Book One: Young Blood

Chapter I: When it Begins

A/N: So, hello to everyone, if anyone, is reading this lovely story. As you can probably tell(though I really hope you can't tell) I've never written a story for Bleach before. I actually haven't even caught up with the current episode of Bleach yet, but I am working on it! So this story, as you can tell when you read, is about OCs of mine. Three actually, but this first book is mostly based around 'Kanako' the oldest OC I have created. As you read on, you will learn more about her, and I hope you will love her as much as I do, because I've been working very hard to create a good OC. This story's time frame will be taking place a few years after Rukia's been adopted into the Kuchiki clan, Byakuya is captain of six, and Renji is in under Kenpatchi in division 11. I hope you all enjoy this and I will continue to develop into Kanako's story more! Thank you all for reading, and don't forget to review! xoxo

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"We're only young and naïve still,

We require certain skills,

The mood it changes like the wind,

Hard to control when it begins."

Ping, slash, ping, slash.

Kanako let out a bored sigh as she rolled over onto her back, glancing over towards Mori Hatakasan, Divison Six's third seat training with one of the unseated officers of the division. He had taken over for her, well, he had done all of it for her. Kanako always found training the younger shinigami tedious; all she really wanted to do was bathe in the sun.

Kanako already had far much to do for the Division anyways, considering her captain loved pilling up paperwork on her desk, though she typically just took the stack and plopped it down on Mori's desk, and he got it all done rather quickly.

Kanako winced when heard the startled cry of the unseated officer, and she rolled onto her stomach again, watching as Mori pointed his Zanpakto at the young man, blood trickling down the new recruit's cheek.

"Dead," Mori stated simply, before sheathing his Zanpakto, "You need more practice, go train with the others." He said waving his hand towards the group of Shinigami that were fighting to find out who the strongest was, hoping to get a chance to battle against Kanako, but of course, she would just push them towards Mori.

"You're too harsh on them Mori-Chan," Kanako yawned, waving her hand as she rolled onto her back, stretching her arms out over her head, "They're just the babies of our little family after all."

Mori gave her a deadpan stare, "They need a firm-hand if they are ever going to be ready to defend the Seireitei my lady." Mori sat down beside her, placing his Zanpakto to his side, watching as the woman continued to roll around in the grass, trying to get comfortable, "Perhaps if their lieutenant stopped treating them as children they would be stronger."

Kanako shrugged, "Perhaps their lieutenant is a lover not a fighter."

Mori gave her another one of those looks, and Kanako just grinned up at him, before letting out another loud yawn.

"Have you seen Byakuya around?" She asked, fanning herself with her hand as she sat up.

"Not since this morning my lady," He said, Kanako nodding slowly, "He had a Captain's meeting I believe."

Kanako lets out a squeal, "Ah good, then he won't be back for a few hours!" She said as she jumped to her feet, straightening out her scarf, Mori standing up now too, and towered over her.

"Lady Kuchiki, Captain Kuchiki wanted you to complete the training session today, you must take the recruits to meditate."

Kanako pouted, Mori reaching over to pull a few pieces of grass from her hair, "Can't you do it for me Mori-Chan? Pretty please?" She begged, Mori giving her one of those looks as he dropped his hand, all the grass gone.

"Of course Lieutenant."

Kanako smiled as she reached forward, tightening Hatakasan's obi, "Thank you, I'm going to go pay a visit to Kura-Chan, I'll be back shortly." She said, Mori bowing in respect of the noble, his superior, before Kanako flash stepped away.

Life as a noble was always some Kanako distasted, well, parts of it. She loved being pampered, she loved being doted on, and she loved being rich. But she never enjoyed the Clan ways, and she especially hated the stupid parties she had to attend regularly. She much preferred joining Rangiku and the others for a round of sake. But of course, her life was written out long ago, and she had no choice in anything, she could only charm her way into the other nobles' hearts, and be obedient. But at times she did enjoy stirring up trouble for her twin brother Byakuya.

"LADY KANAKO," Kanako winced at the shrill voice of her over excited friend, and she turned slowly, watching as Kimie Suzuki bounded after her, throwing her arms around the noble.

"Hello Kimie-Chan," Kanako greeted warmly, hugging the girl back before the two pulled away, Kimie smiling.

"How are you Kana-San? Have you gone to go meet your brother after the captain meeting is over?" She asked, the two girls walking now, and Kanako shook her head.

