Yes people I'm back! :] I had to delete my other stories because I wanted to start new. I'm sorry for those who added them to their fav, warnings, ect. Okay, so to start off with the upcoming month I wanted to post this new story. I'm barely on the second chapter and I dont know how long it will take me to finish it, but hopefully by the weeks' end. (crosses fingers)

I started reading new books (well they arn't but to me they are) when I suddenly went across this fetchy book called 'The Bride' by Julie Garwood. From that moment I started reading books from that time period, which by the way are awesome! This fic isn't in any way related to any of those stories I've read before, but I might have gotten a couple of their ideas. Well for me I call them my inspiration. Lol.

Gosh, I hope I didn't bore ya'll with my constant talking. Hehe. Enjoy the story.

I dont own bleach or any of it's characters, they belong to the great Tite Kubo.

If thou past be peril thou future shall be vicissitude.

Seireitei, December 1880

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Shouting rang throughout the dark murky night, awakening the forests occupants. Howling stopped half of the night chaos, but still the ear piercing cries happening down below the valley did not stop. The only thing that guided them was the moon's bright light, although not bright enough as the sun, but bright enough for them to see who their enemy were. If they didn't know who each other were, less they've know themselves. They had to attain victory.

They would attain victory.

Several soldiers were perched between the high walls surrounding the village, as if that would help them again their attackers. But then again, who has ever been able to stop the invincible Lord of Karakura, Ichigo Kurosaki? He was known for being unstoppable, strong, cold-hearted, and best of all, a death god. There hence the nickname bestowed upon him.

Shinigami.

No one has ever taken down Lord in all his life, and no one would ever get the chance to. Whoever crossed paths with him have either been dead or have disappeared, never to be found again. He had one goal to accomplish this night, and that goal WILL be accomplished, even if it takes him all night to do so. The Lord of Seireitei wouldn't even stop what's about to transpire this night. He didn't stand a chance.

His men are the best of the best, of coarse they would be since they were train by the best. And no one is great at training soldiers except one person, Sado Yasutora, also known as Chad. The king himself has noticed how Chad can turn a simple whimpering man to a fierce cold soldier. It gave Ichigo pride to know that his best friend trained his men for the cruel world known as reality. If there was one person he could ever confide it was Chad.

In the past both have saved each other, and have made a vow to protect the other till death. He was more of a brother, a brother he longed to have had, but he is just as happy to have at least younger sisters to protect. After all, those two brats were the only family he had left, unless you count his fool of a father part of his family as well. Even though he tells everyone who has reached the topic of his father that he's not part of his family, he still loves that old goat face till death. A soft whistle was heard from above the walls, a hand waving in the air mentioning towards the soldiers who were retreating.

Maybe to find for reinforcements. No matter, I will pumble them into mineature sized humans. That's if I let them live.Walking towards the tower in front of them, Ichigo came to a stop in front of the doors, getting ready for whatever came at them. Pushing the doors aside, he and his men walked inside, getting a look of the place before them.

White creamed walls surrounded them, white curtains hanging from the walls of the hall. A staircase was seen at the left side of the grand hall, to the right was a common sitting area were a hearth was slightly lit, indicating that the house wasn't deserted. A maid suddenly appeared out of no where, stopped when she spotted their intruders, and ran like the devil was at her heels towards the staircase.

Ichigo ran up the stairs to were she had ran to, stopped and watched her going to the left off the fork that was at middle of the stairs and proceeded to follow her. He knew that Chad and Ishida, a good friend/rival of his follow behind him. When he saw her go into a room he didn't stop to look at what was going to happen next, but followed after her to find out.

Pushing open the doors, he saw two woman in deep conversation and from the look on the face of the maid he just saw, he can see that she was truely terrified. Good, she should be.The other woman. however, looked calm and sincere, something that astonished him but didn't show it on his face. He was surprised that she wasn't quivering in her shoes like other people who have seen him. Sure he was intimidating, but heck he was supposed to be. He was not only a Lord, but also a warrior for crying out loud! A Lord, much less a warrior, ever showed emotion. It was.... uncommon for them to.

Said woman looked breathtaking, he'll give her that. She was petite with dark ebony hair that were just up to her shoulders. Pink flush lips, with a straight nose, high cheekbones and white porcelain skin. She wore maid garments meaning that she was a housemaid, or even a lady's maid. However, she looked fine-looking even with that hideous dress on. But the thing that really took his breath were her eyes. Bright violet colored eyes shone back at him, challenging him to do something. If he wasn't looking closely at her he would off have missed it.

