Chapter 13.
"Everything is blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
And it's blue
And it's blue." -Halsey
"You need to get out" Riruka said annoyed.
Rukia shook her head.
"Rukia…" Riruka said seriously "the bell will ring at any second and if we don't go to classes we'll get in trouble."
"I don't care!" Rukia said.
Riruka took a deep breath. The four girls were hiding; when Rukia finished reading the news she ran as fast as she could to the nearest bathroom, it took a lot of effort to catch up with her and now she was refusing to go out.
"Let's talk about this calmly… in a more comfy place" Orihime suggested "why don't we go…"
"No." Rukia said flatly.
Tatsuki frowned.
"Fine, your brother will probably kill you but there's no need to be hiding inside here at school hours I mean…"
Riruka huffed.
"What was that asshole doing here anyways?" she asked interrupting Tatsuki.
"He just wanted to say hi" Rukia explained while crossing her arms.
She was in deep shit. She wanted to keep a secret the fact that she was going to hang out with Grimmjow and a few hours after that the whole thing ends up in the school webpage, was someone stalking her? She was completely sure that no one was near when the whole thing happened, luckily she didn't hug him otherwise she would never hear the end of this. Her brother obviously read it; she was going to be grounded that was for sure. Taking a deep breath she decided to arrange her thoughts, first things first; she needed to find the responsible of making this public.
"Who manages the school webpage?" Rukia asked seriously.
"Several seniors" Orihime answered "although the gossip section is responsibility of Yumichika-san."
Rukia nodded while planning everything on her head; before she could vociferate her thoughts her cellphone vibrated, she took it out of her pocket and gulped.
From: Nii-sama.
"You have some explanation to do; I'll pick you up and we'll talk at the house, if you think you'll go out this Friday you're terribly mistaken."
"Fuck…" Rukia whispered.
Without thinking it twice she dialed a number.
"This is not the time to make phone calls loser…" Riruka said but Rukia ignored her.
"I wasn't expecting a call so soon… miss me already princess?"
"Grimmjow" Rukia said smiling at Tatsuki gaped "listen; I'll lose my cellphone right now, so can you tell me where are we going to meet this Friday?"
"What happened?" Grimmjow asked and Rukia could swear that there was a hint of worry in his voice.
"I'll explain later" Rukia said "just tell me where are we going to go?"
Rukia nodded several times while listening to Grimmjow and agreed; then she ended the phone call and handed her cellphone at Riruka.
"Why are you giving me this?" the pink haired girl asked.
"Nii-sama will probably confiscate it" Rukia said "I rather give it to you than having it checked by him."
Riruka nodded.
"What are you thinking?" Tatsuki asked.
Rukia flashed her with her most innocent smile ever.
"We have a mission in our hands." She said.
Tatsuki took a deep breath; the bell had just ring and the students were getting towards their respective classrooms, most of them pay no mind to her but she made sure that Ichigo didn't spot her, why? She didn't know but it was one of Rukia's orders. Tatsuki sighed, why was she was following her orders anyways? Sure, they were close friends, sort of, and of course she made everything way more interesting but this… this was another level of craziness; she could get expelled but putting aside that she decided to help her. She spotted her objective and smirked, it was going to be easy because he was alone, with steady steps she approached him by behind and before anyone could see her or before he turned around she punched him on the head, the boy fell unconscious within seconds.
Tatsuki nodded proudly; her punches were the best.
Ayasegawa Yumichika could swear that he was having a nightmare, either that or he had just being kidnapped. He was having the worst headache of his life and he noticed that someone was holding him so he wouldn't fall. Fuck, he probably looked tacky, whoever did this to him was going to pay heavily for such a crime, his gorgeous head felt like it was about to explode.
"I told you to bring him not to almost kill him!" a voice was saying.
"I know" the one who was holding him answered "but he's a drama queen! I needed silence to focus and not to call the attention."
Yumichika opened his eyes carefully and looked ahead of him; Kuchiki Rukia was there looking at Arisawa Tatsuki disapprovingly. Rukia's violet eyes widened when she noticed how he was starting to regained consciousness. Yumichika glared at her and was about to ask her what the hell was happening but he noticed how he couldn't speak; a dirty, ugly and out of fashion cloth was covering his perfect mouth.
