Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach

I own Miyuki/Soir Sonette and Miki Fumi

DON'T STEAL!!!!

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Act 1: The Party Scene

Final Scene: Sprinkling Rain

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"For the love of god, stop pacing!!" complained Jinta as he swept the store floor.

"Shut up Jinta!" shouted Miyuki, losing her patience.

Ever since Byakuya's appearance, Miyuki's been on edge. Obviously, from the expression (which was hard to tell since his expression doesn't change all that much) he wore when he laid eyes on Miyuki he knew who she was. Because of her bold actions that she took in the Soul Society, most likely her reputation of being a rebellious, ungrateful person was confirmed.

"Miyuki, can you help the customer in the front?" asked Urahara.

"Fine" agreed Miyuki. Heading to the front of the store, ready to put on a fake, pearly smile she approached the door leading to the front when he heard a familiar voice.

"Welcome to Urahara's shop! May I help you?" asked Miyuki with a sweet tone that made her voice almost crack.

"Um, yes I would like to put in an order for a Chappy gikon" said Rukia, surprised to see her face.

"Sure" said Miyuki, also having a shocked face. But she recovered and kept her commercial face, after she walked out of the room she returned to her plain demeanor. Writing down said order on a form, Miyuki suddenly had an epiphany.

'Rukia probably doesn't know that her brother is here' thought Miyuki.

Realizing Rukia's lack of knowledge of her brother's current whereabouts and her own situation she knew that this was a silent bomb just waiting to go off. Think about it. If Byakuya realizes that Rukia lost her powers and that she gave it to Ichigo (Miyuki knows this courtesy of Urahara), then Rukia would get arrested, Ichigo would end up dead, and Miyuki's chance of getting caught would increase. And Miyuki doesn't want to go back to the Soul Society anytime soon.

"What are you doing?" asked Rukia, surprising Miyuki since she didn't sense her coming into the other room.

"Oh nothing! Just, you know, standing around" stammered Miyuki, "Is there something wrong?"

"You think I don't know?" asked Rukia.

"Know what?" asked Miyuki, trying to play the innocent card.

"The little stunt you pulled really shocked all of the royal families, especially Pierre"

Miyuki shuddered, the very mention of that name still made her drown into a pool of horrible bleak memories.

"Though, I have to congratulate you on your courage, Soir. Not every noble princess would run away just because she doesn't agree with the choice of her fiancee"

"You called father?" said Soir, addressing the people behind the sliding door.

"Come" he commanded.

Slowly coming in, she saw that her cousin Pierre and her father was there, along with their committee of advisers. Seeing them there, Soir automatically assumed that this was an important matter. Gracefully sitting down on a floor cushion, which was a great feat since she was wearing a pale pink kimono and a heavy head piece, she looked at her two family members. Her father, Davin Sonette had a hard gaze. His face always had a stern demeanor and his dark hair and mustache added to this effect, but this time it was a bit different. Reluctantly, she turned her head to her cousin, Pierre. Sporting golden yellow locks of hair from his head and his trademark sadistic smirk, he held the essence of victory within his eyes, which were grey like Soir and Davin.

"I will make this quick, Soir you are to be engaged with Pierre" Davin said.

Hearing this angered Soir, who stood up shaking in intense madness.

"Why?! Why do I have to marry a sick and twisted man such as him!" pointed Soir, ruby chains from her hair decoration swing along with the movement of her hair.

"I have no idea what you are talking about" said Pierre casually.

"You very well know what I'm talking about!" shouted Soir.

"Now now, let's calm down" Pierre said, "Come, let me see my bride-to-be's face, my fairy of the night (1)"

As he said this, Pierre raised his hand to caress Soir's face, but she slapped it away, wearing a disgusted look on her face.

"I-I'm going to my room!" stated Soir, exiting out of the room.

"Please forgive her Pierre, she's a bit..." pondered Davin, trying to find a word to describe his daughter.

"Rebellious?" helped Pierre.

"Yes, but I assure you that she'll be fine. Eventually, Soir will warm up to you"

Pacing around in her room, Soir struggled to seek a way out of the road to hell that she was on. After some time had passed, she finally made the decision to run away, to the human world. So she hastily packed some of her possessions; which included her zanpakutou, Tsuyushizuku (2). That very night, she tip-toed her way out of the Sonette family property, moving through out the night to the closest gate that she could find. The very gate she was looking for just happened to be just a few meters away from the back entrance. Watching her back, Soir opened the gate and slipped into the living world; where she would live as a human and abandon her noblility.

"You don't know how Pierre is Rukia, he's a cold and cruel person. He has so many skeletons in his closet and his hands were already dirty from a young age. I'm not going to say them out in the open, of course. I don't want to add anymore drama to my already controversial life" said Miyuki, shrugging her shoulders.

"I understand" nodded Rukia, knowing that she too had such a life.

