"Explanation"

Well this couldn't be any more awkward! The raven had just escorted a rather foul mouthed teen to his estate who was still currently giving him verbal lashing. He wasn't really paying attention to the male, occupying his time with sipping the tea that one of his servants had made for him. Of course he had made sure that the servant had given the other male proper human tea instead of the blood supplement tea he was currently drinking. Byakuya had never had problems with the supplement tea before, but for some reason it was not sitting well with him, making him nearly cringe as the bitter taste touched his tongue. With a soft sigh he set the tea cup down on the table he was kneeling in front of. He sighed again, having had enough of the orangette's actions.

"Quiet." His voice was stern and calm, instantly shutting the other male up. That was better. Though he did like the sound of the male's voice, when it was directed towards him in blatant disrespect he found the sound rather annoying.

The silence was short lived as the orangette once again started to verbally reprimand him. This time he listened slightly to what the male was yelling at him about. Byakuya could understand being yelled at for biting him. The male clearly didn't understand this world, even though his father had been a part of it. It seemed Isshin had neglected to inform his understudy about what he was and what was out there.

"I asked you a fucking question!" Byakuya snapped from his thoughts and brought his attention back to the other, still seething, male. His stance was clearly an aggressive one, but even so Byakuya felt no threat from him. Though the male might be a Hybrid, his vampiric blood was very dormant and not very strong. The boy would not stand a chance, not even against one of his unseated division members.

"The elder has decreed that you will be under my care until you can be determined no longer a threat." Byakuya finally answered and this didn't seem to sit well with the other.

"How the hell am I a threat? I wasn't the one who just suddenly went and bit someone, you fucking blood sucker."

Byakuya was up on his feet and standing in front of the other male in mere seconds. He stood about the same height as the younger male, maybe a few centimetres taller, but still he was taller. Byakuya wouldn't stand for anymore disrespect.

"Let me make myself clear. I won't repeat myself, disrespect me one more time and I will drain you completely." Byakuya's voice was dark and his steel grey eyes flashed red for a second. Once he realized the gravity of his words he internally cursed, because now the boy looked at him with sheer horror his face.

Did he just say what he thought he did? Yes he did, he just said he would drain him. He had just confirmed that he did indeed drink his blood. This guy defiantly was a psycho. Ichigo took a step back, only to bump against something warm. Nerves already tense he quickly reacted, twisting around to slam his fist into whoever was behind him. A loud smacking sound filled the room and his fist made contact with flesh. Though his intended target hadn't been damaged, but had simply caught his hand and gave him a sympathetic look. Ichigo stared at his father and before he could say or really do anything his father moved past him, dragging him farther into the door, before forcing him to sit down.

"Ichigo, I need you to listen to me. Don't say anything, just listen, I don't have a lot of time." Ichigo felt like telling his father off, forcing him to take him home or maybe even a mental institution, but he once again found his body obeying his father's commands.

"Ichigo, I haven't been completely truthful with you…your…I'm…Fuck, how the hell do I go about this."

For the first time he found his father at a loss for words. Whatever the old man wanted to tell him was setting Ichigo further on edge. Thankfully it seemed the raven had left.

"I'm not exactly…human." Ichigo felt his whole being still once again, his breath left him in a whoosh and his reeling mind came to a screeching halt. Then his mind went into over load, completely missing his father's explanation on why he had never told him and tried to keep him out of this world. Things that hadn't made sense before suddenly did. So many little things that had always confused Ichigo all pointed to one thing.

"Vampire…" At Ichigo's words Isshin stilled and kept quiet as he looked at his son, clearly worried about rejection.

"You're a Fucking Vampire!" This time he shouted it and pointed an accusing finger in his direction, as if using the word as an insult. As that realization dawned on him, his mind made more connections. If his father was a vampire did that mean he was as well? What about his mother? Was she one as well or was she human or maybe something else that might be out there.

"Yes Ichigo, I am a vampire and you are a Hybrid. Your mother was a simple human woman that I had fallen in love with." Isshin's voice was sad as he looked down and all Ichigo could do was stare at his fath…creature who pretended to be his father.

