Author's Note-Hello, Everyone! This is a Renji X OC fic and it's a little AU. Not too much though. Just no war or anything. Everyone is just chillin'. XD Anyway, I really hope you all enjoy it! R & R! Thanks!

"Blah"-talking

'Blah'-thinking

'Blah'-talking with zanpakto

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

Chapter 1

Well, I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Hina Takeshi and I'm a soul reaper. Actually, I'm the fourth seat of the Sixth Division. You're here so I can tell you some of my story, right? I guess I better get started then.

It was a nice morning and I was walking to my office from the barracks.

'I wonder if I can get Rikichi to spar with me today,' I thought. I made it to my office and started on my paperwork. Since I'm the fourth seat, I don't have much paperwork and I was done by noon that day. I walked quickly to the office that the captain had to share with that red-haired idiot. Yeah, yeah, I know that I shouldn't insult my lieutenant, but I honestly don't care. I carefully knocked on the door. I heard my captain say 'Enter!' and I walked into the office. I bowed politely.

"What do you need, Takeshi?" Captain Kuchiki asked without ever looking up from his paperwork. I tried to ignore the eyes boring into my back from across the room.

"My paperwork is finished and I was wanting to spar with Rikichi. Is he available?" I asked.

"Rikichi is on assignment in the World of the Living," he replied. I felt a slight shift in Renji's reiatsu.

"Thank you, anyway, sir," I said bowing again. Renji stood up.

"Captain Kuchiki, I'm mostly done with my paperwork. I can spar with Takeshi," he said. I grimaced.

"No, Lt. Abarai. I'll just work on some evasive move or something."

"Takeshi, you will go and spar with Abarai," the captain said. "It'll get him out of my hair," he added under his breath. I growled in annoyance.

"Well, come on then, pineapple boy. Let's go!" I sneered. Renji frowned and followed me out of the office.

"Hey, I'm your superior! You're supposed to respect me, not insult me," he complained. I spun around.

"Oh, you mean after the crap you did when I first entered the squad?"

"What're you talking about?" he asked. I face-palmed.

"You put a dead fish in my pillowcase! My bed smelled like fish for a week! I had to go stay with Rangiku," I shuddered. He laughed.
"Fine. I'm sorry. Happy now, shorty?" he asked. I glared at him.

"I'm not short! I'm a girl. I'm supposed to be smaller. Imagine if I looked like you. I'd never get a boyfriend," I told him. He frowned.

"Are you saying I'm not attractive?"

"Yep. That's exactly what I'm saying," I said as I started walking towards the training grounds again. Okay, that was a lie. I'd seen him without a shirt a few times and I have to admit the view wasn't bad. But he's the kind of person that if you tell them that they're good looking it goes straight to their head. Plus, no amount of hotness can make up for stupidity.

"Are you sure you mean that? I really am sorry about the fish," he said. We had just arrived at the training grounds.

"Draw your zanpakto. I'm ready to fight." I already had Katori* drawn. He frowned again and drew Zabimaru. I ran at him full speed. I swung at him, but he dodged and I hit the ground. He tried the same on me and I rolled out of the way. It went on like that for a while until I went into shikai.

"Burn, Katori!" I yelled. There was a burst of flame and my zanpakto was released. I gripped the hilt tightly and smiled at how my orange and red blade looked.

"Roar, Zabimaru!" Renji yelled. He swung his sword at me and caught my shoulder. The part of my uniform that was cut fell down my arm and I could feel the blood flowing from my shoulder.

'Okay, now I'm pissed!' I thought. I charged at him with everything I had. Normally, my sword just had a slight glow around it. Now it was blazing, showing that I had completely snapped.

"Hina, calm down! We're only sparring!" Renji yelled to me. I kept swinging Katori as hard as I could, keeping Renji on the defensive. I only stopped for a moment to do something he never expected.

"Bankai! Bakuhatsu Katori**!" I screamed. Renji's eyes widened as I felt the fire engulf my body and felt the wings on my back. I was just getting ready to swing my sword when as binding kido surrounded me, forcing my zanpakto to go back to its sealed form. Renji just looked at me with shock covering his face. I looked behind me and saw my captain standing there with two other squad members.

"Escort her back to her room in the barracks. Released the kido once she's there," he said to them. Then, he looked at me. "You are to remain there for the rest of the day." I sighed and let them take me.

I had been in my room for a few hours when someone knocked on my door.

"Who is it?" I called.

"It's pineapple boy," Renji said. I rolled my eyes.

"What do you want?"

"Can I come in? I just want to ask you a few things."

"Fine. Come in," I said. The door slid open and Renji stepped inside. "I guess you deserve an explanation. He sat next to me on my futon.

"Why'd you go into bankai today? Did I really make you that mad? When did you even achieve bankai?" he asked. I shook my head.

"One question at a time. No, you didn't make me that mad. I've just got a lot of stuff on my mind. It has nothing to do with you. And I reached bankai a couple of years ago. I'm really sorry I was going to try to kill you today," I apologized. 'And you didn't help things,' I thought to Katori. He only snorted and I growled at him.

"Hina, you okay?" Renji asked. I nodded.

"Sorry. My zanpakto's being stupid," I answered.

'Hey! You're the one who was going to try and kill your lieutenant!' Katori yelled.

'Oh, just shut up!' I yelled back. "I really am sorry, Renji. It won't happen again."

"Uh, would you want to come out drinking with me and the others tonight?" Renji asked suddenly. I just stared at him. "What?"

"You know I can't leave. Captain's orders," I told him. He sighed and then perked back up.

"He said you had to stay here for the rest of the day. We're going drinking tonight," he replied.

"Renji, that's a technicality."

"Man, you're no fun," he said as he stood up to leave. I sighed.

"Fine, I'll go," I told him. He fist-pumped.

"I'll come get you when I leave." And with that, he left.

I really did feel bad about attempting to kill Renji. I had a lot of things that were stressing me out. My sensei was sick. Really sick. And I was trying to save up money so I didn't have to live at the division on top of having to buy medicine for Sensei. I really didn't have the money to go out drinking, but I thought that maybe I'd relax enough so I didn't actually kill someone. I was laying on my futon reading a book from the World of the Living when Renji burst into my room.

"Let's go!" he said, pulling me out the door.

*Katori-fire bird

**Bakuhatsu Katori-exploding fire bird

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