Hiya, sorry but I was moving to a new city so I didn't get time to write. Besides, I had this Major writers block. Writers Block SUCKS!

(Sereitei)

Renji, paced up and down. Damn his division! He's the only one to turn up early. Even the captain's late!

Byakuya walked through Sereitei silently, thinking of the similar peaceful days he had spent with Hisana. It was like a cycle. Before she came he was a complete introvert but when she met him he was truly happy, though he failed to show it. Besides that, there was still the grave news he had just heard from Mayuri Kurotsuchi. Suddenly he noticed his lieutenant pacing up and down.

'Renji.' A grave voice said from behind

'Byakuya-taichou?' Renji turned around to his aristrocatic captain.

'Renji, Where's Rukia? I've been looking for her.'

'Oh! She went to Karakura-town for some mission. I got a report on that.'

'I see.' Byakuya frowned slightly.

'Why?'

'It's nothing. Wasn't the division supposed to meet near the first Divisions quarters?'

'I thought we were supposed to assemble here'

'No Renji, this is actually the venue of last week's meeting.'

'Oh all these rotten meetings! What're they for anyway?' Renji cursed himself silently for his idiocracy.

'To discuss the progress of the division.' Byakuya said blankly.

'Yes, well, why don't we fix one specific place where we group up.'

Byakuya ignored his flustered lieutenant when he remembered something else. He turned back to Renji yet again.

'Do you know that girl is alive?'

'Which girl?'

'That girl. I forgot her name, what was it.'

'How can I know who you're talking about if you forget her name?' Renji said maddeningly.

'Wait…Utada, wasn't it?'

Renji went quite pale.

'What!'

'Her name was something Utada, wasn't it? I never pay much attention to other divisions.'

'Her name was….Miyuki Utada?'

Byakuya frowned. Miyuki. That was one name he had never wanted to hear again.

'Yes, whatever. She's alive. Her reiatsu has been traced in Karakura town.' This worried him. That could mean that Rukia had met her.

Renji couldn't believe his luck.

'My territory.'

'No Renji, I will not permit you to recklessly search for some….. girl.'

'But she's not some girl! She used be one of my best friends in the acade….my' Renji stopped as he looked at the expression his captain was giving him.

'All right.' Renji grumbled.

'Glad to know…..you're alive…Miyuki'

(Karakura town)

A hollow's cry rose from the northern side of the building. Miyuki was nearly ready to pull her hair out of its roots. This was the eleventh hollow this week. Where were they all coming from?

'Ichigo-san's been a big help though.' Miyuki got up and changed to shinigami form and wearily looked at her modified soul.

'W-Will you please stay here?' She asked while the modified soul snorted.

'Soppy! Get some pluck, Will ya kid! I ain't protecting ya body fer nothing, Ya hear!'

Miyuki nodded miserably. Everyone, Tessai, Kisuke, Yoruichi, Ichigo, Rukia, Jinta…Everyone always told her to get some pluck….yet it wasn't as easy as it sounded.

She jumped of the ledge of her window and used shunpo to speed up. The cries got louder and louder until.

Miyuki's eyes widened. It was Menos Grande. But, But how could that be? Why was it here? Thank god it was a Gillian.

Miyuki proceeded forward to kill it when Kisuke intervened.

'Wait, y-you want Ichigo-san to fight it?' Miyuki said, astonished.

'My, My Miyuki-chan! You know my brain better than I do! Watch the fun, will you?' Kisuke said cheerily, his bamboo hat and fan covering most of his face.

'The minute something goes wrong, I'm killing it.' Miyuki warned him.

'Hai, Hai!' Kisuke waved his hand, yawning.

Miyuki looked at her senior suspiciously.

'Why are you doing this? You don't take this much trouble in ordinary people.'

'He isn't ordinary.' Urahara pointed to the Menos as Ichigo slashed it down.

'What-?' Miyuki looked shocked.

'Well, I think I'll go help him and Rukia-san now. Ja ne.' Kisuke jumped off the roof they were standing on and continued.

'Ah, when you go back, tell Ururu-san not to bother with my dinner. Arigato Urahara-san!' Miyuki smiled as she walked away. Kisuke was one of the few people she was comfortable having around.

(School next day)

Miyuki managed to reach on time. She stood leaning against the classroom wall. Out of all the years she'd spent with Ichigo, she'd probably gotten to know him more than any other time then now.