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Strolling down the street, Miki looked around the Mitsumiya district of Karakura(3) trying to find places that were good hangouts to kill her boredom. Despite not ever being in this side of town before, she wasn't worried about anything. Nope. Not a care in the world. Receiving a sudden craving for something sweet, her new goal became to find a sweets shop. While walking down the deserted and dusty street, Miki found a place that had potential.

"Urahara Shoten" read Miki, facing a small building.

Boldly, she stepped inside and saw something a bit surprising. She saw Miyuki there talking with a pretty raven haired girl who was wearing the same uniform that Miki and Miyuki had.

"Wow! This place is so homey!" exclaimed Miki.

"Miki? What are you doing here?" asked Miyuki.

"Oh me? I was just in the neighborhood and I decided to stop by here!"

"But you live Minamikawase District (4)" Miyuki pointed.

"I know!" said Miki.

Rukia and Miyuki couldn't help but ponder on that.

"Well, that's not important. So you work here Miyuki?"

"Yeah, in exchange for a roof over my head and food" explained Miyuki.

"Eh, coolio! Oh and what's your name?" asked Miki as she turned to Rukia.

"Oh my name is Rukia!" said Rukia in a happy voice.

Upon hearing that, Miki couldn't help but laugh.

"W-what are you laughing about?"

"That's so funny! But you don't have to act all nice in front of me" said Miki.

"Oh, thanks" said Rukia in a blunt voice.

"You're welcome!" said Miki, not really expecting a thank you. Suddenly she rushed up to Rukia and put her face really close to hers.

"U-um is there something wrong?" asked Rukia, uncomfortable with Miki invading her personal bubble.

"That's so cool! You have purple eyes too!" noticed Miki

"Oh thank you, I'm surprised you saw that" said Rukia, truly shocked.

"Yeah! I didn't see it until you stepped into the sunlight. I also have purple eyes, but their lighter than yours."

"They're very pretty" commented Rukia.

"Thank you!" said Miki.

"Oh, is this the famous Miki that I've been hearing all this time?" said Urahara stepping into the room, and the conversation.

"Yep. Miki. Urahara. Urahara. Miki" introduced Miyuki.

"Yo!"

"Yo to you too!" said Urahara, immeadiately taken with the girl.

"So, how did you guys meet each other?" asked Miki.

"Well, Miyuki here needed a place to stay; so I offered her a room here in exchange for her services as an employee" explained Urahara.

"Oh, I see" said Miki.

"Sorry, but I have to go now" said Rukia.

"Sure! See ya soon!" said Miki.

As Rukia left, she got one last glance at Miki, feeling like she's seen her before. But she shrugged off the feeling and headed for Ichigo's house.

"Oh Rukia!" called out Miyuki.

"Yes, what is it?"

"It's coming" saiid Miyuki with a warning tone.

Rukia dark violet eyes lit up a bit, now they were filled with fear and confusion. When Rukia entered Ichigo's room through his window, she was in for a scolding.

"Where were you!?!?!?" screamed Ichigo.

"You might want to lower your voice Ichigo" replied Rukia.

"You could have told me- wait where are you going?!"

"Goodnight" she said, a stepping into his closet.

"HEY DON'T IGNORE ME!!!" shouted Ichigo, but his message didn't reach Rukia.

After changing into her pajamas (stolen from Yuzu, of course) she laid down on the make shift bed she made out of some extra mattresses. Suddenly she remembered something that her brother told her.

"Nii-san, this maybe a personal question; don't be offended"

"Go on"

"What made you fall in love with Hisana?"

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"Forgive me for my rudeness I-"

But Byakuya raised up his hand to stop Rukia

"One of the reasons was because of her eyes. Just like yours, they were purple if you looked closely enough"

"I see"

But when Rukia saw his expression, she felt as if he was thinking of somebody else; somebody otherthan Hisana.

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Author notes:

If you're wondering why Miyuki's real name isn't Japanese, it's because I wanted to do something different (that and my friend is studying French at the moment, so it seems appropiate, you know who you are).

1. The reason why Pierre called Miyuki "fairy of the night" is because "Soir" means "Evening" in french. If I got this right, then Miyuki's real name would be Soir Sonette which would mean "Evening Bell". If there are any people who are fluent in French and you say that this is wrong, then I'm sorry. I'm not studying French. Me studying Nihongo.

2. "Tsuyushizuku" roughly means "Dewdrop" in Japanese

3. I have the Bleach Character book, which includes a map of Karakura. It includes the location of major places in Bleach, like the Urahara Shop. Which is located in said district. It's east of the Mashiba district, which is the middle one.

4. Minamikawase District is in the southwest part of Karakura town, basically the other side of town if you're in Mitsumiya district. This is also where Ichigo and Tatsuki live.

So you know about Miyuki's past, or should I say Soir's?

There's also some foreshadowing in here

Hint: It's near the end

Please review!

Oh and about Spiritual Strawberries and Deadly Apples, I truly sorry about deleting it. But I just wasn't satisfied with it. I'm probably going to rewrite some of it, using the same characters of course. Well, if I didn't delete the chapters on my computer!

Ha ha ha!

-Miki