Chapter 7.

Establishing boundaries.


The next morning Ichigo was coming fresh out of the shower, he put a towel around his waist and looked at his reflection on the mirror and what he saw made him grimaced.

Pink hair.

He cursed inwardly, he didn't have any wigs and he didn't want to dye his hair so he would have to go to the office like this. He swore to kill Ishida or at least to ruin his day, God knew his was going to be a living nightmare. He was thinking about all the ways he could make the bespectacled boy pay when Rukia, without knocking on the door, got into the bathroom.

Ichigo fought the urge to scream like a teenage girl but the midget always surprised him like that, he was going to tell her that she should knock but he stopped himself when he saw her troubled face.

"Is something wrong?" He asked her worriedly.

She sighed.

"We need to talk" she said.

"Don't you want to wait until I put some clothes on?" He asked her.

Rukia shruged.

"I like how you look" she said casually and Ichigo noticed how she blushed a little.

He smirked.

Without saying anything else Rukia took a seat on the sink and Ichigo positioned himself in front of her. He couldn't help but notice how amazing she looked just by wearing his button ups, he tried not to let his eyes wander too much first of all because it was disrespectful and second she wasn't wearing a bra. He didn't need his imagination running wild so early in the morning.

"Listen" she started and took one of his hands, he gave her a little squeeze to encourage her to talk "I don't know a lot of this world, before my sister found me no one explain anything to me and after that Nii-sama made sure that I would be extremely protected so no one could use my power again."

Ichigo nodded to let her know she had his complete attention.

"Ever since I've found you I learned a little bit more" she continued smiling a little "I know the basics of how to interact with people, how to think before speak and I know that we're a couple, well... it was decided just a day ago but it made me happy nonetheless."

Ichigo kept quiet. He had decided that they were a couple without asking her and while he understood that it was wrong it made him a little happy to know that she was alright with it.

"But Ichigo'" she said and took a deep breath "we're basically strangers."

He frowned.

"Don't get me wrong" she said while looking at his face "you're awesome, you haven't ask for anything, you've been taking care of me and when I met your family it just made me realize how I was right about you, you're a great, great man."

"But you don't know anything else about me" he concluded and she nodded sadly "it didn't bother you these last days." He pointed out.

"I know" she said "it doesn't bother me now either, I'm pretty sure that I'll get to know you even better in the future but Yoruichi-san just told me something important yesterday and I don't know how you'll react to that."

"You're afraid" it was not a question.

"A little" she admitted "it's just, I was so used to getting out of the lamp just to grant wishes and then going back to wait for the next person that I never dared to dream about being like this with someone."

He wanted to ask her lots of questions but he let her go on.

"Yoruichi-san was a genie too" she said and Ichigo's eyes widened with surprise "she explained why we reacted like that yesterday and she advised me not to tell you."

"You don't have to tell me." Ichigo said, he seriously wanted to know what was making her so uneasy but she didn't want to put any pressure on her.

She shook her head.

She thought the whole night about this and she got to the conclusion that he deserved to know.

"I still have a lot to ask my sister" Rukia said "but this piece of information doesn't affect me exclusively, it affects you too."

"But..." Ichigo wanted to say but she stopped him.

"I trust you" she said and looked at him straight in the eyes "listen, the reason why I almost died yesterday was because I wasn't with you."

"That's what Byakuya said" Ichigo told her "but I don't get it."

"It's all because of your wish" she explained "you asked me to be with you forever, and yesterday when I decided to leave the apartment I was going against that wish, since you're my master and I wasn't with you my body and magic decided to punish me for that."

Ichigo winced. It was his fault, he had left her because he thought that she was tired. He never imagined the consequences.

"I'm sorry" he said "I shouldn't have left you."

"It's not your fault" she said calmly and Ichigo took some steps to be closer to her.

"There's another thing" she continued "your role as a master also includes that you can ask me to do anything for you, and while I don't die if I don't follow any order, I will be extremely conflicted with myself for not obeying."

