Author's Note: Okay, this one may be boring, but I had to do this. It was hard to write, so please don't be too critical, after all, I did give you 2 updates in one day again
Disclaimer: Why do I even bother with these things? I think everyone knows by not that I do not own Bleach
"Virtues are the opposite of sins. They are desirable qualities in people, and like there are seven sins, there are also seven virtues. The first is Humility. Her real name is Rukia Kuchiki and she is the younger sister of Pride, or Byakuya Kuchiki" I paused to allow this information to sink in before continuing "Then there's Kindness. Her real name is Retsu Unohana. Patience is Izuru Kira, Diligence is Toshiro Hitsugaya, Charity is Ichigo Kurosaki and Abstinence is Momo Hinamori. The Virtues are missing their seventh, Chastity, because there was an event a couple of years ago which caused both Chastity and Envy to be killed. We found the new Envy pretty quickly, but the Virtues still haven't found Chastity." I stopped to gather my thoughts together and decided that was about all I could say about the Virtues, as I really didn't know any of them that well.
I watched Shiro as he tried to understand everything that I had told him and he slowly nodded.
"For some strange reason, that all makes sense to me" He smiled. I nodded and took this as my cue to continue.
"The seven sins are Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Wrath, Sloth, Greed and Envy." I took a deep breath "And Lust is sitting right before your eyes." I watched as Shiro blinked slowly and scrutinized my appearance, bloody and battered though it may be.
"I can see why you're Lust. You're extremely beautiful. Many men would kill to be with you and many women would kill to be you" Shiro smiled and I breathed a sigh of relief, happy that he'd accepted me.
"Well, you're bound to meet the other Sins later. Seeing as you're a survivor of an attack by Virtues, you either have to stay with us or them and I'm sure you're feeling much more friendly towards us." I smiled and he smiled back, nodding.
"There is one thing though... How were you actually made into Sins and Virtues?" He asked, curious. My eyes widened in fear. It had been 120 years, and I hadn't spoken to anyone about how I had been changed from prostitute into Sin.
"I'm sorry, Shiro... That's one thing I can't explain to you... And anything I did tell you would be my own experience. I can't know how any of the others came to be." I apologised, but he smiled in understanding.
"Of course. But, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you?"
"140 years old and counting" I replied happily. Shiro looked at me, astonished.
"So... You were around when Jack the Ripper was?" He asked me, incredulously. I laughed and nodded.
"Yep. I was even a prostitute at the time. I was a prime target, wasn't I?" He looked amazed and there was silence between us as he tried to comprehend what I'd revealed to him. "I even helped England in both the first and second world war, though it was mostly Wrath who won the Second World War for us. Things would've been a lot worse if we Sins and Virtues hadn't teamed up to help everyone for the better. After all, we were created to help mankind eradicate their major sins and virtues, to keep the balance." I continued, smiling at the disbelief written all over Shiro's face.
"Well, I must say, you don't look a day over 20, Rangiku" He smiled, recovering quickly.
"Thanks" I blushed at the compliment "The Sin and Virtue experiments have stopped our bodies from aging. The day we were changed into what we are; our bodies became frozen at the age we were at the time of the experiment"
He nodded slowly in understanding and I smiled, glad that he was so accepting of everything. He smiled back and I felt completely at ease with what I had told him. Sure, he didn't know everything about me, but some things he didn't yet need to know. I heard the door to the bar slam and knew Wrath was back. He obviously wasn't in a good mood, but I was surprised to hear Ichigo's heated voice coming from downstairs and Rukia's replying. I apologised to Shiro and carefully followed the voices. Peering around the door, I saw all six Virtues and their Sin counterparts sitting around. Kenpachi was heavily injured, but he was smiling and it looked as though the Virtues had come off worse from their encounter with him. I smirked. It serves them right for trying to take me on so close to where all the Sins lived.
All eyes turned on me as I entered the room. Dried blood was splattered all over my ripped clothes and I was aware that my head wounds hadn't stopped bleeding. I glared over at the Virtues, and then turned my attention to Pride.
"Why are they here, Byakuya? You know I normally have no problem with Virtues, but today is a different story" I death glared them and mentally challenged each one to a rematch.
"They are here to challenge us" He replied calmly.
"To what? If you hadn't noticed, we're down at least one Sin because they tried to kill me! Six against one! How is that fair?! We wouldn't resort to that sort of dirty, cheap way of fighting! We'd have fought fairly, one on one!" I ranted, needing to release some of the built up anger within me. Everyone regarded me silently until I rounded on the short, white haired man whom I used to have a crush on. "How dare you?! How dare you come in here and act like nothing happened!?" My eyes swept across all of the Virtues, before locking my eyes with emerald orbs, staring calmly at me. "To think, I had a crush on you for years, Diligence. I'm glad I know what you're truly like before I made a huge mistake and trusted you. You would stab me in the back and leave me for dead, you coward." I turned to look at all the Virtues. "All of you are cowards." I was shaking because I was so angry and I turned on my heel, going to walk out on the lot of them.
"Lust, please calm down, if you don't, you might become a Wrath priority" Envy's sly voice floated over to where I was standing and I muttered something under my breath before going to sit with them.
"So, why are you here? Apart from attempting to kill me?"