Byakuya asked Nanao and all Hisako's friends a large number of questions about her. He found out that she loved Cherry blossoms and Sakura trees. She also was very loyal to Rukia and him, she looked up to them very much. He also found out when her birthday was. It was actually that week.
He found something perfect, he heard her talking about how her hair pin had broken a few days ago. He found a perfect gift for Hisako's birthday.
Hisako found a box on her futon. It didn't say who it was from but she had a pretty good idea. She opened the pretty pink box and inside was a hand painted hair clip with Sakura blossoms on it. "its beautiful." She said.
She had cut her hair earlier that month so now it wasn't as long as it used to be, Byakuya wasn't too happy about that either. Now it was about to the middle of her back. She brushed the top layer of her hair back and clipped it in.
She walked down the Hallway and into the kitchen to prepare Byakuya's breakfast. She didn't hear Byakuya approach her from behind. She nearly hit him in the head with the pot she had.
When she realized those arms were his. He began to kiss her neck. She gasped and melted into his embrace. "okay, okay I give in." she said. Byakuya laughed and said, "I win!" as he stroked her black hair. "hey, not fair. You snuck up from behind. So I win by forfeit." She said as she boiled heated up the water.
"That wasn't one of the rules." He said. "was too." She giggled. He just loved those times when his elders weren't around. He could smile and laugh and keep Hisako at a closer distance than usual.
Byakuya nibbled on her right earlobe and she repressed laughter. "Don't tease me or I will purposely ruin breakfast." Hisako said. "if you do I will have to punish you." He said dangerously. She just raised her eyebrows.
When their secret love bloomed they decided they would have to keep it a secret. Byakuya insisted to the elders that she be there with him incase the Ryoka defeated him, she would be able to get another captain and possibly be able to describe their abilities. He didn't show it but he was elated when they agreed.
She was really sad when she found out Rukia was to be executed. She stood there trying not to throw herself in front of the sokyoku. Then the orange haired soul reaper saved her. When Byakuya battled him he told her to stay back. Ichigo noticed the way Byakuya looked at Hisako. He understood then that she was his. "yes, Byakuya." She said as she flash stepped backwards.
She ran to Byakuya when he was so injured he couldn't stand except by his Zanpakutō. She helped him to the squad four barracks to heal him.
Then Captain Aizen's plan was discovered. Hisako looked with disbelief as the whole plan unfolded before her. Then, Rukia was set free after Aizen removed the Hogyoku from her soul.
A few days later Rukia got orders to go to the world of the living. Byakuya ordered Hisako to go with her. Rukia didn't protest but in the back of her mind Hisako was a little worried that Byakuya might need her help. Byakuya didn't want her to go but he knew he would see her soon.
Secretly Hisako had a Zanpakutō, its name was Kirite-Yonaka. With the command hasten. She kept it sealed under her uniform which was the same as everybody else's uniform in the soul society, at all times. Rukia knew about it, Hisako was the only servant that was allowed to have a Zanpakutō.
When they landed in Kara Kura town, it was dark out. "Hisako go take these things to the Urahara shop." Rukia said, sensing danger. "okay." And Hisako was off.
Hisako knocked on the door of the Urahara shop, a little boy with red hair answered. "what." He said. "miss Kuchiki told me to bring these here and to stay until she got back." Hisako said.
Then a man with a weird green striped hat answered. "Rukia sent you did she?" Kisuke inquired. "yes, she is back in Kara Kura town with orders to stay and fight hollows. Byakuya asked me to go with her, I am one of the Kuchiki servants." Hisako responded.
Then Renji came running through the door. "Hisako!" he hugged her so tight she started to turn blue. "Renji…cant breathe…" when Renji released her she said, "what was that for, its not like you didn't see me the other day…" she said, fixing her hair.
"yeah, but you passed out the other day, I wanted to see if you were okay." He said. When Rukia returned a few minutes later Ichigo had a bombardment of questions. "hey Rukia what are you doing here, are you staying for a while? How long are you staying? Why are you here? Do you have a gigai…hey Rukia, who is that?" he asked the last one slower than all the rest of the questions.
"Ichigo, this is Hisako, Hisako this is Ichigo." Rukia said. "good evening, Kurosaki-san." Hisako said. "hey, Hisako. And you don't have to be so formal." Ichigo said, calming down.
