So sorry Sakura-Glow I have bad news I gotta work all day today so I couldn`t post all four chapters but I posted this is one tomorrow is my day off so I will post the others chapters tomorrow I`m really sorry everyone. I just didn`t expect since I didn`t work yesterday I would have to make up for it today really sorry but here is this chapter :)
Flashback:
A younger looking version of Kokoro stood there looking at the empty chair where Yoruichi once sat. She wanted to cry but the tears wouldn't come out her tears had dried out from all her crying she did when she first got the news. Her heart was broken she felt so betrayed and lonely. She hugged herself and just turned walking away her stomach was in knot it hurt just thinking that her best friend left. She walked back to her house and went into her room not listening to anyone. She sat down on her bed and lay down she was looking at the wall and hugging her pillow. That's when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist and pull her close to his body.
"Why did she leave like that?" Kokoro asked sadly as she felt the tears start to roll down her face again.
"I don't know" Kokoro heard Byakuya whisper against her ear softly.
Kokoro turned around and looked at Byakuya. He noticed her eyes were puffy and red from all the crying she had done.
"It hurts so much Bya-kun it feels like a part of my heart is missing" Kokoro spoke as her sobs started to come out again. She buried her face into his chest and cried Byakuya held her closer.
"Don't worry Kokoro I'm still here and I will always care about you don't ever doubt that" Byakuya whispered to Kokoro`s ear. "You should get some sleep that's what you need right now" Byakuya softly whispered and she simply nodded her head and looked up into his gray eyes with her blue eyes.
"Promise you won't leave me alone" She asked quietly.
"Promise." He replied and softly kissed her on her forehead.
Kokoro buried her head back into his chest and wrapped her arms around his torso and he kept his arms around her waist. He buried his face into her soft cotton pink hair which smelled like sakura blossom they both drifted off into a deep sleep.
End of flashback:
Kokoro stood there at the cave entrance and just looked at Yoruichi with a hurt expression. All the pain and tears she thought she had put behind started to come back as she looked at her best friend and the closet thing she could call sister. Yoruichi looked at Kokoro waiting to see what Kokoro would do.
"Yoruichi." Was all Kokoro could manage to say before her tears started to slip down her cheeks and her hands turned into a fist she then hugged herself and fell to her knees. She swore not to cry in front of her and to take her revenge but she couldn`t too many memories of Yoruichi she was always there for her.
Kokoro stopped crying when a dark skin hand appeared in front of her and she looked up at the Yoruichi who gave her a guilty look.
"Kokoro let`s talk." Yoruichi said softly and Kokoro took her hand slowly standing up.
"Why I just want to know why?" Kokoro asked hurt and Yoruichi sighed.
"Shinji and the others were turned into hollows, Kisuke was being framed and I-" Kokoro cut her off and shook her head annoyed.
"No way didn't you take me with you!" Kokoro yelled angrily. "After you left I was heart broke I felt betrayed and alone. Byakuya was there and he helped me get through it I thought maybe things would change between us…but I was wrong. Couple years later I met Hisana and she became my best friend she came from a very poor sector. So our friendship was frowned upon by most of the nobles…I'm not sure when or what point…Byakuya and Hisana fell in love." Kokoro whispered softly now. "Byakuya and I stopped speaking to each other as friends the day he told me about their wedding…I didn't say anything because I didn't want to be selfish…I had everything growing. But Hisana…Hisana didn't have anything and she was best friend she was the one who needed to be happy. Hisana died a couple of years later after Byakuya and she got married. Hisana made Byakuya and me promise that if one of us found her sister that we would adopt her into our family and make her our sister. Byakuya found her first and adopted her into the Kuchiki clan." Kokoro explained everything and Yoruichi sighed and looked at her sadly.
"Kokoro." Yoruichi softly spoke and she placed a hand on Kokoro`s shoulder and then hugged her. "I really did want to take you with me but your life and responsibility was here in the soul society." Yoruichi explained and then sighed. "If I would have known you would end up alone I would have taken you with me." Yoruichi explained and Kokoro sadly smiled.
