I don't speak fluent English but I'm trying my best. YOSH! Let's get it on!

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"Achoooo!", Rukia wiped her nose using the back of her small hand in private. She was seated right next to Byakuya. The Emperor, most beautiful man she had ever met, her secret keeper and not to mention his unofficial husband. The court room was filled with his officials. They were seated parallel to each other, a red carpet were placed in the middle starting from the door opening up to end where the young emperor was seated. The courtroom was well-designed for these higher ups.

Rukia wanted to listen to their reports in the Soul Society, problems from the outskirts of Rukongai up to the Emperor's palace, but in the end, she was just hearing ramblings of old geezers wanting the Emperor's attention and money. Problems that they reported can be resolved by not using any amount of gold. No wonder why Byakuya took these problems to himself and trusted advisers. The raven-black haired beauty scanned the room to find her family. She smiled as she landed her eyes on the left side, near to where some officials are seated. Her family are standing there, with their gaze shifting from one official to the other, scanning the entire room, ready to kill somebody or some sort. Her older brother, Rose, caught her attention. He let out a small wave and nudge Renji who wore his straight face, taking his job seriously. Renji glared at Rose, who in return moved his head to where Rukia was seated. His eyes soften as he look on his beautiful sister. He nodded and went back to his job. She shifted her gaze to her father. His eyes are close, arms folded infront of his chest and listening to his environment. She may not see it, but she knows that her father's reiatsu I s covering her with protection and love.

The meeting was quite a bore but she can't help it since Byakuya personally invited her to come.


[Flashback!]

Sitting side by side under a Sakura tree, Byakuya spoke, "Attend my court meeting tomorrow". Rukia spitted out her tea and looked at Byakuya with disgust. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" "Attend my court meeting tomorrow", he repeated casually. She sighed, held her teacup in two hands and place it on her lap. "Why?"

Byakuya looked at her violet pools, which in return her cheeks revealed a pink tint. "You want to know how I run things here right?", Well that's true. Rukia's curiosity sometimes get herself into trouble. The more she wanted to know something, the more unstable her reiatsu is steaming out of her body. She scratch the back of her head and smile sheepishly, "uhmm.. You're right but-"

"8:30am tomorrow at the court room. You'll be my escort.", with that he looked straight in the horizon while drinking his tea.

Rukia remained silent. Thinking what the officials might say, her father and two brothers! For sure those three are present on the meeting. What does this guy thinking? Presenting her to the whole palace? Unbelievable! Although there is a part of her that's doing summersaults because of joy, her hands tremble in fear. She felt heat on her right hand, a slender and fair masculine hand is squeezing it firmly. An assuring squeeze.

"You're braver than this Rukia. Loosen up a little will you? I already told Jyuushiro-sensei that you'll be coming with me". Rukia gasped, does father really give him a permission?

"He g-gave you a permission?"

"Yes, he also mentioned that since you've been staying here for quite a long time. Might as well learn and study what's happening here in the palace."

Rukia pouted in his exclamation. "Is it necessary?"

"You never know what will happen Rukia. Jyuushiro-sensei is quite precautious to his daughter", Rukia swore she noticed Byakuya winked at her. He stood up and helped her stand. After the incident in Byakuya's room, they become close to each other. Many servants suppress their giggles when they see the two of them spend their time in each other's company.

They reach Rukia's chamber, Byakuya bow down, took and kiss the back of her right hand and stood up. "I'll be here at exactly 8:00am. If you don't want me to see you naked, or taking a bath, wake up early." He smirked and walk back to his chamber. Rukia's face turned red and throw a pebble at the back of his head. "Shut up idiot! I'll be up earlier than you!"


"Don't you ever peak you pervert!', Rukia shouted at Byakuya. She closed the sliding door and jump at the tub to take a fast bath. She was awaken by Byakuya's beautiful face looking at her in a few inches. In a jiffy, Rukia shunpo-ed at the back of the sliding door to take a bath.

"I already told you. Wake up early unless you want me to see you in your bare skin.", He seated himself on the chair near the window. Teasing his sweet concubine.

