I was nervous as I went to my lesson the next day; I avoided everyone I could in fear that I would jump them or something. At the first crowded street I came to I turned down an ally and walked along the back street. My skin was burning up again and I was moody as hell and fighting to keep it under control.
Turning a corner I bumped into something; looking up I felt my heart stop dead as I noticed Byakuya standing before me. "S-sorry captain Kuchiki. I didn't see you there." I say, hoping he isn't mad at me. Instead of saying anything Byakuya just took hold of my face and kissed my lips. My mind gave out right there and my body reacted to the kiss by wrapping my arms around his neck as he pulled my body closer to him with his free arm. Byakuya slid his tongue into my mouth and I moaned at the feel of it while my hands began to work at his top. Dark this isn't the time or place for that. Sutaru Anjiru's voice warned me. My mind snapped out of its haze and I pulled away. "No. I-I'm sorry Byakuya, but this is the worst time for this. Forgive me." I then bowed and ran off.
Jushiro had to cut the lesson short due to the heat of the day causing his tuberculosis to act up. So to avoid having to face Byakuya again I headed right for Kenpachi's office to hide and report to Amy that I HAD to be in heat. But during my run home I ran into Sajin. At first I was happy because he is someone I trust greatly, but then I noticed a strange look in his eyes. "Um…What's the matter?" I asked him. "I never noticed how lovely you look Dark." Sajin answered. What the? OMG! He's an animal so there for he can smell my heat. Which means that. I thought before stopping. I gave Sajin a nervous smile before running like hell the other way. "Dark wait!" I heard Sajin call to me but I refused to stop until I knew I would be safe.
"What the hell happened to you?" Kenpachi asked as I stumbled through the door. "S-Sajin cashed me. I in heat. Tired." I say before collapsing on the couch. "What?" Kenpachi asked. "Since I'm part wolf it would seem that I too go through heat like a real wolf. Heat, if you don't know is part of wolf mating." I explain as my heart beat slowly returns to normal. "So what's that got to do with Sajin?" Kenpachi asked. "He could smell I was in heat and there for is now attracted to me to the point of wanting to mate with me." I explain. I could feel his eyebrows rising and I let out a heavy sigh. "By the way, Kuchiki came by earlier. Dropped this off for you." I pushed myself up and looked at Kenpachi, noticing a flat blue box in his hand. So I got up, crossed the room, and took the box from him. "What did he say when he left this?" I asked, kind of fearing what he might've said. "Just that it was for you and only you." Kenpachi answered. So I opened the box. Inside was a small blue gem in the shape of a heart attached to a silver chain. My heart jumped into my throat and I was tempted to track down Byakuya and kiss him. "So what's in the box?" Kenpachi asked. "Just a necklace. Nothing special." I lied and shut the box. "Come on Dark, the way your blushing means it's more then just a necklace." Kenpachi teased. "Don't you have training or something to do?" I asked, well more snapped at him. "Alright I'm going." He said with a chuckle as he grabbed his sword and left. I nearly tore my top as I quickly pulled out my cell and dailed Amy.
After explaining the whole day so far to her Amy let out a sigh. "I never thought anything like this could happen just by sending someone into that world. Dark I am so sorry." Amy said. "This isn't your fault Amy. If anything it's that freak show's fault I'm in this mess." I tell her. "Still you wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for me." She saids. "Well if it weren't for you I'd never have made such great friends. Like yourself." I point out. I could almost feel her smile through the phone. "Well in any case you still have to worry about Sajin; he will most likely keep after you until it is made clear to him that you are already mated." Amy points out. "Right. Only problem is that only Kenpachi knows what's going on with me. What should I do?" I ask her. "Well you did say Byakuya is showing great interest in you. Maybe you should give him a try." Amy suggested. "He bumped into me in an ally, which I'm starting to think he planned somehow and then he kissed me. I'd say that's more then interest Amy." I tell her before sighing. "But then again I'm not fully sure if I'd want him to be my mate. The guy isn't know for his emotions after all and mating might have to involve kids at some point in time. Who else is on the list?" I asked. "How bout Jushiro?" Amy asked. "Hm? Not sure about him. So far he hasn't shown any signs of him thinking of me as anything more then a student." I explain. "Um… Uryu?" Amy suggested. "He is at the top of my list at the moment. But I don't know how he would react to mating. After all since I'm part wolf I'm betting mating would be for life." I tell her. "That is a good point Dark. Let's see who else is a possible mate for you. There's Kira." Amy suggests. "No way. That guy reminds of Ino from Naruto." I argue. "Alright then. How bout… Hanataro?" I know Amy is only trying to help me but after hearing that I just had to give the cell a funny look. "A bunny can break the guy in half like a twig." I point out. "There's no proof of that. But yeah I get the point. What about Renji? You two seemed pretty close the last time you mentioned him." Amy pointed out. "Haven't spoken to him since Kenpachi got him and Toshiro to talk to me. I guess he's in the top five somewhere. Next?" I said. "Hisagi?" Suggested Amy. "No, I don't think he's the mating type." I say. "Ok. Toshiro?" I thought hard about him. "He's about 3 on my top five." I tell her. "Kenpachi?" She suggested. "The guy is like a father to me. …God I never thought I'd say that about him." I say. "Sorry. Um… Ichigo?" Is she just reading from a list or something? I wondered. "Guess he's number five." I sigh. "Just who is on that list of yours?" Amy asked. "Well the first is Uryu, then Renji, Toshiro, Byakuya, and then Ichigo." I tell her. "Not bad. So how are you going to go about picking the right one?" She asked. "Talk kids with them?" I joke.