She noticed how his eyes widened as he let the information sink in. This was the part that frightened her the most, the fact that if he were to know how much power he had over her he would take advantage of that. She waited eagerly for his answer.

Anything Ichigo thought, that simple word put lots of options on the table.

One part of him imagined all of the things that he could ask Rukia to do, it was clear that he wanted her, in more ways than one, and judging by what she just told him he could just order her to be his. But, the other side of him, the most rational and less hormonal side of his, decided that he was better than that and that Rukia deserved better. He wasn't going to take advantage of that, not now, not ever.

If they were going to make this work it was going to be on her terms, his father raised him like that and he had seen how happy he had made his mother.

He wanted to see Rukia happy like that too.

"You're worried that I'll take advantage of that." He summarized and Rukia blushed.

Without any warning she pulled him towards her and hugged him. Ichigo was surprised and confused, she hid her face on his chest and wrapped her legs around his waist.

"Rukia?!" He asked dumbfounded.

"I'm sorry" she said urgently "I never had a master and you make me feel things that I didn't know existed and yes, I'm afraid but not only about you taking advantage of me."

"Then? What else?" He asked.

"That's just one part" she said "the other part of me is afraid that you'll find this too troublesome and that you'll send me back to the lamp, I don't want to go back!"

"Hey" he said kindly while she looked up at him "I promised you that I wouldn't do that, I keep my promises midget."

"Thank you" she said relieved.

"Besides" he continued "I'm not going to take advantage of you, that's not the kind of man my father raised."

Rukia smiled.

"Let's make a deal" he said "there's a lot of things we need to work out so we're going to set boundaries until we're ready."

"That sounds good" she said.

"We'll get to know each other and I'll tell you things about myself and you'll tell me things about you" he said "if there's a misunderstanding we will talk about it and if I'm being an ass or not respecting your space you'll let me know."

Rukia nodded.

"You'll let me know if I'm difficult too." She said.

"Okay" he agreed "I won't give you orders, unless it is necessary for us to be apart for example if you want to go to see your sister and go to Byakuya's house you just have to tell me."

Rukia nodded.

"I guess that's it for now."

"When I'm ready" Rukia said and started to trace his jawline with one of her delicate fingers "I'll tell you about my life inside the lamp before my sister found me."

Ichigo nodded. He was awfully curious about it but he could wait, it wasn't as if he wanted to take her out of his life, he didn't want to let her go.

"We can still kiss, right?" Rukia asked while pulling him closer, their lips were only inches apart.

"Yes" Ichigo answered "we can."

He kissed her then, without bothering to hide how much he liked to kiss her and enjoying her body against his. The fact that there was almost no clothes between them was a bonus for him. Rukia arched her back and ran her hands around his now pink hair and he grabbed her by the waist, shyly she introduced her tongue on his mouth and he answered gladly.

Luckily they had woken up earlier than usual so they had time before breakfast and having to go to work.


When Grimmjow arrived at the office he saw Ishida Uryuu, he knew him from High School and the sight of him was enough to make him realize that his façade was risky. It didn't help that people who knew his past were around him.

"Sorry" the bespectacled boy apologized when he stood in Grimmjow's way, he was carrying some paperwork.

Grimmjow thought about threatening him but it would make him more suspicious, so shrugging, he decided to let him go.

Ishida nodded at him.

Grimmjow wanted to quit already and the day was just starting.


"So, how's Rukia? What happened yesterday?" Ginrei asked Byakuya when he entered the office. The Kuchiki heir wasn't expecting a "good morning" especially after making everyone sick with worry about Rukia's whereabouts.

"Kurosaki Ichigo called" Byakuya answered "she was okay and nothing relevant happened, except the fact that I almost made him have a heart attack."

Ginrei nodded.

"Or the fact that you casually mentioned how Rukia could die without Ichigo in front of a new employee." He acknowledged "that might be a little relevant."

