A/N: This is not a couple that I ship exactly, but if were Renji were to say, oh I dunno, die, then I would totally go for it. Anyways, even though I wrote this, the plot was developed between myself and xxsasuxxnaruxxluverxx. (Psst, you should check her out if you're into SasuNaru fics, they're pretty good.)
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WARNING: This is ManxMan, if you are not into that, then why the hell did you go into this M-rated section?
STITCH TOGETHER THIS BROKEN HEART
"Hihio Zabimaru!" Renji yelled, dense smoke clearing from around him to reveal a large skeletal snake encircling him. Renji spread his feet and crouched low into a fighting stance, swinging his arm swiftly and sending the snake after the man who had put the Soul Society in utter chaos and destruction. It would end here, he was sure of it.
Sosuke Aizen smirked. Predictable. The redhead was just too predictable. Renji Abarai was merely a fukutaichou; he would never be able to defeat someone with as much skill as he. Aizen shunpo-d out of the way of the initial attack, the smirk still on his face, his eyes closed. He wasn't even breaking a sweat. He shunpo-d behind Renji, his eyes still closed and the smirk on his face turning into more of a contented smile as he slashed Kyoka Suigetsu across the length of Renji's back in one graceful flick of his wrist.
Renji's eyes widened as he felt the steel blade sliding down into the flesh of his back, slick with his own blood. The force of the blow knocked him to his knees, the impact of his knees contacting with the sandy ground of Hueco Mundo causing blood to spurt out of his mouth. He gasped a breath, leaning heavily on a segment of Zabimaru, struggling to get up again so he could beat the shit out of Aizen.
Aizen leaned down close to Renji's face so that his mouth was right next to the redhead's ear. He breathed on it hotly as he whispered, "Oh, what a shame it is that your precious Kuchiki Taichou is not here to come to your aid." The smile on his face grew larger as he disappeared quickly with a shunpo, only to reappear in a split second standing a few yards in front of the bleeding Renji.
Renji's temper flared as a feral snarl ripped through his throat. Adrenaline rushed through his veins and he was on his feet again in an instant, the blood oozing down his back or dribbling out of the side of his mouth not fazing him at all. He wiped his forearm over his eye so he could see more clearly, the blood obstructing his vision. His breathing had become ragged, but he was relentless. "Hikotsu Taiho!" he yelled, swinging Zabimaru once more towards Aizen as a gargantuan red ball of dense spiritual energy swelled between its fangs, growing and growing until it released right before Zabimaru reached Aizen, the energy swallowing the traitorous soul reaper whole.
"Shatter, Kyoka Suigetsu," Aizen said quietly, opening his eyes slowly as the skeletal snake approached him with its jaw glowing red, dropping his sword blade down to the ground below him, just as the red energy engulfed him. It wasn't over yet.
Renji breathed a slight sigh of relief but did not relax his body, still tense and holding the pose so that he was ready to attack again, but he did not know if that was necessary after watching Aizen being hit point blank by his baboon bone cannon.
As the dust cleared and the sand settled from the intensity of the attack, the first thing that Renji saw was a pristine white haori contrasting against the grey and drabness of Hueco Mundo.
"Taichou?" he asked with uncertainty.
Yes. It was without a doubt Byakuya Kuchiki, but what he was doing was what surprised Renji, that and the fact that Sosuke Aizen was nowhere to be seen.
Byakuya raised Senbonzakura in front of him and closed his eyes slowly. "Scatter, Senbonzakura," he said calmly, opening his eyes once more to watch the pink petals scatter to the wind.
The moment he had opened his mouth and let those words come out Renji knew that whoever it was that was before him was not his Taichou. He could say this with absolute certainty, but whoever it was had an attack identical to that of his Taichou's and he knew from that moment that he was in for it.
"Who are you?" he demanded, his tone fierce and strong.
The Byakuya-copy did not respond, but he stared Renji straight in the eyes, an evil glint in his own grey ones as the petals began to encircle Renji, the hilt of Senbonzakura was all that was left in the Byakuya imposter's hands. With a small flick of his wrist the petals rained down on Renji, blood spurting from almost every part of his body as the small blades dug into his flesh.
Renji was able to encircle Zabimaru around him to take the brunt of the attack, but it was not enough. His hair fell to frame his face, one of the blades having sliced the tie he used to hold up his ponytail. He grimaced in pain, but he did not fall, taking a shaky step forward and thrusting his arm in the direction of the imposter, sending Zabimaru roaring towards him.