"Hold him" Rukia instructed and looked at Yumichika with harsh eyes; she wanted to make sure that her message would be well received. Tatsuki tied the poor boy's hand behind his back and pushed him on an uncomfortable wooden chair, it was a good thing that no one dared to use the old gym because it was supposedly haunted; it was the perfect scenario for an interrogation.
"Inoue" Rukia said "are you ready?" It was then when Yumichika noticed that Orihime was also there, the busty girl gulped nervously but nodded; Yumichika noticed how she was holding a thick dictionary on her delicate hands.
"Great" Rukia said and Yumichika looked at her questioningly, he thought that these were just girls, silly girls who wouldn't do anything to him, right? Girls were delicate beings and they meant no harm but why they were doing this?
"Now" the raven haired girl said frowning at the editor in chief of the school webpage "you must be wondering why we brought you here" Yumichika nodded and Rukia smirked "well, your stupid gossip section has brought me a serious problem…"
Rukia leaned down a little so they could be face to face.
"You're going to write another gossip and it'll be about how wrong you were about my affair with Grimmjow."
Yumichika chuckled, or at least tried to because the cloth that was covering his mouth barely let him breath.
"I'll remove this" Rukia said pointing at the cloth "but if you scream I promise that you'll face a great deal of pain."
Yumichika rolled his eyes and Rukia took the cloth off his face; a few seconds of silence passed and before any of the girls noticed Yumichika screamed:
"WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM TO PUT SUCH A SHIT ON MY BEAUTIFUL FACE I…" Rukia put on the cloth back on the annoying boy's face as fast as she could and frowned at him "hmpf!"
"Fine, I warned you" the raven haired girl said "Inoue!"
The orange haired girl nodded nervously and walked until she was in front of Yumichika; she took a deep breath and held the thick dictionary closer to her chest. Yumichika raised one of his delicate eyebrows and before he realized Inoue hit him with all her strength on the head with the heavy book, the dark haired boy saw stars for a few seconds and blinked several times until the pain settled a little, with widened eyes he turned to look at Orihime who was about to cry.
"Don't worry Inoue" Rukia said "Riruka will come in any second so you won't have to do it again."
"Where is she anyways?" Tatsuki asked.
Rukia shrugged.
"She's excusing us for missing Occhi-sensei's class."
Riruka took a deep breath and put on a pained expression, she reminded herself how much she loved Rukia because she was her best friend, otherwise she wouldn't be risking her ass like this. She stepped into the class and everyone looked at her with curiosity, it wasn't everyday that she, or her friends for that matter, would miss a class. Her classmates were already in pairs working on the so famous essay and she couldn't help but frown when she saw how Yui was next to Ichigo, that bitch was up to something that was for sure.
"Riruka" Occhi-sensei said standing up "I was about to report you, where are the others? The class started long ago."
Riruka gulped and looked at the worried teacher with sad puppy eyes.
"Sensei… I'm so sorry… we, well… we wanted to apologize you'll see…" Riruka closed her eyes and reminded herself that she was doing this for Rukia "the other ones are throwing up right now, we ate Orihime's food and…"
She couldn't finish talking; the whole class gasped at the mention of Orihime's food. Riruka noticed how the only one who was looking suspiciously at her was Ichigo; hell, he obviously didn't believe a single word. She didn't blame him though; he probably spent half of his lunch looking for Rukia.
"Say no more my dear!" Occhi-sensei said with pity "I'll go and check…"
Riruka shook her head.
"It's not a good idea sensei…" Riruka said "we were planning on leaving earlier so we could rest, we just need your permission."
Occhi-sensei was about to give the green light to her and let her go, unfortunately Yui stood up.
"Sensei" the brunette said "I should go and check if they're okay, so you can let them go without worries."
Riruka held the urge to glare at the annoying green eyed girl.
"Oh no!" Riruka said with a sad face "you cannot let Ichigo work alone on such an important essay! Don't worry I can handle this."
Occhi-sensei nodded.