"she's my brother and mine's personal servant. She saved my life on her first day working. Since then my brother has refused to let me go anywhere without her. He even had her follow him around." Rukia said laughing.
"remember that time he had me go to the Kuchiki library? I held so many books I couldn't see and I accidentally bumped into the front door and the books went everywhere. And you busted out laughing. That was funny, even your brother laughed. Thank god the elders weren't around to see that." Hisako commented smiling.
"okay so here are your gigais, they should work better than the last shipment." Kisuke said handing them the gigais. "Thank you Mr. Urahara." Hisako said in sync with Rukia.
Soon after that Bounts showed up. Hisako was told to help Rukia fight though she didn't really need any help. She was assigned the task of looking after Uryuu. Though he ran off.
A few days later she was running away from a Bount and got separated from Rukia. Hisako tried with all her strength to fight the bount. She had a habit of passing out when she used all her spirit energy. When she used it all she blacked out, and awoke in the Urahara shop. When she found out that Rukia was injured she felt that she couldn't forgive herself.
"Oh, Miss Rukia! I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have gotten separated from you." She said kneeling before Rukia. " Hisako, don't apologize, your injuries are far worse than mine. Let Hanataro heal you." She said.
"What is their relationship anyways?" asked Kon, who was a little peeved that his "sister" was not only being protected by Ichigo but also by Hisako. "Hisako and Rukia are like family. She is her and her brother's personal servant. She's the most loyal of every servant they have ever had." Said Renji. "she's also one of their most trusted friends." He continued.
Then later all of them went back to the sereitei. She protected Rukia with everything she had against the Bounts. When Byakuya found out that Hisako was there he immediately beckoned her back to his side.
She apologized over and over to Byakuya for not being able to protect Rukia. Once again he hugged her. "you tried. It couldn't be helped that you were chased by another bount. Please just stay for a while. For now Rukia is also staying here." He said.
"yes, Byakuya." She said with tears in her eyes. Byakuya felt her hot tears on his chest. He held her at arms length. He looked a little worried about her tears. "Do not cry, Hisako. There is no need." He said.
"but I failed to protect Rukia, I have failed her, and most of all I have failed you. I cannot forgive myself." She said looking down.
Byakuya caught her chin and kissed her hard. "you. Have. Not. Failed me." He pretended to chastise her. "How can you say that? I let Rukia get hurt." She said.
Byakuya sighed. "Please give me proper punishment for this action." She pleaded. It shocked him to hear that. Any servant would have been happy with him letting them off the hook. "No." he warned.
"Why not?" she asked. "Because there is no need to punish you, Hisako." He said. "but-" he cut her off again. "listen to me. I am not disappointed in you, I am not angry at you. You will not be reprimanded and you should not feel guilt." He warned.
She looked up at him in awe. "I'm sorry Byakuya…I just feel that I have…failed you." She said looking down again. He stared off at a spot in the ceiling.
Hisako rested her head against his chest. He let go of her. "Don't be late, or I will punish you." He said before he kissed her forehead.
Rukia stood there with wide eyes. She scene she had just witnessed surprised her. She had the sneaking suspicion that there was something going on between those two. She nearly gasped aloud when she saw him kiss her.
"Rukia, come on out." Byakuya said. Hisako widened her eyes and then dropped to her knees. "Miss Rukia. I'm so sorry." She repeated.
Byakuya handled this very calmly. "how much of this did you see?"
"from 'I'm sorry, Byakuya.' and the hug" she said. "You wont tell anybody will you, Rukia." Byakuya asked as he looked down at Hisako. "Oh, Of course not, Brother." She said as she tried to adjust her face so that she wouldn't look so surprised.
Byakuya helped Hisako up. She wouldn't look at Rukia. She felt that her whole world had been ripped to shreds. Rukia looked at Hisako and tried to talk to her but she didn't say anything when Renji burst in.
"You know Lieutenant Abarai, people usually knock on doors, not knock them down." Byakuya said. Renji looked dumbfounded at the way Hisako carried herself. She looked like she had no more will to live. And yet she still followed Byakuya.
When they passed Rukia the two heard her mutter. "I'm sorry I failed you, Miss Rukia." Hisako whispered. As they left Renji asked. "What the hell was that about?"
