Daigo was on his way for his execution sight. On his way there, he came across Byakuya Kuchiki. The two of them stood there on that bridge facing each other. Byakuya the only thing at this moment blocking Daigo from going.

"Byakuya Kuchiki!" Daigo said.

"Watch what you say. You should still address me as Captain Kuchiki." Byakuya said. "You're already in enough trouble."

"Of course. My apologies. I didn't mean any disrespect." Daigo said. He looked right at Byakuya's eyes, but he felt like there was an entire weight coming down on him. "If I may ask, what are you doing here?"

"I was making sure preparation have been made." Byakuya said.

"I see." Daigo said.

"Quite the mess out there, isn't it?" Byakuya said as he turned to the open air and broke that feeling on Daigo. "Apparently, some old acquaintances of yours have decided to side with the ryoka."

"You mean Lieutenant Asura and Lieutenant Gamino?" Daigo said.

"Yes. They're facing against their captains." Byakuya said. Byakuya turned back at Daigo and he could see fear and weakness in Daigo's eyes. "Is something wrong?"

"Um….no, sir." Daigo said. 'Byakuya Kuchiki. I've always felt so uneasy around this man. Not only is he one of the most famous captains, but he's also one of the most powerful. He and I go back.' He thought as he remembered how he was connected to Byakuya.

….

Flashback

'It was not long after I graduated from the academy. Before I became part of Squad Thirteen, I was originally assigned to Squad Six.' Daigo narrated. 'I was actually excited at first. I heard that the captain was the head of Kuchiki Clan, one of the four noble families of the Soul Society, and it was the famous Byakuya Kuchiki.'

"Attention new recruits!" Renji called out. The new recruits gathered in Byakuya's garden and Daigo was among the crowd. "I present to you our great captain: Byakuya Kuchiki." Byakuya stepped out for all to see.

'I felt like I was one of the luckiest guys around to be part of squad lead by such a famous captain, but I wasn't aware how wrong I was.' Daigo narrated.

Byakuya stared out to the crowd of his new recruits, but something came over him when he stared at Byakuya's eyes. He felt his entire being shaken as if fear itself.

'I never felt in such a way before.' Daigo narrated. 'I felt like I was in the presence of a god and he was staring down at me. It was as if when I came in contact with his eyes, I completely felt overwhelmed. I never found a reason as to why I felt this way. After that, it didn't get any easier. Every time I was in his presence, my body just stopped working.'

Months have passed since Daigo became part of Squad Six. At the moment, he and his squad was fighting off a hollow.

'I trained and worked as hard as any member of the squad, but no matter what I did, it always happened.' Daigo narrated.

Daigo pulled out his zanpakuto and was ready to strike the hollow, but the same feeling as before came over him. Daigo could barely hold his sword straight and he could feel the captain's stare going right through him.

'I never could shake that feeling no matter what I did.' Daigo narrated. 'That was until the fatal day arrived.'

"I'm being transferred?!" Daigo said.

"Since it appeared I wasn't cutting it in Squad Six, I was transferred over to Squad Thirteen.' Daigo narrated 'At first, I felt relieved, but that all changed when I heard the captain of that squad was another member of the Kuchiki Clan. I thought I would be dealing with the same problems.'

…

Squad Thirteen

"So you're Daigo Kujaro?" Rukia said. This was the first time that Daigo was meeting Rukia. Daigo did feel nervous at first and wasn't quite sure how he should be in the presence of another Kuchiki. He was trying to avoid eye contact with her.

"Yes, Captain. It's….it's a pleasure to be here." Daigo said.

"There's no need to act so nervous." Rukia said. Daigo thought something strange was going on. He wasn't feeling the same way for her as he did for Byakuya. "My name is Rukia Kuchiki. It's nice to have you here." Daigo looked up to her face and saw a friendly smile and when he looked in her eyes, he felt more at ease and secure.

'It was strange at first. I heard that she was the younger sister of Byakuya Kuchiki.' Daigo narrated. 'However, she didn't appear to be a thing like him. When I looked at her eyes, I felt things were a lot better.'

End of Flashback

…

'That's how I ended up in Squad Thirteen.' Daigo thought. 'However, even after all this time, I've never been able to shake that same feeling.'

"I suppose it doesn't matter." Byakuya said and snapped Daigo out of his thoughts. Byakuya looked right at Daigo and Daigo felt nothing, but fear. "They can fight, but they won't make it in time." Byakuya walked passed Daigo and let things continue. "I'll see you in a little while, Daigo. I suggest you make peace while you can."