"You're right" she said "don't worry Yui I'm pretty sure that Miss Dokugamine here will take care of her friends, go on and tell them that they can leave, just be careful on the way home."
Riruka thanked her and left the classroom without looking at anyone.
Ichigo huffed when Riruka closed the door behind her; what were they playing at? He knew Riruka was lying; none of them would eat Orihime's food no matter what, so that wasn't the reason why they weren't in class. Ichigo frowned, Rukia was obviously hiding, after all everyone at her house warned her about the consequences about hanging out with Grimmjow again and Byakuya, who was an overprotective brother and an important member of the board, had obviously read the whole stupid as fuck news. The orange haired teenager frowned deeper; he needed to talk with Rukia goddammit!
"Ichigo!" someone said and he looked at his side; Yui was looking at him, her green eyes were pretty, at least that's what he thought, but they couldn't even compare to violet eyes honestly. He blinked, why was he thinking about it?! Fuck it, even when she wasn't around Rukia was fucking with his mind.
"Sorry, what?" he asked.
"I asked you something about this paragraph" Yui said pointing at some lines on the notebook in front of her "you weren't listening."
Ichigo sighed.
"Sorry… I'm just…"
"You're worried about them." Yui said and Ichigo rolled his eyes.
"I'm not…" he said and it wasn't a lie; he was annoyed and uncomfortable but he wasn't worried, if someone had to be worried was the poor victim of any master plan that those four were formulating, if there was any, because whenever they were together things always got quite messy.
"Well" Yui said with a flirtatious smile "let's keep working"
Ichigo nodded not really paying attention to her.
Yui didn't seem to mind.
"How did everything go?" Rukia asked while looking at Riruka who was stepping into the old gym with a tiny box on her hands.
"Smoothly" she answered "we're free for the rest of the day."
Rukia nodded.
"Did the little butterfly here agreed to our conditions?" Riruka asked while pointing at Yumichika who looked confused and scared.
"Not yet" Tatsuki said "Orihime already hit him four times but he doesn't want to hear us."
Riruka frowned.
"Fine, take off the cloth." She instructed and Rukia did it.
"I'm not scared of any of you!" Yumichika said but his tone suggested that he was lying "when the Principal hears about this…"
Rukia rolled her eyes.
"I'm just asking you to write another thing, it should be easy." she reasoned.
Yumichika shook his head.
"Everything I write is pure and beautiful gold and I will not taint it with your lies" he said dramatically and then smirked "but if you give me an interview maybe I can write your version of things."
Rukia's jaw twitched.
"Give me the fucking dictionary" she said angrily and took the thick book of Orihime's hands "I'll kill you!"
Before she could hit the poor boy Orihime stopped her.
"Kuchiki-san! No! He's not worth it!"
"Let go off me Inoue!" Rukia said "Nii-sama will send me to another continent because of him!"
"Oh, so it's true and your brother doesn't like him; why? Did he make you break some rules? Did he steal your first kiss?" Yumichika asked curiously "people have the right to know Kuchiki!"
Orihime glared at Yumichika.
"People's private affairs are not a joke" she said and Yumichika huffed.
"Listen honey you might not be aware but everybody talks about everyone, gossip is what keeps people connected and trust me when I say that Hollywood if powerful because of it" then he eyed the orange haired girl and winked "want to know some nasty rumors about a bespectacled boy?"
Orihime blushed and Tatsuki glared at Yumichika.
"This asshole is getting on my nerves; can't we just leave him like this until someone finds him or until he starves to death?"
Riruka shook her head.
"I have a question" she said "who told you about Rukia's conversation?"
Yumichika frowned.
"My sources are anonymous."
Riruka's eye twitched.
"Fine" Riruka said "we expected this from you, since you're not going to help us and you're not going to answer our questions…"
She handed Rukia the little box from before and the raven haired girl took it gratefully.
"What are you going to do? Hit me with that ridiculous box?!" Yumichika asked annoyed.
Rukia opened the box revealing hot wax bands, Yumichika's eyes widened.
"Consider this a warning" Rukia said "you're either with us or against us."
The other girls nodded.
