Just so there is no confusion with ages...Shinigami for some reason don't really have ages(so age does not matter!). In this story Yoruichi is older than Byakuya and Eri is older than Byakuya but younger than Yoruichi. So order oldest to youngest is: Yoruichi, Eri, Byakuya. Kenpachi is unknown...yeah.

Zenpachi has now hit 1,000 hits!

Thought of the day: I stalked a pizza the other day. It was from Dominoes and I ordered it on line and when I did it had this meter that told me what my pizza was doing at what time. It even told me who was going to deliver my pizza. Pizza stalking the way of the future.


Memories of the 'Princess'

I slowly wake up to one of the maids telling me to wake up gently. I smile brightly at her, showing off my teeth in happiness for no reason at all, and then get ready for the day. The maid helps me put on my outfit since it is too hard for a girl at the age of five to get on herself. I hum to myself softly causing her to raise and eye brow at me.

"What are you humming?" She asks me, I blink at her a bit scared that I was in trouble since I didn't realize that I had been humming. "I see that you are not in a talking mood."

"She is not allowed to talk to you." My mother said entering the room unannounced, uninvited, and without knocking.

"Oh, I am sorry my lady for I did not know." She stuttered out looking frantically back and forth between the two of us.

"Since you are new I forgive you." Mother told her dismissing her with a wave. I had a feeling that would be the last time I saw that particular maid.

"It won't happen again." She assured my mother.

"No it won't." Mother said meanly. Yeah definitely never going to see her again. We all stood there in silence as the maid finished helping me get dressed, how I wish I could just dress myself.

"Excuse me." The maid said politely bowing and then running out of there. I would too, but I probably would be stopped, politely. Everything is done politely.

"I suppose you are wondering why I came to make sure you are dressed." My mother said then looked to me for confirmation.

"Yes Mother." I said simple and politely.

"Today Shihoin Yoruichi is coming over to play with you." Mother informed me looking over my outfit to make sure it was presentable. "You are to play with her and become good friends, you understand?"

"Yes, Mother." I answered trying not to let my excitement at being able to interact with someone show. The grin I gave my mother apparently was not to her liking because she frowned at me until I stopped grinning.

"Lady's do not grin like fools." Mother reprimanded me.

"I am sorry mother." I say looking down and looking like I mean it, even though I really don't.


"This is my daughter, Aoki Eri," Mother introduced me as a young girl a few years older than me walks into the room that I was reading in. I get up and bow politely to Yoruichi. Mother leaves the room to allow us to get acquainted.

"So Eri, what do you want to do?" Yoruichi asked me making sure my mother was out of hearing range.

"What shall I call you?" I ask politely, not wanting to just assume and call her Yoruichi.

"You can call me Yoruichi, Eri-chan." she said confusing me with her early usage of chan.

"Yoruichi today I was supposed to continue with my studies on the noble families, but since you are here I believe I am supposed to do whatever you want to do." I answer honestly and of course politely.

"Let's go outside and play tag." She suggested grinning. I looked down at my clothes and realized that they were far too fancy to play outside and that if I did play in them I would ruin them and get in trouble.

"I am going to have to change first." I informed her.

"Okay, I'll meet you outside then." Yoruichi informed me.

"See you in a few." I said quickly sneaking out of the room so that no one would figure out that I was changing and call a maid to help me. I can dress myself, honestly I can.


After I was done I met up with Yoruichi outside, with several odd looks from the staff since I was wearing my outside play clothes, which some staff members had never seen before. I just smiled at them all and gave a little wave if they still looked at me odd. Luckily my mother did not see me do any of this.

"Want to play tag?" Yoruichi asked as soon as I exited the building.

"Okay." I agreed smiling.

"We should play flash-step tag." Yoruichi suggested happily, grinning a bit evilly.

"I am sorry but I do not know how to flash-step." I informed her sadly but politely.

"Why not? Don't your parents training you so that you can be a Shinigami in the future?"

"Lady's are not Shinigami. A lady need not learn such things." I repeated what I had been told about the matter.

"So they will not let you do things like become a Shinigami, and they make you change before playing outside?" she asked curiously.

"Yes."

"I know what to call you now!" Yoruichi exclaimed randomly in my opinion, "Eri from now on you shall be Princess."

"What?" I asked completely losing any and all of my manners for a moment.

"Yes, I will call you that."

"Fine." I sigh giving up since I could tell that she really wanted to call me that.

