I present to you, Oh Loyal Readers, Chapter 3! Read and review! 3

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Miyuki blinked her deep blue eyes slowly when she walked into Yamamoto's office. "What's going on?" Miyuki asked Yamamoto, her expression controlled and stoic.

"I want you to go to the Human World... Specifically, Karakura town." Yamamoto said, and Miyuki narrowed her eyes.

"Why would you want me to do that?" Miyuki inquired calmly.

"Hollow and Arrancar activity has increased there. I wish to send someone of captain level there to figure out why, but I cannot spare any of them... Which leaves you." Yamamoto said, and Miyuki's eyes narrowed even further.

"Funny. It sounds more like you're trying to get rid of me... Am I really that untrustworthy, Soutaicho-sama? I have never done anything against you... However, since I'm here to keep an eye on things, I suppose I don't blame you." She shrugged nonchalantly. "All right, I'll go... But I won't be there more then half a year."

"Very well... You will have limiters set on you. Since you aren't a part of an actual division any longer, I'll have you under the 10th Divisions limiters.. If that is fine with you?" Yamamoto asked gruffly.

"Of course... I won't need my full power anyways, since my Zanpakuto and I can take care of things very quickly without using much strength. Might I take Kuchiki Rukia along with me?" Miyuki asked, and Yamamoto frowned slightly. "Before you ask, Ukitake-taicho has already posted her in the Human World, so she might as well come with me."

"Very well. Request granted." Yamamoto said, and Miyuki nodded curtly at him.

"Then I will speak to you again when I have news."


"...Why are you here...?" Byakuya asked as he met Miyuki at the Kuchiki Manor.

"It's good to see you too, Kuchiki-sama." Miyuki said dryly. "Don't worry, I'm not here to bother you... I'm here to speak with Rukia." Miyuki said, frowning.

"You spoke with her less then an hour ago." Byakuya noted stoicly.

"So I noticed." Miyuki said icily. "Then I spoke with the Soutaicho, and now I'm here again. Glad we got that over with, now is she here still?"

"Nii-sama?" Rukia's voice called as she stepped into the room, blinking at Miyuki in surprise. Miyuki smiled brightly, walking right past Byakuya and over to her, much to Byakuya's irritation.

"Rukia, we have orders from the Soutaicho to go to the Human World." Miyuki said before leaning in and adding in a whisper, "I made sure you were stationed there, so we're going there together."

"Oh... I'll go get prepared." Rukia said with a quick bow before she left. Miyuki folded her arms across her chest, looking over at Byakuya with a cold expression.

"Don't glare at me so coldly, Byakuya." Miyuki said icily. "I don't intend to do anything to her. I'm merely making up for the way I treated your wife." Miyuki said, her voice faltering slightly at the last word.

"Oh? And for what reason should I believe such reasoning?" Byakuya questioned, and Miyuki looked at him with hardened eyes.

"Sixty-three years of friendship. Or at least, that's all it was to you..." Miyuki added with a sigh, and Byakuya frowned slightly. "Look. Byakuya, I didn't accept the promotion to spite you. I didn't do it to leave you. You were my only friend, and you are the only one who has ever, or will ever, know about my childhood. I don't care what you've convinced yourself, I'm not the kind of person who'd leave their friends behind without a good reason."

"And your reason was what?" Byakuya inquired stoicly, seemingly uncaring about the conversation.

"This place brought me an unbearable amount of pain. So, I left. Now that I'm here, I'm in pain again, but I cannot leave without orders to. That's the only reason I even accepted the task of going to the Human World. So I can get away from here, even if it's only for a few weeks, or a few months." Miyuki shrugged, wincing as her actions tugged at the wound on her back. She turned away from Byakuya as Rukia walked back into the room in full shinigami garb. "Ready?"

"Ready." Rukia confirmed, and Miyuki smiled at her.

"Great. Let's get going!" Miyuki said brightly.


"Isshin!" Miyuki shouted as she litterally kicked the front door down. She and Rukia were in gigai's, though Rukia had calmly invaded Ichigo's room through his window. Miyuki, however, didn't intend to sneak around during her time in the Human World.

