Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or it's Characters. Bleach (c) Kubo Tite

Chapter 6

"Since you were four?" Yoruichi commented while thinking to herself. "So, for 6 years now?"
"6 years? I'm going to be 16 not 10." I pouted at the strange dark skinned woman who grin widely.
"Play something else then. I want to hear a," Yoruichi paused for a small moment, "a romantic song."
"I suppose I should sing along too." I said with some sarcasm.
"Oh, that's even better!" Yoruichi exclaimed while she sat down on a sitting pillow.
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"A visit?" A rough looking man said to himself as he tried to recall the names of the men who stood before him.
"We won't be long..." Ukitake tried to convince the guard of the Shihouin manor.
"Well, not even 'that' can be guarunteed." Kyouraku said with a lazy yawn as he crossed his arms.
Byakuya remained silent as his captain and his captain's friend tried to gain entry.
"You can come with us if you want." Kyouraku suddenly suggested to the gate guard. "And afterwords, we could go for some sake and meet some ladies, my treat." He grinned as he placed one hand on the guard's shoulder.
"I couldn't!" The guard stammered with wide eyes. "I must not stray from my duties!"
"Well then, let us enter." Kyouraku was starting to become annoyed.

"Kyouraku," Ukitake was trying to calm his friend, "we can visit another time, let's just go eat."
"Kyouraku?" The guard said to himself. "Captain Kyouraku?"
"You could not tell?" Kyouraku squinted his eyes at the guard.
"Forgive me, Shihouin-sama gives me a list of people who can gain entry. For visits, she usually tells me ahead of time." The guard bowed his head in shame.
"Don't worry, it's not your fault." Ukitake smiled warmly at the guard.
"Please, pass through." The guard said as he opened the gates.
As the three men walked on, they were alerted by the sound of a piano and a wonderous voice that could be heard. The men stopped their pace and listen carefully to the sound.
"Amazing..." Ukitake said to himself.

"Hmmm, I wonder if it's 'her'." Kyouraku said as he headed off in the direction of the music he heard.
Ukitake and Byakuya followed behind. Kyouraku took lefts and rights until he finally stopped in front of a set of double doors. Byakuya felt a chill of familiarity as he walked through the halls of the Shihouin manor. He thought about how he used to chase his old senpai, Yoruichi, through this walkways while playing flash tag. The scratching sound of the doors opening caught Byakuya's attention.
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"Huh?" I said while I stopped playing.
"Aw" Yoruichi sighed as she gave the three men that entered the room a bored look.
The were two older looking men, and a young man, who looked a few years older than me. The first man that entered the room was wearing a pink haori with a flower pattern? Strange... And the other older man, with white long hair, I know him... Uki, Ukitake! The man I saw after I died!
"You're a shinigami!" I exclaimed loudly while raising my arms up in the arm.
"Yes, we are shinigami..." Ukitake said with a bewildered expression.
"Do you remember me? I died!" I said excitedly while pointing at myself.
the sound of crickets can be heard

"Hmmm." Ukitake hummed while he thought to himself. "Oh! Are you alright?"
"Oh I'm fine, though I got a fever while I was traveling here. Did you know that you sent me to the 78th district? Although, I don't remember much..." I trailed off in thought.
"78th, that's terrible, only persons who were bad in life go as far as there." He stated.
"I thought bad people went to Hell." I froze as I spoke. I had a stinging fear inside my body.
"Well, yes that is true. If you've sinned beyond residing in the 80th district, you would be sent there." The white haired captain spoke with a grimm tone.
"Close-!" I gulped as I felt my face flush from hot to cold.

"Captain, are you taking her seriously? We've wasted our time here." The young man behind Ukitake asked with an annoyed expression on his face.
"Hey," I said with a dark tone, "those are your feet, and you walked here on your own. So don't give any talk about wasted time."
"Senpai," The young man turned his attention to Yoruichi, "tell me, why do you waste your time with this stray dog?"
"Stray dog...?!" I said as I stood up from the piano desk.
"Little Byakuya-chan, when did you learn how to talk so rudely?" Yoruichi pouted with a bored look on her face.
"I'm going." Byakuya said promptly as he turned around to leave.
"Running away?" I raised my voice as I took a step forward.

"Hardly. I am simply distancing myself from filth." He said in such a cold tone, it could have broken glass!
Actually the room was getting cold, and colder still. Uh-oh, I need to calm down, calm down. Breathe slowly now.. He's just a jerk, the world is full of people like that. So just breathe, Hisana.
"Oooh! It's gotten cold in here. Has it started snowing again?" Yoruichi said as she tried to keep herself warm with her arms.
"I blame Little Byakuya-chan! WIth his cold, cold voice! And his cold eyes! I feel so frozen!" I said in a shrill, taunting voice.
"You may be right! So cold!" Yoruichi mimiced my voice exactly with a large smile on her face.
Byakuya did not turn around to respond. Instead he quickly left the room without another cold word. The two other men only watched has he quietly left the room.

"I can't believe he called me a stray dog! And filth! That jerk! Who does he think he is?" I said wildly with anger as I paced around the dining room.
"Please, don't get so upset, Hisana-chan." Yoruichi tried to calm me down. "Why is it getting colder again?"
"I don't like him!" I stopped pacing to announce.
"He can't help how he is, that's just how he was born. Most nobles always try to distance themselves from commoners." Yoruichi said with some nervousness in her voice.
"Com-commoner? What is he? Some sort of prince?" I huffed as I sat down on the ground.
"Well, sort of." Yoruichi tilted her head in thought. "It's just how the Soul Society is setup. There are four noble families in the Soul Society. The Shihouin clan, that's me, the Kuchiki clan, that was Byakuya, the Kyouraku clan, that was that old man that tried to give you a kiss on the cheek earlier, and the Shiba clan."

"So, the four noble families are people who are all insane?" I said with some irritation in my voice. That guy was from a noble family? That spoiled brat, no wonder he was the way he was.
"Well, I'd like to say that's just part of everyone's personality. It's different from up top in the physical world." She said while the double doors opened as Keiko entered the room with a tray.
"Sake?" I said while admiring the incredibly large white bottle of sake on the tray.
"Yes, it's late and time to relax." Yoruichi gave a small yawn.
"Hisana-chan should not drink any while she's ill." Keiko cautioned while filling Yoruichi's equally large sake cup.
"I really don't have a taste for alcohol." I spoke up while feeling my forehead. Still hot. I closed my eyes, my eyelids felt hot as well. "I think, I should go to sleep soon."
"A hot bath would help you feel better." Yoruichi said while finishing her sake in one gulp.

It was a nice feeling, sinking my head completely under the hot bath water. I reemerged a few minutes later, only to sink in once again. Yoruichi sat quietly, with a slightly red face from the sake. I rose up again to feel extra tired. Something about a fever and a hot bath makes a person sleepy. I yawned as I rubbed my eyes.
"Worn out already? You're going to need more stamina if you're going to be a shinigami." Yoruichi teased as she pretended to wash my hair.
"I have 6 years in the Academy to build that up. Then, after I'm an official shinigami, I'm going to challenge that Byakuya to a fight!" I said with new energy, which quickly dropped.
"Still angry? Don't take him too seriously, he doesn't know how to talk to people." Yoruichi said as she patted me on the head.
"He's insulted my pride." I whimpered to myself.
"Pride is nothing. He doesn't know you well enough to know anything about your pride or who you are. And you don't know anything about him."
"Ok. fine, he and I can get to know each other. But if he's still a brat, I think I'll know exactly who he is."