Despite that, Miyuki had a great, long standing respect for Ichigo. She knew how protective he was about his comrades.

She saw Rukia and Ichigo arriving with Ishida.

'Ohayo, Miyuki-san!' Rukia ran towards her and winked at Miyuki, who smiled back.

'Uh, Miyuki-chan…..This is Ishida-san. He…'

'I'll introduce myself, thank you very much, Kurosaki.' Ishida said indignantly and then turned towards Miyuki.

'Ohayo'

'Ohayo Ishida-san'

'That's how you introduce yourself!'

'She's in my class, you dope. And so are you. Or did you forget with all your shinigami work?'

Miyuki looked quite horrified while Rukia glared at him.

'Don't scream! This isn't a public matter!'

'Fine!'

Most of the day went uneventful. In lunch break Rukia and Miyuki were forced to sit with Orihime, Tatsuki and the group.

(Night-time)

Miyuki sat on the roof of the Urahara shop. She sighed. Suddenly a black cat jumped up on the roof.

'Yoruichi-sensei, what are you doing here?'

Miyuki, I have some important news concerning you. Now it depends on you whether you take this as good news or bad but…..Yamamoto-sama, wants you to return to Sereitei. He has been monitoring you and thinks it's time you return…..as the lieutenant of the 2nd division'

*EERIE SILENCE*

'Can you repeat that, I don't think I heard properly.'

'You did Miyuki.'

'But…But it's too sudden. I'm not good enough to become the LIEUTENANT of the 2nd division. It's not possible. I'm not capable of….'

'Miyuki! If there is any fault in you it's that you don't have any confidence in anything or anyone! Especially yourself!'

Miyuki stayed silent.

'You will go and become the lieutenant of the 2nd division.'

'Doesn't it already have a lieutenant?'

'He's being shifted to the 13th division'

'Well why can't I join the 13th division then?'

'Because the 2nd Division's skills meet your skills which are stealth-based.'

'So! I'm not that great at stealth. Even if I am, I'm not as good as Yoruichi-sensei or Soi Fon-san.'

Yoruichi winced slightly at the mention of her old student. Miyuki was about to apologise when she sensed in reiatsu from somewhere. It was Ichigo's.

'Something's wrong!'

Miyuki got up when Yoruichi spoke again.

'Remember, just observe. Don't disrupt the plan.'

Miyuki nodded impatiently and rushed to the spot in time to see Ichigo angrily facing a man with spiky red hair.

Miyuki's eyes widened in shock.

'Could that be…..Renji-san?'

She hid behind a tree. He'd changed, but not that much. She saw both of them glaring each other fiercely when Ichigo attacked him and managed to his chin. Renji, enraged proceeded to activate his Shikai and further injured Ichigo. Miyuki looked at this with sadness and worry. And then the horrifying sound of someone being slashed filled her ears. She saw Renji falling in front of Ichigo.

'Renji-san being cut by Ichigo-san!'

Then she noticed Byakuya. Hatred crossed her face. Urahara, who was watching the scene with interest from far, noticed Miyuki's reiatsu thicken with slight killer intent. A sigh escaped Urahara's mouth. He sincerely hoped she would be able to control herself from revealing herself.

'This is not good at all.'

Byakuya too sensed someone looking at him and turned sharply towards Miyuki's direction. She snapped out of it and quickly masked her reiatsu. He stared for a few minutes and then looked back at the scene in front of him. Ichigo was about to deal the final blow on Renji.

'Can't I trust that incompetent lieutenant of mine with anything? One second he gets distracted he's finished.'

Byakuya cut down Ichigo in a flash. Miyuki looked at the scene horrified. Then she couldn't help it. She had to shout.

'Stop this madness!'

Slowly, she realized what she had done. She turned around to run when she found herself facing Byakuya.

He was about to enquire about her identity when he sensed her reiatsu. It was shocking. There was tremendous amounts of it. And it was extremely familiar.

'Miyuki-san.' He said calmly.

'Byakuya-sama' she said, equally calmly however, there was hatred and slight killer intent in her eyes. Byakuya distanced himself slightly. He knew quite well why she held a grudge against him.

He was the one who made her an orphan.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed it. I want a minimum of 4 reviews about the story before I continue.