"Eeeehhhh?" Isshin whined as he poked his head around the corner to see Miyuki dressed in a dark blue dress. The dress was simple, long sleeved with a V-neck, the bottom hem reaching her knees. Her amethyst butterfly sat visible in the V-neck, and her long purple hair was tied up in a high ponytail.

"Don't act cute, Isshin. You're far from it." Miyuki said as she invaded their home.

"Why are you here?" Isshin asked curiously, and Miyuki rolled her eyes.

"You know why. Apparently Yamamoto-sama doesn't trust me, so he sent me and Rukia to help out." Miyuki complained loudly.

"You could have just refused...?" Isshin questioned with a confused expression.

"Of course I could have. But then I wouldn't be able to bother the hell out of you and your family... Hey, where can I find the Vizards?" Miyuki asked curiously, and Isshin frowned at her.

"I wouldn't know. Ask Ichigo." Isshin said grumpily. "OI! What are you doing!" He demanded suddenly as Miyuki turned her back to him and started lowering her dress. She glared at him over her shoulders.

"You're a doctor, aren't you? Well, stitch me up, since healing doesn't seem to be working." Miyuki said as she lowered her dress to reveal her upper body, though she carefully kept her back to Isshin so he couldn't see her chest.

"Healing isn't working?" Isshin asked in surprise as he fumbled around for surgical needles and thread.

"No. At first I thought it was because Hanataro was incompetant or something, but Unohana's healing didn't work either. It just healed for a little while and then reopened later..." Miyuki said with a sigh.

"Whoa, this is a pretty deep wound. Who did this?" Isshin inquired as he carefully poked the needle into her flesh. Miyuki didn't respond at all as he looped the thread through the long gash on her back.

"Some Arrancar. He was really wierd, too. Byakuya, Rangiku, Hanataro and I all went into Hueco Mundo to find out if anything happened to the team that went in earlier." Miyuki sighed, holding her tied up hair out of Isshin's way.

"Did anything? Happen to them, that is." Isshin asked calmly as he stitched his former captain's back together.

"They were killed. In fact, the entire building of Los Noches was in crumbles. Everything was dead. We suspect a Vasto Lorde was awoken by everything happening is Hueco Mundo and just killed the Shinigami and the Arrancar in the premesis." Miyuki said with a light frown that Isshin couldn't see.

"All right, I'm done. Now wrap the bandages yourself, since I figure you'll likely kill me if I accidently brush one of your breasts while trying to do it myself." Isshin said grumpily as he dropped a bandage wrap in Miyuki's lap.

"Damn right I would." Miyuki said with a light laugh before she started wrapping the bandages around her upper body. "Isshin... I'm sorry." Miyuki said softly as she wrapped the bandages.

"For what?" Isshin asked with a frown that Miyuki couldn't see as he was behind her.

"Not being able to protect you the last years." Miyuki said quietly.

"Don't be. I paid for my crimes, and I'm glad I did. I wouldn't have been happy if I wasn't turned human." Isshin said with a shrug.

"I can't help you out much now that they know you're Ichigo's father... However, only Rukia and I know about his origins, along with a few of the captains. She won't say anything, and I won't either." Miyuki vowed as she pinned the bandages in place.

"Will you protect Rukia?" Isshin asked as Miyuki pulled her dress back on and turned around, flicking her hair back over her shoulder.

"So you noticed their relationship too, eh?" Miyuki asked with a small smile, and Isshin nodded seriously. "Yes, I will. I owe her brother and sister that much... Besides, she reminds me alot of myself. Anyways, everyone who knows you're Ichigo's father knows what he is, so you'll have to be careful revealing yourself to anyone from Soul Society now. If any one who was a captain fifty years ago finds out you're Ichigo's father, then I won't be able to do as much to protect Rukia. I'd be fighting against Byakuya at that point as well, and that's just a battle that would be a pain in the ass to win." Miyuki grumbled.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful. Do you approve of them, then?" Isshin asked, blinking at Miyuki, who scoffed in distaste.

"No. I also didn't approve of your relationship." She said pointedly. "However, I don't judge people. You were like a brother to me, Isshin. I'll protect Ichigo with all my power, and I'll protect Rukia."

"What about the others?" Isshin asked curiously, and Miyuki narrowed her eyes.

"The Vizards won't be hunted by Soul Society anymore."

