Author's note: Listening again to Fuyu No Hanabi? Is the playlist on shuffle? I don't care; just put something on to cure my boredom.
Well tomorrow is Chinese New Year! Aren't all of you excited for that? Well probably not Americans or people who aren't Asian…I don't know…
Anyways tomorrow I'm going to be busy, I have to go to the airport in San Francisco to go pick up my dad from China…he spent a week there…visiting his dear old grandma who died a couple of days ago…so sad.
Anyways, this chapter is NOT RELATED TO PLOT, but I think if you read 'Infertile Love' the next chapter is the only chapter going to be related to plot because I haven't spent ANY TIME thinking about new chapters…bleh.
Might be short, but shove it if you complain…ahem IcicleRiver22, or my sister, you can complain how short it is when you come into my room…not really a big difference.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach
Well…okay…I lied, it's ACTUALLY NOW CHINESE NEW YEAR! My mom left me home…damn it…hopefully she'll pick us up so we can see my dad back home from China. I fell asleep because I was tired during writing this and I need to finish all of my chapters for my stories freaking quick, I wanna get this and 'Infertile Love' finished by today so I won't have to worry about tomorrow.
"Why are we going again Ukitake? Remind me why I was taken away from my desk?" Hitsugaya asked as he tugged his arms inside his kimono sleeves so it gave the black uniform the appearance of the sleeves being bonded together. Ukitake turned his head and cocked it and smiled warmly.
"Why you know, it's very rare that little Byakuya invites us into his home, oh Hitsugaya, I think you should go anyways." Ukitake said as he looked at the warm spring air, the plum blossoms almost in growth, how exquisite.
"I have tons of paperwork piling up because of Matsumoto, I don't need interference, but I guess I should go to pay my respects to the great Kuchiki lady." Hitsugaya said as he raised his sleeve up and covered a yawn escaping his lips and Ukitake chuckled.
"Come on, just a few more feet of walking, besides, you're going to meet someone very important that is going to be part of the Gotei thirteen." Ukitake said as he walked and Hitsugaya shot a brow up.
"Did you find someone to replace your missing position in your squad?" Ukitake didn't answer and Hitsugaya sighed, maybe Ukitake really wanted him to meet the person…he could only guess.
Meanwhile:
"You look very pretty." The maid cooed and Rukia looked up in her vanity.
"I don't feel very pretty." Rukia said as she looked at the extravagant hair do the maid had put up for her that was pinned up with a signature Kuchiki hair pin made for her on her birthday and Rukia was standing up so the maid could tie the sash to the colorful kimono. Sporting, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and pinks in the arrays of colors on her kimono, she didn't know why Hisana just wouldn't let her dress in black. It would be kind of stupid to dress in something so bright and cheerful while someone was giving their last goodbyes to the people they cared about on their deathbeds.
"But you are Rukia-Sama, don't ever say that!" The maid scolded as Rukia felt the maid's nimble fingers weave and work into a bow and tied together tightly it made Rukia jolt and want to untie it so it was looser. The orange silken sash flowed with her kimono and traveled so it touched the ground. Rukia looked at her closet and saw the black kimono she had and touched it.
"Maybe I should change into this…it would seem more appropriate for the situation." Rukia said and felt her hands being taken away from the black silk.
"Maybe I should take Shirayuki with me too…" Rukia mumbled and the maids smiled as they brought it up and presented it towards her and Rukia smiled as she stuck the zanpakuto in her sash and rubbed her thumb against the intricate handle looked up.
"You can't Rukia-Sama; you can't wear that black kimono, Lady Kuchiki said so!" The maid piped with a smile on her red lips and Rukia sighed and looked at the sheathed sword lying against the wall.
"My sister is very awkward sometimes...I should get going now." Rukia said as she left the room and the maids bowed before Rukia left the room. Walking across the hallways and twisting and turning to several places before she looked down and slid open the door. She heard the voices of many people before she had entered and she could certainly feel her brother in that room. She slid the door open and looked up and saw her brother looking at her.
"You are a little late Rukia." Byakuya said softly, she could see the sadness welling his eyes, he usually would scold her for being late and then tickle her and they would all laugh, but since they found out Hisana didn't have long to live, things around the house weren't as energetic. She pursed her lips and thinned them.
"It would seem so; I had a little debate with the maids to see which one I should wear." Rukia said in a quiet gentle tone and Byakuya nodded as he gestured for her to come over by his side.
