Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach!
This is my first Bleach story, so don't expect it to be too good!
Sorry I was late, I had to deal with my life too, ya know!
Characters are a bit OOC, but it's just a fanfic, UNDERSTOOD!?
Okay, onto the story….
The Man in My Heart
Chapter Ten: Hopeless
Byakuya and Rukia bowed to the audience that was cheering in appreciation for the show. Rukia smiled and waved at them as if she was on the red carpet with her co-star lover. Byakuya was deeply pleased with the sight. The last time he ever felt this way was when it was his wedding ceremony with Hisana.
Byakuya leaned a little to Rukia's ear and whispered to her softly, "You look glorious. Must've been from me being too soft on you."
Rukia smirked at him and instantly replies, "We'll see about next time, I'll surely beat you one day." Byakuya smirked back as he said, "Quite confident, I see. Well don't be so sure, I was just giving you a hint of what I'm capable of, my dear."
All of a sudden, the head captain, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, appeared behind the two lovers with a glare as Soi-Fon and Shinji Hirako were in tow.
The head captain's spiritual pressure sent chills down to Rukia's spine in slight fear while it sent Byakuya to mentally roll his eyes in annoyance.
Want to know why? Well, this old man always give him PAPERWORK, sent him the craziest lieutenant ever, accused him for breaking their "precious" captain haori, and making him do all the work while he just sits around in his office. Not that anyone should know about it.
Yamamoto glare at them harden as both Kuchiki turned around to face him. "What in the name of Kami made you fools destroy about 5 divisions' training ground! In result, you idiots interrupted your colleagues' time to work!" The head captain raged out as Byakuya sweat dropped from the insults. Rukia was officially scared that she quickly hid behind Byakuya.
Remembering one of the statements in wonder, Byakuya and Rukia looked to their left and saw that there was a huge trail of broken walls and all the way to the First Division. There were also slight pieces of cherry blossom petals and crystal ice on the trail as well.
The audience all had their jaws dropped from the bizarre sight before them. They have been distracted over the fight that they had never realized about the attacks bursting into walls.
Byakuya was not one to bow down to the head captain unless necessary. And this is one of those times that is when he would not bow down and apologize for. After all, the repairs are all cheap to him.
"So what of it, Head Captain?" Byakuya asked as if he didn't see anything that was that wrong.
Right when Byakuya said that, a fiery aura was sensed around the head captain. Everyone backed off a little as they were frightened to witness the wrath of the Head Captain Yamamoto, which includes Rukia and Shinji. Soi-Fon and Byakuya were the only ones who were calm enough to just wait for Yamamoto's temper to blow up.
"YOU INSOLENT BRAT! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH DAMAGE YOU'VE MADE?! NOW I HAVE TO REPAIR ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF YOUR FOOLISHNESS!" Raged out the head captain as all of the witnesses were scared to their pants off.
Byakuya just wiped his nose so he could clean the saliva from Yamamoto's spitting while screaming at him off his face. "Please excuse this to me. After all, the repairs are all cheap and easy to fix." He said too calmly for anyone's liking.
That statement only made Yamamoto angrier. "Captain Kuchiki, did you dare think that I was going to let this slide? You should've known by now that when you damage something, you have to pay it back with equal value. This place has been built for at least more than a millennium and was cherished by the Soul King and Gokei 13. So in other words, you may have to spend at least more than a million for each year. And that is close to a trillion." Yamamoto explained with seriousness.
Byakuya, in a very unusual way, scoffed and said,"And what? I can get that fixed in a blink of an eye. I have more money than you expected. So the case is close and you can all just relax now."
Now everyone was shocked, even the head captain. Have this Kuchiki been saving money, or was he just saying that to get out of the hook? But with that serious look in his eyes, it tells Yamamoto that he wasn't lying.
Yamamoto sighed in annoyance and relief. "Very well, Captain Kuchiki. I'll leave it all to you. But in one condition." He declared and warned.