Byakuya tensed, now he understood why his grandfather was not in the best mood.

"It was a miscalculation on my part." He excused himself "besides, all of our employees signed confidentiality contracts, that boy will not talk about this with anyone unless he wants to spend some time in jail, he looks like he belongs there."

Ginrei chuckled, which was a relief.

"I used to think the same about Ichigo" he admitted "but apparently I was wrong."

"I've been thinking about convince him to dye his hair to a more discreet color" Byakuya said "although I'm not sure if he knows the meaning of the word "discreet""

It was then when Ichigo stepped into the room and both Kuchikis turned to look at him. Ginrei's eyes widened while Byakuya simply looked at him demanding an answer.

Ichigo, who had pink hair now, try to put a face full of bravado but it was useless, no one could take him seriously while he was looking like a lazy town character.

"So?" Byakuya asked.

"I can explain." Ichigo said.

"We're dying to hear this explanation boy" Ginrei said calmly.

"It was Rukia" Ichigo said while sighing heavily "this is all her fault."

Byakuya turned to look at Ginrei then.

"I told you that he didn't know the meaning of discretion." He said to his grandfather with a face full of regret.

Ginrei couldn't help it anymore so he laughed hard.


"You look perplexed" Rukia said while Ishida stepped into Ichigo's office to leave some documents, the bespectacled boy was taken by surprise so the papers fell on the floor.

Rukia chuckled but decided to help him pick them up.

"I'm sorry" Ishida said sincerely "I thought that the office was empty."

"Oh, yeah, we are here earlier than usual, Ichigo wanted to avoid people looking at his hair" she explained with a smile "so we packed our breakfast to eat here, Ichigo went ahead to greet my brother, I wanted to keep reading."

"Reading?" Uryuu asked curiously.

Rukia nodded and showed him a manga with a nun and what seemed to be a delinquent on the cover. A weird love story.

"I was talking with Ichigo and since I want to understand more things we stopped by the library on our way here." She said, the smile never left her face "it's really entertaining."

Ishida nodded, wondering how this weird girl would process all the information that a manga like that could have. Sighing he looked at the raven haired girl, he still couldn't believe what happened yesterday.

"Is something the matter?" she asked and Ishida shook his head apologetic.

"I'm just a little shocked" he said sincerely "I still can't get over of what I saw yesterday."

"Ichigo with pink hair?" Rukia asked chuckling "I can't get over it either, we couldn't even kiss properly last night because I couldn't stop laughing."

Ishida chuckled.

He was talking about the fact that, apparently, genies were real but he supposed that Kurosaki Ichigo with pink hair was quite shocking too. He observed the girl in front of him and got to the conclusion that while it was a little awkward to believe, it made sense why he had never seen her before. Kuchiki Byakuya didn't seem like the type of brother who would let some nuns raise his little sister, now that he thought about it, the convent was a lame lie.

He wanted to know a little bit more.

"Hey" Ishida said "do you want to have breakfast with me in the cafeteria? I would like to ask you something."

Rukia nodded happily.

"Sure!"


When Orihime saw Kuchiki Rukia and Ishida Uryuu going together to the cafeteria she frowned. She couldn't believe how the short raven haired girl was getting everyone's attention little by little, she had never seen Uryuu eating with anyone, much less a girl, he was an introvert! The sudden appearance of that girl was changing everyone around the office and Orihime didn't like it.

Huffing she checked the newspaper, it was part of her morning routine before the day started. Not surprisingly the whole front page was dedicated to Kuchiki Byakuya, who had won another important case for his firm, Orihime sighed, it was as if everything the Kuchikis did was to steal the spotlight.

It was then when an idea hit her.

Smirking, she picked up the phone, it was a good thing that Kuchiki Rukia loved attention because she was about to get plenty.


