Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of the characters associated with it. I wish I could own Byakuya or Uryuu but I don't. It's my first fanfiction so please be nice. I took a lot of my ideas from random pieces I read so if this sounds like yours let me know I'll give you credit or if you want I'll take that part out.
"Kurosaki-kun!" screamed a busty orange haired teen while nearly tripping in front of Kurosaki Ichigo.
"Orihime? What are you doing here?" asked Ichigo while reaching out to help her.
"Yo," said a tall well built teen by the name Chad.
"We are invited to the Noble Ball to help you guys here in Seireitei by the captain of the first squad. I'm only here because Inoue-san dragged me here," said Ishida Uryuu.
"Oh, that's cool," said Ichigo, not paying much attention to what Uryuu just said. Ichigo was staring at Orihime, noticing how beautiful she looks. It wasn't because she was dressed revealingly because well she was dressed quite modestly in a long sea-green baby doll top accented with a jeweled neckline, paired with jeans that hugged her in just the right places. She was gorgeous.
"Uh, Kurosaki-kun, are you okay? Did the green skinned aliens get you? NO, Chad, they got Kurosaki-kin," exaggerated Orihime.
"Orhime, I'm fine. I haven't seen you in a while and it's just that um you look especially pretty today," Ichigo blushed.
"Um, arigato. You look good today too. Not that you don't look good every day. But I mean I don't stare at you every day. I do see you and um you look nice every day. You have your off days too. But to me you'll al- …" said a nervous and blushing Orihime.
"I love it when she rambles. She's so nervous whenever she talks to me," thought Ichigo.
"King, you better ask her, before I do," screeched Hichigo- Ichigo's hollow that resides inside him.
"Shut up. You stay away from her. I'm gonna ask her. But what if she says no." replied Ichigo
"King, she's been in love with you since forever. You're the only idiot who doesn't know that."
"Wow I made a fool of myself again in front of Ichigo," thought Orihime. Orihime finally stopped talking and Ichigo asked "Inoue, can I talk to you for a second?" while pulling her to the side.
"What is it Kurosaki-kun? You look worried," said Orihime.
"Inoue, do you know how to dance?" questioned Ichigo. "What the hell did you ask her that for King?" said Hichigo.
"Umm what type of dance? I started learning ballet, but I would keep falling down so I stopped. I also know how to waltz and traditional Japanese dance," said a confused Orihime.
Ichigo pulled her in close to him and without music started to waltz with her. Orihime was confused at first but then slowly moved along with him, when she looked into Ichigo's eyes. Ichigo lowered his lips toward Orihime's ears and whispered softly.
"Would you like to come to the ball with me…as my girlfriend?"
Orihime looked up and saw a glint of love in his eyes. She replied to him without words but with a deep meaningful kiss. Ichigo understood. No words were needed.
"Yo king, you really know what your heart wants now, don't you," stated Hichigo.
"Nope. My heart is now where it belongs. With Orihime Inoue," replied Ichigo.
"Cough, cough. It's about time you two acknowledged your affections for each other," said the bespectacled Ishida "now that you're done, can show us where we are staying please."
"Well I got a message saying that Orihime will be staying with the 13th squad with Rukia. Ishida, you're staying with the 12th squad. Man, watch out for that Mayuri guy-he's creepy, and still wants to experiment on you. O and Chad, you'll be crashing with Zaraki Kenpachi's squad. Keep an eye open at all times. It seems that the guy might kill anyone and everyone. Now that you know where you're staying, grab your stuff and lets go," said Ichigo.
"Nii-sama, today is the fencing competition right? How come the ladies can't participate? That's not fair," complained Rukia to her brother.
"Rukia-chan, it is tradition for women to watch the jousts and choose a strong husband from them. Besides you already get enough fighting by being a Shinigami," answered Byakuya while sitting along a swing with his sister. This swing was placed under a giant tree within the central garden of the Kuchiki mansion. This garden was a courtyard adding a bit of youth and greenery to the mansion. Not far from where they were sitting was a lily garden surrounded by multiple colored roses.
Rukia sighed and then said "Hai Nii-sama you are right. Are you participating tomorrow? Normally you don't."
"I am required to this year. Every eligible bachelor must joust to get the attention of the ladies. I am required to choose a wife so I must participate in all the events," said Byakuya.
"What do you mean 'required'?"
"Your sister had two requests from me the day she died. I was to find you and take care of you. The second request was to try and fall in love again, as well as to marry again. I do not wish to love again. Hisana owns my heart but still. Rukia as you know I am the head of the Kuchiki clan, therefore I must provide an heir in order to allow our clan to survive. My meeting the other day with the Clan Elders and Yamamoto taicho was to remind me of my duties. I must participate in these events so I can find a noble wife worthy of the name Kuchiki," stated Byakuya without the slightest bit of emotion.
"Nii-sama. How can they make you do this? You are the head so can't you stop them from forcing you? I don't want you to suffer especially by wedding someone you don't love simply because you are required to produce an heir," cried Rukia.
"I will not love again." With that said Byakuya left Rukia on the swing alone and headed towards his room on the second story.
As he walked through the halls of the second floor, a girl with long brown hair, dressed in an ankle length white chiffon dress was blindfolded and was chasing around little kids. She was very happy and cheerful while playing with the kids. She was the same girl from this morning at the breakfast, noticed Byakuya. As the girl came dangerously close to the edge of the hall overshadowing the courtyard, Byakuya quickened his pace. One of the kids pulled on her dress and she turned around stumbling over her own feet and slipped off the edge. She screamed and said her prayers aloud. "O dear God I'm sorry for every bad thing I've done." She prepared herself to meet the ground but wait she didn't feel anything besides a pair of arms that had come to save her. Within a moment, she was wrapped around the arms of Kuchiki Byakuya, who had just saved her. As he placed her back on solid ground on the second story, he took off her blindfold.
"You-r By-a-kuya- sama. Arigato for saving me," said the girl.
"Hn. You should have been more careful. What if it was the little kids who nearly fell off? How irresponsible," said Byakuya walking away from her.
"You normally don't go around saving people, Byakuya," said Senbonzakura.
"She is a guest of the Kuchiki's. If anything happened to her then I would be held responsible," replied Byakuya.
"Oh alright then I suppose that there is a need to know her name to figure out if she is truly a noble or not."
Byakuya turned around to ask the girl her name but she was long gone. "That scent. It reminds me of Hisana," thought Byakuya.
Down below a smile etched across the face of Rukia as she saw her Nii-sama leap across to help Minori-san. The way he held her so delicately and then put her down gave Rukia an idea. "What if we make Nii-sama fall in love again? Onee-san I know Nii-sama loves you very much. But I also know you want him to move on with life," said Rukia silently.
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So I love change meetings between people. This chap wasnt as long as the other three but I think it covered what I wanted to cover in it.
Reviews. Flames. Suggestions. Whatever else.
Thanks Lien-Chan for catching my mistake about Rukia---I fixed it.
I have the next two chaps on paper but I'm wayy too lazy to type them up.
Yea I just re-read this and I made Renji ask Rukia out the same way Ichigo asked Orihime--wut an idiot of me
Now I have to get back to my 500 calc questions and then get some sleep. :)