Hey guys :]
I'm BACK!!! lol...sorry for the completely unreasonable long wait......pls don't kill me..however...
You shouldn't worry, I'm already working on the Chapter that comes after this :] I'm working hard to make up for the loss of time xP
All while listening to the Wicked soundtrack xP...speaking of which I still haven't seen that musical...such a disappointment...I didn't even get to see avenue q either...psh..whatever...that's what youtube is for hehe :3
"Yawn!!" Hisana yawned as she walked through the crowed streets of Rukongai. She had no idea why she was randomly walking around, but she was anyway. Hisana started to drift off into her own thoughts. "Hm... I wonder if the cherry blossoms bloomed at the Kuchiki Household and I wonder if I can see them again.." or perhaps she was leaning more toward, "Hm... I wonder if I can see Byakuya again..." But who knows...certainly not me. (Shrugs)
"HISANA-CHAAAAAN!!"
"AHHHH!!" Hisana screamed and turned around. Apparently, it was Kaien who screamed suddenly into her ear.
"Oh! Sorry did I scare you?" Kaien asked. "OW!! SOI FON!!" Soi Fon was behind him and had hit him in the head.
"She just screamed her head off, and you still have to ask if you scared her!" Soi Fon replied. "You're pathetic."
"Oi!! WHAT DID YOU SAY HUH?!" Kaien called back.
"Hmph. I've never heard of a deaf Vice-captain before, Kaien." Soi Fon said without looking at Kaien.
"WELL... at least I don't have growth and attitude problems!!"
"Why does this seem familiar?" Hisana thought to herself. Hisana shrugged as the arguing continued.
"Geez. Kaien. Soi Fon. Don't you two ever stop fighting?" Hisana turned around. It was Ukitake and with him was... BYAKUYA!! Hisana remained silent as Byakuya walked up.
"Good morning, Hisana." Ukitake said.
"Oh! um... Good morning!" She said.
"Is something wrong?" Ukitake asked Hisana. "You seem dazed."
"What! Oh..no...it's just...hm..." Hisana didn't know what to say.
"I know!" Kaien called out. "Little Hisana is nervous around her BF." Kaien said whispering and pointing to Byakuya.
"BF?" Soi Fon asked. "Isn't it BS?"
"NOOOO!!" Kaien said. "Geez. Soi Fon, you don't know anything!"
"You really shouldn't be talking, Kaien." Soi Fon said.
"Actually I SHOULD! Or did you forget that I'm am from one of the Great Noble clans!!" Kaien said.
"Um.. Kaien," Ukitake interrupted. "I think you went to far."
"Whaddumean?" Kaien asked. Then, without warning Soi Fon punched Kaien right across the face and then followed by picking him up by the front of his shirt and throwing him, sending him flying straight at Hisana!! Hisana and Kaien both screamed, and then suddenly someone pulled Hisana by her arm and out of Kaien's way, sending Kaien crashing into the wall behind Hisana. Hisana turned. Apparently Byakuya had saved her.
"Oh...um.." While Hisana was having a hard time to say thank you, Byakuya scowled at Kaien. Kaien rubbed the back of his head, where a bump was forming, and then looked up to see Byakuya glaring at him.
"WHAT!?" Kaien asked.
"Hmph. You should be more careful." Byakuya replied sternly. Kaien's mouth dropped open.
"WELL! Excuse me for not being able to control what direction I'm flying toward when Soi Fon gets pissed!!" He said sarcastically.
"Soi Fon- TAICHOU!!" Soi Fon interrupted while emphasizing the "taichou" part.
"I'll call you that when pigs FLY!!" Kaien replied.
"Oh! You don't fly?" Soi Fon replied sarcastically. Meanwhile, Byakuya sighed.
"They'll never learn." Byakuya said to himself while sighing again. "Hisana, are you okay?"
"Um...yeah...but..." Byakuya looked down. He was still holding on to Hisana. Byakuya's shocked look only lasted for a sec, and then he let go of her arm and stepped back in the blink of an eye. Hisana blushed and neither of them knew what to say.
The incredably lOOOOOOOOng akward silence was interrupted by Ukitake who remind Byakuya and Soi Fon that they had to head back.
"Bye Hisana. We'll see you around." Ukitake said.
