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Chapter 7: Possession
Rukia looked at the students who were on both sides of the corridor, making a clear walkway for her. Clustered in groups, they were whispering amongst themselves. She knew exactly what they were talking about.
Smiling sadly, she ignored the insults thrown at her and dashed for her classroom. Opening the door of her classroom, she saw the class gathering at the center of the classroom, they seemed to be discussing…
"She must have tricked them into accepting her, who wants a brat from the 78th street?"
"How disgusting that she is in the same class as us! We have to see her everyday!"
"How vile, we hate her but we can't do anything about it because she is a Kuchiki." A student commented while others nodded their heads in agreement.
Closing her eyes, Rukia cleared her throat, making her presence known. Acting like nothing happened; she walked past the gathering and went straight to her seat. Looking at one another uneasily, the students quickly dispersed just in time before the teacher entered the classroom.
Rukia clenched her fists tightly under the table. She knew it was silly of her, but that had not stopped her from hoping that her classmates would treat her just like before. Rukia suddenly understood, a Kuchiki is not a good thing to be. People treat Kuchikis with false respect everywhere they go, while the people are just trying to manipulate the Kuchikis. Being a Kuchiki meant that you had to keep yourself from others so that you would not get harmed, it meant that it would be hard to find a true friend. Most of all, it meant that you would be lonely…
Narrowing her eyes slightly, she questioned, is he lonely?
-X-
Senbonzakura sighed softly, successfully drawing her wielder's attention. Raising a slim eyebrow, he questioned, "Well?"
Senbonzakura smiled, "Thanks to me, the official command is changed!" Then leaning slightly towards Byakuya, she asked in a more serious voice, "However, that does not solve everything. She will still ultimately be the best candidate for your wife. It is destined to be so."
Byakuya, sipping the cup of tea that Senbonzakura offered, continued, "It is true that it is destined to be so. It is not good that she will remain lowly in the elder's views, but it will be worst, if they found out about her identity."
Senbonzakura sighed, "Find a way to prevent it then, prevent them from finding out, prevent your marriage, prevent her from releasing shikai. Byakuya, I do not know how you are going to stop everything from happening, especially now that Aizen is starting to plan his next step. If he finds out that there is a weak spot in your perfect armor, he will surely strike. The adoption of Rukia will surely lead to some unwanted conclusions from him. If he knows that Kuchiki Rukia is possibly going to be the queen, he will just bring her down first."
Byakuya frowned.
Closing her eyes, Senbonzakura whispered before disappearing, "Please, protect Rukia; please protect the one who you fell in love with."
Kuchiki Byakuya fell silent. He dragged Rukia into the mess, he needed to be the one who brought her out also. Stripping himself of his haori and scarf, he flash stepped to his private training ground. As he released his shikai, he knew, in order to face Aizen Sousuke's developing army, he needed to get stronger.
-X-
Rukia bowed her head as an old elder continued his lecture. She had been running around the manor as usual when she accidentally tripped and fell, knocking over a vase that was probably older than the elder in front of her. The wizened elder left with a biting remark. "Your elder brother would never do that."
Biting her lip, she knelt down, slowly cleaning up the mess she made. Ni-sama was perfect. Rukia knew that she would never be the perfect Kuchiki like her ni-sama. Ni-sama's manners might be uninviting, but they were perfect. Ni-sama's perfect wielding of Senbonzakura. Ni-sama dressed appropriately. Ni-sama knew better than to run in the manor, trip and fall, and knock over the expensive vase. Ni-sama knew everything that was happening in the Soul Society.
Little did Rukia know, Ni-sama knew everything that was happening, except one thing.
He did not know that he was slowly falling more and more each day for her.
-X-
"Byakuya, stop." Senbonzakura said suddenly in the midst of their battle. Pausing, Byakuya looked questioningly at her. "I need to tell you something important, but you must promise me never to tell this to anyone, or divulge it in the captain's meeting, where Aizen and the others will get hold of this information."
Frowning, Byakuya nodded.
Sheathing her sword, Senbonzakura continued, "I have 4 releases. The first release is the shikai, then the bankai. The third and fourth releases, I have kept from you. You never needed them to emerge top in any battle; you never felt the need to protect anything. However, now that you finally have an aim in life after achieving the status of the strongest Shinigami, I will reveal them to you."
Byakuya questioned, "Do all swords have four releases?"
Senbonzakura shook her head. "However, Aizen does not need his sword to bring you down, Kuchiki Byakuya. The fourth release is hollowfication. As you very well know, Aizen can change into a hollow if he wants to, but not through his sword. Now, all you need to do, is find something you hate and something you really love. Tell me when you are ready."
Senbonzakura disappeared as Byakuya lowered his head thoughtfully.
-X-
As Kuchiki Byakuya stepped into the private bath already prepared from him, he glared at the sword form of Senbonzakura who was now resting on his pile of clothes. He would have sworn that Senbonzakura beamed back innocently at him if he wasn't that childish. Trust Senbonzakura to set such a task for him.
Something he really love? He never partically liked anything after he grew up. He never really wanted to possess someone or something, maybe, except her…
-X-
A bit short, I know... It was rushed out, I didn't check it, so yep tell me if there are mistakes.
Preview for Chapter 8, shall be the title. I think you can guess what it is going to be like.
Title: Suffocation
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