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Miyuki felt dread and sorrow overwhelm her at Yamamoto's words, though she hid all her emotions perfectly. "Hah! Why does the Kuchiki go and I get stuck here?" Kenpachi demanded angrily.

"Because I am not a barbarian, and am capable of killing... Unlike empty minded fools like yourself." Byakuya answered coldly.

"...What?" Kenpachi asked, narrowing his eyes dangerously.

"Was your mind incapable of processing my words? Did I say too many big words for such a small minded creature like yourself? Or are you simply incapable of understanding the meaning behind you being empty minded?" Byakuya asked, his face completely voice of emotion.

"...The hell'd you say?" Kenpachi asked, his reiatsu flaring slightly. Yamamoto let out a sigh before he turned and left, Shunsui and most of the other captains following.

"I reufse to repeat myself to someone who is too mentally incompetent to comprehend my words." Byakuya said icily, turning his back to Kenpachi to leave. Kenpachi drew his sword and swung it at Byakuya, but in an instant Miyuki was between them, parrying the sword with her own.

"I suggest, Kenpachi Zaraki, that you sheathe your blade this instant." Miyuki said calmly, though her voice was colder then a blizzard of ice.

"The hell's your problem? Outta my way." Kenpachi growled, but Miyuki didn't move a muscle, her short tanto holding his blade firmly in place. Byakuya was looking at them both from over his shoulder, having paused the moment Kenpachi drew his sword.

"If you believed my words to simply be advice, you were sorely mistaken... Back down, Kenpachi Zaraki, before I have you arrested for drew a blade against a Captain..."

"I said... move." Kenpachi snarled. Quick as a snake, Miyuki ducked down as her blade was overpowered by his, and slashed at his abdomen. Kenpachi stepped away from it and brought his blade down at Miyuki, who slipped to the side. Her blade shimmered slightly as she released it wordlessly, an ability granted when one achieves Bankai, and used her illusions to paralyze Kenpachi.

"Now..." Miyuki said calmly. "Do you even realize the wrong of your ways? You, Kuchiki Byakuya, encouraged him to attack you, knowing it was a heinous crime... And you, Kenpachi Zaraki, fell into it easily. You are both uttely pathetic..." Miyuki said with an icy calmness before she undid her Shikai, and Kenpachi was freed from the illusions. "Fools." Miyuki left the building without another word.

And now she and the others were in Hueco Mundo. Almost immediatly after arriving, they were attacked. Due to their abilities, Miyuki and Byakuya were forced to seperate from Matsumoto and Hanataro to ensure they weren't caught in friendly fire. Miyuki was far away from the others, even farther then Byakuya had gone, because her illusions had a very long range. Miyuki had already cut down the majority of the enemies, and was fighting an apparently powerful Arrancar. She was happy that they weren't as strong as an Espada, but he was still somehow able to resist most of her illusions. It was honestly getting on her nerves, and she didn't think he even realized he was stopping them.

She flash stepped behind him and slashed her sword at his back, but he used Sonido to escape without even a scrape. He flashed back in front of her and swung his claws at her, but she quickly leapt backwards. While her battle skills were terrible without her illusions, she made up for it with her speed. "Hadou Four, Byakurai." Miyuki called, pointing at the enemy. He was struck by the large lightning, but it didn't do much damage. Miyuki narrowed her eyes in frustrasion. This is pathetic. We are part of the Zero Division, the best of the best. We should be able to do better then this. Mirarame growled in irritation.

We can, if there wasn't something preventing our powers. Miyuki thought, narrowing her eyes even further.

It's like there's a fog around him, and my illusions can't reach through it... Mirarame said softly.

Don't worry, Mirarame. My speed gives us the advantage. Miyuki assured her Zanpakuto. She flashed behind the opponent, cutting his shoulder deeply as she did so. He sonidoed around her, surprising her and cutting her side open.

"Your fate has been sealed." He said suddenly, speaking for the first time, and Miyuki frowned in confusion. Huh? What does he mean? She wondered as she flashed forward. To her surprise, he didn't even try to dodge as she impaled him through the chest, severing his spine as she did. She pulled away and jumped back, having a strange feeling. As he crumpled to the ground, he merely grinned at her. "See you soon." He said before he died, and Miyuki frowned even further.

That was anti-climactic. Mirarame chirped in her mind.

That's all you're thinking about? What the hell was he talking about? Did he do something to me?

I don't feel any different. He was probably just trying to freak you out, which you're doing. Mirarame said in a tone that implied she was rolling her eyes.

Well, I'm a little irked. That seemed to easy. He just stood there and let me kill him. Why? Did his death mean something...? Mirarame, what about that fog you were talking about? Miyuki asked with a deep frown.