"You can't do this! No!"
"I hate boys… they think that they're hot shit and when the time comes they are worse than girls." Riruka said and Tatsuki nodded.
"Let me ask you one more time" Rukia said "who told you about my conversation with Grimmjow?"
Yumichika took a deep breath; he didn't want to give this beautiful piece of information because it was part of the puzzle of a whole gossip, drama was brewing between the juniors and he wanted to be the first one to find out who were involved and why. No, he would have to risk this, he was the editor in chief and he was going to behave professionally.
"I won't say a word." He said finally.
Rukia sighed.
"Fine" she said stepping closer to the dark haired boy.
Tatsuki put the cloth back on his mouth.
Yumichika was having the worst day of his whole life.
Rukia was running; classes were over and her brother was going to give her hell if she wasn't on the front gates on time. She was sort of disappointed when she noticed that they were not going to get any information from Yumichika but Orihime promised to come with a non-violent idea to make him pay because what they did to him wasn't enough. Now, her only preoccupation was about what she was going to talk with her brother and sister; she understood to some point why they didn't like Grimmjow but they always took things like this on the next level, it was ridiculous. She would have to talk with Ichigo too; she hadn't seen him since before lunch and he probably knew about Grimmjow's visit already. She was so immersed on her thoughts that she didn't notice when someone grabbed her by her arm and pulled her towards an empty classroom.
"We need to talk" her captor said and she found herself face to face with Ichigo.
"Carrot top" she said "you scared me!"
Ichigo rolled his eyes.
"Where the hell were you?!" he asked angrily.
Rukia sighed.
"I was in the bathroom." She lied "in case you didn't hear we ate…"
"Don't give me that shit" Ichigo said huffing and taking a step forward, Rukia took a step back on instinct "we know that you wouldn't eat Inoue's food no matter what."
Rukia blinked but refused to talk; she didn't know what to say.
"You disappeared on lunch and then you don't come to class…"
The raven haired girl shrugged and took another step back; Ichigo was looking at her accusingly and she didn't like it.
"Well, I just didn't feel like working on the essay today."
Ichigo frowned and took another step forward; Rukia noticed then that she was trapped; there was a wall behind her. Ichigo put his hands on both sides of her head, there was no escape.
"What was doing that asshole here?" Ichigo asked; his voice dangerously low.
Rukia gulped; Ichigo was so close, their noses were almost touching.
"Who?" Rukia asked innocently.
"Rukia" Ichigo said "what was Grimmjow doing here?"
"He just wanted to talk" she said "I didn't know you were into that sort of gossip…"
"What did he want to talk about?"
Rukia crossed her arms stubbornly; she wasn't going to answer.
"If you don't answer I'll have to take the answer out of you" he threatened.
Rukia chuckled.
"How exactly?" she asked amused.
"Do you really want to know?" Ichigo whispered on her ear and Rukia blushed.
"What are you playing at?" she asked with a tiny voice. Their closeness wasn't uncomfortable, she was used to being close to Ichigo but she just didn't understand why her heart was beating so fast, this was Ichigo goddammit! Just Ichigo!
"That's what I want to know" he said "are you going to go out with Grimmjow this Friday?"
Rukia blinked, yes, she was going to go out with the blue haired teenager but there was no reason for Ichigo to know that. She didn't want to have another fight with him because of Grimmjow and she definitely didn't want to see his overprotective side ever again.
"No" she lied "I was going to but since Nii-sama already found out…"
Ichigo was angry, extremely angry. Grimmjow was bad news and it was as if Rukia couldn't remember how much problems she got the last time she saw him, he didn't know why but the thought of Rukia with Grimmjow on a Friday night made his blood boil, it was even worse to hear that the only reason why she wasn't going to hang out with the bastard was because Byakuya wouldn't let her.
"Good" Ichigo said "I don't like him and…"
Rukia didn't want to hear Ichigo anymore. She already knew that he didn't like Grimmjow and that wasn't her problem, Ichigo was her best friend he should already know this, Grimmjow was close to her but not like Ichigo, after all she had known him since she was five years old. Why was he acting so weird? He couldn't believe that she would change him that easily; she had a tattoo on his honor for Christ sake! Boys were idiots, it wasn't as if…
Rukia's eyes widened.
