UraIchi Week 2023
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It doesn’t take long for word of an unknown Shiba to reach the ears of Seireitei. Rumours float on the wind, spreading faster than pollen, and soon there’s not a person left that isn’t talking about it. The gossip only erupts louder when Shiba-fukutaichou takes a week off to hunt the man down, determined to bring home his long-lost family member and take him in. If it were any other family, perhaps the poor man would have been left to rot in the higher districts where Kisuke heard he was last, but he this man is allegedly a Shiba, and the Shiba clan would not leave one of their own to rot.
Written for UraIchi Week 2023 Day One: Time Travel
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- Part 1 of UraIchi Week 2023
- Part 1 of Rock Bottom Verse
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Do You Have Enough Love in Your Heart (to Go and Get Your Hands Dirty) by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
26 Jun 2023
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The question isn’t asked in a serious setting. It’s a time of peace, every single big bad enemy defeated at the hands of a now 20-year-old hybrid with enough love in his heart and such a fierce desire to protect that he never once even considered simply saying “no.”
Written for UraIchi Week 2023 Day Two: "Him or the world? That's easy." + Loyalty + Oaths/Vows
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- Part 2 of UraIchi Week 2023
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Time to Raise Hell, or Walk on By? by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
27 Jun 2023
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“I disagree. I think you’d find my opinion to be the majority,” Kisuke sniffs haughtily. “In fact, I’m sure if I asked the Shinigami Women’s Association-“
“Don’t you dare!”
“They’d tell me it’s high on the list of ‘Times Kurosaki Ichigo is hottest.’”
Ichigo can tell in that moment that Kisuke is going to make that article happen if he has to write it himself, and he wants to groan in frustration and disgust, but there’s a smile tugging at his lips. “Fuck off,” he says after a beat. Can’t have Kisuke thinking his idea is acceptable.
Written for UraIchi Week 2023 Day Three: “Has anyone ever mentioned how beautiful you look when considering violence?”
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- Part 3 of UraIchi Week 2023
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Run Away, Run Away (You Have Been Forewarned) by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
29 Jun 2023
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“I volunteer for the mission,” Kisuke says before he can think it through further. Because if he’s right, if this is who he thinks it is, then he wants nothing more than to go to Hueco Mundo this instant. His mind is a litany of Ichigo Ichigo Ichigo even when he knows logically that it’s not the best decision to make to avoid suspicion.
“As captain of the research department, your expertise will be invaluable, Urahara-taichou,” Yamamoto approves. “Any other volunteers?”
“Ah hell, I ain’t seen any action fer a while. I’ll go,” Shinji pipes up.
It’s amusing to think that maybe the Soul King is watching over him right now because this is the best-case scenario for him. If this is Ichigo, and it’s entirely probably that it is because his lover isn’t someone to be taken lightly, Shinji is the easiest one to convince to give him some leeway. From the sounds of things, Ichigo is completely hollow right now, and that means this is going to be rough. But he’ll do it because he loves Ichigo and he’ll do anything for him.
Written for UraIchi Week 2023 prompts: Feral, “Is it better to out-monster the monster, or to be quietly devoured?”
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- Part 4 of UraIchi Week 2023
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Don’t want to mess it up (‘cause I want everything and nothing at all) by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
01 Jul 2023
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It feels like he can hear a bell tolling in the distance, and Ichigo knows it marks the end of his life.
“Tell my family that I love them, and that they shouldn’t feel guilty. I’ve been a shell of myself for a while now, and this is the only way I can become whole again," he says.
Takabayshi-san’s eyes glitter with tears, but he nods. “I’ll tell them. And I’ll lay red camellias at your grave.
Ichigo smiles, recalling the day when he was helping Takabayashi-san garden and the old man had explained the meanings behind different flowers. The noble death of a warrior and love.
“I’d like that.”An hour later, he takes his final breath and thinks, finally.
Written for UraIchi Day Five: “I want you to stay, am I not being clear enough?”
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- Part 5 of UraIchi Week 2023
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Tell me what you tryna hide (and what you’re running from inside) by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
01 Jul 2023
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“Why do you keep touching me?” Kisuke asks, finally.
It’s none of the circling that Ichigo’s expecting. He’s used to Kisuke talking his way around issues until he gets what he needs, and no one even realises what they’ve said because they’re too busy being confused over how their conversation got to that point. This is not that. This is direct and blunt—the way he prefers to do things. Which admittedly, makes his life easier.
“You like it,” he says. He’s not asking, because he knows. “And it gave me an edge.”
“You still lost,” Kisuke points out.
Ichigo hums, but silently disagrees. Because he feels like he won just as much with this fight. “Worth it,” he says instead, and grins when there is a slight flush of pink on Kisuke’s cheeks that goes just as fast.
Written for UraIchi Week Day Six: Mask, touch-starved
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- Part 6 of UraIchi Week 2023
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I Got a Skeleton Under the Floorboards by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
03 Jul 2023
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“Kurosaki-sama!” they shout, and Ichigo splutters. What the actual fuck.
“Who the fuck are you calling ‘sama’ you bastards! Get out of here already!” Ichigo grouses, kicking the nearest one in the side for effect.
The man he’s kicked, a bulky bald man probably like 20 years old or something—he’s bad at ages, it comes with the territory of being surrounded by ghosts and shinigami so often—groans but he keeps his eyes locked on Ichigo and he doesn’t stop grinning and it looks like there are fucking stars in this guys eyes. Seriously. What. The. Fuck.
“Our boss wants to meet you, Kurosaki-sama!” another of the thugs shouts.
“Hah?” Ichigo runs a hand through his hair roughly. “I’m not going to meet your fucking boss, you idiots. Stop causing trouble around here and leave me alone.”
He goes to walk away, content that they couldn’t be causing Kimura-san or Suzuki-chan, her daughter, any problems when they head home in an hour or so, and one of them literally grabs onto his leg, clinging like a child.
What the hell has he done to deserve this.
Written for UraIchi Week 2023 Day Seven: Creator's Choice.
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- Part 7 of UraIchi Week 2023