Tairei9: I do not own bleach, give full credit to the creators and thank the reviewers. Sorry it is taking long to update, but I have been neglecting other stories. I needed to update certain ones. But here it is!

Chapter twenty nine.

Kumiko had been at the Kuchiki estate for only one morning and she already knew.

The elders did not like her.

They kept giving her dirty looks and whispering things about her. And the worse part was… Byakuya wasn't here to tell them to leave her alone!! He went off to go do something. Kumiko sighed and sat in her room, now knowing why little kids had stuffed animals. They used it for comfort. She wished she had Kon, he usually made her feel better.

"Naiyami."

"What?"

"Do you think Rukia-nee-chan and Kuchiki-sama will be mad at us?"

"Darling that was more my fault than it was yours. Besides they shouldn't considering what they did."

"…"

"Kumiko-sama?"

"Eh?" Kumiko said looking towards the door way to see a young woman with short brown hair. She wore a blue kimono and a grey sash.

"I am Mai. I will be your attendant," the woman said walking into the room.

"Attendant? Why do you need an attendant?"

"Kuchiki-sama is out right now and wishes to have someone at your side," Mai said, gently.

"You've got to be kidding me!! I take care of you!! You don't need an attendant!!"

"Shush," Kumiko thought.

"But it's true!!"

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Mayuri was bleeding heavily and he had lost his arm. He had cuts all over his body. He had called out his bankai only to have it destroyed by both Byakuya's bankai and Kenpachi. Suddenly Yachiru jumped on his head making him fall to the ground.

"Down goes Sushi!!" Yachiru said bouncing onto Kenpachi's shoulder.

Suddenly, Mayuri turned in green gooey stuff and his voice ran into the air, "You bastards, you have nor right to attack me. I'll be sure to let Yamamoto of your violent actions. Well see yah." The goo disappeared and Byakuya looked like he was about to murder.

"Let it go," Kenpachi said, lazily, "Yachiru we're leaving. Yachiru?"

She wasn't any where.

"Kenpachi-?"

"I would get home if I were you. Yachiru is probably already there."

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"Miko-chan!!"

"Yachiru-chan!! What are you doing here?" Kumiko said, looking at her surprised.

"I came to tell you that Ken-chan and Byakushi beat up Sushi," Yachiru said, cheerfully.

"Sushi?"

"The icky captain. Byakushi was so mad he beat him up good. But then he went icky and disappeared."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. Now Yachiru, get out!!!"

"Byakushi!!" Yachiru said, happily. Byakuya pulled out a bag of candy and threw it out the door. Yachiru eyes lit up like fireworks and said, "CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! CANDY!!! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy!" Soon they were unable to hear her and Byakuya shut the door and stared down at Kumiko. He then picked her up and carried her down the hall.

"Where are we going?" Kumiko asked, curiously.

"You'll see." She looked around and there were just by coincidence a couple of the elders. They bowed to Byakuya. Kumiko knew well they were not bowing to her because earlier they had certainly not done so. Even though she did.

"Kuchiki-sama," one of them said.

"Hn…" Byakuya walked past them and turned the corner. He walked to a room and opened it. It was a room that led onto a hall and a door. Byakuya went over to the door and turned the light on in the room. There was a cabinet. Byakuya opened it to reveal a picture of a woman, candles standing on either side.

But Byakuya had not expected her to say this.

"Is that mommy or Rukia?"

"T-That's your mother," he said surprised.

"Ohhh…" Kumiko said, looking at it intently. She then yawned and snuggled into his scarf. She soon fell asleep and Byakuya felt her hot breath on his neck. He looked back at the picture.

"She's just like you, short attention span," he accused playfully. He then looked at the picture sadly and began to shut the doors.

"I will be back, Hisana."

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Yoruichi sat on the roof top depressed. They had all gotten off, but Ichigo was still furious at Soul Society for what they did to his family. Karin and Isshin were soar but okay. But Yuzu…

Yuzu was in a traumatic state. She would flinch at every unexpected sound, had nightmares and ended up waking up screaming, and also was sensitive to high amounts of reiatsu, which meant Ichigo had to stay away. And sometimes Karin as well, when she had a bad day. Isshin could hide and control his reiatsu well so he could tend to Yuzu.

"Kumiko…" Yoruichi thought looking up at the night sky. She wondered how she was doing. Well, she hadn't run back here yet, so that must be a good sign. But Yoruichi knew even if she did come back here, it probably wouldn't be that she ran away. Kumiko as much as she preferred to stay on the side lines, wanted to fight. And Naiyami needed to be used or else she would be extremely testy with Kumiko and then Kumiko would not feel well. Kumiko could get very sick that way. She hoped Byakuya was being nice.

She had imagined in the past about Kumiko, Byakuya, and herself as a family and hey she wouldn't mind. But the fact that Byakuya was furious with her and that she was in exile, it was a fat chance of happening.

She sighed and looked down, very much unhappy. Urahara sighed and walked towards her, sitting down next to her.

"Sad?"

"Yeah."

"About them?"

"What?!"

"I don't play stupid with me. I know you two had a relationship before we took off. I found out when I saw you two kissing in front of your estate." Yoruichi blushed, remembering his kisses, "Yeah, you still got a thing for him too. You know you can still fix this."

Yoruichi shook her head and he sighed. He stood up and went back inside the shop. He was inwardly smiling though. Well if Yoruichi wasn't going to fix it.

Kumiko would.

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Far away, a dark shadow loomed in an alley way. Violent red eyes gleamed in the alley way.

"Kumiko, I'm waiting for you!!!"

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