Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"Rukia, look at what you're saying! This is such a rare opportunity to eat those sweets! If we don't enjoy them to our hearts' content today, we might never have another chance in our lives!"

Renji is a true pragmatist.

"Ugh, I can't stand you..."

Rukia sighed helplessly after hearing Renji's words.

"Let's not talk about me for now. Rukia, how was your conversation with your sister?"

Renji asked Rukia.

"The older sister is such a nice person!"

After hearing Renji's words, Rukia gave him a thumbs up.

"According to my sister's wishes, she hopes I can recognize my brother-in-law, the one who approached us that day, as my sworn brother! My sister said that if I do this, I can join the Kuchiki family, and I will never be separated from my sister again..."

"Not only that, my sister said that she and my brother-in-law will arrange a suitable job for me. Even if I don't graduate from the 'Spiritual Arts Academy,' I can still join the 'Gotei 13' and become a full-fledged Shinigami. Renji, what do you think I should do?"

Rukia relayed what Hisana had told her to Renji.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Renji was taken aback by Rukia's words, then spoke excitedly.

He was genuinely happy for Rukia.

"So you think so too?"

Rukia sighed helplessly upon hearing this.

"Hey, hey, hey! Rukia! You can join the Gotei 13 without graduating from the Spirit Arts Academy. Isn't that amazing? Most people would be ecstatic if they encountered this opportunity. You should really seize it!"

Having been by Rukia's side for many years, Renji naturally understood Rukia's thoughts.

Renji then told Rukia about the merits of this matter.

“I understand! But I still plan to rely on my own abilities to get into the Gotei 13! I don’t want to be called someone who got in through my sister’s and brother-in-law’s connections years later. I don’t want to become the kind of person that you and I hate the most.”

After careful consideration, Rukia decided to continue her six years of study at the 'Spiritual Arts Academy' and graduate honorably, while also relying on her own strength to enter the 'Gotei 13'.

"Is that true?"

"As expected of Rukia!"

After hearing Rukia's words, Renji smiled brightly. Indeed, no matter how Rukia's identity changes, Rukia will always be Rukia.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean by saying Rukia is Rukia?"

"If I'm not myself, then who am I?"

Upon hearing this, Rukia angrily questioned Renji.

"No! It's nothing..."

Renji said, gently shaking his head.

"Speaking of which, if it were Renji, what would you choose?"

Rukia seemed to have thought of something and asked Renji.

"Idiot! Do I even need to say it?"

"Of course, I'll cling to my sister and brother-in-law and live a life of luxury from now on! Those who looked down on me before, I'll make them pay a heavy price! I'll show them who the real nobles are!!"

Upon hearing this, Renji first showed a hint of disdain, then gritted his teeth and said.

"Huh? Renji, don't you know that it's better to rely on yourself than on others? How could you be this kind of person?"

Rukia was taken aback by Renji's answer.

"Rukia, what are you saying?"

"My brother-in-law is already the next head of the Kuchiki family, so why should I even need to work hard?"

Renji stroked his chin, looked intently at Rukia, and answered.

"go to hell!"

In the end, Renji was met with Rukia's iron fist.

"Ouch! Rukia, wait a minute..."

"I was just joking, trying to ease the tension!"

"You know I'm not that kind of person..."

"You and I both hate those nobles the most, don't we?!"

Renji was being beaten back by Rukia, and kept begging for mercy.

"You hate nobles only because you're not one, right? You bastard!"

Rukia wasn't stupid; she retorted directly.

"This isn't my fault, is it? It really is a matter of status!"

Renji's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Although Renji disliked and looked down on the gossipy nobles, he put himself in their shoes. If he were a nobleman, and had grown up in the same environment as them, he didn't think he was necessarily any better than them.

"It's useless to talk!"

As Rukia spoke, she kicked Renji in the face.

"Click~"

It was at this moment that the door to the tea room was pushed open.

"..."

For a moment, the whole world fell silent.