"I know you would." Kokoro spoke softly hugging Yoruichi tighter.
They pulled away from their hug when they heard Ichigo waking up and they looked at Ichigo who groaned in pain while he sat up.
"Ow what the hell happened?" Ichigo questioned as he sat up and looked at Yoruichi and Kokoro and then started to glare.
"You!" Ichigo pointed at Yoruichi pissed and Kokoro just looked at them weirdly. "Why the hell did you save me and not Rukia?" Ichigo questioned pissed.
"Because out of all of them you are the only one capable of beating Byakuya and rescuing Rukia." Kokoro said softly and then looked at Yoruichi. "Right?" Kokoro questioned and Yoruichi nodded.
"Yes that is why." Yoruichi said frankly.
"Wait you two know each other?" Ichigo yelled surprised.
"Of course we do we are like sisters." I said happily.
"IS that how you found this place?" Yoruichi asked her and Kokoro grin.
"I remember how Kisuke, you and I spent all our time training here for bankai." Kokoro said softly remembering the past. But her gaze then turned to Ichigo, "Ichigo I'm glad to see you`re ok after your battle with Kenpachi." Kokoro said with some relief and smiled at him.
"Uh, yeah." He said softly and blushed a little.
"Ichigo I`m going to train you so you can reach bankai in three days even though it takes about 10 years to reach bankai." Yoruichi explained and Kokoro just listened and looked at her shocked.
"3 days? And do you think he`ll reach it in 3 days?" Kokoro asked her kind of surprise.
"You did. I did. Kisuke did. Remember?" Yoruichi said shrugging and Kokoro made an O face.
"I see you`re going to use that method." Kokoro said smirking.
"Yeah." She simply said.
"What method?" Ichigo questioned annoyed and I just smiled at Ichigo.
"You`ll find out." Kokoro said happily.
They headed down some ladder to a place that looked like the one under Kisuke`s shop. Ichigo walked to the center followed by Kokoro and Yoruichi when she pulled something out that looked like a cut out and Ichigo looked at it confuse.
"You have to stab your zanpakuto into it." Kokoro explained. "This will forcefully make your zanpakuto materialize into its true form in our world." Kokoro continued and Ichigo nodded but he had no clue what that meant.
"Here let me explain." Yoruichi said and she started to explain while Kokoro stood same distance and watched how Ichigo started his training.
Later that night:
Kokoro sat there watching Ichigo get stronger so he can save Rukia when she felt Yoruichi stand beside her.
"Is that all she made you promise?" Yoruichi asked Kokoro softly and Kokoro sighed sadly. She hugged her knees against her chest.
"No" Kokoro softly whispered. She paused a little and continued, "She also made me promise to love Byakuya and be friends again" Kokoro said softly and looked at Yoruichi with a somewhat sad face.
"I guess you've really had it hard since I've left" Yoruichi said of laughing.
"You have no idea and it wasn't just me you hurt…" Kokoro said looking at her. "Soi Fon made a good friend to talk to going through everything" Kokoro said happily and Yoruichi just smiled at Kokoro.
The Next Day:
Last night Kokoro went back to the 13th barracks to do some paperwork and fell asleep on her desk. She awoke to the bright sunlight hitting her eyes. She slowly sat up yawning rubbing her eyes when she noticed Byakuya standing there. She quickly snapped opened her eyes and looked at him shocked.
"Byakuya what are you doing here?" Kokoro asked confused.
"Did you find her?" Byakuya simply asked her.
Kokoro just frowned at him, "No." Kokoro simply said. "Is that all you came here for? To interrogate me?" Kokoro asked kind of angry.
"No. Wanted to make sure you were alright." Byakuya said king of angrily and Kokoro just glared.
"I`m fine." Kokoro said annoyed. "Just tired." Kokoro continued and stood up. "I need to go talk with Toshiro." Kokoro said angrily as she stood up and walked pasted Byakuya and headed to the 10th barracks.