"I never wanted you to find out. I wanted to keep you from this bloody world and had for over twenty years, but now I'm being forced to keep you in this word when all I want to do is take you home and tell you this was all a bad dream." Tears suddenly started to fall from Isshin's eyes, these were not normal tears though, but crimson liquid representing blood.

"Leave." The word was merely a whisper from Ichigo's lips, but his father had heard them and now looked up at him with such sorrow the orangette felt like he was about to shatter. "Just leave Isshin" Ichigo filled his voice with as much hate as he could and even went to the extent of saying his father's name instead of referring to him as his father. It was silent for a while before his father stood and left, tears still streaming down his face. Once the old man was gone he sat in the spot he had been in, trying to comprehend everything.

Byakuya left when Isshin entered the room. The younger male needed to be told by his sire what was going on and frankly the raven needed to be away from the orangette. Walking through the halls of his estate he went over the night's happening, still trying to figure out why exactly he had taken the boys blood. Yes he had been deprived, but he hadn't needed much blood, not enough to make him suddenly attack someone. Thinking about the boy reminded him of the taste of the boy's blood, which earned a growl of frustration and groan of pleasure from him. He felt his fangs tingle and the urge to feed once again fall upon him. Clenching his fist along with his jaw he quickly moved through the estate to his garden, where he hoped he could relax and get the boy off his mind, since it seem unhealthy for him to be thinking about him now.

The night was going by uneventful, well that was until Nii-sama came home with a foul mouth human trailing behind him. It was strange to see Nii-sama bring home a human, not unless he had been order too, which was strange since most humans that came to the Kuchiki estate were either ghouls or fledglings. This one though she could tell by his scent was a human, even if it was a little off kilter. Maybe somewhere down his blood line he had a creature's blood in him? Rukia didn't know, but she wasn't going to bother her brother yet, he already didn't seem pleased with the current situation.

Rukai sighed softly as she raked a pale hand through her short raven hair. Her purple eyes examined the area once more and once she determined that she had practiced enough she sheathed her Zanpakuto and headed into the Estate. Once she entered she could feel the tension in the house. The servants were on edge and rightfully so. Nii-sama was upset, a very uncommon thing and it had her instantly concerned. What had happened to have him so tense? It must have had to do with the human he had brought. Taking a deep breath she picked up on the humans scent rather easily. Stalking through the halls she headed towards the human.

Once she came to the correct room she waited a few moments before entering the room. She silently closed the door behind her as she took in the human's appearance. He had such an odd shade of orange hair, like a blood orange almost. In the right lighting she could see soft natural red highlights. His tan skin clearly kissed by the sun. Even though he was sitting she could tell he was tall, much taller than her and maybe the same height as her brother, but what drew her attention the most where his eyes. They were a honey brown color, though they were clouded over with far away thoughts she was drawn to their color. Stepping farther into the room she came up a few feet away from him before sitting down on her knees.

"What are you doing here human?" She asked, successfully scaring the male, who jolted up and gave a small scream as he nearly jumped out of his skin, earning a soft giggle from her.

"W-who the hell are you?" Rukia raised a brow at the question. This human clearly didn't have manners.

"Rukia Kuchiki," she answered with a small smile on her face. They human was clearly distressed, so she decided to forgive him for his rudeness.

"Are you one as well?" She tilted her head at that. One of what? He seemed to understand her confusion and rubbing the back of his head.

"A…..vampire." She blinked at him a few times. Yes she was, but how did he not know? Was he a fresh human who had yet to become a ghoul?

"I am." She saw him physically tense and that confirmed her theory, he had just been informed about the world that existed beside the humans. It helped in understanding his stress better. She gave him a soft smile.

"Don't worry, I won't bite you, though I'm sure you are confused. I will gladly answer any question you might have to help calm your nerves." At first she though the boy was going to bolt, but when he stood his ground and seemed to be thinking of where to start she smiled a little more.

"I'm not really sure what to ask." he finally said.

