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Stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when its all crashing down
you stand through the pain
you won't drown
and one day what's lost can be found
you stand in the rain

Chapter 2: Byakuya Kuchiki

Darkness. She was completely surrounded by darkness, her senses seemed to magnify when she heard voices in the background. Where was she? Her eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness and she could see she was in a large room, lying on a king-size bed. The moonlight spilled into the room from a large wall-size balcony window, showing the colour of the walls in the mysterious room. Red. They where blood red…

Rukia sat up suddenly, wincing as pain shot through her entire body. She eased herself off the bed and stumbled into the bathroom next to her bed.

The bathroom was magnificent. It was pure white and looked to be well taken care of. Against the far wall there was a large mirror next to a towel rack. Rukia made her way over to the mirror and observed herself. There was a large blue bruise on her left cheek and her lip was cut. Nothing she couldn't hide with a bit of make-up. She lifted up her shirt, which, she noticed, was not her own, and saw someone had wrapped fresh bandages around her upper body and arms. That was certainly odd.

She leaned over the sink basin and washed the dry blood and tears of her face, wincing again from the motion. This definitely was going to be a long, painful day.

She walked back into what she guessed was 'her room' ad sat on the bed, lost in thought. 'Where is this place??'

Suddenly the door opened, spilling blinding light into the room, startling Rukia.

"Ah! Miss Rukia! Your finally awake!" came the voice of a rather tall man, his short silver grey hair reflecting the light. He had an eerie grin on his face, which caused his eyes to appear closed. He was wearing all black except for a white coat, which seemed to drape to the floor.

Rukia stared. Where was she? How did this creepy guy know her name? When he spoke it felt like snakes were wrapping themselves around her body. She shuddered.

The man noticed this and his grin widened. "Oh! How rude of me! Allow me to introduce myself! My name is Gin Ichimaru!" he said, a bit too enthusiastically. His eyes opened a fraction, revealing blood red eyes.

Rukia just sat there transfixed. His eyes. They were exactly the same colour as the wall… and they were so bitter. She shuddered again, but finally decided to speak.

"W-where am I?"

His eyes turned to slits again. "I'm sorry. But your going to have to come with me now!" he whispered chillingly. He seemed to just appear beside her, next to the bed. He grabbed her by the arm, making her gasp with fright and started to drag her from the room. She struggled against him. "There's no point in struggling. To me you are merely a worm caught by a bird of prey!" he said chuckling.

Rukia stopped struggling and instead decided to take in her surroundings, secretly pondering a way to escape from this awful man. The walls were all the same red colour. It really was quite peculiar. Old paintings covered the walls of the hallway they were walking through. Their eyes all seemed to follow her every movement.

She noticed a door at the end of the hallway, that was the way she expected to be going, and was startled when Gin daggered her around a corner instead.

"Where are we going?" she choked out. He seemed to have a strange aura. It really was quite frightening.

"You'll see," he answered coldly. Gripping her arm tighter.

Rukia decided it was best to remain quiet. She started wondering about the events from yesterday. She remembered her farther. He was drunk and had beaten her. She ran and collapsed in a deserted street. Suddenly she remembered the remarkably pale man with the long black hair. Had he saved her? Is he who she was forcibly being dragged to see?

Gin stopped. Rukia looked up at the large door in front of her. It was made out of some king of wood and was painted a shinning black colour. She looked up at Gin. Noticing for the first time how tall he really was. Standing next to him, she only came up to his mid-chest, she felt like a child. She suppressed another tremble and flinched when he lifted up a hand, fisting it. But was relieved when he used it to knock on the door. It was a loud ghostly sound that made her insides turn cold. It echoed through the hallways and eventually stopped. Gin creaked it open to reveal a large hall-like room. In the centre was a long table, with chairs down both sides and at the head and foot. It was magnificent. A dark chandelier hung from the ceiling. The wall at the end looked like one large window split into sections. Long dark theatre curtains hung at either side of the window, making the room see medieval. In the distance, Rukia could see the sun begin to rise.

Suddenly, she noticed someone standing by the window. He had long dark hair and pale skin. It was he! The one who 'saved' her?

The man turned to face her and slowly, he began to walk towards her. "Rukia Kuchiki!" he said in a calm voice, making her shiver. He was just the same as Gin.

"I am lord Byakuya. Welcome to my home." He whispered loudly, his eyes shinning.

"Umm… how do you…?"

"Know you name? Well, I know all about you Rukia. But, I think it's best you take a seat so I can explain."

She complied hastily; taking the seat he was offering her. She felt like this was not going to be the most pleasant conversation. She looked towards the door and noticed Gin was still there with a large smirk torn across his face. He was really starting to annoy her now! Her eyes lingered on him for a moment. There was something about him that she didn't trust.

