The heavy rain pounds harshly and rapidly on her skin. The droplets almost digging on the now muddy soil where her dainty feet are planted. Her heart seems to beat with the rhythm of the rain...loud, erratic and almost painful as she stares shock at the scene before them.

"Step back." the tall dark haired man says, lifting a protective arm in front of her, hiding her in his back. With her eyes still wide and her body trembling either because of the cold rain or because of fear she's not sure, she just nods and tightens her hold around the baby in her arms. "Who are you?" her husband asks the man standing a few feet away from them. His eyes glowing blood red amidst the blinding darkness around of the forest. And as a roar of thunder and lightning fall upon them, Hisana can't help but shiver at the sight of an incredibly large wolf lying dead beneath the man's feet.

"I'm asking who are you, boy?" Byakuya asks again as the man didn't reply.

"Why is it really necessary to know the name of the one who saved you? And don't call me boy cause I'm way much older than you." the guy who claims to be their savior jumps off from the wild beast's dead body and slowly walks towards them.

"Don't come any closer." Byakuya says in a cold yet very threatening tone. A few minutes earlier they were about to be eaten by a wild beast which appear to be a wolf but this guy suddenly appeared from nowhere and took down the incredibly horrifying and much stronger wolf. But even if the said man saves them, Byakuya still can put his trust on the strange boy...let alone let his guard down and risk his wife and daughter's life. "I said don't come any closer!"

"Che. You have the habit of repeating yourself, don't you?"

"Because you're not listening the first time." Byakuya retorts. "Now, I know you saved our life and I'm thankful for that. But will you please leave us?"

"Hm...not until I have a reasonable payment for saving your life." the stranger says.

Byakuya felt a slight relief but his eyes remains narrowed at the man. He slips a hand inside his coat's pocket and throws a small sack towards the man. "There. It should be enough payment. Now go and leave."

Pulling one hand out of his pocket, the young man crouches down and picks the string attached to the sack, lifting it up from the muddy ground. "What is this?"

"Money, what else." Byakuya answers haughtily and then...

His eyes narrow in annoyance as the young man starts laughing hysterically. He is laughing so hard that it's more irritating than the consistent raindrops digging in his skin.

"What so funny? Isn't it enough..? Here, take another o-"

"Didn't you hear what I said?" the young man cuts him off. His laughter dies instantly and is replace by a serious tone. "I said I need a 'reasonable' payment. I'm not talking about this shit." he tosses the bag back at the dark haired man and look past him. "Is that your wife?" he asks and Byakuya glares daggers at him.

"Don't you dare lay a finger on my wife and my daughter or I'll kill you."

The young man smirks, "Haven't you heard of the saying, an eye for an eye...a tooth for a tooth?" Byakuya's eyes narrow and he pulls his wife further behind him. "It means when you take someone's life you have to pay for it with your own life. But in our case... I...saved you and thus giving you another chance at life so that means..." his eyes start to glow blood red again as he says, "I'm taking someone's life as a reward."

A loud thunder erupts with a shocking lightning ripping the dark sky and making Hisana's body to jump in fear and horror. She felt a woosh of air in front her so she instinctively tightens her hold on her baby's body but then...

"Byakuya! Our baby!" Hisana shrieks in horror and Byakuya's stoic face finally turns horrified as he sees his little daughter in the hands of the dangerous stranger. How did he do that, the couple doesn't have any idea. They knew that the guy is far from being a normal human since he's able to kill a beast with his bare hands but how did he…

"Give my daughter back, you insolent-"

"Ah ah ah! Don't say bad words. The baby can hear you, right little one?" the young man says, cooing a crying baby in his arms. "Ssh...Don't cry. I won't hurt you, don't cry." he holds the baby in both sides and lifts her to level with his eyes. But as he is about to cooed her, the baby suddenly stops crying and opens her eyes...revealing the most beautiful deep purple jewel that he had ever seen in his life. He felt his heart beats frantically, his body shivering, a bubbling stirring in his cells. His eyes glow and he suddenly felt animalistic...white sharp fangs start growing so suddenly and he starts to lose his mind.

Could it be... Is she really... Did he finally...

A low growling comes out from his throat as he inches the baby girl closer to his face. It's eyes staring innocently into his glowing ones and it makes him become wilder as her fresh scent soothes deep inside every nerve of his body and making him more animalistic.

Her blood...it's so fresh and hot. The smell is so intoxicating and driving him mad. He can't control himself anymore. He opens his mouth, revealing those sharp fangs and is about to attack the baby's young flesh but then...

He looks down and sees a silver steel being thrusts upon his abdomen.

"Let go of my daughter." The father of the incredible child says darkly, planting his sword deeper in to the man's flesh. But the cut didn't affect the stranger even a bit. He just let out an animalistic growl and pushes Byakuya away, sending the man a good two meters away before his body hits a tree.

"Byakuya!" Hisana rushes to her husband.

The stranger then pulls the sword out of his body effortlessly and tosses it away. He then lifts the baby up in arms length. The full moon emerges through the thick clouds and casts its dim ligh…forming the sillohuette of the man with a baby in his hands.