"nothing." Rukia said. She couldn't believe that Hisako felt that she had failed her. She had actually wanted her and Byakuya to hit things off. She could tell by the way that he looked at her that he desired her. And he would have her no matter the cost.
The next day Hisako was walking through the sereitei with Captain Ukitake. "Byakuya was busy today and hasn't given me any orders today. Ukitake Taicho, would it be okay if I stuck with you for the day?" Hisako said. Jushiro nodded with a smile.
"how have you been feeling lately?" she asked as they passed the sokyoku. "Fair, much better than yesterday. Thank you Hisako." He said.
"So is there anything that you need help with currently?" she asked wanting to be of help. "I do have a few things if you are up for it." He said as they entered the sereitei library. "alright. I'm always happy to be of help, Taicho." She said with enthusiasm.
They researched information on the bounts. Then captain Kyoraku entered. "Ukitake Taicho, Kyoraku Taicho is here." She called from behind a mountain of books. "Thank you Hisako." Jushiro said.
The two captains discussed information hidden in a diverse amount of books. "you did come to help didn't you?" Jushiro asked. Hisako could tell that Kyoraku taicho didn't really want to help.
"Ukitake taicho, I found another one." Hisako said as she shoved her way past a seemingly infinite pile of books, some dating from several thousand years back. "Thank you Hisako." Jushiro said.
Kyoraku taicho looked at her funny. "Not on your life, Shunsui." Jushiro said not even looking up. "Care for some sake?" Shunsui asked, not paying attention to Jushiro's warning. "I think I will pass…" she said looking a little uncomfortable.
"you know as well as I do that if Byakuya finds that she spent her day away from him drunk, he will have your head." Jushiro said with a dry laugh. Hisako widened her eyes. 'he knows.' she thought.
She returned to her spot on the other side of the shelf, shuffling through countless books in order to find the information they needed on the bounts.
At around three in the morning she began to get tired, she yawned loud enough that Jushiro heard her from the other side of the enormous shelf. "Hisako, go get some rest." He said standing up. "But, ukitake taicho, I want to help." She replied.
She stayed but soon fell asleep on a pile of books. 'Byakuya isn't going to be happy.' he thought as the sun began to rise. "Worried about little Hisa-chan are we?" Shunsui proclaimed. "A little. She seems to have a lot less energy than usual lately. I wonder if she is coming down with something." Jushiro wondered.
Soon Byakuya woke up and walked out his room, through the courtyard and into the dining room. 'where is Hisako.' he wondered since he usually has seen her before then. Once he wondered around looking for her for a while he decided to look for her in her room.
When he entered her room her familiar scent filled his senses. But she wasn't there and her futon was made as usual. Byakuya began to worry, though once again he tried not to show it.
Byakuya walked over to his office and asked if anybody had seen Hisako. But nobody had since yesterday at the library.
Jushiro took off his haori as Shunsui picked Hisako up and placed her on a couch. He placed his haori over her and let her sleep. He had noticed she started to drool a little since her mouth was wide open. "Aw, Hisako looks so cute when she's asleep." Kyoraku Taicho said. Jushiro smiled dryly.
Byakuya walked fast. He was pissed off and everybody could tell. "What's his beef?" asked Renji who was standing next to a very frustrated Rukia. "Hisako didn't return last night. And I didn't see her yesterday either, he must be mad thinking she blew him off." Rukia said as she tilted her head over the Renji.
Byakuya burst through the doors of the Sereitei library his spiritual pressure was so heavy that all the lower level soul reapers passed out o the second he came in.
The loud noise made Hisako wake up with a start but then fall back down as Byakuya's reishi came closer. She lay there motionless as Byakuya came nearer, sensing her reishi.
Byakuya saw the two captains who she had spent the night at the library with still researching. Byakuya looked to his left and saw Hisako looking up at him with an extremely scared expression.
"Byakuya, you must calm down. She cant hardly breathe under your immense spiritual pressure." Captain Ukitake said taking her into consideration. Byakuya tried to calm down but then observed the Captain Ukitake's haori was draped over her.
He looked murderous. Hisako couldn't imagine what he thought happened last night. But in truth nothing of real importance did happen aside from learning more about the bounts.