"Miss Kuchiki? May I continue?" Byakuya snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Huh?" she said stupidly. Mentally slapping herself, she continued. "Oh yes. Please do" she quickly finished. God she felt like an idiot right now.

"Thank you. Now that we are on the same planet," he said sarcastically, "does my name seem familiar at all to you?"

Why did he have to put it like that? The only Byakuya she had heard of was…

"Hisana…" she said quietly "are you?"

"Yes that's right." He interrupted, causing her to frown at his rudeness. "That's how I knew your name was Kuchiki. Your sister told me how she wanted you to take the name Kuchiki as well on our wedding day."

"Hey Rukia! We're getting married! Byakuya and me! Isn't it great!" cried Hisana, hugging Rukia tightly

Rukia couldn't believe it. Her sister was getting married, and to Byakuya Kuchiki! She was thrilled.

"Oh, Hisana! I'm so happy for you!" Rukia hugged her sister back

"You have to take the name too! Change your name to Kuchiki with me! That way, someday I will be able to find you, and save you from that god-awful place too! Please!"

"Of course I will! But remember… never forget about me and promise you'll come back!" Rukia cried as her sister pulled away smiling.

Her sister, Hisana, finally had a way of escaping their farther. Rukia shivered, she would come back for her wouldn't she? She wouldn't just leave her with the awful man?

"It's a promise!" she smiled and exited the room, creeping through the hall and out the front door and into the pouring rain to where a car awaited her. Rukia waved to her sister through the window, for the last time…

Rukia looked out the large window. She couldn't believe it. This man… was her brother in-law? It couldn't be true. He seemed too… cold…

"Hisana's last wish was for me to find you and bring you back here. Your room is on the fourth floor, the second room from the left. You may leave."

She was taken aback… she was now living here? Is that all he had to say to her? How rude! This day just kept getting worse… but, she might as well stay for a little while, after all, he couldn't be that bad could he?

She gasped when a cold hand grabbed her upper arm and started to drag her up from her seat. Her head snapped up and Gin was there, grinning down at her. "Come on Miss. You were told to leave" his cold voice sent chills down her spine. Maybe she would prefer to go home to her farther than stay around this creep… no… she would rather stay around the creep then get choked to death as soon as she walked through her front door.

She quickly jumped up and followed Gin from the room. He led her up to her room and to her door. He opened it and held the door open for her. She was surprised he didn't shove her in; instead he leant down and whispered in her ear:

"Don't try anything. I'm locking you in" his breath made her shiver, he really was not the kind of person she wanted to be around. She quickly pulled away from him and walked into the room. He slammed the door and she heard the lock click. 'Why is he locking me in?' She wondered.

She was starting to get a headache. "Maybe I should just get some sleep," she said to herself, collapsing on the bed…

Rukia was walking silently through the halls of her house. Something wasn't right. It seemed too quiet…

"H-Hisana? Where are you?" she stuttered. Something was defiantly not right. The air seemed heavy. She heard thunder in the distance.

Rukia continued through the hallway and stopped when she reached her sisters door. She was staying at home for the night because she had had an argument with Byakuya and she had nowhere else to go. Rukia pressed her ear to the door and was met with silence. That was odd. She couldn't even hear Hisana's light breathing…

Rukia tried the lock on the door and found it was unlocked. She slowly turned the handle and creaked the door open. Time stood still. The tears stung at her eyes. The scene before her was devastating. Her sister was laid on her bed, a knife stuck into her throat. Blood was seeping through her clothing as she lay there. Rukia's knees went weak and she fell to the floor, crying for her beloved sister.

"Do you like what you see child?!" a voice spoke from the shadows, "Because your next!" yelled the voice of her drunken farther as her lunged towards her, knife in hand.

Rukia couldn't believe it. He killed her! He actually killed her! And she was next…

"NO!" Rukia shrieked as she sat up in her bed, soaked in sweat. Her eyes stung with tears as she recalled her sisters death. She had only just escaped with her life that day. Her farther was truly a cruel person, and it was always her fault…

Rukia looked at her clock, it read 10:50 AM. She was going to be a bit late for school today. She groaned. She didn't' have any of her books or her uniform.

"Ah! Miss Rukia! You're running a bit late for your first day of school aren't you!" Gin spoke from the doorway. How long had he been there?

"What do you mean my 'first day of school?'" she asked confused and slightly annoyed.

"You will be attending a new school starting fro today. Here are you transfer papers!" he said chuckling maliciously, throwing a bundle of papers at her.

This day could not get any worse…

Authors Note: umm… yes, I know that was a bit fast moving, but I needed to get this part of the story out of the way… Hope you enjoyed it anyway :) please review to tell me what you thought! Ideas are welcome!