A/N: Hisana says she's sorry that she's being such a bitch but that isn't going to stop her. Mwahahahah! I'm so evil!
Anyway, thank you for the reviews, or maybe you just wanted to attack Hisana so you reviewed? Well, whatever it is, thank you for reviewing! Alright, why don't you guys get in my closet now and attack her for all you want? But before you go, read this chapter and review, won't you? (:
"Rukia, are you alright?" Byakuya asked softly as he stood outside the 13th division. Rukia had remained very quiet while they were walking towards the squad barracks together. Normally, Rukia would be the one talking about Ichigo, Renji, Chappy or whatever that comes into her mind while they walk to the squad barracks together every morning. She had been so quiet that it had worried Byakuya.
"Can we just go home and spend some time together now? I don't' feel like coming here. She'll get to spend time with you." Rukia said softly as she looked down.
Byakuya felt a tug in his heart as he looked down at her. She looked so much like a child now with her sad eyes and pouty lips. "We should not abandon our responsibilities, Rukia. I promise I will not speak to her unless necessary, alright?"
Rukia nodded slowly. "Okay. You're right. But can we walk home together this evening?"
"Of course, Rukia. You do not have to ask. I want to walk home with you every day." Byakuya replied gently.
Rukia seemed to have brightened up at the idea as she finally looked up at Byakuya and gave a small smile. "Okay! I'll see you later then!"
Byakuya nodded as two shinigamis from the 2nd squad walked past. They stared at Byakuya and Rukia as they whispered. "Did you hear that? Why is Kuchiki Rukia talking to Kuchiki-taichou in that way? I thought they were not in very good terms.."
Rukia widened her eyes as the two shinigamis walked off. "Do you think we should be more discreet?"
Byakuya stared angrily after the two shinigamis as he replied. "I think we are fine, Rukia. Do not worry. I will see you later."
Rukia nodded as Byakuya shunpo-ed to the direction of where the two shinigamis were headed. He wanted to know what else were they going say. Did anyone find out about his relationship with Rukia? He definitely hoped not. He did not want Rukia to feel upset anymore. Byakuya caught sight of the two shinigamis strolling a distance ahead of him and he stopped behind a tree.
"Don't you think it's weird that the both of them have been very close lately? I even heard that Kuchiki Rukia had been going to the 6th division frequently." Shinigami number one said.
"Maybe she's just visiting Abarai Renji? They might be dating since they're so close." Shinigami number two replied.
The first shinigami scoffed loudly. "I heard that she was kissing the ryoka boy a few days ago. Imagine if she was dating Abarai and was kissing the ryoka boy behind Abarai's back! And worse of all, Abarai and that ryoka boy are friends!"
The second shinigami burst into peals of laughter. "That would make her so cheap!"
Byakuya clenched his teeth together as he tried to control his reiatsu. How dare these lowly shinigamis insult Rukia. How dare they talk about her in this way. Byakuya's hand gripped tightly onto his zanpakto as his reiatsu fluctuated dangerously. The two shinigamis didn't seem to notice as they were too busy laughing their heads off.
As Byakuya was about to draw his zanpakto, he heard someone speak.
"Stop that! I would not allow you to spread rumours about Kuchiki-san!"
Byakuya frowned as he stepped closer to see who had spoken. To his surprise, Takashi Hisana was standing in front of the two shinigamis, with an angry look on her face.
"Who the hell are you?" One of the shinigamis asked as he glared at Hisana.
"Takashi Hisana. Temporary replacement for Abarai Renji." Hisana replied sternly.
The other shinigami raised his brows. "You're a friend of Kuchiki Rukia?"
"I am her soon-to-be sister in law and I will not allow you to speak about her in that way!" Hisana spoke sharply as she prepared to draw out her zanpakto.
The two shinigamis flinched as they saw the serious look on her face. "Look, we're just kidding, alright? We didn't really mean that."
Hisana's eyes flashed angrily. "This will be the last time, you hear me?"
The two shinigamis quickly nodded as they scuttled off. Byakuya stared at Hisana in surprise. Did this woman just defend Rukia? Maybe she isn't that bad after all.
"Is that you, Byakuya-sama?" Hisana asked as she walked towards Byakuya.
Realizing that he had been noticed, Byakuya stepped out.
"I didn't know you were here, Byakuya-sama!" Hisana said in alarm. "What are you doing here?"
