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Renji's birthday was two days ago and today was the day Byakuya and Renji fought to see if Renji was strong enough to be Captain of Squad Five but Byakuya was not up for the fight at least not today. The night of Renji's birthday Byakuya didn't get much sleep and didn't eat breakfast the next morning because he was upset about Renji not talking to him. And to add on to his sadness Renji didn't talk to him at all that day and in turn Byakuya was so upset with himself he didn't eat lunch or dinner. And to make matters worse all he had was a banana and a glass of water he was so unprepared for this fight but he was going it give his best shot.

Byakuya sat in his office across from Renji and stared out the window, it was almost 3 o'clock almost time for their battle and Byakuya wasn't sure if was ready. He was always ready for a fight mentally but physically he just wasn't sure but he sure wasn't going to let Renji win. He'd die before he let Renji beat him in a battle of zanpakuto. Byakuya heard Renji stand up and looked over to him Renji still wasn't speaking to him and even when he did it was about work stuff like paperwork and squad members and it made Byakuya even more sad that not only was his friend leaving him but now they weren't even friends anymore.

"Are you ready, Captain?" Renji asked standing in the doorway zanpakuto at his side

Byakuya stood up and stood tall. "Of course I am"

They walked out of the office and to the squad six training grounds. When they arrived to the training grounds Byakuya looked around and noticed that everyone was there to watch the upcoming fight. Every captain and lieutenant from every squad was there including the rest of their squad. And Captain Yamamoto was standing right in the middle of the grounds waiting for them to get there. He also noticed someone made bleachers for everyone to watch. Byakuya rolled his eyes when he heard his zanpakuto snicker.

'They're all here to watch you get your ass kicked'

Byakuya growled in his head "Look here" he said to him quietly hoping Renji's couldn't hear him "You're either with me or against me I don't need you to fight I've used you without you before I can do it again."

'You know I'm with you but I don't know how long you'll hold up with your low sugar levels and what not'

"Just shut up and be helpful"

'Your wish is my command'

Byakuya rolled his eyes and finally stopped in front of the Head Captain standing next to Renji.

"Good morning, Head Captain" they said in unison

"Good morning, Captain Kuchiki and Lieutenant Abari" Yamamoto said "You may move to your respective spots"

They nodded their head and moved to their places on the field Byakuya on the right of the Head Captain and Renji on the left.

Up on the make shift bleacher some people were still finding seats including Yorichi, Shiro, and Ichigo.

"Did we miss anything?" they asked sitting next to Kisuke and Ikkaku and the rest of the peanut gallery as Byakuya calls them.

"No they're just starting" Kisuke answered

"Is Renji still mad at him" Yorichi asked

"Why is he mad at him" Ichigo asked

"Where have you been" Yorichi said "Renji found out Byakuya didn't make him captain because he was being selfish"

"Really, well that sucks ass but I mean Byakuya is pretty selfish we know that and if I was as lonely as he was I wouldn't want to let my only friend leave either." Ichigo said

"I didn't say that why he did it."

"Clearly that's the reason he did it. Loneliness will make anyone make bad decisions ."

That last statement left everyone rethinking about what they said about the man when Renji told them what happen when he walked Byakuya home and why it'll be awhile before he talks to him again.

"Captains and lieutenants and other members of the Seireitei" Head Captain Yamamoto said to get everyone's attention "We are here today to witness Renji Abari win his Captain's coat. Today he will go against his own captain, Captain Kuchiki, in a battle of hand to hand combat, kido, and zanpokuto. He must win two out of three of the battles to get his captains coat." the crowd cheered "Now will both opponents hand me your Zanpokuto's" Byakuya and Renji took their zanpokuto's off their belts and handed them to the Head Captain. "Now Byakuya" he said looking at him "I'm locking your zanpokuto because I know you can control it without calling it's name and you don't have to have it by your side to use it."

"I don't recall telling you that" Byakuya said back calmly

"I have eyes everywhere" he said with a smirk

"Since when could you do that?" Renji asked now completely surprised he never noticed that new trick because he was sure Byakuya used it at every chance he got. He then realized how many training sessions they had when Byakuya didn't have his zanpokuto near him.

