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Sorry, I love Yumichika so I decided to put him in the story.

I do not own Bleach…


Chapter 4


*Flashback*

"Did you call me, Fukutaichou?" Yumichika asked in a slightly bored tone. Yachiru fleshed him a broad smile and run to him merrily.

"Nee, nee, would you help me spy on Byakushi?"

Yumichika raised an eyebrow at that. He had a lurking suspicion, that their little fukutaichou did something nasty again. 'Oh, well!' He was a bit bored anyway…

"What do you mean, Kusajishi-fukutaichou?"

"You see, I gave Byakkun a funny Soul Candy and I wanna know how it works. Will you check it for me?"

"I don't think they will allow me to go to the Living World for that…"

"Oh, it's all right! I asked Ken-chan and he said you always wasting your time on useless things anyway, so I decided to give you a mission."

"Oh… If Taichou says so…" he grumbled to himself.

*End flashback*

Yumichika was in a literally bad mood. Or pissed-off, if you wish to be more accurate. Of course, Zaraki-taichou thought that doing paperwork, arranging documents and writing reports was an utterly useless waste of time, – that you could spend training, drinking, sleeping and more training… – but if Yumichika doesn't do all of it, the whole 13th Squad would fall into chaos. It's not like he was fond of staying in the barracs all day filling reports and such… Tch! They just couldn't see how valuable Yumichika is! 'And what the hell is wrong with Abarai acting like a lovesick fool, damn it? Uh! Wait… Lovesick?'

'Heee! That would be interesting…' Yumichika thought with a very dangerous smile on his lips…

Renji sighed loudly and countinued to stare at the empty yard. He was in that state since he came back last night. He didn't even notice Yumichika, who was sitting on the floor next to the sliding door, watching him in amusement.

"Something's wrong, Renji?" he started lightly, after he decided to take pity on the younger shinigami. Renji jumped at the sudden question.

"Huh?... Oh! Yumichika-san… No, I'm fine…" he stated with a sigh.

"Is that so? Then its okay."

Renji closed his eyes for a second, but when he did, his mind filled with the images of last night and the unusually bold voice of his taichou…

"I think I need to change these clothes."

The low, purring tone made Renji's heart pound in a very dangerous speed, and those half-lidded grey eyes literally took his breath away. But it was the next question, that throw his rational side out of the window and transported him to Dreamworld.

"Could you help me?"

And Renji did the best thing he could. He fainted…

Yumichika was downright amused by the expressions the younger shinigami made. One minute he seemed to be at a loss and depressed, then his face slowly turned redder and redder. Yumichika could almost hear the other's franatic heartbeat. It took him a great deal of self-control to not burst out laughing. So he tried to restrain himself and cleared his throat to get the red-head's attention.

"Are you sure, you're all right? Your face seems to be a bit red…Are you hot?" somehow he managed to say it with a serious face.

"Well… the truth is… You know…"

Renji was a bit uncertain that he should tell him or not. He never had a close relationship with the 5th seat… Actually, they hardly spoke to each other. Yumichika rumored to be as scary as Unohana taichou, and even Ikkaku didn't dare to go near him that times, so Renji tried to avoid him the best he could. Well, that wasn't too hard considering Yumichika's lack of interest in drinking or gambling that the others liked the most. It really surprised the red-head why was someone like that in the 11th division in the first place?

Said man gave him his best smile and waited. He knew that the red-haired youngster was too confused to stay quiet. Renji heaved a deep sigh and plopped down next to his comrade.


Byakuya was calm.

He was just suspected to have an intimate relationship with his male fukutaichou because of an inefficient gigai; practically dragged to the first floor by a mere human boy – who happens to be his sworn enemy; AND he is constantly called by his first name, that they even mispelled.

But, he was still calm…

"You have 5 second to explain why your father acted like that, before I slice you up with Senbonzakura, Kurosaki Ichigo."

