Sorry it's so short but i need to get my ideas down!

Come morning, Ichigo was startled from his very own mind when the front door of Urahara's shop opened so loudly it shook the whole building. "What in the hell?" Ichigo asked as he stepped out into the hallway. Ururu and Jinta also emerged, but Tessai and Urahara were no where to be seen. Perhaps they were already up.

"What's going on?" A painfully familiar voice shouted. "Where's Ichigo?"

"I'm right here, Renji," Ichigo said as he stepped into the foyer. He swallowed loudly as he took in the sight of the man he had missed so much. Renji looked exactly the same; his hair up in its traditional ponytail, with his head band around his hairline. His muscular build was still well defined, even through the robes of the shinigami that he wore. The black tattoos looked striking as they went up with his brow as he gasped in surprise.

"For fuck's sake!" Renji nearly shouted as he shot forward and gripped Ichigo's shoulders firmly between his hands, startling the shorter boy. "I get a call early this morning, summoning me because something had happened to you. Then I get here and see Tessai carrying your battered and dead body. I thought a hollow had gotten your soul! Why can Urahara never just say exactly what happened when he calls?"

The man looked ravenous as he searched Ichigo's face for something. Ichigo, however, did not know what he was looking for. "Yeah, the damn hollow got the best of me. I managed to kill it, but I still failed in the end."

Renji looked shocked. That's not what he had been expecting. "You did not fail Ichigo. Look at you, you've obviously been having a hard time here. At least now you can come back and be with the rest of us. Everyone's missed you a lot, including me."

That surprised Ichigo, but not as much as when Renji leaned forward and enveloped Ichigo in a hug. The younger boy hugged the massive man back, breathing in the scent that was purely Renji. Oh how he wished that Renji viewed him as Ichigo viewed Renji. After a moment they separated. "You idiot. Did you think I'd make fun of you that you were killed by a hollow?"

Ichigo looked at the wall. "I shouldn't have lost to a hollow that weak."

"I'll change your mind eventually," Renji said as he threw an arm around Ichigo's shoulders, guiding him outside to where Urahara stood.

"You can do it now Renji," Urahara said, peering out from underneath his trademark hat. "Good-bye for now Ichigo, though I am sure we'll meet up again here pretty soon."

"See ya Urahara," the orange-haired boy said with sincerity. A small part of him would miss the shop owner. A very small, teeny tiny part.

Unsheathing his sword, Renji turned and stood right in front of Ichigo. "I do not know where you'll end up when you get to the Soul Society, but I will round everyone up and we will come find you. You may end up in one of the more dangerous districts and you will not have your shinigami powers back right away. Just stay where you are and do not speak to anyone. Not everyone in the Soul Society is kind. You ready?"

Ichigo nodded once before the sword hilt was pressed to his forehead firmly. "I'll find you," Renji said, and it was the last thing he heard as everything went white and he felt his very soul evaporate from earth.