Hallows

Byakuya sighed passing through the gate into the soul society. It was one of the rare times he'd been called to kill a hallow and while he'd admit that the hallow might have been a bit much for a newly graduated Soul Reaper anyone with some experience would have been fine.

"Byakushi's back!" Yachiru shouted the moment he stepped through the doors.

"Good afternoon Yachiru" He'd given up trying to call her by anything besides her name after she stole all the brushes in his office.

"So how was the fight? Did you have fun?"

"It was undeserving of my time" He answered simply.

"That easy huh?" She laughed bouncing along next to him. He nodded in fact the only reason he'd taken so long was because the hallow kept hiding from him.

"Well I'm glad it was easy that means Byakushi didn't get hurt." She whispered prancing a few steps ahead.

Byakuya raised a delicate eyebrow at her words. "Why would you worry over my coming to harm?"

She stumbled a bit, apparently he hadn't been meant to hear those words.

"Well why wouldn't I worry?" She countered quickly though she didn't turn to face him instead she focused her gaze on the path ahead.

"Because I am a Captain" He offered as a simple explanation. "Perhaps you should worry more about Captain Zaraki.

Yachiru giggled at his words. "Nah, there's no need to worry about Ken-chan he'll never ever fall." She spoke with such conviction.

"But that why I worry about byakushi ," her face and voice shifted to something close to tears. "Because Byakushi isn't Ken-chan which means if he falls Byakushi might not get up."

Byakuya stared into the girls eyes for a brief moment. "Is that why you are at the gate every time I return?" he took two small steps to stand beside her.

She sniffled quietly, "Yeah I wanna make sure your ok and welcome you back."

Yachiru was surprised when Byakuya's hand lightly pat the top of her head.

"Rest assured I have no intention of allowing myself to be killed by a hallow or anything else"


If anyone doesn't know already Kenpachi means a soul reaper who never falls no matter how many times he is cut, thus why Yachiru would worry about others.