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Welcome back! So I ended up writing a lot faster than I expected, so I'm posting up several chapters today. Enjoy! Thanks again to everyone's who's reading the story!

Chapter 8

Sprawled on the floor, Renji looked up numbly as his captain's eyes rolled back into his head and his body went limp. A pair of slim hands caught him and Byakuya sagged into the arms of the person who was holding him.
"Unohana-taicho!" Renji gasped in surprise.
Unohana Retsu, the revered captain of the 4th squad, carefully cradled the now-unconscious man. Her signature thick braid hung elegantly on her front. Her blue eyes were soft but her grip on Byakuya was firm. The soft-spoken captain gently laid the Kuchiki heir on the floor. She pressed her palm on his forehead, then lifted his eyelids. She gave a soft sigh and stood up.
"Hisagi-fukutaicho, can you help me carry Kuchiki-taicho to his bed?" The 4th squad captain asked in her usual sweet voice.
That was when Renji realized that Shuuhei kneeling right next to him. In his confusion and shock, he had not felt his lover's presence.
"Yes, ma'am!" Shuuhei gave a quick bow, then rushed to Byakuya's limp form and carried the man bridal-style to the bed.
Renji's mind reeled. Not half an hour ago, he himself was on that same bed, pinned to the sheets by his captain. More than that, he was pinned to the bed while his captain kissed and groped him! He felt a wave of nausea again, then his groggy mind registered a pair of hands on his back. With his mind and body both stretched to the limit, he let himself drift into unconsciousness.

"Renji!" With a relieved gasp, Rukia rushed towards the redhead and gave him a crushing hug. Her shoulders trembled as she held on to the broad shoulders, her face buried in her childhood friend's chest.
"Oi!" Renji said with a chuckle. He held Rukia in a tight embrace. "Silly girl, I'm right here." In return he received a hard punch on his bicep. He looked at his friend's tear-stricken face and smiled.
"When I heard...I...I was so afraid..." Rukia's voice trembled as she fought to refrain from sobbing. "If you or Nii-sama had been hurt...I...I..." Her efforts failed and she burst into tears. Renji pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her, touched by her affection and concern.
Leaning against the door frame, Shuuhei looked on and smiled. Renji would never know how close he was to being severely injured by Kuchiki Byakuya. The 6th squad captain was still unconscious, and was being treated personally by Unohana-taicho herself. Shuuhei shuddered when he thought of what would have happened if the 4th squad captain had not arrived when she did. Thinking back, he was impressed by how quickly and easily the petite captain was able to subdue Kuchiki-taicho. He had still been struggling to push through Byakuya's spiritual pressure when Unohana-taicho simply strolled into Byakuya's chambers, seemingly unaffected by the immense power surrounding the room. She flash-stepped to the back of the man and gave him a quick tap in the back of his head. One second Byakuya had been standing and raving - albeit on wobbly legs - and the next, he was limp in her arms. Despite her slight frame, the 4th squad captain had caught the man easily as if he weighed nothing.
When Renji came around a few hours ago, Shuuhei had nearly burst into tears in relief. The redhead had been out for one whole day, it was terrifying to see the man lying motionless for that long. Of course, being the person he was, the first thing Renji thought of was the well-being of his captain. Unfortunately, Shuuhei was also in the dark himself; Unohana-taicho had told them that she would explain it all to them when she returns from the Kuchiki estate, so they simply had to wait. It was not like Renji had other places to go to anyway, in his weakened condition, he would have to rest in the 4th squad infirmary for a while until his spiritual pressure regained its former balance and strength.
In the meantime, they let their imagination run free. From being possessed by evil spirits - that was Renji's idea - to having a mental breakdown due to stress - Shuuhei's suggestion - all seemed equally unlikely.
"I'm glad to see you in high spirits," Unohana-taicho's motherly voice rang from the doorway. Looking like her usual calm self, she smiled at the three friends as she approached Renji's bed.
"Unohana-taicho!" Renji sat up with a grin. He had heard from Shuuhei about how she'd saved him. If she hadn't released Byakuya's seal on Renji in time, it was possible that Renji would suffer permanent damage. If his spiritual pressure had been sealed for just a few hours longer, the suppressed pressure would crush him from the inside, and he would forever lose his power and could never be a shinigami again.
The 4th squad captain's face turned somber, and she began to explain Byakuya's condition. By the time she was done, the facial expression on the three friends bordered on incredulous. If it had been anyone else who told them this story, they would've scoffed and dismissed it as mad talk.
Apparently, Byakuya's illness was actually a case of accidental poisoning. The trouble began after one of the Shinigami Women's Association meetings, which, much to Byakuya's dismay, tended to happen in secret locations within the Kuchiki estate.
The 12th division vice captain, Kurotsuchi Nemu, had been carrying a vial of a prototype truth serum invented by her captain/creator, the mad scientist Kurotsuchi Mayuri. She had kept the vial tucked away in her robes. Unfortunately, the chairwoman of the association, Kusajishi Yachiru, knocked the vial out of Nemu's robes without either of them noticing. The serum leaked out from the discarded vial and slowly seeped into the ground. As fate would have it, the vial had landed right next to a water source, and that water source - of all things - happened to be private water source for the Kuchiki family. Because of the pureness of the spring water, it had been reserved just for family members of the clan. After the serum was spilled, it gradually contaminated the spring. Since Rukia was not home, Byakuya was the only person to consume the poisoned water.
Unohana-taicho had suspected that something was amiss the first time she visited Byakuya, which was about a week after he first fell ill. She had been puzzled by the fact that he was the only one in the household who was sick. If it had been the flu or something contagious like that, surely at least one of the servants who served him day and night would have caught it. She began investigating other possible causes, and it was not until just a day before that she stumbled across the broken glass vial next to the spring. Recognizing the 12th division symbol on the cork, she immediately confronted Kurotsuchi Mayuri.
"This prototype is a complete failure," the 12th squad captain had informed her. If it had functioned correctly, the truth serum should lower the inhibition of whomever had consumed it, hence inducing a hypnotic state in the person that would elicit mechanical recitation of truth. However in the case of this prototype, it not only lowered the subject's inhibition, it caused extreme cases of hallucination and increase of aggressiveness. The experiment had been a complete disaster, some of the test subjects had ended up mad. Nemu had been tasked with disposing that last vial of the prototype - how exactly, the scientist refused to divulge.
"While the serum triggered severe side effects, ultimately the behavior of the patient still stems from what already exists in the person's mind," Unohana-taicho finished.
Renji's eyes widened as he processed Unohana-taicho's words. If that was the case, that meant that...

What should Renji do now?
By the way, if anyone's wondering about the Shinigami Women's Association's meetings, I did not make it up! I'm simply referring to what has been shown in the cute omakes (Shinigami Golden) at the end of the anime episodes. And it's actually "canon", because Kubo drew them in the "Bleach Official Bootleg" book.
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