"I'll start explaining then, if you have any questions on something I didn't cover just ask." When she got a nod of agreement she took a deep breath.

"Vampires have lived alongside humans since the beginning, we're a peaceful race that keep to themselves and do our duty as guardians. We protect you, the humans, from things that would normally kill you. Since humans are on the lowest part of the food change of sentient beings, it falls upon our race to protect you from those who would annihilate humans. Though we must feed off the blood of humans, this is done so that we can maintain a biological connection with humans. Without the connection we are unable to relate to humans or retain the shape of a human." She stopped to make sure he was getting everything. He was clearly confused, but she could tell he was quickly figuring things out and piecing things together.

"The Gotei 13 was developed over one thousand years ago to better organize the vampire race and the different clans. Each Division assigned with a different area around the world." She said and stopped once again as she waited to see if he had any questions yet.

"Why keep this from people? Why not let us humans know?" Rukai sighed at this, a question often asked.

"Human used to know about us, but soon the race became jealous and went off on a hunting spree nearing killing all other creatures. Only a few races are left, some lost for eternity. To protect humans and themselves all other races went into hiding, so we have been working behind the scenes to protect the humans from the races who would like nothing more than to take revenge on the humans."

"Why do the vampire's not take revenge?"

"Because we cannot kill humans, it's in our nature, our very blood to protect humans, no matter what they do to us, not unless we decided to become a Bloodling."

"I've heard the word before, what is a Bloodling?"

"Bloodlings are vampires who have given into their blood lust and lost their minds, many Bloodlings are unintelligent, but a few do evolve into something else if left alone for an extended period of time. These creatures are called Lunoni." Rukia watched as the male started to make sense of things and ever so slowly relaxed.

Ichigo pondered on the females words. At first he was ready to attack her when she entered, but he couldn't bring himself to hit a female, even if she too was a vampire. She seemed nice enough though, even went about explaining thing for him. He was still a nervous mess inside, but with this new information he could calm down his fear of the unknown. He sighed softly before standing up, no longer felling like he could sit still. He started to pace from one side of the room to the next, staring down at the wood floor as he paced. His mind was still trying to convince him that this was all a dream, but it couldn't be. A small part of his mind had already accepted this a long time ago. He had always known things were different. He could hear things better than most, see better, could run faster and every once in a while he craved uncooked meat… Ichigo ran a hand through his hair with a frustrated groan. Why couldn't his dad just tell him before, this would have been so much easier to accept when he was younger.

"The sun will be up soon. I must take my leave, you should get some sleep, it will help." Ichigo looked to the small raven haired girl and nodded his head. He was thankful that she had come in and talked to him. He wouldn't get much sleep, though he hadn't slept the night before, his mind was working in overdrive and refused to let his exhausted body sleep. Once the girl was gone he took a seat Indian style. He crossed his arms over his chest and closed his eyes and he tried to work through everything. This was defiantly going to take some time.

Byakuya had left the boy alone for the remainder of the night and when sleep overcame him his mind was still trying to figure things out. It seemed like a simple problem, but for some reason nothing seemed to make sense about the boy and his attraction to his blood. So when he woke the next night he was not surprised to find himself seeking the boy out with the intent to once again sink his fangs into him. This time he had caught himself in time, though he had to say, if he hadn't he would have already had the other in his arms and feeding off him. At that moment he was staring down at the orangette, who was sleeping on the floor of the room he had left him in the previous night, unaware of Byakuya's presence.

Byakuya clenched his fist in agitation. Why was this happening to him? He wasn't a mere fledgling that couldn't control his hunger for humans. For centuries he had kept his fangs from piercing into another's flesh. Yet this half breed was breaking his control. This wouldn't do. Turning on his heel he went to leave the room, only to meet Rukia at the door, ready to knock.

"Oh, Nii-sama, I didn't know you were awake already." She gave a small bow to him and he gave a nod of his head to acknowledge her.