"I saw what happened just now." Byakuya replied. "And.."
"Yes?" Hisana probed as she stared at him curiously.
"And I think that that was a very nice thing to do." Byakuya said, his face expressionless.
Hisana breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. I thought you were going to punish me because I nearly got into a fight with them."
Byakuya did not reply but instead, he stared off into the distance, as if he was deep in thought.
"Well, I'll get back to the paperwork, Byakuya-sama." Hisana said as she shunpo-ed off leaving Byakuya alone with his thoughts.
"Is it true, Kuchiki-san? Is it trueeeeee?!" A loud voice shouted as Rukia looked up from her paperwork. The 13th division is empty and she could not see anyone in sight. Weird. I thought I heard someone calling for me. Well, maybe I heard wrongly. Rukia shrugged her shoulders as she bent down to continue her paperwork.
Suddenly, the door of the 13th division slid open with a loud bang and a strawberry blonde dashed in. Rukia looked up from her paperwork as she stared at a panting Matsumoto.
"Are you okay, Matsumoto-san?" Rukia asked, concerned.
"Is it true, Kuchiki-san? Tell.. Tell me it isn't.." Matsumoto said as she spoke in ragged breaths.
Rukia frowned. What had gotten Matsumoto so flustered? "Is what true?" Rukia asked as she stared at Matsumoto.
After catching her breath for a few seconds, Matsumoto managed to calm down and sat across Rukia. "I heard that you have a new sister-in-law. Is it true? Is Kuchiki-taichou getting married?"
Rukia's eyes widened. How did Matsumoto know about this? "Well, I think so." She replied, trying to keep her voice even.
"What do you mean by you think so? So it's true?" Matsumoto asked as she flailed her hands in exasperation.
Rukia nodded as Matsumoto wailed in despair dramatically. "How can Kuchiki-taichou get married?! How can he abandon us?!"
Rukia cast an amused glance at Matsumoto. She knew she shouldn't be amused at this time now that the news has spread, but Rukia couldn't help herself. Matsumoto's actions are just too dramatic. "Abandon who?" Rukia asked as Matsumoto pounded her fists on the floorboard.
Matsumoto looked up at Rukia, her expression suddenly serious. "Abandon the Shinigami Women's Association club of course! We're all loyal fans of his, you know! We've always wanted to come out with a 'The Secret Life of Kuchiki Byakuya' photo book. But we just couldn't get good pictures of him. The previous time Nemu and Isane were sent to take pictures of him but failed! Kuchiki-taichou just wouldn't let us take a picture of him!"
Rukia frowned. "It sounds silly to want to take pictures of nii-sama."
Matsumoto wagged her finger at Rukia. "That's where you're wrong, Kuchiki-san. We're all sure that the photos of him could earn us quite a hefty sum of money! All the women in Seireitei would be rushing to us to get a copy! We're thinking of selling per book for $250."
"What?! $250 for a damn photo book?!" Rukia gasped as she stared at the smiling woman who was nodding her head cheerfully.
"It's not just a damn photo book, Kuchiki-san." Matsumoto replied as she laughed at Rukia's expression. "We're trying to get naked pictures of him." She continued with a sly smile on her face.
Rukia stared at the woman in front of her. Has she heard wrongly? They were trying to get Byakuya's naked photos?! "Did you say naked, Matsumoto-san?"
"Of course I did! Say, Rukia, since you live with Kuchiki-taichou, have you ever seen him naked? Or does he walk around his room naked? Maybe you can help us take a naked photo of him!" Matsumoto suggested gleefully as she twirled a lock of her hair around her finger.
Seen Byakuya naked? Of course Rukia had seen him naked. He's naked every time they make love. Rukia giggled as she the image of her snapping Byakuya's naked form while they were making love drifted into her mind.
Matsumoto peered at Rukia curiously as she waved her hand in front of Rukia's face. "Why are you giggling, Kuchiki-san? You must have seen him naked before, right? Look, we'll give you thirty percent of the earnings from those photo books. What do you think?" she asked eagerly.
Rukia blushed as she pretended to cough. "Of course I haven't seen him naked."
Matsumoto nodded thoughtfully as she drummed her fingers on the table. "Well, I guess we have no choice but to ask Yachiru to think up of more ideas to get naked photos of Kuchiki-taichou. Well, I had better get going. Ikkaku is waiting for me to have a drink. See you soon, Kuchiki-san!"
