A/N: Hello. Well, I'm guessing that you're wondering what Yumiko's Zanpaktou is like, so this chapter will explain it all, as well as my profile : P. I'm also going to post a bit of a Christmas special chapter, so you can look forward to it. This chapter is kind of cheesy to me, and long.R&R please!

Disclaimer: I do not own bleach only Yumiko and her zanpaktou and other OC's.

Byakuya's Protection Squad

Chapter 4- The Fire Lotus blooms

"What the hell is this?" Byakuya said, staring at a big box in front of his room door. "I don't know" Yumiko said, popping out from Byakuya's right shoulder. They pulled the box into Byakuya's room and opened it up peeking inside. Byakuya had a confused look on his face while Yumiko's face lightened up.

"I hope that this was the right decision" Mizuki, Yumiko and Yoruichi's mom said while fidgeting with her fingers. Mizuki and Yoruichi were in the Shihoin Manor having tea.

Yoruichi took a sip of tea.

"Relax mom, Yumiko can handle it"

"You better be right about this, Yoruichi, were putting the whole Seireitei at risk, you know that, right?"

"Yeah I know, but Yumiko is getting older now, and she's even with Byakuya-bo right now as we speak, they're pretty close now, and I know that they'll eventually be together, remember when I had to go through mine?"

Mizuki sighed at the flashback of a huge explosion.

"Don't remind me, this is exactly why I wanted to make sure that Yumiko is completely sure, or else there's going to be a history repeat"

Yoruichi laughed. "Come on mom, Yumiko will be just fine, if you're still not positive, why don't we give her a little test?" Yoruichi said with her devilish smile.

"Yes!" Yumiko said taking it out of the box.

"Is that you're zanpaktou" Byakuya asked watching Yumiko as she held a sword with a clear and shiny sheathe that showed the silver blade that had a light red hilt.

"This is Kurenaihasu" Yumiko said admiring her zanpaktou. She slowly gripped the hilt of her zanpaktou, feeling so good to have her zanpaktou back.

"I was wondering why you didn't have a zanpaktou" Byakuya said.

"My mom said that she had to take it away for some important reason, I wonder why she gave it back to me today" Yumiko said as her voice turned into a whisper. Yumiko's eyes widened. She lost grip of her zanpaktou and collapsed on the floor gripping the glowing lotus pendant on her necklace.

"Yumiko!" Byakuya said trying to wake her up.

Yumiko's eyes slowly opened and she felt the ground below her. It was soft and glimmering. She stood up, looking at her surroundings. She was in a big lotus with the edges on fire that was floating on a river of fire.

This is… "Kurenaihasu!" Yumiko said trying to find her zanpaktou.

"Hi Yumiko!" a girl-ish voice behind her said. She looked back and saw a girl with flowing red hair and red eyes with a short light red kimono made out of lotus petals and the same necklace the Yumiko had around her neck and her shoes were also made out of lotus petals. Yumiko smiled at the beauty of her zanpaktou, very proud.

"I haven't seen you in a while, Kurenai" she called her zanpaktou using her nickname.

"Yes, but now I know why you're mom took me away, I think it's time" she said smiling. Their necklaces glowed.

Yumiko held the pendant in her hands, looking deeply into the middle, seeing Byakuya smile. She was surprised, wondering why she just saw him.

"Did you see someone?" Kurenai asked. Yumiko looked up surprised.

"Umm, yah, how'd you know?" Kurenai giggled.

"I knew it! Okay, listen to what I'm about to tell you…"

"Yumiko! Yumiko! Yumiko!" Byakuya screamed still trying to wake her up.

"I wonder if this like this story that I heard in the human world" one of yumiko's protection squad members said as he looked at Byakuya.

"What story?"

"Well, when I went to the human world, I heard this story about a young and beautiful maiden who was in a cursed and deep sleep because of an evil witch's plan, and only true love's first kiss can break the curse, and then one day, a prince came and laid a kiss on her, and she awoke, breaking the curse"

He said closing the story. Byakuya's eye twitched.

"So are you saying- the squad member nodded his head cutting him off. Byakuya actually doubted this would work, but he didn't know what else to do. So he leaned in, but stopped.

"No way in hell" but he didn't know why, it seemed to him like he really wanted to.

Yumiko opened her eyes, and the first dace she saw was Byakuya's. Her eyes widened, trying not to jump back.

"Yumiko! What happened to you?"

"Uh-uhm, nothing, I'm fine" the pendant glowed again and she felt a hollows prescence.

"I wouldn't consider myself a witch" Yoruichi said.

"I would" Ginrei mumbled.

"What? Yoruichi said.

"It's none of you concern, but if my manor will get destroyed, It will be your concern" Ginrei said.

"Shhhhh! She's going to fight now!"

They ran outside and looked up at the menos grande as it roared. Without thinking, Yumiko grabbed her zanpaktou and drew it.

"Flare, Kurenaihasu!"

Her zanpaktou turned into a big sword with a big red blade with a light red hilt and red ruby jewels at the end of the hilt. Jumped and implanted her sword into the ground which cracked the ground making it overflow with flames and a red lotus bloomed from the ground and closed crushing and burning the menos grande and it all returned to normal leaving behind a red lotus petal as it's mark.

"that's my sister alright" Yoruichi said.

I want you to remember the first face you see, and if it is the same face you saw in the lotus, I would like you to remember that same face and that same person, for you will be bound by fate no mater what…

Yumiko remembered those words that kurenai said while looking at her sheathed zanpaktou wich was wrapped in a silk red cloth. What could she possibly mean…

Mysterious…