A New Life Chapter 3: One of Eight, a bleach fanfic

I do not own Bleach.

~the next day~

Shunsui woke with the sun shining in his eyes. He grumbled as he got up and shut the blinds. The room was still too bright to fall back asleep in.

"Guess I have to get up." He looked at the clock, 10:28 am. Not a bad morning for having drank till about 2:00 am. He barely had a headache.

He walked to the kitchen and looked through the cabinets. The fridge only had water bottles in it and the only thing in the cabinets was instant coffee and green tea. Neither a great option.

"Looks like I need to get groceries." He walked back to his room and got dressed.

He remembered a small market a few blocks away from the apartment and decided to walk. It was a nice morning, crisp and clear.

Once he got to the market he easily collected the items he would need. "Eggs, milk, vegetables, fruit, juice, bread...sake, and tea is next." Shunsui walked through the isles till he found the tea. He browsed through and stopped once his hand collided with another. "Sorry..." He was met by a pair of bright green eyes with white locks framing them.

"Sorry, I was busy looking at the new selection." Shunsui returned the smile she gave him. "Go ahead, I'm still looking." Yuki gave the handsome stranger a shy smile as she tuck her hair behind her ear. He seemed familiar for some reason. "Are you new around here?" She stalled as he stared at her, she felt a bit uncomfortable.

"Yes, I just moved into my apartment yesterday." Shunsui pulled out a tea from the shelf, but didn't know which. He was too distracted by the girl standing in front of him. "Do you live around here? I think I saw you yesterday at the bar down the street. It's hard to forget such beauty."

Yuki blushed at his compliment, he was an obvious flirt. "No actually. I just really like this area. It's quite and peaceful." She studied his features trying to remember him. She did, he was sitting a few seats away from her. "You were sitting at the bar last night. Sorry if you were bothered by my brothers. They tend to be protective of their only sister, and it doesn't help that I'm the youngest. Oops, look at me chatting away while you obviously have shopping to do." Yuki tucked her hair behind her ear again.

"It's nice to chat with such a lovely woman." Shunsui smiled at her nervous habit, it was cute. "Kyoraku Shunsui." He extended his hand hoping she would return the gesture.

"Ukitake Yukibana. But you can all me Yuki." Yuki took his hand and was surprised when he brought it to his lips and kissed it. She could feel her cheeks heat up as his soft lips brushed her skin.

"Onee-chan? Where did you go?" Shunsui watched as she rolled her eyes and clothes lined a boy with bright green hair. "There you are. Who are you?" Shunsui smiled at the man glaring at him while standing in front of Yuki.

"Stop it Yashiro." Yuki punched her brother on the top of his head. "Go pay for this while I apologies for your actions." She handed her brother the basket she had and smiled at him. He was scared of the smiled and left them alone. "Sorry about him. As I said, over protective brothers. Seven of them."

"No problem. They seem to care about you a lot. Must be nice having a family." Shunsui remembered when he had visited Jushiro's family. They all greeting him like a sibling. He hadn't visited since he informed them of Jushiro's passing and when the funeral would be. None of them showed up, but they had their own ceremony for him at their estate.

"Are you okay? You seem sad." Yuki caught sight of hurt in his expression. She knew the look well. Her father had it on the same day every year, the day her mother died.

"Just remembering happy times." Shunsui smiled at her as he walked past. "It was nice to meet you, Yuki-chan."

Yuki smiled at him, there was definitely something familiar about him. She caught sight of a tea on a lower shelf. "Wait a minute. Here." She handed him the tea. "You might like this one better than the sweet berry one."

Shunsui smiled as he took the box from her hand. He was surprised at her selection, it was one of his favourites. He always shared this one with Jushiro when he would visit his house. "Thank you. Have a lovely day." He waved as he walked away from Yuki. He definitely wanted to see her again.

Yuki watched as the man walked towards the front of the store. "Shunsui..." She watched a scene play through her head. Shunsui laughing while drinking from a sake cup dressed in a black outfit with a white coat over it and a pink kimono on his back. A large male hand reached out and corrected his tilted hat before it fell off. Shunsui looked at her and gave her a dazzling smile.

"Yuki?" She snapped out of her day dreaming. He brother looked at her with worry. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah." Yuki walked out with her brother. She looked around, but Shunsui was no where in sight. 'Was that just a day dream, or was it another memory?'

~Shunsui's apartment~

Shunsui put away his groceries and made himself a cup of tea. He inhaled the scent of citrus and rose petals, his favourite tea. Jushiro had introduced him to it.

"Wish you were still here my friend. You would have got a kick out of who I met." Shunsui took a long sip as he relaxed on the couch in the living room. "I wonder how powerful the Ukitake family is. Must be if the kids can walk around so freely."

*BIP BIP BIP*

Shunsui pulled out his phone and flipped it open. A little green dot showed up on the screen. "So our mystery Reiatsu has appeared? Time to go." He popped a soul candy into his mouth and split from his Gigai. "Stay here." He jumped out of the room through the doors in his bedroom.

He jumped across roofs as he checked the phone again for the position. The dot was steadily growing larger.

He got near the dot and flipped his phone closed. He could feel the reiatsu now, and it felt...familiar? He looked down on the courtyard below him. He was standing on the roof of someone's house.

'Why does this feel familiar?' He could feel the reiatsu getting closer, and stronger. 'Where are you? Who are you?' Suddenly the reiatsu disappeared. "What?"

"DAD! YOU HERE?" He turn and caught sight of the white haired girl with the sweet voice he had been listening to in his head all morning, Yuki-chan. "He's not in the courtyard Shiro! Did Kuro or Yaki find him?"

"Don't call me Shiro! If anyone of us should have the name Shiro, it should be you! You're the one that has white hair!" Shunsui watched as the brother with green hair walked into the courtyard. "None of the others found him either. Maybe he's out on an errand? You feeling okay? You looked a little pale back there."

Shunsui looked back at Yuki, she looked fine.

"Yeah I'm okay. Just had another dizzy spell, nothing much. Didn't black out this time." He puzzled over what she had said.

*RING RING RING*

Shunsui flipped his phone open and put it to his ear. "Kyoraku."

"Did you get the sample?" Shunsui could tell it was Kurotsuchi-Taichou. "You were right by it."

"No I didn't get a sample. It disappeared before I could identify the individual." Shunsui spoke as he watched the siblings argue. 'At least I only have to find out if it is one of those two...' Six other men with different coloured hair walked over to the two in the courtyard. 'One of those eight...this might take a while.'

"Were you listening?!" Shunsui tuned back in to what the scientist was saying. "The individual seems to be evolving and getting used to their power. It may become more difficult, or it could become easier. It depends on whether of not they wish to be found."

"Thanks for the info Kurotsuchi." He closed the phone and looked back at the siblings.

All of them where laughing, all but one. A pair of green eyes looked at him with wonder and amazement. He gave Yuki a smile before using shunpo to disappear from her line of sight. He needed to begin his investigation.

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