As soon as Matsumoto left, Rukia stood up and walked out of the 13th division. She gave a deep sigh as she sat on the front steps. Renji and Ichigo are both not here and she doesn't have anyone to talk to. She looked up at the clear blue sky as white puffy clouds drifted across.
"Have you seen Matsumoto, Kuchiki-san?"
Rukia turned around as she saw Hitsugaya Toshiro approaching her. Rukia shook her head expecting Toshiro to walk away but instead, the white haired boy sat down beside her and sighed.
"Is anything wrong, Hitsugaya-taichou?" Rukia asked.
Toshiro turned to look at Rukia. "I'm okay. I'm just a little tired from everything that has been happening lately. About Aizen, Momo and everything else."
Rukia nodded her head in agreement. "Yes. Everything has been happening so fast. I still cannot believe that Aizen would betray us."
Toshiro sighed as he closed his eyes while Rukia kept silent. It was weird as Rukia never had a real conversation with Toshiro before. She didn't know if she should say something or if she should just head back to her paperwork. After thinking for a few seconds, Rukia decided to remain silent.
After what seemed like three minutes, Toshiro's eyes opened slowly as he said. "Where's Kurosaki Ichigo?"
Rukia sighed in exasperation. "Please don't tell me that you think that Ichigo and I are together. We're not together, alright? It's just some stupid rumour that Yachiru made up."
Toshiro frowned. "I know that he isn't your boyfriend. I was just curious where he was. He's usually causing trouble in Seireitei and I don't see him around."
Rukia sighed in relief. "Thank you so much. You're the first person to believe me."
"Of course I believe you, Kuchiki-san. You're with Kuchiki-taichou, not Kurosaki." Toshiro said simply.
Rukia nodded. "You're right, Hitsugaya-taichou. I'm with Bya.. Bya..-" Rukia stopped in mid sentence as she stared at Toshiro. "What did you say?"
Toshiro sighed. "I know you're with Kuchiki-taichou."
Rukia gasped as she leapt up in alarm. "Oh my god. How.. I mean.. Does anyone else know about this?" she asked frantically.
Toshiro shook his head. "I didn't tell anyone. Don't worry."
Rukia groaned as she slapped her palm on her forehead. How did he find out? No wonder everyone was saying he was a genius. "How did you know?" she asked.
"I'm just good at observing people." Toshiro replied calmly as he looked up at the sky.
"Please don't tell anybody about this." Rukia begged.
"I'm not Matsumoto, alright? And why would I want to tell others?" Toshiro replied as he rolled his eyes while Rukia gave him a thankful smile.
"So how are things going on with you and Kuchiki-taichou, Kuchiki-san?" Toshiro asked.
Well, I guess I can trust Hitsugaya-taichou. He wouldn't tell plus I feel like I'm going to die if I don't share my burden with someone soon. Rukia thought.
"Call me Rukia, Hitsugaya-taichou." Rukia replied. "It's not really good. Nii-sama, I mean Byakuya is going to get married to that Hisana woman."
Toshiro frowned as he sat right up. " Alright. I'll allow you to call me Toshiro too. So what Matsumoto said is true. Kuchiki-taichou is getting married. What do you plan to do, Rukia?"
Rukia shook her head in despair. "I don't know. There isn't anything I can do. I feel so helpless. Byakuya told me to trust him. But seriously, how is he going to defy the elders?"
Toshiro kept silent as he listened to Rukia. He wished he could do something to help her. Rukia had always been so kind and helpful to everyone and now there isn't anyone who could help her. "I cannot interfere in this, Rukia. But.. I guess you can find me if you need someone to talk to. And I think you should trust Kuchiki-taichou on this."
Rukia smiled. "You're right. I should trust him. I'm sure Byakuya can fix this somehow. Thank you so much, Toshiro."
Toshiro's cheeks reddened slightly and he quickly looked away. "It's nothing." He muttered under his breath.
Rukia laughed as she closed her eyes while the sun shone warmly down on her face. She had felt so much better after talking to Toshiro and she's glad that she has someone to talk to now. Suddenly, Rukia's eyes opened as she realized that they were not alone.
"Hello Kuchiki-san. And I presume that this must be Hitsugaya-taichou. " Takashi Hisana said as she stood in front of Toshiro and Rukia.