"Shut up! I can do this. Go somewhere, I need to get dress. Yumi!", Rukia called her, "can you help me get dress?"

"Hai oujo-sama!, Byakuya-sama", Byakuya was quite astounded by Yumi's quick pace. She's definitely the perfect maid for Rukia.

"I'll be waiting outside.", He stood up and sit at the empty chairs and table placed near the pond that surrounds the residence. It's a perfect place to live for a perfect girl like Rukia. He smiled to himself, "I'll be working for another promotion I guess". In a few minutes, the two doors of Rukia's chamber opened. It revealed His Rukia.

Her hair tied in a sakura flower placed on the right side of her head with 3 golden leaves on its side. She wore a dangling gold earrings with a golden bracelet that is hidden by her Kimono. The kimono composes of 5 different colors of coat. a light pink inner coat that wrapped her body with sakura design, a plain dark blue coat, olive green overcoat with floral design, sky blue printed with branches and maple leaves tied with a maroon obi and her outer coat, an abstract design of flowers that plays with the colors of yellow, orange and red. Every move she takes, the layers of her kimono reveals its elegant designs. However, that doesn't caught the young emperor's attention. It's her big violet eyes, her smile and her beauty that looked at him like he's like he's a mere human entertainment. His eyes widen with his mouth slightly opened. Rukia giggled.

"Close that mouth of yours your Highness"

Byakuya automatically gained his posture and his cold attitude. He stood up, took her hand and kiss it, "You look beautiful".

Rukia blushed, "Well.. Thank you."

"Not bad for a person who woke up late."

"At least I look presentable", she scoffed.

Byakuya feel defeated. She's right. Rukia looked like a goddess who landed on his palace. He let out his ice-emperor aura to get ready to his meeting, "You ready?"

"Yes"


The tall two doors designed with engraved two dragons opened, in return revealed a couple in their straight face. A petite young noblewoman in her sophisticated clothing, making the old and young officers in the room gasp in awe. Her beauty radiated inside the room while at her side, the ice-cold emperor contradicts her warm radiance. Although with his attitude, he looked beautiful as always. With these two god and goddess entered the room, the room become silent. 2 chairs are placed at the end of the red carpet. Byakuya sit at the large chair with engravings of dragon which symbolizes power, strength and good luck. While at his side, a chair with engraving of a phoenix is waiting for Rukia to be seated on. She blushed when it caught her sight. Phoenix is usually the emblem for an empress.

[End of flashback]


"Thank you Seiji-dono for the report, rest assured that your concern will be taken care of, Kaoru?", his gray eyes still looking at his concerned official.

"Yes, your Highness. I've already written down the important details of the said incident", Kaoru, his secretary and one of his trusted officers. His fox like smile send chills to other officials. Kaoru likes to wear outlandish kimonos in and out of the Soul imperial palace. His hair is actually brown in color but dyed blue and style it differently to confuse others though Byakuya manage to know. He has amber eyes and pale skin. He maybe a scamp-like, easy going individual to others but between him and Byakuya, he become calmer and more mature.

Suddenly, the two doors opened with an unknown man, he knelt down with his arms folded in front of his face, and head bowed down, "Emergency at Rukongai. One of the demoted clan, Urameshi clan, the lady of the house, Keiko died. Her family, Koenma and her 2 daughters are all in shock. It is said, an unknown entity killed her."

"Does the Gotei 13 already know about this?"

"Yes your highness, but by the looks of their soldiers, it's beyond their control."

"Thank you for the information, you may leave".

"Yes, your highness", he shunpo-ed leaving the entire court silent. Byakuya's senbonzakura scabbard left out a thud, stood up and face his subjects, "I hereby declare this meeting adjourn. I'll be taking care of the incidents especially the last one", he said.

"Kaoru-", he whispered, still kaoru can hear it. "- send out hell butterflies to my trusted advisors, all of them, to come to my study. "

"Got your back your highness", he nodded at Byakuya and winked at Rukia. She scratched the back of her head and hid her pink tinted cheeks. He sighed and looked at his Royal guards, not to mention Rukia's deadly family members. They all smirked, leaving Rukia confused.

