NEW STORY
A kind of AU story. Set is still in Soul Society, same characters. Maybe some I make up. A Yoru/Soi
Story. Basically it's the same, just cooler outfits & animal noble houses. It'll get confusing.
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Kise was watching Soi as she slept.
It had been 2 months since Soi had stood up to his big brother.
He had since been attached to Soi's hip, and been transferred to Jr. for training.
He had learned a lot after being transferred to Jr.'s care.
He was learning Jr.'s special fighting style, hiding his presence, and he would start trying to walk on water tomorrow.
He was learning a lot.
That made Soi happy, and if she was happy…he was happy.
He leaned in as she started to wake up.
She looked at him.
He didn't say anything.
Soi smiled, "What?"
Kise shook his head.
"Nothing."
"Really?"
He nodded.
A knock.
Soi and Kise looked to the door.
"Come in." Soi called.
The door slid open and Jr. came into view.
She settled her eyes on Soi.
"Come on Soi, we have to go to Yoruichi."
Soi nodded and slid out of bed.
She looked to Kise.
"You want to come with?"
Looking at Kise, Soi missed Jr.'s sad expression.
Kise, facing the doorway…did not.
"Nah…I'll go get something to eat and take a walk."
Soi shrugged, "All right. Have fun."
Soi snatched a black shirt from the closet.
Jr. had gone to the real world to get it for her last week.
Soi liked it because it had a large monkey on it.
He was standing in a destroyed room looking innocent, he had a bat behind his back.
Soi found it funny, so did her Papa and Kise.
She slid it on as she walked to Jr., not bothering to put on any jeans.
It was warm out….her black shorts were fine.
Jr. waved to Kise as she slid the door shut.
He waved back and got Soi's clothes ready for his bath.
Jr. looked to Soi as they walked to Yoruichi's.
"Where's your Zanpakuto?"
"He's safe."
Jr. gave Soi a dull look.
"Your not gunna tell me?"
"It's none of your concern."
Jr. pretended to be offended. (see? I made a rhyme)
"Uh…well! Be that way!"
"Thanks I will."
Jr. growled at her.
Soi glanced at her and giggled walking ahead.
The rest of the walk was in complete silence.
Soi stopped at Yoruichi's office door.
"Something wrong?" Jr. watched her.
"Why are we at your cousins anyway?" Soi asked.
"I think we put your name off for long enough." Jr. responded and slid the door open.
Yoruichi looked up as they walked in.
Jr. noticed she looked a bit depressed.
She would ask about it later.
"Hey cousin!"
Yoruichi gave a weak smile.
"Soi's name right?"
The older Soi was at Yoruichi's right looking a little neglected.
The younger Soi decided to speak up.
"Uh…can't we just use my middle name?" She asked shyly.
All eyes turned to her.
Jr. spoke first.
"You have a middle name?"
Soi nodded.
"Papa had heard that her brother had a daughter too, with the same name. So Papa gave me a middle name."
Jr. gave her a skeptical look.
"Why didn't you say anything before?"
Soi shrugged. "You never asked."
Yoruichi chuckled and Jr. rolled her eyes.
"What is it?"
"Huh?"
Jr. smiled, "Your name Soi. What is it?"
"Oh! Its Soi Lee Fong."
"Lee?"
"Mm-hmm."
Jr. looked to her cousin, who shrugged.
"I can work with that. Let's go."
Lee gave Jr. a sarcastically surprised look.
"You can work with that!?"
Jr. tried to cover her mistake.
"Uh…I just meant," Jr. started but got cut off.
"Save it." Lee got in her face as she spoke and walked out when she was done.
"………..Damn!" Jr. stomped her foot and turned to her cousin.
Yoruichi looked at her. "What?"
"We need to talk. Come with me." Jr. walked to the door.
"What about Lee?"
"She's not mad. She does it all the time."
Yoruichi stood and followed her cousin. She turned back to Soi before she walked out.
"Tell anyone who stops be to come back later. I'll be back soon."
Soi nodded as her teacher closed the office door behind her.