"Really? The Reiou approved that?" Isshin asked, visibly surprised. Miyuki looked at him seriously.

"No." She said simply as she adjusted her sleeves irritably.

"...You... lied? About what the... Holy hell, Miyuki! You're going to get yourself killed! What if someone finds out you lied about what the Reiou says!" Isshin shouted, and Miyuki scowled at him.

"Isshin, even I wouldn't have done something that drastic without something to make sure it didn't come back at me. Don't worry. The Reiou's daughter is on my side, and she has her father wrapped around her finger."

"But what if she doesn't lie for you!" Isshin demanded, and Miyuki glared at him.

"Stop shouting, you're giving me a headache. If she doesn't lie for me, then I'll be killed." Miyuki said with a shrug.

"Killed? You'd probably be handed over to Mayuri to be tortured for years before getting killed! Or worse!" Isshin shouted, and Miyuki frowned at him.

"I just told you to stop shouting, didn't I?" Miyuki sighed.

"The hell's with all the yelling?" Ichigo grumbled as he walked into the clinic part of the house, Rukia beside him.

"You're father's freaking out." Miyuki said non-chalantly.

"You lied to the Soutaicho! Of course I'm freaking out!" Isshin shouted, and Miyuki rolled her eyes.

"See? Freaking out." She said before turning her head back to Isshin. "Yes, I did. But I won't get caught. Leave it at that before we have to recruit Rukia and Ichigo into our group of secrets, all right?" Miyuki said sternly, and Isshin sighed. "Now, Ichigo..." Miyuki looked back at the confused orange haired man. "Can you take me to the Vizards? Don't worry, I'm not trying to find out their location... Soul Society isn't hunting them anymore. I just need to bring them some information. Besides, I'm old friends with Shinji."


"Shinji!" Ichigo called as he walked into the warehouse, Miyuki at his side. She was looking around with a frown, her body tense just in case she had to fight.

"Ichig-..." Shinji walked into the room and froze, blinking at Miyuki. "Miyuki! My first love!" He called cheerfully, and Miyuki smiled lightly at him as he shunpoed in front of her and Ichigo.

"Hey, Shinji. I'm back, and I got news for you guys..." She frowned, glancing subtley at Ichigo.

"Oi, Ichigo. Scram so Miyuki and I can catch up." Shinji grumbled, and Ichigo narrowed his eyes. "Go talk to the others or something." Shinji insisted.

"Whatever." Ichigo growled before stomping away.

"He's an angry human, ain't he?" Miyuki whispered to Shinji with a grin, and he rolled his eyes at her.

"What news do you have?" He asked lazily.

"Well... After I found a loop hole in Central 46's ruling, and lied about orders from the Reiou himself, you guys will no longer be hunted by Soul Society." Miyuki said, and Shinji frowned at her.

"...That was dangerous, Miyuki." Shinji said coldly.

"I know. Think of it as me making up for the last fifty-five years of leaving you all to be found by Soul Society." A number of years ago, Miyuki had been ordered to use her Bankai to find them. When she did, she listened to Urahara's explanation about what happened. After agreeing to take their side and help them out, Miyuki returned to Soul Society and outright lied to them. She said that they must have found some defense against her Bankai, because she ended up being led somewhere in the middle of nowhere, and no one was there. They bought it, and from there Miyuki continued to help them. She had known all the captains and lieutenants during her teenage days, and when they told her about Tousen, Gin, and Aizen, she had wanted to return to Soul Society and reveal who they really were.

However, Shinji talked her out of it, saying that they wouldn't take the word of 'criminals' nor her own, since she'd 'conspired' with them. "Besides, I have the Reiou's daughter on my side. I'm protected, and if she decides not to protect me... Well, then I'll be killed. However, all the captains agreed with removing the death orders, though you're still exiled."

"Well..." Shinji sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I suppose I should thank you."

"Shinji, you all can leave your personal prisons now. You're practically immortal, but at least you won't have to live forever in hiding. Get rich and buy eighteen houses or something." Miyuki shrugged, turning around and starting to leave. "And don't worry. I've got your backs again."


"Arg... I'm tired..." Miyuki whined as she laid on the sofa in the Kurosaki's living room.

"...Who are you?" Karin asked after she and Yuzu stared at Miyuki for many moments.

