Miyabi a little surprised that Shinji had appointed her captain to any company she nods her head. "yeah, I'm glad I was back here though. No blood to get on my new Kimono." She smiles and turns to shiro. "you know we gotta keep our communication up. It's not good for you to ignore me with out telling me why. You know?" She searches his eyes trying to be buisness like.
'Byakuya was here. Will he join us later? Or is he going to be too busy for the festival? If he is that's a shame.'
One of Byakuyas lower men run up to the new captain of the 13th division and bows to her. "Taicho! Kuchiki Taicho told me to deliver a message. He requests to see you at his house at 9 tonight. If that is acceptable I will inform him so."
"At nine tonight?" She considers this for a moment. "Tell him I'll be there. Thank you for the message." She bows slightly and blushes.
'I wonder what he would like to see me about..?' She srug her shoulders. "I'll be right back Shiro-kun." Se ducks away and goes to the art contest. The man at the table turns to her. "Yes ma'am?" He asked politely. "I'd like to submit some of my art into the contest please." Miyabi blushes a little. "Why you came just in time! We were about to close down the contest and begin judging the art!" He smiles. Miyabi pulls out her latest peice of art. In her best colors she had drawn and colored Khi, both Takashi's, Yura, Byakuya, Shiori, Taki and herself. Shinji and Byakuya were in the center back standing back to back in different postions (Byakuya was standing like he usually did at the window while Shinji had a stern posture). Yura and Khi were together smiling and holding hands beside Byakuya who was on the right. Shiro was beside his father and he was smiling making a peace sign. Taki was infront of him and Shiori was infront of Yura and Khi. Miyabi was dead center with a peaceful strong look about her as she was happy that she had all of her friends there to change her life. Taki was grinning because she had Shiori right there with her. Shiori had the quiet look about her but she was at peace with herelf as well. All three girls wore Kimonos and all the guys had on their nice clothes. Though Byakuya had on what he normally wore so it was nice from what she knew but had not see his best. Behind everyone was a large Sakura tree and the flowers were flying all around. In miyabi's lap lay a beautiful blossem. The picture looked so real as to be a photograph. "Y...you did this??" The man asked her in surprise. Miyabi mistook it for a bad reaction. "Yes.. I'm sorry. I won't enter it.." She reaches for the picture. "My dear young lady if you do not submit this I will feed myself to a hollow." He stated to her. "O..okay." the tips of her ears turn pink at his words. "Now. A Name would be lovely." The man says. "Miyabi Sakuraba." Miyabi said her full name for the first time in soul society. "Well Miyabi-taicho, I hope to see you win!" He smiles and tucks the picture into a seperate pile from the largest pile. Miyabi a little concerned speaks up. "Why do you put mine in the smaller pile sir?" THe man laughs. "Well it is simple. The art in the saller pile is to be for the competition. The rest is junk." The man waves a flippant hand. "If you don't put all the art in to be considered I will with draw my art and I won't care if you throw yourself to a hollow. Understand sir?" She touches a pen knife upon the table for letter opening. Yes Ma'am." He sighs and shuffles the art together. "Is that better miss?" The man groans. "Yes. I want everyone to have a fair chance at winning." She walks away and stops to get a cherry ice on her way back to Shiro. "There. That's all taken care of." She smiles at Shiro who had now collected Shi-chan and Taki. The group went through the evening and had a ball. They dicussed the art shown and they reached Miyabi's submission they didn't know it was hers though Taki had an idea whose it was. The juding time came and her picture won. The ban kai and dancing contests commenced Shiji didn't particapate but Shiori did and even though hers was very impressive Khi's was the most beautiful. so they both won but for different reasons. Shiori and Taki somehow made up and their dance came in second. They had little time to practice after all. At nine o'clock Miyabi bid farewell to her friends and made her way to Byakuya's house.
'I wonder why he said nine...? Perhaps he is no longer busy at least for the evening and he has time to talk with me.' She smiles; happy that he got some down time finally.
Once Miyabi reached his family home she knocks upon the door.
'I wonder what I should do..?' She is still dressed within the beautiful kimono that she wore to the festival. The white silk adorned with sakura blossoms and petals. Even though her obi and the many other cloths hid most of her figure it did not do so completely. Miyabi awaits at the door for a servant to come and get her. She felt her gigddieness builds.
