The Power Within
A/N/ Disclaimer: I am here to report that I do not own the brilliant invention that is Bleach. But I do own this story line.
I awake in my bed to find that it was still dark. All I could hear was the faint chirping of crickets. Then a shadow eliminated the doorway. I guessed it to be Byakuya but I wasn't sure. The shadow was moving away from my door. I slipped my robe on over m nightgown, and quietly opened the door. The scene that lay before my eyes broke my heart.
It was Renji, my best friend and secret crush, with three of the guards lying dead at his feet. And in his hands, was a maid in the process of being strangled. I did the first thing that came to mind, I ran out and shoved him, which in turn sent us into the opposite wall. The irony in this was that when we hit the wall, I became pinned between the wall and Renji.
I forced myself out by great determination to see if the maid was okay. But my triumph of escaping was deflated by Renji grabbing my ankle, pulling me down, and towards him. He stood up, bringing me with him, and proceeded to putting his hand somewhat loosely around my throat.
He then pulled out Zamibaru his Zampatou. With out thinking, I let out a scream, which told the world of what was running trough my mind. Oh my God, I'm going to die right here, right now.
"Renji, why are you doing this? Stop, Please you're hurting me!" I begged with a little more calmness in my voice, but nothing happened.
That's when it happened. Setzuna my maid screamed a phrase at me that held no sentimental value to me. That is to say it didn't yet. "Lady Rukia, use your powers, your powers! I'm sorry I cannot be of assistance to you anymore. Please fulfill your destiny." She was about to continue until she abruptly blacked out from lack of oxygen.
Where's Byakuya? Does he wish me to die in such a manner? No, he can't. I tried to call out but I found that me voice had froze itself in my throat. Then it dawned on me. It was early morning; Byakuya was on one his walks. That's why he's not helping me.
I have no other choice. I must battle or hurt Renji to live. 'I'm sorry.' I thought before I took my foot, sung it back, and brought it as hard as I could right into his groin. In an act of pain, he dropped Zamibaru and me.
As I fell, I grabbed Zamibaru. If I could disarm him, I had a better chance. I ran across the courtyard, to a hole in the wall. But as I came closer to it, the pond came into sight. An idea just struck me. I stopped at the side of the pond, and began to remove my robe.
I threw them down, so that if he follows me I would have more time to get away. I also threw down Zamibaru to he wouldn't be defenseless if Byakuya came back.
I ran to the hole in the wall, and began to crawl out. But as my luck would have it, the end of my nightgown got snagged on a sharp corner and ripped. I pulled the rip off so that I would not trip on it in my escape. I think though I might have ripped it a little too short. It now went down to just above my knee, whereas it used to go down to my ankles.
Once I was down and straightened out, I turned around to find three more of my guards. One of them grabbed me, and pinned my arms behind my back. While the others tried to kill me. I wanted to scream but didn't knowing that no one could hear me making it a fruitless attempt at salvation.
But by the pure grace of God, I somehow managed to escape their grasps. I ran. I ran as fast as I could with tears in my eyes. I ran around the corner, and low and behold smacked right into Byakuya.
"I'm sorry brother. Please forgive me-"I never finished that sentence, because he started to walk in the direction that he had come from. But at that moment the guards caught up with me. All I could do was fall to the ground in fear, and hoped Byakuya would come back to help me.
Everything was frozen in me. My voice, my body, and my fear. I no longer felt the effects of the once overwhelming fear. I closed my eyes, for I did not want to remember my last moments here watching my brother and protector walk away from me, instead of helping me.
But all of a sudden I felt a burst of wind. I cracked my eyes open, to see that Byakuya was standing in front of me in a defensive position. Then out of nowhere there was a bright flash of light, and then no one was moving. I looked around for the source of this magic of sorts. Then a somewhat see through girl appeared in front of me.
She and I were the only ones moving. She must have been the one to stop time. She was staring at me. "Who might you be? And how did you do that?" I questioned. "My name is Hisana, and I am your older sister. I was married to Byakuya when I was alive. But when I died, he took you in. I have been reincarnated, but no one else knows, and I attend to keep it that way for now."
I nodded quickly. The last thing I need is for a dead sister holding a deadly wrath over me. "I'm also here to train you." She said smiling. "Training for what?!" I shouted somewhat franticly.
"For you're destiny." She said her smile evaporating into a loving look. Suddenly my head started to pound intensely. I grabbed my head and screamed out in pain. "I'm sorry but I must go now." She said and then just disappeared, returning time to its normal rhythm.
Then there was a strong hand on my shoulder. I looked up through the pain at Byakuya. "What's wrong, Rukia?" His voice was filled with alarmed. That is all I could remember, for the next thing I see was the world falling and going black.
I later woke up in my bed. A minute later I remembered all the events that occurred no more than 20 minutes ago. Like how Renji and the guards trying to kill me. How they were not themselves. And that my destiny was finally unraveling. I lay back down on the bed to let it all sink in.