Rukia narrowed her eyes as she looked at her. What does she want? Toshiro was staring at the woman with his brows raised.
"What do you want?" Rukia snapped as she looked away.
Hisana let out a laugh. "Nothing. I was just paying a visit to my sister-in-law."
Toshiro's eyes widened slightly at Hisana as Rukia glared at Hisana. "You're not my sister-in-law yet."
Hisana waved her hand lazily. "Alright. Soon to be, then. What difference does it make? I didn't know you had so many boyfriends, Kuchiki-san."
Rukia stood up angrily. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, I heard that you're really close to that Abarai Renji guy. And you kissed another boy a few days ago and now I see you with Hitsugaya-taichou!" Hisana replied.
"They're all my friends, Hisana." Rukia spat out as she clenched her fists.
Hisana raised her eyebrows in mock surprise. "Friends? You kiss your friends?"
Rukia could feel her temper teetering dangerously over the edge as she controlled herself. "Stop it, Hisana. I know you're just jealous."
Hisana let out a laugh. "Me? Jealous? Of what?"
"Beacause you want nii-sama all for yourself." Rukia hissed.
Hisana stopped laughing as she placed her hands on her hips. "Don't get too full of yourself. Byakuya-sama is mine and I am going to be his wife. So why don't you stop clinging on to him like some childish, bratty sister."
"I'm not a bratty sister!" Rukia yelled. "And I'm definitely not childish!"
"My my, what a temper you have. I wonder why Byakuya-sama was always defending and protecting you. With that temper of yours, he should have just kicked you out of the Kuchiki manor." Hisana replied as she gave a smug look.
"I think you had better stop insulting Rukia." Toshiro suddenly spoke as he stood up angrily. "You do not have the right to insult her."
Rukia gave a surprised look at Toshiro. She hadn't expected that he would be so mad and defended her. But nonetheless, she was thankful.
Hisana looked at Toshiro wearily. "Now your boyfriend's defending you? You must have quite a lot of charm, Kuchiki-san!"
Rukia could see Toshiro preparing to draw out his zanpakto and she quickly stopped him. "It's alright, Toshiro. Let me fight her."
Toshiro nodded silently as his hand withdrew from his zanpakto.
Hisana smiled as she stared hard at Rukia. "So you want to fight? Alright." And with that, she drew out her zanpakto.
Rukia followed suit as she gripped onto her zanpakto tightly. She could feel Hisana's reiatsu increasing at an immensely high rate as she prepared her attack.
"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!" Rukia said as her zanpakto fires a white wave of ice towards Hisana.
Hisana managed to dodge at ease as she smirked. "Something like this would never get to me."
Before Rukia could prepare for another attack, she felt her zanpakto quivering and then pulling her whole body slowly towards Hisana. What was happening? Shocked was written all over Rukia's face as she tried to keep a tighter grip on her zanpakto.
Hisana smiled. "That's the power of my zanpakto. It is able to take control of the enemy's sword. Neat, huh?"
Rukia's eyes narrowed as she said another command. "Some no mai, Tsukishiro!"
Nothing happened as her zanpakto continued to pull Rukia closer and closer to Hisana.
She's going to attack me once I'm nearer. I cannot let her win.i guess I'll have to use kido. Rukia thought quickly as she let go of her zanpakto.
"Byakurai!" Rukia shouted as she pointed her finger at Hisana.
Hisana looks like she was going to dodge it, which Rukia knows that she easily could after she had managed to dodge her previous attack at ease. But Hisana eyes flickered to her left for a moment, gave a small smile and remained still while the bolt of lightning shot towards her.
Byakuya gave a small smile to himself as he walked towards the 13th division this afternoon. He had finished his paperwork and decided to pay Rukia a visit to cheer her up.
Byakuya frowned as he sensed a great amount of reiatsu being released near the 13th division and he quickly shunpo-ed over. As soon as he reached the 13th division, he was just in time to hear a familiar voice shouting Byakurai and the bolt of lightning had hit someone. The shinigami who was attacked fell to the ground and groaned while two zanpaktos clashed onto the ground noisily.
The woman who was attacked got to her feet slowly and Byakuya realised that it was Hisana. She looks badly wounded as she gritted her teeth and stared at Rukia, confused.
"Why did you attack me, Kuchiki-san?" she said while panting heavily.
Byakuya could feel his anger rising as he quickly shunpo-ed over to help Hisana up.
