The new maid and servant of the Kuchiki clan came from a poor family from outside the sereitei. Her name was Hisako Arai. When she first came to the Kuchiki mansion about two hundred years ago, she had short, choppy black hair and blue eyes. She wore a black hair tie to hold her hair up, she still wore it every day even when her hair was well down to her waist.
It was obvious that she feared Byakuya Kuchiki. Whenever she saw him, she looked down to her feet and didn't look up until he passed unless he ordered her to look at him. She never spoke unless spoken to, and she always did as she was told.
Hisako was just a regular maid and servant before Byakuya asked for her to be his personal Servant, which meant that she would have to be by his side nearly night and day. She feared this, yet there was nothing she could do about it.
She remembered her first day as a maid. She was told not to delay orders, not to speak unless spoken to, and if she knew Byakuya was in a bad mood, to avoid him. She learned this the hard way.
Hisako was ordered by the head maid to serve Rukia tea since she was feeling ill. She carried the hot tea down the hallway and accidentally crossed paths with Byakuya.
"what is your name." he commanded. "Hisako Arai, sir." She said timidly not looking up. "look at me." He commanded. Slowly she turned her head to the left so that she was meeting her lord's eyes.
She looked scared, her shyness and fear oozed out of her soul. He knew that she feared him. "Where are you headed." He asked. "to serve miss Kuchiki her tea, sir." She answered, trying with all her might not to look away as it might displease him.
"Very well, go ahead." He said dismissing her. She shook all over and felt like she couldn't breathe. She tried to put on a happier face for Miss Rukia as she entered her room. Rukia was bedridden and she wasn't able to get up very much during the day, though she should be getting better soon.
"Good afternoon Miss Kuchiki. Here is your tea. Is there anything else you need?" she asked trying to look as if she hadn't just been scared half to death. "Hisako, I told you to call me Rukia." She said, weakly.
"I couldn't." she said back. "That's an order." Rukia said. "yes, miss- I mean Rukia." Hisako said correcting herself. "could you stay here for a while, Hisako. I could use the company." Rukia said after she had finished her tea.
"As you wish." Hisako answered. "Hey, Hisako, what is your family like? Did they come from outside the sereitei?" Rukia asked. "Yes, we live in one of the sections that are on the bad side. No water, no shelter. Like usual." Hisako sighed.
"I remember that. Such a terrible place, don't you agree?" Rukia commented. "you have lived in the Rukon district? But Miss- Rukia you are part of the Kuchiki clan." Hisako commented.
"I'm adopted. My brother was married to my sister, her dying wish was for him to find and take me in." Rukia said, sadly. Hisako gasped. "Oh, Rukia I'm so sorry." She whispered.
"Don't be, after all its not your fault places like that exist, now is it?" Rukia commented before she began to cough up blood. "Rukia!" she Exclaimed. Rukia nodded and Hisako took off running.
As she ran, she rushed by Byakuya again. He glared at her. He didn't even affect her. "Rukia needs help! She's coughing up blood!" she stopped for half a second to explain to him. His eyes widened as he ordered her to get the captain of squad four.
"Captain Unohana! Rukia needs urgent attention! Please help! She's coughing up blood!" Hisako had to nearly sacrifice her right arm to get past Unohana's lieutenant. The captain took off running with Hisako.
When they got back to the Kuchiki manor Rukia had coughed up a sizeable amount of blood. Hisako had helped the captain heal Rukia. "As it turned out she had some internal bleeding, luckily, Hisako was able to get to me fast enough. Rukia may have died if she hadn't gotten there in time, as it was she barely made it, even as fast as she ran. Not even my flash step could surpass how fast she ran." Captain Unohana said.
Then, Hisako blacked out. She didn't wake up for a while. But when she did she found that she was promoted to those two's personal servant. She was ordered to only take care of Byakuya and Rukia.
On her first day, she had gained the favor of Byakuya and Rukia. No servant had been able to do such a thing. After that both Rukia and Byakuya both favored Hisako.
She had spent many days with Rukia, talking to her and helping her train. She would also walk with Byakuya to and from work. She would also help him with getting books from the library and things such as that. "Hisako, come with me for lunch, Renji, Rangiku, toshiro and Nanao will be there!" Rukia chimed. "Alright Rukia." She said, packing their lunches.
All the sakura trees were in bloom and they group wanted to picnic under them. Hisako loved Sakura trees. They smelled nice, when she washed up she even used Sakura soap and shampoo.
Hisako carried to picnic basket and followed Rukia down the many pathways to the large Kuchiki garden. Byakuya was there standing near one of the sakura trees gazing up at their many pink flowers. "good afternoon brother." Rukia said as they passed.
Hisako bowed and said, "good afternoon, sir." She then followed Rukia down to a table where the others were. "hi everyone!" Rukia chimed, happy to see her friends. "good afternoon." Hisako said, a little less ecstatic than Rukia. Rangiku looked happy as usual. Toshiro, bored. But when he saw Hisako he perked up. Renji was happy to see Rukia, but was slightly annoyed that Hisako was always following her everywhere. Nanao smiled her little smile and pushed up her glasses.