'Why am I feeling like this? I hold no feelings for him in that way.. Do I?'
Shiori tilted her head, as Miyabi walked past her and away from the festival. She had just returned from her room, where she had changed out of her dance kimono and into a simple, though elegant yukata.
I wonder where she's going. There's nothing interesting in that area, in fact I don't even think there's any festival celebrations over there. It's just ... Kuchiki-sama's house... Ohhhhh... She grinned and turned to walk into the crowd and stopped before Shiro and Khi. "Glad you guys could make it, and congradulation
s on both winning prizes in the ban kai competition. Miyabi-san's art was beautiful, wasn't it?" Just then, Yura came and pulled away Khi, leaving the 2 young shiniagmi alone. Shiori shook her hips to the music a bit, nervous at being alone with Shiro. This was the first time in a while that they were together and she still felt a littlw guilty that Taki-san was not here. Sure, they were friends again, but she said that she had other things to do and that Shi-sama should enjoy the festival. Then she left. "So...." Shiori said, trying to start a conversation, "where's your date, Miyabi-san?" She giggled inside I know where she is...
Khi snickered as Yura pulled him away and into the crowd. "Yura-san', he said in a mock angry voice. "I was enjoying their company. Why did you have to disturb us?" He squeezed Yura's hand tightly to show he was joking. "Where are we off to now? he festival is the other way?"
Yura smiles "I want to show you something." He breaks into a run knowing Khi would beable to keep up.
Byakuya's servants answer the door for Miyabi "Please come in miss, He is waiting for you in the garden, as always." He leads her and announces her to Byakuya. "Arigato, Miyabi-san, please join me." Byakuya waited for her.
Miyabi goes over to him. "You requested my presence?" she questions him. standing near him. She blushes from her earlier thought.
"Yes, I did..." Byakuya looked at myabi a little funny. "It has come to my attention that you are officially a captain now. I can't think of how someone so young and with such limited experience has become powerful enough to prove themself worthy of the position. Also how you obtained Bankai so quickly. My family being one of the 4 high families was intrusted with documenting the history of soul society. From what I gather from the odd fluxuations in your reatsu, the speed at which you became so powerful and the time in which you achieved bankai I can only think of one thing. Miyabi-san, you are a viazard aren't you? You also used that training to achieve bankai. I must say I am impressed. But you lack training in the arts of being a shinigami. The way you are you will wind up a savage killing machine like kenpachi. You are of the high families as well. I know about your father. Let me train you and sharpen your skill. Power is one thing, but to use it wildly without skill, without honing it, is like using a mallet to squash a fly. I can teach you to refine that power. I know nothing of the Viazard but I can make you into a true captain." The servant still in the room apeared shocked and muttered, "Kuchiki-sama, you never take on students..." as he walked out of the room.
Miyabi giggles at the mallet to squash a fly idea. "Well if I used a mallet to squask a fly I would know that I killed now wouldn't I?" She smiles. "Byakuya, I will take you up on your offer. I know I need the training and Shinji-san is too busy for me now. I have attempted to try to hone it and I have achieved a little. You are correct in your ideas of me being a viazard. I have been working to protect myself for it and hone that side of the equation." She bows to him very thankful. 'I'm apart of a noble family? O.O'
"Hmn, you say you have honed it, but i can feel such strong fluxuations. Its not constant. You haven't honed it much then. We should begin immediately. But first we should sit here, they are about to start, look up." Byakuya sat and looked towards the fireworks display which was just starting.
"As I said. I have achieved very little." She looks up and the sky in awe. She hadn't seen fireworks since her grandmother brought her to one of the larger cities when she was much younger. "Wow.." She says in a small breathless whisper. She senses that she is being watched and she looks over at Byakuya but he's looking up at the sky. Then again... the feeling of being watched was gone. She smiles and shakes her head.
Khi narrowed his eyes, before shrugging and quickening his pace to follow Yura. I wonder what he wants to show me? Is it that important? "Yura-san! What's the matter that you have to show me something of this importance?!"
Yura brings Khi to a sakura feild. he sits down upon a high hill that they just ran up. He motions for Khi to sit. "shhhh.. Just watch the sky." He beckons quietly. Within a few moments a natural light show occurs. It's a meteor shower.
Khi froze, standing up, as he saw the shower. "Woah.... Yura-san, how did you know?" He turned and sat next to his love.
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