Gin set a resolve to kill Aizen and retrieve what was taken.

After remembering the original story line, Itsuki turned around and saw Gin entering the hut and laying down. He soon did the same, but instead of falling asleep he started meditating as he felt his imminent breakthrough of memory partition. Time slowly passed by as Itsuki was meditating when suddenly a click was heard and a whole new set of thoughts gushed in like a tsunami. Taking some time to get used to this Itsuki had finally broken through and achieved his fourth partition. Now there were a total of 256 thoughts or processes working towards one goal.

Apart from that he realised that he was now able to accelerate his thoughts by two folds, three times than normal. That night he had a rare blissful sleep knowing that these peaceful days were soon going to be over.

Since then a couple of days have gone by and life continued as normal. However, Rangiku got increasingly worried until she finally couldn't take it anymore.

Itsuki was practicing the Hiten mitsurugi-ryu with a couple of bamboo sticks he found, when he noticed Rangiku preparing to leave.

”Where are you going, Rangiku” Questioned Itsuki as he came to a standstill.

”To find Gin” Came the short reply putting on her sandals as started walking in the general direction where Gin always went towards.

Knowing he cant stop her, Itsuki quickly dressed up to ward off the cold and quickly followed after. He knew that this must be when Gin decides to join Shin'ō academy.

After a few hours Rangiku and Itsuki stumbled upon Gin draping a Shinigami's shihakuso, with some blood smeared on his face.

”Gin! What are you doing? Why are you wearing that?” Questioned a shocked Rangiku. Itsuki just kept quiet in the background and watched the scene play out. None of them found this weird as he was never one that talked a lot, only talking when needed to do or when wanting to know something. Apart from that he stayed silent and only gave short yet concise words.

With his back facing Rangiku, Gin stated

”I'm gonna become a Shinigami”

Stunned by his response, Rangiku's eyes grew wider,

”I'm gonna become a Shinigami and change everything”

A small gasp escaped Rangiku's mouth, as Gin continued

”So that you never have to cry again, Rangiku” The young boy declared as if making a promise to himself.