What's come to be
Prologue:
"We've had this talk, uncle," the young man reminded his persuasive uncle who resembled him an awful lot. The man who appeared to be his uncle scratched his head tiredly, despite the many times he had tried to convince his nephew in no occasion had he prevailed.
"Starrk, I mean really think about it," his uncle who followed the younger man around tried once more. He had been following his every move throughout the whole manor the entire morning only to be shunned down by his stubborn nephew, but he wasn't about to stop.
"I have thought about it and truth be told I am perfectly fine! I mean, why would I give up this peaceful freedom up?" his nephew asked as he lazily threw himself on a large elaborate chaise lounge. He had seen how disastrous other marriages were and he had no intention of putting himself in one at all, if that was even possible with his uncle's incessant pestering.
At his nephew's words his uncle resignedly sat down and let out a loud sigh. How he hated to admit it, but his nephew did hold some truth, the peace of a solitary man could not compare to the busy and unnecessary life that came from being married, he himself was not married, although he did not mind the company of women one bit.
The two men remained silent for the time being, the older one already thinking of another means to talk his young nephew into marriage while his nephew just wished his uncle would give up already and leave him alone, and not only for the time being. And just as the two men appreciated the momentary silence, each busy in their own world, a small giggling monster entered the room. "STARRK!" she shouted in pure glee as she ran to him.
"Lilynette!" Starrk screamed angrily for she had disturbed the silence he was enjoying so. "You know what you would be the only reason why I would like to get married and go far far away!" he shouted as he threw a small green cushion at Lilynette who began to annoy him beyond his senses.
At his nephew's comment Kyouraku began laughing heartily, which in fact infuriated his nephew even more at not knowing what he was laughing at. "It seems she's accomplished more than what I have done over these useless conversations!" he laughed at Starrk's younger sister who exasperated Starrk beyond measure.
As the two siblings began quarreling once more a tall man with striking white hair walked in, a calm smile on his face, glad to see them enjoying themselves, or at least that's how he saw the circumstance. "Kyouraku," the white haired man spoke, getting the attention of the said man, removing his gaze from the siblings to his life long friend.
"Ah, Ukitake! What brings you here this early?" he asked with a warm smile as the man walked over to the curly haired man. Ukitake smiled kindly as he observed the bickering siblings.
"Those two, I sometimes wonder if they will ever get along," Ukitake laughed softly before returning his gaze to Kyouraku, remembering the reason he had come for in the first place. "We've found a body," he said in a low voice, recalling what he had seen earlier.
"A body?" Kyouraku asked, his eyes widened a bit. There was hardly and trouble around these parts, considering hardly anybody occupied any residence around the outskirts of town.
"Yes, a young lady's," Ukitake responded, almost whispering the word. "We found her as we were hunting, she was unconscious, most likely due to a huge blow she received on her head," he elaborated on the matter as he decided to take a seat beside his friend.
"Why? What happened?" he asked, wondering what could be the reason a young lady would be doing so far from town, especially to the extent of finding her unconscious in the middle of the forest.
"We found her in a pose that would appear she had fallen, perhaps from a horse, but there were no sign of horse footprints around. Besides that, it may appear she had been brutally ravaged due to the extensive tears and blood in her dress. Well, not even that was proper, it was more of a nightgown," Ukitake informed, feeling rather disturbed at his shocking discovery.
"I see," Kyouraku responded, feeling rather troubled by the sudden news. "You were the first to find her?" he asked curiously.
"Oh, no. Toshiro did," Ukitake replied, proud that his nephew was quite an impressible one. Kyouraku smiled contently, Toshiro's skill was well-known by almost everybody who knew him.
"And she is in your care?" he asked as he picked up a lavender pillow Lilynette had just thrown at Starrk, but missed. Ukitake smiled kindly as he eyed the two siblings who had continued to quarrel the whole time.
"Yes, Unohana is looking after her injuries as we speak," he responded happily. His beautiful wife, Unohana was quite the doctor and for the young lady to be in her hands was quite a relief.
"Starrk!" Kyouraku shouted as he threw the lavendar pillow he had picked up earlier at his nephew. Immediately, the two siblings stopped arguing. "Come, along. There's been a problem that has occurred," Kyouraku informed, receiving a grunt from Starrk as he let his head drop in back of his seat.
"What problem?" Lilynette asked curiously, but worriedly at the same time. Kyouraku smiled at the young girl before patting her blonde hair softly.
"Later," he responded as he walked out the cozy living room, Ukitake following close behind. Not having any other choice or option Starrk got up and followed the two men.
Fate is funny, and hopefully one day you'll experience it for yourself.
The clever twists and turns, never to our liking,
always proving our judgment wrong.
