Bleach – Kawaranai Kimochi
Summary: AU Hisana has lost her memory and has absolutely no clue who Byakuya or Rukia are. Byakuya is trying to get Hisana to remember her past while dealing with her new boyfriend, Hisagi Shuuhei. Will he be too late? Can he capture Hisana's heart again? ByakuXHisa
Rating: T
Pairing: ByakuXHisa
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A/N: Hey hisanachan here! This story is actually taken from a RPG between my "sister" and great friend, Red Princess-chan, and me. The RPG took place in Soul Society, I switched it to an AU setting cuz it's just easier to write it in AU. I also made Rukia younger than all the other main Bleach characters (yea, I know, Red Princess is just pissed off at me for that XD). Any case, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach… cuz if I did, Hisana wouldn't have died. Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo.
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Prologue
"Byakuya?" Mizutome Hisana questioned her boyfriend, Kuchiki Byakuya. "What's wrong?" The couple was at a small café of Hisana's choosing, and Hisana was waiting to hear the news Byakuya had to tell her. "Neh, Byakuya? Why are you so quiet?"
Kuchiki Byakuya sat across from the petite woman. His head was bowed, and he wanted to delay telling Hisana his news for as long as possible. He knew what an impact it would have on her, and the last thing Byakuya wanted to do was hurt the fragile, lovely woman in front of him. "…Father wants me to take over the business."
Hisana broke into a huge grin. "Congratulations, Byakuya! I'm so proud of you! I know how much you wanted this." Then, she noticed that Byakuya was unusually somber about the news. Obviously, there was more to the news if he was this quiet. "Byakuya? Are you ok?"
"…The branch he wants me to take over is in America. I have to work there for at least one year before I can return to Japan. I'm so sorry." The whole time, Byakuya didn't look up once. He didn't want to have to see the pain and hurt in Hisana's violet eyes, knowing he caused them.
"What?! When do you have to leave?" Hisana was starting to get scared at the prospect of possibly losing him. "Why America?!"
Byakuya was silent. Tears slid down Hisana's face. "Well… keep in touch? I know you really want this, and our relationship won't break because of this, right?" The hope in her voice made Byakuya look up. A rare smile emerged on his face; only Hisana was capable of getting a smile out of him.
"Aa."
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(one month later)
"Hisana-nee, what's up? ... AHH! The soup!!" Mizutome Rukia rushed to turn down the heat on the chicken soup on the stove. "You know… he's going to come back. It's not permanent. He himself told you that it was for at least a year. Besides, if you got through what happened to Mom and Dad…" Rukia's eyes watered, "well, then you can get through this."
Hisana stood up from her seat at the small dinner table. Abruptly, she hugged her younger sister tightly. "Thank you, Rukia-chan…"
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(three months later)
'Ahhh, I'm going to be late going home and making dinner!! Rukia-chan's going to be waiting… Do we even have anything in the fridge? Ahhh, crap, we don't! I'm going to have to stop by the market…' Hisana groaned internally. Ever since Byakuya left, Hisana had a hard time getting through life and remembering things. More than once, she forgot about laundry, and Rukia had to wear a uniform that she wore the week before to high school. She forgot about the groceries countless times, and even blanked at her part-time job at the bakery, which she loved and never messed up in. And she had even forgot to give Rukia the money for her senior prom, but thankfully, Rukia still had time to hand it in. Hisana was a wreck, and she hated it.
Calling Rukia on her cell, she quickly told the waiting high school graduate that she was going to be coming home a little later than expected to go buy groceries. A startled Rukia checked the fridge, and relayed to her older sister that the fridge was full. In fact, Hisana had gone yesterday to the grocery store.
Frozen in surprise, Hisana stood in the middle of the street. "What…?"
"Yeah, you went yesterday. There's plenty to eat so take your time coming home. I'll start cooking something up…" Rukia trailed off; sounds of a person rummaging through a fridge came over the phone.
'I went yesterday? I did? I don't remember that at all… What did I buy?' "Rukia-chan, what exactly did I buy at the store yesterday?" Hisana asked urgently.