The shifting of someone behind him told him the other male had woken up. Wishing he could have left beforehand Byakuya turned on his heel to face to boy once again. The boy seemed a bit dazed and confused as he looked between him and Rukia and slowly realization dawned on the boy. Unlike before, he didn't start yelling or cussing. He just had a troubled look on his face before slowly standing up. He twisted around and stretched out his undoubtedly sore muscles. Sleeping on the floor was never comfortable.

"I was hoping it was all a bad dream, but I guess not." He gave a sigh before raking a hand through his hair. Byakuya couldn't help but question the boy's sanity. Many who learned of the vampire world were not so accepting within one night. It took many nights and sometime years before humans became comfortable with their situation. This though would be for the better; it would mean he wouldn't have to worry about a mental break down on the boy's part.

"Oi, human, are you hungry?" Ichigo looked over at Rukia with a scowl.

"Ichigo."

"What?"

"My name is Ichigo, not human" he said as he scowl deepened when she laughed.

"You're named after a strawberry?" came a new voice that Ichigo remembered from the night before as the red head named Renji.

"Shut up!" Ichigo glared at the male as he came into view, standing behind Rukia.

"Renji? What are you doing here?" Rukia asked looking back at him. The red head gave a shrug before answering.

"I was sent by the Elder to make sure Berry didn't off himself." Rukia nodded and then turned her attention back to a fuming Ichigo. Ichigo glared at Renji as he smirked at him with a cocky smile. He could tell Rukia was trying not to laugh at him and Ichigo didn't even look at the raven because he knew as soon as he did his neck would tingle again.

"Well clearly he has not Renji. Ichigo, come on, I'll take you to the dining room. I'm sure you're hungry." Rukai said calmly and Ichigo sighed and he once again raked his hand through his hair. He swore by the end of the night he would probably be bald.

"Do you think I could maybe take a shower and possibly get some clean clothes first?" He asked tugging at his shirt that he had worn for two nights now. He also needed a shower because he felt somewhat sickly from the panic attack he had the night before. Rukia nodded her head and Ichigo went to follow her, making sure to stay as far away from the tall raven as he could.

Byakuya let out his breath slowly once Ichigo was no longer by him. The more he took in of the male scent the more his hunger clawed at him and it seemed Renji had noticed as well because he was now looking at him, concern clear in his dark brown eyes. Renji didn't need to ask though, silent understanding working between the two.

"After you left the meeting yesterday a few new interesting facts came to light and you might not be pleased to hear what the Elder has decreed to do with the half breed." Byakuya raised a brow at this.

"The new Bloodlings that have been appearing more often have a new ability that might interest you. It's a poison they have in their claws. This poison is completely harmless to us, unless of course we are pure blood." Byakuya stilled at this. There were very few pure bloods and him being one meant that if he was being affected by this poison he would have to cure it soon, strange he hadn't felt unwell as of late, beside's his… hunger.

"Your line of thought is correct, it's a poison that affects a pure bloods hunger. If a pure blood makes contact with this poison their hunger slowly starts to eat at them from the inside out. Kurotsuchi-Taicho nor Unohana-Taicho have not yet found a way to neutralize this poison. They only know that once the hunger has completely devoured the pure blood they will turn into something we haven't seen in many years." Byakuya knew exactly what he was talking about and this was very disturbing news.

"What does Kurosaki have to do with this?" Byakuya suddenly asked.

"Well, that's the thing, Kurotsuchi has a theory about a half breed's blood being able to cancel the poison out somehow." Renji stopped at that, letting Byakuya fill in the blanks. This didn't sit well with him. No matter what step he took he would be going against something. If he didn't hand Ichigo over to the scientist he would surely turn and if he did he felt as if he was betray some form of himself. Then again if the boy's blood had been the key to curing this poison he wouldn't have the hunger that he had now, since he had already feed from the boy. He would have to go to the twelfth division and talk with Kurotsuchi. For now he would have to get something to eat. His hunger was spiking to a point where it was painful, causing his fangs to extend on their own.