She sligthly shivered.

He smirked.

So she was scared of him. This realization amused him. She was acting dull when in truth she was scared shit less inside, how lovely.

"What do you want.... my Lord?" Still amused, more because of the hard edge when she said Lord, he looked over her body one last time. Was she truly a maid? She looks decent and fine for such a position. While inspecting her body, he's sight landed on her chest, slightly disappointed that she didn't have a lot of package to carry. But when she turn around to say something to the other maid, he saw a glimpse of her bottom and his disappointment vanished in thin air. Even though she may lack cleavage she sure makes it up with her bottom. That lush plump bottom. Suddenly he went hard, and he knew it would take some time to get ride of it.

Damn.

"I'm here for the princess," Ichigo moved closer towards them, but mostly towards her. "Do you know where she may be at?"

Moving back a step soundlessly, she looked up at him and gave him a breathtaking smile that would make the strongest of men drop on their knees. Looking back at his friends he saw them sway a bit, clearly they had the same effect as him when he watched her graceful smile. She was a sort for sore eyes.

"I'm sorry my Lord, but she had left a while ago, an hour past midnight."

Fuck, that was three hours ago. She could be anywhere by now, she may even be at Kyoto for all he knows. How can a Kuchiki escape without him knowing? They were at the border, surely he would of have noticed when she had gone by, but then he also didn't know how she looked like. All he knew was her name and age, like that bit of information could help him.

"My Lord, if it isnt to much trouble, I was hoping if I could go into town. I'm in need of some herbs for my sick aunt who lived in her cottage not far from the outskirts of the village. Would you mind if I went with my friend to go fetch the herbs?"

Looking towards her companion who was hiding behind her dress, he nodded and let them walk by him. Both Ishida and Chad backed away from the maid, letting her pass through the door. Both friends walked up to him, clearly astonished by how formally she held herself up and how grace full her walk looked.

"Are you sure she's a maid?" Ishida looked at his Lord waiting for his response. He saw how Ichigo looked at her, his eyes holding a possessive look. Silently he smirk, curious that his Lord found interest in the little housemaid, but why shouldn't he? She sure looked good and fine for a lady in her position.

"I dont know Ishida. She wears a maid's dress, but she holds herself with an air of power and superiority. May be she's closed to the princess and holds herself up like that so that the princess herself would have pride in her. I would be if any of my maids were strong enough to look me in the eye at least once."

After 10 minutes or so a man came running in, almost tripping himself with a bookshelf that was stationed on the left side of the door. Once he spotted Ichigo, he rushed to his side to give him any news of the household and its occupants. Surely the maid's name would show up, as well as any information containing her.

When Ichigo asked the fellow if he knew anything about the maid that he just finished talking to, the man looked astonished. He quickly told him that they didn't have a maid in the household that looked like the one the Lord was describing. Confused he asked him how the princess looked liked and once he got his answer it dawn on him in an instant that he wanted to kick himself in the ass. That lady wasn't a maid.

She was Rukia Kuchiki. The princess.

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Running through the forest was hard for Rukia, especially when she was wearing the awful housemaid dress. Her maid had picked the ugliest one they had and gave it to her for her disguise. Everyone who knew Rukia knew that she was great at schemes and plots. She wasn't a master of disguise for nothing.

However, knowing that backstabbing Henry, she knew that she only had few time to spear before she was discovered. She almost laughed out loud when the Lord didn't recognize her. Sure he didn't know how she looked like, thank God, but if she had timed everything as according to her plan then she only had precisely 10 or so minutes before they found out she wasn't an actual maid.

She was lucky that that bastard Henry only saw her cross the bridge and turned right so that it seemed that she was headed to the village. If he knew that she turned back around and went left to the forest she was going to get caught. Fast.

A distant howl halted her to a complete stop. Please Dear God, please don't let the wolves come out and attack me.

Touching her left side, she was relieved when she felt her knife tied securely on her tight with a piece of rope. Moving her arm to her right she felt panic rise in her when she didn't feel her gun in it's holster. How could it have fallen out?

A growl was heard on her left, stilling her. Oh no. This wasnt good. Taking a deep breath she turn and quickly took her knife out in time to get face-to-face with a 80 pound wolf. It's bright yellow eyes looked into her eyes, feeding off of her fear. He tried to snap his jaws on her face, getting them open wide enough for her to see it's canine teeth long and sharp.

