He will be courting the Seireitei princess tonight.
For that, he had asked for the finest clothing and he had even brushed his bangs away from his face. He had to admit, he did look handsome. Not like he normally doesn't. The different hairstyle just did a bit of magic to his face.
He was now in his way to the Seireitei palace which he estimated to be a day from where he is now. Oh, how long he had waited for her brother to accept suitors from different kingdoms. He had always adored the princess for her beauty and her unique principles and views. She had been so kind to commoners and has fair judgement. A beauty like no other. Her face held fierceness and pride that never fails to set his heart ablaze especially those cerulean-plum orbs of hers that he'll never get tired of. Her voice, her beautiful voice, is something to die for. One command from her can make a tough man cower in fear but not him. To him, her voice is soothing, music to his ears.
There was no turning back now.
A day from now, he'll be making her his. Begging-to-fuck-her-senseless his.
He smirked at the thought and yanked the reign harder for his black stallion to speed up.
He cannot wait any longer to lay his hands on her pale white skin. He longed to kiss those pink and soft lips. And he absolutely wanted to take her.
"Wait for me, Princess." and then, the journey continued.
"Lady Rukia! You must not leave!" a servant blocked the back gate to prevent the said woman from getting away.
"Let me go, Orihime or I will assure you that I'll cut your brother's medication!" Rukia harshly said. The servant's gray eyes watered at the statement and Rukia can't help but feel guilty. But no, she will leave before her brother marry her off to some man he doesn't know. She wants to live a fairy tale wherein a prince will come and wake her from her enchanted sleep. No, not like this.
"Look, I'm sorry but I really need to leave. Please Orihime?" the servant weakly nodded before opening the beautiful gate made of silver.
"Thank you, Orihime." she hugged the girl one last time before putting on her black cloak and took her leave.
After a few minutes of walking, she looked back at the palace where she had grown to. Up until now, its beauty never ceased.
A man with spiky black hair appeared on her mind, smiling at her. She knows he understands her decision. He always do.
Kaien-dono.
She smiled sadly before turning around to walk again.
"Goodbye."
The night had fallen before she had even noticed. She was walking for a day and her food supply had gone low. She was now in the middle of the woods, knowing not where she was heading to but continued on walking.
She was dead hungry and she can feel her stomach complaining. She felt really tired too. Her legs felt heavier and she doesn't know if she can hold on much longer. She looked around, searching for something to eat but all she saw are trees. Now that she noticed, the trees looked rather frightening. The trees around barely have leaves and the stems and branches looks sharp and deformed, making them look like a witch's hand in the shadows. The creepy sounds of nocturnal birds and insects doesn't help either. She kept herself composed. Things like this shouldn't scare her. She's a princess, damn it!
She walked again, ignoring the hunger as she scanned her surroundings for any kind of food.
Few minutes passed by and she saw a group of shrub with berry-like fruits. She immediately rushed to the tempting fruit and picked one. She wiped it on her cloak and shoved it to her dainty lips. The taste was sweet and she can't help but shove more in her dainty mouth.
Suddenly, she felt sharp pain on her stomach area and she coughed hard. She held her stomach to lessen the pain but sadly, it didn't. Her surroundings are getting blurry and it seems like the world was spinning. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead for her body felt on fire. She coughed hard again and this time, blood came out too. She can feel darkness slowly crawling in and unfortunately, she stayed conscious for a few minutes, moaning and screaming as the pain eat at her.
After a last pained scream, Rukia Kuchiki had fallen to the ground.
What the hell was that?
Ichigo immediately directed his horse in the west, where he had heard the scream. He knew that he should just ignore it and go on but something in the back of his mind told him to follow it. And so he did and sped up.
He stopped when he saw a woman lying on her stomach and immediately jumped off from his horse and knelt down beside the fallen woman. He turned her so she was lying on her back and examined her for a while and his eyes widened at what he saw.
Pale white skin.
Jet black tresses.
Heart-shaped face.
It can't be-
"Rukia!" he pressed two of his fingers on her neck to feel her pulse and his heart was beating wildly and his breathing was hard when he didn't felt any though she was still a bit warm. He knew that she may have died only a few minutes ago.
No.
He felt his world crumbling to pieces.
He had just met her! It wasn't supposed to be like this.
He looked around to look for anything that may have caused this. The motherfucker would surely pay!
But then looked at her hands and noticed that it was holding onto something. He opened her palm and gasped at what he saw.
"Deadly nightshade."