Byakuya cleared his throat, "come Rukia".

She directly looked at the young emperor in a mixed up look. She glanced at her family members which in return replied to follow Byakuya. She nodded and catch up with Byakuya's walking pace. Thanks to Rukia's fluctuating reiatsu and Byakuya's good peripheral vison, he slowed his pace in order for her to catch up. He held her hand and shunpo-ed as fast as he can to arrive in his study, lead her inside and close the door.

"Please be seated. Thanks to your unstable reiatsu, my palace got scared. They thought that the reiatsu that they just felt came from the unknown entity", he let Rukia sit on the right side chair in front of his table then walked behind it to sit.

"oooh –", Rukia blushed "Sorry. I just.. I don't know, scared? Why does the Gotei 13 cannot handle this kind of thing?"

"Simply to give me job to work at -" There's assurance in his voice. Rukia also felt his reiatsu creeping to her body, calming her insides as well as her reiatsu. "- don't worry, this study is reiatsu proof. You can go berserk here anytime you want".

Rukia pouted and look out of the window, waiting for the other officials. The first ones to enter was her family. Jyuushiro seated beside his daughter while the two stand behind them. Rose and Renji chuckled, "You've done quite a show there sis", Rose said.

"Oh don't tell me you're going to mock me Rose-nii!", She looked at her back with her brows furrowed.

"Naah~ Byakuya's fast to hid you here. If not, well.. That's a problem" Did they warn Byakuya about her? Before she set her foot on this palace? "Now that's why he's calm! And he didn't even bother to tell me!", Rukia thought. Right now, she's screaming inside her head but on the outside, her smile remained on her lips.

"Now you know why we don't engage you to battles, huh midget?", Renji added. Rukia glance at her father, who's smiling. He shrugged and left the conversation to his children. "Sorry child, I've warn Byakuya the moment you said yes on yamamoto-taichou". Rukia sighed. She felt defeated. One by one Byakuya's officers filled the room. Yoruichi Shihoin, (head of the Onmitsukido), Tessai Tsukabishi (head of Kido corps), Shunsui Kyoraku (head of the gotei 13), and lastly Kaoru.

"So you're not only beautiful, but also a beast eh?", Yoruichi smiled, she sit on the long chair placed near the window.

"The reiatsu is hers, I knew it", Tessai Tsukabishi, head of kido corps. "It was frightening yes, but also warm like the moment she entered the court room. It was nice", he smiled at Rukia.

"A rare gem you got their Jyuushiro, too bad I didn't come at the courtroom. You know I hate to see those geezers", said the head of Gotei 13, Shunsui Kyoraku. Rukia, Rose and Renji knew him. He's the one who always come to their house, as well as served as their guardian when they're still little. Their father's best friend. Who have thought that man is so powerful he just earned his spot for the gotei 13 chief commander? "She grew beautiful as well as strong enough for her figure, and those two boys.. Wow! I feel nostalgic! Instead of protecting you, the children of Ukitake clan should be saving my ass when I'm in trouble", he laughed. Rukia let out her shy smile. She don't know how to react. She's sweet, kind, warm and all but they also point out that she's dangerous.. As of now, because of the power that she can't contain.

Kaoru was the last one to enter the study. He close the door, placed his hand on it and whispered something. It was a kido barrier in which it seals all wave sounds inside the room, to make the meeting more private. His mastery is kido and shunpo. Kaoru's actually Byakuya's childhood friend as well as his best friend. With a job well done, he faced his superiors and bowed down. He stand against the door and looked at Byakuya attentively.

"Now that everyone's here.. Let's start this"

Byakuya started talking about plans on the earlier discussion among his council. Just as he thought, it doesn't need too much money. Thank God this man has brain. She listen attentively, taking mental notes on does and don't-s which the head of each department gives her. Once in a while she nods, giggles whenever her brothers argue, making the atmosphere inside the room light and sometimes glance on each person inside the room. "So this is a meeting eh.. It's nice to have this conversations especially when you have the people you want on your side. I wonder how long Byakuya realized to actually trust them." Finally, they're down to the last one, yet most intriguing.

