Disclaimer: For the last time I don't own Bleach. Sad isn't it?
Special thanks to Daijime, LarvaxMiyu31, Silver A. Ryuu, Zeldagamefan, Lillix Vail, Miss Princess of Randomness, and Hatakearan: I really hope you guys enjoy this last chapter!
Squeaky-Chan says: Be sure to stick to the end of the story, I have a special announcement for the fans!
Well here it is the final chapter; it contains angst, Renji bashing, rain, and the moment that most of you have been waiting for! I got the idea for it by listening to "Umbrella" by Rihanna. It was the remix with Chris Brown; I heard it on an IchiRuki video.
Chapter 24: Kisara's Confession of Love. (Finally!)
I lay on my futon, depressed. Tenshikon would try to comfort me, but it didn't work. I felt guilty for Saito's death. If I wasn't so careless and stubborn, he would still be alive and pissing me off. It was better then him being dead, right? I could hear the rain falling; it seemed to fall harder with every second. It didn't matter; I didn't want to go anywhere anyway.
"Kisara, your paperwork starting to pile up, you know. You sure you don't want to go and get some of it finished?" Renji said by my door, he must have heard about what had happened.
"Leave me alone Renji, I'm not in the mood." I said as Tenshikon decided to go to sleep
"Come on, you can't just mope for the rest of your life. What would that Saito guy think if he saw you like this?" Renji's words struck a cord, he was right. Saito's last words rang in my head. I stood up and grabbed my clothes. Tenshikon was sleeping on my shihakusho, I picked up the sleeping bunny and took my shihakusho. I placed Tenshikon on the futon. He was so cute when he was sleeping. I put my clothes on and opened the door.
"Well that paperwork won't get itself done now won't it?" I said as I walked past Renji. I had a smile on my face. The least I could do was respect my dear friend's final wish.
"You sure you're okay Kisara?" Renji walked next to me, he had a confused look on his face. I flashed a smile at him.
"Sure, I'm just peachy!" I said as I walked ahead of Renji. Eventually we raced to the office I won of course. How you ask, well I'll simply say payback. In other words, I tripped him. That's what he gets for opening that big mouth of his. Renji was too dumb to notice, poor guy, no wonder Rukia left him for Ichigo. When I entered the office I saw the usual; Byakuya attending to a mountain of paperwork. Does anyone here agree with me that Byakuya NEEDS a day off? I mean, he's ALWAYS doing paperwork! Not to mention, I was starting to get my own mountain of it too.
"Kisara you cheated! I know you did!" Renji burst into the office with an angry look on his face.
"You're so mean Renji! You simply tripped on your own foot! You shouldn't be a sore loser." I lied to Renji, it seemed like Byakuya didn't really care about our argument.
"Renji keep your voice down and get to work." Byakuya said looking at Renji. I smiled inwardly as Renji froze in his spot.
"Yes Captain, I'll get right to it." Renji sat on his desk. "Kisara, get some tea and don't take so long like last time." What am I a maid? Stupid Renji he's too lazy to get himself some tea. Oh well, I need the walk anyway, seeing as I'm going to be working after word.
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After I got Renji's stupid tea I walked back to the office. Although you wouldn't believe who came with decided to protect me along the way. Apparently word of what Mayuri tried to do to me spread. Yachiru, now seeing me as an older sister, wanted to protect me when Byakuya wasn't around. Kenpachi just decided to come along for the ride. He said if Mayuri even tried to get near me he would turn him into gooier goo. Whatever that means. –sweat drop-
"Say hi to Byakushi for me!" Yachiru said as she and Kenpachi dashed away. As I entered the office I noticed Renji was asleep oh his desk. I sighed as I looked at Byakuya who was almost done with his work; Renji still had a mountain along with me.
"Do you want any tea Captain; I brought enough for the three of us." I said sweetly as I put the tray on a small table in the middle of the room. I walked up to Byakuya and stood next to him. He looked at me and shook his head.
"Maybe later. You should start on your work." Byakuya pointed out. I froze a bit, he made a good point. I walked to my desk, ready to battle the evil called 'work'. I couldn't believe most of the crap that these papers said. Some were petitions for certain stuff. Others were pleas and complaints from lower ranking officers. Seriously, I really feel sorry for Byakuya now, he probably has to deal with this a lot; being a captain and all.