"About two years now" Byakuya said trying not to let it seem like he was surprised Renji was talking to him.

"That's awesome"

"The rules are once one of you is down two times you have lost and there is no rematch. There will but nothing special. No flash step. No special kido binding. Just hand to hand. Got it." both men nodded in agreement "Okay, lets begin" Yamamoto said "bow to one another before starting" they did so "Begin" he said flash stepping out of the way.

The hand to hand battle has now begun and Renji was nervous. Yes, he was good at hand to hand combat but Byakuya was way better and Renji knew he would probably lose this battle but he knew with all the kido training he's had he'll definitely have a great shot at winning and in the zanpokuto well that would be one hell of a fight he's not sure he'll win but he knows he not going to lose.

Renji was so lost in thought he hadn't even noticed he was on the ground getting pinned until Yamamoto was standing over him. "How in the hell did I get down here?" he spoke to himself out loud

"It would do very well for you to pay attention as you know your captain is very skilled at hand to hand combat" the Head Captain said

"Yes, I know" Renji looked around the training grounds and could see Ikkaku shaking his head at him and then he looked at Byakuya who had a slight smirk on his face. Renji glared playfully at him which wiped the smirk off Byakuya's face and Renji remembered he was supposed to be mad at him. Renji wasn't so sure he was still angry at him after thinking about it all day the day before he realized Byakuya was just lonely.

"Round two" Yamamoto said flash stepping away again

This time Renji was paying attention he blocked the shots aimed at his face and torso and even managed to throw some punches of his own, they got blocked but he threw some. After blocking a few more punches from Byakuya Renji began to get cocky and started punching more than he was blocking and that cockiness made him reckless but it somehow helped him because Byakuya couldn't block as well resulting in the one thing Renji never meant to do. Renji punched Byakuya in the face. He gave him a right hook right in the face snapping his head to the right. Renji stopped, fight or no fight, hands or zanpokuto, whether he was mad at him or not Renji knew not to hit him in the face everyone knew not to hit Byakuya in the face. The crowd gasped and Renji whispered 'oh fuck' under his breath. Byakuya looked up at Renji and touched his cheek, he spit on the grass and he was indeed bleeding he glared at Renji and Renji knew Byakuya had been holding back and now he wasn't about to.

The punches Byakuya were throwing were coming a lot faster and it was getting hard for Renji to block them which made Byakuya only go faster. Now Renji was getting hit and he realized Byakuya was holding a lot back. He got hit a few times before but they were nothing compared to the hits he was receiving now it was like Byakuya was hold back speed and power. Byakuya moving too fast and Renji was barely keeping up and before he could even blink Byakuya roundhouse kicked him right in the chest knocking the air out of him. Renji fell backwards on to the ground coughing a little and trying to get air back into his lungs. Byakuya walked over and stood above him with a small smirk on his face, the crowd silent, Renji glared up at him and then had an idea. He sucked in as much air as he could and then swing his legs tripping Byakuya and making him fall to the ground and then rolled over and straddled him, the crowd cheered, Renji leaned up and held Byakuya's wrists to the ground.

"Always keep your guard up" Renji said breathing heavily with a grin on his face. Byakuya breathed heavily through his nose and then smirked. "What the hell you.." Byakuya leaned up and kissed him catching Renji off guard and his grip loosened on his wrists, the crowd gasped again. Byakuya slid his wrists out of Renji's grasp and flipped them over so he was on top, now straddling Renji and holding his wrists down.

"Always keep your guard up" he breathed with a smile

"You cheated" Renji laughed

"I did not cheat, kissing is not in the rule book." Byakuya sat back on Renji and let go of his wrists and sighed "I apologize for being a selfish asshole" he said quietly.

Renji leaned on his elbows so he could sit up a little "I accept your apology I understand that you are very lonely and sometimes you can't help it when you act without thinking about the whole picture."

"So you're my friend again?" Byakuya said a bit too cheerful

Renji smiled "Yes, now can you get off me you kinda heavy"

Byakuya glared "I am not" but he got up anyway and helped Renji up as well.

