Disrupted🪭

13 - In The Blink of An Eye

SOME MONTHS LATER
Byakuya was beginning to get the hang of his zanpakuto. He was already very good at controlling his shikai when it came to wielding it and moving it around to match the movements he wanted out of it but Senbonzakura was a bit moody at times, so he often ended his training with many scratches. Byakuya had a suspicion the strange white man from before had some dealing with that but it just made him want to train that much harder so that he could overcome the hiccup and become a great wielder.
He had found a nice empty plain that no one seemed to have taken notice of and used it to practice moving the blades along at the same time and discovering the more control he had, the less he got sliced. He was training on the plain at the moment when he lost focus and Senbonzakura lashed back at him, cutting him. He cursed and the blades collected back into the hilt and Byakuya frowned.
"Wow..." a small voice said.
He turned swiftly and saw a young black headed girl watching him in the corner of the clearing.
"Who are you? You could have gotten hurt..."
"I'm sorry... I heard what sounded like wind blowing through small chimes but when I followed the noise, I ended up here and found such a beautiful cloud of sakura petals. I know they don't make noises like chimes and then I saw your sword... Is that a shikai?"
"Yes... but they are not really sakura petals. They are blades."
"I see." She walked tentatively closer, her black hair falling into her face. "Can you do it again?"
"Senbonzakura is not a toy for a commoner's entertainment."
"Aw, come on..."
"You're not even a shinigami nor do I sense any spiritual pressure coming from you. Why would I waste my shikai on the likes of you?"
The girl shrugged. "To be nice."
"Nice? To you? You're a commoner!"
"So?"
"So that would- wait, how did you get into the Seireitei anyhow? You shouldn't be able to go in and out like that unless you have spiritual pressure to cultivate. So how did you get in?"
The girl just smiled and found a big boulder to sit on.
"I dunno."
Byakuya frowned. "I'm not going to show you my shikai, peasant."
"Okay."
Byakuya turned and did some sword moves, waiting for the girl to leave him so he could train some more but she never left. She watched him, her elbows on her knees as she held her face in her hands. She didn't have anywhere to go and was content on watching the silly, arrogant boy trying so hard to be authoritative.
When it was obvious that the girl was not going to go, Byakuya decided to strike a deal with her.
"Fine. Tell me how you got into the Seireitei and I will show you my shikai."
"How do I know you won't go back on that?"
"I am a Kuchiki and we do not go back on our promises."
"A Kuchiki? Is that a species of animal?"
"That's my name you imbecile! You must be from the Rukongai if you do not know my name."
"Guilty." She said with a raise of her hand.
"Tell me how you got here."
The girl slipped off the boulder and walked over to him. She watched him for a moment then reached up to touch his face where the acid scar was.
"How did this happen?" she asked softly.
"You're avoiding the question." He said, pulling away.
"I know..." She reached out again. "What a beautiful face..."
"It's not beautiful." He growled, pulling away again. "It's hideous. I bear it as a memory of my stupidity. I vowed to never be that dumb again."
You haven't changed much. the obnoxious voice said in his mind.
The girl gasped. "Your eyes..."
Byakuya touched his face and found that a stream of gelatinous substance was coming from his eyes. He wiped it off and turned away.
"See? Ugly and cursed."
"I snuck in."
"Huh?"
"I made sure the guard wasn't looking and then snuck into the Seireitei." She shrugged. "That's the truth."
"I see..."
"See, I've been looking for my sister –long story- and I thought she may have wandered in here. But then I heard the chimes of your blades and was drawn to this spot."
Byakuya nodded. She was the first person not to run at the sight of the strange liquid that came from his eyes, nor cringe, and the first one to treat him normal.
Just like Ichigo used to.
She was also one of the few who wasn't threatened by his position as a clan head as well as didn't care about his abrupt manner.
"Scatter, Senbonzakura."
His blade burst into the petal blades and Byakuya smiled at the girl as she looked at the cloud of blade in awe.
"My name is Kuchiki Byakuya, 28th in line for head of the Kuchiki Clan."
The violet eyed girl smiled.
"Hisana, from Inuzari, 78th Rukon District."
For the first time, it seemed that Senbonzakura wasn't so hard to control as Byakuya maneuvered it around.
"Welcome to the Seireitei, Hisana-san."