"Oh.. Yeah of course...I'm looking forward to it"
Soi Fon, Ukitake and Kaien started walking, so Hisana turned around to head back home, just then someone grabbed her arm again and turned her around. It was Byakuya again (Like DUH!). He leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear.
"Meet me at by the river on in the 56th district of Rukongai at midnight."
Before Hisana could answer, Byakuya walked away without looking back.
"GRrrrrR!!" Hisana groaned in frustration as she paced back and forth in her room. She thought about what he said, "Meet me at by the river on in the 56th district of Rukongai at midnight." "GRRRR!" Hisana groaned even louder before falling back onto her bed. "OW!" Too bad she had forgotten that it was just a plain bamboo mat. Hisana threw her face into her pillow and let out a muffled scream. She picked up her head and looked at the clock. It was 11:15. She had about fifteen minutes to decide, because running there would already take about thirty minutes. Hisana dropped her head back onto the pillow. "What are you thinking, Kuchiki Byakuya," she said so low that only she could hear. She got back up and thought to herself, "I'm gonna find out!"
Hisana noticed how chilly it was getting and grabbed some warm clothing as she slowly opened the sliding door. After making sure that Oba-san was asleep, she slowly crept downstairs. Surprisingly, she didn't trip! When she finally reached the bottom of the stairs, she placed her hand on the door knob and took a deep breath.
"Ahem." Hisana turned around. It was Haruko. "And just where are you going?"
"Out." Hisana replied.
"No duh." Haruko replied. He stood up from his place by the fire.
"Well what were you doing?" Hisana said.
"I was just drinking tea, dumbass." Haruko replied.
"Who drinks tea in the middle of the night?" Hisana asked not expecting an answer.
"Who goes out in the middle of the night?" Haruko asked. (A/N: Dude I think he won that one...)
"None of your business...I'm not a kid anymore Haruko."
"Well, you sure act like one." He replied rolling his eyes.
"Shuddup." Oba-san will wake up.
"Hisana, when are you going to stop?" Haruko said with a serious look on his face. Without mentioning anything further both he and Hisana knew what he was talking about. There was a moment of silence.
"D-don't get all metaphoric on me!" Hisana replied as she opened the door and walked out closing the door behind her as quietly as she could, despite how pissed she was. "Tch. Forget it, Hisana." She said to herself. Then, she took a step out into the cold, took a deep breathe, looked up into the night and ran toward the River in the 59th district, just as she was told.
Byakuya waited by the river and looked up at the moon. He always loved moonlit walks. The way the moonlight shined down from the star filled sky, the stillness, and the silence was the perfect, serene environment, despite the cold. All he was missing was the person he cared about the most to enjoy the scenery with him. But as far as he knew there were only three possibilities that were going to happen A) She would not show up (either because she didn't want to OR she was probably lying somewhere on the ground injured), B) She would show up, LATE ( and he didn't mean just by a few minutes. That woman was never on time), OR C) she would show up perfectly on time...but as he thought back...he realized that he should just stick to the first two.
Meanwhile, Hisana was breathing heavily as she ran through the back alleys of Rukongai, trying her best to avoid any trouble like what happened last year...Yeah... that was how she met Byakuya wasn't it? She smiled to herself and let out a small laugh-- Bam! Hisana crashed into a wall...she REALLY needed to learn to watch where she was going. She groaned.
"Darn! I'm gonna be late!!! He's gonna be SOOO mad!! Why do nobles have to be so PUNCTUAL!!" Hisana thought (if she screamed she would wake everyone up). She was running for so long that she couldn't even remember how long she had been running. She could no longer feel her legs; she could no longer feel her desperate longing for oxygen. All she felt was the cold biting her face and the eager feeling that was building up within her. She made another turn, and ran into the field that opened up before her.
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"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!!!" Hisana thought as she breathed heavily. Then, she saw the river and standing waiting by the edge was a figure (A/N: do I really need to say who it was?). "Almost there. Almost. Almost...................................................................................FINALLY!"She could now clearly see the figure. She was so close that she leaped and ended up tripping and landing right in front of him. "I-can't.....believe..I...made....it...gasp....!!!!!!!!!!!" Hisana said. Still gasping for air, she looked up expecting to be repremanded by Byakuya. But when she looked up, what she saw was his white haori dancing in the wind and his calm face, which smiled at her with a gentle look. She never expected him to look to serene and peaceful. It was a smile that took her breath away. (A/N: not that she really had any left after all that running!)
