Byakuya no chisaihime
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach. I do own Reiko and the general plot. :D
Her lower lip trembled violently, silver eyes downcast with fear as she squirmed further into the small and dark corner, whimpering softly as she curled into a ball.
For the first time in his life, the Kuchiki found himself swearing-out loud. Now that the uncontrollable rush of rage and fury had evaporated, he was beginning to feel a certain amount of regret for what he had done. Undeniably, he had derived a certain amount of perverse pleasure from his intense verbal spar with a certain taichou, but now, looking at her fear filled countenance staring up at him…
He bit back a sigh, and satisfied himself with tightening his grip on the hilt of Senbonzakura.
"Reiko, he whispered hoarsely and somewhat uncertainly as he crouched down on one knee so that he was eye to eye with her. His actions seemed to further frighten her as she buried deeper into the corner, now freely sobbing out her fears.
"父さん。。。父さん。。。私は父さんが好きではない。父さんはこわい人です。とてもこわい。父さんの声は本当に大きいです。こわい。。好きではない ( I don't like daddy. Daddy's really scary. His voice is really loud. I don't like it.) " she murmured somewhat incoherently before burying her ebony head in small arms.
"Reiko. I'm not going to hurt you. Zaraki taichou was bad and deserved to be reprimanded. Do you understand?" he explained tiredly, reaching out a hand towards her.
"こわい。けんちゃんは悪くない人。父さんはこわいです (scary. Ken chans not a bad person. Daddy's scary)"she whispered unsurely, peering at him through fear clouded eyes.
He felt like committing verbal diarrhea again. Why did she have to be able to master paralogism so completely? Maybe he shouldn't have started her tutoring so early.
"Zaraki taichou…made a mistake. He has to be punished, like your sensei punishes you when you're wrong. If those who commit a wrongdoing are not punished, there will be bad people running around everywhere," he explained tiredly.
"しかし、私は美奈子先生が悪い人だと思う、( but I think Minako sensei is a bad person.)"Reiko protested, sniffing as she rubbed at already swollen and red eyes.
"I'm not Minako sensei and I won't punish you. Will you come out now?" he asked in a grating and weary voice.
She shook her head, tousled tresses falling to her shoulder.
"いいえ。父さんがこわい人だからです ( no. Daddy's scary.)"she stubbornly insisted. If not for her tear-stained cheeks, he would have suspected that she was doing this intentionally to spite him.
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This was exactly why an hour later the Kuchiki advisor found his master sitting outside the corner, in which soft breathing could be heard coming from. The Kuchiki heir was seated cross legged in the middle of the corridor, a small table stacked full of paper work in front of him, an expressionless look on his face as he filled in blank after blank.
A curt glare silenced the unasked question which promptly died in the old man's throat as he passed by as if he had seen nothing at all. The Kuchiki ground his teeth silently as he glanced sideways at the figure whose head was resting on her arms, eyes shut tiredly with her ebony hair falling to cover her cheeks.
Now that she was asleep, he no longer needed to deal with her resistance. There was, however, the problem of getting her out of there. He certainly could never and would never fit in there no matter how hard he tried. Not that he was going to even attempt to enter such a small gap.
He frowned for a moment before his grey eyes drifted to his zanpaktou, and his lips quirked upwards in an amused smirk. He had always thought that such a small corner was perfectly otiose and had no reason for existing in the Kuchiki manor anyway.
There was the sound of wood splintering, and moments later, the Kuchiki heir was walking down the corridor, a sleeping Reiko resting comfortably in his arms.
The Kuchiki advisor was on his way back to his room, a steaming cup of green tea clutched in his wrinkled hands, when his brown eyes caught sight of something that made him cease his steps. The graying old man frowned. He didn't remember there being such a large coven here before…
Authors note: xD this was pretty amusing. Does anybody know the name of the Kuchiki Advisor? I'm getting tired of calling him "the Kuchiki advisor" . oh and please correct my jap- I think I have tons of mistakes.