Gone. Died when he did. Stop freaking out, all right? Just go back to the others. Sheesh. Mirarame growled, obviously irritated with Miyuki.

Has anyone ever told you that you get bitchy really easily over nothing? Miyuki inquired innocently as she started to make her way back to the others.


"Well... I think it's safe to say something went wrong." Matsumoto chirped as we stood in front of the immense ruins of Las Noches.

"What happened? Ichigo didn't even destroy half of this when he was fighting, so what in the world did the rest of this?" Miyuki asked as she stared at the massive chunks of rubble that was left of Las Noches.

"There's no trace of anyones Reiatsu. Whatever did this has been gone for at least two days." Byakuya noted stoicly, and Miyuki narrowed her eyes.

"That also means that the group sent here previously were killed... Along with the Arrancar that resided here." Miyuki let out a sigh, folding her arms across her chest. "All right. One of two things happened. The first, a large group of Hollows and Arrancar fought the group, and the battle had this effect... Unlikely, but possible... The second possibility..." Miyuki paused, sighing again. After many moments, she spoke again. "An extremely powerful Arrancar or Hollow did this. I'd say... that after all the things Aizen did, and the commotion Ichigo, Kenpachi, and the others who were here made... A Vasto Lorde must have been alerted."

"A Vasto Lorde!" Hanataro squeaked in alarm.

"Are you sure? Why would a Vasto Lorde be alerted by only a group of shinigami?" Matsumoto asked with a frown.

"As I said, everything else would have brought it out, and once it was out... The shinigami were caught in a wrong palce, wrong time scenario with a Vasto Lorde. Bya- Kuchiki-sama." Miyuki quickly corrected herself, her voice wavering slightly before it was emotionless and tight once more. "Can you sense any one nearby?"

"No. There is no one left here alive." Byakuya replied calmly, and Miyuki sighed.

"Then we aren't safe. Vasto Lorde's can probably conceal their reiatsu... We need to leave. The group is dead, probably buried somewhere in that rubble, and we need to leave before we draw attention to ourself. If a Vasto Lorde did this, then it probably isn't far away." Miyuki said, narrowing her eyes as Hanataro practically hid behind Matsumoto.

"Agreed." Byakuya said emotionlessly as he pulled a small device from his pocket.

"Wait!" Matsumoto cut in quickly, and Miyuki and Byakuya looked at her. "What if someone's alive? We might not be able to sense them because they might be hiding from whatever did this." She explained, and Miyuki lightly bit the inside of her cheek.

"She... does raise a good point." Miyuki said after a moment. "What do you think?" She looked at Byakuya, her deep blue eyes like ice. Byakuya turned around to face the rubble. He stared at it for some time before pressing the button on the remote device he'd pulled out earlier, opening a garganta in the sky. For once I'm thankful for Mayuri's experiments.

"Is that a no?" Matsumoto asked with a sigh. Without answering, Byakuya leapt into the air.

"That's a no. Let's go before we attract trouble, or worse. We don't need a Vasto Lorde after us. You two go first, I'll go last." Miyuki instructed, and Hanataro leapt after Byakuya and into the Garganta without another word.


"Byakuya!" Miyuki ran towards her childhood friend with a bright, successful smile. Byakuya turned around and looked at her with a frown.

"What is it, Miyuki?" He inquired. They were full adults, and both of them were standing by the pond Miyuki had discovered so many years ago.

"I did it! I mastered my Bankai!" She said excitedly, and Byakuya stared at her.

"I am glad for you." He said formally, and Miyuki just smiled at him. She understood that his speaking manner had changed over the years due to how he was raised. Hers did as well, she just let herself act in a non-noble manner around him.

"I ended up in the hospital for a few days because it took so much energy out of me... I guess I won't be able to use it that often." Miyuki said uncertainly. She had become a captain some time ago when she first reached Bankai, and finally mastered it. Byakuya, however, was still not a captain. Simply because Miyuki had taken the only captain spot that was free, and that was just before Byakuya reached his Bankai. They were both certain he would become a captain as soon as the next spot was free.

"That's dissapointing... It's a useful power... However, a few days is better then a week and a half, like the last time you used it." Byakuya said with a frown, and Miyuki laughed lightly.

"Yeah, that's true. Using it before I mastered it was alot harder... I guess it comes with it being so strong." Miyuki said with a smile that faded when she looked at Byakuya. "You're troubled... What's wrong?" Miyuki asked, concerned.

"I have news of my own." Byakuya said hesitantly.

"Well go on, spit it out." Miyuki said as she tried to hide her worry.

