Whazzzup ma people?! Okay….that was kinda, oh I don't know…wannabe. Anywho, thanks for the reviews. I wasn't expecting any, but when I checked, I had some!! Whoo-hoo!!

So I was really unsure on where to go with this story, but I got inspiration from when my big bro almost belted this guy up for making me cry……What!? He was perving on me!

Whatever! Here it is: the next chapter.

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Rukia walked the halls of the Kuchiki manor hurriedly. She turned the corner seeing the door of her destination. Walking up to it, she dropped to her knees and slid the door open, trying not to make it seem rushed.

"Hmm?"

"Nii-sama. I am back from the real world and I shall return there in a couple of days." She reported to her brother.

"Rukia….what is bothering you?" the deep, cold voice came, a hint of concern.

"Nii-sama?" she asked, confused.

"Something is bothering you." He replied, looking up to her from his paperwork. When he saw her questioning look, he elaborated. "Your movements were rushed, I can still see you breathing fast and…you didn't knock." He noted a while back that she would do one of these things when she was worried about something.

Rukia's eyes widened in realization. "Forgive me, nii-sama. I didn't mean—"

"Rukia. The past is the past. Come inside." His tone softening.

She stood and stepped into the room. Turning, she slid the door shut before proceeding to sit in front of her nii-sama's table.

"Now," he began. "tell me. What is bothering you?" he saw her hesitate and then the beginnings of a scowl as she looked up at him.

She composed herself, taking a deep breath. "It is nothing, nii-sama. My greatest thanks for your concern, but I will deal with it myself."

He was surprised at how her posture, expression and tone seemed to change completely. Her expression was….well, there was no expression, and her voice was like a straight line, no emotion, just flat and boring, while her posture was one that only a noble could hold. It was like she had transformed from Rukia into….a female version of him!

Byakuya knew many things about Rukia that she didn't think he did. One of them being the mask she was wearing; the one that said 'I'm hurting inside'; the one that she wore when she was upset with a certain substitute Shinigami. Byakuya had seen it before. The couple had, had an argument and she had returned to Soul Society to get away from him. She had worn that face the whole time she was there, refusing to go out with Rangiku or anyone else.

So, another thing Byakuya knew about his sister, was that the face she wore, meant the fool Kurosaki Ichigo had done something to make her upset.

He tried not to make the rising anger apparent when he spoke. "How is that boy, Kurosaki? I trust he is treating you well."

There it was. A flicker of anger and pain flashed across her face. "Nii-sama…he is…well. We took care of a few hollows." Rukia kicked herself. Why were there tears threatening to dance down her face, taunting her? She made an effort to blink them away before they actually did, hoping that Byakuya didn't see.

But of course he noticed. He felt an indescribable feeling welling up on the inside. The fool had made his sister, his pride shed tears.

They were wasted tears as far as he was concerned. Tears that she would never get back. He looked down at his paperwork, hoping she wouldn't see the anger naked on his face. "Rukia, I'm glad you are back. You may go now. I must finish this paperwork."

She bowed before standing to leave. "Thank you, nii-sama."

He shut his eyes, hearing her slide the door shut. I will find you Kurosaki…and you will regret the day you met Rukia.

'beep, beep, beep, beep, bee—'

Renji pressed the blue button on his hollow detector. He groaned as he rolled out of bed, stopping as he saw his gigai— with the mod soul in it—playing cards with Nova and Ririn.

It was then that he realised that the night before, he had just crashed before getting back into his gigai.

He grabbed Zambimaru from beside his futon and jumped to his feet. He began making his way to the front door when he heard the familiar sound of a fan opening. Urahara's voice came instantly after. "Don't cause too much trouble, Abarai-kun."

Renji grunted in reply, wondering what the man meant. He broke out into shunpo, to get there faster. On arrival, he saw two hollows. He advanced toward the,, cutting the smaller one in half watching as it disappeared into nothingness. Turning, he was about to go for the last one when Ichigo beat him to it, slicing the hollow three times.

Ichigo landed facing away from Renji, which is why the only thing that warned him of an attack, was the sound of Renji's voice. "Howl, Zambimaru!"

Ichigo turned to an enraged Renji, only just dodging Zambimaru's attack. "Renji, stop!" yelled Ichigo.