Hisako unpacked everything and set it all up. They had everything! Sushi rolls and all kinds of Souba noodles. they even had Hisako's favorite, the dragon roll. She picked up some of the spicy roll and some of the dragon roll and began munching away.
"Hisako, this is really good!" Nanao commented. "Thank-you, Nanao." Hisako said. Rukia had woken up to Hisako making a ton of sushi rolls and said that they should have a picnic.
"how long did it take you to make all this?" Renji asked. "Not too long, hey Renji! You already ate half of it! Ugh…" Hisako sighed. "you just ate enough to feed an army for a month you know that."
Then Byakuya joined their picnic. He Hadn't really seen Hisako this alive. She was indifferent and cold usually. She would wake up early to put up both their Futons and would serve them tea. Really she was the only one the two of them needed.
She was there as soon as Byakuya requested her presence. The truth was the little Maid was actually growing on him. He never really liked any of the maids except for her. He was sure that she was the perfect servant for them the day that she ran so fast she passed out.
He wasn't sure but he thought Hisako was seeing Toshiro. And he knew that Rukia still loved Renji.
He sat down next to Hisako. Hisako was seated next to Toshiro. Rangiku sat on one of the benched at the head of the table. And Nanao sat next to Rukia.
Hisako felt a little squished, like she couldn't move her arms, and on top of that Byakuya's spiritual pressure was crushing her lungs and shutting down her basic motor skills. Soon everything became all blurry and she couldn't hear. Then Hisako fell onto Byakuya's shoulder.
When he tried to push her off she fell to the ground behind her. Toshiro knelt over her and told someone to go get someone from fourth squad.
Second seated officer told everybody, especially the overly worried Toshiro and Byakuya but he didn't show he was worried, that it was most usually caused by Byakuya's spiritual pressure making her pass out. She should get used to it soon, If not she needs to train until she can bear that pressure.
Hisako awoke in her small room in the Kuchiki manor with Byakuya sitting next to her. She freaked out when she saw him there. "Kuchiki-sama. You scared me. Why are you…" she trailed off as the full moon came into view. "Its beautiful." She said staring out the window.
"what happened?" Hisako asked. "you passed out and just woke up. One would think that by now you would be used to my spiritual pressure, Hisako." Byakuya assumed. "Its not exactly something I can get used to, Kuchiki-sama." Hisako said.
Then something happened that she would have never thought in her wildest dreams. Byakuya turned her to face him and kissed her softly. 'holy crap,' Hisako thought with wide eyes.
Hisako's eyes fluttered open. It was still light outside and she was regaining her strength. "if that keeps happening I'm going to have to tape a pillow to my head. Hey, could you guys please stop staring at me? Its making me uncomfortable." Hisako said as her dream came back into memory.
'great now there's no way I am going to be able to look at him again without blushing…' Hisako thought. "Hisako-chan, are you okay?" Toshiro asked, helping her up. "Yeah, this happens a lot, but thank you Toshiro." She said brushing her uniform off.
"brother, were you angry about something, I could sense it too." Rukia spoke. "No." Byakuya's answer was short.
When Rukia went missing in the human world Hisako was extremely saddened. But Byakuya didn't seem so effected by it. "sir, why are you not afraid for Rukia?" she asked, without thinking about it.
He scolded her from behind his desk. He had asked her to stay near him which meant that her room was closer to his, she had to walk with him everywhere, she only left his side when he ordered her to.
"that is not your business. I care for Rukia very much." He said. She looked saddened. "I'm very sorry, sir." She said as she looked down. "my name is Byakuya. Call me Byakuya." He said. "but-" he cut her off. "that's an order." He said. "yes, Byakuya." She said.
They walked from his office to their home. She quickly made Sushi rolls again and they went under the Sakura trees to eat lunch. "the Sakura trees are so beautiful today." She said. "indeed." Said Byakuya as he ate some of the spicy tuna roll she'd made.
"thank you for the sushi." Byakuya said as they got up. Hisako widened her eyes. 'he liked it?' she thought as she went to pick up the basket but Byakuya beat her to it. "lets go." He said.
She followed him through all the pink petals floating down from the Sakura trees, a large portion of them landed and tangled in her long black hair. Before she knew it she was walking side by side with Byakuya. He looked over to her and smiled a little.
'she looks so cute with all those petals in her hair.' he thought when they entered the house again. She walked in behind him and accidentally bumped into him as he stopped. "oh, I'm so sorry, Byakuya-sama, please forgive me." She said.
He chuckled a little and began to pull to flower petals out of her hair. She looked like she had no idea what he was doing. "Byakuya-sama what are you-" she was cut off as he pulled her into his room.
She stood there, frozen. Before she could pull out of the room Byakuya had her in an embrace. He wouldn't let her go. His embrace was soft and comfortable.
Her eyes were wide. "sorry." Byakuya said. Hisako looked up at him and gave him a quick kiss on his soft lips before leaving the room. 'she will be mine someday.' he though watching her leave.