(Disclaimer: I do not own bleach or Byakuya T.T but I do own Hisako)
Byakuya flew up from his Futon. "Noon?" he asked with wide eyes. "Yes! And where is Hisako?" Rukia asked. "Oh, sorry, I'm right here." Hisako said from behind Byakuya.
Rukia tilted her head to the right and saw Hisako propped up on her elbows. "Hisako, the people from the Shihouin clan will be here any minute!" Rukia exclaimed. "Damnit!" she yelled as she sprang from the bed and sprinted down the hallway.
"Brother-" Rukia was cut off. "Don't worry nothing of that matter happened last night, Rukia." He said, knowingly. Rukia sighed and walked back out to the garden.
'Shit! If I don't get everything packed and look presentable soon…' she trailed off as she ripped her brush through her hair and undressed and redressed into another Hakama.
There was a knock at the door. She heard Byakuya shuffle through a few things and walk down the hallway. 'this cannot be happening!' she yelled inside her head and she clipped her sakura hair pin on.
"good afternoon, we have come to pick up Hisako Shihouin." An older man with a really long beard said. Rukia walked by the door. "She's almost finished packing." She said and then left to help her.
In no time Hisako was walking down the hallway with her small bag filled with her essentials. "good afternoon Miss Shihouin, I presume you have all your things?" the elderly man asked pleasantly. "Yes." Hisako said as she gave one last look to Rukia and Byakuya. 'why does it feel like I wont see them again?' she thought as they departed.
Rukia was saddened and she could tell that Byakuya was too. Rukia walked down be the garden and sat at the table they ate at so many times when the Sakura tress bloomed. 'this doesn't seem right. Why did it feel like I wont ever see her again?' she thought to herself.
Hisako walked into her new home. It was similar to her old home. It had the same décor, but when she looked outside, there were no sakura trees. She almost cried. 'this isn't my home.' she thought as she unpacked.
Her room was huge! It was almost as big as Rukia's. she set everything she needed, up and looked into her closet. There were so many silk kimonos. one of them was already laid out for her. She was apparently supposed to wear this to dinner tonight.
She fastened the obi on and put her Sakura hair pin into her hair. It didn't match very well but she wouldn't take it off. It was the only thing that she had to remind herself of the two people she began to think of as a family.
Hisako walked down the hallway and into the dining room. There were so many people. It was nothing like the Kuchiki house. This house had many elders and many people she had never met before.
When she walked into the room she felt everybody's eyes on her. It was unbearably uncomfortable. When she sat down everybody began talking again. Hisako stayed quiet unless someone asked her a question. And she didn't get too many of those.
She ate. The food tasted okay. But she knew nobody there. Then everybody left. But the elders told her to stay. "we have many matters to discuss with you." One of them said. "you must learn to act like a lady if you are to be married." Another said. "and it has been brought to my attention that you are currently old enough to join the soul reaper academy." The first said again.
"I will teach you how to act more lady-like." She continued. "and starting tomorrow you will join the soul reaper academy, I will expect you to have top marks in order to pass." The other said.
She nodded. "do you know what a Zanpakutō is?" the second elder asked. "Yes, sir. I have one." Hisako said. The second Elder widened his eyes in surprise. "Draw it please." He asked. She unsheathed her Zanpakutō. "this is a very nice Zanpakutō. How much do you know about being a soul reaper?" he asked. "I'm not sure, just the basics I guess." She said tapping her pointer finger to her chin.
"very well then, you know more than I originally thought." He said. "It is settled then, you will spend you mornings through afternoon in the academy. You will train in the evening. And every day after training you will be taught etiquette." The woman said.
They excused her and she began walking back to her room. 'this is going to be a long time.' she thought as she lay down. It took her a while to fall asleep, but she did. Though her sleep wasn't heavy or restful.
