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And I don't know which way will take us home

Aug 18, 2011 04:46

Who: Kuchiki Byakuya (ofnoblemind ) and Kuchiki Rukia (snowwhitesoul )
What: Rukia asked Byakuya to help her train in order to achieve Bankai. He accepted.
Where: Training compound at the Kuchiki Manor
When: August 17th
Warnings: Violence? I don't see it getting terribly messy. XD

( I'm not ready to go alone )

*kuchiki byakuya: bleach, kuchiki rukia: bleach

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snowwhitesoul August 19 2011, 05:16:25 UTC

Rukia found herself in the same situation, but coming from the other way. She was worried about failing him, not living to the standard her brother would expect of her, of a Kuchiki. What if he looked at her and found her wanting for the skill and strength needed for this training?

She spent the night falling into a fitful sleep, unaware of the odd brows raised in her direction by her roommates. The next morning she woke, cooked breakfast, and bathed and tried to prepare herself for the day ahead. Some meditation with Shirayuki left her feeling a little less jittery. But she still fixed herself a cup of strong tea as well.

Its noon on the dot when she enters the training compounds that the estate boasted, looking calm, neat and clean as she was ever going to be, in a neatly laundered and pressed shihakusho. Might as well look presentable, so as not to disgrace her brother. She spies him among the flat, manicured fields of grass mixed with sand and bowed to him waist-deep.

"Nii-sama."

ofnoblemind August 19 2011, 09:43:25 UTC

Byakuya can feel her approaching before she even speaks, but he nods his head to acknowledge her presence for propriety's sake. "Rukia." Turning to look toward the sky (but careful to keep his eyes out of the sun), he continues, "You're late." However, it's more of a statement than an accusation, merely a fact spoken. Again, he tells himself that he is her brother and he should act more like it; starting off with negativity will only set a negative tone for the rest of the day.

Sighing quietly to himself, Byakuya turns and starts to walk toward the center of the clearing. "I trust you slept well?" he speaks over his shoulder, already pushing her minor offense to the back of his mind.

snowwhitesoul August 19 2011, 10:34:57 UTC

Rukia bows deeper this time, mostly to hide the embarrassed look on her face. She'd tried to leave earlier, but obligations (read: dodging her roommates) meant she was tardy when she exited via the window of her closet-room and booked it for the estate.

"My apologies, Nii-sama. It was thoughtless of me to be late." She's sincere in her self-recrimination: she wanted to impress and starting everything off on the wrong foot wasn't a good way to do that. But she follows him with less of her eyes and more of her senses as he moves over to the middle of the field that they'd claimed for the day. If he was going to speak nothing more of it, then she'd take what grace she could get today.

"I slept well, Nii-sama." A lie, but not a bold-faced one. What was she going to say? No, I barely slept because I was too nervous and excited about this? It was comfortable, polite chitchat, almost a warm up in its own way; warming them up, loosening familial muscles in preparation of a strenuous workout. She slips in behind him, assuming that her ( ... )

ofnoblemind August 19 2011, 10:53:30 UTC

There is still plenty of time left in the day. This is important to her, after all, and he'll meet her halfway, so to speak, to make it worth her while. During their entire walk he is well aware of their surroundings, and where Rukia is in relation to his location. He has faith that she does the same; it's only wise for a Shinigami. His hand rests comfortably, casually, on Senbonzakura's hilt ( ... )

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