A/N: Not much to report, except my computer's acting up. It won't let me upload new chapters or stories and it's really starting to make me mad. As of right now, though, I no longer have that problem.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
He really wishes one of the more robust-looking girls had volunteered to guide him back to Seireitei when Hisana trips over a rake lying out in an all but deserted town (the residents are attending to their crops in the fields) and lands on her knees.
The girl really does look like she's going to collapse any second now.
But there's nothing for it, and Byakuya walks to where she's fallen over, breathing hard.
"Here." He pulls her up by the elbow and Hisana jerks herself away hastily.
"Thank you," Hisana murmurs, eyes to the ground, and they keep walking.