Title:It Won't Cost Much

Series: Bleach

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Characters/Pairings: Rukia, Hisana; hint of Ichigo/Rukia and Byakuya/Hisana

Rating: PG

Summary: Hisana will always be waiting to find her sister again, but not for the reasons that one might think.

Notes: I've always wondered why Hisana attempted to find her little sister several years after abandoning Rukia as a baby when Rukia would surely have been dead. This fic is just one of the results.

Warning: Takes place after Ch. 270. Very dark.

She was drowning in a sea of darkness. She could feel hands reaching up out of the abyss to cling to her ankles and to drag her down farther and farther into the depths.

She couldn't feel her arms, her whole body was numb with the cold. She was nothing.

A pair of webbed hands reached out and cupped her face, and salty lips were pressed against her own. Rukia's eyes snapped open and her mouth fell open as she stared at this almost exact mirror image of herself.

The being smiled and ran a hand through Rukia's hair. "Finally, sister, you are here where you should be - with me."

Rukia blinked and found the strength to push away the other's hands. "What are you talking about?"

The other girl frowned and grabbed Rukia's cheeks, her talons digging in. "Is that any way to greet your beloved sister who loved you so much that she left you to die? Have you forgotten your older sister? Me, Hisana?" She smiled again. "I've been waiting a long time for you, baby sister. A very long time."

Rukia ignored the claws in her flesh, the pain was nothing compared to having to killed all hope of ever saving Kaien-dono. "Where are we?" She demanded. "Where have you taken me?"

Hisana tutted. "Don't you recognize this place, Rukia? You have been here before, you know." She grinned viciously. "It's the sea of souls where we wait to be reborn. You and I will be reborn into the next life, and this time little sister, I'll never let you go." She stroked Rukia's hair again. "You've haunted my dreams for far too long, little sister. But not anymore."

"No!" Rukia grabbed her sister's thin wrists and jerked them away from her face. Red blood ran its way across the dark blue of the water. "I'm going back!"

Hisana laughed. "You can't go back, little sister. There is only the darkness. You think your little friends will miss you - that the boy will miss you? Only I love you, only your sister loves you Rukia. There is only I." She latched onto her sister's foot.

"You're lying."

"Why would I lie?" Her sister smiled with too many teeth. "I love you little sister. Come, let your big sister take you away from this world and into the next. We'll both be cleansed of all of our sins." She sunk her teeth into Rukia's ankle.

Rukia screamed. "I forgave you!" She kicked out and hit her sister in the face. Hisana gave a shriek and released Rukia from her grasp, allowing the younger girl to attempt to swim back up to the surface as quickly as possible.

"RUKIA! RUKIA! RUKIA!" Hisana's screams followed her. "You'll never make it Rukia!"

Rukia continued to swim towards the light.

"Even if you do make it, I'll still be here waiting, Rukia! Remember that, Rukia! You ruined my life! I couldn't love him properly because of you, you brat! You owe me, Rukia! You ruined my happiness!"

She was almost at surface.

"I'm waiting for you, Rukia! Remember that! No matter how many years pass I'll be here waiting for you. Sister is waiting just for you!"

Rukia broke through the water.

XXX

The hand around Shirayuki twitched and a pair of blue eyes snapped open.

I'm waiting Rukia, just for you.