"Ichigo…" she said and it was in that moment when Ichigo noticed their closeness, Rukia's huge violet eyes were twinkling with amusement "are you jealous?" she asked and Ichigo took a step back.
"What?!" he asked dumbfounded.
"You are!" she said and laughed "oh my God you're so stupid!"
Ichigo huffed.
"I'm not jealous dwarf!" Ichigo said "why would I…"
He couldn't keep talking; Rukia threw herself at him and hugged him. The action took him by surprise so Ichigo fell on his butt with the midget on top of him.
"What are…?!"
Rukia kissed him on the cheek and laughed loudly.
"Carrot top" she said "don't be silly, I have a tattoo because of you, you have no reason to be jealous" she said and stood up "Nii-sama is waiting for me, I'll talk to you later."
Ichigo stayed there on the floor with a stupid expression on his face even after Rukia left the classroom; he was late for his practice.
"Ishida-kun!" Orihime greeted while reaching the bespectacled boy who was leaving the school "wait!"
Uryuu turned around and saw the pretty orange haired girl running towards him.
"Inoue-san" he said "what are you doing here? I thought that you were already on your house."
Orihime shook her head and smiled at Uryuu who blushed a little at the gesture.
"I'll explain later but I need your help." The busty girl said.
"My help?" Uryuu asked confused.
"I'll tell you but you have to keep the secret." Orihime said and Uryuu nodded.
"You have my word." He said and Orihime's smile couldn't get any wider "come, we can get some ice cream while you tell me everything."
Orihime accepted happily.
"You're late" Kaien said to Ichigo who looked confused "are you okay?" he asked.
Ichigo nodded stupidly.
"Did you talk with Rukia?" Renji asked him.
The orange haired teenager nodded again.
Renji and Kaien exchanged a confused look.
"Should I punch him?" Renji asked and Kaien smirked.
"Leave him." Hitsugaya said "he has the same look that Shiba has whenever he spends time with his girlfriend."
Kaien crossed his arms.
"I'm a lucky man" he said and the whole team rolled their eyes.
"You won't be saying that after our first practice with Zaraki Kenpachi" Hisagi said and Chad agreed.
"Don't complain pussies" Ikkaku said with a smirk "this'll be awesome."
When Rukia got to the front gates of the school she was expecting an angry Byakuya but she got something worse… her brother was there looking murderous and tense but that wasn't everything; her grandfather was also there. Gulping nervously she walked with steady feet to greet them, but before she could reach them Byakuya got inside the car on the passenger's seat and closed the door angrily; Rukia winced at the sound of the door slamming. Her grandfather stood there waiting for her to greet him, Rukia smiled awkwardly at him and he smiled back.
"Hi grandpa" Rukia said.
"Hello Rukia, how have you been?" he asked kindly.
She wanted to say "fine" or "I've been better" but instead she looked at her grandfather with sad puppy eyes and asked:
"Are you mad at me?"
Ginrei blinked; he wasn't expecting that.
"Well… that depends" he said "did you really agree to go out with that boy?"
Rukia nodded, she couldn't lie to him after all.
"Get in the car kiddo" Ginrei said sighing "I won't be able to save you from this one."
Rukia got in the backseat with a sad face; she was going to get the lecture of her life.
The ride towards home was everything she was expecting, quiet, awkward and tense. Her brother wasn't talking to her and her grandfather wasn't trying to establish a conversation, she wanted to try but she was afraid that everything could get worse; she couldn't even remember when the last time her brother was this mad at her was. It was a good thing that she gave her cellphone at Riruka unfortunately she forgot to tell Ichigo about that tiny little detail, well… he was smart he would probably find out by himself. When they got home Byakuya was the first one to get out of the car without even waiting for the chauffer to open the door for him, Rukia huffed, her brother was definitely overreacting.
"We'll wait for you at the studio." Ginrei said as the chauffer opened the door for him.
Rukia nodded.
