Heart

Chapter 1

"Renji! Renji! A small girl in a black kimono calls out as she searches for her friend.

"Rukia I'm right here! There's no need to shout!" a tall red-headed young man shouts as he appears behind her.

"Oh sorry it's just that ni-sama wants to see you!" Rukia apologized as Renji ruffled her ink-black hair.

"Alright I'll go see Byakuya right now but can you go and get Hitsugaya and Momo for me? I needed to ask them about something." Renji chuckled as Rukia smacked him in the head.

Rukia nodded and waved as she ran down the hallway to find Toushiro Hitsugaya and Momo Hinamori. Renji sighed as he walked to Byakuya's office, wondering why his captain wanted to see him. For some strange reason he wasn't feeling like himself lately so he decided to go to his friend Momo and Captain Hitsugaya for advice but was interrupted by Rukia. Every time he saw her he felt his heart skip a beat. "Man how hopeless can I be?" he whispered more to himself than to anybody else.

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"Ah look Ichigo it's Rukia and Renji!" Orihime cried as she and Ichigo approached Rukia and Renji.

"Hey Rukia, Hey Renji. So what are you guys doing here?" Ichigo asks casually as he placed his hand on top of Orihime's head.

"We were sent to the world of the living to destroy Hollows why else would we be here!" Renji snorts in annoyance.

"Man Renji why do you have to be such a jerk whenever you come here!" Ichigo challenged as Orihime and Rukia turned their attention to Kon who had clung himself to Rukia's side.

"Why do you have to be an ass whenever I do!" Renji said angrily, his temper rising.

"P-p-please don't fight! Um, let's go to Urahara's shop? Yeah that's what we'll do! C'mon Ichigo let's go!" Orihime cries as she grabbed Ichigo's hand and drags him in the direction of the shop that Kisuke Urahara owned.

"Renji what was that about?" Rukia asks as she grabbed Renji's hand to stop him from walking the opposite direction.

"It's nothing Rukia. I just lost my temper that's all." Renji stammered as he looked down, his face blushing bright red.

Rukia was silent as they walked towards Urahara's shop, her hand still holding Renji's.

As they walked Renji thought back to the conversation he had with Hitsugaya and Momo before he left the Soul Society.

"What's wrong Renji?" Momo asked worriedly as Renji walked into Captain Hitsugaya's office, his faced as white as a sheet.

"It's nothing It's just that…"

"It's just that what Abarai?" Hitsugaya interrupts, looking up from the piles of paperwork that was piled on his desk.

"Well…I just had a talk with Captain Kuchiki and I've been assigned to the world of the living along with Rukia…" Renji explained as best he could while his face slowly turned bright red.

"So what's the problem?" Hitsugaya asks as he finished a document and started on another.

"Shiro! Don't say such things! How would you feel if you were left alone with a girl that you liked?" Momo pouted.

"H-h-hold on who said that I li-"

"I told you to stop calling "Shiro" Bed-wetter Momo!" Hitsugaya snapped.

"Don't call me that Shiro!" Momo whined as she and Hitsugaya started a name-calling war. As he walked out of the office Renji felt slightly amused but also depressed at what Captain Hitsugaya said.

As they walked to Urahara's shop Renji thought to himself, what in the world was wrong with him.