Hanatarou stood on the front porch of Division Nine's vice-captain's quarters, arms clutching a stack of portfolios, looking more nervous than usual. He'd barely knocked on the door than it opened.

Hisagi looked back at him, face lighting up. "Good. Thanks." He snatched the portfolios and began closing the door.

Hanatarou got a glimpse of black and ( Read more... )

"Where the hell is everyone?"

The mild warm easterly breeze sweeping across the Seireitei was nearly reversed for several seconds at Zaraki's bellow.

The Fourth Seat of Eleventh Division had withstood his captain's verbal onslaught for five whole minutes, and his courage was flagging. He didn't have any answers.

"I know where Yachiru is," he said as ( Read more... )

7. Remnant

Hitsugaya sat staring at the paperwork in front of him in his office, the lines and ink becoming nonsensical as his thoughts drifted from the Tenth Division building. His eyes slid to the paper dividing wall where his lieutenant's desk was vacant, for the third day in a row.

Now she gets help with her paperwork, he thought, sighing. Why ( 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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Poll Zaraki and Retsu?

 
Ch. 13 Tough Outer Shell

Zaraki filled the doorway of the general entrance of the Soul Society Canteen, eclipsing the late afternoon sunlight from the street, his gaze settling over the lower ranks eating at tables in the first room. Most kept their attention on their plates, hoping to avoid his notice, waiting for his large bulk to pass their ( Read more... )

Okay, Hueco Mundo is all sand and sky and Hollows, but there had to be something to do there, right? Rabid Arrancar all over the place and no Internet. Not a good combination for a bored bunch of ... anyones.

So a few fanfiction authors have advanced what Orihime did while she was imprisoned there. We'll go with the lighter stuff.

In Phaeton, sakana3 ( Read more... )