10th Barracks:
Kokoro walked into the 10th barracks looking for Toshiro since she knew he was the only one who could give some good advice. She walked into his office and noticed Rangiku sleeping on the couch and Toshiro finishing some paper work at the desk. She quietly walked over to the couch smirking and took a deep breath.
"Masumoto!" Kokoro yelled imitating Toshiro.
Rangiku quickly woke up half scared, "I wasn't sleeping Taicho!" Rangiku yelled.
Kokoro just laughed and Rangiku saw her standing there and just glared at her.
"Kokoro that wasn't funny!" Rangiku whined. "I really thought you were Taicho!" Rangiku continued.
"Kokoro saved me the trouble of having to yell." Toshiro said drinking some tea and stood up.
"You can finish what is left Masumoto." Toshiro said tiredly when someone ran into the room.
"Taicho it seems Renji Abarai, Izuru Kira and Momo Hinamori have escaped from their prison cell." The man said seriously and Kokoro looked at him shocked and looked at Toshiro.
"I will check Izuru`s and Renji`s cell you go check Momo`s." Kokoro said seriously and shunpo off to their cells.
She reached Renji`s cell and exam the cell and Kokoro sighed. Since she saw that Renji really did break out on his own and she headed to Izuru`s cell.
When she got there she gasped someone had come for Izuru and broke him out and took him with them. Kokoro touched the cell door and felt a faint trace of Gin`s reiatsu there she sighed annoyed. When she looked up shocked she felt Gin`s and Toshiro`s reiatsu raising and she shunpo off quickly to where she felt it coming from.
Once Kokoro got there she saw Gin`s Zanpakuto shot out and about to hit Momo she quickly shunpo in front of her and blocked Gin`s zanpakuto with her own. Kokoro was sent skidding across the ground when she finally was able to stop in front of Momo. Kokoro looked at her zanpakuto that started to break while Gin looked at her shocked. Kokoro glared at Gin angrily and noticed Gin opened his blue eyes and looked at her. It was rare when Kokoro got to see his eyes.
"What the hell are you doing Gin?" Kokoro yelled angrily at him. "You almost killed Momo! You could have killed Toshiro! Gin if you don`t stop now I will be your opponent!" Kokoro yelled angrily and I saw Rangiku had showed up also and Gin looked at the both us and withdrew his zanpakuto back. "Gin maybe it`s best you leave." Kokoro told him a little calmly while she put her zanpakuto away. She was holding the tears that were threatening to slip. Gin was about to say something to Kokoro when she cut him off, "Now!" Kokoro bitterly spoke and he simply walked away.
Kokoro continued to fight back the tears; Gin was also next on her list to take care of after this is over. Gin is her best friend so she can`t just leave things how they are. She just didn`t know what had gotten into him or what he was thinking anymore.
Kokoro walked away ignoring everyone who yelled her name. She just walked down the streets letting her tears slip. Gin could have seriously hurt Momo if she didn`t show up or he could have killed Toshiro or worse he could have killed her. Kokoro continued ignoring everyone who asked her if she was alright in till someone stood in her way and Kokoro looked up annoyed and saw it was Byakuya. She just stood there looking at Byakuya with tears streaming down her face and Byakuya looked at her with a frown.
"What`s wrong?" He asked seriously and Kokoro just stood there hugging herself. When a hell butterfly flew over to them.
"Attention Rukia`s execution has been moved forward again. This is the final change no more changes will be done..." That was the only thing Kokoro heard before her tears started to slip down again and Byakuya held her close he picked her up bride style and took her home.
He walked into Kokoro`s room and laid her on the bed he looked at her and sighed when Kokoro wouldn`t look at him and she just looked at the ceiling. Byakuya headed for the door when Kokoro softly grabbed his captain robe and Byakuya looked at her with a soft look.
"Don`t leave me alone please." Kokoro begged softly as she sat up. "Gin he almost hurt me today he could have killed Momo. I don`t want to be alone tonight." Kokoro whispered and Byakuya removed his captain robe and placed it on the chair beside her bed and lay down next to Kokoro. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to his chest and Kokoro slowly fell asleep thanks to Byakuya`s heartbeat.
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