"I guess Renji isn't mad anymore" Ichigo said

"I guess not" Yorichi said

"Well," Head Captain said "it looks like Captain Kuchiki has won the hand to hand round. Now for the next battle. Kido. Now for this battle go as high as you like but be careful do not exceed your limit if you cannot do kido spell at 20 don't do it"

"I feel like this directed at me" Renji huffed "I'll have everyone know I can do kido without the incantation up to like 52."

"Hey guys," Shiro said "How far up can Renji go in Kido?"

"Like up to two" Ikkaku laughed

Yumi rolled his eyes "Since practicing with Byakuya he's up to 50 something"

"But isn't Byakuya up to 80 something?"

"Yeah, but I don't think he's going to use it. They just made up he's not gonna go 80 on Renji, is he?"

"God, I hope not"

"Hey shut up" Ikkaku yelled "they're starting"

They looked down and all they could see was smoke and sparks of blue and red. They could see Renji and Byakuya popping out of the smoke for brief instances but other than that they couldn't tell who was winning.

"What are the rules" Shuhei asked "I couldn't hear over your bickering" he said to the rest of the peanut gallery

"First one to get 'killed' loses" Kisuke answered

"I thought that was zanpokuto?"

"Changed the rules kido fights were getting too long."

"Makes sense"

"The winner is Renji Abari" Captain Yamamoto said

"What!" Ichigo, Shiro, Yorichi, Yumi, Ikkaku, Rangiku, Rukia, and Izuru all yelled standing up

"How in the fuck did he do that?" Ikkaku said "He sucks at Kido"

"Byakuya underestimated him" Kisuke answered

"Renji is a wizard" he said sitting down

"Shhh" Shuhei said "Its the best part"

"Now" The head captain said handing Byakuya and Renji their zanpokutos "the round you all have been waiting for, the zanpokuto round" the crowd cheered "Now the rules are simple the first to kill is the winner."

Byakuya and Renji bowed to one another and then drew their swords.

"First to use bankai loses" Byakuya smirked

"First to release loses" Renji smirked back

They jumped back and then toward each other and the battle began. Sparks were flying from the swords hitting each other over and over again but both refused to release their zanpokuto. They pushed each other back time and time again breathing heavier and heavier every time. They were getting tired especially Byakuya but they were both too prideful to stop, especially Byakuya. They clashed again, Renji pushed hard and Byakya pushed back but Renji pushed harder pushing Byakuya down to one knee.

"You're losing" Renji laughed

"Shut up" Byakuya growled "Scatter" he whispered

"Howl, Zabimaru" he yelled

The pink flower petal like blades surrounded Renji but he wasn't afraid he had been here time and time again and now he knows what to do. Renji flash stepped out of the blades and into the air knowing Byakuya would be standing above him he appeared right in front of a smirking Byakuya.

"I trained you well." Byakuya teased "But my plan worked."

"What plan?"

"You'll see"

Byakuya then disappeared and so did senbonzakura and then Byakuya reappeared right next to Renji and blasted him out of the ski with kido and before Renji could hit the ground he disappeared out of Renji's sight and reappeared behind him kicking him to the other side of the training grounds. When Renji finally landed Byakuya appeared above him looking down shaking his head.

"This was a lot easier than I anticipated"

Then Renji shot him with a kido blast and stood up immediately flash stepping over to him. He swung his sword at Byakuya but it was blocked by the blades of senbonzakura. Byakuya then appeared behind Renji but Renji was ready this time and put up a barrier so Byakuya couldn't try anything tricky.

"You're learning" Byakuya said

"You're always teaching"

They flash stepped back and forth hitting each other over and over again giving each other cuts and scraps all over the place. The dust began to pick up around them and it was getting hard to see they began fighting from instinct now hitting each other harder drawing more blood. They ran into one another again and this time the force knocked them back a few feet with them landing on their backs. The dust began to settle and the opponents could be seen standing up and breathing heavily. Renji's pony tail fell out and now his hair was flowing in the wind and the top part of his uniform nearly torn apart, he ripped it the rest of the way off grinning when he heard whistles. Byakuya glared at Renji playfully while he shook the broken kenseikan out of his head and ran his fingers through his hair. His captains coat was now shredded meaning he would have to get a new one, again he took it off and threw it out of the way.