Byakuya threw Jushiro his haori and picked Hisako up and flash stepped out of the library. Hisako couldn't say anything or move for that matter. But she could cry. It was the only thing she could do because she knew she was going to get punished for whatever reason he thought happened. But the truth was that she still was a virgin. She kind of wanted to save herself for that night when she was first wed. it was the ideal first night of being married.
Byakuya set her down on his Futon. She still couldn't support herself. So she fell down onto the pillow, staring into nothing like she had just gone blind.
"What occurred last night." He ordered her to answer. She tried but she couldn't. Byakuya sighed and left the room to cool down. Hisako still hadn't recovered from her paralysis. Rukia knocked on her brother's room and when nobody answered she came in knowing she saw him enter the room. But instead of her brother she saw Hisako.
"Hisako, what are you doing in here?" Rukia exclaimed. When Hisako didn't respond she looked at her like, 'what the hell?' and then she felt her brother's massive spiritual pressure. It felt as though he was extremely mad, worried and sad. "Hisako what did you do?" she asked as soon as Hisako could blink again. "I…don't know." She said tearing up.
"what happened?" Rukia asked. "Byakuya-sama didn't really need me around yesterday so he let me go walk with Ukitake taicho. I asked taicho if he needed any help with anything and so we went to research the bounts in the library. We were there all night and then I fell asleep. When I woke up I had captain Ukitake's haori draped over me and Byakuya was standing next to me looking like he was about to kill someone." Hisako said.
Rukia didn't entirely understand why her brother would be angry about that but apparently he would had to have thought something happened in order to be so angry. "You believe me don't you? Miss Rukia?" Hisako asked sitting up. Rukia nodded.
Rukia left and sat down by Renji and Ichigo. Byakuya walked by. He was still in a bad mood, and no doubt Hisako was still lying in his bed since he still hadn't calmed down enough.
"If your business is done here return to the world of the living immediately, you don't belong here." Byakuya said as he stormed by. "Once again, why is he so angry today? Earlier I could feel his reishi from the other side of the sereitei." Renji said once Byakuya was out of earshot.
Byakuya walked back into his room to see that Hisako was still there. "I will ask one more time. What occurred last night at the library. If you lie to me you will be reprimanded." He warned as he stood above her.
"Nothing…happened…we were only researching bounts. I fell…asleep and they took me over to the…couch. Captain Ukitake told me…to go back and… get some rest but…I wanted…to stay…" Hisako said weakly.
Rukia could feel Byakuya calm down more. She could move more than before. He knelt down and stood her up. "you…don't have to believe…me…but please…understand…I wouldn't lie…not…to anybody…" She said as she struggled to stand up by herself. When she nearly fell Byakuya caught her.
All his anger was gone, but she was still weakened. "I know…you would never lie…" he said. Willing to completely forgive and forget that entire situation.
The three sat there eavesdropping from the other room. Ichigo even dared to get a peek at what was going on. "He just laid her back down on the bed. It seems as if she cant move." He whispered to the other two.
"Stay here for a while and rest." Byakuya said as he left. As they trio heard the door open they scrambled to hide. Byakuya caught them out of the corner of his eye but didn't say anything.
Once he was gone they all rushed into Byakuya's room to see Hisako. "hey, Hisako. Are you okay?" Ichigo asked as they quietly entered. "Yeah, I guess so. I can move now…so I think I am okay." She said propping herself up. "Byakuya sure does have his moods doesn't he?" Renji teased. Hisako smiled. "He sure does. I remember the first day I served here, it was over 200 years ago. Rukia was ill and I was told to serve her some tea. I remember I passed by Byakuya. I felt that I couldn't breathe." She reminisced.
"good thing you were there, or I'm sure I would have died." Rukia commented. "died?" Renji and Ichigo nearly yelled in union. "Yes, Miss Rukia wanted me to stay with her for a while. We talked and suddenly Miss Rukia began to cough up blood. Byakuya scolded me for running through the house, then he told me to get captain Unohana. Later I passed out because I used too much spirit energy." Hisako said, her eyes distant and full of memories.
"and Captain Unohana said that even with her flash step that she couldn't run as fast as Hisako did. After that day she was the most favored of everyone that served in the house by Byakuya. Then, she became our personal servant. Byakuya mostly hogged her. Sometimes I got to go shopping with her. It was fun!" Rukia said with a smile.
