Once my brother finally let go of me, we began to walk across the bridge again. But this didn't last long; Captain Ukitake had stopped in front of us.
"I can't let you take her from the cell, Byakuya..." Said Ukitake, giving my brother a serious look. "I'm going to have to bring her back and lock her up."
"You will not." Byakuya glared at the man, gripping my left wrist almost too tightly. "You won't come anywhere near Rukia, do you hear me?!" He snapped.
Ukitake blinked, a bit of confusion in his eyes, as he stared at my brother. "Byakuya," He started. "What happened to you? I know we all can't stand to lose Rukia, but since when would you actually break the law to save her?!"
"Since now." Byakuya still sounded angry. "And if you get in my way, I'll have to take you down."
"And I'll have to stop you before you can do so!" Ukitake glared slightly, grabbing his zanpakuto.
"If you can." Byakuya said.
I watched as my brother held his sword in front of him, and heard him mumble, "Scatter, Senbonzakura!"
His blade separated into a thousand tiny pieces, which looked like glowing cherry blossom petals. I watched as he moved the hilt around in his hand, making the pieces swirl around Captain Ukitake, shredding his skin. It was literally raining blood around him; a sight I couldn't stand to see. But, before I knew it, Ukitake was on the ground, and I was being dragged past him by my wrist.
I looked back at Ukitake, my eyes wide with shock and fear, and almost screamed. "B-Brother, what the hell do you think you're doing?!!!"
"Saving you're life." He said. "It would be nice if I could get a 'thank you' when this is over." He had to be kidding. Or, I hoped he was!
"You could have just killed one of the other captains; MY captain; and you want me to THANK you for it?!! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND, BROTHER?! Because it seems a lot of insanity would be needed to pull this off, even without caring about what you're doing and what could happen to us both in the future!"
I couldn't believe I just said that to him! I sounded so heartless! Here he was, saving my life at all costs, and I just called him insane. Nice, Rukia, really nice.
I slapped my forehead just before he looked back to glare at me. And when I saw his angry eyes, it felt like his Senbonzakura itself had just shredded up my heart. Man, I was such an idiot!
"I-I didn't mean-" I mumbled sadly, sounding nervous, as well. "B-Brother, I take that back-"
"It's too late." He turned his back to me and let go of my wrist. "What has been said, has been said; what you hear, you cannot 'unhear'...and what you said to me, I won't forget." He began to walk away, just leaving me there, in the center of the bridge to my cell. Where I could easily be locked up again.
And when he was about ten feet away, I couldn't bear it anymore. So I closed my eyes, took in a deep breath, and screamed at the top of my lungs, "BROTHER, I'M SORRY!!!!!"
But then I realized the whole Seireitei had probably heard me, and gulped. Though, Byakuya looked back at me...and I frowned. "Brother..." I felt tears build up in my eyes. "I didn't mean to say that; I'm really sorry! Please, forgive me?"
He said nothing, but walked towards me. I wondered if he was still mad, but I was brought away from my thoughts when he gently picked me up in his arms and flash-stepped away; I guess he wanted to get out of there quickly, in case I really had been heard screaming; we didn't want to get caught and both be locked up, after all.
But...where was he taking me?
