I'm back to update! I've been thinking very hard on how to continue the story as i wrote the previous chapter in a rush. Did not plan for the future chapters. So, i finally thought that i should just write with what i have first and ideas will eventually come. ( i hope )
A few of you asked about when does this story occur.
This story occured AFTER Ichigo lost his shinigami powers. And Rukia have to return to Soul Society. This i her journey to become stronger, to get her rank as lietenant.
I hope this cleared up some confusion?
I apologise if this chapter is draggy or have many grammatical errors. I don't really know how to express what i thought of in a interesting manner and i always have errors in my english. So please correct me. D;
-Flashback/Thoughts
-Present
Enjoy!
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Chapter 2 ; Show me
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"What! He agreed?" Renji looked at her unbelievably.
"Yeah." Rukia grinned widely, showing her white teeth. Of course she is proud of herself. She manage to persuade Soul Society's most grumpy and cold captain to train her! And that is already a huge accomplishment for her.
"Wow. I did not expect Hitsugaya-taichou to agree." Renji is still surprised.
"Well, you were the one who suggested it! So suck it up and accept the fact!" Rukia pouted and punch his arm lightly.
Yeah. He was the one who suggested it. But it was just a casual suggestion and he did not expect Rukia to go with it. And having Hitsugaya-taichou, whom she barely speak to, to agree to train her is really shocking to Renji.
Sigh.
"Why the sigh?" Renji asked, then bit a dango off the stick. "Whoa this is good stuff!"
Sigh.
"Stop it with the sigh, what's wrong?" He stared at her, annoyed, and swallowed the dango.
"I don't know how to get stronger." Rukia put her head on the table.
"Train."
"You don't say!" She rolled her eyes at him. Of course you have to train to get stronger. "It's just that, no matter how much i train, i don't feel myself getting stronger! It's like i'm still the same Kuchiki Rukia. And the ranking exam is coming soon! What if i don't get a seat? Nii-san will be so disappointed in me!" Rukia gripped her hair in frustration.
Rukia is determined to get a seat in her squad this time. Because Kuchiki Byakuya, finally allowed her to get a rank. He did everything to prevent her from promoting in the past to protect her, but now, she can finally prove to everyone that she's not some princess of a wealthy family! Her Nii-san also have lots of hopes for her, thus making her even more determined to promote.
"Argh! I trained every single day, from morning till night. And this is what i get?! What should i do!" She let out a cry of frustration and continued messing her hair up.
"Hey Rukia, instead of training yourself, why not ask someone stronger and ability is similar to yours to help you?" Renji suggested, biting off another dango.
Wait. What? Rukia looked at him, as if he said something dumb.
He swallowed the dango, then continued, " Someone like Hitsugaya-taichou? Since he uses a ice zanpakutou like yours?"
Fuck.
Why didn't she thought of that.
Rukia stood up immediately, face filled with hope again. She walked over to Renji and hugged him.
" Oh my god, Renji you're a genius!" She then released him and ran out of the shop. " I'll ask him now! Oh, and pay for the dango!" And then she's gone.
Renji just stared at the entrance, not know what just happened.
"The fuck just happened? "
"Hehe, I'm going to train even harder now!"
Renji smiled at her, happy to see her energetic again.
"So, when will the training start?"
"Eh?" What?
"Like, when will it begin?"
Shit. Rukia did not think of that. She was too happy and forgot to arrange the timings! Now how will she start her training?
"I uh, didn't ask?" She scratched her head shyly.
" Are you serious."
"...Yes." Renji face palmed, giving up. " I'm sorry, i'll go ask now!"
"Go, go." Renji sighed as she shunpo-ed away.
Rukia entered the 10th through its garden. She walked slowly towards the office while thinking on how is she going to ask him again. She then hear a ruffled noise and looked towards it. To her surprise, it was the person she wanted to find. Rukia immediately hide behind a tree, heart accelerating. How embarrasing! Why am i acting so sneakily? She took a small peep and noticed the white-hair captain sleeping peacefully. His body is facing sideway towards her so she can observe how gorgeous he is. The wind blew softly, making his white hair brush softly against his cheeks. His eyebrows are not furrowed as usual, making his face look peaceful. His mouth is slightly parted. He looked... so cute .
Rukia unknowingly walk towards him, kneeled down and look at him closer. She smiled softly at the peaceful sight and brushed his hair away from his face, showing more of his skin.
"I didn't expect you to be a pervert, Kuchiki."
Rukia jumped back from him and realised the eyes that were closed was now opened. Teal eyes staring at her suspiciously.
Rukia immediately blushed, whole of her face red.
"N-no! I'm not doing anything to you! It's just..."
He continued to stare at her, looking real serious.
"It's just..." Rukia looked away, unable to answer. She can't possibly tell him that she's attracted to his beauty and wanted to see more of his gorgeous face right?!
Toushiro then chuckled.
"It's alright."
Rukia then gazed at him, as if he grew another head. Did he just laugh? That made Rukia's blush intensified. She then shake her head , wanting to remove the thoughts of him sleeping.
"Er.. what were you doing lying down here taichou?" She asked, wanting to change the topic.
Toushiro glanced at her for a moment, then looked up to the night sky.
" Just some star gazing. Wanted to relax and enjoy the view but fell asleep after awhile. I guess I was too tired."
He continued to stare at the starry night sky. Rukia nodded, then looked up as well. The sky was indeed beautiful, this is definitely a good spot to relax.
"So Kuchiki, why are you here again?" He asked suddenly, still gazing towards the sky.
Rukia stiffened. How could she forget her main intention of coming here?! She cast a nervous glance towards the captain.
"Er... I forgot to arrange with you our training timings... So i wanted to confirm with you..." She said shyly.
Toushiro stared at her for a moment. Then he slowly looked down, towards the zanpakutou tied to her hip.
"Hey Kuchiki, do you have a moment?" He asked, still looking at the sword.
"Y-yes?" She looked at him curiously.
Toushiro then grabbed the hilt of her sword and unseathe it. Revealing her unrelease zanpakutou.
"Wha- Taichou? "
Toushiro stared at his palm that held the sword. Small shards of ice started to form on his palm, around the hilt of the sword, creating a crackling sound.
"She's the same. Similar to him."
"Huh?"
"Hyorinmaru. He's similar to her. Sode no... Shirayuki was it?"
"Y-yes."
" Show me. Show me what both of you can do. Here."
Toushiro returned her the sword and eyed her, waiting for her.
"Okay.." Rukia took Sode no Shirayuki and stood up.
She walked to the middle of the field and took in a deep breath. Rukia's violet eyes became serious as she got into position.
"Mae, Sode no Shirayuki"
And Toushiro's world became a pure white fantasy, filled with snow. His eyes widened as Rukia showed off the prettiest zanpakutou in Soul Society. Instead of showing her skills, it's more like she's dancing in the middle of the field. She looked so graceful. Rukia definitely deserve the most beautiful zanpakutou.
And when her 'performance' ended,
he released the breath he held.
TBC
