Title: Encounters
Author: Spirixx
Genre: Drama/Romance/Action
Rating: T for teeny-bopper
Pairing: Ichigo/Renji ...ish

Spoilers: None AUish
Summary: They say the events surrounding a first meeting foretell the relationship around two people.
Warnings: Lots of violence.

Disclaimer: As much as I wish I do not own Bleach.
Distribution: Too lazy to post this anywhere else.

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Prologue

The Brick

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"Who the hell do ya think ya're, boy?!"

There was a crowd gathered in a dark damp alleyway. People passing would look and than pass faster. No one wanted to witness that particular gang do anything. The Predators were vicious. They had dealing with the police and all the major crime lords. Non one knew why they had some many connections, they were just a bunch of teens but they earned the fear and resentment targeted towards them. Tonight's victim was an unfortunate eighth grader who probably did nothing more than cross their path.

"This is Predator territory! To get home safely you need to pay the toll."

The disgruntled and beaten down boy just stayed silent. They had him held so the gang leader could pound him without much resistance. Out numbered and probably to tired to do anything else he spat out a fair amount of blood onto one of his assailant's shoes. This caused their leader to grip his orange spiky hair, pulling the boy's head back uncomfortably.

"You'll pay me some respect boy, or I'll rip your pretty hair from your skull."

"…fu...ck you…"

That was all the boy managed to spit out before he was assaulted again. He knew there was no way out but he refused to give in. He never backed down. The gang leader was getting supremely pissed now. The boy could tell he was tiring of punching and kicking him. He wanted to pass out but he would deny them that luxury too. His eyes went in and out of focus but two things remained clear in his vision, a high held brick about to be smashed on his head and a red-headed boy sneaking up behind it.

The next few moments would be forever engraved in his mind, even if blurred. The red-headed boy leaped kicked the man holding the brick in the back of the head. He used the momentum to swing over his fallen victim and bash two others haphazardly together. This other kid had no skill but his blows had too much behind them to be taken lightly. The beaten up boy barely noticed when the gang members scatter and his was dropped to the pavement. The last thing he saw was a pair of read eyes looking into his own.

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"Hey, you ok?"

The orange haired boy sat himself up with stiff arms. He felt like he had been run over by a truck or maybe the truck would have hurt less… His eyes still wouldn't focus so he contented himself with leaning against the nearest wall. The world spun around him. Thinking that lying down was probably best he leaned to the side, falling to the dirt floor with a dull thud.

"Hey man! Seriously, you ok?"

"Ya… my head… won't stop spin…"

He fell out of consciousness once again.

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The red-headed boy sat and watched him fall over. He was still quite uncertain why he had decided to save this kid. That gang picked on people constantly but for some reason he couldn't bear to see this one get it. Renji had been on the rooftop when they were about to bash him with a brick, cowards.

They were in Renji's make-shift home on that very same roof. The building was in disrepair so he was about to build a fort on top of it. It wasn't anything special but for Renji is was his home and he loved it. It had a view of most of Karakura including the warming sunset. He liked his hut, despite what anyone thought. Not that anyone knew where the place was.

Checking the spiky-kids wounds to make sure their bandages were still intact he left his hut to watch that day's sun pass beyond the horizon. What had he gotten himself into?

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END

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Well last night I had an idea for another story so now I'll be having a couple going at once. I hope you all enjoy this little teaser.