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~courtyard~
Yuki sucked in breath as the man in the white coat disappeared into thin air. 'How did he do that?'
"You okay Yuki-chan?" Yuki turned to her eldest brother, Kurogane. He had solid black hair cropped short. "Is the dizziness back?" He was pretty protective of her, but knew she could handle herself in a fight.
Before she could say anything, Yashiro stepped in. "She said she was a bit dizzy earlier. Not enough for her to faint. Thank goodness." She rolled her eyes as her youngest older brother hugged her tightly. She pulled on his green spiked hair for him to let go. "We're just looking out for you."
"Well you don't need to. I can take care of myself. Unless you want to see if you can beat me?" She cracked her knuckles as she looked at all of her brothers. Their family had been combat masters for generations. She wasn't going to be left out by being the only girl ever born in the family. She wasn't going to be their little Hime-chan forever.
"You don't need to prove yourself, Nee-chan. We all know you can kick any of our asses any day." Yuki glared as her second oldest brother ruffled her hair.
She ran a hand through his combed over red hair. He squeaked and back away. "If you don't want me to mess up your hair, then don't meet with mine, Yakima." She fixed her hair and tied it with the ribbon in her pant's pocket. "So where is dad?"
"Right here. Sorry for worrying you kids." Yuki turned and smiled as her father walked into the courtyard. He was balding and had a thick moustache on his face. He smiled as his son tackled him to the ground. "How are my sons?"
"We're fine dad." Kurogane answered for all of his younger siblings.
"And how is my little Hime-chan?" Yuki smiled as her father scooped her up in his arms. She was the youngest one at 18 years of age. She was also the only one still living at home. "Haven't been getting into trouble have you? Takami told told me that Gintama overheard Yashiro telling Haru and Heru that you were flirting at the market."
Yuki laughed unsteadily, gossip spread quickly in her family. "So the only ones this is new to, is Kuro and Yaki? Why don't you guys just put this stuff on a billboard?" She glared at her brothers as her father set her back on her feet. "Nothing happened. He was new in town and was having trouble picking out tea. So I recommended my favourite for him to try. Nothing."
"How old was he?" Yuki rolled her eyes at her father. "I don't want my little angel being taken advantage of."
"I can take care of myself dad." Yuki walked away from her family and towards the house. She needed to relax.
She walked up to her room and laid on her bed. She took three deep breaths to calm herself. Then her second youngest brother started blaring his rock music. "Takami." She growled as she got up and slid her window open. She climbed up onto the roof and laid out in the sun.
She sat up when she felt a tingling on her skin. She looked around, but couldn't find what it was from. A wind blew loose strands of hair across her face. She shivered as she noticed a shadow on her arm. She turned to find the man in the white coat standing beside her.
She looked at his face and dropped her jaw when she noticed who he was. "You?! How did you get up here? How hasn't anyone noticed you?" She caught sight of her oldest brother watching her from his balanced position on a rock. She waved and he waved back.
"It's just that they can't see me. But you seem to be able to." Shunsui smiled at her, he had found he mystery reiatsu. He had walked in front of all of the others in her family. None of them could see him.
"What are you?" Yuki stood and walked towards her bedroom window. She kept an eye on him as she moved. "Why can't anyone see you?"
"I am a soul. You can see me because you have reiatsu." Shunsui followed her, but only sat on her window sill. He was a gentle man after all. He wasn't going to just walk into a woman's bedroom without being invited in.
"So you're a dead person? I see dead people?!" Yuki couldn't help to laugh that escaped her lips. "I see dead people. Gin would have loved to hear me say that."
"Gin?" Shunsui didn't know who she was talking about. He guessed it was one of her brothers.
"My third oldest brother, Gintama. The one with the bright purple hair. He is rather dark and into the whole communicating with the dead thing. He's been saying shinigami exist for years." Yuki had teased her brother about it often. "Are you a shinigami?" She didn't ask the question seriously, but she suspected he might be. What else could he be?
"Yes I am. I am actually Soutaichou of all the shinigami in Soul Society." Shunsui smiled at her as he topped his sakkat up.
Yuki stared at him as she saw another image of him run through her head. A white coat with an '8' on the back of it. Then an old man standing at the front of a room with others wearing a similar white coat. "Eight..." She spoke it softly and mostly to herself.
She closed her eyes as another vision ran through her head. Shunsui wore a pink kimono and tipped his sakkat up as he spoke with a smile. 'Yamaji...' She could hear it in his voice, but didn't know how that was.
