Alright, kind of a snap decision. I personally don't think I'm a very skilled Bleach writer, but this idea has been tapping me on the shoulder for a while now, and I need to get it down.

It's AU, pretty much, and is Byakuya and Hisana, plus my OC. It is based off of the Korean drama called Goong, and it's really quite good. Okay, only based off it a little, but still.

Alright, review please, I need to know if this works.

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Chapter One:

What to say, what to do?

It was a peaceful morning, that much I could admit. Calm, warm, and silent. So much different than what I'm used to.

The storm had destroyed much of my town over the winter, but things were slowly being repaired, and people were gaining hope, which didn't often happen.

I live alone in a small cottage on the outskirts of town, fending for myself, taking care of myself. I have been doing fairly well so far.

Most people who live near me are incredibly poor, have large families, and very little money and must resort to stealing. It's a hard, painful, filthy life, and even harder when you have to look after someone.

I know this because that's how I used to be. I lived with my younger sister, Rukia, before I gave her away. I couldn't possibly care for her, but now that I'm fairly well off, I have been unable to find her.

I used to live with my grandfather as well, but he passed away long before I had even thought of giving up Rukia.

Now I am alone.

"Miss Hisana!" Someone pounds on the door.

I sigh and stand, heading for the door. "Coming!"

A young girl stand before me, filthy, skinny, but incredibly excited.

"Miss Hisana, Mother wanted me to tell you that the nobles are passing by! The nobles from the center of town!"

The center of town. How eloquently put. That's just another term for the incredible fortress in the center of town. In the center of all the towns. That's where the nobles and warriors live. Not in poverty, unlike us. But for whatever reason, everyone seems to worship them.

But not me. Definitely not me.

"Alright, I'm coming."

The girl had dashed off before I finished speaking.

I sighed and went to retrieve my sandals and my robe.

So much for my calm and peaceful morning. Completely ruined by these people who parade through here every now and then just to prove that they're on top of the world.

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Surprisingly, the nobles are on foot this time. An elderly man in the front is the only one seated, and he is in a carriage pulled by black horses.

I boredly watch the procession, uninterested in the going-ons of town life at the moment.

I don't care what the nobles do. I really don't.

But something changed. Suddenly the procession halted, and an indiscernible voice was heard calling out orders.

The guards were then searching the crowd. Now this caught my attention. What could the high and mighty nobles possibly want with the peasants around here?

Now the guards were separating into the crowd, shoving people aside. Some were even whipping out pictures.

Okay, now this was actually pretty scary.

I hear footsteps behind me, and my instincts kick in. I've lived in a dog-eat-dog world all my life, so hearing footsteps behind you is probably not a very good thing.

I duck downand weave through the anxious crowd, heading for an alley. The alley had a towering stack of crates, and I find one perfect crate.

I leap into the Hisana-sized crate just as the guards come marching down the alley.

Could they be looking for me?

I hear footsteps, then voices.

"Did you find her?"

"No, not yet. I could have sworn I had found her."

"Master Kuchiki will be displeased, you know. We'll be punished if she isn't found."

"I know that!"

"Are you sure she went this way?"

"Postive."

"Have you checked those crates?"

Silence.

I could feel my heart rate increase, and prayed to whatever gods there are that they wouldn't somehow hear it and find me.

I didn't even hear them approach, but they must have come over to me a lifted the lid off the crate, because when I looked up, everything was bright. And when I looked up, the first thing I saw was not the sun, but the face of a cold-eyes man with long, dark hair, a man I immediately recognized.

Byakuya Kuchiki, heir to the noble Kuchiki clan.

Words failed me.

What could he want with me?

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Short chapter, so sorry.

Review, let me know what you all thought!