A/N: Meh...don't own Bleach.

Chapter 2: Cheer up, My Sister's Hot!

Ekaterina walked to her classroom, which just so happened to be the same class as Uryu Ishida. She walked in and sat beside him, like she was wont to do. The only thing that was different about today, were the slight alterations in her appearance (she had put in ALL her rings today: her tongue ring, her lip ring, her nose ring, all 12 of her earrings, the small bar she used in her eyebrow…hell, she'd even put in her belly ring) and the fact that she was staring straight at Uryu.

"Good morning Rina-san." he said quietly, still staring at the book in his hands. Rina looked at it and saw it was the same book he'd been reading since they started school three weeks ago. It wasn't even that thick. She sighed and snatched the small book from his hands. She saw the shocked look on his face.

"Uryu…I need a favor and you're going to help me." she stated simply and put the book on his desk. She turned his chair so that he was looking straight at her. He was about to argue, but for some reason he kept his mouth shut. "My parents want me to take my younger sister to the party with me tonight, only thing is, I need someone to be her 'escort'. I don't mind being on my own, since I'll most likely be drunk ten minutes into the party. But I don't want Jelena on her own, since there are going to be guys there that are older than her. I want youto be her escort." she saw the hesitation in his eyes.

"Look Ishida…I know you still have the hots for Inoue…but I REALLY need you to do this. You are the ONLY guy there I trust to take care of my baby sister. Who knows…you might even like her." Rina winked at him and he blushed.

"Hai…I will do this favor for you. But ONLY because you trust me so much." Uryu looked stoically away. Rina smiled and put her hand in his hair and ruffled it. He looked at her with SD eyes (SD eyes --).

"Thanks Uryu. I'll let Jelena know that she's got a nice young man going to escort her tonight." Uryu sighed and looked back at his desk. Rina decided to toy with him. "Oh, and Uryu…" he looked at her and gulped at the sheepish look on her face. "I forgot to tell you that she looks a lot older than she really is…so you might have to protect her physically." Uryu was wondering if he had made a mistake.

"You wanna see a picture of her? She's not that much younger than me…she helps mom take care of the triplets. They're only six." Rina dug through her messenger bag until she found what she was looking for. She pulled out a worn, black (go figure) leather-bound journal and opened it. Uryu shifted his glasses and stared at the yellowed pages of the ancient looking journal. His eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw Rina's 'little' sister.

"Gorgeous, isn't she? She takes after mom with her looks. I'm more like dad, dark hair, piercing silver-blue eyes…but Jelena…she's mom's child all the way." Uryu looked up and saw Rina looking down at the picture as well, affection on her face and in her voice. Uryu looked back at the picture and had to stifle a groan.

The picture had obviously been taken on a family vacation, because the sun was high overhead and there were palm trees in the background. Ekaterina was on a beach holding a little blonde boy and standing with a slightly shorter girl, who had a little blonde boy in her arms, and a tall blonde woman who also had a little blonde boy in her arms. They were all smiling. Sitting at the feet of the woman, obviously the mother, was a dark haired man with cold eyes, even though he was smiling.

What took him by surprise was the fact that Jelena looked older than Ekaterina at that moment. Maybe it was the close proximity to the mother? He didn't care. He stared at the beautiful blonde girl in the tiny bikini. Her golden hair was pulled out of her face with what appeared to be chopsticks. Her warm, amber eyes shone with kindness. And she had a killer body, but he'd nevertell Rina that…she'd kill him.

"She's very lovely Rina-san. You have every right to be proud of her." He managed to get out. Rina smiled and snapped the journal shut, stuffing it in her bag.

"I know…best part is she's smart for being a blonde. Most girls I know that are that pretty are bitches…or airheads. But not my Jelena…nope…she's actually in college right now. She's a genius…" Rina looked at the ceiling. She knew that she had that capability…it was through her mother's genes that she had these unique abilities. But Rina was way too jaded to use them for advancing herself here. She would wait until her true calling arrived…THEN she would put all her energy into that one thing.

"Not to sound rude Rina-san…but why are you in high school if she is younger and in college? Is she smarter than you?" Uryu blushed when Rina looked back over at him with an arched brow. Her face became emotionless then.

"Yeah…you could say that. Intellectually, we are the same. But Jelena learned from my mistakes. So she has the street smarts I didn't at her age. She also has me to protect her." Uryu noticed her dour mood and was about to ask her what was wrong when she suddenly brightened. She clapped him on the back and smiled at him.

"So remember that if you decide to get frisky with my baby sister, Uryu. She can't lie to me and there is no where you can run that I can't find you." Uryu sweat dropped and looked at her. He shook his head and looked to the clock just as the bell rang. He smiled as he realized that, even though he'd lost his first love, perhaps there was a second chance for him.