"You okay?" Shunsui watched as she snapped out of her day dream. "You seemed lost in thought."
"Just wondering what you would look like with a pink kimono on your shoulders." She really did wonder if he was the person she saw in her mind. She had been seeing them ever since she turned 18 two months ago. They were starting to freak her out, but they usually only showed up in dreams. Only recently has she been seeing them while she was awake.
Shunsui looked at her with surprise. 'Why would she wonder that?' He smiled at her as he turned to face her. "I used to have one, but I gave it to a friend of mine. He's holding onto it for me."
"That's nice. It must be nice to have such a good friend." Yuki pulled her desk chair up beside him. He was a nice guy, very friendly. "How old are you? If you don't mind my asking."
Shunsui chuckled at her question. "I am over a hundred years old. Let's leave it at that. Do I look it?"
Yuki join his laugh with her own. "You don't look a day over 25. Just a few sad lines here and there, but they vanish when you smile." Yuki smiled as she held the arms of her chair. The room was starting to tilt.
Shunsui looked at her curiously. He could feel her reiatsu climbing. He placed a hand on hers and steadied the fluctuating power. He still couldn't place how it felt so familiar to him. "You okay, Yuki-chan?"
Yuki took a deep breath before opening her eyes. She looked into Shunsui's brown eyes and nearly lost her breath. "Ye...yeah. Just a dizzy spell. I've been getting them often lately. Although, they I usually don't get two in one day."
"That may be my fault. There aren't any others with a reiatsu as strong as yours, so you haven't had to adjust to other people's levels. Once you get more control over it, you shouldn't have any more problems with dizzy spells." Shunsui patted her hand before returning to his window sill.
*BIP BLIP*
Shunsui pulled out his phone. The screen read, 'SAMPLE AQUIRED'. He closed the phone and slid it back into his pocket.
*RING RING RING*
*RING RING RING*
*RING RING RING*
Shunsui rolled his eyes as he pulled his phone out. "Excuse me." He stepped out of her window and walked away from it a bit. "Kyoraku-"
"Taichou." Shunsui stopped when he heard the panic in Nanao's voice. "It's Aizen. He's gone."
"WHAT?!" Shunsui held himself back from cursing, it wouldn't help and he needed information. "How?"
"The seals were broken from the outside. Kurotsuchi-Taichou is still analyzing the Reiatsu residue that was found." Nanao sounded worried and scared, but her voice was steady.
'Lisa must be with her.' Shunsui took a deep breath as he thought of what to do. He needed to return to Seireitei, but he couldn't leave Yuki as she was. "I'm on my way back. Call for a meeting as soon as Kurotsuchi has results. Even if I'm not back yet...It'll be okay, Nanao-chan. Tell Lisa-chan she needs to make sure her squad is organized before worrying about you. Keep the squad in order till I get back, my lovely Nanao-chan."
"Yes. Thank you, Kyoraku-Taichou." Shunsui smiled at the tenderness in her voice. He knew she saw him as a father figure, and nothing more. He was okay with that.
Shunsui closed the phone and turned to find Yuki staring at him. "What? Do I have something on my haori?" He looked at himself trying to find anything.
"No. You're just standing on air. How are you doing that?" Yuki watched as he walked towards her. He looked like an angel. She saw a double image of him, but the double had the pink kimono on. She had to blink a few times to make it disappear. "Did something happen?"
"Yes. I have to go back. But don't worry. I'm going to ask a friend of mine to help you get better at controlling your reiatsu. He should be in touch in a few days at most, and as early as today." Shunsui stood in front of the window and smiled sadly at Yuki. "Hopefully I will be able to see you again."
Yuki returned his smile, with a bit of her own disappointment. She wanted to spend more time with him. "I'm sure you will. Feel free to visit. I'll make sure to keep my family off of you if you do." Yuki got a strong urge to kiss him, she didn't know where it came from.
An image of a white haired man kissing Shunsui passed through her head. She cringed a bit at her thoughts. 'How did that get there?!' She was shocked by what her mind had made up, or was it a memory? 'Please don't be. I am not a man and I have never seen that. At least I hope I didn't.'
Shunsui laughed a bit at the face she was making. He placed a hand on hers. He looked into her vivid eyes. "Be safe." He didn't want to see her hurt.
Yuki smiled at the concern in to his eyes. "I will. I promise." She liked the sparkle that was caught in his eye when she said that.
Shunsui acted on impulse and kissed her forehead. He backed away with a smile. He turned as a Senkaimon opened up and he ran through to Soul Society. He never looked back, nor did he see the shadow go past him.
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