Immortal Coil

Review Replies- Anon: Another version there will be!
ShadowKittae: It makes me wonder why... Stark is so friggin hot, too.
VioletEyes: It seems a lot of people are pro StarkxIchi. I don't blame them.
Yakumo: Thanks! I like writing humorous dialogue, and it works so much better when it's actually funny.
BabyIn-A-Corner: I will be writing one =)
Soulless Child: I know, I wish there was more.
MasterAkira: Ichi would look cute with some clips in his hair (not that he isn't cute as he is).

JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR! The StarrkxIchigo alternate ending is something separate from this one. So Immortal Coil will still end with RenIchi while the StarrkxIchigo is going to be a completely different story.

This chapter contains (barely) mentioned couple UlquiorraxOrihime and minor character death.

Beta’d by WarriorNun- thank you!

Immortal Coil: Chapter 8

It took too long for Renji’s taste to cross the white sands of Hueco Mundo. When they finally reached the large castle of Las Noches they broke through the walls and found themselves at multiple branching pathways and they were forced to split up.

He got stopped once by a pink haired espada, but he was no match for Renji with his vizard powers and was quickly destroyed. Renji was in a hurry and he had no patience for weaker arrancars getting in the way of him finding Ichigo.

He ran and ran until he finally felt it- Ichigo’s reiatsu. His heart soared and he sonidoed to him as quickly as he could. He seemed to be in one of the rooms of the endless hallways, but Renji didn’t have any troubles finding which one because Ichigo’s reiatsu was so enormous.

He broke through the door and skidded inside. Ichigo, who had been pacing in irritation because of the recognizable sensation of fighting reiatsu, gaped at Renji in surprise.

“…Renji?”

Renji scowled at Ichigo. “What the hell kind of response is that? Of course it’s me, idiot.”

Ichigo crossed his arms over his chest and glared at Renji heatedly. “What the fuck are you doing here!?”

Renji was about to answer but then he noticed what Ichigo had on. “More importantly, what are you wearing!?”

Ichigo turned red and wished he could have at least had long pants. “It’s not my choice; it’s what I had to wear.”

“Well, change then!”

Renji was far too distracted by Ichigo’s long legs. He didn’t know what he would do to Ichigo if he had to keep looking at them.

“I don’t have anything to change into…”

“Tch.” Renji took his sword off and set it to the side while Ichigo eyed him suspiciously.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m taking off my shirt; it’ll cover your legs more then those skimpy shorts. There’s no way I’m going to let you wander around Hueco Mundo looking like jail bait.”

“I don’t look like jail bait! Don’t take off your shirt idiot, that’s just as bad!” Renji with his shirt off was not something Ichigo could handle right now. He had seen Renji shirtless before and… Ichigo shivered while Renji tried to tear his eyes away from the long legs presented to him.

“I’m not going to be held liable for what I do to you if you keep flaunting yourself at me like that.”

“I’m not flaunting myself asshole, this is what I was forced to wear.”

“Well-”

“Just shut up already, I’m tired of hearing, ya guys bickering.” Renji spun around and grabbed his sword without even thinking, just reacting.

Standing in the doorway was a very tall espada with long dark hair, looking very irritated.

“Nnoitra…”

“Shut up, Ichigo.” Nnoitra snapped and narrowed his eye at Renji to assess him.

“What gives you the right to call Ichigo by his first name!?” Renji snarled and shifted his left foot back to prepare to attack.

“I can call my pet whatever I want to call him.” Nnoitra replied smugly.

“Why you-”

“I don’t give a shit about, ya vizard.” Nnoitra said in a bored tone and pretended to inspect his fingernails. “I just came to give my pet one last present before all of ya die.”

“What…” Ichigo started in confusion as Nnoitra stepped aside to reveal a huffing Tesla carrying his zanpakuto.

“Zangetsu!” Ichigo rushed forward and grabbed it. A look flashed in Nnoitra’s eye, but nobody noticed it by Tesla.

“Get the fuck out of here already, ya bore me.”

Ichigo looked uncertain but Renji frowned heavily.

“What’s in it for you?”

“Ya mean besides no having to look after that irritating little shit anymore? Aizen ordered us not to hurt the pet, but he never told me to waste energy to stop ya from taking him.”

Ichigo clearly didn’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth so he grabbed Renji by the arm and dragged him past the two espada forcefully.

“Thanks.” Ichigo muttered quietly, but neither Tesla nor Nnoitra said anything. As they rounded the corned, Tesla turned to Nnoitra with slight worry.

“Nnoitra…”

“Shut up Tesla.”

“I know how you feel for him and-”

“I said SHUT UP!!!” Nnoitra brought his blade to Tesla’s throat, yelling so loudly that Tesla winced. “I don’t feel anything for that vizard bitch, and I never will!!!”

Nnoitra stormed off in the opposite direction of where Renji and Ichigo went and Tesla trailed after him.

