I loved Bleach until I found out about the shit ending but here's a story for Byakuya and Rukia! I was inspired by the fanart I saw on deviantart and one of the pictures that inspired me for this first chapter is the cover picture I used for this fic (Ralenore from deviantart). I ship ByaRuki and it is NOT incest so if you want to leave ridiculous comments, don't bother. Just don't read this if you don't like the pairing. It is my first work so please don't be too harsh with the criticism though I will be open to suggestions (please review or PM me!). This is just the first chapter and it is the shortest of all because it's kind of just an intro, but bear with me and I promise it will get better, I already have the next few chapters in the works and am super excited! This takes place right after SS arc but I may jump around to the future and back though. It might get a little OOC but that is to be expected, though I will try my best to stay as faithful to their personalities as I can. Please review, it would mean so much to me and would encourage me to continue this! Just a simple comment or even constructive criticism would be great! Hope you enjoy this story :)

I do not own Bleach, but I own this fanfic. And I wish Bleach had ended differently.

Chapter 1

The Sakura bloomed in red that day

The moment Gin's sword pierced her Nii-sama instead of herself, Rukia felt many things. She was shocked that he would do such a thing for her, admired him for saving her, and was absolutely terrified that she was about to become the cause of her Nii-sama's death.

She hadn't ever really hated him though it seemed like he certainly hated her. He would never look her in the eye, barely even spoke to her at all. All Rukia ever wanted was acknowledgment, for him to talk to her, be proud of her for her accomplishments even in the slightest—anything that would show he cared at all for her really, that he knew she existed. Rukia used to wonder if it was because she had an uncanny resemblance to his late wife that he refused to convene with her unless absolutely necessary. She felt unbearable sadness when Byakuya-sama had done absolutely nothing to try to stop her execution, though it was to be expected. When Renji had said not to worry, that her brother would take care of it, she responded apathetically that he would do nothing at all to stop it. Just shortly after that, Byakuya had come to announce her execution date and left immediately, shocking even Renji who hadn't expected that he could be so cruel. It was nothing Rukia wasn't expecting though. He never liked her, never showed an ounce of affection despite the fact that he came to her and decided to adopt her as his sister. Rukia wondered why he even bothered to do this in the first place if he was never going to act as a brother; maybe it was pity? But she knew as the head of one of the noble clans, even if he liked her at all, or even pitied her, he would pick the law over anything else. Because that was the kind of person he was. However it just seemed like he didn't really like her at all, he never acted like a brother would though he was the one who had taken her in, given her a place to call home-even if it never really felt like home to her.

So why? Why had he saved her at almost the cost of his own life? Did he really care about her? Why had he never shown any emotion in front of her?

Seconds after Aizen took off with Gin and Tosen, Byakuya had collapsed as he had lost so much blood from the wound.

"Nii-sama!" yelled Rukia.

Byakuya was on his knees and at this point he didn't have the strength in him to get up so Rukia tried to get him up, but suddenly he brought his head to her chest, closing his eyes as he leaned against her. It was right then that she realized how sorry he was towards her, how desperately he wanted her forgiveness. She slowly wrapped her hands around his neck, gently hugging him and giving a simple kiss on the top of his head, as the wind surrounding them blew around the petals of Senbonzakura.