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Bleach=not mine ;P

Chapter 7- Adventures in Wonderland

I could already tell this wasn't going to go over well. Although I was perfectly fine with Byakuya not remembering who I am, Rukia wasn't as fortunate.

"It's Rukia, Nii-Sama, your sister!" She looked like she was about to break down when she saw his face become even more confused than before.

"Sister? I don't have any siblings and besides that, I've never seen you before in my life." He said with finality. I could see Rukia was about to throw a fit and I wouldn't have held her back but I thought it was better to not confuse THIS Byakuya further and make her even more upset. I can't blame her though because Rukia and Byakuya haven't always had the best relationship considering Byakuya was willing to let her get executed, but that's a different story. And now that they had finally formed somewhat of a bond it must be agonizing to see him, even if he wasn't the REAL Byakuya, not even recognize her. I grabbed Rukia's wrist and pulled her away. She tried to escape but I held tight. Byakuya looked like he wanted to yell at me again but he thought twice about it and walked off in the other direction, probably towards wherever the queen was. We went a little ways before I stopped and let go of her wrist only to grab both of her arms instead, bringing her closer, which forced her to look me in the eyes.

"Rukia he is NOT your brother. He is some weird alternate Byakuya that just looks like your brother. So don't worry about it." She stared into my eyes the whole time but when I finished she looked down at her feet.

"I know, but it just looks like him so much... And it brings back memories of when he was..." She trailed off and I understood. Byakuya wasn't always the best brother. Let's just say things could have gone better. She still looked vulnerable and sad and Rukia Kuchiki was NOT supposed to look like that. She was proud, strong, and full of hope. I needed her to understand that. I needed her to be HER again.

"Rukia your real brother loves you and you know that and if somehow he has decided to be a tight ass Kuchiki again I'll make sure to kick his ass until he realizes that you are the best sister he could ever have." I made sure she couldn't avoid my eyes while rambling out this little motivational speech. The fire came back in her eyes and I could see a smile start to form. She understood. Things were good again. I gave her a quick hug then grabbed her wrist again, tugging on it.

"Come on we still need to eat!" I yelled over my shoulder as I started to walk away without her. She ran over to me, smiling. That's better. I don't know what's wrong with me lately but seeing her smile makes me a lot happier than usual... Ah, whatever, I'm probably just relieved there's one other sane person down here. We strolled along in silence until we heard another crash. Oh great, not again.

"Yes sir! Be back right away captain!" A red pineapple head saluted while walking backwards out of a room.

"RENJI?!" Rukia and I shouted making him jump. He turned to face us.

"What the heck?! Who are you guys?" Renji glared at us. Rukia and I looked at each other then back at him then back at each other. We busted up laughing.

"Holy... Crap..." I gasped out holding my stomach.

"I can't... breath..." Rukia had tears in her eyes and she was making this weird hiccupping sound. For some strange reason seeing Renji being a kiss ass was the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. Apparently Rukia felt the same.

"You guys are really pissing me off!" Renji shouted and a blood vessel popped on his forehead as he watched us rolling on the floor, as our laughing grew louder. Our laughing only increased, as he grew angrier.

"Screw you guys!" He yelled as he stomped passed us. We couldn't stop laughing to save our lives so we continued to roll in the hallway, laughing like idiots. Renji looked back at us with a disgusted tch but then he stopped suddenly going from annoyed to triumphant in the matter of seconds.

"You're Kurosaki aren't you? The one Byakuya hates?" He smirked, knowing he was right.

"No one else could have that ridiculous hair." He sneered down at my spot on the floor.

"Oh yeah, pineapple head? Who's hair is THAT red anyway? It's practically pink!" I yelled getting up. Renji was ready to retort as he took a step towards me but then-

"What in the world are you people yelling about!" Byakuya burst out of his room and spotted Rukia and me. He glared at me and I could see all his anger from earlier come back and increase by tenfold if that was even freaking possible! Time to run. I didn't even have time to spew out a cuss word. I picked Rukia up off the floor and started sprinting away from Byakuya's fury and Renji's irritating remarks.

"So what did you do that made even my alternate Nii-Sama hate you?" Rukia asked looking up at me, smirking. She was hanging there under my arm as I carried her along. She looked ridiculous. Holding back laughter I tried to answer.

"Nothing! It seems that even alternate Byakuya hates me for no reason." I shrugged. Our eyes met and once again we began to laugh our heads off. But this time no rolling on the floor was involved. I slowed down trying to catch my breathe from running and laughing. I eventually stopped when I couldn't take it anymore and I put Rukia back on her feet. We calmed down a bit then we both started to look around. Something didn't seem right...

"We're lost, aren't we?" Rukia asked, raising an eyebrow toward me. I looked around the hall, searching for any sign of familiarity before I accepted defeat. I did a 360 and didn't recognize a thing.

"Yep." I sighed in response to Rukia's question.

"To be honest I don't think I ever knew where I was going in the first place. These castles are so damn confusing." I slid down the hall wall and ended with sitting on the floor, aching from exhaustion and hunger. How long were freaking days here, anyway?! Geez! I leaned my head back on the wall, staring up at the ceiling and sighed again. Rukia tried to look like she knew where we were, pacing around with her hands on her hips, but after awhile she sat down next to me, giving up. Our stomachs growled.

"Well this sucks." Rukia sighed without much enthusiasm.

"Since were stuck here for awhile wanna tell me how in the heck you got down here?" I looked at her expectantly. She couldn't escape this long awaited story now that we had nothing better to do.

"Fine. I'll tell you." She sighed, scooting the slightest bit closer to me, she began to regale her adventure in Wonderland.

Sorry this is a shorter chapter but I promise the next will be ridiculously long ;P It's time for a flashback in the next chapter. I've been waiting to put this in and to make you guys read the next one to find out what happens ;) just a little motivation to read the next chapter like I get whenever you guys review~ so do it beautiful people!;D