Temptation
Night fell like a dark vale of desire over the Soul Society.
Byakuya lay in his room tossing and turning. Feverishly. Lustfully…The night was warm and moist. Within the Kuchiki manner all was silent…Not a leaf stirred. Only the master of the house was awake. Letting his hair shine in the pale moonlight. His body covered only with the sheet from his bed. His heart was on fire tonight! His brain was in confusion…He felt as if he was burning from the inside…His room felt like hell…His bed was full of thorns...His body glistening with sweat.
Yes…The same nightmare over and over again…What could it mean? Byakuya had come to believe that it was some sort of omen. Maybe she would return to tempt him with her presence. Only she could stir his icy, cold heart. She with her green eyes and raven black hair. She with her soft creamy skin! Her alluring voice and curved figure…But no! That was impossible! She couldn't return? She had been dead for…
Byakuya didn't want to remember. It was too painful…Perhaps just as painful as his memories with Hisana…Even more. The story dated back to his years as a teen ager…He didn't want to remember…He already had a lot on his mind. He had just condemned his sister to death! His promise to Hisana was already broken…Had he chosen his parents over Her?
Byakuya arose from his bed adjusting his white men's robe on his naked body. No sleep would come to him. That had already been established. Once he saw that dream his restful night ended. He would find himself waking abruptly in the dark wanting…Her! By his side. It hurt him even more…His thoughts day by day were on Her instead on his beloved wife. It was painful to admit. He still wanted her. Even though she had gone so many years before he had met and married Hisana.
Byakuya slid open the shoji screen that lead to the gardens. He walked outside in the moonlight and sat down gazing at the glistening pond with the closed lily-pads on its surface.
"Everything is tranquil" Murmured Byakuya resting his head on his arm. "Everything but me…"
He sat there for a long time musing over the past happiness of his teen age years. Truly, he never found out how she had died. It was always a mystery how she disappeared leaving only that letter behind for him…
Byakuya…
By the time you read this I will be long gone. Don't think about searching for me. This is no game. I have to say goodbye. But I just can't bring myself to do it face to face with you…Forgive me…I want you to move on.
Yours forever…I shall never stop loving you.
Nia
Byakuya slammed his fist on the ground.
"Nia…Why? What do you want from me? You haunt my dreams as if you seek revenge from me? Why?"
Byakuya hung his head letting his hair shield him from the painful moonlight. After half an hour he returned to his room.
The soft smell of aromatic incense dwelled in it. The same smell Nia's hair had. A soothing , hypnotic smell.
Byakuya closed his eyes and sat down on his bed. He inhaled the aromatic air. His mind was journeying far into distant past. He wanted to remember everything that had happened between him and Oonishi Nia… The pain would be eased that way…