Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Without You ❯ At Long Last ( Chapter 2 )

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Oh my, it's been so long since I last updated this story!! I am trying so hard to finish all of my other ones on MediaMiner.org too, so don't kill me XD. I doubt anyone really cares because I don't get that much reviews. . but oh well. . .
Anyway. . Let's get on with ze show?



Recap::
Another stab of pain; the pain was getting worse. "What's wrong with him?! I can feel everything through our bond. Damn-it! What the hell are they doing to him?!" Al he could think of was Byakuya. What the hell is happening? Why didn't he tell me something was wrong? What the hell did I do to deserve this!?

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Without You
Chapter Two
At Long Last

"Renji, you have to relax. Stressing out won't help him."

He could barely even hear Rukia now. The pain was getting unbearable. Clutching his chest, he uttered a small, "Take me to Byakuya." Rukia turned to her fiancé, who just shrugged his shoulders.

"Okay, C' mon." She said, stroking her childhood friends' hair, attempting to comfort him. He smiled back at her, a broken smile. Rukia was left speechless as Ichigo and Renji sped off with the redhead guiding Renji. " Hey! Wait up!"

It seemed that no one else was in much of a hurry, they all had to push and shove through the crowded street. They were already halfway there when Renji suddenly stopped and feel to his knees, causing Rukia to run into him with a "Oof". Renji grasped him shirt, a very pained expression on his face. "Ichigo!" Rukia yelled at him, not having noticed that they were not following him anymore. Ichigoturned around to face Rukia, and seeing Renji on the ground ran over.

"What's wrong?! Is it Byakuya?!" Renji did not answer him, he only gasped and tried to calm his breathing.

Byakuya's spiritual energy rose and then suddenly diminished. Like he suddenly dropped de-

‘No! He can’t be. . .dead. He just can’t! He’s fucking Byakuya Kuchiki! HE”S NOT ALLOWED TO DIE!’ Renji thought. They had a lifetime ahead of them. A lifetime to enjoy and to. . . . to live!

“Is it Byakuya?” Ichigo asked again. When all he got was a small nod, he sighed. “Come on, Renji. We have to hurry.” He knew he had to get up and help Byakuya, but he couldn’t. He was in too much pain. It felt as if his insides were dropping to his feet, tearing apart from their designated places. He ignored the pain though, only thinking of the Kuchiki. He started to sprint the second he got to his feet, Ichigo and Rukia following behind him sharing worried glances.

It wasn’t long before the pain became unbearable again. But he refused to waste more time on the cement. He would help his partner. He would help Byakuya if it was the last thing he did.

Turning once more, he realized that he did not have any clue how to get to the hospital. He stopped short and waited for Ichigo to run past him before sprinting again. The only thing that was on his mind was the pain that Byakuya must be in. If he was feeling this horrid, he couldn’t begin to imagine what pain his partner must be in. He sighed and ran a hand through his red locks and picked up his pace. He was sure that the people walking along the sidewalks could barely see him and his friends, but he couldn’t care less at he moment. He would be ready for the hell waiting for him at the Soul Society once he returned. But right now, he had someone to save. He would not let his lover down.

He was surprised when Ichigo stopped running and walked through one of those automatic doors, into the hospital. He stopped running when he saw a security guard glare at him.

“Hello Dr. Kurosaki. What are you doing here? Aren’t you off today?” He heard the secretary ask Ichigo. He felt a hand on his back puch him forward. Looking back he relized it was just Rukia and walked to the front desk.

“Er, Hello Harumi. I am off. . . But my uh. . . friend is in the um ICU(1) and I wanted to go and see him.” Ichigo answered slowly, which pissed off Renji.

“What the hell is an ‘ICU’, Kurosaki?!” Renji yelled, stomping up to the desk and causing Harumi to wince.

“Sir, your in a hopspital. You must be-” Renji pushed Ichigo out of the way, “I don’t give a shit where the fuck I am! Now what room is Byakuya Kuchiki in?!” Renji interrupted rudely.

“Kuchiki? Okay sir, y-your going to need to sign in if you want to go and v-visit a patient ” Harumi whispered, but he could hear her perfectly. Huffinh, he grabbed a small, blue pen from in front of the girl and lloked at the sheet of paper. Not knowing what to do, he looked at Ichigo, who sighed and took the pen and paper from his grasp and filled it out.
“Okay, Mr.Kuchiki is in room three-oh-four. I’m sure Dr. Kurosaki will show you where that is.” Harumi said, showing no signs of beig afraid of the redhead anymore. He nodded a ‘thank-you’ and followed Ichigo to a piece of black steel in the wall.

“What the hell,Kurosaki? I want to go see Byakuya, not look at human metals!” Renji hissed. Ichigo laughed when the elevator opened and stepped in, motioning for Rukia and Renji to follow. When they hesitantly walked into it, he shook his head.

“It’s an elevator. Now hurry up so I can shut the door.” Ichigo explained. When they were all fully in, he clicked the ‘close door’ button and another button that had a ‘3’ on it.

It didn’t take long before it opened again, and Renji jumped out first wobbling and reaching for the nearest wall to steady himself on.

“All it does is vibrate! It made me so fucking dissy! How is that a trasportation device?!” When Ichigo “Shhh’d” him, he closed his mouth and looked around.

‘It smells like old people’ He thought. “Okay, where is Byakuya?” He demanded.

“He is right around the corner.” Ichigo answered. Then sighed, “ Look Renji, you can’t be screaming profanities in every sentence. You have to be really quiet. These are very sick people here in the ICU.” He just nodded, eager to see Byakuya again after a week.

“Hurry up, Ichigo. Renji is getting restless” Rukia muttered from the right of him. He nodded and started to walk around the corner, the rest following behind him.

“Hello. Dr. Kurosaki” A silky smooth man’s voice said behind them. Ichigo turned to look at the man and sighed. “Hello Dr. Gami. I really can’t talk right now. I am visiting my friend.”

Dr. Gami nodded and turned back around into one of the other rooms when he heard some one moan in pain.

Renji automatically noticed Byakuya in a bed by the window. Running over to him, he noticed that his spirtual pressure wasa absent.

“Oh Renji, it’s so good to see you after such a long wait. I m-” But he was cut off as he started to cough violently. Renji was at his side in an instant, caressing his lovers’ cheek, trying to not wince when Byakuya cough once more.

“I missed you so much, Renji.” Byakuya said weakly, grabbing his hand and sqeezing it.

Ichigo and Rukia walked out of the room, leaving the couple to talk alone. Shutting the door, Ichigo took his fiancé’s hand. “They will be alright. I can feel Renji giving him some energy. My brother should be out of here in about two or three days.”

Ichigo ran his free hand through his hair and sighed. “I hope so. I’ve never seen Renji so . . . Worried in all the time I’ve known him”