Uryuu had been eating peacefully, Kuchiki Rukia was funny and easygoing, a little bit innocent but her presence wasn't awkward. She told him everything that she had been going through ever since meeting Ichigo, he chuckled on several parts, no wonder why the orange haired teenager looked so busy lately. Taking care of midget sized genies wasn't on his resume.

"So" Uryuu started "why did your lamp take you out of the house?"

"Kon said that I was in danger" she explained "he said that a blue haired weirdo saw me so he took me out of the house in order to protect me"

Uryuu stopped eating instantly.

"Sorry" he said and looked at her worriedly "repeat that last part."

Rukia didn't seem to mind so she smiled before explaining again.

"Kon said that a blue haired weirdo saw me, so he took me out of the house in order to protect me." She said.

Uryuu started to think, it couldn't be a coincidence that after Ichigo met Rukia, Grimmjow, a weirdo with blue hair, decided to look for a job inside the Kuchiki enterprise. Besides, if he wasn't mistaken, Grimmjow swore that he would rather die than being near Ichigo so why did he look for a job in the same place as the orange haired loser? The only possible explanation was the raven haired girl in front of him. But, Ichigo kept bringing her to the office so he probably knew that it wasn't dangerous… or, he was a bigger idiot and he hadn't put two and two together about the blue haired weirdo that was looking for Rukia.

He was betting for the latter.

"Oh" Uryuu said trying to test his theory "luckily you haven't met any blue haired weirdos right? No one has approached you recently, right?"

Rukia blinked.

"Well, Grimmjow has" she said and Uryuu cursed mentally "do you know him?"

Uryuu gulped and nodded.

"He's the only blue haired guy I know" Rukia said "but he's nice with me, although Ichigo doesn't like him very much" she seemed to realize something and looked at Uryuu with curiosity "do you know why? All that Ichigo told me is that they were rivals for a while."

Uryuu shook his head.

"I don't know the complete history" he said "but I believe that it started back in high school."

Rukia sighed.

"Well, I'll ask Renji" she said finally.

"Hey" Uryuu said suddenly "I need to go to the bathroom, do you mind to wait for me here?"

Rukia shrugged.

"Sure" she said.

Uryuu stood up and walked as calmly as he could towards the exit of the cafeteria, once he made sure that no one was looking at him he started to run looking for Ichigo.


"Boy" Byakuya said seriously while ignoring Ginrei's laugh "we have an important meeting today, it was embarrassing enough to have meetings with you and your orange hair, now how are we going to be taken seriously with pink hair?!"

Ichigo frowned.

"This is your little sister's fault!" he said "she granted Ishida's wish and…"

Right after he said that Ginrei stopped laughing and Byakuya glared at Ichigo. The orange haired boy shut up immediately and gulped, he fucked up badly.

"What did you just say?!" Byakuya asked coldly and Ichigo could swear that the temperature on the room was decreasing considerably, the fact that Ginrei was also glaring at him was making everything worse.

"What?" Ichigo asked nervously.

"Did you by any chance, suggested, that Rukia granted another boy a wish?"

Damn Ichigo thought Byakuya really knows how to make everything sound like a sin.

"Perhaps" Ichigo answered.

"I would like to hear a direct answer" Byakuya said.

Ichigo didn't know how to excuse himself. He was the one that, in a moment of desperation, revealed Rukia's true identity to Ishida. Hell, he was the one who offered the bespectacled boy a wish, he couldn't really blame Byakuya for being so mad, after all, Rukia was too precious and if more people were to know about her she would be in danger.

Not to mention that they still didn't know who was the one who saw her talking with Hisana-san the night of the party.

"I'm waiting" Byakuya said but before Ichigo could answer Ishida opened the office door, violently, and looked straight at Ichigo.

"It's Grimmjow" he said panting, he looked as if he had run a marathon "he is the one who saw Kuchiki-san speaking with Kuchiki-sama the night you met her on the beach."

Ichigo's eyes widened.

"Uh?" he asked dumbfounded and Ishida just frowned at him.