"I'm going to pay a visit to our little Kura-Chan, god knows what Kenpatchi has her doing now." Kimie nods quickly, the other girl had always been a tad afraid of the Captain from Division 11.

"Maybe he's only having her do paperwork; my Captain's sent me to speak with Sakura about a few of the injuries she caused to the new recruits." Kimie said sadly, and Kanako scoffed laughing just a bit.

"Paperwork that has to be written in blood from the shinigami your Captain's been tending to." Kanako laughed loudly.

Kimie shook her head at Kanako's bad joke, but couldn't help but laugh with her.

When Kanako had first met Kimie, the girl was very quiet and very reserved. She belonged to Division Four, and had recently acquired a spot as fourth seat, hoping to make her way up to third. Kimie had warmed up to Kanako and Sakura Kano very quickly, and now the girl was nothing but a hyperactive mess. She looked up to Kanako, and admired the way she was, how caring, how graceful, how beautiful, to Kimie everything about Kanako was perfect. While Sakura on the other hand, was more prone to point out Kanako's laziness, flaws, and all around bad traits… but she did it out of love.

The two girls managed to reach Division 11 with little distraction, though a few men had tried to stop to talk to Kanako, something the girls were used to.

Ikkaku spoke to Kanako briefly at the gate, sharing a few words before he reluctantly let the girls in, and Kanako walked down the halls with pride, while Kimie stayed close to her side, trying to be as invisible as possible as they passed some of the most vicious fighters in the Seireitei.

"HEY! IDIOT! DON'T-STUPID RECRUIT YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN IN HALLS!" Kanako heard Sakura's voice, and she grinned quickly turning the corner when a large body collided with hers, sending her flying backwards, the body falling on top of her.

"Oh my god, Kana-San! Renji Abarai! You could have killed her!"

Kimie's shouted as she watched as the large tattooed man, who she had attended academy with, lifted himself off of Kanako, the noble underneath him letting out a groan, stars in her eyes as she rubbed at her head.

"I am so sorry," Renji spoke up, moving so he kneeled in front of the woman, bowing to her as Kanako rubbed at her eyes now, her vision coming into focus, "I was in a hurry, I should have listened to Sa-,"

"DAMN RIGHT YOU SHOULD HAVE," Kanako winced at the loud voice, placing her hand against her head again, looking up at the small girl that stood in front of her and her attacker, hands on her hips, "Damn it Renji, you know who you just tackled to the ground? Lady Kanako Kuchiki, you'll be lucky if she doesn't have your head." Sakura was teasing, that much was obvious to everyone, and Kanako rolled her eyes.

"It was just an accident." She said, waving it off dismissively, noticing the blood on her fingertips now and pursed her lips.

Renji seemed taken aback for a moment as he looked back at the woman he had run into. Kanako Kuchiki. That was the woman who came to the academy with Byakuya to adopt Rukia into their clan. When he had first saw her briefly in the halls of the academy he had thought she was rather breathtaking, but he resented her just a bit, for stealing Rukia away. "Im sorry," Renji said again as he took the woman's hand without her permission, and pulled her to her feet, Kanako again telling him that it was alright. "I can clean up your wound for you Lady Kuchiki," He said, and Kanako smiled some.

"Please, just call me Kanako." She said with a polite nod, "And could you? I'd be very grateful." She said, and Renji blushed, why the hell was he blushing?

"Of course," Renji turned to Sakura, the much shorter girl still glaring up at him, and he bowed, "I'll go tend to the Lieutenant's wounds and send her to you after."

Sakura narrowed her eyes, looking over to Kanako, "You sure you want to be alone with this creep?"

"C-CREEP?" Renji's outburst was a bit much, and Kanako found herself giggling, shaking her head.

"It's fine, I'm sure that Renji is just as capable as you are in fixing up a cut on the head Kura-Chan." Kanako said, smiling as Sakura rolled her eyes, and let out a big sigh.

"Alright, come on then Kimie, let's get this 'lecture' over with." Sakura grumbled as she headed off towards her room, Kimie glancing at Kanako before running after the small older girl, and Kanako smiled, shaking her head as she looked at the ground, feeling the younger shinigami's gaze on her.

"I've seen you before," Kanako states now as she looks back up at him, the man looking a bit surprised before he cleared his throat, nodding.

"I-I was a friend of Rukia's." He says quietly, before heading back down the hall, Kanako following in toe, trying not to think about the pounding in her head as she let her eyes skim across the tattoos on his face.

