Chapter 1

CLANK! The sound of the teacup shattering as it fell to the floor while Soifon got up hastily in shock and anger.

"WHAT? I WILL NEVER DO IT! I WILL NEVER LOWER MYSELF TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" Soifon retorted in anger. The atmosphere was tense. Yoruichi looked seriously into Soifon's eyes.

"Not even if I ask this of you?" Yoruichi pleaded.

"Yoruichi, you know I'd do anything for you but what you're asking is…it's impossible for me to do such a thing." Soifon explained.

"The second division and sixth division have always remained close with one another. It is requested from the higher ups that you are to be engaged and married to Kuchiki Byakuya. After the death of Hisana, it has been a very long time the Kuchiki moved on without an heir. Since Byakuya had no expectations in finding himself a new wife, the elders had to decide to set up an arrange marriage." Before Yoruichi could finish Soifon interrupted.

"Yea but why me? There are a lot of noble families with much more qualified daughters suited for Kuchiki, why have they chosen me?"

"Like I said, we have remained close to the sixth division and the elders believe that you are most suited to marry into the Kuchiki family. You yourself are from a noble family and because of our historical family ties they have chosen you. If you resist and go against this, you are not only making it hard for yourself but you are putting a lot of pressure on me." Yoruichi explained.

She was serious and not her usual fun self. This had made Soifon extremely uneasy with this.

"Look, I never intended on getting married and the idea of marrying Kuchiki is like stepping on my own pride and you know how I feel about that" Soifon still wasn't giving in on this one.

"I know how you feel. You are Soifon, captain of the second division. You worked extremely hard to step up to where you are now but life isn't just always about that. Sometimes you have to accept responsibilities that you never thought about doing even if it hurts your pride. Soifon, I'm extremely serious, there will be tension among our family ties if you don't give in" Yoruichi continued.

Soifon gritted her teeth. This was an extremely hard decision, she knew the bonds between the sixth and second divisions were strong and especially the family ties they have. To go against it would definitely cause future problems that were much bigger than this arranged marriage. Soifon had to give in.

"I usually would do things for you but this time my decision on this is the benefit of our household alliance for the future. I will accept this proposal for the sake of keeping good relation between the families. Consider this the last thing I ever do for this family" Soifon calmed down and back to her cold and responsible self. Yoruichi smile. "Thank you Soifon. This means a lot. I'll inform the elders and keep you updated with what you have to do later on."

With that Yoruichi got up and vanished within the second. Soifon sighed and just thought to herself, she knew that one day something that would put her in an uneasy situation was bound to happen but who would have thought that she would have to marry the Kuchiki Byakuya. She was never close and she never even wanted to be. She always detested him because of his arrogant behavior that was full of pride. They barely spoke and when they did, it was strictly professional. Soifon never wanted to associate herself with the Kuchiki head. Things were about to change.

Meanwhile in the Kuchiki household, Byakuya sat down in front of his elders calmly while they explained the marriage situation to him. He too was not too fond of the idea. "Have the Kuchiki elders become senile and lost fate in their own Kuchiki head. Who in the world would think that the captain of the second division would be a suitable candidate for this family? You are making a mockery of the Kuchiki clan" he stated calmly, disagreeing with this ridiculous idea. The elders were extremely insulted and angry by Byakuya's comment and continued to go on.

"Well, was it not us senile elders that allowed the Kuchiki head family to marry with a commoner. We of course believed that she was less of a suitable candidate than our current offer. And furthermore to bring in another commoner and adopted her as your own sister? Did that not degrade the name and our position enough? Putting aside the previous and current candidates. Do you know what situation we're in right now? We have allowed our family to continue on for a long time without an heir. The Kuchiki clan without an heir is a weak and vulnerable. How long would you allow this to continue on. As the Kuchiki head, you should have been more aware of the situation and done something by now. What happen to your promise with your parents?" The elders were determined not to give up. Byakuya was not happy with what was said. It was all true but he did not like to be repeated of his wrongdoings. He was in a difficult situation, he knew that this problem would happen soon but he never expected that the one he was to marry was Soifon.

"Isn't that the responsibility of the Kuchiki head? I should be able to choose my own bride. Soifon is most definitely not suitable and I highly doubt she would agree." Byakuya retorted.

"You see, we worry that if we allow you to handle this yourself that you would prolong this process and we do not have any time to waste. Soifon is the best candidate we assure you and she has already agreed. You know very well about our ties with the second division and the Shihoin family. This is a great opportunity to strengthen our clan and relationship with them." The elders continued.

"This is ridiculous. To think that you allowed that stupid cat women to interfere with this, the Kuchiki clan has definitely fallen low. Just remember, you can do ask you like now but don't think that I will cooperate easily with everything." Byakuya got up and walked away angry.

He was furious and Yoruichi, especially Soifon for agreeing. He really disliked Soifon. Soifon always fawned over Yoruichi and would do anything Yoruichi asked of her. She was like an idiot slave that allowed Yoruichi to command her around. He strongly believed that Soifon only agreed because Yoruichi was the one who asked this of her and he hated her for that. He barely knew her. She too was so full of pride and arrogance around him. She is able to tie him down by marriage but he will never love her, he thought to himself. He was just too furious to even argue any further.

Author's Notes:
Hello everyone. This is my first bleach fiction. I'm a huge ByaSoi fan and I felt there weren't a lot of stories that satisfy me lust for this couple. Don't get me wrong, the stories were great but I'd like to see a little bit more and I'd like to see Byakuya being a bit of a Tsundere hahaha. I usually don't like stories where the characters easily fall in love with each other. I like stories that have a lot of development and obstacles that they have to go through before they can easily fall into place. I love stories that are like more than 10,000 words.

Please excuse my terrible imagery. I'm not very good at describing things so I end up either repeating the same things over and over again or being really vague at describing scenery or situations. I just like to get straight to the point.

Hope you all enjoy this. I'm working really hard on this to finish this as soon as possible. Like all of you, I love to finish stories so I will definitely finish this!

Tomi96