Continued From: Jail Break
When Renji returned to sixth division with Ashimitsu and his guards, Byakuya met them. His eyes narrowed imperceptibly as he sensed Ashimitsu's reiatsu leaking from his bonds and his lieutenant's zanpakuto shaking in his owner's grip. So there was no way to reverse their decision. He closed his eyes for a moment only.
"Take the condemned back to his cell," he ordered in his low voice, "and reinforce his restraints. He can't be allowed to escape." The guards with Ashimitsu bowed and continued down their path. The boy glared at him but didn't comment. Kuchiki ignored him and turned to his lieutenant.
"Abarai," he stated calmly. The redhead immediately stood at attention. A slimmer of a smirk formed on the captain's lips. "Your records show substantial improvement. As a reward for your new commitment, you have no duties to perform for the next three days. In addition," he reached into his haori and gave Renji two tickets, "you may take these. I have no use for such coupons." Captain Kuchiki returned to the office.
The coupons in his hands were for takoyaki and expired in two days. Small slips of paper were sticking to them with two kanji marks, black and cat, boldly scripted.
Renji clenched his hand around the papers and saluted his departing captain with a wide smirk. A couple minutes later, he dashed out of his barracks, the lieutenant's badge left behind in his quarters and wearing his Living World clothes underneath his kimono. Nearly tripping on his shoes, he grimaced and held the coupons aloft.
"Takoyaki!"
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Sitting in his cell, Tsukiro thought deeply. He didn't want Kita to die, regardless of how angry he was at her, but he had no way to do so. He didn't care that he was being banished. He just wished there was some way he could take Kotaishi with him. He scoffed at that thought. He tilted his head back, leaning it against the wall. When he thought back to all the trash Renji had thrown at him, he gritted his teeth and sat up straight. No way was he going to let Kita be a victim of Soul Society's outrageous punishments.
He wrapped his hands around the restraints. He tried to release as much of his reiatsu as he could, but he only succeeded in covering them with frost. It was then that he noticed a chipped part on the bars of the cell. Quietly, he crawled over to them. Sure enough, it was just sharp enough to cut through something small. He raised his hands to the chipped part and used it to slice through the hand restraints. He reached through the bars and grabbed the guards by their shihakushos and pulled them against the bars and knocked them out. He grabbed the keys off of one of them and unlocked the gate. He walked out and ran down the hallway.
Running through the barracks like an excited child Renji caught a fast moving object dart from one side of the hall to another. He stopped and backup looking down the hall. When nothing appeared again he slowly walked down the hallway and peered around the corner. there at the other end peering around the corner himself was Tsukiro.
“Where the hell do you think your going?!” Renji bellowed drawing his sword quickly making his way toward the escape.
Tsukiro scoffed and made a quick decision. He flashed towards Renji, avoiding his attacks and lunged at Renji, grabbing him by the throat. He squeezed tightly, releasing what energy he could, then pushed it to his limits until Renji's neck and part way down his shoulders were frozen down through the first two layers of skin. His eyes pierced Renji's as the ice traveled up his neck and down his chest.
"You think the system is so great? You have NO IDEA how corrupt it is! They would have sentenced her to death whether I was involved in this or not! You heard the old man! They're scared of her! People destroy what they're afraid of! You're just too stupid to listen! Just like everyone else!"
When Tsukiro started to freeze his skin Renji brought his arms up and then his elbows down on Tsukiro’s arms, breaking Tsukiro’s grasp he had on his neck. He then drew back his fist and plowed him on the jaw knocking him off his feet. The sound of his blade being drawn rang out through the hall as it was drawn.
Before Tsukiro was up and standing Renji had his blade tip at his throat. “Go ahead!” He looked at Tsukiro kneeling to the ground in front of him daring him to stand. His eyes narrowed and blood boiling with rage for the man in front of him. “GET UP!” Renji screamed at him. “GET UP SO I CAN KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND!”
At that moment, Yoruichi shunpo'd in front of Renji, kicking Zabimaru out of his hands. She spun him around while tying his hands together behind his back with a long cloth sash. She then wrapped it around his torso and pushed him to the ground. Renji squirmed on the ground trying to get loose.
"That's enough of a show, boys." When Tsukiro blinked and stood frozen, she snapped. "Time's a-wasting, you idiot student." Yoruichi turned to Tsukiro and threw him the sword strapped to her back; Kotaishi no kori. "Move it!"
Tsukiro hesitated, his mind trying to catch up to the moment, standing there confused.
Renji growled. This kid was a DAMN fool. And he challenged Aizen?! He'd need to see it to believe it. He looked behind Yoruichi for Kita. She wasn't there.
“DAMN YOU YORUICHI!” he bellowed. "YOU TOLD ME YOU'D RESCUE KITA TOO. WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
"I couldn’t Shunsui was with her as was the Yama-jii. Something is up. So keep on your toes." Yoruichi whispered to him.
“DAMMIT! What the hell now! Kisuke is not going to be happy with this!” Renji growled.
Tsukiro shook free of his daze. Grabbing his zanpakuto he strapped Kotaishi into place, just as he heard the guards' whistle. As Renji scrambled to his feet, still fighting with Yoruichi's bonds, Tsukiro grinned and rammed his foot into his gut sending him back down.
"Now, we're even." He ran off with his old teacher.
A few second later two guards showed up to untie him. As they were freeing him Renji told them what happen as one of the guards ran off to get more men to search for both Yoruichi and Tsukiro. Renji followed to keep up the ruse but well aware that the brat was safe.
“Strike two asshole!” Renji growled mostly to himself. “If I don’t find you now. I will see you later, Ashimitsu. You forget I stay at Urahara's as well. I won’t be under the Captain’s watchful eye there and I will kick your ass.” Renji growled under his breath. "I've had my Bankai much longer than you, and I will wipe the floor with you when I'm not covering for your dumb ass."
To be Continued...
