I'mmm Baaack!

Did ya miss me?

Sorry for the long wait.

(I got sick, then went to a convention (NDK), then had school.)

And Thank You to those who sent in fetishes. They helped a lot and I can't wait to finish that part :3

Renji carried Rukia over one of his shoulders as they ran from the mansion, Chad was behind them fending off the few soldiers that attempting to follow them. It wasn't that they were strong, but that the group was being attacked by so many soldiers.

Once the three had evaded the remaining soldiers they all stopped to rest and send out the distress signal from the device that Rukia had. Rukia brought it with her just in case something such as this happened and boy was she right to do so. Not only her, but the men were badly injured.

Renji had collapsed to the ground moments after stopping. His red hair pooling around his head, slightly flared out from his body. Shades of red mixed with the sand as it was beginning to soak with blood. The ground around him was starting to blend in with Renji's hair, showing Rukia just how bad he was beaten. It was a miracle he had even managed to last this long.

Chad was in no better a condition. He leaned against the sloped ground clutching his left arm as the blood ran down his body. He was still conscious, but as his head bobbed Rukia could tell he would be joining Renji soon if he wasn't taken care of soon.

After Rukia finished the SOS Call, she noticed Uryuu was not with them. She looked to Chad with worry.

"Where's Uryuu?", she startled Chad who was almost asleep at this point.

Both his leg and arm had been tended to, but not nearly enough. He stared at Rukia and they both waited for the question to register.

"He wasn't with you?!" his eyes were wide.

"No, I thought he was back with you." She was about to jump up, but the wound to her side and leg prevented her from moving too quickly.

They both started to look around off into the distance to see if they could see him from where they were positioned. Then fear struck them as they thought of the same thing.

What could have happened to him?

Where could he be?

Did they catch him?

Was he…

killed?!

Rukia and Chad stared at each other, then Chad looked down.

"He's fine." He reassured both Rukia and himself.

"You're right…" she looked down at her hands. "…his Quincy pride won't let him…"

When she looked up she couldn't tell whether Chad had fallen asleep, his hair covered his eyes. She rested her head and before her eyes shut, she saw a faint bright light. There was hushed noise as she saw movement around them.

Byakuya stepped to the ground and looked around. He was actually shocked by what he saw. Three bloody bodies lying on ground. They were all badly injured, but none more so than his own lieutenant.

He led the rescue group over to them, but he took care of Renji himself. Lifting his body from the ground he saw just how much blood he had lost. As Renji's body hung limp in his Captains' arms, his hair dripped, soaked with blood.

Once Rukia and Chad had been attended to, they headed back through to Seireitei.

Byakuya stayed by Renji's side while squad 4 members healed him. After he was healed, they kept him in the squad 4 medical room to rest.

Before he woke up, Byakuya was called to out to take care of a few things. He regretfully left, wishing he could stay longer.

To be honest, Byakuya had had been in love with the younger man for some time: ever since he had first laid eyes on his sister's best friend. At first he didn't seem like much, but the red head had really grew on him.

With both of them being Shinigami, Byakuya had been debating on whether or not it would be a good idea to confess. All the "what ifs" that went through his head constantly kept him at bay of confessing his feelings for his lieutenant.

However, after seeing Renji in that condition it made him realize what he was doing. He finally saw that all he was doing was wasting time. If he didn't say something soon, it would be too late. He didn't want something to happen to one of them before he got the chance to confess. So he determined that as soon as Renji woke up, he would confess.

Renji woke up in a squad 4 bed, he looked around and tried to recall what had happened. He remembered retreating with Rukia on his shoulder. Running and running till they were finally safe. Putting Rukia down, and then…. nothing. He figured that he must have collapsed, but now the question was as to how he got back.

He sat in the bed, leaning back against the wall and looking out a window. He heard the door open and when he looked over he saw his short in stature friend.

"How are you doing?" Rukia asked with concern in her voice.

"From the looks of it, not so good, what happened?"

"I had an SOS in my pocket, used it right after you collapsed."

"Ah." he said, looking back out the window.

Renji's thoughts kept floating off to think about his Captain. Rukia could see it on his face.

'If those two don't say it soon I'm going to have to end up locking them in a closet together!' Rukia thought to herself.

But for now she would try and convince her friend to confess next time he met her brother. She sat next to the bed in one of the uncomfortable wooden chairs.

"Why the heck don't you just confess already?" she looked him right in the eyes.

"WHAT?!" Renji was shocked by the topic being brought up all of a sudden.

"I know you like him!" she paused looking at him some more. "Scratch that, you're in love with him!"

Renji looked down at his lap, fighting of a blush, and thought about what she said.

"I'm tired of the way you two always glance at each other." her annoyance was clear.

"What?" Renji was confused, he thought his Captain never thought twice about him.

"I'm saying you should hurry up and confess to Nii-Sama. Next time you see him, tell him exactly how you feel, no matter what,okay?" Rukia was standing up, in a lecturing manner.

Renji looked at his childhood friend, glad that she encouraged him, the reassurance boosted his confidence.

"Got it." he said smiling.

"You better." She patted him on the head with the palm of her hand.

"I don't want to have to tell you again!", she smiled down at him.

Just then the door opened, and they booth saw Byakuya standing in the door-way.

"I'm glad to see you're both doing better" he said in a monotone voice.

Thank You for reading and staying with me this long!

Till next time,

Stay Pervy!