3. Lolita Photo Shoot

The stretch limousine pulled up in front of the tall two-story house surrounded by privacy hedges and mature oak trees. The car stopped in the semi-circle drive, before the double doors, and Orihime threw open one of the rear doors.

She jumped out. "We're here! Tatsuki, we're really here!"

Tatsuki pulled herself out of the car, ( Read more... )

Aizen looked out of the top floor balcony of the Tokyo hotel, smiling broadly at the view below of the city lights in the night.

"You should see this view, Tousen. Amazing."

At the table of the lavish hotel room Tousen sat running his fingers over a Braille version of a girlie magazine. "Hmph."

"No. I mean it. Absolutely amazing."

Suddenly the door ( Read more... )

1. Meet the Contestants

Rangiku stood on the sidewalk of the busy Tokyo street and looked way up at the ten-story hotel building. Around her gathered the other thirty-one contestants. Eyes wide, she looked down at Momo.

"This looks like the place," the strawberry-blonde said with a sigh.

Momo nodded, trying to keep out of Kuukaku's way as the busty ( Read more... )

17. Claiming the Y

The Soul Society Canteen was a little less crowded than usual for the evening, the gentle rain outside having kept some of the usual diners in their respective Divisions. Renji decided it was better that way, less intrusions or witnesses to his match.

He put the coupon he'd gotten with the invitation on the table and sat back in ( Read more... )

15. Three Strands

The paper was wrinkled in several spots from the rain, the water damage making a few of the answers illegible. The handwriting was masculine, but practiced, and Shunsui had learned that the penmanship filling out the questionnaires didn't necessarily reflect much about the applicant. It was one of several from the Living World that ( Read more... )

Some writers have been able to pull the opposite ends of gentle healing and brute strength into fan fiction stories with Kenpachi Zaraki and Retsu Unohana. Surprising results, especially when this mountain of a man has a pink-haired bump of a tot called Yachiru attached to his shoulder nearly all of the time. Yeah, that'll get you lots of dates.

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12. Not Applicable

Shunsui sat behind his desk in the growing heat of the day, frowning at the questionnaire before him. A number of things about the form perplexed him. She was obviously a caring person -- and he was certain the applicant was
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10. Corner in Tenth

Rangiku made her way down the warm sunny streets of Division Ten's compound that morning, a little earlier than usual, a mission on her mind.

After long and thorough deliberation, she was still adamant about nudging her pint-sized captain into his impending young adulthood.

She smiled as she walked. More than willing
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4. Match Me, Inc.

Nanao studied the applications suspiciously the next day in her lieutenant’s office, blowing a stray strand of dark hair from her eyes in the warmth of the midmorning. She looked back to the other three questionnaires, and then gathered them all together and went down the short hall to where her captain was spending an inordinate ( Read more... )

3. Female Applicant

Her hand paused over the questionnaire. It wouldn’t hurt to complete it. After all, everyone got one. It wasn’t personal. It wasn’t a comment on her love life, or lack of love life.

Everyone got one.

It might be fun.

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