Hello! Here's chapter eleven of "Letters", a bit too early, but that's only because I have to do projects for History and English, so just don't care about it! Read and review :) I spent much time on the Internet to write it...

Happy New Year! Plus things that Rukia writes in the end :)


Dear Renji,

o-shogatsu is amazing in Gensei!

People here have lots of traditions and in Soul Society we continue just a few.

We started all the day before New Year. We were cleaning whole house, I mean, I wasn't, 'cause Kurosaki-san didn't let me. At least I could decorate house and cook with them (mostly Yuzu, Ichigo's sister). Tell Hisagi-fukutaicho he should give Matsumoto-fukutaicho New Year's toso – spicy sake with some herbs.

Families spend New Year's Eve together and so Kurosaki family did. They may argue a lot, but they really love each other, that's what I observed. When the night came, we went to the temple. Ichigo told me that an important thing is joya-no kane. It's 108 hits of temple's bells. Ichigo said it banishes the old year, frees people from sins and gives them new hope.

Later (after short sleep) I and Ichigo went to Urahara Shoten. There we found Inoue, Sado, Ishida, Hitsugaya-taicho, Urahara, Yoruichi, shop's personnel, Cifer and Jeagerjaquez. Yes, Espadas stay at Urahara's, so Hitsugaya-taicho can keep his eye on them.

Inoue looked better than when I came to Gensei.

We were playing many games, like hane-tsuki, a kind of badminton, and karuta, a card game that Kusajishi-fukutaicho organises sometimes in Soul Society.

The meeting was really nice despite one of the Espadas.

I must tell you that I really don't mind Cifer's staying here. In fact, he turned out to be a smart cultural man, maybe a bit prejudiced and sad.

We even talked.

"You are Kuchiki woman, aren't you?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm Kuchiki Rukia" I replied.

"I've heard about your brother" he said. "He's a captain and head of the family."

It wasn't a question.

"Inoue told you this?" I asked.

He looked at me.

"Woman doesn't talk about such things" he replied. When it comes to Cifer, names mean almost nothing. "She said something about chocolate and beautiful hair. More important things I heard from Urahara Kisuke."

I saw Inoue coming.

"I guess" I said "you'd like him."

He looked surprised, but then Inoue came and took him somewhere, repeating "Ulquiorra-kun, you must see it!". I thought he would really like Nii-sama.

Anyway, as I wrote earlier, the second Espada wasn't that kind.

Grimmjow Jeagerjaquez.

He did everything to ruin the day. Just because he "doesn't like Gensei, thinks we're all f**king stupid and he wants to fight this damn Ichigo".

We all had to stand his constant teasing till Hitsugaya-taicho froze him to the floor. Soon after that taicho left, so Jeagerjaquez was paralysed for whole day.

When I and Ichigo were going home we accidentally met Hitsugaya-taicho and Karin, who were together.

Ichigo is furious.

As they say, whole year is like New Year, so…

Oh, here are your answers.

1. She's 13, I guess.

2. She looks… normally. Dark hair, brown eyes, etc.

3. She's like Ichigo.

4. Smart, honest, etc., right? I think so.

5. …yes?

6. They weren't doing anything unseemly when we met them.

I'm glad that Kusajishi-fukutaicho wanted to say sorry, but she didn't choose the best way. I hope that Nii-sama's office already looks like before.

Wish Nii-sama, Ukitake-taicho and the rest happy New Year from me.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, RENJI!

Full of Chappies and love!

Rukia