Renji either didn't hear him or chose not to. He shunpoed to Ichigo's side, slamming him into a wall. "You two-timing, half-breed, shit-face, son of a bitch!"

Ichigo stopped struggling. His shoulders sagged as he looked down in shame. "Renji, I-I—"

"you having trouble admitting what you did? Need help? ya wanna know what you did?! You cheated! You screwed up big time you eyesore, shit-faced asshole!" Renji paused, watching Ichigo's face.

His voice went lower as he spoke through gritted teeth. "Do you have any idea what you've done to Rukia? How this has hurt her? You hurt her! Y'know what she told me? She said she felt broken." He shoved Ichigo aside, wanting to snap him in half, then half again and grind the pieces to dust.

Ichigo sighed. "I screwed up Renji. And I'm gonna have to deal with everything. But you have to let Rukia and me fix this up."

"Screw you! She never wants to see yer face again." Renji spat. "And honestly, if I ever see your face again….I'll kill you."

Renji shunpoed away from there. He was afraid he might actually kill the guy. Soul society would punish him severely for destroying such a powerful ally. "Screw Soul Society." He muttered entering the Urahara Store.

He was greeted at the door by Jinta and Ururu. "Freeloader-san, your breakfast is there. Its cold coz you were away for too long." Jinta said nonchalantly.

"But you put it in the frid—" Ururu started wailing as Jinta's fist found its way to her head.

"Brat." Renji muttered, going to eat his breakfast.

Ichigo was making his way to his house when a powerful reiatsu came crushing down on him. Were he someone of less power, he would have crumpled to his feet. But, he was not. He looked around but saw no one. The reiatsu was familiar, except it was cold; it had a way of appearing gentle but being powerful. He wouldn't have been able to tell who it was but she heard two words that mad him think: shit.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura." Thousands of pink cherry blossom petals surrounded the orange haired substitute Shinigami.

Not wanting to risk it he chanted: "Bankai"

Ichigo's appearance changed from normal Shinigami attire to his Bankai outfit, while Zangetsu changed to his slender black form.

Ichigo search the area for any sign of the sixth division captain. From out of seemingly nowhere, Byakuya grabbed Ichigo by the collar and threw him into a tree, almost destroying it.

Ichigo got up groggily, dusting himself off and leaned on what was left of the tree. "Byaku—"

"Unless you have a death wish, I suggest you shut your mouth, Kurosaki." Byakuya hissed.

Ichigo was a little shocked. He had never heard Byakuya hiss or be as angry as he so obviously was. Byakuya advanced closer to Ichigo. "I am unaware of what you did. Frankly, that doesn't matter. What I do know is that you have upset Rukia—if you ever even breath in her direction again….I. Will. Kill. You."

Byakuya turned on his heel, not wanting to look at the lower class Shinigami. A senkai gate appeared and a hell butterfly flew out to accompany the sixth captain. "Your death won't be quick…..or painless. So I hope for your family's sake that you heed my warning."

Ichigo watched as both Byakuya and the senkai gate disappeared. He heaved a deep sigh. "great." He muttered. Two death threats in one afternoon? That's got to be some kind of record.

He leaned away from the tree and began to make his way home. Damn.

A senkai gate opened, a hell butterfly waiting to be an escort.

Rukia bowed her head. "Thank you Ukitake Taicho. It was nice of you to come and see me off. Nii-sama just came back from a mission to the real world a couple of days ago, so he is resting and catching up on paperwork."

Ukitake smiled widely at her. "It was nice to have you back Rukia-san. I always wonder how the real world is treating you. It was nice to see that everything is going well."

Rukia cringed internally. When her captain had asked how things were going in the real world, she had failed to mention the reason for her return to Soul Society.

She returned his smile. "Yes and I should get back so it can stay that way."

Her captain smiled like a proud father. "Well, I shouldn't keep you. Go, Rukia-san."

"Hai!" she bowed once more, then ran into the gate, hell butterfly closely behind.

Alright….none of these chapters end up the way I expect them to. I really wanted to get Bya-kun to bash Ichi up, but I was too busy (studying the inside of my eyelids) to write it out. Hope you liked it. Oh, and sorry if the characters are a little OOC.

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Until next time…. 8P