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Pairings: RenjixIchigo, very slight KenseixIchigo

Summary: AU Instead of Renji being transferred to another division when Aizen doesn't find him useful, he is turned into a vizard as an experiment. Renji manages to escape before Aizen kills him and goes to the human world where he joins up with the other Vizards and eventually meets Ichigo. Yaoi, lemons, sex, cursing, violence.

Author's note: Renji is a little darker in this story, but is otherwise kept in character. The timeline is purely speculative because Renji had to be turned into a vizard sometime after Renji and Rukia joined the academy (which was 50 years ago. If somebody has a more exact date, please tell me. Also, the 'now' occurs in the arrancar arc. The title is based on an excerpt from Hamlet, and is included below, but only the part pertaining to this story. Yes, it is a play on Immortal Coil versus Mortal Coil.

Beta'd by WarriorNun- thank you!

Immortal Coil: Chapter 1

'To be, or not to be: that is the question:

[…]

That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;"

Hamlet by Shakespeare

Seireitei, Soul Society: 30 years ago

Renji walked down the streets, more then a little pissed off as he thought of his last fight. He didn't even start that one! But he knew that Captain Aizen was disappointed with him and he was going to be punished for the transactions.

He growled and mentally hit himself as he remembered the look in Kira and Hinamori's eyes as he was lectured yet again for fighting. He wished he could be calm and obedient like them…but it just wasn't him damn it!

Renji paused as he sensed something behind him and turned around. Nothing. He narrowed his eyes and walked towards where he felt the presence and glanced down the dark alley. Most shinigami didn't wander around after night unless they were on guard duty or drunk. Neither of them he had to worry about, so Renji shrugged it off and walked on.

Reiatsu flared and Renji cried out as a sword slashed through his shoulder and across his torso. He staggered back and fell to his knees, gasping for breath as his blood gushed out of his long wound.

"Who..?" He managed to gasp out although already he felt himself weakening and white crossed his vision. He slumped to the ground.

Aizen Sousuke removed the illusion surrounding him and stared down at Renji's immobile form. Some drunken Shinigami passed by and waved at him, not noticing Abarai under Sousuke's absolute hypnosis.

"Hm, it seems to work on weaker Shinigami as well." Sousuke said to himself and watched as Renji hollowfied. Renji's mask was skull like but where the jaw should be gaped open like a snarling monkey and red lines created the illusion of a snarl. "You should be happy you were useful to me in this sense even though you aren't needed like Kira or Hinamori."

Hollow Renji growled and narrowed his black and gold eyes at the shinigami. His instincts kicked in and instead of standing to fight the captain he opened a garganta into the only other world he knew: the human world. Aizen Sousuke's surprised face was the last thing he saw before he pushed through the blackness and fell into the human world.

..

Shinji Hirako didn't concern himself for the most part with what went on in the world. All he cared about was other Vizards like him and a few select people that have proven they can be trusted. The rest were just trash.

So when he felt the angry and confused reiatsu of a newly born vizard, he didn't hesitate a second to flash step as quickly as he could to it. He skidded to a stop in front of the red haired vizard that was screaming out his anger and looking around for his next prey.

"A lively one, huh?" Hiyori said calmly as she drew her sword and pulled her mask over her face.

"Yep, he'll fit right in."

"Tch, he better not be a weakling."

"I don't think that's going to happen."

They attacked.

…

Karakura Town: Now

After Ichigo got back from Seireitei, he had been pondering the meaning behind the mask that kept showing up and narrowly saving his life. He didn't know what it was, but he wasn't going to ignore it just because it resembled a hollow's mask. Perhaps it was because he didn't share the same bias as shinigami who were taught to act and think a certain way, but he wasn't going to ignore something that could possibly take him over just because of his apprehension.

The first few days of school after he got back were unexpectedly eventful. His substitute shinigami badge went off immediately, almost giving him a heart attack. Then he found out that Ishida lost all of his Quincy powers. The next day, Ichigo met him. Supposedly he was a new student that had just transferred, but Ichigo had never seen a high school student that looked like that.

"Abarai Renji."

He was a couple of inches over 6 feet tall and must have weighed at least 175 pounds. None of it was fat either…the school uniform barely managed to fit around his muscled torso and even Chad's managed to do that. He had tattoos too. Ichigo wondered if they were just on his face.

He was shaken from his thoughts as he heard the teacher's voice. "Okay! Take the seat in the back, over there."

"Yeah, yeah…" Renji grunted and walked over towards Ichigo who was now staring out the window. His lips curled upward in a smirk, revealing sharp teeth. "I guess I'm sitting next to you, Kurosaki-kun."

"Right…nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too."

Just then Ichigo's badge went off, shouting at him that there was a hollow. Ichigo jumped and for once was thankful for the distraction. He felt weird around the new student and would take any chance he got to sort himself out.

"I've got to go to the bathroom." Ichigo told his teacher and quickly ran out the door before she could stop him.

"Don't mind, Ichigo." Chad told the new student. "He's like that."