Using her unattained hand, she punched the wolf on the side of it's face, getting a nice long whimper out of him. Grinning, she was about to stab the beast when out of no where another one came out. Oh God, they were hunting and now I'm their lunch. The second wolf came rushing towards her, getting ready to chomp down on her soft cream skin.

Without a second thought, Rukia threw her knife at the beast, killing it once it landed straight on it's forehead. She turned around towards the other wolf's direction and what she saw made her breath get stuck in her throat. About five wolves were looking at her with their yellow eyes and drooling mouth. They were ready to feast. A feast she was happy to decline their invitation.

Before any of the wolves could so much as take a step towards her, something flashed across her vision and before her stood the main subject she was trying to escape from. The orange-headed Lord ran up to the wolves with his sword in hand and before she knew it there were 5 dead beasts on the floor.

She looked up from the wolves carcasses to the orange-headed man and knew that the beasts were all dead. There was one still left and he was holding a sleek black sword. It was an understatements if she said that she wasn't intimidated from the Lord's glare because she was. If looks could kill, she'll be a hundred feet below from were she stood.

"What the hell were you thinking going up against 5 wolves? You could of have died!"

"Actually there were 6 of them but I....." From the look he was giving her when she made her statement she should of have left her mouth close. His normal amber color eyes were now a hot blazing dark brown. She barley got to back up a foot when he picked her up by her waist, hoisted her down on his black stallion, got behind her and put his harm around her waist, crushing her up against his front with her back. Tightly.

Okay, sure he was mad, but why? All she did was dress up as a maid, walk out of the tower, run through the forest at night, get attacked by wolves.... never mind.

Well, it couldn't get any worse right?

A faint sound made her turn her face towards the back where she saw her sweet friend sitting down in front of a young man with glasses. But looking closer she saw that he was one of the two men that were by the door when both her and Orihime got out. How in the world did she get caught? She was sure that Orihime maid it to the village safely before she went towards the forest.

Dammit.

Now everything that she had planned had gone down the drain and all because Mr. Lordy Lord couldn't stay in his own land. Gah! She despises him. Now what's going to happen? Her land is going to be stayed behind, without their princess there how can they ever continue on? She had promised her brother in his deathbed that she would care for their land and their people until she died. She was glad that no one outside of their walls knew that the Lord of Seireitei has been gone for months now.

"What are you thinking?"

The Lord's voice shook her out of her mind back to the present. Looking up she got caught looking in his eyes. Amber met violet. She could clearly see his face now with the help moon's light. He wasn't an ugly man, handsome if she may say. Tan skin, a strong jaw, high sharp cheekbones, a straight pointy nose and an amusing scowl on his face. Nope, not ugly at all. And by the look on his face he was giving her she could tell that she had poked his interests as well. Smiling she answered him with a brief reply.

"My people."

She suddenly wanted to smile wide when she saw the Lord's eyes widen with shock. From what she had heard before, they described the Lord of Karakura as an emotionless man. Seeing his reaction now, she was happy to oppose on their analysis of the man. He smirked, liking her reply as much as she did.

"Lady Rukia!" Looking back at the group behind them once again, she saw her dearest friend try and reach out to her. Smiling lightly she shook her head at her, silently telling her to not make a disgrace of herself by acting childish. Her friend nodded, getting the point across.

"Well princess, since we've got you now and surely you wont run away because I will catch you, we can go home now. And dont worry, I'll be a gentleman the whole way." Ichigo laughed lightly along with his companions.

"Where are we going?"

"Why princess we are going to Karakura. Don't worry, both your friend and yourself are going to like Karakura."

Rukia made an unladylike snort.

"So best get comfortable for the ride ahead." Ichigo tighten his hold on her waist and pushed a bit more of her back to his front. Rukia gasped lightly when she felt his hardness on her back. That pig!

Leaning down close to her ear so that no one could hear him he whispered softly in her ear. "Lady Rukia, do you know that the ride back to Karakura is a weeks' time?" He lean down and kissed her lightly on her neck, making her skin shiver. "Might as well get to know each other on the way, don't you think so?"

He straighten his back and rested his chin on the top of her head. Smelling her hair and catching a whiff of lavender and roses.

This was going to be one long ride.

Author's Note:

Well since I've already explained everything on top I guess the only thing I can ask of ya'll is to press that cute little green button (that's the color on my screen) on the bottom :D I'm glad ya'll had the time to read this story, hopefully the next chapter would be in by saturday. Wish me luck.