"You didn't have tattoos back then," She says, Renji nodding once as he listened to Kanako laugh a little, "Are you in love with my adoptive sister?" She asks suddenly, and Renji gasps, turning to face her, his cheeks red, which made her laugh all the more, "You are aren't you? You love little Rukia-Chan, that's so sweet!" Kanako laughed more now, Renji glaring before his eyes widened when Kanako swayed a bit, and grabbed onto his robes to keep herself from falling, Renji's arms wrapping protectively around her as she groaned.

"Lieutenant," He sighed, helping her stand back on her feet, "We need to get your head looked at, come on."

Kanako nods weakly, and leans into Renji's side as he leads them through the halls until they were in a small room, a chair was in the corner, that he instructed she sit on before he began rummaging through a few shelves.

Kanako let out a small sigh, "You were under Aizen for a while weren't you?" Kanako asks, Renji nodding once, wondering a bit to himself why she was so curious about him, "I believe I saw you there as well, Captain Aizen is a good friend of mine." Kanako yawns, leaning her head against the wall, Renji coming over to her, a few things in his hands.

"I was transferred to Division eleven because Captain Aizen felt I was better suited for it," Renji said, as he took Kanako's chin in his hand, and tilted her head to the side, concentrating really hard on the cut on her head so not to meet her eyes, and Kanako smiled.

"Ah, so you're a fighter." She said, wincing a little when he started to wipe the blood away from the wound, "I'm more of a lover honestly." She says shrugging, and Renji smiles a little.

"So I've heard," He said quietly, and Kanako quirked an eyebrow smiling more.

"You've heard things of me?" She asks excitedly, she had always loved hearing other people's opinions on her.

"Yes," He says as he set the bloodied rag down, and brushed her bangs out of the way some more, making sure the cut wouldn't need stitches, "According to sixth seat Sakura you're very lazy and lecherous." He said, and Kanako pouts, wincing again when he touched the sore spot on her head.

"Of course Sakura has bad things to say about me," She sighs, and Renji laughs a little, pulling back now as he rested his hands on his knees.

"Have you known her long?" He questioned, and Kanako nods, smiling.

"I found Sakura when she was much much younger," She said, adjusting herself in front of him, and ran her fingers through her hair. "She was just as feisty then as she is now, and I brought her into the Seireitei, and convinced Byakuya to bring her into our division."

Renji looked surprised, "You're telling me that the head captain allowed you to bring a child into your division with no training as a soul reaper?" He asked, and Kanako nods, looking pleased with herself.

"Sakura was very powerful, and Byakuya and I trained her ourselves," She says with a shrug, "And now she's sixth seat of Division 11, so I believe we did pretty good."

Renji nods, he had trained with Kano-Sama plenty of times, and every time the younger girl had beat him, she was amazingly skilled in Kedo, much to his demise, and she was almost impossible to beat in hand to hand or sword play. She had been trained by the Kuchiki clan, and it explained a lot honestly.

"Is Rukia trained by you two as well?" Renji asked now curiously, looking back over at Kanako as she nods.

"Sometimes, but really Byakuya prefers I leave her to her own devices, and let Captain Ukitake train her." Kanako let out a sigh, and stood up, stretching her arms over her head as Renji quickly stood up, "I'd like to thank you for taking care of my injury Renji-san." Kanako said and bowed, Renji blushing a little as he nods.

"It's no problem Lady Kuchiki." He said, and Kanako rolled her eyes as she stood back up, smiling at him.

"Please, call me Kana."

Renji returns her smile, and scratches the back of his neck nervously, "Okay then, Kana."

The two stood there for a moment, Kanako smiling at Renji, the younger man nervous and blushing from her closeness. He was so distracted by the fact a beautiful noble stood inches from him that when the door to the supply room slammed open, he let out a yelp and jumped, Kanako making a face as she looked at the large man standing in the doorway, a pink haired girl on his shoulder.

"What the hell is going on in here?!"

-:-

Sakura was sitting on her bedroll, her arms crossed over her chest as she listened to Kimie read from the very long letter Unohana had written to address the damages to the shinigami recruits Sakura had been training, stating that apparently she was far too harsh with them, and should have been more careful when wielding Ryuikki.

As Kimie went to finish the letter, the door to Sakura's room opened up, and Kimie quickly backed into the corner as Kenpatchi, the captain of division 11 walked in, the lieutenant on his shoulder, followed by Toshiro Hitsugaya captain of division 10, and Kanako and Renji, the last two looking very confused.