"The lamp! Kon! He said it didn't he?!" Ishida barked "a blue haired weirdo saw Kuchiki-san and that's why he took her out of the house! Do you know any other blue haired weirdos?!"

"Holy fuck" Ichigo said once he understood what Ishida was talking about "where's Rukia?!"

"In the cafeteria" Ishida answered "I told her to wait for me there."

Ishida wasn't expecting Ichigo to thank him, but he didn't expect his next question either.

"Why was she having breakfast with you?" Ichigo asked indignantly and Ishida gaped.

"Seriously?!" Uryuu asked perplexed "I literally told you something important about your girlfriend's safety and you ask something like that?! You are not only an idiot but a jealous one! Jesus Christ!"

"Girlfriend?!" Byakuya asked fuming but Ichigo ignored him.

"I'm not jealous!" Ichigo said defensively "I was just curious!"

"That's not the kind of question you should be asking right now!" Ishida told him "fix your fucking priorities!"

"Don't tell me what to do!" Ichigo said.

"Stop it you two!" Byakuya roared and both boys looked at him slightly afraid "explain to me what's happening!"

"I…" Ichigo started "it was an emergency Byakuya and I…"

His lame explanation was interrupted when a security guard entered the office.

"Kuchiki-sama, my apologies for coming unannounced but we have a problem."


"Excuse me" someone said to Rukia, who was just finishing her breakfast "are you Kuchiki Rukia?!"

She turned to look at the boy who was talking to her, he looked young and eager, he had acne and was wearing weird sunglasses, but what got Rukia's attention the most was the camera that he was holding. Rukia blinked, something about him made her feel uneasy, it was as if he was looking at her wanting to uncover every single one of her secrets.

"I love your outfit" the boy continued as if her silence wasn't big deal "who are you wearing? Some famous designer?"

Rukia looked at her outfit. The twins helped her to get dressed today, Karin insisted that wearing only dresses was too childish, so they gave her a pair of skinny jeans, a pair of black stilettos which she hadn't learn to wear properly yet, and a white off shoulder t-shirt. They swore that everything was cheap and that she didn't have to worry too much about it, apparently Yuzu loved to play dressing up.

"So" the boy said finally while taking a seat in front of her "you're really skinny, are you into a special diet?"

Rukia stood up.

"I don't talk to strangers" she said defiantly and to her surprise the boy smirked "who are you?"

"Oh please I'm not important" he said and Rukia frowned confused "right, Robert?"

Much to Rukia's dismay another boy appeared next to her and smiled. He had brown short hair, a gap between his front teeth and he was taller than her, he also had a camera. Rukia looked around and noticed how the cafeteria was full of employees, no one was paying attention to her, but she figured that there were cameras everywhere so she simply couldn't go and use any tricks to defend herself. She couldn't cause any problems for her brother.

So she started to walk towards the exit.

"Of course is not" the one named Robert said while following her "you're the one that's important here."

"Me?" Rukia asked confused without stop walking "I don't know what you´re talking about."

"Oh please" Robert insisted while catching up to her "how old are you? Do you work here? Why did your brother keep you a secret for so many years? We need you to answer those questions."

Rukia huffed and promised herself to never wear these shoes again, she was trapped by two curious boys in the middle of a deserted hallway. She thought about using her magic but it could lead to trouble, she wouldn't know to explain that if anyone were to see her.

"Excuse me" she said ready to leave when out of nowhere a huge flash blinded her for two seconds.

"Kuchiki Rukia, as stuck up as her brother! Read all about the young heiress here!" the boy who took her picture said and she was caught off guard "just answer our questions and we'll leave."

Rukia shook her head.

"Fuck off!" she said and that's when her temper got the best of her "my name is Kuchiki Rukia, I'm busy and you're getting in my way! Is that enough?!"

"Why weren't you around before?!" the other boy asked and Rukia rolled her eyes, there was another flash when she did that "why did your brother kept you as a secret?! Are you by any chance his long lost daughter?!"