"Say, Princess, Do you want to learn to flash step?" She asked grinning evilly at the prospect of breaking the rules.

"Yes, please." I answer politely but then give her an equally evil grin causing her to laugh.

"Let's get to it then." Yourichi said before she began teaching me to flash-step.


Yoruichi and I, much to my mother's extreme happiness and despair, became best friends. My mother was happy because Yoruichi is from a good family but she was sad because Yoruichi is a bad influence on me, or so she says. Aoki females are not allowed to be Shinigami. We are not allowed to use Kido or do flash-steps. This is against unwritten, unspoken, and probably made up Aoki rules. I have asked mother why this is so but she has never given me an answer. Personally I think that mother wants to destroy all happiness and uses made up rules to accomplish this. So time passed and I became more of a challenge to Yoruichi and her flash-step-tag, although usually she still won.


One day I knew that something was going on. How did I know this? I am psychic. Ok fine, the truth is that I knew it because my mother was all happy that morning at breakfast, that never bodes well, and she made me wear nicer clothes than usual. I, being the perfect Aoki daughter, did not ask what was going on but simply waited to be told. This meant that I had no clue what was going on all day, but since I was used to this I let it go and went on with my life.

Later that day we traveled over to another wealthy families house. This must have been what excited that lady who is my mother so much. Surprisingly enough my father joined us on our escapades to the noble house. The fact that he was here made me even more suspicious about the reason for us going there, but I said nothing. I was really surprised however, and secretly more suspicious, when father actually initiated a conversation at/with me.

"Eri, dear, you are excited to meet the Kuchiki, right?" He began and I opened my mouth to reply politely but he continued, "Of course you are. You should try to make a good impression on them since they have a boy a bit younger than you. Won't you have fun playing with him while us adults talk business? Yes you will. They are a very noble family, like the Shihoin family, so I am sure you all will get along with one another. How are you getting along with Yoruichi? I trust you two are the best of friends. Now when we get there be sure to greet the Kuchiki heads and then you can go find Yoruichi and Byakuya." Father finally finished his/our conversation. I wanted to ask him who Byakuya was but I knew better, plus we were already there and needed to introduce ourselves to the Kuchikis.

"Kuchiki-san," Father greeted the old man sitting in the center of the room, after dragging me over there with him, with a small polite bow, "It is good to see you again."

"It is indeed, Aoki-san. Who are the lovely ladies with you today?" the old man asked as if he couldn't guess who we were.

"Well you have already met my wife, and this is my daughter, Eri." Father said gestering at me and giving me a look.

"It is an honor to meet you Kuchiki-sama." I said greeting him politely like I was taught and bowing.

"Your daughter is has very good manner, as all Aoki children do. Ah, you all should meet my grandson, Byakuya." the old man said looking to his right and seeing a small boy playing with some blocks on the floor in a nearby room--out of the way.

"Eri, why don't you go help Byakuya build something?" Father ordered making it seem like a question.

"Yes, father." I tell him bowing once more to the old man and smiling at him before I practically skip away from the grown ups to go into the other room to play.


"Hello, Byakuya-san?" I ask as I enter the room and sit myself down carefully on the floor next to him.

"Who'r yous?" the small Byakuya asked cutely causing me to smile at him.

"I am Eri, your grandfather told me that I could play with you, do you want me to?" I ask hoping he'd say yes so I wouldn't have to go back to the adult room and thus the adult party.

"Sure." Byakuya told me shyly.

"Thanks." I told him helping him build whatever it is we were building. I haven't faintest idea what it was. It was somehow a mix between a tower, a fortress, and a pile of blocks. Actually it was probably just a pile of blocks. We both apparently fail at building anything.

After an unknown amount of time, probably half an hour or so, I hear Yoruichi come in. I instantly smiled knowing that the sophisticated atmosphere at the adult party would be destroyed by her mere presence.


I was trying to make the flashback into one chapter but I ran out of time...so next chapter will also be flashback mode, maybe half flashback and half real time. We shall see.


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Preview from next chapter:

"Princess!" Yoruichi cried out happily when she found me in the room with the little Byakuya.

"I think you scared him with your sheer loudness." I remark noticing that Byakuya was hiding behind me for protection from Yoruichi.

"Aw, look at the little scared thing." Yoruichi teased Byakuya.

"You shouldn't tease Byakuya like that." I told her not even realizing that I had used his first name without his permission, causing the little boy to blush.