101: Open Your Eyes - Enkei Reiton
Anyways, after dealing with computer problems, site glitches and having to get the polls set up for the Golden Strawberry Awards, not to mention reorganizing the tags so I could make the percentage list up. Among many, many other things that just simply involved life.
Anyways, here is day six of Bleached Twilights week, which is also day five over at Twilight Sues.
Title: Open Your Eyes
Name: Kurosaki Ichigo and Isabella Marie Swan/Bella Swan Mason
Suethor: Enkei Reiton
Rating: Toshiro
Pairings: Ichigo/Bella
Appearance: They both appear like their canon counterparts.
Background: I am trying to think of a good way to explain this one. Bella is pining after Edward... and then Ichigo shows up despite the fact that he is a poor high school student whose family owns a clinic that wouldn't allow for much travel funds and he somehow knows about Victoria and she decides to leave Forks despite the fact that she would need a passport and she is still considered a minor. Then again, that didn't seem to stop her in Twilight...
Sue Qualifications: Hmm... the fact that Ichigo is able to stop a truck bothers me. You know why? He may be strong in the storyline, but he honestly is not the Blob from X-Men. Ichigo is also turned into a romantic sap, when canon makes it clear that he doesn't notice girls. As for Bella, well... Bella is... seriously... she wouldn't be able to change her name just because she wants to.
Annoying Attributes: The prose in this fanfic is horrible purple. Not so much an annoying thing, but this is the kind of fanfic I see Orihime possibly writing. I say this because she has a rabid crush on Ichigo and I see her being into the Twilight series. Actually, I can see a good deal of the females in Bleach reading Twilight simply for a candy read.
Sample:
He did.
"So you're finally awake, huh?" The voice was rough but composed with and undercurrent of gentle, soothing concern. In a way it sounded almost musical - almost but not quite. Still, it was comforting all the same; it relaxed me and eased my tension a bit. Figuring that a verbal response was unnecessary, I simply nodded my head and sighed. The noise coming out slurred.
"Mmmmm" Apparently, the vague response was enough for him.
"That's good." He heaved a sigh, sounding almost relieved. I was surprised when he didn't ask more questions.
This thought brought with it questions to my mind: Who was he? Victoria? Where was I? The first made it quickly to my mouth as if it was a race to see which questions I asked first.
"Who are you? What happened to Victoria?"
No answer came for a while. I knew he was still carrying me but he seemed to be pondering his answer. What could be so difficult...? All I asked him was his name. Slowly peeking through my eye lids, I could see the indecision in his face. And then, it resolved. Looking through his warm amber eyes, the answer sounded like bells pealing.
"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, and you don't have to worry about Victoria."
And in that instant, the pain dulled. The hole was not gone, but rather it had shrunk, shrunk to a bearable size. Finally, I was numb. I was able to breathe fully and my heart was more intact. I wasn't healed, but in that moment I felt almost happy. Alive.
Reborn. Not as if I was happy, but rather I could combat the pain, keeping it at bay. A new me.
I smiled at the thought. If I was going to spend my life without Edward, it would do me good to live it in a place where everything wouldn't remind me of him. A new place, with new friends and things to do. A new life. And thus, another conflict began. As much as I wished to live free of the loneliness and pain, a world without Edward wasn't a world at all. It seemed so empty without him; he had to exist no matter the consequences and risks.
The conflict played through my head like a broken record - never-ending and somewhat irritating. Yet, it was one of those things you could never push to the back of your mind. I was always there until it resolved.