Scarlet Linen

By- ByaRukifan

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"That's all." Kaien confirmed. "Let's go back home. You carry her. She'll wake up in a few hours." Kaien said before he headed towards the exit to the warehouse. Byakuya quickly scooped Rukia up in his arms and followed Kaien.

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After they had gotten back home. Byakuya had went and took Rukia to her room until she woke up. He sat beside her bed, never taking his eyes off her. He didn't leave the room for anything. He just waited. He held her hand and on occasion unknowingly started stoking her hair. It was becoming of habit of him to do that, but he didn't care. He just wanted Rukia to open her eyes. He wanted to know that she was okay and always will be. So he just kept on waiting. "Hey, she won't be waking up until a few more hours pass. Why don't you try to relax a bit?" Kaien said walking into the room and sitting on a nearby chair.

"I'm fine." Byakuya replied, at all times he kept his eyes on Rukia.

"Are you sure about that? You haven't moved an inch since we got back. I know you're worried, but still. You need time to yourself to." Byakuya didn't reply. "Hmm. Maybe that's what it means to be eternally bonded. You never want to leave each other. Hmm." Kaien said to himself. Still not getting Byakuya to say anything. "Well. I'll just leave you two love birdies alone then." Kaien said grinning a Cheshire Cat sort of grin. He then got up and left the room.

"Rukia. Please be okay. I'm sorry if you didn't want me to bite you. I just didn't want to lose you. I've never had anyone I care about as much as you. You mean everything to me. I wasn't about to lose you. If you would've died...I don't know what I'd do." Byakuya said choking a bit on his words. He closed his eyes and put his head lightly on top of Rukia's hand that he was holding.

"Why would I not want it to be you to bite me? If I were in your situation I'd do the same." Byakuya's head shot up to see Rukia smiling at him.

"Ru...Rukia?" He could feel himself starting to smile.

"Yeah?" Rukia replied just before Byakuya stood up and gave her a tight hug.

"Rukia! I'm so glad you're okay. You are okay aren't you?" Byakuya asked quickly.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I'm just a little drowsy. I just woke up and all." She replied with a small laugh. Byakuya then pulled out of the hug and gave her a kiss more full of love and passion than any of the one's before it. Rukia gladly kissed him back with the an equal amount of love and passion. After awhile they pulled back. Rukia smiled at him just like he was smiling at her. "So, what happened while I was out?"

"He didn't leave the room. So he's defiantly the wrong guy to ask." Kaien said walking back into the room.

"Kaien! You're okay!" Rukia said happily.

"Duh. Of course I'm okay. Why would you think I wouldn't be. Just because Sosuke captured me? Hah." Kaien laughed. "But, seriously. Byakuya wouldn't know. He really hasn't left this room once since we got back. It was like he was frozen to that chair. He didn't barely even moved."

"Really?" Rukia curiously asked Byakuya.

Byakuya blushed a little and lovingly replied, "Really."

"Wow. How long was I out?"

"Umm. I'd say about Twelve Hours." Kaien replied.

"Twelve!?" Rukia was shocked. She'd never been asleep that long. Ever, but then she thought back to everything that happened and figured that was what she got for over working herself. "What about Gin and Sosuke?"

"You killed Sosuke. So he won't be bothering us anymore. Gin, well. He's dead to. Byakuya kicked his ass. I only saw his body after he died, but just by lookin' at him you could see that Byakuya fought rough." Kaien answered.

Rukia looked at Byakuya. "I didn't know you could fight. When I told you to go after Kaien and Gin. I always figured that when Gin stood in your way, you would have just used your power to make him seem scared of you or something."

"Wow. I never even thought of doing that." Byakuya said honestly.

"Are you serious," Rukia asked with a hint of humor, "Or are you just joking?"

"I"m serious. I was so furious I never thought of using my power that way."

"Why were you furious?"

"Because I knew that Gin and Sosuke wanted to hurt you. And anyone who intends to do that will just have to deal with me."

"Byakuya..." Rukia smiled.

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After an hour Rukia finally got up and started walking around. She sat down on the couch next to Byakuya. Kaien was sitting in an armchair near them.

"Byakuya, you bit me right?" Rukia asked.

"Yeah." Byakuya replied.

"So that makes us eternally bonded and stuff, but I don't feel any different. Am I supposed to? What do you know?"

"That's all I read, But your cousin seems to know. I just haven't had time to ask him. Both Byakuya and Rukia looked at Kaien then.

"Huh? Oh. When two mates become eternally bonded. It's kind of like a human marriage, but a little more complex. Byakuya when you bit Rukia, you felt some unknown substance go into her puncture wound right?"

"Yeah. I did. I still don't know what it was." Byakuya replied.

"Well, it was 'Venom Blood.' Once you bite someone. That 'blood' is gone. When you bit Rukia that's what that substance was. I'll bet Rukia's blood tasted pretty sweet. That's because you took her 'blood' just as she took yours. You getting all this?"

"Yeah. Kind of..." They both replied together.

"Okay. So now that you've both taken each others 'venom blood.' You are eternally bonded...Okay, to put it...kinda simpler. You two will now never want to be able to fall for anyone else and you will always enjoy each others company. Yadda Yadda. You'll always be together. There. That's as simple as I can put it...seriously. I only skimmed the whole legends thing. I never really fully read it. Heh." Kaien explained with a small chuckle afterwards.