Byakuya turned his zanpokuto blade facing down and dropped into the ground. "Bankai, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi" he said calmly

'Don't get us killed'

"Have faith in me" Byakuya whispered

Renji smirked "Bankai, Hihio Zabimaru" he yelled

'You better not lose' the snake half of Zabimaru slithered

"Don't worry I won't"

Renji made the first move swinging Zabimaru's giant snake form at Byakuya but of course the fast man moved out the way just in time and showered Renji with Senbonsakura's petals and Renji blocked them with kido and jumped at Byakuya confusing him for a second before he jumped out of the way but when he looked at where Renji was supposed be he wasn't there and then was hit by the large snake that is Zabumaru and knocked to the ground across the field.

Byakuya sat up and shook his head.

'Quit before you die' Senbonsakura said

"Shut up" he said through clenched teeth

Renji threw a combination of kido blasts at Byakuya which were blocked and Byakuya attacked with a barrage of flower petal like blades cutting him every which way. Byakuya stood up breathing heavily and called the petals back to him he looked over to Renji standing as if he wasn't fazed by the petals and sent them back over to do more damage to the red head. Byakuya then vanished from Renji's line of sight and appeared behind him kicking him in the back knocking the wind out of him again and he began to do a kido blast but Renji sunpo'd out of the way just in time briefly getting the petals off him.

They began moving faster clashing here and there. Falling and getting back up. Getting bruised up by one another. Yet again the dust around them began to pick up and no one could see what was going on. Several times Byakuya ripped Renji skeletal snake apart and it would come right back together only frustrating him even though he knew it would happen. Renji was also beginning to get frustrated, Byakuya wasn't using any type of strategy just moving all over the place and the dust only made things worse. Not only were they both tired but it seemed they were equally matched.

'Don't you even think about it' Senbonzakura growled

"Senkei" Byakuya whispered calmly

'You're gonna kill the both of us'

Senbonzakura's petals formed into swords in rows of four caging Renji and Byakuya inside.

"What are you doing?" Renji smirked breathing heavily

"Ending this" Byakuya breathed just as heavily

"Fine. Soo Zabimaru" Renji yelled then on his right wrist, Renji gains a gauntlet resembling the top portion of a snake's skull, with a cowl of red fur surrounding its base. A long, bony tail composed of vertebra-like structures protrudes from the back of the skull, and trails behind him and also gains a large cowl of light fur that hangs down from his left shoulder. A long blade then appears from the snakes mouth. "Lets finish this then"

Byakuya smirks and two swords appear in his hands "I'm better with two." Byakuya then lunges at Renji and the fight continues. The swords hit over and over again sparking in the process. Both men were breathing heavily and Byakuya was getting worse by the second but he finally got Renji down long enough to kill him but Renji wasn't dying without a fight. Renji stood back up just as fast as he got down. They were getting restless the dust began to blind them and finally they stopped.

"Kill" they both said breathing heavily with the tip of the other's sword in their necks.

The swords around them vanished and Captain Commander Yamamoto appeared next to them.

"It seems you have a tie here." he said with a light chuckle "You know what a tie means, right? You each will take ten steps and on the tenth step you will hit your opponent with all you've got." the both nodded tiredly pulling their zanpokutos away from one another. They slowly turned around and began their walk.

"1,2,3..." Byakuya counted in his head he was getting light headed"...4, 5,6..mmmm" he hummed as he fell to the ground from exhaustion.

Byakuya opened his eyes slowly and looked around the room "Fuck, I'm in the fourth" he growled. He tried to sit up but fell back down when he felt a pain in his stomach. He held up his hands and noticed they were bandaged, he looked down at his legs and noticed they were bandaged too. "Did he really cut my up this bad?" he wondered out loud

'Oh yay we're not dead' Senbonzakura said appearing on Byakuya's bed sitting Indian style.

"Of course not, stupid, how weak do you think I am?" Byakuya snapped back at him sitting up with a little struggle

'Emotionally or physically?'

"Shut up"

There was a knock on the door and then Renji poked his head in. Byakuya and Senbonzakura looked his way, Byakuya gestured his hand so Renji would come in.

