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Till Death Do Us Part	By : honeyMellon Category: Bleach > Yaoi - Male/Male > Renji/Shuuhei Views: 928 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 4
Heart pounding in his chest, Shuuhei burst out of the senkai gate. Where is it? Where is it? He was pumped with adrenaline and his mind was a blur of panic. Akon was usually a calm and collected person—too calm, in fact, to the point where it was annoying sometimes—so to see him actually express concern about this hollow, Shuuhei knew that this was the real deal, and that Renji and his friends were in grave danger.
He knew that Rukia's communicator would alert them of the hollow, but the communicator simply displayed the location of hollows, not their strengths. They would not know what to expect. When he thought of this, Shuuhei's chest tightened again and he flash-stepped off to the location he saw on the screen in the lab.
Please let me get there first!

"What the hell is that thing?" Ichigo yelled, eyes wide in disbelief. "I've never seen anything this goddamn big!"
The beast that towered over them not ten feet away was easily twice the size of the tallest building in Karakura town. It was mostly white, with silver-colored plates in front of its chest. Two great horn-looking things sprouted from its head and four upper limbs extended from its torso. Each of the limbs ended with mean-looking talons that looked like they could slice off buildings with one swipe. At the moment, the hollow was roaring and thrashing around a block of buildings, smashing roofs and crushing trees.
Renji cringed when the hollow let out an especially ear-splitting cry. "Is it just me or does it look like it's in pain?" The redhead had to shout to get himself heard.
"I don't know and quite frankly I don't care!" Rukia yelled, unsheathing her sword. "Let's do this, guys!"
Renji and Ichigo nodded. They had come up with a plan as they raced here. Rukia was to jump ahead and distract the hollow with blasts of ice attacks from the front. This would give Renji and Ichigo the chance—at least they hoped so—to dart to the sides of the hollow and attack from both sides together. When the hollow felt the attacks from the side, it would be distracted again and would most likely hesitate as it decided whether to defend its left or right side, and that would give Rukia an opening for the final blow directly on its head.
At least, that was the plan.
Even before Rukia was half way in the air, Renji could tell that their little plan wasn't going to work. For one thing, the bloody creature had three sets of eyes, one on the front of its head, and one on either side.
"No, Rukia!" Renji screamed, and could only watch in horror as the hollow lashed out with both of its left arms in Rukia's direction. He relaxed a bit when Rukia deftly dodged the blow.
"Rukia!" Ichigo leapt up towards Rukia to give her some cover. In his hurry he didn't see the tail coming from his right—hell, they hadn't even noticed that it had a tail!
There was a loud clang of metal against metal as Ichigo blocked the attack with his blade. The tail—like the limbs—ended in sharp talons as well. If Ichigo had taken that blow, it would have put him out of commission for the rest of the fight.
With their plans scrambled, Renji darted between the hollow's feet to come up on its right side. He activated his shikai and aimed at one of the legs. "Roar, Zabimaru!" He felt the hit connect, then his eyes widened in shock when he saw Zabimaru simply grazed and bounced off the hollow's skin.
Still, that was enough to catch the creature's attention, and Renji had to immediately duck for cover as two long clawed arms swiped at him. The claws struck concrete and sent up a huge cloud of debris, showering Renji with pieces of stone and dust. Coughing, Renji winced when debris struck his face and arm. His forehead immediately began to bleed.
Renji couldn't see clearly due to the dust, but he could hear Rukia and Ichigo's grunts and yells as they fought. The hollow had not slowed down at all, and seemed to be able to counter their attacks easily. Gritting his teeth in frustration, Renji leapt up and attacked the leg again, this time using more strength than before.
As his blade connected, the hollow bellowed in anger and before Renji could react, its tail came crashing towards him. There was a burst of sparks and a curse. Renji looked up to see Ichigo holding off the talon with Zangetsu. He was gritting his teeth and looked even worse than Renji. His left sleeve was missing entirely and his left arm was bleeding profusely.
"Come on!" Ichigo cried, his arms shaking with effort. "Are you going to just stand there and watch while I do all the fighting?"
Renji growled and surged forward. With a yell, he unleashed a vicious slash at the tail, which was held back by Ichigo.
Judging by the spray of blood and roar, this time Renji's attack finally dealt some damage. "Yes!" he shouted triumphantly.
"Argh!" Rukia's sudden scream abruptly cut off Ichigo and Renji's little celebration. A splatter of blood descended from above and landed all over Ichigo. He looked at his blood-stained hands in horror, then saw Renji leap upwards to catch a falling Rukia.
Ichigo rushed over to Renji, who was now cradling Rukia gently. There was a huge gash across Rukia's chest leading up to her shoulder, but she was still conscious. "Can't…move…" she gasped, struggling to sit up. "Careful…poison…" Then she went limp in Renji's lap.
"She's still breathing," Renji said, placing his ears against Rukia's mouth. He flash-stepped away with Rukia then re-appeared next to Ichigo, alone. "She'll be safe where I put her," he reassured Ichigo. Then he straightened his back and gritted his teeth in determination. Nodding at each other, they tightened their grips on their weapons and leapt up together, determined to finish off this hollow once and for all.