"Uh?!" Rukia asked perplexed "what?!"

"It's the only possible explanation, otherwise, why would he keep you away?!" Rukia was getting a headache, her breakfast was ruined and she wanted to beat the shit out of these boys. Deciding that it was enough she was about to raise her palm and use magic when someone grabbed her and pushed her aside. It was Grimmjow, he put himself in front of her glaring at the photographers.

"You have one minute to leave before I call security" he growled and Rukia felt really grateful.

The boys took a step back and Rukia chuckled.

"Who are you?" one of the boys asked although he was trembling from head to toe at the sight of Grimmjow.

"None of your business" Grimmjow answered "the Kuchiki enterprise has a strict confidentiality policy, it's illegal for you to remain here."

One of the boys smiled.

"We'll leave" he said "we have what we want anyway."

The boys ran in the opposite direction and Rukia sighed, Grimmjow looked at her and she smiled at him.

"Thank you!" she said "I was about to cur… I mean, slap him! You saved me there!"

Grimmjow smirked.

"Anytime Princess" he said "listen, I wanted to talk to you, do you mind if we go outside for a bit?"

Rukia bit her bottom lip worriedly.

"Uhm, I cannot leave the building" she said "why don't we go back to the cafeteria? I'm pretty sure we can talk there."

Grimmjow blinked, this was his chance to get the information he needed but he couldn't risk being overheard.

"Why can't you leave the building?"

To his surprise Rukia blushed.

"It's a long story but…"

"They were here on the way to the cafeteria" someone said approaching them, Rukia saw her brother, Ichigo and two guards walking towards them.

"Nice" Grimmjow said sarcastically and glared at Ichigo, he wanted to insult him but when he noticed that he had pink hair he couldn't help it, he started to laugh. Rukia, who was next to them notice how handsome he looked smiling, it was contagious even.

"Damn Kurosaki" Grimmjow said between laughs "I can't believe it!"

Ichigo blushed and turned to look at Rukia.

"Where are the reporters?" Ichigo asked her and Grimmjow huffed.

"They just left" he answered before Rukia could "I chased them out."

To his surprise, Ichigo nodded and Grimmjow decided to leave when out of nowhere the orange haired boy pushed him against the wall painfully.

"What the fuck Kurosaki?!" Grimmjow asked.

"You were at the party that night, weren't you?" Ichigo asked in a menacing tone "that's why you got a job here, you wanted her lamp, right?!"

Grimmjow's eyes widened. He had been discovered.

"What are you talking about?!" he asked because he couldn't ignore Kuchiki Byakuya's cold eyes, he needed to keep lying unless he wanted to go to jail.

"Don't play dumb" Ichigo said.

"While I always admired your energy" Byakuya said while looking at Ichigo physically attack another employee "this tacky act goes against our policy."

Sighing heavily the Kuchiki heir snapped his fingers and both guards decided to apprehend both boys with striking hair.


Five minutes later everyone was in Ginrei's office, the guards tied Ichigo and Grimmjow on chairs before excusing themselves. Ishida, Ginrei, Byakuya and Rukia looked at the boys.

"What did I do?!" Grimmjow asked.

"You tried to kidnap Rukia!" Ichigo yelled and Ishida winced, he was really angry.

"What the fuck?! When exactly?! I barely know her!"

"The night of the company's beach party" Ichigo said lowering his voice "you got there, didn't you?!"

"Where did you get that idea?!" Grimmjow asked still upset, he was having a trouble controlling his facial expressions. He was considering killing Kurosaki now.

"One of the guards saw a blue haired boy searching around the house" Byakuya said finally, if Kurosaki were to keep talking he would mess up everything.

"Are you suggesting that I'm a kidnapper just because I have blue hair? That's racist! Besides, he has pink hair now, how come he is not a suspect?!" Grimmjow asked while looking at Ichigo.