"And what is that condition?" Asked Byakuya with patience and slight curiously.
"You'll let me pay one-third of the price. I don't want you losing most of your money on something that I find unnecessary."
"Aw, does the Head Captain have the heart to be concerned about one of his pawns?" Byakuya joked with amusement and a smirk that gave everyone shivers down the spine.
Yamamoto however, was not affected by the smirk. He knew that smirk for a long time. That smirk had been passed from generations to generations, and it annoyed him greatly. But at the same time, Yamamoto knew that the Kuchiki Clan in the Gokei 13 is very loyal and dependable.
"Hmph. As if, Kuchiki." Yamamoto turned to the crowd and ordered them, "Everyone, get back to your place and get working!" And in a flash, everyone was gone. Well, all except Rukia, Soi-Fon, Shinji, Byakuya and Yamamoto.
"Well, I better be off. Come along, Soi-Fon." Yamamoto said as he and Soi-Fon shunpoed away.
Shinji had a huge smirk on his face. "Well, dear Rukia. Its looks like you need to take care of some things with your brother." Shinji said with amusement. "Can you handle that all alone, dear?"
Rukia blushed in embarrassment as she tried to speak when Byakuya interrupted. "Rukia can do what she pleases. She has nothing to do with this. If she wants to help, then she'll do it. And about her handling it, she needs more than just a trillion to make her fall in stress. As long as I'm here, she'll be fine and will not be worried."
Shinji was quite shocked to hear those words from the cold-blooded captain himself. He had heard the rumors that the Kuchiki's relationship was distance. Smiling to himself, he turned to leave as he said "You two are hopeless." And he left in a flash.
Rukia's blush deepened when Byakuya said all of that. Boy, was she blessed! She kept on thinking to herself as Byakuya surprised her when he carried her in bridal style and shunpoed to Rukia's office and locked the door.
After Byakuya did all that, he kissed Rukia passionately to show his affection. Rukia was too slow to know what was happening, but fell into the passion. A few minutes of just being in each other's arms, Byakuya broke the silence.
"Rukia, where did you learn that kido? I've heard of it, but I never thought that you were capable of learning it." Byakuya asked softly.
Rukia sighed. With her secret kido exposed, there was no option but to tell him. "I learned it from reading some books. I did some extra training without anyone knowing and one day, I accomplished wielding it. Ichigo was the only one who saw me in action when we were fighting with a hollow. Well, until now." She explained.
Byakuya had a hurt look in his eyes. He just found out today that his lover had a secret kido and kept it from him, but did the kido in action in front of another. The thought alone made him feel regret for ignoring her from the past 50 years.
Rukia noticed the look right away and embraced the offended Byakuya with comfort. "You didn't let me finish. I did that in front of Ichigo because I needed to do that, since at that time, I lost Sode no Shirayuki. I kept the kido a secret because first of all, I thought that you didn't acknowledge me, and second is that, I promised myself that if I duel you one day, I'll expose it to impress you and to get you to acknowledge me for the first time back then. And besides, that hollow was about to kill that foolish boy anyway." Rukia explained as she admired the beauty before her with a soft smile on her face.
Byakuya finally looked up with a pleased expression in his eyes. "But my dear, you've already impressed me with everything about you. I didn't need you to push yourself to the limit, and thanks for trying at least." He said as he continued. "I admit that I was a total idiot back then and I know that you forgave me for that. Also, I still would've loved you even if you were just a mere soul reaper with no title in the beginning. I love you and only you from now on."
They both smiled at each other and embraced again.
I'm really sorry for the long wait, but can I help it?
No, not really since my father is annoying the hell outta me!
And SUMMER'S HERE! AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!
I hate summer, I have to handle the heat, bugs biting me, and I had to drink 8 bottles of water every single day!
But that's not important.
Again, I can't post another chapter for a long time because of the prepartations that I have to take before High School. Sure I'm smart, but I'm not fit…
Oh well, I have to go now.
Until then, SEE YA!