Shuuhei could hear the sounds of fighting as he approached the warzone. He was just in time to see Renji flash-step away with a wounded Rukia. He hissed in anger and reached for his sword.
He was almost within sight of Renji and Ichigo when he heard the two of them yell in unison as they homed in on the hollow from each side. In their anger, their attacks became so much stronger that their weapons plunged deep into the hollow's body. With a quick twist of his wrist, Ichigo pulled out his blade and flash-stepped to the front of the hollow.
"This is for hurting Rukia!" he screamed and swung his sword down with all his might.
The hollow screamed in pain and went stiff. Then, with a last defiant roar, it dissipated into the wind.
Shuuhei stopped in his tracks and smiled as Renji cheered. He was still far enough from them that the two had not noticed his presence. Seeing that they're safe now, Shuuhei turned around to leave. He even felt a little sheepish for freaking out and rushing here like an idiot. What was he thinking? Surely Ichigo and Renji were powerful enough to defend themselves, he quietly chided himself.
As he was turning around, he caught a movement at the very edge of his sight, then his eyes widened in horror as the skies exploded behind Ichigo.
Ichigo yelped in surprise as a hideous head burst out right behind him. "What?" He couldn't believe his eyes. Didn't he just kill the bastard? In his confusion, his reaction time slowed and before he could dodge he felt a sting of pain in his back. Yelling out in pain, he managed to flash-step away to Renji's side.
Renji reached out to grab Ichigo, but by the time he got to his friend, the orange-haired boy had begun to sag to his knees. "Oi, Ichigo!" Renji grabbed his friend's arms. Ichigo struggled to raise his head. His eyes were glazed over and his mouth hung open as if he didn't have the strength to keep it shut. Renji gave him a shake. "Oi!"
"Poison!" was all Ichigo could gasp out before he toppled forward. He would have face-planted if not for Renji's grip on his arms. Renji felt worried and confused. Sure, Ichigo was cut, but he had seen the boy taken worse cuts than this without so much as a pause in his fights. Both Rukia and Ichigo mentioned poison before they collapsed, so Renji could only conclude that the hollow's claws were poisonous.
With both comrades down, Renji gritted his teeth and stood up, supporting Ichigo on one shoulder. Then he blinked. No, it's not the same hollow! The one they just killed had silver-colored plates on its chest. The ones on this one were metallic blue, which glistened in the sun. Staring right at Renji, the hollow threw its head back and roared.
Then it charged.

All this happened within a split second, and Shuuhei's breath caught in his throat when the second hollow charged towards Renji. He saw in dismay that Renji was holding on to an unconscious Ichigo, which made him pretty much unable to defend himself.

Shit. That was the only thought on Renji's mind as he stared at the hollow in front of him. It was like time had stood still. Ichigo was dead weight against his left shoulder, and Renji had no way to fend off the attack without putting Ichigo at risk. All he could do now was to attempt to dodge the attack while shielding his wounded friend.
The hollow screamed and lounged forward. Renji ducked to the right, then ducked to the left as the hollow changed direction. As he jumped to duck again, Ichigo's weight shifted and he stumbled. Holding on to Ichigo, he looked back and froze. There was no way he could duck this one in time.
As he felt a shadow loom over him, Renji pulled Ichigo closer to shield him, then squeezed his eyes shut and braced himself for pain.
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