"Oh don't you dare!" Ichigo said angrily "why don't you explain to us why are you working here?! You hate me! You told me how you never wanted to see me again, and suddenly you get hired in the same place as me, coincidence? I think not."

Ishida wanted to interfere and clarify how that was his theory, but he knew better than to get between Ichigo and Grimmjow, so he kept quiet. Besides, he didn't understand how he got mixed up in this mess, now he was in the same room as his boss and two loud idiots. This wasn't his day.

"Believe it or not" Grimmjow said "you're not the center of the universe, I wanted a good job! Is that too much to ask?!"

"For someone like you?! Ichigo asked "of course it is!"

"There goes your fucking privileged ass talking!" Grimmjow said "I worked for this!"

Rukia was amused, she was standing between her grandpa and brother watching the exchange like a ping pong match and it was entertaining. The fact that both boys were tied to chairs next to each other made the whole thing even better.

"I'm getting a headache" Byakuya said and looked straight at Grimmjow "were you at my beach house the night of the party? Yes or no?"

Grimmjow frowned at him. He couldn't believe how everything went so damn wrong in a matter of seconds, he would obviously lie, there was no way he was compromising his main goal because of some accusations. He was trying hard not to look at Rukia, something was telling him that it would be hard to lie while looking at her.

"No, I wasn't" he said full of confidence "I didn't even know that you had a beach house… Sir."

Byakuya sighed and looked at his grandfather.

"It's up to you what to do with him" he said "I have a meeting in five minutes and I don't want to see any of them anymore" he then turned to Uryuu "boy, how long have you worked here?"

Uryuu gulped.

"Three years Sir" he answered ignoring the fact that his boss didn't know how long he had been working for him.

"Do you handle well our client's profiles and our finances topic?" Byakuya asked him.

"Yes" Uryuu asked without hesitation "there's not a single document that I haven't read about those topics."

Byakuya nodded satisfied.

"You'll come with me to the meeting." He said but before Uryuu could answer, Ichigo interfered.

"What?! I'm supposed to be going to those meetings with you!" he said "why are you doing this?!"

Byakuya made a pause and looked angrily at Ichigo.

"Because you have pink hair." He said finally and left the room, it took Uryuu five seconds to follow him.

Ichigo wanted to punch Ishida right there.


On the way to the meeting Byakuya stopped walking and looked at Uryuu who gulped nervously.

"You know the truth about Rukia?" he asked and Uryuu nodded without hesitation.

"You will keep the secret" Byakuya said and Uryuu noticed how serious he was.

"You have my word, Sir."

Byakuya nodded satisfied and kept walking.

"Only two people will be with us today" Byakuya explained "Sousuke Aizen and his assistant, do I need to tell you more?"

"Aizen is the owner of a rival lawyer's firm" Uryuu said while trying to rehearse whatever he learned about that in the paperwork "I believe that they are not here to make business with us."

"You're correct" Byakuya said "I do not know why they called for a meeting but we'll find out soon enough."

Uryuu tried not to get too nervous once they entered the meeting room, luckily only Aizen and his assistant were present as Byakuya said, Uryuu thanked the heavens for it, he didn't have the confidence nor the experience when it came to handle rich men in suits.

When they got to the room Aizen was already there with a white haired man with a serpent like smile.

"Gentlemen" Aizen greeted with a kind smile "I must thank you for your time."

Byakuya nodded shaking the man's hand.

Aizen was, according to Uryuu's point of view, a really weird man. He had brown hair and eyes, he wore glasses and he was always smiling but it never seemed fake. Anyone would tell, just by looking at him, that Sousuke Aizen was a kind man.

But Uryuu couldn't help but get a weird feeling about him, as if he was hiding something behind those glasses.

"I'm afraid we haven't met each other" Aizen said looking at Uryuu "you must be the famous Kurosaki Ichigo."

