Bring Me To Life IV – Reunion
"Kuchiki Byakuya!"
His mother's voice ran throughout the hallways. Byakuya bolted downstairs, two at a time and arrived in the living room. His mother was sitting in the red arm chair with two cups of water on the table.
"Sit down!" she commanded, her voice shaking with fury.
He obeyed. He stared into the ground, as if it was the most interesting thing now.
"Kuchiki Byakuya…"
Byakuya gulped. His mother had never called him by his full name. It was always either Byakuya dear or DARLING. Byakuya hated that. Why couldn't she just call him Byakuya? He was starting to drift into his dreams when he jerked awake, remembering that his mother was there and he had better answer her otherwise something bad will happen.
"Y-Yes…mother?" he said cautiously.
His mother breathed in and out, slowly.
"Who is Hisana?"
Byakuya was silent. Words couldn't come out of his mouth. His mother continued looking at him, demanding an answer.
"I heard that Hisana was a girl who abandoned her younger sister when she was about 13 years old. I heard that you read the letter that she left. What was in the letter?"
Byakuya decided that he had better tell her the truth. Maybe she would let him off lightly…
"She asked for the reader to take care of her younger sister named Rukia." Byakuya was silent for a while then he burst out the last thing his mother wanted to hear.
"I want to adopt Rukia!"
Big mistake. His mother raised a knife and Byakuya's eyes widened; she had been meaning to kill him today.
"You…You blood traitor! Do you know what we do to people who betray our family tradition?" The knife glimmered. "We kill them."
His mother lunged forward, knife held high in the air. Byakuya shielded himself but no pain entered his body. He opened his eyes and gasped. His mother was leaning against the wall, eyes wide open and blood gushing out of her body. It looked as if she had been stabbed with a thousand knives. Byakuya stood there, stunned; then something caught his eyes. Cherry blossom leaves were blowing everywhere.
"Kuchiki Byakuya?"
Byakuya turned.
Oh no. Someone saw. They're going to blame it on me.
"Hisana?!"
Hisana walked in, dressed in rags.
"I-It wasn't me!"
"I know…I saw…a huge gush of cherry blossom petals flew through your front door, slamming your mother against the wall…but how? How can soft, innocent, cherry blossom petals kill your mother?"
"I don't know…"
Hisana walked back towards the door.
"Ano…I guess I'll be going now," and left.
Why didn't Byakuya hold her back? He had so many things to ask her. One things for sure; Rukia will be a part of his life from now on.