I can't believe I'm doing this! Amy why did I let you talk me into this? The reason for my current mental freak out is that I had rounded up my top five picks for a mate and was going to talk to them about things like family, kids, the future, and who knows what else would pop up during the talk. "Um…hope you guys don't mind my calling all of you here." I said while rubbing the back of my head, my ears and tail twitching like mad from nervousness. "Whatever; beats shopping with my sisters." Ichigo saids. He just lost a point. "So what did you call us here for Dark?" Uryu asked. "I was bored and wanted to talk about stuff with you guys since I don't think we talk enough." I lie, while at the same time plotting how I'm going to kill Amy for talking me into this. "What stuff?" Toshiro asked. "Um… Well how bout what you guys want to do in the near future." I suggest. "Never thought about it before." Ichigo said while looking thoughtful. "Well I have plans for collage." Uryu answers. "I'm hoping to be a captain." Renji answers. "I don't know." Saids Toshiro. "There isn't anything I feel the need to achieve any time soon." Byakuya saids. I sighed. These guys are thicker then I thought. "Um? What about plans for…I don't know, say marriage?" I ask. Ichigo went wide-eyed, Uryu avoided looking at me, Toshiro tried his hardest not to glare at me (meaning Rangiku had to have been bugging him on the matter not too long ago), Renji went slightly red for some reason, and Byakuya just stared at me. …… I cannot believe these guys. You can't tell me that Renji, Toshiro, and Byakuya haven't given any thought to marriage at some point! For crying out loud, these guys don't age all that quickly so you would think they would want someone to share there lives with. I thought bitterly. "Come on guys! Talk to me! I don't care if you want to marry one of Ganju's boars; just tell me something when I ask a fricking question!" I snap, getting slightly moody. "Ok now that is just sick." Ichigo saids while giving me a look that saids he thinks I'm a freak. "Are all women like this when they want to talk to a group?" Toshiro asked. I was torn between pissed and crying; so I slammed my fist down into the table before me (causing every to jump in fright) and glared at each of them. "All I'm trying to do is pick which of you would be a good mate for me! But you guys can't even answer some stupid questions properly! I'm out of here." I snap and storm away from them. The last thing I heard for the table was, "Did she say mate?" I think it was Ichigo, but it could've been Renji.
That night I took care to make sure Sajin couldn't come through the windows; I wasn't sure just how badly he wanted me and I didn't care to find out. Trust me the thought of waking up in the middle of the night and finding him on top of me is scary. Though I doubt I'll be getting any sleep tonight.
Tossing in my bed I sighed while thinking about my little chat with the boys. "I told them what I was doing. GREAT! Now the whole Soul Society is going to know by morning. Bet that freak Mayuri is going to beg for me to be bred or something for tests. What am I going to do?" I wondered. "How bout you relax a little?" Suggested a voice. "Huh?" I sat up and turned to the door; finding a totally hot blond guy there. "Who?" I asked. "Name's Drake. Look Dark I know you're all hot and bothered by this whole mating thing but you have to pull yourself together before your heat gets so bad that you end up mating with someone you don't want to just cause you took too long to pick a guy." Drake tells me. "Do you know how hard it is to pick a mate when the five I picked as possible mates failed to even answer my questions?" I asked him. "You took them by surprise Dark. Maybe you should try asking them one at a time." Drake suggested. "Yeah sure, after I already told them why I was doing it." I sighed. "Well it's up to you Dark. Random mate or someone you yourself picked out. Whatever you pick or should I say end up doing, I wish you the best of luck." Drake bowed and left. I let out an annoyed sigh. "Uryu and Ichigo aren't leaving till tomorrow afternoon. Guess that gives me a little time to try again." I mumble with dread.