"Go away" Byakuya whispered to Senbonzakura

'No he can't see me'

Byakuya rolled his eyes and growled. "Leave"

'No'

"Byakuya" Renji said sitting down in the chair next to his bed "who you talkin to?"

"My dog" Byakuya said glaring at Senbonzakura, although to Renji it seemed like he was looking at nothing. "Don't look at me like that." he said to his zanpokuto he smirked and looked at Renji "I was talking to Senbonzakura after they were released my zanpokuto took it upon himself to be a lot more vocal and thinks I want his opinion all the time."

Renji laughed "Oh ok, well Unohana told me why you passed out and I thought I'd bring you something to eat." he said holding up a bag of food and a drink.

Byakuya smiled "Oh thanks, Renji" he reached out for it but Renji snatched it back, Byakuya gave him a questioning look.

"Before I give this to you we need to talk and I don't mean you look at me and tilt your head and I reply. We both need to speak."

Byakuya sighed "What do we need to talk about?"

"Us."

Byakuya sat quietly for a while before he realized something "Are you supposed to be getting your captain's coat?"

"Yes, but I didn't wanna do it without you there so I had them postpone it for until you get out of here."

Byakuya smiled "That's nice" he looked down at his hands "So what about us?"

"What are we gonna be? Friends? Lovers? Friends with benefits?"

"Well I do like being your friend and I wouldn't like it if we only had sex because that means I would have to share and I don't like that. So I guess lovers it is." Byakuya said shyly

"Do you want to be my boyfriend or do you just not want to lose me?"

Byakuya sighed, leaned over and grabbed Renji's collar pulling him over to kiss him passionately. He pushed Renji away and smirked at him when he sat back with wide eyes "Does that answer your question?"

"Yeah" Renji smiled "Byakuya Kuchiki is my boyfriend" he thought out loud

"Is that an accomplishment for you or something?"

"No well kinda I mean you're beautiful and chicks love you and some guys too and you're hot and I don't know you're kinda perfect."

Byakuya laughed "Renji, I'm far from perfect I mean yeah I look gorgeous and I have money and I live in a giant home but I'm far from perfect and you know that. I have a terrible temper that I haven't out grown yet and other things you don't know like I'm needy, I need attention all the time and I like no I need to be held at night and..."

"Shh Bya, I like cuddling, I enjoy talking to you, and arguing with you is fun and it kinda turns me on. There is nothing that I'm not willing to fight to be with you. I have stopped my player ways and I'm ready to settle down and be with you." Byakuya smiled he didn't know what to say so he just leaned over and kissed Renji's cheek. "If you keep kissing me I'm gonna fuck you right in this bed."

"Oh wait Renji...I'm not ready for sex yet I'm attracted to you but I'm just not ready yet."

"Okay I understand"

"We can do other things though" he smirked at Renji

Renji lifted an eyebrow "Really?" Byakuya nodded "Like what?"

Byakuya reached out to Renji and pulled him over to his bed "Well there will be lots of kissing" he pulled Renji down for a kiss "And I won't be kissing just your lips" he kissed Renji again "I'll be kissing your other head too." Renji moved to straddle Byakuya and leaned in to kiss him. "And I don't always like doing things in the bed room" he kissed him again "The office is nice too." another kiss "And when he do have sex we'll probably be doing it everywhere." Renji hummed and leaned in for a passionate kiss with Byakuya. Byakuya reached up and put his arms around Renji's neck.

They stopped when they heard a knock on the door and a throat cleared. Captain Unohana walked in with a smirk on her face.

"Well I was coming in to see if you were still here but I guess you're very happy with where you are now" She teased walking over to the bed

Renji looked down and got off Byakuya and sat in his seat next to the bed. "Sorry Captain Unohana."

"Its fine Renji" She said putting a hand on Byakuya's arm "It's been a while since Byakuya here has had a release." Byakuya gave her a 'what the fuck' stare and then rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Its okay Byakuya we're happy for you."

"Who's we?" Renji asked

"Captain Kyoraku, Captain Ukitake, Head Captain Yamamoto, and this witch doctor" Byakuya growled and pouted

Unohana smiled and patted Byakuya's head "Its okay sweet heart"

Byakuya growled "I hate all of you"

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