Another chapter hope you enjoy hopefully I can post more today like I said it just has been real crazy with the holidays and family if I don`t I will post another tomorrow but I will try to post more today so don`t give up hope =D
The Next Day:
Today was Rukia's execution Kokoro lay down on her bed staring at the ceiling she turned over and coiled herself into a little ball. She felt sick to her stomach it hurt, not knowing what else to do she cried. She started to cry all the tears of pain and loneness out she couldn't bear it anymore. She closed her eyes sobbing without control when she snapped open her eyes. She felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist she quickly sat up and saw Byakuya slowly sitting up on her bed. She looked at him shocked.
"What are you doing here Byakuya?" Kokoro softly whispered.
"You didn't want to be alone last night remember?" Byakuya said softly and Kokoro looked at him and thought back to last night and looked at Byakuya sadly.
"Today is Rukia`s execution?" Kokoro asked hurting and Byakuya nodded and Kokoro stood up and got off of her bed and gave Byakuya her back.
"You should get going or else you will be late to her execution." Kokoro said sadly and a little angry.
Suddenly Byakuya grabbed her by her shoulders and turned her around so they were both facing each other.
"What did I do so horrible to make you so angry at me?" Byakuya asked her quietly but seriously.
Kokoro just looked at him still shock when he softly shook her back and forward snapping her of her thoughts.
"Nothing…absolutely nothing" She simply said. Byakuya looked at her confused and she looked at him and noticed his confusion. "I was always angry at myself…not you…Bya-kun" She softly whispered and felt the tears slip down.
"What are you talking about Kokoro?" Byakuya asked her confused.
"I was always afraid to love you…because I'm afraid I will never be able to love you right…that I could mess up." Kokoro softly whispered. "Once you and Hisana got married I knew I wouldn't have to worry about that anymore since Hisana truly did love you. But then she died and she made me promise to love you but I pushed you away because I was afraid." She finally finish still sobbing she felt like a weight had been lifted from her heart and shoulder.
Byakuya looked at her confused and smiled at her that smile she hadn`t seen since they were kids.
"Is that all…because you were afraid you wouldn't be enough for me?" Byakuya asked her disbelief.
"Hai" was the only thing that came out from Kokoro`s mouth.
"Kokoro you were always enough for me you were more than enough." Byakuya told her and she could tell he wasn't lying. He softly put one of his hands on her cheek and leaned down.
Byakuya softly pressed his lips against hers Kokoro closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Byakuya`s neck giving into the kiss. This is the moment she had been waiting for all her life since the first day she meet Byakuya. She yearn the feeling of Byakuya`s lips against her she wanted to know how it felt to kiss Byakuya. Byakuya slowly slid his hands down from her shoulders, down her curves, down to her waist pulling her closer to him. Byakuya deepen the kiss and she ran her hand through Byakuya's hair. After what seem like forever they parted panting for air, Kokoro rested her head on Byakuya's shoulder and Byakuya leaned down to her ear.
"I love you Kokoro I always have and I always will. But the question is do you still love me?" Byakuya whispered against her ear and she pulled away looking at him weirdly.
"What are you talking about of course I still love you nothing in the world could change the way I feel about you Byakuya." She yelled whispered. She kind of stood on her tippy toes and softly touched his cheek with her soft hand. "I have, I do and I will love you Byakuya…forever…only if you want too?" She whispered softly their lips only inches apart.
"Forever" Byakuya simply replied and leaned down and kissed her again but then she pulled away slowly and Byakuya gave her a confuse look.
"You'll be late to Rukia's execution." She simply whispered answering his confusion making sure her voice didn't break.
"I'm sorry…" Was the only thing he said.
"I know. You better get going I'll be here when you get back" She reassured him and gave him a small smile. Byakuya simply nodded and walked out of her room and Kokoro stood there alone, once she was sure Byakuya was gone she hugged herself. "I'm sorry Bya-kun but I knew you would try to stop me" Kokoro softly whispered. She grabbed her zanpakuto and quickly ran to the only person she knew might help her.
10th Barracks:
Kokoro showed up at the 10th barracks and ran into the empty office and made a confused face. She stood there and felt Toshiro's and Rangiku's reiatsu not far from where she was at. She shunpo off to that direction when she suddenly realized where she heading to. She stood in front of the huge building and made a confused face.
"Why would Toshiro came here?" Kokoro asked herself and slowly walked in through the broken down door and made a serious face. Kokoro suddenly felt Toshiro's reiatsu going up not far from there and quickly ran farer into the place when she came to a complete stop. She covered her mouth before a scream came out as she looked at the dead bodies. Kokoro took a deep breath and slowly walked over to them and she saw the dry build and made a confuse face. "They've been dead for some time now" Kokoro thought to herself when she noticed Toshiro's reiatsu slowly fading away. She turned to the direction where she felt it coming from and quickly shunpo that way when she showed up in a room. Her body froze in shock when she saw Aizen standing over Toshiro's and Momo's body. But that wasn't the only reason she froze in shock for but because she also saw Gin standing there.
"Gin…" Was the only thing that came out from Kokoro`s mouth. She didn't care about the fact that Aizen was still alive, she just wanted to know what Gin was doing there. Suddenly things started to go into place and she started to put the pieces together. "Oh" was the only thing that came out, but she still couldn't believe it. She felt her angry rising and her hands turned into a fist, she felt the tear slip down her cheek. Kokoro slowly walked up to Gin and punched him. He slowly turned his head back around, he lifted his face back up and she saw some blood running down his lip. "I will neverforgive you for this" Kokoro spat the words coming out like venom.
"Kokoro" Gin begin but Kokoro cut him off when she swung her zanpakuto at him.
"Don't you say my name! I'm going to kill you and then Aizen for what he did to Momo and Toshiro." Kokoro yelled angrily at Gin.
"Tsuki-" Kokoro was cut short when she felt something pierce her flesh she ran her hands down her stomach when her fingers felt the point of the sharp blade and the warm crimson liquid on it. She slowly looked down as the piercing pain spread through her body. She saw a zanpakuto coming out from her stomach she slowly turned around and her eyes were huge with shock.
"Tosen taicho…you too?" Kokoro asked disbelieved.
"Sorry Kawaii-sama" He simply said and pulled his zanpakuto out of her stomach.
Kokoro coughed out some blood and fell to her knees she used one hand to stand up and with the other held her bleeding stomach. But she couldn't stand up there was too much pain and everything slowly started to fade away. She fell all the way down onto the ground a pool of blood forming around her. The last thing she saw was Gin's guilty face looking down at her.
Gin turned around and kind of glared at Aizen, "I thought you said she wasn't going to get hurt?" Gin asked kind of angry.
"She got in the way, plus there is no use in her if she has no bankai and is weak" Aizen said coldly.