"No" Byakuya said before Uryuu could answer "Kurosaki is handling a private business of mine so I brought with me Ishida Uryuu."

"Nice to meet you" Uryuu said politely.

"Oh" the white haired man spoke for the first time "here I was expecting to meet the young man who was able to work right next to Kuchiki Byakuya."

Byakuya ignored him and looked at Aizen questioningly.

"My apologies" the spectacled man answered "this is Ichimaru Gin, my new assistant."

Uryuu could swear that the tension building in the room could be cut in half with a knife.

"I believe" Byakuya said "that we can start the meeting."


"Well" Ginrei Kuchiki said once Ichigo and Grimmjow stopped arguing "what am I going to do with you?"

Ichigo relaxed as much as he could. Grimmjow was strictly under Ginrei's wing so he was obviously talking to him. Hopefully he would get fired.

"Sir" Grimmjow said "I swear I don't know why I'm being accused of this, I just met Kuchiki Rukia a few days ago."

Ichigo rolled his eyes.

"Boy" Ginrei started while crossing his arms "I would like to believe you, truly, but you haven't give me a reason to trust you and I do not want to endanger my granddaughter's safety."

Grimmjow cursed mentally. He was done.

"I think I should fir..."

"No!" Rukia interrupted him and both, Grimmjow and Ichigo, looked at her with widened eyes.

"No?" Grimmjow and Ichigo asked at the same time.

Rukia ignored them and looked at her grandpa.

"Give him a chance" Rukia said "look he has been here two or three days, and he helped me, he got rid of those boys..."

"Boys?" Ginrei and Ichigo asked at the same time.

"Reporters" Grimmjow explained "somehow they got into the building and they were harassing her with questions."

Ginrei nodded.

"See?!" Rukia said "besides if he's really one of the bad guys wouldn't it be easier to keep track of him inside here?"

Ginrei nodded again.

"That's a fair point." He agreed and Rukia smiled.

"Nii-sama can always send him for life to jail if he turns out a criminal." She said and Ichigo and Grimmjow exchanged surprised looks.

"I swear is the first time I see this side of her." Ichigo said.

"Okay, I won't fire him" Ginrei said "but we'll keep you on sight, even when you're not here."

Grimmjow nodded.

His work got more difficult but he still had a chance.

"Come Rukia" Ginrei said "let these two here, I want to know what these reporters asked you and I want to find out who told the press about you."

Rukia nodded and approached Ichigo.

"I'll see you at lunch" she told him and kissed him lightly on the lips before chasing her gandfather.

"Lucky bastard" Grimmjow huffed and Ichigo just smiled cockily.


Kuchiki Byakuya's lost daughter.

Today, we received an anonymous call assuring us that a new member of the famous Kuchiki clan was present at the Kuchiki enterprise. We were sceptical at first, considering how most of the employees are loyal and very secretive about whatever happens inside their work. Luckily, for us, an employee decided to break the silence and informed us that Kuchiki Byakuya's "little sister" was at the building.

Without second thoughts, two of our best reporters got to the scene and there, eating breakfast, they found Kuchiki Rukia (quite a fancy name don't you think?). She was dressed in a classy and simple outfit as you can see in the picture below, unfortunately, for all the boys out there that already have a crush on the short girl with exotic eyes she is a difficult one. When out reporters asked her questions she insulted them, apparently her voice is not as girly as her looks.

Another thing that called our attention was that when she was asked about her relation with Kuchiki Byakuya she didn't answer, instead she avoid the question, now, if you compare Kuchiki Hisana's face with Rukia's the resemblance is striking.

Could it be that Kuchiki Rukia is Kuchiki Byakuya's child? Could it be that he kept her as a secret for so long because he had her when he was young and wanted to avoid the scandal?

Whatever the reason we're happy to see the Kuchiki clan finally reunited and we'll keep you posted about the new rich girl of the block.

Orihime smiled while reading the article.

Kuchiki Rukia's peaceful days were done for.


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