"Umm… N-nii-sama…"

Ichigo gulped under the noble's death-glare, while Rukia just stared at the floor silently coughing a bit. Byakuya glanced at his adopted sister in concern. He didn't mean to upset her. He closed his eyes for a second to calm down his nerves, then sheathed his sword and set down in seiza.

"Would you mind telling me what happened last night while I was away, Kurosaki Ichigo?" against his trying, it still sounded more like a demand.

"You know, last night… we heard strange noises comming from downstairs, so we went down to check it out… And then you were… I mean Renji was…" Ichigo scratched his neck as his face became slightly pink.

"Renji and me was doing what?"

Byakuya asked calmly, but his aura rapidly darkened as the images of 'How to kill your fukutaichou' swirled in his mind, giving him an unusually scary look. Ichigo diceded to not risk it, so he took a breath and finally blurted out.

"You were laying on the floor mewling like a cat in heat with Renji on top… It was a bit dubious, you know… After we disentangled you, and I beat the hell out of Renji, the idiot explained that he had suddenly felt dizzy and accidentally knocked you out. I mean your gigai… The moron thought it was you and didn't stop apologising, so I threw him out. That's it.

Now, Byakuya wasn't calm anymore…


Yumichika hummed to himself while he busied himself to tidy up a pile of books that were all over the shop. Urahara and the others went out, so he was alone with Abarai, who, after his little confession had decided to kill his time with training. How creative… Yumichika wasn't interested to breake a sweat, so he decided to clean up a bit.

That was, when suddenly the sliding door opened and a very stern-looking Byakuya appeared in front of him. Yumichika wasn't too surprised, after he heard Renji's story. In fact, he was eagerly waiting for Byakuya to show up.

"Good morning, Kuchiki-taichou!"

"Where is Abarai?" Yumichika couldn't help but smile at the impatience of the other's voice. Looks like this missionn won't be as boring as he thought.

"Training. Do you want me to call him?"

Byakuya only nodded, but then suddenly the hollow detector began signing. Yumichika placed his hand on his hip in a lazy way and sighed.

"Should I go, Kuchiki taichou?"

"No. I will go. Look after my gigai." Byakuya said and used his Soul Candy. He needed someone to outlet his stress… Well, he originaly wanted to use his fukutaichou, but a Hollow will be fine as well… He can kill his lieutenant later…

"Sure." Yumichika bowed, sneering to himself. Oooh, he will enjoy the show for sure…


Renji was tired as hell as he climbed up the stairs of the underground training camp. He was training non-stop trying to clear his mind – as Yumichika suggested. Well, somehow it worked. Renji was wondered that Yumichika was actually a nice pal. Renji noted that he should thank him later. But now, he needed a shower first. As he reached the top, he almost fell back down.

Byakuya's gigai was staring at the drop door on the flour. The man with the pretty feathers told him that he should wait here for Renji… But Byakuya was already waited for 15 minutes… Is the red-haired young man really down there? Just when he decided to peek in, a red pinapple showed up, causing him to lose his balance and fell down on his butt.

They were staring at each other with wide eyes and pink cheeks.

First of all, Renji was shirtless. The dark, dynamic tattoos that graced his tanned skin looked so mystical and wild that Byakuya felt breathless. He was so fascinated with the tattoos that he reached out and lightly followed the dark lines on the red-head's abdomen with his fingertips.

Renji was speachless as he gaped down at his taichou. Byakuya's lips were slightly open, black hair covering half of his face with his beautiful smoky eyes fixed on his… Wait! Was Byakuya really staring at his chest? All of his muscles tensed at the sudden coldness on his stomach. Renji's eyes goggled as he realized that the cold thing was no other than Kuchiki Byakuya's finger. On his belly. Touching his skin.

"Beautiful…"

Renji closed his eyes to surpass the violent shivers caused by those icy fingers and sultry whisper. He will be dead soon… It was the last thought that crossed the still-functioning part of his mind, before he grabbed the hand and leand forward, closer to those sinful lips…


~ TBC ~