#i love tokinada he is such a MENACE

[akashis-waifu]

Excerpt from "Switch"

Chapter 3 of Beyond God and Evil (Aizen Sōsuke/Female Reader)

Canon-divergence set months after TBYW. Reader is the new Soul King, so is Aizen if you squint hard enough.

Tags: Romantic comedy, fluff and angst, enemies to old married couple, banter as love language, mutual pining, immortality, slow burn, political intrigue

“SO, why did you want to meet us?”

You ask with thinly veiled annoyance, facing forward and refusing to look at the man you’re addressing.

You are currently inside an underground establishment: a sacred hall that cannot be located in any map. In ancient times, it was where the leaders of the Five Great Noble Clans gathered to discuss matters of importance to Soul Society.

Seated on the head of the pentagonal table is Tsunayashiro Tokinada, and across him are Kuchiki Byakuya and Shihouin Yoruichi, occupying the chairs farthest from him. With you arriving last — mainly due to your reluctance to see the distasteful visage of your enemy — you are left with no other choice but to take the seat adjacent to the host. 

Reveling in your murderous aura, Tokinada nonchalantly waves a hand and answers with a pompous grin. “Ah, just simple courtesies. As someone who was recently promoted, I thought it would only be proper of me to introduce myself as the new leader of the Four Great Noble Families.”

“But, before we cut to the chase,” he suddenly adds and turns to you. “May I ask where you have been for the past six months, Lady Hirasaka?”

“That’s none of your business.”

Unperturbed by your cold response, Tokinada continues. “You see, as the overseeing personnel of the Visual Department, it bothered me when I learned that the head of the Hirasaka could not be found in Seireitei. Thus, out of concern, I had some of my retainers search for you in Rukongai, the Living World, and even in Hueco Mundo. But you were nowhere to be found.”

“Concern,” you repeat while holding back a scoff. “I'm surprised that you are capable of such emotion, Lord Tsunayashiro.”

“Oh, believe me when I say I do! You are, after all, the favorite underclassman of my late wife.”

At the mention of Kakyo, you feel your blood boil, and the urge to evaporate the man on the spot almost overwhelms you. Aware that further engaging in conversations with him will lead you to committing murder, you will yourself to remain silent.

Meanwhile, Tokinada is impressed that you did not take the bait. Still, he perseveres in his mission of destroying your composure.

“Since you were nowhere to be found, I could only assume one place where you could have gone to. Somewhere not easily accessible — a place that is out of jurisdiction even for the Great Noble Families.”

You raise an eyebrow at his cryptic words. 

“You were in Muken! Yes, that could only explain it!” 

Tokinada claps in exaggerated eureka. “I mean, you were Aizen's personal bedwarmer, right? You must have been dying to shag him.”

Your vision must have blackened from unadulterated anger because the next thing you know, you already have your Inherited Zanpakuto released, the large scythe now hanging above his head.

“Do you want to die, Tsunayashiro Tokinada?”