Ichigo was training/sparing with Kenpachi so I couldn't speak to him, so I went after Uryu. "Dark is what you said yesterday true?" Uryu asked once he saw me. My face darken quickly. "Y-yeah. I am looking for a mate Uryu. I'm sorry for getting all angry with you and the guys yesterday. Heat seems to come with mood swings." I explain. "It's alright Dark. Though I must admit I never thought you would gather five men together to ask questions just to pick one as a mate." Uryu saids. "Yeah I was kind of surprised that I did that too." Last time I listen to Amy about this kind of stuff. "So… you think I would make a good mate for you?" Uryu asked while adjusting his glasses. I blushed slightly. "Um yeah. In truth you're my top pick." I tell him while toying with my zanpakuto. We were silent for a while. "Um. When are you going to select your mate?" Uryu asked. "I don't know. First I have to speak to the other guys so I can work out who I want to spend the rest of my life with. Then it's all a matter of working up the nerve to tell him." I explain. "Alright then." Uryu said.
After Kenpachi went back to his office I went over to speak with Ichigo. "Look Dark you're a friend and I respect you. But I don't know about this whole mating thing with you. I'm only in high school after all and my father would get even crazier if he found out I was a father. Besides, I'm not into you like that." Ichigo tells me. I sighed, a little upset with how this turned out. "Alright Ichigo. I understand what you're saying and I can live with it. At least you had the guts to tell me this. Thanks." So that just leaves me with four possible mates. Wonder who'll be next to get taken off the list.
Toshiro and Renji both gave me good reasons as to why they could be my mate. Toshiro because he had too much on his hands already (and the fact that he himself still looked like a kid would just bring about more trouble for the both of us) and Renji because he thought of me as a kid sister or something along those lines. So it was down to Uryu and Byakuya.
Knocking on the door to Byakuya's office I felt nervous as all hell. "Come in." Came Byakuya's voice. So I opened the door and stepped in. But as I went to speak I realized he wasn't sitting at his desk like normal; then again he wasn't anywhere I could see him. A pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around my waist and pulled me back again a torso. Looking back I found Byakuya holding me. "U-um… I just came here to talk." I tell him. Byakuya leaned down and kissed my neck, causing me to moan lightly. "You are looking for a mate; and so far no one else seems to accept this. No one but me." He whispered in my ear. The feel of his breath on my skin alone was enough to make me want to submit to him, but I knew I had to focus or else everything could go south on me. "Captain please. I just want to talk." I tell him and I pull free of his grip. "Very well then. But only if you will call me by my name." He said after sighing. I blushed, realizing just how strongly he must be feeling about me to want me to refer to him by his name. "Alright Byakuya. It's already very clear that you don't mind what I came here to talk to you about. You have also made it clear that you are interested in me. How long have you been interested in me anyway?" I just had to know when these feelings started. "If you must know I became interested in you when you first entered my office." Byakuya answered. For real? He's had feeling for me since the beginning? Wow. I thought with a light blush dusting my cheeks. "I watched you each day trying to work out how you came to be here and why you moved as though you knew everything about the Soul Society." Byakuya explained. Did I really act like that? "Guess I was some kind of puzzle to everyone." I commented. "Indeed you were. Then you seemingly disappeared for a while; I thought you had left for good until you showed up at the officer buffet with your new features. Not many know that I view wolves highly; so seeing you with wolf features drew me to you more then the mystery behind you." Byakuya explained. I don't get it. I'm a nothing, a nobody and he's nobility. How come he sees something interesting in me?
To all my fans I am sorry for the long wait. And to those I spoke to about what the next part might have in it I am sorry but i was unable to combind the two. I hope I haven't let you down.
If anyone wants to tell me who they believe is the better mate (be it out of the five listed in this story or someone else) feel free to tell me in the reviews, since I have no idea how to make a poll or anything like that on this site. Thank you for reading and once more sorry about the wait.