Right. The next chapter. I know that Renji didn't get a lot of love last chapter, but he gets way more this chapter. Because we all love Renji! I've even got a Renji shirt =)

BleachFan1- I can't reply to your review so I'm doing it here. Thank you! I'm glad that you're enjoying it!
Yes, there is *smirks* but no lemon
T-teen I think. It means that there is suggestive content, swears and stuff.
I don't know actually... This one started with Kaili and then it was just sorta there...

Anyways, if I owned Bleach I wouldn't be writing crappy fanfics with the characters.

Renji stared at his captain for a moment before snapping back to attention. Now was not the time for thoughts on how friggin' hot his captain looked with his hair tied back like that, even if he did look very, very smexy.

"Abarai," Byakuya's voice was commanding, yet gentle at the same time.

"Yes sir?"

"Is anyone missing?"

"Four people," Renji told him automatically. Although he hadn't managed do it in a particularly calm or orderly fashion- the people of the division weren't calm enough for anything like that to have worked, he had managed to do a roll call of sorts. It worked. Renji listed the names of the missing for his captain, who nodded.

"Do you want me to make a relief squad, Captain?" Renji asked.

"Yes." Byakuya said, and turned back to the panicked people of the sixth division. Renji didn't wait around. He gathered all of the seated officers who were mainly uninjured- half of whom knew how to do basic healing kido- and they left in a blur.

The barracks were in ruin. Renji was shocked at the destruction of what had been his workplace for years, but he didn't allow it to slow him down. Quickly he shouted out orders to the group of seated officers, who obeyed, moving like robots.

The first person was found by Renji. She was a small woman named Rima, and she was barely holding on to life. Her legs were crushed under part of the roof which had collapsed, and she was delirious. Without the help of the fourth division, she probably wouldn't live until nightfall. Renji was fairly certain that fourth division had problems of their own, and wouldn't be able to help.

The rescue efforts continued, although shock was beginning to set in upon seeing for themselves the ultimate destruction of a place that they had called home, work, or both.

By the time that Renji got back, Byakuya had organized the squad into groups. Mainly; those who could use healing kido and those who couldn't and those who were badly injured and those who weren't. There was a healing shield (do these things even exist?) in place over the more seriously injured, something that Byakuya himself had done.

"Captain?" Renji asked softly. He sounded as though he were in shock, which was to be expected. Byakuya was in shock too- although there was no time for him to go to pieces. Renji obviously knew this too, because he was holding himself together very well. "The barracks are completely destroyed. Three of the four missing are dead, and the fourth won't live much longer." Byakuya nodded, resisting a very old habit of fiddling with his bangs when he got nervous. He had found another three dead, and several who would follow soon if they didn't get better medical attention quickly.

Better medical attention quickly was most likely an impossible dream. Fourth division had been destroyed as well- the whole Seireitei had been destroyed! The only medical attention available at the moment was what his squad could manage. So they would have to make do.

"Abarai," he said quickly, turning to face his Vice Captain. "You know basic first aid." Not a question.

"Yes sir." Renji nodded quickly. "But I can't do healing kido."

"I know that." Something reminiscent of a smile crossed Byakuya's face briefly, but it was gone so quickly that one could question whether it had ever really been there. "Don't try."

"You want me to organize the uninjured and start helping the less-injured." Also not a question. Renji knew his captain well enough by now to know what he wanted. Byakuya nodded. He knew his Vice Captain well enough not to doubt his abilities.

"Yes Abarai." The smaller man turned away, walking towards the more seriously hurt. He had lives that needed saving, and he'd be damned if he'd let them die. Even if he wasn't at the skill level of Unohana, he wasn't letting any of the surviving go without a fight. And everybody knew that Captain Kuchiki of the Sixth Division was very good at fighting.

Renji glanced over at his captain from where he stood with Kaili, and several other squad members. The smaller man was clearly focused on some sort of hocus-pocus that he didn't understand, but Renji didn't mind. He had his weaknesses yes, but he had his strengths as well, and he could use them.

The injuries had been minimal- the squad was well prepared for a disaster, although nobody had ever thought that something of this scale could befall the Seireitei. What happened? Renji wondered. Was it really an attack on Captain Yamamoto's life? But if it were an attack on the Seireitei, then why are we still alive? If it wasn't an attack on the Seireitei though, what was it? Some sort of earthquake? It hadn't seemed like an earthquake. There had been a definite explosion somewhere, yet muted, as though it were underground. What happened? Renji thought again, before pushing away the thoughts. At this point, wondering would get him nowhere. Right now he had to make sure that nothing else happened to the squad.

Since Captain Kuchiki was very obviously busy at the moment, Renji took control. He knew what had to be done. And he would do it, no matter how confused he was about recent events. The people under his command were his first priority. With one final glance over at his captain, Byakuya turned to his squad and began shouting out orders.

So... It's a bit shorter than usual but I couldn't think of anything else. And I wrote this at one in the morning, so I apologize for any grammar mistakes. But I couldn't sleep, so I figured I'd do something 'useful'. Because this is really useful.

But anyways, thankee to reviewers, readers, favoriters etc. Please review and tell me what you think! Be truthful please, because I'm always trying to make this better. =)

-Stormy