"I asked Hisana to marry me, and she said yes." Byakuya said after a moment... and in that moment, Miyuki's heart was crushed.

"Really? That's amazing, Byakuya!" Miyuki said with a bright smile she was incredibly far from feeling. "I would smother you with congratulations, but I have to get to my division. I'm terrified of what Rangiku and Isshin will do to my office if I'm gone for too long!" Miyuki said with a bright laugh. She'd never been so glad about learning how to perfectly conceal her emotions before. Byakuya smiled softly at her as she waved goodbye before dashing off. She shunpoed all the way to her office. Silently, she slipped inside to find Matsumoto there, laughing at her Zanpakuto. Her laughs cut off the moment she saw her captain's expression, her ice blue eyes widening.

"Taicho, what's wrong?" She demanded as she jumped to her feet at the same instant Miyuki let out a sob. Matsumoto grabbed her captain and pulled her into a fierce hug as she sobbed without tears.


A half year later, Miyuki sat through the entire ceremony, telling Byakuya and Hisana how happy she was for them. Three hours later, she was sitting in her office with Matsumoto and Isshin. She and Matsumoto sat on the couch, angled so they were mostly facing eachother, with Isshin sitting lazily on the table. Miyuki didn't yell at him for it like she usually did, which immediatly peaked his and Matsumoto's intrest.

"What's up, Taicho?" Matsumoto asked curiously.

"Rangiku, I bought something for you." Miyuki said, and Matsumoto immediatly brightened up while Isshin narrowed his eyes. He knew how much Miyuki hated shopping, so it was somewhat worrying that she did such a thing. "For the both of you, actually..." She pulled out a small box from under her haori. Gently, she handed it to Matsumoto. Matsumoto carefully untied the bow and lifted the top off the light box, pushing away the paper inside. Her eyes widened with shock.

"Taicho..." She whispered as she pulled out a long, silk, pink scarf.

"Do you like it?" Miyuki asked her with a soft smile.

"Oh, I love it! It's beautiful! Thank you, Taicho!" Matsumoto shouted, hugging Miyuki fiercly before releasing her.

"I'm glad..."

"Why give her such an expensive thing, Taicho?" Isshin inquired, narrowing his eyes as Miyuki. Miyuki sighed softly.

"It's a going away present. I wanted to leave you both something to remember me by when I'm gone." Miyuki answered, and Matsumoto and Isshin both stared at her intently.

"Going away? Where are you going, Taicho?" Matsumoto asked, her eyes wide as she held the expensive scarf.

"I'm going away, Rangiku, Isshin." Miyuki sighed. "I'm sorry it's of such short notice, but I can't tell you where."

"Why can't you?" Isshin asked, frowning.

"Because I need to be alone..." Miyuki stood up, motioning for Matsumoto and Isshin to as well, which they did. "Now for your gift, Isshin. You've been a good friend, and an excellent third seat in my Division. You, nor Rangiku, will ever be forgotten by me. I have already spoken to the others, and they agree with my decision."

"Decision?" Isshin questioned, and before he could blink, Miyuki had discarded her haori and tossed it so that it landed on his shoulder.

"Congratulations, Isshin. You are the new Captain of the Tenth Division." She smiled serenely at the dumbstruck lieutenant and soon to be captain. "Try not to destroy my Division in my absence." And with that, she shunpoed away, never to be seen again for fifty-five years.


"Miyuki." Ukitake greeted her calmly as he walked into the small grove. Miyuki looked at him in surprise, nearly slipping into the pond as she did.

"How did you find me?" Miyuki asked, frowning.

"You were thinking so hard you forgot to conceal your reiatsu." Ukitake said with a smile.

"Oh..." Miyuki said, frowning further as she carefully hid her reiatsu before she brought anymore unwanted attention. "Some captain I am." Miyuki scowled.

"Don't be so hard on yourself. We've all made mistakes like that. I often do to this day." Ukitake said with a reassuring smile. Miyuki let out a sigh.

"How can you be so calm all the time, Ukitake-taicho?" Miyuki asked him seriously, and Ukitake chuckled.

"Oh, I'm not. You just have had the luxury of never seeing my anger." Ukitake chuckled, and Miyuki sighed again.

"My family has always scolded me on being so emtional. They've trained me to be cruel and heartless, but no matter what things they do, I have feelings. Why is that such a bad thing, Ukitake-taicho? I know that there are times in like where you have to be cruel, and I am more then capable of being so... But why does having emotions deem you as weak? Why does showing emotions deem you as pathetic?"

"I... I'm not sure I can answer that, Miyuki. I've never been able to understand it either. I suppose it's because in the eyes of many, we are simply killing machines. We are made to kill, and that's all we are for. If emotions get in the way, then we are too weak to do our job... I don't believe in that, but many people do." Ukitake said with a sigh.