About an hour or two later, I was done with the paperwork. Renji was still asleep and not to mention, no one ever drank the tea. It eventually got cold. Byakuya looked at Renji who was still sleeping.
"Kisara, can you wake him up?" Byakuya said looking over his last few papers. I stood up with a grin. I grabbed the tea kettle and poured it on Renji's head. It wasn't technically tea though. It was just water…the tea bags were on the table.
"What the hell!?" Renji shot up and looked around confused as I kept pouring the water on his head.
"Captain Kuchiki wanted me to wake you up. I'm only following orders." I said in an innocent tone. I always wanted to do that to Renji. It was so much fun! Byakuya didn't really seem to care what I did to Renji as long as I woke him up.
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It eventually stopped raining; I was tired as I went to my room. Tenshikon was still asleep, he sure sleeps a lot. I was about to change into my night clothes until I felt Byakuya's spiritual pressure. It was strange how I was sensing it now of all times. Just as I noticed it started to rain again. This time it was even harder then before. As I looked out my door I saw Byakuya was just standing there in the rain. I don't really know why, so don't ask.
"He's gonna catch a cold of he stays out there." Tenshikon woke up and flew up to me. He had an umbrella in his paws. Where did he get that from anyway? I grabbed it anyway, and left my room opening the umbrella. It was kinda dark outside because of all the rain clouds, not many people were around either, hell it looked empty.
Byakuya seemed to be looking to the distance. I wasn't amazed that I caught him by surprise when I covered him with the umbrella. He looked at me as I gave him a smile.
"You'll catch a cold if you stand out in the rain Captain. I wouldn't want you to end up like Captain Ukitake." I said in a joking manner. I suddenly felt Byakuya hold my hand; the one that was holding the umbrella. I started to blush a deep red.
"Is there something you need to tell me?" Byakuya asked I blushed more as he asked this. I just shook my head. "You're not very good at lying." Byakuya was right, as cheesy as it may sound, I couldn't lie to him. "You lied the day you told me why you joined." I froze a bit when he said this. I thought he fell for it.
"Y-Yeah, I felt like I wasn't ready to tell you. H-How I felt about you." I said nervously as I could feel my heart pounding.
"How you felt about me?" Byakuya asked confused, but I could feel his hand hold mine tighter.
"The day we met. It's a day I will never forget. When you left, I wanted to see you again. I left Rukongai to become a soul reaper. Wanting to see you again was the only thing that kept me going through the academy. I wanted simply….to be with you." I said blushing redder then ever, but I was smiling at the same time.
The next thing I knew, Byakuya's arm was around me as he pulled me into a kiss. He made me let go of the umbrella. He was holding me tightly. It took me by shock, but I was so happy! His lips were so soft against mine. I didn't care if I was getting wet by the rain; I knew that I loved Byakuya and I was happy to say, he loved me too! When we broke the kiss we noticed that the rain started to calm down.
"We'll both end up like Ukitake if we stay out here." Byakuya said as he grabbed my hand and took me to the Kuchiki Manor.
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When we reached the manor, the maid was in shock to see us both soaking wet. We both had a relaxing bath. Before you ask; no, we didn't bathe together. –blush-
While in the bath, Tenshikon caught up and appeared swimming in the bath. He had a towel on his head like last time. I didn't bother to ask about how he got here. I was too happy thinking about earlier. After the bath, a maid came in with a beautiful kimono. My clothes were drying of course. It was a purple kimono with a sakura pattern on it.
"It belonged to Lady Hisana. I think you will look good in it." The maid said as she helped me try it on.
"It's so beautiful; Hisana must have loved this kimono." I said looking at the maid; she had a smile on her face.
"Yes, she did. It's funny how when you two arrived Lord Byakuya looked happier than he usually would be." The maid said, this confused me a bit, but I just smiled as I looked in the mirror.
"Come; let's show Lord Byakuya how you look! My name's Megumi by the way." The maid introduced herself as she pushed me out the door and to Byakuya's room.