"Ukitake, who is that?" Hitsugaya whispered and Ukitake turned and smiled at Hitsugaya.
"That's Rukia Kuchiki, nobody has probably never heard of her, she was adopted into the clan as soon as Hisana married Byakuya, no one knew about her because Byakuya kept her inside the house, but she did go to the Shinigami Academy. She's going to be my new lieutenant." Ukitake noted and Hitsugaya scanned her, black ebony locks were pinned up, purple eyes filled with sadness, porcelain skin, and a petite figure, he was glad to know someone was smaller than him even though he did reach a new growth spurt and was about as tall as Byakuya.
"Is that her zanpakuto?" Hitsugaya asked seeing as her zanpakuto was at her hip and Ukitake smiled as Rukia took her zanpakuto and Byakuya did as well and handed it to the maid to lie on the wall.
"Yeah, she's quite lucky actually, she has the most beautiful sword in all of Soul Society, Sode No Shirayuki, the only ice zanpakuto besides yours Hitsugaya." Ukitake said and Hitsugaya stared at the sword and Hyorinmaru popped up in his mind.
'Is there anything you want to know master?' Hyorinmaru's solemn voice spoke and Hitsugaya nodded.
'Have you met Sode No Shirayuki yet?' Hitsugaya asked Hyorinmaru and Hyorinmaru nodded and the X on his face grew lighter and was Hyorinmaru blushing?!
'Ukitake is right about her, she is very deserving of her title of being the most beautiful in all of Soul Society.' Hitsugaya sighed in thought, he would have never thought that Hyorinmaru would fall prey to a beautiful maiden, he had never seen her, and so he couldn't guess why as to Hyorinmaru already blushing about her.
'I see then, we'll just have to wait.' Hitsugaya said and with that, Hyorinmaru went off.
They saw a maid enter in and whisper to Byakuya and Rukia and Rukia nodded as she stepped forward and bowed to all of them.
"It's time, please follow us." Rukia said as she arose and quickly followed Byakuya and looked down as her fingers knotted and twisted together inside her kimono sleeves.
An hour later:
Everybody was invited to lunch as soon as Hisana took her last breath and everybody looked at Byakuya who had a trace of a tear running down his cheek after he had kissed his wife for the last time, but Rukia didn't cry.
Hitsugaya and Ukitake were walking around in the halls and they were talking.
"Why didn't she cry Ukitake?" Hitsugaya asked and Ukitake smiled a little bit.
"Maybe because her sister told her to stay strong, Hisana was that kind of woman to make you think that you shouldn't have to cry over things like her death, she would have wanted people to be happy." Ukitake said, but both did not spot the girl walking towards them.
'Oh Rukia, you need to show some emotion, you don't have to listen to your sister when she said don't cry.' Shirayuki said and Rukia shook her head at the beautiful ice maiden.
'It's not fair, she told me what killed her…but what am I supposed to do when the time comes?! What if I end up dying?' Rukia pondered and Shirayuki smiled at her.
'I'll be there to always protect you, and you know that.' Shirayuki said and Rukia smiled at the maiden.
'I'm glad I have you by my side Shirayuki.' Rukia said and Shirayuki smiled and her thoughts were screwed up in the process when…
Rukia had crashed into someone and Rukia stumbled back but she regained her footing and the man she bumped into did as well.
"Hitsugaya are you alright?" Ukitake asked and Hitsugaya nodded as he rubbed his shoulder and looked up to see who crashed into him. He saw Rukia Kuchiki and she looked at him before she bowed.
"I'm sorry Captain Hitsugaya, I did not watch where I was going, and I apologize, good morning to you Captain Ukitake." Rukia said as she eyed the haoris they draped over themselves and Hitsugaya nodded as she passed by them and Ukitake looked back and chuckled.
"She sure is quite the proper one." Ukitake said before a white clump hit him in the face and Ukitake and Hitsugaya looked up and saw snow falling down.
Hitsugaya knew it wasn't him making it snow and Hitsugaya turned around to see Rukia stopping a few feet away from him and he saw her lips curl into a pretty smile as she held out her hand and catch the snow falling.
He knew then…she was going to be a big part of his life…somehow he knew.
Author's note: Tee hee, short, I know, don't kill me, oh god! MY SISTER IS GOING TO KILL ME, SOMEONE CALL THE AIR FORCE! No I'm just kidding, but enjoy your Sunday!
Peace!