"Yoruichi.."

"Yes Byakuya?"

"We need eyes on Rukongai, district 7."

"We're on it"

"We cannot deploy the gotei 13 on that area especially the captains. What's the gotei 13 story Shunsui-taichou?"

He adjusted his sakkat and his pink flowered lady's kimono. His usual playful character and aura turned into a serious one. "I received a report from the Research and Development Institute that there's a certain negative energy that lurks on the said village. They also found out that the father, Koenma is quite attractive thus the people especially women who talks to him, related or not dies the next day. We thought that his family will be spared on the attack, but I guess we miscalculated. His daughters never leave their home, it's always the Koenma and his wife so nobody knows what the children look like. They only know that they're girls."

Rukia gulped, "how gruesome"

"When this killings started?", Byakuya's brows furrowed. He placed his clasped hands on the table.

"Last.. month"

"WHAT?!", Rukia exclaimed. Bringing jolts to everyone. Reality hit her, she pursed her lips and said, "Sorry".

Shunsui laughed hard, really hard. "You've done a great icebreaker there Rukia. But I know what you feel, even we, the gotei 13 are really shocked in this situation. In a month, the number of souls in Soul society and reincarnated women in Rukongai on Earth disrupt the balance between the two. We need to stop this madness."

Rukia clutched her fist that she placed in her lap. Jyuushiro held his daughters hand and give an assuring look. He moved closer to her and whispered, "Don't worry, they maybe looked a little funny but these people will give justice. I guess you, my darling, need to trust them deeper". He let out a wink that makes his petite daughter giggles. "Yes father".

Byakuya's lips quirks a little on her giggle. Oh how he loves to hear that sound. "Each of you, give me your reports about the said incident, everything that your department knows especially you Yoruichi. Investigate the situation, then we'll plan."

In chorus, "Yes, Byakuya-sama".

"You're all dismissed. Thank you for your great work and take care. It's difficult to defeat a monster that we don't even know." Even though he said it in a firm and cold voice, its coated of concern. They all looked at the young emperor and bowed their heads, they lift it up with smiles on their faces and replied, "Yes, your highness". They all stood up and shunpo-ed away except the Ukitake family and Kaoru. Before leaving, he whispered something to Byakuya leaving him wide-eyed. He laughed, shunpo-ed in front of the door, break the spell and disappear in his sight. Rukia walked in front of his highness and bowed gracefully without lifting her head, "Thank you for inviting me to be your companion. Although I caused a lot of trouble -" she opened her left eye and peaked at his mist gray eyes. His eyes are full of humor looking back at her big violet eyes. Rukia lifted her head and stood elegantly "—I had fun." She smiled. Her rare Rukia Ukitake smile made the young emperor breathless.

The three men of the clan smirked at his reaction. Whenever she smiled like that, everyone's down in their knees. A curse? A sweet torment? Naah. It only shows how brave innocent girls let out their feelings through their facial expressions. Rose and Renji put their arms around Rukia's shoulder and snickered, "If something happened in to our cute little sister while she's still your concubine, prepare yourself young man" Rose said.

"Take good care of her", Renji added.

Jyuushiro looked at the young emperor, taking all the pressure given by his two boys. He moved behind Rukia and bowed his head, "I know, we're your Royal Guards Byakuya but whatever happens, protect Rukia. These walls are too much for her, she's still adjusting. Help, guide and protect her for us".

Taking the plea of his most trusted advisor, and somewhat second father.. he stood in front of them and bowed his head low with his eyes closed. His acceptance and promise resonate inside his study sending chills to her body and flush to Rukia's cheeks.

"I promised to protect, help and guide her Jyuushiro-taichou and Rose and Renji, don't worry. I'm already doing that".


A/N: Oh thank goodness I finished writing chapter 6. I've been working on this chapter for 2 months I think. Whenever I have free time, i'm adding lines little by little. (Thank you dropbox xD)

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