Rukia softly heard a knock at her door, "come in " she groaned.

She had a terrible headache and was glad that today was Saturday. No school , no Ichigo...although when she thought of him, her body ached.

She absolutely hated that.

" Rukia..?" Her older sister , Hisana , asked.

" Hmm?" She mumbled.

" Are you feeling better now? Yesterday after school, you were completely out of it."

Rukia rolled over on her back and sighed loudly.. " Sorry nee-san. I..I was.."

" You were... ?" Hisana asked worried.

Rukia felt like she needed answers about how she was feeling so she had to ask..

" If I tell you something, will you SWEAR not to tell ni-sama ?"

Hisana quickly shut the door and rushed to sit on her bed. She closed her eyes and sensed for her husband, he was gone already.

" Ah, he is already out for his morning snack. Ok go on, spill" Hisana urged.

" When you said some humans have a strong smell to them, does it include vampires too? Is that how you got with Ni-sama?"

Hisana instantly blushed. " Uhh..hmm.. yes. He did have a strong aura about him that made my senses intensify. "

" So what about humans ? Can they make you feel that way too?"

Hisana was confused. Why is she asking such a thing?. " I have heard of some. Very rarely that is. Father once told me about an old friend of his falling in love with a human. Back then, we were still in hiding so it was forbidden to marry humans."

Rukia thoughtfully processed what Hisana had just said. " But now, it's not ?"

" It's not. But those marriages are encouraged to not bare children, since they will create a new breed. A half breed. It's rare."

Now Hisana was really confused, " Why are you asking such a thing Rukia?"

She took a deep breath , maybe she shouldn't..

Hisana suddenly gasped and quickly rose to her feet, " Rukia... don't tell me.."

Rukia pulled the covers over her head and threw herself back into the bed. Hisana got her answer.

" But..when? When did this happen !?"

" I met him on the subway, I almost bite him.. I.. I.. lost control. When he's around, I lose focus.." Rukia wanted to hide from embarrassment , " and it's not that I just want to bite him but I also.. I.. want him. I..I've never felt this way..."

Hisana could hear the despair in her voice.. she really did NOT want to feel this way, " Are you sure Rukia? .. I hate to say this.. but that's exactly how I felt.."

Rukia felt crushed at her sister's response, why her.. out of all species... a human. A breed that despised her kind..

" How do you know you really feel that way about him? Not just the biting part?" Hisana asked curiously.

Rukia knew she probably shouldn't even tell her prude of a sister this but.. she was already this far in.. " I made out with him" she stated bluntly.

"YOU DID WHAT!?" Hisana yelled. She yanked the covers covering Rukia's face, " YOU DID WHAT? " she asked again.

"I TOLD you, I can't control myself when I'm around him!" She frustratly pointed out again, " I didn't MEAN too. " she yanked the covers back from her, " He won't back off either, he came looking for me and..and it just happened."

"What do you mean, he won't back off, is he harassing you?" Hisana threw her hands in the air, " When did you plan on telling me this ?!"

A hard knock on the door. Oh no, Rukia thought. " Yes..?" she squeaked.

"Rukia" Her Ni-sama said.

"Come in Ni-sama"

He entered her room, Hisana had quieted down and made her way to greet him. " Dear." she bowed.

"Hisana" he disappointingly said.

"It's a habit dear " she smiled.

"Both of you were flaring up, I got a bit worried. What's the matter?" He asked.

" Oh! Nothing at all dear," Hisana waved her hands in front of her, " I'm sorry to have disturbed your meal."

" I was finished." He turned to Rukia, looking for her response.

" Yes Ni-sama, just girl stuff" she explained.

Both girls knew as soon as "girl stuff" was mentioned, Byakuya changed the subject.

He cleared his throat, " Well. Alright."

" Ah and Rukia, Please be ready for dinner at 7pm sharp. We have a visitor tonight." He said.

" Ah yes! I almost forgot. I need to go finish up getting ready" Hisana gasped.

She rushed her husband out and herself, before closing Rukia's door, she angrily whispered into her room, " We'll talk later !"

Rukia blinked and thought, " Who the hell would visit us ?"


Ichigo couldn't stop thinking about his heavy makeout session with Rukia.

He was currently laying down on his bed, arm under his head , scowling at the cieling.

He just couldn't get her off his mind, it was like he was under a spell or something.

Feeling pathetic for sounding like a lovesick puppy, he decided to go out for a jog.

His sisters had gone to a sleepover and his crazy ass dad wasn't home.

He needed to clear his head.

Putting on his favorite nikes and nike sweatsuit, he was out the door and sprinted off.

He ran and ran until his lungs burned, he was the fastest runner in his grade. He was probably the fastest in his school.

He came to a stop, unintentionally stopping beside the river where his mother died.

Looking around, he could remember that day perfectly in his head.

His mom had just picked him up from karate class, as she always did every Thursday afternoon.

The afternoon was beautiful, the sun had barely set, casting orange and pink hyes across the sky.

His mom was wearing a vanilla light cardigan over a flowery yellow sundress. She had her overlysized sunhat on and sprayed on her favorite perfume.

The pain in his chest struck, causing him to grip his jacket tightly.

What happened next, he'll never forget.

They were walking by the river , hand and hand, when one of those came out.

Ichigo had never seen one but his parents had told him they were among them.

That they were just like them and wanted to be acdepted in the world.

He naively thought the same.

He was too young to remember what words exactly were said between the monster and his mother but next thing he knew, his mom had pushed him out of the way and the monster attacked her.

Maybe he blocked that traumatic part out of his memory but the next thing he knew , he was in the hospital.

