"There's no need to wait and see, Renji. No need to be compassionate."

Well, I am still figuring out this guy.

"Renji, let's crush them" You say, the cold demanding tone I like to break, when I hold you at night.

I shiver.

Because there's no sign of fear in your voice, no fear that we might loose each other.

Only the clear message we will go trough this together.

And I shiver again. Are you here to protect me? Because I am your pride?

Rukia and I are your pride! But you came to fight with me, not with her.

And that means you can go blind right now. To urge things up, to protect the only two you love. To protect our family.

"But I wasn't…"

What the hell are you doing here?

"Do not move"

My jaw is tense and my brown is frowned deeply.

We have a rule, when we trust a shinigami capacity we do not worry. We expect them to win.

What the hell are you doing here?

After all our training and my personal achivements….

Why are you here?

"If he manages to seal my bankai defeat him with yours"

"Captain!"

WHAT? So you do trust me… Yeah baby, I am at your back always, but this feels wrong…

"Yes, That's why we shouldn't use our bankai…." I try to bring you back to reason.

Then you reason me the other way around. As an incredible leader you will sacrifice your bankai to find out how it is sealed, then you expect me to be there covering up your back.

And I will be, but this still feels wrong. Why am I not the one to sacrifice? Why don't just ask? Your bankai is more powerful than mine…

Then I have to watch Senbonzakura vanish in thin air and ear your shocked words. As much I will live I will always remember that feeling of lost in your voice. The way

they shattered a piece of you. And in consequence, a piece of me.

"..no way…!Gh…shit…"

Defeat him with yours…

I am not let them mock you. I feel my blood burn, so much more then when I feel your tongue caressing me. I take a step foward blindly:

"bankai…"

"STOP!" you scream with all despair. The same way you would scream me not to leave your life, I am sure. When I stop in my tracks I understand you are panting.

"…you must not…let them steal your bankai as well…!"

I shiver.

Because there's now a huge sign of fear in your voice, a fear that we might loose each other.

Mine equals yours. How can I protect you then?

My jaw is tense and my brown is frowned deeply.