A/N: After more than one month I'm finally posting this chapter. I'll probably edit it again later. Meanwhile, enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach. All rights belong to Kubo.


This one is something I had the chance to see with my very own eyes. And I'm not writing this to be mean or anything; I'm writing this because it's becoming tiring already. I feel bad as I watch him striving to achieve the level of a certain someone


The drops of sweat trickled from his brow to his chin as he maneuvered his Zanpaktou cutting through all the targets. The man blinked a few times and stepped back as he tried to regain the balance of his body.

Renji was so focused on training that he hadn't realized just how many hours he'd been there.

He could feel the numbness of his body but he knew he couldn't stop. He still had a long way to go if he ever wanted to beat that man.


while almost everyone knows (and easily notices, too) she has eyes for only one man. A man who's not him.


He'd heard the gossips. Of course he had, the whole Seiretei had at that point. The rumors that she was seeing him, her superior. Her superior who was also a married man.

Every time someone mentioned anything that involved an affair between the two he'd call bullshit and talk about how they were childhood friends and he knew her enough to be sure she would never do something like that.

Although, even if his words denied everything that was said to others and himself, the rumors sounded pretty real and accurate. Perhaps he didn't know her at all. They did grow apart, so maybe it was his fault? He couldn't help but wonder if she'd changed.


He's already given up on her long ago (or so he says), and although he may be the first one to remind you of this, he could surely use some help to remind himself of that too.


He watched as she passed them with her head up. To him, it felt as if her delicate steps seemed to carry all the grace in the world, much different from the free-spirited little girl he had met in Rukongai.

"I suggest you close your mouth before a bee stings your tongue," Ikkaku said.

"W-what?" Ikkaku just motioned his head at Rukia and Byakuya's direction.

Renji blinked.

"N-no, it's not like this," he said, his face turning red. "I've let go of her a long time ago." He starred at the blue sky and closed his eyes.

"Or have you?" Yumichika asked in a teasing tone.

"You better have. She's on a different level now. She's untouchable to the likes of you and me." Ikkaku took a deep breath and continued, "And Yumichika."

"Hey! Why did you put me on the same level as you two!?"

Renji ignored the two shinigami arguing beside him and turned his gaze to Rukia and her brother. All he could see as she walked away was a girl with tears in her eyes and whispering a soft 'thank you' before leaving him forever.


A/N: If you have any suggestions of people I can talk about or if you just have any blind suggestion feel free to PM me. Also, don't forget to tell me what you think about this chapter!