"Yes, sir." Daigo said as he felt cold sweat running down him. 'I don't blame him if he feels repulse at me. I brought shame to his sister. That's why when my execution comes, when I see Captain Rukia Kuchiki's eyes, I'll feel better at my execution.' He thought as he had it all thought out.

…

Squad Four Barrracks

Isane and Kione were doing their best to help out some of the injured people. Isane was looking over Toshiro and helping out with his injury, but she took notice of the time.

"I suppose this will have to be enough for now. Kione!" Isane called out and Kione came running in.

"Yeah? Do you need something?" Kione asked.

"I'm leaving the third seat in charge." Isane said. "We'll have to go and get ready. The execution will be taking place soon."

"I suppose you're right." Kione said, but Kione was feeling sorry for poor Daigo.

…..

Squad Two

"Oh man." A large man, Marechiyo Omaeda, lieutenant of Squad Two, complained as he ate chips. "I can't believe we're going through this all again. The first time was bad enough."

"Be quiet, Omaeda." Sui-feng said. "This isn't our place to question or complain. Lieutenants and captains must be there for this. Those orders were from Head Captain Kyoraku himself."

"Captain, can I ask you something?" Omaeda said. "I know you're going through with this because you follow orders and take great pride in being a soul reaper. I know you'll follow orders regardless, but what do you personally think of all this. Are we really doing the right thing?"

"You said it yourself, Omaeda. I don't care if it's right or wrong. All I care about is following orders." Sui-feng said. "Let's just hope no one is actually foolish enough to interfere. I hate to spill blood on sacred ground than there should be." That's how Sui-feng is. She's going there with the intent to kill "anyone" who gets in the way.

…

Squad Twelve

The lieutenant of Squad Twelve, a strange looking man with tiny horns, Akon, came knocking at the door of Mayuri Kurotsuchi's private chamber.

"Captain, are you in there?" Akon said.

"What? What is it?!" Mayuri said through the door as he was doing some research.

"The execution will be starting soon. Shouldn't we be getting ready to go?" Akon said.

"That execution holds no interest to me whatsoever." Mayuri said.

"Really? I thought you would have jumped at the chance since you could be getting a brand new corpse in the process." Akon said.

"There is nothing that boy would hold of interest to me. I have plenty of regular corpse pieces of regular soul reapers." Mayuri said. "What's the big deal if I'm not there for it?" Mayuri won't be there and that's one less captain to worry about.

…..

Sogyoku Hill

"Aw! This is going to be so boring and who really wants to see Daigo get killed?" Mashiro complained as she with Shuhei and Kensei were walking up the stairs with her.

"Shut up." Kensei said.

"But there's so many steps." Mashiro said as she was acting like a child.

"Stop crying like a child." Shuhei said.

"She can't help it. She's always been so childish." They all looked up and saw Shinji and Momo was ahead of them.

"I have not!" Mashiro whined.

"Where's everyone else? The more people there are, the more people there will be to hold me back from killing her." Kensei said as he was getting annoyed.

"Everyone's gathering at the top. Just try to bear with it." Shinji said. Shinji looked backed and noticed Momo seemed a little upset. "Momo, what's wrong?"

"I'm just a little concerned about Captain Hitsuguya is all." Momo said. "He hasn't recovered from his last battle and that means he's going to miss what will happen."

"What's going to happen is what you should be worried about at the moment. Let's go." Shinji said as all of them started climbing. All of them were acting like they were expecting something, but what exactly are they expecting?

…..

Daigo

Daigo was placed on a stand where his execution would happen. Head captain with his two lieutenants were there and one by one the other captains and soul reapers walked on in and lined up along the sides. Sui-feng did notice that some were missing.

'This is rather strange.' Sui-feng thought. 'I could understand why Squads Twelve and Eleven aren't here and I suppose Captain Hitsuguya is still recovering, but where are Squads Seven, Eight, and Three.'

"We're almost ready to begin." Shuhei said. Daigo was all set for his fate. When he looked up, he noticed that Rukia arrived for the execution as well.

"Captain!" Daigo said. At first, he felt relieved, but he was greatly surprised and that relief was crushed because Rukia's eyes were closed. He watched her take her place and felt more afraid than he thought he would be. He also felt shame at himself. 'I must have disgraced her so much that she can't even look at me.'

"Before we begin, things must be said. Daigo, do you have any last words or requests that you like to say?" Shunsui said. This being his last chance to talk, he took it.

"Just one." Daigo said.

To Be Continued….