"Wait my hair pin." I said as I went back in the room and grabbed my hair pin. Megumi fixed up my hair, placed the pin on my hair, and then continued to pushing me out the door. We eventually reached Byakuya's room. The maid opened the door and shoved me in the room; the result was me falling to the floor.
"Break a leg." The maid whispered to me as she closed the door.
"Break a what!?" I whispered back in confusion, I don't get it.
"Don't worry Kisara." Tenshikon said out of nowhere. I looked at Tenshikon confused that was until he pointed at Byakuya who was starting straight at me. I couldn't help but blush in embarrassment. He simply walked up to me and held out his hand.
"Are you alright?" Byakuya asked as Tenshikon giggled.
"Y-Yeah, I just…tripped." I nodded as I though of a good excuse as Byakuya helped me up. Tenshikon giggled more as he gently pushed me into Byakuya's arm. I was angry for a second, but after thinking it over, I was happy.
"Did you trip again?" Byakuya asked with a bit of sarcasm. I blushed while he asked this. I simply nodded, he was so warm.
"I'll try not to trip anymore." I laughed nervously as Byakuya let go of me.
"I doubt that, Kisara can trip on almost anything." Tenshikon said as he flew around me and Byakuya. I was about to give Tenshikon a noogie but then I felt Byakuya grab my hand. He led me outside, it wasn't raining anymore. It looked really beautiful outside.
"In that kimono, you almost look like Hisana." Byakuya said as he walked ahead of me.
"I do? I never really thought of it that way." I said to Tenshikon, he gave me a confused look as he spotted a picture frame of a woman that looked a bit like Rukia.
"Is this Hisana?" Tenshikon pointed out, Byakuya nodded. "Kisara looks nothing like her." Tenshikon laughed, this time I gave him a noogie.
"But there is something different about Kisara; something that is not like Hisana." Byakuya said looking toward the garden.
"Her temper? Her attitude?" Tenshikon said as I gave him a noogie again.
"No, her heart and her determination."
"Yeah Tenshikon, not my temper and what's wrong with my attitude?" I whispered to Tenshikon.
"I'll get the list started right away." Tenshikon said as he disappeared. Damn zanpakuto; he has a list? –sweat drop-
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The rest of my time there was like a dream. Byakuya kissed me again, and this time he asked me to marry him. To make sure it wasn't a dream I asked Tenshikon to pinch me. Not to mention, that pinch hurt! That rabbit has to clip his claws some day.
Eventually that fateful day came. I was so happy. Rukia told me it was the first time that she saw Byakuya happy for once. I had to agree, Byakuya smiled at me. Really he did! Yachiru was the flower girl, the weird thing about it was that she was wearing her Bunny Brigade outfit while she threw the petals around.
"Byakushi and Kiki are getting married!" I can remember blushing every time she said that to someone. She even ran around saying it before the wedding.
Byakuya's family at first didn't like the idea of him getting married to a 'street rat'. I eventually found out that it was the same with Hisana. I eventually got angry with the name calling from the 'caring family' as the called themselves and gave them a piece of my mind.
"Byakuya can marry anyone he wants! You can't control him with all your stupid laws and rules!" I said that at the top of my lungs, eventually I got their respect. If they hated me, well I always have the Seishou Torimono Ken Hyounei. –evil snicker-
Rangiku, Yoruichi, and the rest of the Bunny Brigade were bridesmaids. I think Yachiru told them to wear their outfits too, because that's what they were wearing. –sweat drop-
All in all, everything was like a dream. Being the idiot that I can be at times, I ask Tenshikon to pinch me once in a while. Which I have to mention, still hurts. Is it possible to de-claw a zanpakuto?
I would like to introduce myself again to you; my name is Kisara Kuchiki, and I love every minute of it!
Fin?
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Squeaky-Chan says: Yay! The story is over or is it? You see I was thinking of coming up with a sequel staring the Bunny Brigade. Although I had second thoughts that someone might call it a Bleach/Mermaid Melody crossover. So I'm holding the idea back until I'm sure that people would look forward to songs every one or two chapters. Really and I have looked up a lot of them just in case. But once again the idea will be on hold for now.
So Remember: Only reviews will help me consider in a sequel. Or just express how you felt about the ending. I would agree with some of you if you said the ending was kinda cheesy. Well see ya, hope you enjoyed!