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Disclaimer: I hereby declare that I DO NOT OWN ANY OF BLEACH'S CHARACTERS, PLOTS OR LICENCES.

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A/N : Event takes place after Kuchiki Rukia was transferred to Senzaikyu before her execution. For further development of my first Bleach fanfiction, I *may use the Bleach's manga as the guide for my story development because I would love to see how the story will go if from the very first itself Rukia was not adpoted as Kuchiki Byakuya's sister but his fiancee . Please leave me a comment.

Thank for reading. Enjoy!

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Chapter 1: Last name

Laying on the icy cold floor with no one else but herself in a locked-room of Senzaikyu with a window directly facing the Sōkyoku, which will be used for her execution after 14 days. This place will be her final existence evidence before history could remember her as Kuchiki Rukia who a proud Shinigami that was assigned under 13th Division.

Heavily staring at the ceiling seem to be the only thing she could do. Being held as prisoner and to be executed were what she knew would happen to her after for offering to transfer half of her power to a human who could see Hollows like any Shinigami. Despite so, almost all of her power was absorbed by a high schooler, Kurosaki Ichigo. She held grudge toward herself for changing Ichigo's life and that he suffered greatly. It was simply because she treats Ichigo as someone important to her, someone she could called friend who was not someone like Abarai Renji who supposed to be her most trusted person she could depends on had left her under Kuchiki's clan care or someone she could see as Shiba Kaien who was formerly the 13th Division's lieutenant before his death. They shared a very special bond.

After a hard stared, she finally closes her eyes slowly. She recalled the most heart aching moment and such moment was not when she was first informed about her execution in the next 25 days but rather the words uttered heartlessly by the man she thought as her future husband, Kuchiki Byakuya. Byakuya who's the Captain of 6th Division and also the heir of the Kuchiki's clan. Kuchiki's clan was one of the four nobles in Soul Society. He holds great honor to his last name.

Despite so, Rukia has always doubted herself for accepting the marriage just because Byakuya came out of blue declaring that she was meant to marry him as decided under her family arrangement which was arranged by her blood sister, Hisana. Hisana was a total stranger to Rukia as she has never meets in her entire orphanage life or knowing to her that she actually has a family.

Rukia did not simply believed such foolish story just because he came all the way to Academy to gain her believe but not until a picture of Hisana was showed to her. Hisana represented so much like herself. Survivor of District 78 of Rukongai like herself could not believe she was born in a family but if this was the truth then she will has to keep the marriage going in order to protect her family's honor as all these while she has been dreaming about what her family look like if she has one and whatever it was, she clearly had no reason to doubt because Hisana was so much like her and the moment she saw her picture she could feels they were somehow connected in someway that she finds no words to describe such unique feeling.

"We will not meet until your execution", his words were eating her head especially the icy tone he used without even bothered to look at herself.

His last words were too much for her to handle. She pulled her back forward from pressing against the floor and grabbed on her white robe as she felt the pain on her chest. She could barely understand this man who supposed to make her feel important or being loved but he has not truly looked at her once since their engagement even though he could break the law to gain Kuchiki Ginrei's approval before they could share the same last name.

However, the past forty years of engagement means nothing but a huge question mark to Rukia. She had never really felt Byakuya treated her as a fiancée. She could clearly count the times they had spent together for the past four decades and all the time they spent together were definitely at the

meeting with his clan who had come out with idea to disapprove their engagement. To Rukia's observation, though he was an emotionless man with very few words was never enough to stand as a reason why she felt less important but rather he doesn't care about her at all. She was served with tasty foods, fancy yukata and all the privileges like other mansion's Lady do but she wasn't happy with her life.

She always has things run wild in her head. She could not understand her sister relationship with Byakuya? Why was she being trade for marriage? And what cracked her head hard was probably the purpose of Byakuya marrying such a low class like her when all the things he did was to keep her as fiancée only?

She tried to find answers for her questions but she couldn't because she realized despite in engagement for four decades, she knew nothing about her fiancé. She stood up and slowly walked to the window, glaring the place she will be executed and she somehow recalled how persisted Byakuya fought the clan to accept her existence into Kuchiki's clan to the point Byakuya was threaten to be removed as an heir but he stood by his decision.

She remembered she was shield behind his back when the discussion with the clan turned worse but he remained his calmness and grabbed her wrist and held her behind him. Just by standing behind his back, she felt safe. But at the same time, her chest felt hurt because she knew the man in front of him was never intended to make her his wife. She knew deep down that when the right time has come, he will make Rukia leave from his side.

She continues looking through the window and she finally decided,

"If there's the place I'll be executed from my wrongdoing, I shall not leave dirt to your clan's name."

Rukia then turned and walked to the main door, "Mr. Guard, I would like to request for a favor."

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But the opposite site of the door remained silent not until she continued,

"Mr. Guard do mark my following words carefully. I want to speak with the Kuchiki's clan heir. Or be more precise, the Captain of 6th Division, Kuchiki Byakuya. Tell him his fiancée requested."

The opposite replied immediately as he felt the pressure in the room,

"…Roger.."