"Your captain found us in the supply room," Kanako said simply, looking over at Kenpatchi, and Sakura noticed that Renji was very red in the face, "and assumed things."

Sakura glared at Kanako, "You better not have done something to get me in trouble with Kenpatchi Kanako!" Sakura shouted, and the older girl shook her head, holding her hands up innocently as Kenpatchi looked down at his short subordinate.

"Sakura," He said, his harsh voice catching her attention and Sakura turned, bowing in front of her captain.

"Yes Captain Zaraki,"

"You're being transferred to Division 10 as third seat under Hitsugaya," He said with a bored tone, and Yachiru jumped off his shoulder, her big eyes welling up with tears.

"Don't go Kura-Chan! I'll miss you!" She cried wrapping her arms around Sakura's waist, and Sakura looked at Kenpatchi, still in shock.

"T-transferred?! Why?"

Kenpatchi gave a shrug, "You're better suited to be under Hitsugaya." He said, and Sakura glared.

"Hitsugaya? That little guy?! No way in hell am I better suited to be his subordinate!" Sakura shouted, and Kanako raised an eyebrow, looking over at Toshiro, who had formed a twitch, the captain's eyes closed tightly as he balled his hands up into fists, "He's just a kid!"

"Sakura," Kanako spoke up, placing her hand on her head when Toshiro went off.

"You're shorter than I am!" He shouted at her, and Sakura turned her attention to the captain.

"Yeah but I'm a girl, I'm allowed to be a short, you're a captain and you look more like a little kid!"

"I'm not a little kid, I am a captain."

"A midget Captain."

"A m-midget? You're a midget! You're shorter than I am!"

"I'm a GIRL."

"Sakura," Kanako tried again, and the girl finally looked at her, Toshiro mumbling things under his breath, "You'll be third seat," She says smiling at the girl, "It's what you've been working for, now come on, don't be a little brat."

Sakura glared, "I'm not being a brat!"

"You are too."

"I AM NOT!"

"Sakura Kano," Toshiro had that tone of voice that Kanako knew well, and she looked over at the captain as he glared over at Sakura, the girl glaring back, "These orders come straight from Head Captain Yamamoto, it's decided."

Sakura closes her eyes, knowing that there was no point in arguing, and really nothing she could say anymore, "Renji Abarai, you've been promoted to sixth seat." Sakura's head fell even lower at the other news Kenpatchi had given, before the man plucked Yachiru up by the back of her collar, the girl crying still about Sakura as they left.

"I apologize Captain Hitsugaya," Sakura said as she bowed in front of her new captain, the man nodding.

"I've brought some men to help you move your things to Division 10," He said quietly, "Once you're settled in I'd like you to report to my office for a briefing." He said and Sakura stood back up, nodding at the man.

"Yes Captain," She said, and Toshiro stared at the fiery haired woman for a minute, before leaving the room, and three other men took his place, Sakura instructing them quickly to take the furniture there carefully.

"Well, this calls for a celebration." Kanako said happily clapping her hands together, "We should all go to the bar and dri-,"

"Kanako," Kanako froze as she heard Byakuya's voice, and she turned, seeing her twin standing in the corner, "You're needed someplace else, so your celebrations will have to wait." He said, and Sakura looked at the man with a raised eyebrow, Renji glaring at him.

"Yes brother," She says sadly, glancing over at Renji, and gave him a small smile, "Congratulations again Renji." She said, patting his shoulder before disappearing out of the room with her brother, and Sakura sighed.

"Don't even think about it Abarai," She said as Kimie finally moved away from her corner, nodding in agreement.

"It would be a very poor decision to pursue her." She says, and Renji blushes.

"I don't know what you're talking about," He said crossing his arms over his chest, and Sakura rolled her eyes.

"You were practically undressing the lieutenant with your eyes," Sakura said and Kimie giggled.

"It's really not that surprising; Kanako has that effect on people." She says blushing and Renji sighs, slumping down against the wall.

"She's untouchable," He murmurs and Sakura nods, looking over at the man who now had her position in squad 11.

"Very."

"She's actually betrothed." Kimie said now, and Renji's eyes widened, he hadn't even known that, and it made him frown. "She's not happy about it though." Kimie said now, nodding, "Poor Lady Kuchiki, it was arranged for her when she was just a child, she doesn't even lo-,"

"Suzuki you are speaking far too much." Sakura said quickly, glaring at the girl as she covers her mouth, nodding quickly.

