Chapter1: Knight of Snow
A hundred and twenty five years previously
Aizen entered there room. She should have been there waiting for him. She was always there waiting for him, it was something as reliable as the sun coming up in the morning.
"I may not see like the others Sōsuke-san, but I'm not blind to the difference between justice and injustice". Said the tall dark skinned man in the corner as he appeared from the shadows.
"Tell me everything." Aizen said simply.
Present day
It was official; hell had officially broken loose in Karakura Town. Hollows were n the streets in mass, most of the Gotei thirteen seated Shinigami were fighting in the street and Ichigo, her precious comrade and friend, was at this moment going toe to toe with Gin in the shattered ruin that use to be the school.
Rukia bit her lip in worry. She wanted to be there with him, fighting by his side, but Ichigo had asked an important favor off her. He wanted her to find Yuzu and Karin and then get them well and truly out of the battle zone and to safety. Rukia had off course then promised on her life she would do this.
So she was doing it. Searching for two familiar and small sets of Reiatsu in a town full of powerful and sometimes overwhelming Reiatsu. While it was hardly an easy task it was a doable one, Rukia simply needed time and patience to locate them.
However as she was searching for the twins she was sudden almost overwhelmed by a burst of Reiatsu as Kenpachi was throw across her path. She stopped suddenly as the force hit her, a stop the probably saved her life as a huge and powerful built Arrancar stormed towards the barbaric captain. After muttering a silent prayer to thank her good fortune of timing Rukia took a rapid detour and continued her search.
The next scene she came across in the madness that got her attention was a group of low ranking Shinigami being menaced by an Arrancar who judging from her huge black butterfly wings and stinger had used her Resurrección. She made her choice of action in seconds.
"Dance Sode no Shirayuki" She spoke as she came up behind the Arrancar. "First Dance, White Moon".
The Arrancar didn't even have chance before it was frozen in the ice of Rukia's Zanpakutō. The other Shinigami did however.
"Thanks!" One shouted as Rukia continued on her way in her search for the girls.
It was a few minutes latter that Rukia finally got a lock on the girls Reiatsu…. And it was clear the Karin was fighting! Rukia darted rapidly enough to the source to hear the back end of a conversation as she leapt over a building.
"..And you think your little ball attack was going to harm me little girl?" Spoke the female and barely clothed Arrancar to a defiant Karin, who clearly just kicked a football at her, and utterly terrified Yuzu who was hiding behind.
The Arrancar was wearing a dark green outfit that looked more suited to the beach than the middle of town; her hair was a mass of vines that went down her back and had six long thick vinesthat ended with small red flowers that had spikes deceivingly hidden within. In her hand she of course held a Zanpakutō.
Rukia saw all this as she landed in front of her and importantly between her and the twins.
"Byakurai" Rukia shouted as she pointed her finger and blasted the Arrancar with blue lightning. While clearly not a fatal attack, it had clearly pissed her off.
"Who the fucking hell are you Shinigami bitch!" She screamed in fury at Rukia. Rukia smirked backed.
"Kuchiki Rukia, unseated Shinigami of Squad Thirteen." Rukia said calmly. "And you really should be carefully of your language when around children."
She glared at Rukia.
"Not even seated and you think you can beat me?" the Arrancar said with a chuckle. "Your so dead bitch!"
With that she swung her sword towards Rukia with all her might and with both hands, an attack clearly designed to get Rukia's full attention. However Rukia was no fool.
Rukia charged towards her, but instead of raising her sword to block hers, she instead dodged to the left, cutting a pair of vines off while shooting an Sōkatsui at the bitch's side.
"How you…!" She yelled as the force of the blue energy sent her tumbling to the floor
"Figure out that you meant to stab me with those vines while I blocked your blow?" Rukia said with satisfied smirk. "Because to distract your opponent must be they only reason why you dress so cheep and sluty."
The Arrancar growled as she jumped back up onto her feet.
"You pay for insulting my sexy look Shinigami bitch!" she screamed as she shot one of her vines right toward a petrified Yuzu. Rukia reacted instantly without engaging her brain first and positioned herself right in the way of the attack.
It struck her in the chest with a piecing strike that must have missed her heart by mere inches and hurt like a bitch.
"Kuchiki-san!" Screamed the twins behind her in panic and terror. The Arrancar smirked.
"You kind hearts are so stupid, so predictably sacrificing your own safety to protect weaklings because your 'morality'". She spoke in a victorious tone as Rukia briefly dropped to one knee.
"Dance Sode no Shirayuki" Rukia spoke defiantly. "Next Dance, White Ripple" The Arrancar's smirk dropped as the circle of ice appeared around Rukia, before she was consumed in icy death.
The frozen vine fell to piece and out of Rukia chest as the Arrancar died. Rukia rapidly used some healing Kidō on her wound, but while the damage healed up, a subtle but growing pain now filled her body.
"Kuchiki-san?" Came Yuzu concerned voice from Rukia left. She hadn't notice the young girls approach. "Are you going to be ok?"
"Ha!" Rukia said in a tone that was stronger than she felt with her back to the twins. "This is nothing, but less about me its because you two I'm here."
She then turned to face the twins; both looked worried and a bit scared, even if Karin was trying to hide it.
"Now let's get you two out of this war zone and to safety." Rukia spoke briskly as picked up one twin under each arm, much too there protest, but Rukia didn't have time to explain things or any pleasantries, because Rukia had enough sense to know that that subtle pain was likely a poison, and she wanted to keep her promise to Ichigo by getting his two little sisters to somewhere safe before it incapacitated and killed her.
It was a good twenty minutes latter that Rukia felt it was finally safe enough to put the twins down. By now the subtle pain was a roaring one and it was an act of will not to cry out.
"Kuchiki-san…." Again it was Yuzu's voice and again it was full of concerned. "Are you sure your ok, you don't look so good."
What Rukia said in reply wasn't planned, but was a desire not to leave things unsaid that should be said.
"Yuzu and Karin." Rukia spoke as she bent her back slightly. "Your brother is a good man…. even if he wraps himself up with darkness…. never forget it's his will is to protect the innocent…. that motivates him"
Yuzu's eyes were now filling with fear and Karin's with worry Rukia couldn't blame her, considering how labored speaking was becoming for Rukia.
"He made me feel happy…. he made me feel capable." Rukia continued as her legs finally failed her and she fell back. "To protect those who he holds most precious…. Is a good way to end."
"Rukia!" Screamed Karin and Yuzu. Rukia's last thoughts were of a man with spiky orange hair and another with hair as spiky but black as her world faded to white