Ichigo was pretty sure that he was dying; his lungs were burning and his legs hurt like hell. He was craving water and he guessed that Renji felt the same way judging by his tired face and his heavy breathing.
"Dude… if I die… tell Rukia that I was the one who threw her Chappy plushie at her pool when we were six." The redhead said.
Ichigo tried to keep running alongside him.
"Do you want her to go to your funeral or not? She'll hate you if she ever finds out."
"ABARAI! KUROSAKI!" Kenpachi yelled from the other side of the soccer field "less talking and more running!"
"Fuck…" Renji said "I won't be able to stand up tomorrow."
Ichigo agreed while looking at Kaien who was running ahead of them; the asshole looked like if he was going to pass out at any second.
Byakuya was pacing back and forth in his studio; Ginrei was sitting behind the desk while observing his grandson. Byakuya's worries were obvious; the sudden appearance of Hisana and Rukia's father and now the sudden appearance of that boy… Grimmjow. Ginrei didn't know too much about him but he could remember clearly how many troubles his friendship brought to Rukia, he couldn't believe how she agreed to keep seeing the guy after having strict orders of not seeing him ever again but it was normal teenage behavior; tell them not to do something and it'll be the first thing they'll do.
"Stop pacing" Ginrei ordered to Byakuya.
The Kuchiki heir didn't listen.
"Byakuya" Ginrei said seriously and Byakuya looked at him.
"You need to…"
A knock on the door interrupted them.
"Come in" Byakuya said and Rukia stepped into the room nervously.
"I do not wish to waste my time on trivial matters Rukia" Byakuya started "I'll ask questions and you'll answer and then we'll discuss your punishment, is that clear?"
Rukia knew several things about her brother; years living with him had taught her not to argue with him when he was angry like this but it was unfair, sure she had agreed to go out with Grimmjow but she hadn't do it… yet. Why was she being punished? Just for talking with a boy? That was nonsense. Her survival instincts were telling her to keep her mouth shut and agree with anything her brother had to tell her but her pride was telling her otherwise. She crossed her arms and frowned; she wasn't going to go down without a fight.
"No" she said and Byakuya looked at her with harsh eyes.
"Excuse me?" he asked; his anger was growing by the second.
"No, I mean I haven't done anything wrong I shouldn't be punished" she said "I mean you cannot come and be angry at me just because you read something on a gossip column."
Ginrei nodded; the girl had a point.
"Did you agree or not to go out with that boy this Friday?"
"Yes, I did." Rukia answered "but in my defense I haven't done it."
Byakuya was blaming himself; this conversation wouldn't be happening if he hadn't taught Rukia how to negotiate, yes she had a point and he knew that it would be unfair to punish her but he wanted to take this opportunity to keep her away from her father, while locking her in the mansion sounded a little extreme he couldn't find another solution for at the moment. So he needed to use this card in order to protect her even if it meant lying to her.
"What was he doing at your school?" The Kuchiki heir asked angrily.
Rukia shrugged.
"He wanted to spy the soccer team" Rukia answered "he's the captain of his High School team and he wanted to meet his rivals or something like that…"
"And…?" Byakuya said and Rukia sighed.
"And he saw me and we talked for five minutes" she said "seriously Nii-sama it was nothing more than an amicable chat."
Byakuya closed his eyes; he had enough on his plate for this to be happening right now.
"What does Kurosaki Ichigo think about this?" Ginrei asked suddenly.
Rukia, who wasn't expecting that sort of question, gaped. Ichigo? What did it have to do with anything? Sure, he didn't like Grimmjow either but it wasn't as if his opinion was important, right? Rukia suddenly remembered their conversation at the classroom today, his closeness and his jealousy; she blushed madly thing that didn't go unnoticed by her brother and grandfather. She shook her head; it wasn't as if she could tell them that the carrot top was jealous because they would ask too many questions…
"Rukia?" Ginrei asked.
"Well, he doesn't like Grimmjow in fact they hate each other but I haven't talk with Ichigo about it." She said; it was half a lie.
Byakuya nodded; he couldn't believe that he could share something with Kurosaki Ichigo.
"You're not allowed to go out for a month." The Kuchiki heir said finally "I'll drop you at school and then I'll pick you up."