"It's been a while." He said. It took Hisana a couple of moment to realize that he was talking to her!
"Oh-um....yea." She muttered. Hisana tried to say more but nothing came out, part of it was that she was still out of breath.
"...and by the way...you're late," Byakuya replied bluntly. Hisana "sweatdropped" and fell to the ground. "But..." he continued," I didn't expect you to come.....so........I'm glad." He said quietly; his face turned a slight red as he looked away.
"Are you blushing!!!???!?!" Hisana asked out loud, not really minding her common curtousy. Byakuya quickly turned his gentle expression into an enraged one.
"Get up." He said trying to avoid her gaze. Hisana smiled to herself and did as she was told. "Let's go." He said as he started walking. Hisana, still smiling to herself, jogging quickly inorder to catch up....only for her to of course....trip.
"Ow...." She moaned while rubbing her head. Byakuya sighed, rolled his eyes, and then held her by the elbow in order to help her up. When she was finally standing on her own two feet, she looked up with a "smiley" expression.
"What're you smiling about?" He asked with his usual monotone voice. Hisana just giggled softly. "Hmph....baka..." He said underneath his breath. Then, he pulled Hisana along, still holding her by the elbow. Hisana, being dragged along behind, wished that her self-satisfied happiness would last her a life time.
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"Byakuya?" Hisana called. "Where are we going?"
"On a walk." Byakuya replied straightforwardly.
"No duh." Hisana thought as she walked along. She knew Byakuya enjoyed the moonlight and she was glad that he chose her to be with as he led her down the path. Hisana looked forward and saw the familiar entrance to Seireitei. He continued to led the way, still holding her onto her arm. Together, they made their way through the paths silently, turning left and right through the confusing maze of Seireitei. Although neither of them said a word, neither of them felt it was necessary. The company of the other was enough. Even on the cold august night, Hisana felt warm as she walked side by side next to Byakuya. He led her past the buildings to the wooded areas of Seireitei. She had been in these areas once before, however they made their way down a path she had not gone. Despite the darkness, Hisana kept her eyes on the stars that shone brightly above her head and on the one right beside her, the one who she felt the safest with. The path they were traveling on became steeper as they climbed higher and higher, closer to the heavens and the twinkling stars that seemed to wink at her. Finally, they reached the top of a cliff. "Look, but be careful." He told her. As he let go of her, she walked closer to the edge and looked out. The view was beautiful. The lights of bright lanterns that lit the streets of Seireitei were wonderful. The simplicity made the lit area below unique. The true sight, however, was the stars and the bright luminous moon that shined clearly overhead. Hisana took a seat on the patch of grass and let her feet dangle of the edge of the cliff. She smiled, enjoying the breeze. It was cold and she could see her breath, but Hisana didn't mind.
Byakuya looked at the beautiful sight, not of the maze of lights created by the lanterns that lit the streets or the twinkling stars that filled the sky or even of the bright and clear moon, which he loved so much. He was looking at the only girl who ever caught his attention. The girl who never failed to make him happy. The girl who sat in front of him smiling to her hearts consent. To him it was the most beautiful sight. He couldn't explain why, nor did he care. All of that was irrelevant. He took a step forward, and sat down next to her. He noticed her shivering, so, he removed his haori and wrapped it around her. Hisana was, at first, surprised, but then smiled and replied.
"Thank you." She said. There was a moment of silence. "Byakuya, thank you."
"I think you've already mentioned that." He replied. Hisana let out a laugh.
"I meant the view....it's so beautiful." She closed her eyes, smiled and then said," It's really wonderful in Seireitei. There's nothing like it in Rukongai. I would love to be able to stay here"
"Do you want to stay?" Byakuya asked her. Hisana looked up. He was looking straight into her eyes. "You could stay here with me."
Hope you enjoyed .
I know...not a very long chapter, but HEY I need some practice to get back into the habit of writing again!!!....sheesh..jk :P..I was going to make it longer, but I thought that was a good place to stop xP
I'm already working on the next chapter..teehee..I wanna start putting in the major conflicts of the story that I've been waiting to put in xD make it more exciting...I'll probably have the next chapter up on either Wed. (Since I have a half day at school) or Friday..
Sorry for the wait....
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