"A really old friend of your fathers." Miyuki mumbled into the pillow.

"Yeah. Emphasis on really old." Isshin whispered to his daughters with a grin.

"Screw you, Isshin!" Miyuki shouted as she yanked the pillow out from under her head and launched it at him. It hit him smack in the face and he stumbled backwards.

"Idiot." Karin grumbled as she watched her father.

"How old are you two?" Miyuki asked Karin and Yuzu curiously.

"Eleven. We're twins." Yuzu said politely.

"Really? You two look nothing alike... Ouch!" Miyuki winced.

"What's wrong?" Karin asked and Miyuki glared at Isshin.

"Nothing. I just tugged my stitches." She said with a wince.

"You should be careful." Isshin said in a patronizing tone.

"I should say the same for you." Miyuki growled irritably.

"Not nice!" Isshin whined loudly.

"How do you put up with him twenty-four-seven?" Miyuki asked, looking at the twins.

"We leave the house for as long as we can." Karin said with the utmost seriousness.

"You are all so mean!" Isshin wailed and Miyuki rolled her eyes. Is he always like this around his family? Sheesh... Miyuki laid back down on the sofa with a sigh, closing her eyes.


"Miyuki... What are those?" A teenage Byakuya asked Miyuki as she drop some liquid into her eyes.

"It's a special liquid to keep my eyes moist." Miyuki said sadly as she pocketed the small vial of liquid.

"Why do you need that?" Byakuya inquired with a tilt of his head.

"My father... He had Mayuri, Urahara-taicho's third seat, remove my tear gland so I can't cry... I need to use these drops every day so I don't damage my eyes from them being too dry." Miyuki said with a sad sigh.

"I can't believe that man!" Byakuya shouted in outrage, and Miyuki jumped in surprise.

"Byakuya, calm down... It isn't that bad..." Miyuki said softly, trying to calm her angered friend.

"How can you say that, Miyuki? He's your father! He isn't supposed to do such horrible things to you! He's a terrible person, and you don't deserve these things to happen to you." Byakuya shouted, his voice growing soft at the end. Miyuki looked at him with eyes he knew would be filled with tears if they could be.

"Byakuya..." Miyuki's voice broke with sorrow. Byakuya sighed before hugging Miyuki tightly as she dry sobbed.

"I won't let him continue hurting you. I swear, Miyuki. I don't care what he does, I'll never forgive him, and I'll never treat you like he does." Byakuya vowed, his voice angry but soft.

"Thank you, Byakuya." Miyuki sobbed into his chest.


"Byakuya, I'm sorry you didn't get the promotion." Miyuki said apologetically.

"Don't be, Miyuki. You reached Bankai and I haven't. Of course you would be promoted." Byakuya said calmly, and Miyuki looked at him sadly.

"I still feel bad... I can help you reach Bankai, if you want." Miyuki offered with a light smile. Byakuya simply nodded curtly at her before he looked away. Miyuki frowned, thinking he was upset until he pulled a small box that was dark blue and tied with a light blue bow.

"A gift... To celebrate your promotion." Byakuya explained, and Miyuki looked at him with startled eyes before she took the velvet box. She sat down beside Byakuya on the small bench in the Kuchiki Manor's gardens and carefully untied the silk bow. Gently, she opened the box only to gasp in shock. She looked at Byakuya with wide eyes.

"How... This is... beautiful..." She breathed out as she looked back at the box.

"It's platinum... the jewel is solid amethyst." Byakuya explained as Miyuki pulled out a gorgeous necklace. It was a thick platinum chain choker with a large amethyst butterly hanging from it.

"Oh... How much did this cost you?" Miyuki asked, her deep blue eyes still shocked.

"That doesn't matter. I have plenty of money, we both do... Besides, you deserve it." Byakuya said as he took the necklace from her and carefully placed it around her neck, hooking it behind her head. The butterfly sat between her bust and collarbones, filling the space perfectly.

"Byakuya..." Miyuki whispered, and they both knew her eyes would be filled with tears if it were possible. "Thank you." She said as she hugged him.


And so the origins of the Butterfly Choker is revealed :D By the way, Byakuya really did act alot differently as a child. Just read the 'Turn Back the Pendulum' chapters of Bleach or watch the episodes. ^^ Review, please =)