Rukia's mouth dropped open in shock.
"What?! Why?!"
Byakuya didn't answer instead he kept stating his conditions.
"You'll give me your cellphone and…"
"I don't have my cellphone" Rukia said before he could continue "I lost it today."
Ginrei chuckled; it was obvious how she planned everything.
"Do you really expect me to believe that?" Byakuya asked.
Rukia nodded.
"I'm not lying" she said "you can check my backpack."
Byakuya didn't believe a single word but he knew better than keep insisting.
"Fine" he said tiredly "just don't tell anything about this to your sister."
Rukia tilted her head confused; she thought that he had already told her. Were they going to keep a secret her whole conversation with Grimmjow?
"Why?" she asked.
Byakuya didn't want to add another burden to Hisana's shoulders; unfortunately he couldn't tell that to Rukia.
"Since you're not going to see that blue haired boy ever again I don't see the need to tell her; she might get mad at you and I believe that you don't want that."
Rukia frowned sadly; no, she hated whenever her sister was angry so he nodded.
"You can leave." Byakuya said "Hisana will come shortly so we can have dinner."
Rukia bowed respectfully and left the studio; while she couldn't believe that she wasn't allowed to go out for a whole month she thought that the conversation went better than expected, she needed a bath to get rid of the stress.
"You should tell her the truth." Ginrei said after Rukia closed the door behind her.
Byakuya shook his head.
She wasn't ready yet.
"It's the second time in my whole life that I've been visited by a member of the Kuchiki family…" Urahara said while eyeing with curiosity at the woman sitting in front of him "but I must say that your visit intrigues me more than your husband's."
Hisana smiled tiredly.
"Yes, I wasn't thinking about coming here but… I think that you're the only one who can help me."
Urahara nodded.
"I'm all ears." He said.
"If I'm not mistaken you know everything about my past and the reasons why Rukia had to live on the street, right?"
The mad hatter smiled; yes, he was aware about everything related to the sister's past and he still couldn't believe how the pretty woman sitting in front of him could go through all of that and still look like a high society wife; well, there was a reason why Kuchiki Byakuya was in love with her and it certainly had something to do with her strength.
"Yes" Urahara answered "and as I said to your husband years ago, the secret is safe with me."
Hisana chuckled.
"I believe you" she said "but I'm not here to make sure that you keep the secret; we're not that kind of people, threatens are tacky."
Urahara noticed how Hisana's blue eyes were twinkling with something he couldn't name.
"Did something happen?" Urahara asked curiously.
Hisana didn't answer; instead she took out of her purse a paper and handed it to him. It was a picture of a man on his forties perhaps; he had blue eyes and dark hair, he was wearing worn out jeans and something about his face was telling Urahara that he wasn't friendly.
"He's…"
"My father" Hisana answered and Urahara's eyes widened "you might be thinking that I'm stalking him but it's quite the opposite…" she took a deep breath "he wants to meet Rukia and I can't let that happen."
"What do you want me to do ma'am?"
Hisana sighed.
"I want you to investigate why is he interested in Rukia; it's not parental instinct I can assure you that" she chuckled sarcastically "if you can find what does he truly want I can use it against him."
Urahara understood perfectly; it wasn't an easy job.
"I must go" she said "will you take the job?"
Urahara looked at Hisana's blue eyes and saw desperation, sadness and hope. Honestly, it was almost heartbreaking.
"I'll do it." Urahara said.
Hisana bowed and left the shop.
"Damn Kisuke" Yoruichi said while stepping inside the room "you certainly have interesting customers."
Urahara chuckled.
"Interesting is an understatement; Yoruichi-san."
Damn! It took a while to get that out of my head.
Guys, these two weeks had been a hell to me, not kidding, that's why I didn't upload earlier but here it is! The next chapter is going to be better I hope.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REVIEWS, FAVS AND FOLLOWS! They give me motivation to keep writing honestly.
It's almost midnight but I didn't want to spend another week without updating so I apologize for my grammar mistakes. Hope you liked this chapter, if you could let me know what you think you would make me super happy.