As Ichigo was led through the place he had come to know as the Kuchiki estate he was a bit surprised by the old fashion Japanese Shoen. He didn't think any were still left in Karakura Town, but every once in a while when they passed an open door he could see past the tall wall that surrounded the home, many others could be seen as well. When they made it to what he presumed was the bathroom he smiled at Rukia as she informed him a servant would be by soon with a change of clothes for him. He thanked her before entering the bathroom with a soft sigh. He was still trying to wrap his mind around everything and a few times he had caught himself thinking that Rukia was a normal human like him.

Shaking his head he pulled his mind off the subject that was slowly giving him a headache. Removing his shirt he went to the mirror by the sink and sighed. He looked like crap. His hair was a mess and looked like he hadn't cleaned it in days. He had a few random bruises that he wasn't sure where he got them from. Though he knew where the one on his wrist and hip had come from, the definite finger marks undeniably matching the tall raven's slender hand. The thing that had him the most worried was his neck. It wasn't red and irritated like he thought it was going to be, but the two puncture wounds were clear evidence that the previous night he had indeed been bitten.

Other than that Ichigo thought he looked okay, kind of. Removing the rest of his clothing he stepped into the shower and started the water. He didn't even tense as the cold water pelted his back, he just stood there under the spray of the water as it heated up, letting his tension run down the drain with the water. With his mind clearing he was able to sort through things a bit easier. It slowly brought things forward into his mind, letting it sink in as the water rushed down his body. So lost in his own mind he didn't even notice when one of the servants came in to take his clothes and leave him with something clean.

Feeling his stomach clench told him it was time to get out of the water and get something to eat. The fact that his appetite had returned was a good sign as well that he would be fine getting out of the shower. He already felt like a lot had been lifted from his mind now that he had time to think it through. Exiting the shower he grabbed one of the towels that had been set out for him. He dried off quickly and changed into the new clothing, even though it was a bit strange to wear, he couldn't complain about have clean clothes, even if it reminded him of the Gotei 13 black uniform. He wouldn't doubt it being one of the spare uniforms and for that reason he decided not to wear the black jacket, just wore the black hakamas. He didn't need to be mistaken for one of the Gotei 13, but wasn't going to run around naked. Exiting the bathroom he was surprised to see Rukia waiting for him. She gave him a strange look silently questioning his attire.

"Thank you for the clothing, but if I leave the estate I would rather not be mistaken as a Gotei 13 member." Ichigo said with a casual shrug and Rukia accepted the explanation before leading him towards where he could only guess to be the dining room.

"I should have had one of the servants get you some unscented soap, you smell strange now." The comment had Ichigo blinking in confusion. He smelt funny? Lifting his arm and taking a whiff he couldn't understand what she meant.

"You have a natural scent that is very appealing, but now the scent of water lilies is mixed with it and it seems very strange mixed with your natural scent." Ichigo still didn't quite understand, but pushed it aside as a vampire thing.

Byakuya had been in the dining hall for some time now and had yet to finish his glass of blood supplement. His hunger was rising, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not force his body to take the supplement. It would seem that he would have to visit the crazed scientist sooner than he would like. Renji kept quiet beside him, something he was thankful for, he didn't need someone annoying him in his current state. Though maybe he had spoken too soon, for now the scent of an all too intoxicating human flooded towards the room. Instantly his hunger hit him full force. He thought he had enough control to keep himself still. He forced his attention from the orangette to the glass he was currently clutching so tightly he thought he might just break it.

The sound of Rukia's laughter brought his attention back to the two newcomers to the room, and oh how he wished it hadn't. Now that Ichigo was in the room the full brunt of his scent hit Byakuya hard. Just the sight of him within his reach was enough for Byakuya to slowly lose his control.

"NII-SAMA!"

End Chapter.

Author's Note:

Hehe, I'm a horrible person I know. Anyways I would like to thank Castiel4life for becoming my Beta Reader ^^ and everyone who had fave'd and commented. I'm having a fun time writing this story and will hopefully in the next couple of days get the next chapter up. ^^ Anyways Fave and Comment, if you have a suggestion feel free to tell me and If I can fit it into the story line I'll use it.