"My parents believe it." Miyuki said softly, and Ukitake snapped his head around to look at her, his expression surprised. She had never talked about her past or personal life with anyone except for Byakuya, not even Ukitake who was her captain for sixty years. "Most days my parents would scream and yell at me for being pathetic." She said with a bitter laugh. "I always thought they were the pathetic ones... You know, Ukitake-taicho... Most people think of me as heartless because of how I act now when I'm around people. When I'm around you or Byakuya, I show how I really feel. It's so refreshing..." Miyuki sighed.

"I'm sorry that I have to say goodbye to all this. But none-the-less... Good bye, Ukitake-taicho."


"Tch. So you're already quitting the life of a Shinigami?" Miyuki's mother snarled, and Miyuki stared at her expressionlessly. Only the captains were allowed to know where she was really going, and a few lieutenants.

"Yes, I am." Miyuki replied coldly.

"Why? Giving up already? You're pathetic!" Her mother spat, and Miyuki narrowed her eyes.

"I'm leaving tomorrow before sunrise, mother." Miyuki said simply.

"No!" Her mother shouted, bringing her hand down upon Miyuki. Before it impacted with the captain's face, Miyuki grabbed the wrist and slipped behind her mother, pressing her forearm firmly and painfully to her back.

"You forget, mother, that I am still a captain until the second I leave. Raising a hand against me is a crime punishable by death." Miyuki snarled into her mothers ear. "If I weren't afraid of my clan suffering for your disgrace, then I would have your head." She shoved her mother forward as she released her grip on her risk, and she stumbled forward before turning against to glare hatefully at Miyuki. "I am leaving tomorrow." Miyuki repeated icily before she left the room.

"You shouldn't speak to your mother in such ways." Miyuki's father said from where he stood in the hallway, leaning against the wall.

"Then she shouldn't raise a hand to me." Miyuki growed, and her father opened his ice blue eyes to glare at her.

"'We must never shed tears. That is -" He began, only for Miyuki to cut him off.

"-life's form of defeat. If we give in to the emotions, then it only becomes proof of our inability to control them. We must not shed tears. That is surrender of the body to the heart. It is only proof that we are beings that do not know what to do with our hearts.' I know the words, Father. You have only recited them every day of my life, sometimes twice. I know them well, Father." Miyuki said icily, her voice emotionless once more.

"Good. Never forget them, Miyuki. Or you will forget yourself." He said coldly. "Tell me, why are you quiting as a shinigami?"

"Because it is time to continue on with my life." Miyuki said with equal coldness.

"Move on? It seems more like you are falling behind." Her father said, narrowing his eyes.

"No, Father... I'm moving on to the life I wanted to live, and I'm quitting the life you wanted me to live." She said, looking at her father, her chin high with defiance. Suddenly, her father had hit her hard enough to send her to the ground. She rolled quickly, crouching on the ground as she touched her now-bleeding lip.

"You've gotten too defiant, Miyuki. Learn your place." He ordered sternly, and Miyuki glared balefully at him. In an instant, she had shunpoed behind him and held her sword to his throat.

"No, Father. I've merely gotten too strong for you to control me any longer. You are no match for me, Father... You're just a weak man who has to beat up children to feel superior. What's the matter, Father? Too weak to stand up against anyone but a little kid? You must be so proud of yourself." Miyuki sneered. "What, no quick witted response? No threat towards me?" She scoffed, her Zanpakuto still pressed against his throat. "Perhaps it is you Father, who needs to learn their place."

"How dare you-" He bagan but Miyuki cut him off.

"No. How dare you allow that crazed man use your daughter like a lab rat? It doesn't matter.. I'm leaving tomorrow, and you cannot stop me. Do me a favor and die already. Spare my clan the despair of having a disgusting worm like yourself as it's Head." Miyuki spat before she removed her blade from her fathers neck. "Make any wrong moves while I'm away, Father, and I will be the one cutting your pathetic life short." She began walking away.

"Was that a threat?" He snarled, and Miyuki stared at him coldly over her shoulder.

"Yes, quite obviously it was. Make no mistake, Father. I don't give threats that I'm unwilling to follow through on."


Haha! Miyuki would have totally gotten her ass kicked by Kenpachi if it weren't for her blade. He could have just swatted her like a fly and she'd be owned xD. By the way, she didn't actually go ninja on him, she just made an illusion of that. No, she isn't anywhere near that kick-ass, *sigh*. What'd you guys think? Alot of this chapter was flash backs to explain a few things =) Review!