"oh and remember that picnic we had with captain Hitsugaya, Rukia, Nanao, and Rangiku?" Renji asked.
"Yeah, and you ate all the food? Yeah that was a really good time considering that I cooked all morning just to have half of it eaten in record time."
"But you said you liked to cook!" Renji responded. Hisako laughed. "Renji, I was teasing you." Hisako said with a smile. "And then Byakuya came. He sat next to Hisako, who was between Toshiro. And then you passed out on Byakuya's shoulder and he was all like 'what the hell!' and tried to shove you off. And when you woke up you were all like. I should start keeping a pillow with me." Rukia said.
"boy, it sure sounds like you pass out a lot." Ichigo said. "Yeah, I can even do it on command now! Watch this!" Hisako said.
For a second she looked really concentrated and her reishi started to swirl. Then she fell down onto the ground. The other three bent over her to see if she was okay. "Hey do you think she's alright?" Ichigo asked.
Then she suddenly jumped up at them and climbed on Renji's back. "Hey! You little monkey! Get off!" Renji cursed as she held on with all her might. Rukia laughed as he ran out of Byakuya's room and into the courtyard. Ichigo and Rukia followed laughing.
Renji ran around the garden trying to get Hisako off of his back. She laughed and squealed. "Run faster Renji! This is fun!" she laughed and held on tight as he flash stepped over and over. But each time she was still there.
Rukia and Ichigo looked with wide eyes as Byakuya looked at the scene that was playing out before him. "Get off me you little monkey!" Renji exclaimed. "Not a chance!" she yelled as she pulled Renji's headband thingy over his eyes. "Hey! I cant see!" he yelled.
Hisako looked over to her right and saw Byakuya and jumped off of Renji as she pulled his headband off. "Why you little! Give it back!" Renji ran chasing her not noticing Byakuya. He chased her around the garden as she laughed and squealed like a little child.
"Can't catch me! Renji's slow!" she yelled behind her as she jumped into a sakura tree. "Hey, Renji that was fun!" she said from atop the tree. When he heard her voice he looked up and shook his fist at her. "Get down here!" he yelled. "Nope, I don't think I will." She said as she inspected her nails.
Rukia saw a smile grace Byakuya's lips. That rarely ever happened. Then they four heard Hisako squeal, but it wasn't a good squeal. "Oh no! my hair clip! Its gone!" she yelled. Renji grinned. "Looking for this?" he replied holding up her sakura blossom hair clip.
"Renji! Give it back!" she yelled looking like a little girl who had gotten her favorite doll taken away by some bully. "Nope, I don't think I will." He said.
"Why not!" she yelled. "because!" he yelled. "but! Please Renji!" she said giving the saddest puppy dog pout. "if you give back what you took from me then maybe I will give you back your clip!" he yelled. "Fine then!" she yelled back, jumping off of the tree.
Hisako landed gracefully as she held her hand out for the hairclip. He held his hand out and she dropped his accessory into his hand as he dropped hers. "Thank you." She said as Renji turned around to see Byakuya.
"Do that do this a lot?" Byakuya asked. "you have no idea." Ichigo replied. He gave a little chuckle as he saw Renji standing there wordless. Hisako laughed as she walked by Renji to stand by Ichigo and Byakuya. Rukia had left because she needed some more sleep.
"there, now we are even." She said as Renji's embarrassment became more obvious due to his blushed face. "Even! I thought we were even last time!" he yelled. She laughed. "I never said that." She said as she fixed her hair. "I said that soon we will be even."
"what I wander is what she did to him last time." Byakuya said to himself. "I put whip cream in his headband thingy, replaced the sugar with salt, and set his phone to go off at two AM." She said casually.
"wow." Byakuya said looking over at a steamed Renji. "Yup, you should have seen his face. The night before I sent him an email that said if you don't forward this you will have bad luck. He didn't believe it. So I rigged just about everything he had when he was asleep.
When the alarm to the phone went off he would decide to go outside for a bit since I observed once he waked up he has a hard time falling back asleep. He doesn't like to go anywhere without his headband thingy-"
"would you quit calling it a headband thingy!" Renji exclaimed. Hisako just laughed. "anyways he would put it on to discover that his forehead and some of his hair would have whip cream in it.
