Bring Me To Life I

"Mother I want to go outside and play with the other girls and boys."

A 5 year old Kuchiki Byakuya pulled into his mother's shinigami robes. Byakuya's hair was short and he lacked the kenseikan on his head.

"Mother…I want to go out and play! Go out and play!"

-SLAP-

Byakuya was sent flying across the room and landed on the floor. His mother rounded on him, her face red with rage.

"How many times do I have to tell you; you are not to go out to play with those Rukongai trash. You are of noble blood and noble blood should not be mixed with those pathetic souls who don't have a penny to spare," yelled his mother, slapping him again.

Byakuya hated his mother but she was his only living relative and without her; he might as well be dead. Byakuya's favourite pastime was to play with the children from Rukongai but his mother's continuous physical abuse led him to believe that they were the cause of his mother's rage. He started to hate the Rukongai children more and more. All he wanted was to have a good mother-son relationship but this wasn't possible as long as the children of Rukongai continuously beg him to go play with them outside. Being so bored in the house of Kuchiki, Byakuya always agreed but inside, he truly hated each and every one of them.

"Mother…" Sniff "There a new…" Sniff "Girl today in our…" Sniff "Group. I want to…" Sniff "Meet her." Sniff. Byakuya continued to cry in the corner. Byakuya always loved meeting new people even if they were living in Rukongai. Byakuya's mother kicked him across the room.

"Filthy souls! You want to play with filthy, penniless, disgusting souls that haven't been cleaned in a week? What has gotten into you?" Byakuya's mother picked him up by the ears but it only made him wail louder and louder. She slapped him again; he felt warm blood trickling down his face. Catching his face in the mirror on the other side of the room, he gasped. There were four cat-like scratches on his face.

"Go play! I want to go play!"

"No!" screamed his mother, flinging him across the room. It was a miracle that he didn't pass out from the abuse. Byakuya wailed louder and louder. The door of the house slid open and a loud stampede of footsteps meant only one thing; the children of Rukongai had arrived to see why Byakuya was taking so long. They stopped as they saw Byakuya, sprawled on the floor in a small puddle of blood.

"Is that Kuchiki Byakuya? The one you wanted me to meet?" asked a small girl. She had shoulder length hair that fanned out at the bottom and more hair was dangling across her face, swaying to the rhythm of the wind that entered through the opened door. Byakuya assumed she must be the new girl that he was supposed to meet.

"Filthy souls! Get out of my house! Never come back here again!" yelled his mother, gesturing them away. The new girl just stood there. Byakuya's mother, arms flinging around furiously, slapped her on the face and sent her flying and she landed next to Byakuya. She got up, knowing that she wasn't wanted here. The girl turned to Byakuya, eyes glittering with tears, and placed her hand on his head.

"It was nice knowing you…" she whispered and rushed out the door before his mother could do anything. Why didn't she help him? Why didn't she help him get up? Why didn't any of them help him? Aren't they his friends? Is this what friends do? Leave them alone while they get abused by their mother? There was only one answer; betrayal. His friends had betrayed him. They promised each other to be there when someone was getting hurt. He was hurt; why didn't they help him?

Byakuya made sure that from then on, he didn't see any of them. He hated them; he hated them for leaving him. He turned cold and ignored everyone. He barely spoke to anyone and as he grew older, he grew more dangerous. Everyone knew of the boy who changed so suddenly and now, when he was out walking through the streets, everyone knew to move out of his way. Cross his path and it might as well be the last thing you do. Kuchiki Byakuya was stubborn, independent, hated anyone who helped him and most important of all, he was strong with his zanpakutou; Senbonzakura Kageyoshi; the zanpakutou that can cut through almost anything.

Kuchiki Byakuya is as we know today; independent, silent and strong.


Author's Note

OK...That came totally from the top of my head. I think this fanfic's gonna be better than my HitsuHina one but I will still continue it. Please review. Oh by the way, for those who are slow, the girl who he was supposed to meet was Hisana, but I thought it was pretty obvious so I didn't include her name.