Once we arrived home, Byakuya departed to his room, where he would stay for several hours in solitude. I went straight to see Rukia, as she was my closest 'family' member. While we weren't the best friends, we were at least close enough to confide in each other without too much judgement and one hundred percent silence.

I ran straight to Rukia, who was just meditating in the middle of her room. I lunged myself into a hug, tears flying freely at this point.

"Oh, Rukia-nee-chan, how can you handle it?!" I sobbed into her chest.

She patted my head, "What happend?"

I sat up and looked at her, "I got suspended! Indefintely! And he brought up my most painful memories to get me to bend to the family's will!"

Rukia lowered her head, "Gomen-nasai, Sayuri-imouto,"*

I hugged her, "Iie, I'm fine now!"

I smiled and she frowned at me, knowing that smile was fake. I hugged her again and got up. She watched me as I started to pace around her room.

"Sayuri-imouto, I think you're going crazy already," She grabbed my hand so I had to stop.

I looked at her, knowing she was right, "Well, what am I supposed to do?"

"Study. Study and practice. Become refined in all manners of life and equite. You know you are very crude, and that is not becoming of our kind,"

I raised my eyebrow at her, knowing that we lived in simular circumstances, both growng up and now. She grinned, rather unusual for her, as she had masterd the hidden emotion prinicpals, second only to Bakuya.

"I mean in a way you can understand and respect,"

"I'm glad you'reso kind, Rukia-nee-chan," I bowed my head to her.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter," Rukia called out.

Of all people, it was Byakuya, "Sayuri-imouto, I would request a private talk with you,"

I sighed and looked at Rukia. She waved me on to the devil himself. I could kill her, were she not my friend and sister. I stood and followed Byakuya out of the room with my hands folded over my front. He gave a silght look of approval.

"Sayuri-imouto, I was wondering if we could drop all pretense for this walk?" He asked me, staring out at the moonlit courtyard, drenched with sakura and other scernery perfect for a walk.

I looked at him in amzement, as he was not one for 'dropping all pretense', "Hai,"

"Sayuri, you have shown too much contempt for our name. I would request you to only do so in private, not for everyone to hear. It is a sign of weakness,"

I looked up at the full moon, "I shall work on it, but a tora can't change its stripes,"

"Iie. Sayuri, as you know, there will be the Hundred Year Festival in a matter of months. I should like to present our family to the festival, but am unwilling to so with you being such an uncivillized person,"

"So want me to transform for this. I will, but only in the hopes of working again," I looked from the moon to his face and back again.

He was silent, simply staring out at the land before him. I sighed and turned to leave.

"Sayuri, I did not say you could go yet,"

I froze with my back to him, "What more will you have me do?"

"I......want to apologize for ealier. That was quite wrong of me," He stared ahead without looking at me.

"Hai," I nodded, "And I may never forgive you for it,"

He nodded, knowing that was to be my answer, "You may go now,"

I ran back to my room to sulk. I just wanted to be alone right now, so I ran to the one place I knew I could truely be so. Hai, I hated my brother so dearly, but that uncharacteristic apology actually made me hate him a little bit less. Hai, I told him I'd never forgive him, but that was a lie. I would, but it would take me a very long time to do so.

Hola! It is the second chappy! Whoop! Well, my thanks to you for reading the second chappy and hopefully the fist! I ask basically the same as the last time; please review, as it helps and I want to be as accurate as possible! Uh, I think that's it, so thanks again and I hope you will continue to read! ^-^ Oh, and I don't own Bleach!

Vocab(please tell me if I'm wrong!):

*I'm sorry, little sister Sayuri,"

tora: tiger

Imouto: suffix meaning little sister