Both parents can seem to move from their spot as they see the long fangs, the bloody red eyes and the animalistic desire on the stranger's face. And as the man opens his mouth, Byakuya and Hisana can't do anything but...scream.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Thunders, lightning and a tremendous downpour boom around them. The wind blows violently. It's like dooms day is finally here to purify the good and send them to heaven and punish the bad and burn them in hell.

Trembling, Hisana and Byakuya look up as the stranger walks towards them. "Here." the man says, carefully handing the child back to her mother. Hisana reaches up and cradles her daughter on her arms protectively. She quickly checks on her baby and her eyes widen as what she see. There, on her baby's left chest, a deep bite mark wounds the child's flesh. But what's confusing is...there is no blood coming out of the wound. She checks on her child's breathing and lets out a shaky and relieve breath as she realizes that her baby is alive and just fell asleep.

"Don't worry, she's alive." the stranger says.

"What did you do to my daughter?" Byakuya asks, still crouching on the ground because of a slightly broken rib courtesy of the inhuman boy.

"I just marry your daughter."

Another thunder claps errupt.

"What do you-"

"Your daughter...she's my destined mate. The mark on her chest goes deep inside her heart. I've put that mark on her so she's mine now."

"Are you out of your mind? My daughter is just one year old. She's-"

"Take care of her." the stranger says, ignoring Byakuya's protests. "I'll come back to take her with me after 10 years."

"No! You will not have my daughter." Byakuya says firmly.

The stranger smirks and turns his back on them. "You can't do that. You'll give her to me whether you like it or not." he pauses as he starts to feel the pain of his wound in his abdomen. He holds on to that open and bloody wound as he continues, "When I bit your daughter, I put special venom on her blood. The venom will last up to ten years and only I can sip that venom out. So hiding and running away from me is impossible."

"You bastard!" Byakuya tries to stand up but he fumbles back down on the mud.

"Byakuya!" Hisana reaches up and cradles her husband, sobbing silently and trying to take the situation as calm as she can. "If you didn't come back, then my daughter will die?" she asks softly. Though the situation of her only daughter is very hard for her to accept, Hisana is still gentle and nice.

The stranger turns at the mother over his shoulder. Somehow, his expression becomes soft and gentle too. "I'll come back for her, no matter what...I swear to my soul."

Hisana gasps deeply but then a long and calm sigh escapes her lips and she's able to give the stranger a small smile. "Alright. We will wait for you."

"Hisana-" Byakuya protested, but his wife pats him and smile, meaning that it has been decided. Byakuya's jaw sets firmly and he lets out a controlled sigh. Then the couple turns as the stranger starts to leave. "Wait!" Byakuya calls out and the stranger turns at them. "However insolent and arrogant you are, I still wants to say... Thank you for saving us, boy."

"It's not boy." the stranger leaps up to a tall tree. Turning over his shoulder, he looks at the baby's sleeping form and smirks. "It's... Kurosaki, Ichigo."

...V...

HOMEWORK

by chOOnyOunG17

I don't own Bleach

...V...

14 years later...

THWAK!

"Ouch!" a fifteen year old girl yelps as a dusty eraser bar connects on her forehead. She hisses and rubs the abuse spot before turning angrily at the person standing in front of their classroom.

"Sleeping in my class again... Kuchiki Rukia?"

She sticks her chin up and crosses her arms in front of her chest. "No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

Every heads in the room are turning back and forth and back and forth as another teacher-student bout interrupts their class discussion.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am... Fine! I am sleeping! But that's because your class is so boring!"

Loud gasps escape the students mouth as they stares at the petite girl...shock at what she just said. with a scolw on his face, the teacher crosses his arms and simply points a finger at the door. "In the corridor... Now."

Groaning loudly, Rukia shoots her teacher a deadly glare before stomping towards the door. She will be standing at the corridor...again.

'Yeah, that's what you get for being honest, Kuchiki.' She closes the door behind her and leans at the wall next to it.

'Life's sucks. Why would knowing the squareroot of a certain shit be of any importance anyway when all I have to do is give a yen when buying a dumpling? If ever the dumpling man told that a piece of dumpling costs a squareroot of the derivative of the limit of x as x goes to infinity... I swear I'm gonna kill him and stick him to death!'

Sigh.

She pushes herself off the wall and walks towards the window. She slides open one window, lean down the sill and looks up at the sky.

'Hmm...The sky is clear today so I think it's going to rain.' she chuckles. 'Why did I say that? Because that's the way life is...ironic.'

She stretches her arms and takes in a deep breath.

'Oh by the way, my name is Kuchiki Rukia. I'm 15 years old, a high school student...and married.'

She places her elbow on the window sill and prompts her chin on his palm as she continues to stare at the cloudless sky.

'Yes, I'm a wife now. I was married when I was just 10. Ha! How was that for early marriage... Anyways, my mother told me that it's a Kuchiki tradition so I don't argue with that anymore. And besides I grew up having a weird life...a weird family...and an even weird husband. Yeah, he sucks! And he's a vampire... Yes, a V-A-M-PIRE. I told you I have the weirdest life in the whole world. But the real reason why he sucks is because... My vampire husband also happens to be...'

y homeroom teacher.'

She smirks.

'My real name is Kurosaki Rukia...and welcome to my world.'

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