Renji stood up, "I'm going to go now." He said, bowing towards the women, "Congratulations on your transfer Kano-Sama." He mutters before leaving them on their own. He didn't know why he couldn't get Kanako Kuchiki out of his head, all head had done was run into her, and clean her wound. They didn't share anything special, he didn't even know her… but the thought of her marrying someone she didn't even love bothered him so much.

-:-

Kanako sat beside her brother, her uniform traded in for a white kimono with rose trimmings, her unruly hair pulled up into a tight bun. She sipped her tea politely, glancing at her brother from the corner of her eye as the Kuchiki twins listened to Akira Saito, go on about the arranged marriage between his eldest son, Takahiro, and Kanako.

Kanako's father had arranged the marriage as soon as Kanako was born, as a peace treaty, a way to tie the two clans together. Kanako had known Takahiro all her life, the two were good friends, but still, the thought of marrying the man upset her, but she knew she had no choice in the matter, no matter how much she begged Byakuya to change her fate.

"Kanako," Kanako looked up from staring down into her cup of tea, and smiled at the older man, "You look so beautiful my darling," He said, and Kanako faked a blush, fluttering her lashes as she looked back down, "my Takahiro is such a lucky man, aren't you son." Akira elbowed his son in the ribs, and Takahiro jumped, quickly trying to catch hold of his tea, some of it spilling out of the sides.

"Y-yes father, I'm very lucky." He said, the blonde man's cheeks blushing red as he started over at Kanako, the young woman smiling at him sweetly.

"You're to kind Takahiro-Kun," She says bowing her head to him, "I'm very lucky to be your fiancé." She says as she raised her head, glancing over at Byakuya, who gave her a nod of approval, "Would you like to take a walk with me through the gardens Takahiro?" She asked smiling again, and Takahiro look to his father, who grinned.

"Of course he would," The large man laughed, slapping a hand on Takahiro's shoulder, "Come on then boy, go with your woman, I need to speak with Byakuya privately anyways."

Takahiro stood up quickly, the clumsy blonde trying to get to Kanako to help her up, by she had already started for the gardens, and he followed in her toe, Kanako letting out a sad sigh as she stared out into the night, feeling Takahiro at her side.

"How are you tonight Lady Kanako?" He asked as they walked beside each other, wrapping his arm around Kanako's, placing a trembling hand over hers, and she smiled over at him, making him blush even more.

"I'm well, thanking you for asking Hiro-Kun." She says, and leaned her head against his shoulder, letting him lead them over to the Koi fish pond. "You're heart's beating so fast Takahiro," She teased him as she raised her head, looking up at his brown eyes, smiling, "Why do I make you so nervous?"

Takahiro started to stutter, giving her a goofy smile as he scratched at the back of hair, his blonde fringe falling into his eyes, Kanako pulling away from him to sit on the little stone wall around the pond, "W-Well, you're very beautiful."

Kanako laughed a little shaking her head, "I make you nervous because I am beautiful?" She asks, and he nods, sitting down beside her, smiling, "Well that's very sweet of you Takahiro." She says, placing her hand on his knee, giving her one of her smiles, and she watched as he melted from her touch, and gingerly placed his hand over top of hers.

"What happened to your head Kanako?" He asked, reaching forward bravely, and brushed a few loose strands of hair from the cut that was now bruising, and she frowned, suddenly being reminded of Renji.

"I was training new recruits," She says, taking his hand from her face with her other hand, and laced their fingers together, trying her best to push the young shinigami from her mind, "Just the usual ordeal at the Seireitei."

Takahiro nods, "When you become my wife you won't have to be part of the Gotei 13 any longer," He said smiling, and Kanako gave him a fake smile in return. That's not what she wanted at all. She enjoyed being a Shinigami, she enjoyed helping people.

"Whatever you want my love," She says, casting her eyes down as she pursed her lips, "Hiro," She says, standing up, him quickly getting up with her, "My friends are celebrating their promotions tonight," She says, wrapping her arms around his neck, seeing him blush and look away when she pressed her chest flat against his, "I promised I would go, but… I don't want to leave unless you permit me." She trailed her fingers down the back of his neck, feeling him shiver.

"O-Of course you can go Kanako," He said, smiling when she smiled.

