Hey there! This is essentially my second ByaRuki AU fic. I wanted to try out something new with some fluffy romance with my fave Bleach couple. For my readers of my vampire fic, I will continue that at some point. Just lost some motivation. But I hope you'll enjoy this one for now! X

Anyway, hope you enjoy reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach

Target Missed?

Out to lunch

A small note was left on the desk. Rukia looked around Cupid's place. Everything in Heaven was mainly white. Pilliars, furniture, clothing and even the love birds flying around were all white. It was the symbol of purity and Holy Spirit. It was just as well it was Rukia's favourite colour. Her feet shuffled across the floor made up of clouds. She took a closer look.

So Cupid really has gone out for lunch. That gives me an idea...

She looked to her left, quickly to the right and then left again. The close was clear. No one was around. Her beaming violet eyes regarded curiously at the book sitting on Cupid's desk. This book was huge and had a brown leather covering. Her fingers stroked at the gold lettering. It was called the Love Manifest. Eager fingers flipped open the pages. A red ribbon marked a page with today's date and many names under it. Every day, Cupid would create a list of people matched with their true love and that day he would have to pair them off.

On the desk was also a red oak bow glistering with gold arrows next to it. Rukia couldn't help but pick one up at random to admire it. This arrow would pierce through two people who were destined to be together with reference to the list on the Love Manifest. Once shot through the heart, both people would fall in love with each other.

She looked around again to check but still there was no one to be seen. So she decided to have a go at firing an arrow herself. It had been a life-long dream to her.

I mean, how hard can it be?

The little angel spread her wings to fly over to the Eye which was a whole in the floor where you could see the real world. You could zoom in and out as you pleased to search for the lovers' you were looking for. Each person had an individual arrow with it's name on it. She paid attention to the name etched clearly on her arrow.

Kuchiki Byakuya...

Such a lovely name. I'll never forget that. You'll be my first...

Her eyes checked the Love Manifest to find his true love so she could shoot through both their hearts.

Hisana... ah, there! I've found you both!

Her arms stretched out ready to shoot the arrow once she found the couple through the Eye. She was slightly nervous and her heart raced. Her fingers trembled as she pulled her arrow along the bow ready to let go of it.

'RUKIA!'

Renji's scream just about managed to put her off her aim. She leaped up into the air as she let go of the bow and arrow. Both angels watched in horror as the arrow fired down to Earth missing its target and crash landed onto the street. It shattered into tiny pieces and crumbled away into angel dust. Whispers of wind carried it away making it impossible to piece together again. It was lost forever.

'AH! Rukia let go!'

A loud shriek echoed around them as Rukia grabbed Renji by his robes and started to shake him violently forwards and backwards whilst cursing him at the same time. She didn't care if she was going to shake him to death. She was fuming. God, she felt like killing him!

'BAKA! Look what you made me do!'

'It wasn't my fault!' Renji protested as he tried to peel Rukia's claws off him.

'You broke the arrow! Cupid's going to kill me when he finds out!'

'Just shoot him with another arrow. No one will notice if one arrow's missing!'

'Each person only has one Cupid arrow, you BAKA! Now that his is broken it means he will never be able to find true love! Do you know what that means?' She tried her best to calm down by slowing her movements.

'Rukia?'

'It means he will have to spend the rest of his life on his own. He'll never be with the person he's destined with.' She gently let go of Renji's robes as the reality hit her.

'I've ruined this man's love life all because I was too selfish thinking I could play around. Cupid will banish me from Heaven for this. I'm sure of it.'

'Yeah, he sure is.'

Renji regretted his words the moment he saw Rukia's eyes filled with tears threatening to spill out. Her small lips wobbled.

Oh God, she's going yo cry! Now you've done it, Renji!

'I-I mean, he will be angry but if you can fix it before he notices then you'll be okay.'

'Huh? What do you mean?'

'Well you could... eh... You could go down to the real world and help this person find his true love.'

'Baka! I can't do that. You know it's forbidden for us angels to go into the real world. Cupid will punish me if he found out!'

'Well he'll punish you anyway if he found out you messed around with his arrows!'

Rukia bit her lip. She was in two minds as to what to do. It was possible that she would be in trouble whatever she did. But perhaps there was a chance that she could fix everything before Cupid even found out about her mistake. A small sigh escaped her lips.

Renji could tell his friend was rather troubled. Maybe this was partly his fault too. He placed a protective hand on her shoulder.

'Don't worry, Rukia. I'll help you.' He gave her a small smile to reassure her things were going to be alright.

'Fine. I'll fly down to the real world and help this Cheeky Byakuya, or whatever his name is, to play match-maker with him and Hisana.'

'The best way is to befriend him, get close to him and... Rukia what's wrong?'

Her big violet eyes were wide with fright as she looked down the Eye. There was a great distance between Heaven and the real world. The extreme height made her legs wiggle like jelly. She weren't sure whether her wings would be able to carry her all the way down there.

'God, I didn't notice we lived so high up in the sky.'

'Rukia, how did you get to Heaven when you're so afraid of heights?'

'I'm not afraid of heights!' she screamed. She was insulted.

'I'm not afraid of anything!' she huffed. She folded her arms and turned away from him for insulting her.

'Is that so?'

'Mmm,' she said as she nodded.

That was a big mistake. She soon regretted saying those words the moment Renji picked up her petite body. He did it with very little effort like he was just lifting a feather.

'Renji! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?' she screamed as he swung her forwards and backwards.

'Aiming for the target you missed!' His eyes danced as they tried to find Byakuya in the real world.

