A/N: This story originally belongs to a Naruto fanfic writer, Gensomaden-Saiyuki, for Neji/Tenten pairing. I fell in love with the story and had asked the author to do a Bleach version of it. The first chapter is very similar to her work but for later chapters, I had given it my own personal twist but still have some of the original work. Thank you for reading, and if any of you like Neji/Tenten pairig, please do go visit Gensomaden-Saiyuki page for some awesome Naruto fics. Thanks.

A Curse To Kill

Kuchiki Rukia shut her eyes and held to her brother shirt tightly as a bomb exploded in one of the coaches. It was a deafening sound. Half a minute later, Kuchiki Rukia opened her eyes. She was in her brother's arms and both of them were hiding between a couple of seats.

"Nii-sama, where mummy and daddy? Why bomb?" the three-year-old asked. Byakuya tried not to look scared in front of his sister. He gave Rukia several pats on her back. "They'll come. Don't worry; everything is going to be alright," he said and really hoped that what he was true.

A second bomb blew and made the toddler screamed. Byakuya tried his best to keep both calm in the middle of the chaos. He rubbed Rukia's back several time while looking around him, trying to find their parents. The fifteen-year-old boy spotted the couple ran towards them. He quickly got on his feet, taking Rukia together.

"Mommy! Daddy!" the toddler shouted and desperately trying to go to them but Byakuya had his arms firmly around his sister.

The man turned around and got into a fighting stance while his wife went for their children. The woman who had the same eyes with Rukia, quickly hugged both her children. "Bya-kun, we can't go to Soul Society today. This train had been attacked by the Hollows. I'm sorry. You both must go back to the Kuchiki Mansion, together. No matter what happens, you must protect your sister. Here, take these documents and give them to Uncle Takumi," Kuchiki Ayumi said to her kids.

"I want to go with mommy. Let go of me! I want mommy!" Rukia trying to get lose from her brother's grip. Kuchiki Ayumi took her daughter into her arms. She kissed the girl's face and cheek several times. Rukia held on her mother's shirt tightly. She didn't want to let her go since was very scared.

"No Rukia. You must be a good girl. Stay with Nii-sama okay? Bya-kun, take your sister and run away from here. Make sure that she's safe. Take care. You both are the only heir of Kuchiki clan. We really love you both and I'm very sorry," Kuchiki Ayumi said as she gave Rukia back to Byakuya. She planted several kisses on both of them, knowing that this was the last time she was going to see them.

Byakuya held his sister as tightly as possible. Rukia was trying to loosen from his grip. The teenage boy went to his father. "Bya-kun, take these pendants," Kuchiki Hikaru took two items from his pants pocket and handed them to his son. Kuchiki Hikaru kissed his son and daughter's face. "Go now! Save yourself. I love both of you," he shouted. Byakuya never seen his father so terrified, he had always been so composed, never scared of anything in his life. But this, whatever situation that they were in, it had to be extremely serious and Byakuya knew that they might never their parents ever again.

Byakuya ran to the nearest exit with the struggling Rukia in his arms. When Byakuya was a couple of hundred meters away from the train, a big explosion erupted with pieces of glass and iron flew everywhere. The train was burnt in a huge red fire.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Rukia startled from her nightmare. Her breathing laboured. She had been having those nightmares for the past fourteen years when both of her parents were killed. It wasn't just a nightmare. It was real. The Hollows had attacked the train where the Kuchiki family were in. They had bombed the train and killed both Kuchiki Ayumi and Hikaru.

Rukia's bedroom door swung opened by her big brother. He stepped into the bedroom ever so gracefully. Kuchiki Byakuya walked towards his sister and sat at the edge of the bed.

"Having those nightmares again?" Byakuya asked his sister. Even though he had turned cold-hearted after the death of their parents, he still cared about his little sister. A lot. He had promised both his late parents to take care of Rukia and that was what he's going to do. She was more important than his own life.

Rukia nodded. She still couldn't get rid of the nightmare. It always hunted her every time she closed her eyes.

Byakuya rubbed Rukia's back just like twelve years ago. "Go back to sleep. Tomorrow is the first day of school remember? I don't want you to be at school with those tired eyes…" Byakuya said. Rukia nodded and laid back on the bed.

Byakuya went out of the room after he satisfied that Rukia was asleep and would not get another nightmare.

"Bye Nii-sama!" Rukia said as she jumped out from his brother's car. She ran towards the school main building. Just before she reached the main door, she had bumped to a tall male with very bright orange hair.

"What the hell?" grumbled by Kurosaki Ichigo.

"Hi, strawberry!"

"I'm not strawberry and that's not the way to say sorry to whom you had just bumped into," replied Ichigo with his usual frown.

"What's with the sour face? It's the first day of school. C'mon, cheer up!" Rukia tried to make her male friend cheer up a bit.

"It's that Ishida. He was boasting up about his girlfriend, saying how proud he is to have Inoue as his girl. He even said that nobody wants me 'cuz I'm always frowning and my weird hair colour. Dammit!"

"He was right about the two things; your frown and hair. But cheer up, strawberry! There are plenty of girls in this school. For example, Arisawa or Matsumoto or Miu…" Rukia pointed to the girls who were talking to each other.

"Hell no! I, for some reasons, liked Inoue. She's my friend since I was a boy. But how could she fell in love with that Ishida? And now, Ishida keeps on irritating me!" Ichigo said with his frown deepening.

Rukia felt hurt. Her heart crushed. They had been friends as long as she could remember and became much closer after he had saved her from an accident. After all these years, Rukia had started to like Ichigo more than a friend.

"Don't worry! You'll have a girlfriend someday," Rukia said with a forced smile on her face.

Ichigo sighed. "Please don't tell this to anyone. You're my friend and please keep this as a secret. Promise?" Ichigo held out his pinkie for a promise. Rukia got her small finger slipped into his. "I promise," she replied. Suddenly, a student jumped between both of them.

"What do we have here? Holding…pinkies? Did you make a promise to get married?" Asano Keigo asked, with a huge Cheshire grin on his face.

"Hell no. Go away Keigo!" Ichigo took his finger away from Rukia's.

"Ichigo, can you give Kuchiki to me? Please?" Keigo said before he received a punch from Ichigo which had sent him all the way across the hallway.

"C'mon. Let's go or we're going to be late for Mrs. Ishikawa's class" Rukia pulled Ichigo's wrist and walked to the class.