Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Seireitei Monogatari ❯ Why Aizen No Longer Wears Red ( Chapter 38 )

Title: Il Forte and the Bull (Or Why Aizen No Longer Wears Red)

Characters: Aizen, Gin, Il Forte

Rating: T

Warnings: Spoilers for Soul Society Arc and Beyond

Words: 460

Description: There are reasons Aizen doesn't wear red.

 

 

It was his own fault, really.

 

Aizen Sousuke wasn't normally a fan of the color red. It was too bright, too cheery for his tastes. It was fake, reminding him all too much of the things he had left behind in Soul Society. Therefore, when it came to choosing the color for his sash to complete his new non-Shinigami ensemble, he had foregone red completely, settling for a nice black or a placid navy. Whichever his mood preferred.

 

However, hearing Gin complain on more than one occasion that Hueco Mundo was simply drab and boring and full of sand, he thought that perhaps there was something he could do to spice things up a little. Changing a minor detail in his wardrobe was only a small concession to make. He chose red simply because his subordinate had an unhealthy obsession with the color.

 

Thinking back on it now, he realized that this may have been an underlying reason for the hostility and tension between Il Forte and Gin.

 

Aizen had not expected the small change to be noticed by anyone other than Gin. Truthfully, it was such a tiny detail. Only, he had forgotten in all of his careful consideration what effect the alteration might have had on any of his Arrancar.

 

Honestly, he should have known better, especially considering he was present for Il Forte's creation. He had smirked at the interpretation of the former Hollow's name, thinking it absolutely fitting. Perhaps he should have paid more attention to the information he had collected on the living world.

 

After all, having one of your own Arrancar randomly try to trample you, seemingly out of nowhere, was not an incident he would like to relive. Much less multiple times before he finally figured out why one of his favorites had suddenly gone berserk. Only quick reflexes and centuries of battle experience had saved him on both occasions from a painful collision and goring, possibly even crushing of his important manhood. Still, he couldn't say the same for Il Forte, who had promptly raged past him, only to slam head first into a wall, cracking it on impact.

 

Gin, who had been present for the second occurrence, had clucked his tongue, responding in his usual taunting tone that Aizen was awful cruel to tease poor hime-chan like that. It wasn't fair for him to wander around, his own mysterious wind causing his red sash to wave rather invitingly.

 

From that day forward, Aizen returned to his standard black, leaving things much simpler. Luckily, when Il Forte regained consciousness, none the worse for wear, he appeared to have forgotten the whole encounter.

 

That didn't stop Gin from chirping “Toro! Toro!” whenever the mood suited him, however. This, of course, hasn't endeared the Arrancar to Gin in the slightest. In fact, it perhaps worsened Il Forte's distaste for the former captain.

 

Still, Aizen, being the evil overlord that he was, never bothered to stop him.

 

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A/N: You will notice that, with Il Forte dead, Aizen wears red once again.