The false Byakuya sidestepped the skeletal snake easily, pink petals fluttering harmlessly around him for a brief second before they were again slicing at the redhead, this time though there wasn't an armored sword there to protect him.
A gurgle came from the back of Renji's throat as he fell forward into the sand, his will shaken. Zabimaru sensed this and returned to its original katana form at his side, Renji still gripping the hilt tightly.
In a mere second Senbonzakura had returned to its katana form as well as the false Kuchiki Taichou used shunpo to get to the side of the sixth squad fukutaichou, grabbing him by his freed red locks and pulling him up so that he was on his knees.
Renji's eyes drooped almost to a close, too weak to move against this man. He let out a low groan as he was pulled up by his hair, but other than that did not react as the false Senbonzakura was placed against his marred throat.
"Are you prepared to meet you end, Abarai-fukuta-"
"Scatter, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi," a soft voice resonated from behind them, the area around them turning black while thousands of blades rose up from the ground around them to form two rows. The blades then shattered into millions of pink petals, catching the false Byakuya by surprise as the illusion cracked and then broke and Aizen appeared, holding the sword to Renji's neck still. He dropped the still bleeding redhead to the ground so that he could raise his sword and create some type defense against the onslaught of the pink petals, but it was too late and he was shredded almost instantly as Byakuya continued to walk towards his dying fukutaichou.
He dropped to his knees beside the redheaded man and took his hand gently in his own, raising a senkei around them without uttering a single word so that other battles that were happening close by would not be able to harm them. Even though they could still here the clashes of swords and the destruction of the area around them, the only thing that could be seen inside the senkei was the pink blades floating in the sky.
"Renji," Byakuya said softly, brushing the red strands of hair out of his face and checking over his body to see the extent of his wounds with his eyes. Renji's breathing was ragged and Byakuya's healing abilities were not at a level high enough to treat the wounds he had sustained. They needed the assistance of Unohana-taichou immediately, or else the likelihood of Renji's survival was very slim.
Amber eyes opened slowly to glance up into mercury ones, showing him that the red head was still alive. But there was an emotion in them that Byakuya could not quite decipher.
"…Byakuya…" he rasped out softly.
"Do not speak Abarai," he said in response, running his ghostly white fingers lightly over the back of his tanned hand. He had yet to notice it, but Renji had. There was something wrong with the senkei. Something terribly wrong.
Renji furrowed his brow slightly, trying to get Byakuya's attention to the gently shaking swords above them. "Byakuya…run, now," he tried to yell, but it came out barely above a whisper.
Byakuya's normally stoic face stared down at him curiously, not understanding what he was trying to point out. There was no need to worry, they were safe inside the senkei, no one could get to them there.
Renji raised his hand shakily and pointed to the swords that were shaking more violently above them, Byakuya finally looking up and seeing what it was that was so urgent. His eyes widened. This was never supposed to happen.
And that was when the first few swords began to drop, running into the ground blade first. The senkei was slowly collapsing around them, but not slowly enough for Byakuya to get them both out.
"Get out…now!" Renji pleaded.
At that exact moment, Byakuya leaned over Renji, placing both his hands on either side of his head, using his body to shield his wounded lover from the plummeting swords.
The black-haired man grimaced in pain as three swords at once that had fallen from the sky above them ran him through, but he relaxed his face and smiled softly down at Renji, which was a rare sight to see, even for the redhead. He coughed and the blood that had been pooling in his mouth sprayed out in an array of ruby red droplets, landing in the sand beside Renji.
Amber eyes widened in shock as he tried to sit up, bright pink swords still continuing to fall around them as the rest of the senkei collapsed, but the man above him held him down. A rivulet of crimson red began to trail its way down the pale jaw of the sixth squad taichou as he uttered his last words.
"Always remember, I love you, Renji," he whispered softly before collapsing on top of his devastated fukutaichou.
That was when Byakuya Kuchiki's world turned to black.
A/N:
Andraiyel: Ok, so even though I bet you are wondering, "What the hell does this have to Byakuya and Grimmjow?!" Well, we are getting there.
xxsasuxxnaruxxluverxx: it takes a while for inspiration god damn it! give us a break! anyway we thank you for coming and giving us a chance!
Andraiyel: So leave your reviews and we will put up the next installation of "Stitch Together This Broken Heart" probably by next weekend.
xxsasuxxnaruxxluverxx: so if you would be so kind as to review that would be fantabulis (yes Andraiyel I know I probably spelled that wrong but I don't care) so have a good fanfic day and see you next time!!
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