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please enjoy this chapter and yes if your seeing the name of this is currently reads Byakuya Kuchiki so yup i'm bringing him in! Lol it's about time, please enjoy!
Byakuya Kuchiki, thirteen
It happened so fast Ichigo wished that he was still asleep knowing that Rukia was right beside him, before Orihime arrived Ichigo had woken up a few minutes before at first he was confused not knowing where the hell he was, but right when he saw a sleeping Rukia next to him, he forgot why he was even there in the first place, just seeing her peaceful face, and the way her head was resting on his shoulder made it all worth getting his ass kicked by her that night. He smiled softly seeing the way her lips were parted as she slept, so ghost's did sleep, well something told him not all ghost's but then again Rukia wasn't like all other spirits, she was special. He closed his eyes laying his head on top of hers, maybe they could stay like this for a couple more minutes, too bad for him right when he was close to going back to sleep, he heard the sound of someone gasping out loud, and next to him Rukia tensed.
"Kurosaki-kun?" he heard, he opened his eyes wide and sat up so fast that he thought he was imagining things but nope he wasn't, Orihime was standing in the room staring at him in shock but he didn't care about that, she was in the house was she mental?
"No! What the hell are you doing here!" he shouted at her, and just as he did Rukia sat up next to him, her dress was suddenly bleeding, the wound on her chest was slowly dripping when she opened her eyes they weren't violet like he had come to memorize, but black and empty. Before he could stop her Rukia jumped out of the bed and flew into a screaming Orihime, she was trying to push Rukia away who was trying to get a grip of her neck, memories of Kira brought Ichigo back as he jumped over the bed and grabbed Rukia's tiny waist, she was strong, but he was stronger.
"No Rukia! Try and control yourself remember what you told me!" Ichigo screamed as he pulled Rukia off from Orihime who was crouched on the floor staring at Rukia in fear.
"What are you doing, get out of here before she loses control!" Ichigo yelled at her. Orihime slowly nodded as she got up and took off in a run, too bad for her Rukia had lost control and pushed Ichigo off of her as he landed on the bed. Orihime was about to cross the door when it shut in front of her, as she tried opening it she couldn't, and not only that but blood was slowly trailing down in front of her. She gasped and took a step back, when she turned around it was only to find Rukia floating in front of her. Orihime didn't say anything but she felt her heart pounding in her chest and wondered if Rukia could also hear it. The other girl just stared at her with dark black eyes was she going to kill her like she did Kira, like she killed….before Orihime could run Ichigo appeared taking a firm hold onto Rukia, his eyes looked desperate.
"Rukia?" Ichigo said, the other girl stopped floating as she lay limp in his arms, and when she opened her eyes they were violet again.
"Get her out, now!" she said as she let out a piercing scream Ichigo held onto her as she tried and fought to control herself he gave Orihime a look which she understood as she tried opening the door, but again it wouldn't budge.
"Try the window, break it if you have to." He shouted as Rukia clawed his arms with her nails, he winced but didn't let go. Orihime went to the window, and again it wouldn't open just as she was about to use a chair, she saw a shadow in front of her.
"Move!" Ishida ordered he was holding a bow and arrow in his hand, Orihime moved and ducked just as the arrow pierced the glass shattering, Ishida jumped inside with two people inside Rukia had gone insane, she screamed and threw Ichigo off of her, she was literally covered in blood now. Ishida just stood there in front of a crouched Orihime who was seeing everything behind Ishida.
"You're a disgrace for a spirit I don't care who your relative is; he's not going to buy me with his money." Ishida said as he raised an arrow.
"No! Don't hurt her." Ichigo yelled as he jumped right in front of her but Ishida had already shot the arrow, everything happened so fast…Ichigo felt small arms press behind his back, and he fell to his knees just as the arrow struck Rukia in the chest. Ichigo felt himself freeze as he kneeled watching an arrow sticking out from Rukia's chest, her eyes were still black but something told him she had somewhat control now.
"Go….I'm fine Ichigo just….go." she said her voice sounded desperate, and weak before he could help her she disappeared, the front door opening. Ishida picked Orihime up and took off Ichigo took his time, he could still sense Rukia.