"Okay. I think we understand now." Byakuya said looking at Rukia.

"I got it." Rukia said to him smiling. Byakuya smiled back at her.

"Good. Because that's all you two are going to be able to get out of me. I don't know anything else." Kaien said leaning back into the chair. He was motionless for a minute. "...We really need a Television." He said seriously. Byakuya and Rukia laughed at his comment. "I'm serious. It gets boring for me around here. I mean, come on," He looked at Rukia, " before you had Byakuya, you had all the entertainment you needed. Games, Music...Probably more than that." Byakuya and Rukia continued to laugh.

"Well, you're always traveling." Rukia stated.

"Oh...yeah. I guess you're right...but still. I need to get a Television here for when I'm actually here. Then maybe get some game systems. Hmm." Kaien said to himself. Byakuya and Rukia just got up and went to Rukia's room.

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"Is he always like that?" Byakuya asked as he and Rukia laid beside each other on the bed. Rukia was lying on her stomach, her head on Byakuya's chest with her eyes shut.

"Most of the time. He's rarely serious. He likes to clown around most of the time." she replied softly.

"Hmm." Byakuya closed his eyes and relaxed just like Rukia was doing. He started to stroke her hair out of habit again.

"That's becoming a habit isn't it?"

"Yup."

"Good. It feels nice." She heard Byakuya softly chuckle. That made her smile. She loved to make him happy. She'd do anything for him. She knew he'd do anything for her to. Rukia was finally happy to know she had found someone she truly loved. She also knew he felt the same.

"Rukia?" Byakuya asked tiredly.

"Yeah." Rukia answered in the same tone.

"I'm glad you're okay."

"And I'm glad you're okay."

--

Kaien left to go traveling again a few days after the Sosuke event. Byakuya And Rukia waited a few more days after that to go back to Karakura High. When they returned Ichigo and the rest of the group kept bombarding them with endless questions about; why they were gone so long, where did they go and were they together. They only had a chance to answer a few before they secretly made their escape, away from the group, who were suddenly on the topic of what lunch would be, to their classes. At lunch. Byakuya and Rukia were reunited again. They sat at their usual table and started talking.

"Wow, I wasn't expecting so many questions." Rukia said.

"Yeah. All I was really expecting was a "Where were you two?" or something."

"Yeah. That's all I was expecting to." Rukia said smiling. Byakuya smiled back.

"So what do you want to do after school?" Byakuya asked.

"Umm. Let's go to the forest." She said happily.

"Okay. We'll go to the forest." Byakuya Agreed. "Are we going back to the spot where you showed me your power?"

"Nope. I know a much better place." She said with a grin.

"Now you got me curious."

"That's what I was hoping for." The bell then rang. "Okay. See you after school."

"It's a date." Byakuya said with a wink. Rukia laughed and went to her next class.

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Just as they had planned, after school they went to the forest. "So where is this new place here we're going to?" Byakuya asked as he and Rukia ran side by side.

"You'll see. Just follow me." She replied before she started running faster. To Byakuya, it seemed like they were running forever. Byakuya wanted to know why Rukia wouldn't tell him. 'It must be a really special place if she won't even give me a hint.' Byakuya thought.

"We're almost there." Rukia told him happily. She smiled. Hoping Byakuya will like where they're going when he sees it. She saw Byakuya smile back at her, and also so by looking at him how curious he was to know where they were going. It'd just be a few more minutes and he'd finally know.

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Just when Byakuya thought they were never going to stop running, Rukia finally did. He stopped and walked back to her. "We're here." She declared with a smile. Byakuya looked at his surroundings. His eyes went wide. They were on the top of a small mountain. You could see Karakura Town in the distance and the setting sun. It was all beautiful.

"You like it?" Rukia asked sitting down on a rock formation that looked like a small bench. "I always came here when I got tired of being at home."

"I love it." Byakuya replied and sat down next to her. "It's beautiful," he started stroking her hair out of habit again, "just like you." He added. Rukia blushed then leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I knew you'd like it here."

"Well, you were right." Byakuya told her. She just smiled wider.

"I'm glad you like it." Rukia said quitely, taking her head off his shoulder to look him in the eyes. Byakuya put his hand to her cheek, leaned in and put his lips to hers in a long, loving kiss. Byakuya pulled away after a few moments and leaned his forehead on hers.

"How about we head home." He said as he saw Rukia try to hide a yawn.

"Alright." Rukia tried to stand up, but Byakuya stopped her and lifted her into his arms. "Bya-Byakuya?"

"You're tired. Let me carry you." He said softly.

"Okay." She laid her head against his chest. Byakuya started running again. They would probably stay home from school the next day. They needed more time to spend with each other. Even though they had all of eternity to spend time together, they didn't like to waste a minute. "I love you." He heard Rukia say quietly to him. He smiled a big smile and softly replied back.

"I love you to."

The End...?

Yeah, This is the last Chapter. After this I'm gonna post the Vampire Files and Human Files of Characters. I Hope you liked this chapter. Heh. This was the most difficult one to write.

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