His eyes widened at the sensation of ice cold steel against the skin of his throat. He was shocked. It was almost a sin for a noble woman to be so fierce. She was fast aswell which made her almost deadly in a sense. He looked down into her eyes and the memory of when he first saw the woman came flooding back. She really was just a mere girl. But so beautiful words could not describe her. He remembered how he blushed as she gracefully stood before him looking down at her small feet. He looked at her and remembered the day Rukia caught him staring at her after Hisana had passed and the embarrasing comment she had made about his hair that landed them in such a fiery arguement they had their Zanpakutous drawn and where ready to finish each other off.
No matter how he looked at it. He admired Ember. Princess Haruka Ember Cho. The legendary Butterfly of the Dying flames. She cleared her throat sarcastically bringing him back from his thoughts as his eyes searched for her Zanpakutou. She grinned smugly. "Yes Zeref is still on my side. She has been a very Loyal Zanpakutou." She kept the dagger to his throat. He looked at her and raised his eye brow pulling her closer that the dagger pressed against his skin smirking when he felt her panic. A large hand gently wrapped around her wrist holding it dead still in its place as he bent over her.
When she looked up again from her struggle to get her wrist free she noticed that Byakuya's face was right by hers. His dark eyes boring into the depths of her soul. "What are you doing here in Gotei Princess Haruka-dono." "Don't call me that Byakuya." She hissed. "You didn't answer me." She glared at the man. "If you must know I have run away from the palace. I couldn't stand been there anymore it was like a jail where I felt I was serving a life sentence." She said in a low voice. "And you were going to ask Rukia to stay with her but you do realise she lives in my home." His voice was sickeningly smooth. She jerked her head back and stared at him speechless. "I'm sure Rukia will be exstatic to have you stay by her. I won't deny her the female company." "I doubt you can be classified as much company." She retorted sharply at the man. Biting her tongue as she realised the words that had just left her lips. She sighed and looked up at him as he removed the dagger from her hand and let her go. Been so near to her was bothering him. It awakened a need in him that he wanted to supress as best he could. The need for companionship. He walked to his desk motioning for her to be seated at a small desk to the left of his.
Hesitantly she sat at the small desk and was handed a papers and a scroll. "If you are to stay in my residence you might aswell help here in Gotei so you don't get bored and wonder off. Especially if you don't want to be found by your fathers elite guard." She silently nodded and took the scroll from the man and started writing it out for him. When he left to attened to business he had in Gotei a tall, tattooed red haired man entered the office and stood in shock staring at her. "Your the Princess!" He exclaimed. She drew Zeref and pointed her trusty Zanpakutou at him. "Breath a word of my presence in Gotei to anyone and it shall be your last breath you take." She hissed at the man whose face dropped and paled. "Yes your highness." "Please refrain from calling me that. As long as I'm in the presence of Kuchiki Byakuya I am to be called Ember. Get it. Got it. Good." He looked at the tiny woman and was amazed at how feirce she was. As fierce as all the legends and tales had described her. And her Zanpakutou. That on its own was amazing as the legends had explained. He bowed down and left the office to go find Rukia...