"I'll come back later…okay midget?" Ichigo called out. A few seconds later he heard her soft voice close to his ear.
'Don't be such a strawberry…go make sure your friend is alright.' She whispered to him like she had done all those times in his dreams. He grunted but did as he was told; besides Ishida was going to pay for hurting her. Just as he closed the door shut behind him Ishida was making sure Orihime was alright when he turned to face Ichigo, he got a punch in the face. Orihime gasped.
"You jerk, you could have killed her! She wouldn't have hurt Orihime." Ichigo screamed at him. Ishida wiped the blood from his lip as he glared at Ichigo.
"She had lost control already; she pushed you off like you were a toy besides she's better off dead then killing more innocents." Ishida said. Ichigo growled as he took a hold of his uniform.
"Kurosaki-kun don't! Rukia is okay…look." Orihime said pointing to a window upstairs, Ichigo turned to look and sure enough she was okay, she was glaring at Ichigo though shaking her head, something told him she didn't want him fight over her at the moment. He nodded letting go of Ishida as he turned to face Orihime.
"Why did you come here in the first place?" he demanded. Orihime blushed under the full gaze of Ichigo.
"I was worried, Keigo and I found something and we wanted to tell you but you never showed I thought something happened. I'm sorry." She said softly. Ichigo didn't say anything noticing the blush on her cheeks, he looked away of course he couldn't be mad at her, she was just worried but how was he going to explain the way she walked in on him and Rukia? Later, he thought as he looked up at Rukia still watching them a slight frown on her face as she stared at them with curious eyes.
"What did you and Keigo find?" Ichigo asked. Orihime's eyes brighten.
"We found Rukia's relative, we checked online and found out he's an important man his name is Byakuya Kuchiki he owns the Senbonzakura Inc." she said. Ichigo frowned, he heard of that but from where? His eyes went wide figuring it all out as he narrowed his eyes.
"Ishida wanna take a trip with us, you might like this it involves the Association and why they're getting money." Ichigo said. Ishida frowned but didn't back down, Ichigo turned to see Rukia still watching them; he raised his arm and waved. Rukia just watched him, and then slowly waved back and then she disappeared.
Orihime walked between Ichigo and Ishida and she could feel the tension from the other two but neither one of them said a word to one another and Orihime didn't want to be the first to break it especially when she knew Ichigo might still be mad at her. Just remembering the scene she walked into made her blush, she shouldn't have seen that. It was clear Ichigo had grown feelings for Rukia and him wanting to protect her was more personal then he let on, she knew she never had a chance with him he was so handsome, and Rukia…well she was special to him. Even before they told him about her it was clear he had feelings for the young ghost. Orihime smiled sadly, it didn't matter now she was going to help Ichigo with Rukia. It was the least that she could do anyways.
They stopped in front of a very tall building made entirely out of glass there was also a screen in front of the television as it played the name of the company Senbonzakura with pink blossoms.
"What kind of company is this again?" Ichigo asked.
"Mainly electronics, the Kuchiki's used to be a part of the business industry but when Rukia's father lost everything her sister ended up marrying a guy who was good with electronics so now there the number one electronic business here in Karakura Town beating Tokyo." Ishida answered. Ichigo snorted as they made their way inside, the entire floor was shiny and not to mention that it looked very high end.
"Where would his office be?" Orihime asked. Ichigo shrugged as they went to the elevators there they saw all the floors and names with each floor they found Byakuya Kuchiki at the very top no surprise there along with another name, and this one was also familiar to Ichigo as they climbed into the elevators pressing the 26th floor.
They rode in silence Ichigo was pissed, the others could tell but they didn't mention anything once the doors opened on their floor, there were lots of people running around holding folders in their hands, or on their cell phones Ichigo ignored them as he looked around and found a secretary on her computer.
"Hi how can I help you guys?" she asked with a fake smile Ichigo ignored her.
"I need to see Yoruichi." He told her through his teeth, Orihime and Ishida gave each other a look, it was clear they didn't know who Yoruichi was but Ichigo did, and he didn't look happy.