He usually takes a shower after he gets dirty. And for the record he really needed one anyways. Since Ichigo bet him he couldn't go very long without a shower. So then afterwards he almost always drinks coffee. He likes a ton of sugar in it. So I replaced all the sugar with salt. After that he didn't take his coffee with sugar until he was completely sure that I didn't do anything. To this day he even checks." Hisako laughed.
"How cruel. And this was all to make him take a shower?" Byakuya asked. "Yup! I had it all planned out!" Hisako said with a toothy grin. Ichigo looked a little scared, he remembered that day. He could hear Renji's yelling from his house. There was no way it didn't wake everybody up, but Urahara sleeps pretty heavily.
Everything was okay after that. The four friends were always together, Byakuya even joined in sometimes. One day there were bored and decided to play hide and go seek. "okay! One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine." Renji yelled as the other two ran off since Ichigo left and they had nothing else to do since they had done it all. "Ten." Rukia was running and hid in a dead end. They were able to completely conceal their spiritual pressure to hide completely.
Hisako ran over into Byakuya's garden. "okay, this should be good. "Seventeen." She faintly heard Renji's voice. "Hisako what are you doing crouched down like that?" Byakuya asked. She pulled Byakuya down and shushed him. "Don't! Renji will find me!" she whispered.
"What are you doing?" he asked. "shh. Not too loud." She said. "we are playing hide and go seek. it's a human game and its pretty fun." She said and she crouched lower under the fountain. "Oh? And how do you play this game?" he asked. "Well, you have to get someone to count to fifty. Then you and a number of other people hide and they person that counts tries to find you." She said smiling.
He looked like he was thinking. "Very well. He said crouching down next to her. "Byakuya? What are you doing?" Hisako asked. "I'm playing hide and go seek. What are you doing?" he asked. "Asking you what you are doing." She whispered.
They hid. Rukia was found first. They looked for Hisako until sundown. "Hey! Hisako! I give up!" Renji yelled. "Yay! So I win!" she yelled as she jumped out. She seemed to be more playful than usual.
Hisako was a master at stealth games. She always won at hide and go seek, but usually lost other games yet still played with as much enthusiasm each time. "Yeah, well you cant be beat at this game." Rukia said as she appeared behind Renji.
Then, suddenly a hell butterfly landed on Hisako's finger. Her eyes widened and she stood motionless. "No, not possible." She whispered. "What? What happened?" Rukia asked, concerned. "my family has been taken back into nobility…" she trailed off.
Rukia and Renji looked at her bewildered. "Nobility?" Renji asked. "it's a long story…" she said, sadly. "we have time." Rukia said as they moved to the dining room and sat down.
"my mother was a Shihouin. She was to be married off to one of the Kuchiki clan members in order to strengthen relationships between to two. But… she loved another. His name was Taro Arai. When my family found out they disowned my mother. She didn't care as long as she had my father.
They loved each other, at least I think. But shortly after I was born, my father left and he never came back. My mother was left to raise my sister and me in the Rukon district. It wasn't easy. When I was older I found I needed to earn somewhat of a living in my life. Then, shortly after my sister died. And now my mother is very ill. She would make Ukitake Taicho seem as healthy as a horse. So here I am. And I guess that my family needs a woman to marry off. They didn't say what clan but apparently all the women in my family have been married off. So I guess that they want to marry me off." Hisako explained.
Renji and Rukia looked dumbfounded. "you were a noble?" Renji asked. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Do you think I had an option? I had no choice!" she raised her voice. "and…I don't want to go there. I would rather serve the Kuchiki family then become a Shihouin." Hisako said as tears streaked down her face.
Rukia looked saddened. "But, Hisako if you go things will be much better for you." Rukia commented. "Miss Rukia, I could care less if my life would be a thousand times better. I like my life the way it is. And by the sounds of this, I don't exactly have a choice as to whether or not I am a Shihouin." Hisako replied.
That night Hisako couldn't sleep. She got up from her futon and opened her door to the outside. She stood by one of the rectangular pillars in the courtyard.
The moon was full, just like in her dreams. Except one thing was missing. "Byakuya." She whispered. Hisako looked over at the many still blooming Sakura trees to her right. Their floral scent filled the air, making each slight spring breeze smell of them.