"Oh thank you Takahiro, thank you." She pressed her lips to his quickly, and pulled back, holding onto his fingers, "If Byakuya asks where I've gone to tell him it's lieutenant business." She says smiling as she dropped his hand, "I will see you soon."

She used Shunpo to get away quicker, her heart pounding as she tried to control her emotions, walking through the busy streets. She pulled her hair from it's tight bun, her curls falling out over her shoulders, and swaying all the way to her bottom, the wind blowing them around messily. She didn't know how long she was going to be able to keep up her front without Takahiro noticing the things he was saying was upsetting her.

She let out a small sigh, and stopped in the street, running her hand through her hair, scratching at the back of her head as she looked around, before spotting a familiar chest through a window, and smiled happily. Rangiku. Kanako quickly headed into the small bar and noodle shop, hearing people shout her name in joy, the patrons of the bar knowing her very well.

"Kannnnaaakoooo~," Rangiku's voice rung out as she spotted her friend, the busty woman's cheeks reddened from her drinking, and she wrapped her arms around Kanako's neck, practically burying the woman's face in her bosom.

"It's good to see you Rangiku," Kanako said happily as she pulled back, smiling up at the woman as she pointed behind her.

"We're here celebrating little Kura-Chan's transfer to my division! She's going to be by subordinate now you know!" She said happily, handing Kanako her glass of sake, and Kanako laughed as she nods, walking over with the drunk woman, her eyebrows raising just a bit at the sight of Renji sitting there, Shuhei beside him alongside Kimie and Sakura.

"Lady Kuchiki!" Kimie said happily, and Kanako giving her look making her laugh, "I mean Kanako; I didn't think you'd make it!" She said, and Kano gave her a shrug, running her hands down her kimono, smoothing it out.

"I convinced Takahiro to let me leave." She says with a small shrug, noticing the strange look on Renji's face at the mention of her fiancé.

"Ah, of course, the clumsy idiot." Sakura muttered, taking a drink of the tea, the girl refusing to drink with the rest of them.

"He loves me, what can I say." Kanako laughed as she sat down beside Renji, Rangiku sitting beside her, and went back to laughing with Kimie about whatever they were discussing before.

"It's nice to see you again Renji," Kanako said, watching as Renji poured her a glass of sake, and smiled at her just a bit, interrupted by Sakura before he had to chance to say a thing.

"Hitsugaya already despises me," She said, Kanako turning to look at her, "The pile of paperwork on my desk is going to take me months to complete."

Kanako laughed, "Well, you insulted him before he even had a chance to speak with you properly Kura-Chan, it was your own fault."

Sakura sighed, rolling her eyes as Rangiku began to spout out how Toshiro was just warming up to her, and that he didn't hate her, and Kanako found herself laughing, enjoying being with all her friends rather than her brother and soon to be family.

"What's Takahiro Saito like?" Renji's voice was in her ear, and Kanako turned, looking at Renji as he took a gulp from his glass, and Kanako shrugged.

"Boring," She says honestly, giving him a smile, "Boring, cowardly, and completely infatuated with me." She elaborates, and Renji nods.

"Doesn't sound like much of a husband," Renji says, and Kanako smiles.

"Most childhood friends aren't," She says seeing how it seemed to get to Renji, and she smiled even more shaking her head as she downed her entire glass of sake, before taking the bottle in her hand.

"To Renji and Sakura," She said holding the bottle, up, the others raising their glasses with her, "May they continue you move up in life, and hopefully grow, Sakura." She said, pointing over to her short friend, who glared at her before they all downed their drinks, Kanako feeling the rush of alcohol, and the warmth it caused to spread through her body.

-:-

Kanako had lost track of how many bottles of sake she had finished off, but she felt amazing and she was laughing loudly with Renji, the two walking down the empty streets. Sakura had left with Rangiku, having to drag the older shinigami through the streets to their division; Shuhei had left with Kimie, deciding to walk the girl home, Kanako knowing all too well the feelings he had for her, that Kimie was oblivious to, and that left Renji to make sure Kanako returned to Division six safely. Throughout the night the two had warmed up to each other even more, and had shared a few tibits about one of another, like Renji finding out that Kanako not only knew how to balance a spoon on her nose, that she could say her alphabet backwards, and had a strange obsession with fat cats. The noble wasn't anything like the ones he had met before, she was very kind, very out there, and didn't place herself higher than others.