His mother ? She was killed. Cold blooded.

Ever since then, he refused to talk about it and ultimately despised those filthy monsters.

No one knew his actual path in life was to avenge his mother and be a vampire hunter.

He quietly made his way down to the edge of the river . Picking up some rocks, he threw it with strong force across the river.

" Nice throw" someone said.

Ichigo was so concentrated in his thoughts, he didn't realize someone was also there.

He turned to see a guy with blue eyes, bright blue spikey hair and He had a teeth like scar on his right side of his face.

Wearing all black, he looked like a thug. Which Ichigo could relate too, having orange spikey hair and a mean scowl.

" Thanks" he simply responded.

"Names Grimmjow." He stated.

"Ichigo."

" You smell Nice Ichigo."

What the hell? Ichigo thought.

" I don't go that way man" he scowled.

"Neither do I" Grimmjow simply said.

Ichigo was getting an odd feeling about this guy. He decided he was going to leave before the guy pissed him off.

" See ya" he simply said and jogged off.

Grimmjow watched Ichigo jog off into the sunset. He smiled wickedly.

What a tasty human. He thought. This will be fun.


Dinner time had come fast.

Rukia was anxiously waiting in the living room for their guest.

It was their kind since Hisana had brought out the wine glasses and mountain lion blood.

Rukia knew better than to ask who their guest was. Her ni-sama always the mysterious man.

She kept her senses on high alert, wondering if that would help.

Suddenly a knock on the door made her jump.

She didn't sense anyone...

Hisana made her way to the door.

" Welcome ! Please come in" she bowed.

Byakuya suddenly appeared beside Hisana, hand on her shoulder, " It's been awhile, Aizen."

A man with curly brown hair, thick black glasses and a warm smile came to view.

" It has Byakuya." He reaponded. He grabbed Hisana's hand and faintly kissed it. " Beautiful as always Hisana"

Rukia could tell it made her sister uncomfortable. " Thank you Aizen-sama"

" No need for the -Sama, Hisana, for we have known each other very long now." he chuckled.

"It's a habit" she apologized.

Aizen entered the room completely and behind him was a young man with blue hair..

Blue hair...

Rukia lowly growled, Grimmjow..

In split second he was right in front of her, caressing the side of her face softly, " Hey there shortie"

She raised her hand to push him off but he was quick to move.

"Grimmjow." Aizen sternly said " Such rude behavior. "

He was fast , appearing at his side in a blink of a eye, " My apologizes" he bowed. " Being childhood friends, I was just teasing Rukia-chan."

"Please raise yourself Grimmjow, it's fine." Hisana smiled. She gestured to the direction of their dinner area, "Shall we?"

They all followed her and Byakuya to the table, which was decorated with red and gold table runners.

Rukia rolled her eyes, Hisana always going all out.

They all sat in their assigned seats respectfully.

"I hope this will do, Aizen-sama, I..this is all we will have access too." she apologized.

Aizen held the tall wine cup in his hand, swishing the red liquid around, " It's fine Hisana. Thank you for kindness and hospitality." He took a big drink from it. " Delicious."

Grimmjow on the other hand, held the glass in his hand, looking disgusted. " He took a small sip from it.

"I know this is not what you prefer but thank you for respecting our wishes." Byakuya stated, "We appreciate it. "

They all finished their drink and after Hisana picked up the glasses, is when hell broke loose.

It started with Grimmjow. She knew he was here for trouble.

"Can I go ahead and ask?" he had asked Aizen.

"Go ahead" Aizen nodded.

"I wanna marry Rukia." he blurted out.

Byakuya made no movement or noise.

Hisana had gasped so loudly.

And Rukia like, Byakuya made no movement or noise.

It was awkwardly quiet for far too long.

Finally, Byakuya spoke. " For?" he simply asked.

Grimmjow cleared his throat, " Well..we both we will be 18 next year and as we know, our kind is nearly extinct and - "

Byakuya held his hand to stop him, " That's quite the exaggeration ,But with our family , we are not pure blood drinkers. Surely , you are aware of that. "

"I am. " Grimmjow said, " We can compromise."

Rukia could feel the bubble of anger rise. She must remain calm.

"Why Rukia? " Hisana asked. "You must know our true bloodline. We are not Kuchiki ."

Aizen cleared his throat, "On the contrary, You must know the person who turns you, the bloodline mixes, although not pure, it's half."

Byakuya narrowed his eyes , " She knows" he said sharply.

Rukia was utterly confused, just what are they getting too?

" No disrespect Byakuya. I was clearly stating a fact. " Aizen adjusted his coat, " we need to protect our kind and bloodline, and children are the future of that."

"I don't want too." Rukia blurted out. "I want to live a normal life. like the humans"

Grimmjow hollered in laughter, " Oh please. If you only knew the true power we can possess." His eyes glowed blue suddenly, "You have no idea"

Byakuya moved so fast, Even her vampire sight had trouble processing his movements.

Rukia could see the glow of pink in his eyes, "Enough" he snarled.

Grimmjow's glowing eyes ceased and he bowed , " I apologize."

Aizen had stood up as well and was right beside Grimmjow. " Let us calm down shall we? What about courting hm? Old fashion style I would say."

"Courting?" Rukia asked, "This isn't the 1800s!"

"Rukia." Byakuya sternly warned.

Hisana quietly agreed.

"3 months. He has 3 months. " she suddenly said.

Byakuya stared at her in surprise, as did Rukia.

"If Rukia disagrees,"she continued, " Will you promise to let this go?"

Aizen bowed " You have my word Hisana."

"Then let the courting begin"