"Rice, eggs, carrots, cucumbers, meat, seafood, bread, vegetables, ramen, ice cream, etc. Why?"
Hisana was distracted. 'I bought all that? I bought those yesterday?' She was so into her own thoughts; she couldn't hear the pedestrians screaming at her to move in fear, and Rukia urgently calling her name.
"Hisana-nee!! What's going on?! Why do I hear screaming in the background? Hisana-nee? Hisana-nee?!"
Hisana didn't even notice the pain as the two trucks collided into each other, with Hisana in the middle of it.
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(five months later)
"I'm going to America for two weeks, Hisana-nee. Byakuya's been really worried about you ever since he found out a week ago, and he was about to quit his job to come back here to be with you. Fortunately, Byakuya's dad let him take off a month or so to come here and be besides you after I explained everything that's happened. So, I'm going to go and get him, ok? Please, please, be ok by the time we get back, ok? I love you."
Rukia's worried gaze lingered on her motionless sister as she stood up to talk to the nurse. Ever since that day five months ago, Hisana had been in a coma. Rukia put off telling her sister's boyfriend about the accident, not because she wanted him to worry (but she did think about making him worry), she knew Hisana wouldn't want to bother Byakuya with the news of her accident while he had such important work to do. But now that he knew, Rukia was going to get Byakuya for Hisana (she also wanted to go see America for a bit). She was hoping that Hisana would wake up if she heard Byakuya's voice again. After all, Hisana started falling apart right after Byakuya left.
She hurriedly asked the nurse to please watch over Hisana and to call if she wakes up while Rukia was going to be away. The nurse agreed.
Rukia made her way to the elevator, only to slam right into a passing visitor. She looked up to apologize, and then sighed in relief. "Tatsuki-nee, Hisagi, Ichigo. Thank God, you're here. Please, please, watch over Hisana-nee until I come back." She pleaded with Hisana's childhood friends. Arisawa Tatsuki, Kurosaki Ichigo, Hisana, and Hisagi Shuuhei were all friends from school who managed to stick together all the way to college. All four had graduated before Hisana's accident, and now visited often to let Rukia get some rest.
"Sure, Rukia. When are you coming back?" asked Ichigo, putting his hands behind his head. He hated hospitals, and would have stayed away if not for Hisana's condition.
"Two weeks from now. Hopefully, she'll have woken up by then. I hope she does… "
"Don't worry, Rukia-chan. She will. She's a strong person, caring for you while still in college and living without damn Kuchiki. Don't worry," reassured Tatsuki, putting a hand on Rukia's shoulder. "Believe in her." She offered a small smile.
"OK. I'll be late for my plane, so I've got to go. Please, please, take care of her."
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(one week later)
"Hey… Ichigo, Tatsuki!" Hisagi yelled, noticing something. The three were staying with Hisana for the day, and had been quietly chatting with each other about what job they wanted to take, now that they had a college diploma. "Watch her!! I swear I saw her finger move, like, a fraction of an inch!!" Hisagi eagerly leaned forward. Ichigo and Tatsuki followed suit, just as eager.
Hisana slowly opened her eyes and blinked twice. Tatsuki was so relieved; she reached over and gave Hisana a huge hug. Ichigo ran to get the nurse and to call Rukia. Hisana looked around and quietly asked, "Where am I?"
"The hospital. You probably don't remember, but you were in the middle of a freaking accident. Be more careful next time, ok, Hisana? You had Rukia and Kuchiki insanely worried!!"
Hisana stared blankly at Hisagi. She seemed as if she were extremely befuddled. "… Who are Rukia and Kuchiki? I don't know them at all; do you know them, Shuuhei-kun, Tatsuki-chan? And where's Ichigo-kun? Stupid strawberry probably forgot something…" She laughed; the sound was like bells gently chiming in the wind. Tatsuki and Shuuhei glanced at each other with fear. They spoke at the same time.
"No fucking way. She's lost her memory…"
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A/N: well, this is the prologue… hope you're interested! Anyway, please R&R!! I'd love to hear your feedback!
Love always,
hisanachan