Hello everyone! Thank you for all the reviews! I have to dedicate this chapter to Vicky73, thanks for your enthusiasm; it helped me get focus on getting this chapter out to all my wonderful readers and reviewers. Anyway, Read and Review! No flames please, as they will be used for burning homework that I don't want to do! Also, I am going to stop putting the mature content warnings I usually put up, because it is an "M" rated story. If you click on this knowing that, it is not my problem. Sorry. All rights belong to Tite Kubo. I don't own bleach. If I did, Byakuya and Rukia would be together already. :)

Ambulance~

*Yawn*

Rukia slowly opened her eyes to the ever present bright morning sun as she threw the covers off of her and tried to sit up, but failed, noticing that she was already sitting up. She looked around the room and saw that she was not in her room, but in Byakuya's. She quietly stood up and walked into Byakuya's bathroom.

Rukia would normally not do something such as going in to Byakuya's bathroom. But she had been in there many times last night holding Byakuya's hair back while he threw up. Rukia was used to such things so it did not affect her as it would most people. Back when she was in the Rukongai, she had to take care of many sick people, many times. It was so easy to get sick in the non-sanitary streets of Inuzuri. But she had never seen Byakuya sick like this. In fact, she had never seen Byakuya sick at all.

After washing her face and using the toilet, Rukia walked back into Byakuya's room. She had found him still sleeping on top of the covers, without a shirt on again. But this time, Rukia had no time for her feelings about this, as he was sweating profusely, and not in a good way. Rukia extremely worried about him as she put her hand to the top of his head. Byakuya was burning up. His forehead actually burnt her hand.

"Nii-sama! Nii-sama! Wake up!" Rukia stood there shaking Byakuya until he woke up from his fevered sleep.

"Rukia…what's wrong?" Byakuya asked half-consciously.

Rukia continued to shake him. "Nii-sama you-!" And just as he had woken up, Byakuya passed out again in Rukia's arms.

"Byakuya…please wake up…please!" She pleaded with his unconscious form.

Rukia carefully placed Byakuya's head back on his pillow and ran out of the room. Rukia ran up to the maid and told her to call Unohana Taichou. Rukia went back into Byakuya's room and saw Byakuya gasping for air. Rukia couldn't wait any longer. She sat him up and tried to stand him up. She managed to get half of Byakuya's large frame on her back and she shunpoed out of the room. She told the maid that she couldn't wait for Unohana Taichou anymore and had to take him to the 4th division right away. The maid looked concerned as Rukia shunpoed to the 4th Division. But little did she know that this was just the beginning of the trouble.

On the way on out of the manor, Rukia ran into one of the Elders, Kureijī Kuchiki. "HEY! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HIM?" The Elder said.

"He is sick! Get out of my way! I am in a hurry, here!" Rukia said, pushing the Elder out of her way and shunpoing off again.

Rukia had to shunpo all the way to the other side of the Sereitei. She couldn't afford to stand around. Who knew what kind of state Byakuya was in! Rukia didn't want to chance it. She needed to get there and get there fast. But that meant passing by without question, the 13th, the 12th, the 11th, the 10th, the 9th, the 8th, the 7th, the 6th, and the 5th divisions. It was times like these that Rukia wished she wasn't so well-liked. And to have the most famous Captain in the Soul Society passed out on your back is also not so helpful. Rukia was just passing by the 13th division when…

"Hey RUKIA! Oh, Hey KUCHIKI-Taichou! It's so nice to see you guys!" Kiyone and Sentaro said, not noticing Byakuya's state due to their excitement.

"Yep. Okay. Got to go!" Rukia said moving them out of her way and shunpoing off to the 12th Division.

Rukia shunpoed to the 12th Division building, hoping and praying not to run into anyone. Not anyone from this Division, at least. Not from that creepy, sadistic, good for nothing division. (Except for when they saved Sode No Shirayuki)

"Oh. Hello, Rukia. What happened to Kuchiki-Taichou? Would you like me to perform a little experiment on him?" Mayuri asked, seemingly picking flowers or herbs from the garden in front of the division gates.

"NO! Move, please Kurotsuchi-Taichou! I need to get him to the 4th!" Rukia yelled, trying to look back to make sure Byakuya was still okay.

"Fine then. Let that wretched woman take care of him. But you know where to find me." Mayuri said, displeased.

"Yep. Sure." Rukia again moved him out of the way and shunpoed off to the next division. The…11th!

"Oi, Rukia! What's going on? Hey, is something wrong with Kuchiki-Taichou?" Ikkaku asked. At least Rukia could deal with him, Ikkaku was the probably the most sane and practical one in the 11th.

"Yes. Byakuya is very sick. I need to get him out of here now." Rukia informed him. But suddenly, a pink-haired little girl ran out from behind the corner, and pulled on Byakuya's pant leg.

"I-Is Byakushi okay, Ruki-Ruki?" Yachiru asked.

"No, Kusajishi-Fukutaichou. I need to get him to the 4th right away." Rukia told her, silently praying that the little girl wouldn't keep her any longer.

"…Okay. Please take care of Byakkun!" Yachiru asked innocently.

Rukia lightened up a little as she said, "Sure." and shunpoed off to the next division, the 10th.

"Heyyy Rukia! Hehe…is Kuchiki-Taichou drunk?" Rangiku asked, probably drunk herself.

"Sure. Let's go with that." Rukia said.

"Oh, then you should really get him inside." Matsumoto said as she stumbled slightly. Yep, she was definitely drunk. And it was only morning!

"Yeah. I should. Thanks for the advice!" Rukia tried to say genuinely, but sounded more like she was barking at her. "You're welcome!" Matsumoto shouted after Rukia's retreating form.

With that, Rukia shunpoed to the 9th. Rukia was waiting for Hisagi or someone else to pop out and question her, but it didn't happen. She just passed on by and headed to the 8th. With a little more confidence that she would not be stopped again she sped up a little. That's when she heard a moan from Byakuya. She figured he was getting sick from her speed, so she stopped shunpoing and started to walk very fast. She was also very tired, as she was not extremely skilled with shunpo and she did not have a lot of stamina left. She walked briskly and paying attention to Byakuya to see if he was making anymore sounds, but she was being so careful to listen to Byakuya that she didn't notice that she was headed right into…

"Oomph!" Rukia said as he stumbled backwards trying to keep Byakuya on her back.

Hello! So sorry once again for the late update, but I also feel bad about leaving this chapter a cliffhanger but it is all for good reason. Don't worry. I will be posting again this weekend so you will get another chapter to Read and Review! :) Btw, don't forget to do that. Hahaha. If you were wondering what the Kuchiki Elder's name means…it means, 'crazy' in Japanese. Which was for a reason! But why would I want to spoil such things for you? Remember, no flames! Please excuse any spelling or convention errors. ^.^

Next Chapter: Feelings~