She hadn't noticed. But there standing over by one of the few treed illuminated by the silky moonlight was Byakuya. The soft light from the moon cast on his light skin making it look as if it were glowing.
Byakuya saw her but didn't say anything. She looked sad. But, if she did this. He knew if she did this that something really good would await itself at the other end of the tunnel. But, she didn't really want to. She didn't know that this change would be good.
Byakuya held one of the Sakura petals in his hand. The soft, delicate flower blew away in the light nighttime breeze.
Where Hisako once stood was nothing. Byakuya sighed and looked back up at the glowing ivory moon. 'sometimes, Hisako, change is for the better.' he thought. As he flash stepped away.
Hisako ran, and ran and ran. And when her vision got blurry she ran more. She hadn't realized that she had gotten increasingly slow. She was now stumbling around and soon fell to the ground. 'now, this just isn't fair.' Hisako thought. 'damn this weak body.' she continued.
'I…want to get stronger.' she thought. 'Stronger? By whose standards?' a voice in her head said. 'Kirite-Yonaka?' Hisako though. 'yes it is me.' her Zanpakutō said. 'you say you want to become stronger? Hisako, how strong do you want to get? Because, we can get there.' she said. 'how?' Hisako thought. 'we can train. Hisa-chan. It will be a tough road, but we can make it together.' she said.
"Alright, together." She said out loud. She looked around and collapsed. "Looks like I used up everything I have." Hisako said. She closed her eyes as she fell, thinking she would hit her head again. But strong arms caught her before she could hit the ground.
"Byakuya." She whispered. She could tell that it was him, she knew his scent, she knew those strong arms. She felt him sit her down after a while. Was this her room? She couldn't tell.
After a while she felt someone lay next to her and pull her close. She breathed in. 'Byakuya.' she thought. Soon she was able to move once her reishi gathered again. She opened her eyes. It was dark. Where was she?
She could vaguely hear the soft rainfall on the roof. 'rain.' her Zanpakutō said. 'yeah.' Hisako thought. 'it sure is beautiful sounding.' Kirite-Yonaka said. 'I guess so unless there is-' CRASH! 'thunder!' she thought and hid her face under the covers.
Byakuya awoke with a start as the brightest lightning struck and the loudest thunder sounded. He could feel Hisako shaking from under the covers. He laughed a little.
"Byakuya." She whispered. "I-I'm scared." She whimpered. "you are scared of thunder?" he asked. "y-yes." She said a little louder. His arm tightened around her waist.
"Its okay. Its not going to hurt you." He said. "I don't care if it hurts me. I'm not all that scared of thunder. There's too much going on. I cant handle it Byakuya. I wish it would all go away."
He looked down at her. He could see her scared face as lightning struck again. "its going to be okay." He said. "No it wont!" she nearly shouted, (since the elders were currently gone the only person who would have heard it was Rukia.) "if I have to go and get married off I wont be able to see you again! And I don't want that." She exclaimed. He looked down at her, with his usual emotionless face.
He sighed. "Hisako, have you noticed that I am not married?" he asked. She thought for a second. "well that's obvious." She said. But then her eyes widened. "nobody from my family has married into the Kuchiki family have they? And they wouldn't marry me to a family who wasn't noble and, my family was planning on marrying my mother into the Kuchiki family, but she is currently unable. She's dying." She said finally realizing that it was a good thing to become a noble again. One of the four nobles nonetheless.
"you're not scared anymore are you?" he asked nibbling her ear. "no." she said breathlessly. "you should be." He said dangerously.
He flipped so that he was on top of her and pressed his lips to hers. Her eyes widened. He straddled her and untied her obi belt, revealing her upper body to him. After a few minutes he laid his head on her chest. He could hear her heartbeat. thump. it would skip whenever lightning struck. thump. it would get faster if he ran his hands down her sides.
Soon he fell asleep there. Hisako was still a little afraid. It was still storming very badly. She ached to dance and run through that rain. But it was supposed to rain for a few more days.
she enclosed her arms around Byakuya. "sleep well." She whispered. "I Love you Hisako." He whispered back. She gasped. "I-I love you too." She whispered.
The sun was going to rise soon. And they were both sleeping soundly. Rukia burst in the door. "Ni san! Its past noon! And I haven't seen Hisako!" she yelled a little worried.