The Kuchiki family guards watched Rukia brutally beating Renji, their eyelids twitching slightly, but they said nothing.

Rukia and Renji looked at the guards in front of them with extreme embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, I came at the wrong time."

"Actually, I'm here to convey a message from Madam Hisa to Miss Rukia and Young Master Renji. Madam Hisa said that it's getting late and asked you two to stay for a simple meal, then spend the night at the Kuchiki family home, and return to the academy tomorrow morning. As for the academy, Madam Hisa has already made arrangements, so you two don't need to worry about that."

"I've finished speaking, please continue..."

The guard said this and closed the door to the tea room.

"This young mistress's sister is really good at this game."

The guard went out the door and muttered something to himself.

"My reputation is completely ruined now."

Rukia watched the departing guards, tears of regret streaming down her face.

"So my reputation doesn't matter at all?"

Having taken several punches from Rukia, Renji lay on the fine wooden floor of the tea room, his eyes glazed over, muttering to himself.

Just as Rukia and Hishimura were getting to know each other, the Kuchiki family was thriving.

In the heavens, at the 'Spirit King's Palace'.

"puff……"

Byakuya Kuchiki kept spitting out pinkish-red blood foam, his body flying through the air like a tattered rag.

"Hahaha..." The one who faced Byakuya head-on and severely injured him with a single punch was a burly man over two meters tall, with a large "U" painted on his cheek in red paint, who kept laughing wildly. "The current heir of the Kuchiki family is so weak~"

"The heir of the Shiba family isn't much better either."

The man who responded to the burly man was a man with short silver hair, dark brown skin, and an orange veil around his neck symbolizing his noble status. His brown skin, combined with his noble bearing, already revealed his surname—Shihouin!

Yes, the person Shiba Kukaku faced off against was naturally Shihōin Senhi.

"hateful."

At this moment, Kukaku's condition was not much better than Byakuya's; her left hand and right foot were both broken.

"So bad! So bad!"

On the other side, the burly man leaped up and caught Byakuya Kuchiki in mid-air. He held Byakuya's head in one hand and kept punching Byakuya's stomach with the other, making 'pfft, pfft' sounds. Under normal circumstances, Byakuya should have been beaten to death by the man. Unfortunately, this was Araki's Lidian. The characteristic of Araki Lidian is that it grants the trial participants immortality.

"Arise! Byakuya Kuchiki! Stand up! Byakuya Kuchiki!"

"I heard from Araki that you were pretty arrogant, weren't you?!"

"How come it's so disappointing, unlike the rumors?"

The burly man not only destroyed Byakuya's body, but also continued to mock him, shattering Byakuya's strong mental defenses.

To this, Byakuya replied: "..."

Well, Byakuya, who was severely injured, was speechless. He had only one question in his mind: he couldn't beat the man in front of him, and he couldn't win an argument with him. How should he break this situation?!

The lower realm at this moment!

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh…”

In the ancestral lands of the Kuchiki family, plumes of smoke rose into the sky one after another, their explosive colors stunning the entire spring and summer.

"Byakuya, I've found my sister! Thank you~"

With Rukia's support, Hisana admired the smoke rising from the sky.

Even the current head of the Kuchiki family, Kuchiki Ginrin, the acting head, Kuchiki Sojun, and Kuchiki Hibiki, came to visit Hisa during dinner. The three of them said almost the same thing: Rukia is a talented girl and has a bright future after joining the Kuchiki family! They also told Hisa to take good care of herself.

At this moment, the Kuchiki family on the ground was at peace, while Byakuya in the sky kept spitting blood.

Byakuya in the sky: "In the end, I bore the burden alone!"

Time flies, four years later!

Over the past four years, Hisana's health has gradually recovered, and she is now able to move freely within the 'Seireitei' area...

However, Byakuya in the sky still did not come down from the 'Spirit King Palace'.

As insiders, Ginrin and Sojun explained this to Hisa as follows: Byakuya was in seclusion, preparing to take over as captain from Ginrin!