He found himself staring at her quite a bit throughout out the night, especially when she smiled. He was mesmerized by her smile, how it managed to reach her eyes, lightening up her entire face, her dark grey eyes sparkling with each laugh. She really was beautiful, just like everyone had said.

"Renji," Kanako giggled his name, and he smiled turning down to look at her, "You're gazing at me." She says, and he blushed, the smile never leaving his face as he tried to laugh it off, helping her through the gate of division six.

"I wasn't," He said, helping her up the stairs of the building, the two walking down the halls, Renji letting her instruct him on where her room was.

"You were," She says, leaning her head against his shoulder, "You were gazing at me like I was the night sky." She teased, and Renji rolled his eyes.

"It's not my fault," He said, Kanako stopping suddenly to turn to him, smiling up at him.

"Why isn't it your fault?" She laughs, resting her hands against his chest, Renji sighing as he leaned back against the wall, his large hands trapping her small ones against his chest.

"Because," He started, much braver because of all the alcohol in his system, maybe even stupider, "Because you look beautiful." He said and Kanako felt herself blush, an actual real blush, and not one of those fake ones she gave for Takahiro and his father's benefit.

"You're to kind," She says, smiling a little as she tore her eyes from him, feeling herself become extremely nervous for some reason.

"You're not like how I expected you to be," Renji muttered, taking her chin in his hand, making her look back up at him.

"How did you expect me to be?" She asks curiously, her hands moving up his chest, and to his shoulders.

Renji stared down at her for a moment, trying to gather his thoughts, "Honestly… I thought you would be exactly like Byakuya," He says, seeing her wince at the statement, "But you're not." He quickly adds, smiling, "You're so beautiful." His voice was barely a whisper, it was low and raspy, and Kanako felt her entire body shudder when his head tilted down.

"We shouldn't," She muttered, but found herself standing on her toes, her arms wrapping around his neck.

"No we shouldn't," He grumbles out just before his lips met hers, and his arms wrapped tightly around her small waist, lifting her up off the ground some as she gripped his ponytail, and pulled the band from it, his hair falling down for her to finally run her fingers through like she had been thinking about doing all night.

Kanako felt the moan escape her mouth when Renji pulled her closer, his body pressed hard against hers as he turned them so she was against the wall, their backs arched to keep themselves close to each other as he moved his hands to her face, nipping at her bottom lip with his teeth, making her tug at his hair. "Renji," She muttered his name her eyes closing as he trailed his lips along her jawline, and down to her neck, making her moan out his name again as he sucked at the spot where her neck met her collarbone, his long fingers pulling at her kimono, revealing more of her milky white skin to him.

Renji stopped his movements when the two heard someone clear their throat, and Kanako's eyes widened as she turned her head, Renji stepping back from her as she stared at her third seat, the man standing there with his hand folded behind his back, "Welcome back Lieutenant." He said, bowing his head to her as Kanako straightened out her kimono, blushing more than she had ever in her life.

"Mori-Chan," She mutters straightening out her hair, looking over at Renji as he looked everywhere but at her.

"Captain Kuchiki requested that I made sure you got back from your outing safely," He said giving Renji a side-eye glance, "I prepared you a bath… and Captain Kuchiki wants you to bathe then go straight to bed."

Kanako grumbled, "He's treating me like a child." She says angrily and Mori gave her a little smile.

"You're acting like a child," He says and Kanako glares a bit, before looking at Renji.

"I had a nice night." She says, taking a step back from him, her heart pounding, "Than you Renji." She says, watching as he quickly bowed before her, before vanishing.

"Are you ready Kanako?" Mori asked, coming to stand beside her as she nods slowly, and turns to her subordinate, her friend.

"Mori," She bit her lip, turning her head from him, "Please… Please do not tell Byakuya of what you just witnessed." She says quietly, closing her eyes, "He would be very upset with me…"

Mori nods, "Of course Lieutenant," He said holding his hand out for her, "Let's get you to your room." He said, and Kanako smiled at him before taking his hand, and let him guide her back to her room, where she quickly undressed once he had left, and got into her bath.

Kanako couldn't stop her heart from pounding wildly in her chest, and she couldn't shake off the feel of Renji's hands and mouth on her. She hadn't felt like that ever, not once, and especially not with Takahiro, her fiancé. She swallowed as she sunk down in her tub, the hot water relaxing her just a bit. She knew that she was doing something very bad, but… the thought of Renji excited her, it made her blush, it made her happy… and she was sure as of now, that no matter what, she wasn't going to give up that feeling easily.