"Do you have an appointment?" the secretary asked.
"No, can you just tell her, her favorite godson is here to visit her." Ichigo said. The secretary's eyes went wide as she stood up and hurried towards a door to the left even though he knew for a fact that was Byakuya Kuchiki's office.
"Um, Kurosaki-kun do you know this Yoruichi?" Orihime asked. Ichigo growled lightly.
"Unfortunately." He answered just as the door opened to reveal a very nervous secretary who motioned for them to go in; Ichigo was the first one inside a deep scowl on his face when he saw Yoruichi standing next to Byakuya Kuchiki.
Yoruichi smirked when Ichigo walked in, she was wearing a dark gray suit with a golden yellow tank underneath her dark purple hair was pulled up in a high ponytail while her golden eyes peered at them as they walked in.
Byakuya was in a dark suit seated behind a desk, he was glaring at them all coldly as they stood in the middle of the room.
"So…Ichigo I didn't know you'd find me so quickly." Yoruichi said. Ichigo growled.
"No wonder you didn't want me working on this hunt, it's because you're working with the guy buying off Rukia." Ichigo said, he was pissed and it showed on his face. Yoruichi frowned.
"First name basis with the ghost now Ichigo, I guess you forgot everything I taught you haven't you?" she asked. Ichigo ignored her as he looked at the man in front of him, so this was Rukia's relative he could somewhat see the resemblance dark black hair with dark gray eyes staring at them coldly.
"So this is the boy who wants to kill my ancestor…he doesn't look much the part of a hunter." Byakuya said. Ichigo glared at him.
"You got it wrong I'm here to save Rukia, and I don't need to pay off the Hunter Association to do it either." Ichigo said smirking only causing Byakuya to narrow his eyes at him.
"Ichigo do you hear yourself? I told you to stay away from this; Rukia Kuchiki is none of your concern." Yoruichi told him. Ichigo waved his hand in the air.
"Too late I'm already involved, someone out there wants to kill me and they tried to use Rukia too bad for them she can't kill me. She doesn't lose control when I'm around her." Ichigo said. Yoruichi's eyes went wide.
"That's not possible." She said. Ichigo shrugged he would have thought his Dad or Urahara would have informed her I guess he beat them to the punch.
"Don't believe me but it's true, and I'm not going to let someone use me or Rukia to kill the other. I'm here to ask about Kugo Ginjo." Ichigo said his eyes on Byakuya.
"I see…he is someone I haven't heard in a while not since his death." Byakuya said. He stood up and moved away from his desk to stand next to the window that overlooked the town.
"My family has lived here for over a hundred years, what Rukia did was an honor to the Kuchiki family. But we do not see Ginjo as a man in interest he would never have become one of us." He said and then turned to look at Ichigo with hard eyes.
"The one who is after Rukia, is his family lineage they aren't kind to the Kuchiki's for what Rukia did dishonoring them. That is why I am paying the hunter's to protect her." Byakuya said. Ichigo frowned.
"Why? I know Riruka left with a request that her family was to care for Rukia but why are you going so far to save her?" Ichigo asked.
"That would be because of me." A voice said from behind them. They all turned and all three of their eyes went wide, especially Ichigo's. There standing in front of them was a woman around her mid- twenties; she was wearing a floral skirt with a light pink long sleeve sweater.
"You…you look like her." Ichigo said softly. The woman had long black hair with a long bang that hung up-ward instead of down, with dark violet eyes. She looked like an older version of Rukia; she gave him a soft smile.
"Thank you, I've only seen photos of Rukia I'm glad to know I resemble Rukia in some way being related to her." She said. Ichigo stared at her confused as Byakuya crossed the room putting a supporting arm on her shoulder.
"This is Hisana; she is my wife and also the relative of Rukia Kuchiki." He told them. Ichigo's eyes went wide, and then he closed them counting to ten this was going to be a very long day.
Aww i brought in Hisana! Lol i bet your all confused like umm how is Hisana and Byakuya relatives to Rukia when there both married? Hehe don't worry its all going to be revealed in the next chapter don't forget to review!