An hour later Nnoitra transformed into his released form and was completely decimated by the shinigami captain Zaraki Kenpachi. Tesla stared at his master’s dying body with regret. Regret for both of their deaths, and regret that Nnoitra was never able to admit that the reason he let Ichigo go was because he couldn’t stand his own feelings for the vizard.

Tesla drew one last shaky breath, and then died.

…

“What the fuck is going on, Shinji?” Renji snapped to Shinji who had been to busy ogling Ichigo to pay much attention to the irate vizard.

“I like your outfit, Ichigo.”

“Fuck you.”

“Heh…” Shinji finally turned to Renji although he continued to gaze at Ichigo’s legs out of the corner of his eyes. “Right, Aizen apparently tricked us and some of the Shinigami captain into coming to Hueco Mundo by kidnapping that Inoue chick and our Ichigo.” Another appreciative glance was directed at Ichigo’s legs.

“We heard all of that from the announcement.” Renji glanced at Shinji in irritation.

“WHAT!?” Ichigo yelled. “So they’re attacking Karakura right now!?”

“Yep.”

“Don’t sound so chipper you bastard!!!”

While Ichigo attacked Shinji and Hiyori helped, Renji was thinking. One of the first things he learned to do as a vizard was to make a garganta from one place (Soul Society) to another (the real world). Whatever Aizen did might make it harder, but if what he did stopped anyone from going or coming, which meant with enough force and pressure, Renji could force a rip in the dimensions and go to the real world.

“Do it, Renji.”

Renji glanced up and realized that while he was thinking, the rest of the vizards had regrouped and they were all looking at him expectantly.

“I don’t know if I can.”

“Do it anyway.” Ichigo said in a bored tone, like that was all there was to it.

“Tch, I’ll do it if you’ll give me a kiss Ichigo.”

“What!?” Ichigo yelled in shock.

Renji turned slightly red and looked away. “I was just joking!”

Kensei shook his head at Renji. He still couldn’t just take what he wanted. He shifted so that he was next to Ichigo and sent Renji a very smug look. “If he doesn’t want to kiss you, I will.” Then he grabbed Ichigo’s barely-covered ass and smirked when Ichigo yelped, then hit him on the chest.

“Kensei!”

“You bastard!” Renji snarled, his temper rising as he thought of Kensei touching Ichigo yet again. Kensei draped an arm over Ichigo’s shoulder and nuzzled his hair while pointedly looking at Renji.

“It’ll be just you and me when this is over Ichigo, and I’ll show you the proper way to celebrate a victory.”

Renji’s eyes turned black and gold and his powers soared. With a slash of his hands, he tore into the rubbery fabric separating the dimensions. He felt a sliding sensation at first that must have been whatever Aizen used to try and keep them from coming or going, but then he pictured Kensei grabbing Ichigo’s ass and he ripped it like it was paper.

The vizards began to step through and Ichigo glanced at Orihime who had been rescued by Hiyori.

“Come on.” He held out his hand but she took a step back with a blush. “What’s wrong?”

“Um, I’m staying Kurosaki-kun.”

“What!? Why?”

“Because…” She trailed off as the espada Ulquiorra sonidoed next to her and wrapped a possessive arm around her waist.

“Oh!” Ichigo didn’t really know what to think, but she chose that of her own free will and he had no time to hesitate.

“Come on Ichigo!” Kensei shouted and dragged him through. They stepped in between the dimensions and landed just outside of Karakura. Or rather, where Karakura should have been.

They landed somewhere in the real world, but Karakura seemed to have been replaced by something that looked like it, but wasn’t it. It had four pillars protecting it, although one seemed to have been damaged.

“Fuck, the fake Karakura is already up.” Shinji hissed and didn’t even flinch when the vizards that had been left in the real world landed beside them.

“It took you guys long enough.” Lisa commented, although her eyes were serious and fixated on the barrier erected.

“What do you know?” Shinji asked as he studied the barrier for any sort of weakness.

“There’s a lieutenant outside of the barrier who has the power to let us in, but we haven’t been able to convince him yet…”

“I’ll do it.”

Hiyori gave Shinji a look of disbelief of that statement and Shinji shrugged.

“Well let’s go already.” Ichigo growled in aggravation and Renji nodded in agreement.

“Yeah, let’s kick some ass!”

“I wonder if you think you’re cool, saying stuff like that.” Ichigo muttered to Renji who gave him a dark look.

“Fuck you.”

“Maybe later.”

Ichigo was somewhat pleased with the way Renji’s cheeks turned red and congratulated himself on making the other man blush for once.

“We’ll fucking kill them.” Kensei muttered to himself as he cracked his knuckles.

“And that doesn’t sound dorky!?” Renji asked incredulously.

“Sorry Renji, you just can’t pull it off.”

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Poor Renji, even when he’s cool and saving the day, he’s a dork.