Title: Family Matters
Pairing/ Characters: Yoruichi, Soi Fong, Urahara
Word Count: 499
Summary: Yoruichi didn't forget to say goodbye
A/N: I just don't think that Soi Fong is in love with Yoruichi. I always thought she looked up to her as a cross between as sister and mother, which is why I'm never going to put them together romantically. It's just not the way I work. So sorry.
The trouble with love is… you don't know what you've done wrong
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Soi Fong,
I'm sorry that I have to write this letter. Hell, I'm sorry I can't give it you in person. I'm sure once you've read it you'll be angry, but hopefully you'll also be able to understand.
I've had to leave. I'm sure you're well aware of the trouble Kisuke Urahara's been in recently. Yamamoto-soutaichou has had enough of him. I'm not sure of the entire details, but Urahara is going to be exiled. I'm certain of it, and so is he.
By the time you read this it will probably have taken place. Of course, waiting around for something was never Kisuke's style. He'd prefer to sneak off and leave everyone wondering what happened. So that's what he's doing. And I'm going with him.
I'm sorry to leave you; more sorry than I can ever put into words. But Kisuke is my oldest friend, and I'm tiring of this ridiculous affair that we call Soul Society.
Good luck, Soi Fong. Please remember everything I taught you – you will make a wonderful captain one day, I just know it!
I hope that one day we'll see each other again, and I hope that when that time comes we can look upon each other as sisters, just as I do now. I'm sure that my departure will make you hate me, but hopefully this letter will explain my reasons behind it. I just pray that one day you can bring yourself to forgive me.
I promise to think of you – you're the only real family I've ever known. I see so much of me in you; it's like looking in the mirror sometimes. And I hope that if you do think of me, it's not always in a bad way. I –
'Yoruichi! Hurry!' Urahara's urgent voice came from the next room, 'they're coming!'
'Coming!' the slender woman called.
I really love you, my baby sis.
Yoruichi
She quickly signed her name, and prayed that Soi Fong would understand. Then, together, she and Kisuke disappeared into the storm outside.
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Soi Fong sat on her bed. She didn't cry. Instead, all she felt was emptiness. The rain and wind blew in through the open window, soaking her, but she didn't bother to close it.
'Yoruichi…' she whispered, 'why did you leave me?'
Inside, Soi Fong cursed the woman she had once dreamed of calling her sister. She vowed to herself that Yoruichi Shihouin would pay for getting close to her and then abandoning her.
She would get stronger. And then she would kill her big sister.
The rain still fell. The wind still blew. Soi Fong threw back her head and screamed.
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Outside underneath the window lay the soaked remains of a piece of paper. The rain had wiped away any message it may once have contained. All that was left visible now was:
I really love you, my baby sis
Yoruichi
Soi Fong couldn't help but think; it might have been better if she hadn't loved Yoruichi.