Renji chuckled and stared at the door where Ichigo just ran through. "I don't mind at all. He's much cuter then I expected…" The last sentence was more said to himself then Chad.

…

That night as Ichigo disposed of his umpteenth hollow- leaving Kon in charge of his body- he felt a menacing presence behind him. He brought his sword up just in time as his opponent swung his down with surprising strength.

"Abarai!?" Unlike in the classroom, Renji's hair was down and his bandana was completely black.

"Hmph." Renji smirked and pushed more power into his sword, making Ichigo strain under the weight.

"A soul-cutter?"

"You're being noisy."

"Tch, fuck off!" Ichigo grunted and managed to shove the sword away from him and slid a few feet on the air as he eyed the other man warily. "What the fuck are you!?"

"Do you really want to know?" Renji asked. Ichigo stared in confusion and then his eyes widened as Renji dragged a mask down from his head with similar markings as his tattoo. "You know what this is, right?"

"A…hollow's mask?"

"Right, I knew you were smart." Renji smirked and stepped closer to Ichigo who appeared to be frozen. "I'm a shinigami who has crossed the boundaries to delve in hollow's powers." Ichigo swallowed as Renji stopped a foot front of him and leaned closer. "What do you say Ichigo? Want to be my friend? I'm a vizard, just like you."

Ichigo kept staring as Renji reached a hand out and dragged a cold finger down his cheek, then grabbed his chin firmly. "Join us, Ichigo; you don't belong with the shinigami."

Ichigo blinked and came to his senses, jerking away from the vizard. "No, I refuse."

"What?" Renji growled and tried to grab Ichigo again but he stepped back before Renji could.

"I don't want any part of being a vizard, or whatever you're called."

"It's not like you have a choice, you already are one." Renji snapped and glared at Ichigo.

"I'm a shinigami dip shit!"

"You're a vizard!"

"Shinigami!"

"Vizard!"

"I knew it was a bad idea to send you."

They both turned to look at the man who had spoken. He was slim and had blond hair that hit right below his ears. Renji seems to know him because he narrowed his eyes and glared. "I can handle this Shinji!"

"Apparently you can't."

Shinji glanced at Ichigo who was staring at him in confusion.

"Where are my manners, I'm Shinji Hirako, vizard." He gave a short bow.

"You're a vizard too?"

"Yep!" Shinji grinned broadly at Ichigo who eyed him warily.

"I'm a Shinigami."

"You're a vizard." Renji said again and for a moment his eyes flashed gold and black before disappearing to their normal brown.

"Shinigami!"

"This isn't getting us anywhere." Shinji said with a sigh. "Just come with us and we'll explain everything."

"I'm not going anywhere with you guys."

"Yes you are!" Renji lunged for Ichigo with his sword raised but Shinji stopped him with his hand settled on his shoulder.

"It would be better for you if you came willingly."

Ichigo considered the two for a second as he mentally calculated his chances. "Like hell!" He rushed forward but didn't even get a chance to move a step before Shinji was behind him. Ichigo tried to turn sharply to face him, but Shinji was too fast. He slammed the back of his head and Ichigo dropped like a rock.

Renji quickly flash stepped underneath him and easily caught his unconscious form. He blinked and stared down at his unconscious face for a second before shifting him into a more comfortable position.

"So you like him?" Shinji asked with a laugh making Renji glare at him. "Tch, if you weren't so hot headed and eager we would have been able to wait patiently."

"Shouldn't we train him now before the hollow has more time to take him over?"

"He might have come to us before that happened."

"Might have?" Renji glanced down at Ichigo again and marveled at the way his brow was smoothed and his mouth relaxed. "It's hard to believe someone like this could have a monster inside of him."

"Yeah, right, he's real cute and cuddly." Shinji commented as they began to move. "Are you love-sick already?"

"Shut up." Renji snarled and clutched Ichigo closer to him. "I'm just saying that-"

"That he's hot and sexy?"

"No, that-"

"He's adorable and fuckable?"

"No!"

"Good, then I get dibs."

"Fuck off." Renji grumbled. "He's just a vizard that we need to train. Nothing special."

"Right right, whatever you say."

"Damn right."

Ichigo stirred in Renji's arms and Renji looked down at him, a dark look creeping into his eyes.

"Oi, Renji, control yourself would yah?"

Renji blinked and looked away from Ichigo's tempting face. "I have it under control."

Shinji narrowed his eyes and frowned thoughtfully. "Do you need me to carry him?"

"I can handle it."

"Obviously you can't get your hormones under control enough to simply carry the little punk."

"I can handle it." Renji repeated and held Ichigo closer to him. Shinji said nothing more and soon they reached their base. The barrier opened just long enough for them to slip through and then slammed seamlessly closed again.

"Welcome home, Ichigo." Renji muttered to the sleeping form and eased him onto a futon. "Enjoy your rest while you can."

LINE

There are going to be a few scenes that coincide with the manga/anime, but I'm not going to be writing a script for the scenes that most, if not all of the readers are familiar with. If they are important enough for me to note, then I'll just summarize the information and continue onward. After all, this is fan fiction, not the manga/anime in literature form.

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