Swan Song
Renji sat on the hill he come to know well. His three friends buried behind him, if he failed in saving Rukia, if he died, would they put him here? The thought reached his head every waking minute. What if I died, trying to save her? It echoed so loud he had to place his hands over his ears.
He looked out onto the streets he grew up on, her smiling face kept him alive, but what if he died. All he could think about was that last blow Ichigo gave him, What would have happened if I died there? Ichigo wouldn't know that he never wanted to hurt her, that he was the one who left her alone, and sad.
He would have never known that Taichou adopted her, that he didn't care. Renji's hands fell to his sides. "What if Taichou killed me?" The last thing he would have seen was her smiling face, growing sad. "Renji." A voice called to him. He looked over his shoulder, her blue eyes narrowed in worry. "Sorry I'm late." She said sitting close to him, "No big deal, I was just thinking anyways." She gave a faint smile, she never gave those big ones anymore.
"Renji, how are you doing?" She meant how are you healing? "Good, just fine." he gave a small laugh. She leaned on him, like she had done millions of times before, "What would you have done, if I died?" he blurted out. "I would have cried, a lot." She said looking up at him, he still faced the city he grew up in. "I would have been said, another person I killed." he looked down at her, on her tiny shoulder's she carried the pain of everyone she knew.
"What would you have done if I died Renji?" "I would have joined you. After killing the bastards who let you die." she wrapped her arms around him, his slipped an arm around her, "I love you." She said, "I love you to Rukia."