'Wha-'

Before she even muttered a word he sent her flying through the Eye. She fired down the sky like a missile. Her screams echoed all the way down. She was so scared she completely forgot that she had wings. It was so frightening she was about to wet herself.

It was quite a warm day for the end of summer. Birds where chirping and occasionally drinking from the fountain. Ducks and swans glided across the pond with their entire family. Sometimes people would even throw in pieces of bread to feed them and the koi. Early autumn winds began to creep in as it rustled around the tree leaves.

Somewhere hidden in the corner of the park was a little bench. It was quiet with no people there. Just the way Byakuya liked it. Everywhere he went he was followed by women pestering him; acting like some obsessive fan. It was troublesome. He just wanted to be alone. There was this book he had to read for English before the new term started. He barely had time to start it with all his admirers around. So it was perfect when he found this spot where he could read peacefully.

'Mister Darcy, let me introduce you to Mrs Bennett, Miss Bennett, Miss Bennett, Miss Bennett, Miss Bennett and Miss Bennett.'

'Oh, for goodness sake! Are we to recceive every Bennett in the country?'

A mild smile came from Byakuya. He wanted to read something by William Shakespeare or perhaps Arthur Miller. Instead he got stuck reading a romantic Jane Austen novel. He just didn't like all that romance but he was finding it to be a good read. A cool breeze suddenly hit him flicking away his pages quickly. Some noise headed his way and grew louder.

WHOOSH

Before he got the chance to look at what was heading at him he was tackled out of the bench with a weight squashed onto his chest. His novel went flying out of his hands and bounced onto the floor nearby.

Rukia groaned in pain. However, it did somehow puzzle her that the ground was so soft. If felt like some sort of warm cushion.

'What in the world-'

Her eyes flew wide open as she heard a man's voice. Underneath her was a man lying on his back. She gasped with both hands clasping her mouth. Total shock was written on her entire face and it wasn't because she nearly squashed the man she was supposed to help but because this man was extremely handsome. He was so handsome it was heartbreaking. His long black hair was glossy with a long fringe parted to the side falling across his eyes. His eyes were a deep grey and piercing through her soul. His skin was smooth, spotless and came with a strong jaw line. This man looked like a model; the human form of perfection. And her cheeks turned bright red when she came to realise she was barely an inch away from his face. Their noses were almost touching. But she just couldn't take her eyes off him.

She could feel his chest and his hard abs. The warmth of his body seeped through his black shirt. To add to more embarrassment, she was actually straddling him. She was sitting on him. No, to be more accurate, she was sitting on his-

'Excuse me, miss, but can you remove your thighs from around my shoulders, please?'

Quickly, like at the speed of lightning, she tore herself away from him. She turned her back on him unable to make eye contact with him. Her entire face turned red. It was actually burning her cheeks. Her most private area was almost in his face!

So help me God!

'What in the world-'

His eyes peeled open to finally see a girl dressed in an angelic white dress above him. The sun was in his eyes and all he could make out was a female shadow casting over him. The girl did gasp with shock. He knew that at he noticed a pair of white wings spread out from behind her.

Is it Halloween already? My God, she's in my face!

He suddenly realised she was sitting on him with her womanhood so close to his face almost in full view. He almost blushed at the intimate contact. Almost...

'Excuse me, miss, but can you remove your thighs from around my shoulders, please?'

His voice was cold and flat. Of course it was so unlike Kuchiki Byakuya to blush or show any emotion on his face at all. It was rather ordinary to see him keep his cold stoic exterior under all circumstances. It rather added to his appeal. The girl scrambled off him and refused to look at him.

'Gomenasai! Honto ni gomenasai!'

As he picked himself off from the floor and dusted his clothes from the dirt. When he caught her secretly looking at him she immediately adverted his eyes. There was a glimpse of her raven hair and violet eyes but he couldn't make out the rest of her features. Maybe she was pretty but to him, all women were the same. He turned to leave.

'Hey, chotto...' Byakuya ignored her and continued to walk away from her. He sighed inwardly.

I bet she's just another fan girl... Will anyone see past my looks and money? Will anyone just love me for me...?

'Hey, chotto...'

Her words trailed off as he travelled further and further away from her. She found it really hard to believe that this man, no, this handsome man had not yet found his true love. Her fingers went to collect the novel Byakuya left behind. On the first page there was a red stamp.

Property of Seireitei High

'Oh yeah!' she said in surprised joy. 'Cheeky Byakuya is a 17 year old student. I'll just go undercover as a student and then set him up Hisana. Haha, I'm so clever!' She began giggling herself.

'No wonder why Renji had me cut my hair short,' Rukia grumbled.

Now she was standing outside the entrance to Seireitei High standing in a black blazer, white shirt fixed with a thick red neck tie and crisp black trousers. Her hair was cut short with her trademark long bang still swaying in the middle of her face. She hated the fact that she had to cut her long glossy hair. But that wasn't the worst part.

'Why didn't Renji tell me this was a boys' school?'

She sighed. How was she going to deal with being the only girl in an all boys' environment? What if someone saw through her pretending to be a boy? And she now had to share a room with a boy! This was only the beginning of her nightmare...

And that's it for this chapter. I think you can guess what's gonna happen lol My inspiration came from an old Chinese TV series (although I didn't like the ending) and OHSHC (hilarious animee!). Plus I wanted a bit more romance between ByaRuki and this story will let me play around with it more.

Anyways, I hope you liked it. Let me know what you think. All reviews welcomes. Ja x