Renji's reiatsu.
It was on the verge of being released, then it stopped. It was as though the owner wanted to release his soul slayer and for some reason stopped.
Byakuya stopped and tried to sense where that reiatsu was coming from.
78th Rukongai district.
What on earth is he doing there?
Byakuya decided to check that Renji out. In any case, if he was safe and sound, then he could just leave without any interaction with him and if it was otherwise, Renji sure needed a helping hand.
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Byakuya saw a bloodied Renji unconscious at one of the back allies of the 78th Rukongai district. He examined the latter's wounds, to find that they were just simple knife wounds and bruises from punches. No spiritual power involved. If his attackers were just normal Rukongai citizens, then given Renji's powers, he should have beaten those people up. Byakuya thought a short moment. The only logical conclusion he could come out with was that, Renji had intentionally let them. That would probably explain the sprit power he felt just now. But why?
Byakuya decided to ponder about that later. Renji's wounds mattered more at that point in time. But where could he go? The fourth division would ask too many questions and Byakuya was sure that Renji would not want to admit being beaten up my some rouge at a Rukongai district. The Kuchiki residence was out too, tongues would wag if Renji was brought. So, Byakuya decided, there's only one place they could go.
So Byakuya laid Renji's arms over himself and flashstepped out the district.
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It was a cave that Byakuya himself found when he was a child. Behind a garden near the Kuchiki residences, it had been Byakuya's secret spot for years. He enjoyed the serenity that it provided. No one else but Hisana had been there before.
Byakuya laid his injured vice captain down and tried examining his wounds once again. Herealized he couldn't see very well in the cave, and given the fact that it was getting dark, the weather was also becoming chilly. He took the supply of firewood that was placed at the end of the cave and started a fire with kido.
The light provided by the fire was a great aid to Byakuya. He took out his own store of bandages and placed it by his side. Apparently, Byakuya had nursed quite a few of his wounds in this cave too. With some healing kido, Byakuya began to treat his wounds. What recklessness Renji! He couldn't help but comment to himself. The injuries were really, no big deal, but the number of stabs that Renji had was enough to keep him in pain for at least a few days.
He yanked out the remnants of Renji's soul slayer uniform and begun his treatment of those wounds underneath the cloth. But as he did so, he spotted something snow white underneath the jet black uniform. A scarf.
His scarf.
The one he himself laid on Renji at the fight outside the tower of repentance.
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Heh. Two short chapters in a day. That makes up for the shorter one earlier, right ) Anyhows, I hope it's okay and I really hope you guys liked it. OH. Reviews?
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