Walking through the Sakura trees Jr. and Yoruichi walked side-by-side.
"What's going on cousin?"
"Nothing." Yoruichi defended quietly.
"Yes there is."
"How would you know!?" Yoruichi snapped and turned to her younger double.
"Because I know you Yoruichi. Your starting to get distant, and Kisuke is stuck in his lab all the time."
"That's normal."
Jr. finally looked at Yoruichi.
"No…it isn't! You love to be around people! Being distant isn't like you!"
"Its none of your business!" Yoruichi was getting upset, but Jr. was right.
"Yes it is! What's going on!?" Jr. was becoming just as upset.
"It's none of your business!" They were arguing and shouting at each other for the very first time.
They hated it.
"So your just gunna shut us out!? Your friends and family, all the people who care about you!?"
"I'm fine on my own!"
"But you'll let Kisuke in?!"
"SO WHAT!?"
They were crying now.
And Yoruichi couldn't take it anymore.
She walked away just as it started to rain.
Jr. wasn't going to let it go though.
"Your leaving tonight aren't you!?"
Yoruichi stopped and turned to her.
The surprise was obvious.
"How did you…?"
"I know you. Better than anyone, and way better than Kisuke. Funny how you never got that."
"Why does Kisuke bother you so much?"
"Because your putting some guy who can't put his own little brother before science, before me!"
"I…I," Yoruichi couldn't say anything. What could she say? Jr. was right, she always had been.
Jr. was in her face in less than a second.
"And what about Soi? That girl worships you, and your just going to walk away?"
Yoruichi's head dropped.
"I made him a promise."
"What about the promises you made to Soi and me? You told me you would always be here for me, for Soi."
Yoruichi's head snapped back up.
"That's…its.."
What was it?
Jr. began to walk back to her place in the first devision.
"Look….I don't understand and I'm not going to pretend to. It just seems to me that you don't value promises as much you should."
Jr. shook her head.
"I guess blood isn't as thick as they say."
Yoruichi whipped around to say something….anything, but Jr. was gone.
It rained harder now.
Yoruichi dropped to her knees as she cried.
It was hours later while Lee was in her room listening to a 'CD' that Jr. had let her borrow.
She had gotten her a radio for her birthday last year.
Anyway….she was listening to 'Your Call' by Secondhand Serenade when her older cousin barged in.
"Do you know where she is?" She demanded.
Lee was clueless.
It was true they hadn't talked much, but they had talked enough to be comfortable around each other.
"Where who is?"
Soi walked up to her.
"Yoruichi-sama, she's gone."
"Uh…I don't know where she is. Did you try asking Jr.?"
"I can't find her either."
"No need to look."
They looked up at the closet.
Kise stood in his night clothes looking to the doorway.
Jr. stood there soaking wet, even though the rain had stopped 30 minutes ago.
Soi took a step toward her.
"Where is she? I can't find her anywhere."
Jr. walked in slowly.
"Don't bother. She left with Kisuke."
Kise spoke again.
"So my brother really is a traitor. Our father would be so ashamed."
He sat beside Lee.
"I'll never be like that useless joke of a man." He proclaimed.
Lee smiled at him.
"So that announcement about Kisuke…..?" Lee looked at Jr.
She nodded.
"She won't be back anytime soon."
She sighed heavily.
"I really tried. I tried to get her to stay, but….she left anyway." She turned her eyes to Soi.
Mounful grey met sad gold.
"I'm sorry."
Soi nodded but stayed silent.
And for the very first time….Soi broke down and cried.
She sat and threw her arms around her little cousins neck.
Lee was shocked but responded on instinct and wrapped her arms around her.
Kise placed his head on Lee's shoulder.
Jr. watched on in sadness.
Right at that moment….she hated her cousin with everything she had.
Right at that moment….she hated everything about her cousin, even things she claimed to love in the past.
Right at that moment….she decided she would never forgive Yoruichi.
Right at that moment….she realized how low her cousin valued promises and friends.
Right at that moment….she decided she would never be like her cousin. Ever!