"Bya..Nii-sama!" Rukia gasped as soon as she saw Byakuya. "I didn't know you were here!"
"Of course you did not. If you knew, you would not have attacked Hisana, right?" replied Byakuya coldly.
Hisana clutched onto her arm as blood begin to seep through her robes. "It's okay, Byakuya-sama. I'm sure Kuchiki-san didn't mean it."
"What are you talking about?" A gruff voice said.
Byakuya turned around and was surprised to see Hitsugaya Toshiro staring at Hisana with narrowed eyes. What was the 10th division taichou doing here? Has he been here for long? If so, why didn't he stop Rukia from attacking Hisana?
Hisana ignored Toshiro as she turned to Byakuya and gave him a weak smile. "I'm okay, Byakuya-sama. Please don't blame Kuchiki-san."
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Rukia yelled furiously as she pointed an accusing finger at Hisana.
"Stop it, Rukia. Why did you attack Hisana?" Byakuya asked angrily.
Rukia gaped at him. "Well, she.. she.. insulted me!"
"I didn't mean to, Kuchiki-san. I didn't knew you would take it the wrong way.. I am very sorry that you had mistaken my meaning." replied Hisana softly.
"What? Look, I don't understand! Why are you saying this?! You were clearly insulting me just now!" Rukia replied angrily.
Hisana looked as though she was about to cry. "I really didn't, Byakuya-sama. I was just trying to make a conversation with her and she tried to attack me."
Byakuya stared angrily at Rukia as Rukia seethed in anger. "She really did, Nii-sama!"
"Apologize to Hisana, Rukia. And make sure that you would not do this again. Understood?" Byakuya spoke sharply as Hisana leant onto his shoulder.
Rukia could feel her mind going blank. Apologize to Hisana? Why should she do that? She didn't do anything wrong.
"No." Rukia replied as she looked at Byakuya angrily.
"I belive I must have heard wrongly" Byakuya replied as his eyes stared hard into Rukia's violet orbs.
"I said no. I would not apologize to her." Rukia replied firmly.
Byakuya shook his head in anger. "Rukia, I really do not understand what is going on with you."
Rukia could feel her fists clenching up tightly as she clenched her teeth. Byakuya was still staring at her while she refused to meet his gaze. Why is that Hisana woman saying all these?
"Kuchiki-taichou, I am sure you have misunderstood. Why don't you listen to what Rukia has to say?" Toshiro said as he stepped in front of Rukia and faced Byakuya.
Byakuya raised an eyebrow as he stared at Toshiro. "I believe that the Kuchiki affairs do not need your advice, Hitsugaya-taichou." He replied coldly.
Toshiro's expression hardened as he stared angrily at Byakuya. He gave a brief nod as he lapsed into silence again.
"Are you sure you are not going to apologize to Hisana, Rukia?" Byakuya asked.
"I will not apologize." Rukia replied as her voice quivered while she stared at the ground.
"Suit yourself." Byakuya replied as he led Hisana away towards the 4th division.
Rukia looked up as they walked away just in time to catch Hisana looking back at her with a smile on her lips for a brief moment. Was Rukia seeing things clearly? She wasn't sure.
"That woman is a piece of crap." Toshiro said suddenly and scowled.
Rukia gave a small smile. "Thank you for defending me, Toshiro."
"It's nothing." Toshiro muttered as he smiled uncomfortably. He didn't really like girls to thank him. He just felt that he needed to defend Rukia.
"Well, I guess I should get back to my paperwork now." Rukia replied softly.
"Are you alright?" Toshiro asked, concerned.
Rukia nodded. "I think so."
"Alright. But you may approach me if you need my help, alright?" Toshiro replied kindly.
Rukia smiled thankfully as she nodded and head back inside the 13th division as Toshiro walked away. Anger consumed her before she could control herself. Why didn't Byakuya believe me? Why did he choose to believe that bitch? Rukia stared angrily out of the window as she tried to calm herself down. It's okay, I'm sure if I explain things to him, he would understand and realise how sly that woman really is.
A/N: I hope you like this long chapter. It's longer than my usual if you've noticed. I'm thinking of starting another story on Byakuya and Rukia but it would totally not be related to Bleach, shinigamis or brother and sister relationship stuff. I really don't know if it would work but I feel like trying it out. Will you guys be interested in a story like this? Let me know what you think, alright? (: