A/N: Hi everyone I'm really sorry about the update wait and I promise that this fanfic will be finished by next week and yes I am back from hiatus. Thanks to all who have stuck with me, I appreciate it. I don't own Bleach, sorry!

Chapter 7

Byakuya was in a foul mood as he waited outside the elder's chamber, he hadn't seen Hisana since their interrupted moment last night, he had attempted to speak to her this morning and she had completely disregarded him, a pained look In her face. It pained him to see the woman he cared for blatantly ignore him, he cursed the elders for their constant interference in his life- he was a grown man, he should be allowed to court whomever he deemed worthy, Hisana was more worthy than any noble women he had met. After what seemed hours of his angry brooding the elder's called him into their intricate and overwhelming chambers. The first thing Byakuya noticed was a slim woman sitting next to his grandfather at the head of the large, polished oak table. Her face would have been beautiful to any other man, but not to Byakuya, he personally thought that her constant pout made her look haughty and her features were much too sharp and serious for someone as young as her, her beauty couldn't hold a candle to Hisana's.

The young woman smiled at Byakuya and tossed long, silvery her hair behind her shoulders teasingly, trying to catch his attention, she was only met with a cold and annoyed scowl from Byakuya as he made his way to stand in the middle of the room, his head held high stubbornly as he prepared to be lectured about his poor life choices. His grandfather stared down at him, his face showing no emotion but his eyes sparkled with disappointment and guilt as finally the chambers quietened and Ginrei started the meeting. "Byakuya Kuchiki it has come to our knowledge that you have been having 'relations' with one of your serving staff, is this true?" Ginrei stared down sharply at Byakuya's frown. "Yes, it is true grandfather" Byakuya answered in a bored tone as he inwardly fought to hold his sharp tongue, forcing himself to act civilly. Ginrei's face hardened as he replied to the young heir, his tone much more serious "why Byakuya would you concern yourself with such unimportant matters, what is this girl to you but a mere fling, a mere confusion if emotions, she is not worthy of you Byakuya and I insist that you stop this now" Byakuya's face hardened and his eyes gleamed with cold anger, his hands clenched inside his gold woven kimono. "She is not unimportant grandfather, I love her, there is no confusion about it and I refuse to stop seeing her, she is the only thing that brings me happiness and I refuse to give it up for anyone, if you are quite finished then I bid you good day" he turned around quickly and walked towards the gold handled oak door, his head down, refusing to look at the elders in fear of cutting them all down with his Senbonsakura. "The letters have been sent out Byakuya, you are to marry Kimi Aika in two months time" with that Byakuya slammed the door as hard as he could and stormed off back towards his room and his solitude.

Hisana stepped lightly through the large corridors of the Kuchiki mansion, her head was bowed deep in thought as she reminisced the events of last night and how utterly wrong it had gone, then again, who was she kidding- she was noble, she never stood a chance, she should have just saved herself the pain and humiliation. Despite her own self pity- she wondered how Byakuya was, she hated that she had gotten him into trouble, he didn't deserve to have a troublemaker like her in his life, it would be better if she just moved on with her life, no matter how much it hurt. She was so deep in thought that she never noticed the group of well dressed, beautiful girls who were gossiping deeply, their voices brought Hisana out of her trance however and she managed to narrowly avoid them, her feat went unnoticed however, as they were too busy giggling and gossiping. "I still can't believe it Kimi-Byakuya Kuchiki!" one of the girls said with a high pitched squeal- instantly Hisana's ears pricked up and her attention became solely focused on the girls and their converstaion. "I know, me neither, Kimi Kuchiki sounds so good on you" Hisana's heart instantly began pounding, these girls must just be messing around she told herself, there's no way that Byakuya would have gone with her if he was getting married- right? "In 2 months that'll be my actual name- it's like a dream" the oldest and by far the prettiest girl said, she had long silvery blonde hair and her skin was flawless, she could understand now why Byakuya would want to marry her in comparison to herself. Still, unable to take the pain that coursed sharply through her chest Hisana did the only thing she could- she ran.