My thoughts on Byakuya and Hisana to the song My Immortal by Evanescence. Hope you enjoy.
Byakuya Kuchiki was many things: a great warrior, head of the Kuchiki clan and to most a bit of a bastard. However to one person he had been something completely different – he had been hers.
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
He was sitting by the lake just beyond the walls of Seiretei, the place were they had first met, the place he had asked her to marry him, the place where she had died.
And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave
Coz your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
Tears glistened in his eyes as he watched the sakura petals slowly fall into the water. Anyone watching the Sixth Division Captain would have sworn it was a trick of the light. Byakuya Kuchiki was not known for showing his emotions, especially since her passing. His Hisana.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
He thought back to when they has first met, a night he knew changed his life for the better.
He had been walking to escape the Kuchiki Elders from they're meddling and constant questioning about when he was going to find a suitable noble bride. Shunpoing out of Seiretei, he had come across the lake with the sakura trees in full bloom. She had been sitting on the edge of the lake; his presence however had startled her causing her to fall into the lake.
There's just too much that time cannot erase
He had been quick to get to the lakeside to see if she was okay, not knowing why he should care – he just did. He held out a hand and took hold of hers, pulling her gently to get her out of the lake. Her black hair hanging limply in front of her face, her eyes sparkling with light.
She had been quick to notice that he was no ordinary shinigami, his Kenseikan and green scarf showed him to be more than that. She quickly turned to run, escaping the humiliation she felt at embarrassing herself in front of nobility. She had taken a few steps before her hand had been taken hold of. She turned to see the face of the man who had helped her from the lake, her face full of confusion
"You never told me your name." He said, as if it had been plainly obvious to why he had held her back
"Hisana, Sir." Her voice was soft and quiet, quivering slightly from being spoken to by a Noble from Seiretei, "What is yours if it is not so impertinent to ask."
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
Hisana could have sworn she saw a small smile grace the face of the normally stoic man but it was gone when she blinked.
"Byakuya." He answered, "Kuchiki Byakuya."
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
Many viewed the night he had asked Hisana to marry him in different lights. The Kuchiki Elders had seen it as a way of rebellion against the sacred traditions of the clan; others saw it as a way for Hisana to worm her way into getting a life she could never have. The people who knew them best however had seen it for what it really was. Byakuya Kuchiki loved her.
You used to captivate me by your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
The moon had been full in the sky that night, the sakura blossoms falling slowly around them, she had been his inspiration to Senbonzakura, the petals forever reminding him of her.
He brushed the hair out of her eyes, kissing her tenderly on the lips. They sat down by the lakes edge and he pulled her into his lap. Wrapping his arms around her, she leant into his warmth, her head resting on his shoulder.
"I love you, Hisana." He whispered into her ear, "I loved you from the first moment I saw you, right here by the lake two years ago today."
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me
She turned to face him, looking deep into his eyes; it was as if she could see right inside his soul, his eyes showing all of his emotions the only one he showed them to.
"I want you to be with me always, to be by my side for eternity. Will you marry me Hisana?"
Her heart seemed to stop at those words, a gasp escaping her mouth. He pulled a box out of his pocket, opening it to reveal a ring with six pink jewels making the shape of a flower in sakura petals.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
"I'm yours now and forever, Byakuya." She whispered, smiling
That was the first time Hisana knew she saw him smile.
There's just too much that time cannot erase
The day she died, Byakuya stopped showing emotion. He became cold, not showing compassion to anyone because it felt like he was betraying her memory.
Hisana had spent many of the days of her married life searching for her sister, not allowing Byakuya to help her in her search. She did not want him to have to shoulder her burden also. Her search had caused her to catch a disease, her search ultimately led to her death
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
They were taking a walk together outside the gates of Seiretei, Byakuya had been promoted to Captain of the Sixth Division not long before and had yet to show her his Bankai, she had insisted the go by the lake so he could.
At first he had refused because of her deteriorating health, she had become weak with exhaustion and he did not want her to go to far. He had eventually allowed it, so long as it was only to the lake where they were in view of the gates.
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
A wave of exhaustion had overcome her when they reached the lake; Byakuya put her to rest under the sakura trees, her head in his lap.
"Do you think it hurts to die?" She whispered
Byakuya looked down at his wife, startled at her question.
"You are not going to die, Hisana." Byakuya said, stroking her hair.
"I can feel it Byakuya." She told him, "Promise me that when I die that you will look for my sister. Find her and make her your sister. Just do not tell her about me, I do not deserve her to know who I am."
Coughs racked through her body, blood filling her mouth from her lungs. Byakuya wiped the side of her mouth, staining his robes but he did not care for that. He was more concerned with his ailing wife and her death wish.
I tried so hard to tell myself that your gone,
But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along
"Promise me Byakuya." She said with as much force as her body would let her.
He took her hand and held it in his own.
"I promise." He whispered into her hair.
She passed away in his arms, sakura blossoms falling onto her pale skin.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
Tears fell down the normally serious face of Byakuya Kuchiki, twenty years had passed and it was still as if it had been as if she had died only the day before.
His life had seemed empty without Hisana, she had been the only woman he had loved and could ever love.
He had carried out her dying wish and found her sister in the Shinigami Academy. He had adopted her into the Kuchiki family, never telling her of her sister. Never daring to become close to her as a brother because she resembled a woman too close to his heart.
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me, me, me, me
Fin.
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