Chapter 10

It has been almost a month since Hisana had walked away after getting upset at Yachiru about what she said about her liking me and her being my girlfriend. And in all of that time I haven't been able to talk to her. Whenever we would run into each other, she would freeze and completely ignore me, almost like she completely forgot about me. And, if I walked close to her and try to talk to her, she just runs away.

In a usual day, I see her at least twice a day, from either our time practicing or her, usually accompanied by Yachiru, hiding from Ikkaku after one of their many pranks.

I still don't understand why she has become so upset toward all of us enough to avoid being near us and talking to me. I mean, sure it was embarrassing, but I didn't react to her comment at all. Because of all the time that we have been spending together, I knew sooner or later that someone was going to think that we had feelings for each other or that we started to secretly date, but I wasn't expecting her to react like that.

At first I started to think that she may have a concrete view of our relationship, it being either friend or lover, or, somewhere in between.

But, to be honest with myself, I haven't even decided how I truly feel about her. I mean, as soon as I started to feel something, whatever it was, Senbonzakura automatically said it was love and she began to tease me about whenever she felt I needed to be teased. Her constantly teasing me, started to make me feel that I may actually love her, but, in all honesty, I have no idea what I really feel about her.

I have always been distant with woman, trying not to get close to them, because I know that the elders of my clan will find someone for me. The same thing happened with my father and grandfather.

'This seriously sucks.' I told myself after the several hours of going through what is happened lately in my life.

'So, master, what are you going to do now? Are you going to try and fix the situation with Hisana or completely forget it and go on with your life, like nothing ever happened?" Senbonzakura commented in an annoyed voice.

'I have no idea what I am going to do. I want to do something, but every time I try to talk to her, she just runs off.'

'Sometimes it's good not to give up. It will show her that you will not stop till she finally allows the two of you to talk. It also might show her that you actually care about her.'

'That makes since, but getting close to her is the problem.' I stated turning in my office chair so that I could look out the window.

'But, before you do anything, you need to figure out how you both feel about each other. If you are just friends or more. And you have to be able to tell her which she is to you. You have to be able to tell her with confidence and be able to back it up, with proof.'

And with that she completely disappeared from my mind, allowing me to sort out my feelings of one of the only woman in my life.

I thought that going through some of the memories of mine that Hisana was in, hoping that it might help me find out what I truly felt for her.

I remember the conversation that I had with Senbonzakura the day that I met Hisana, the same day that the former started teasing me about liking someone.

"You like her don't you master."Senbonzakura asked me.

"I don't know. It's just that I feel different around her." I said confused.

"Then you like her."

Out of nowhere there was a bright light and she appeared. She has long light pink hair, a white sash only covering her breasts, a long flowing skirt with slits and a scarf around her neck that touched the floor that was a darker pink then her hair.

"I can't believe it, my little Bya-boo is in love."She said walking up to hug me.

"You learned that name from Yoruichi didn't you?"

"Of course."

"What do I do now?"

"Learn more about her, become close to her."

"I doubt that Kenpachi will let me, especially because I'm a noble."

"Maybe you can get that cute little girl that likes candy to help you, oh…what was her name again."

"Yachiru"

"Yea, ask her for help, and if she says no you can bribe her with candy."

I figured out here that there was something different about her, than the other women that I was around, usually women from other high ranking families that wanted me to marry their daughters and such.

I drew to the conclusion that she didn't react different than she would with any other of the captain. She reacted with respect for my authority and that was it. She didn't try to gain more attention that I already had on her… she acted like I was a normal person, which was rare for me.

Then I thought about when she first asked me to start training her…

It was close the end of the first month that I met her, when she, literally, back flipped into my life.

At first it started with just simple and quick meeting that we would just talk and then we would just walk away. But, slowly the conversations started to last several minutes longer.

We started to just talk about what has happened in our life, her talking about any confrontations the members of her squad had with other people, and me responding with simple things about new members and stuff.

Sometimes while I would be in my office, she would pop by and ask if there were any tips that I could give her so that she can improve.

At first, I didn't understand why she would always come to me, when she has some of the best fighter in her squad.

"Hey Byakuya." I heard her as she opened the door.

"Hello Hisana, how are you doing today?"

"You asked me that this morning when we saw each other when you were on your way to you office."

"And that was almost four hours ago, thing happen." I replied before going back to my paperwork.

"Do you mind if I ask you something, Byakuya?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"Can you train me? I want to improve and I need your help." She stated, bowing, hiding her expression from me.

"Why would you want me to train you?" I asked confused, looking at her. "You have some of the best fighters that would be willing to help you."

"All of them know how to fight, yes, but, I want to learn how to smart not hard, unlike all of those idiots." She replied with a smile, while sitting on the couch against the wall in the office.

I accepted, with my reason being that I didn't want another person being corrupted by their idiotic ways of fighting.

After that, we would train at least three times a week, with her improving, faster in some things, like flash stepping, and slowly in others, like hand to hand combat. She said she wanted to learn how to fight without a sword because all of the men in her squad believe that the only way to fight is with a sword and she wanted to prove them wrong.

Then I started to think about all of the time that we spent relaxing together after one of our training sessions.

Some would end with me carrying her back to her housing after her working herself so hard that she collapsed in exhaustion.

Others would end with us just relaxing under one of the many sakura trees near the lake.

I finally started to understand my true feelings for Hisana and I started to feel that I need to tell her. Let's just hope she is okay with how I feel about her.