[fic] Surrender the Mind (Epilogue/9+Epilogue)
Series Title: Surrender the Mind
Chapter Title: Epilogue (Epilogue, plus 9 Chapters)
Author: creepy_crawly
Characters/Pairings: ByakuyaxUryuu, UraharaxRyuuken.
Rating: For this chapter? R. For entire series? NC-17
Warnings: Yaoi
Disclaimer: No own. No money. No shame.
Summary: Two years after Surrender the Body, Ishida Uryuu is forced to go back on his vow once more, and face Byakuya once again.
Three Days After The Return
“Thank you for bringing us this news,” Isshin said, biting his lip as he blinked back tears. He could barely believe that his son, his beloved Ichigo, was dead. “He…he’s a shinigami, now?”
“He has plans to attend the Academy, yes,” Ishida whispered, swallowing the lump in his throat as he did his best not to look at Ichigo’s wailing little sister, who was currently being held by her twin. “He promises to…to return, as soon as he is allowed.”
“It won’t be for a while,” Isshin sighed. “Come here, Karin, Yuzu.” He gathered his daughters in his arms and held them, tight and safe.
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Two Weeks After The Return
“Uryuu’s going to America,” Ryuuken announced, striding into his office and locking the door behind him. He didn’t even look at the blond seated on his desk, instead shrugging out of his long white coat. “He finally accepted their offers.”
“For how long?” Urahara asked, holding his arms open for the tall, strong man.
“Three more years,” Ryuuken sighed, leaning into his embrace. “I thought you said I wouldn’t lose him.”
Urahara closed his eyes, his heart aching. “I never said you wouldn’t lose him,” he whispered into his lover’s soft, silver hair, “only that he wouldn’t die.”
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Two Years After The Return
“Are you sure about this, Uryuu?” the blonde woman asked, swinging her legs as she sat on the edge of the air-conditioner. The sun sparkled off the diamonds in her ears, and glowed painfully off the white of her coat.
“I’m sure,” Ishida said, half-smiling at her as he crossed his arms over his chest. “It’s my sperm, Anna. I can do with it what I want.”
“Mmm, but to waste it on me?” she asked shrewdly.
“You want a child,” he said, shrugging. “I like kids. Not enough to have one of my own, but enough to help you and Maria out. Also, hopefully, it will get my father off my back about reproducing.”
“Who could blame him for wanting another one of you in this world?” she asked, teasing him. “You’re a wonderful man, Uryuu. Any woman would be lucky to have you.” She paused for a half-second. “Especially lucky, considering how you are, you know, gay.”
Ishida snorted. “Indeed,” he said dryly. “Are you ready to return? I still have one patient left to visit.”
“Let’s go, then,” she sighed, leaping off the air-conditioner. Her comfortable tennis shoes crunched in the gravel atop the roof as she followed him back to the door into the hospital.
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Six Years After The Return
“You still love him,” Unohana murmured, looking over at her companion.
“And he still loves me,” Byakuya returned, not looking at her. “I can tell.”
“How?” she asked quietly.
He turned swiftly, and the smile on his face was so bittersweet she thought that she could feel her heart breaking under its weight.
“Because,” he said softly, “if he didn’t, he wouldn’t hurt nearly so much.”
THE END
Previous Chapter
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To be continued in Surrender the Soul
Chapter Title: Epilogue (Epilogue, plus 9 Chapters)
Author: creepy_crawly
Characters/Pairings: ByakuyaxUryuu, UraharaxRyuuken.
Rating: For this chapter? R. For entire series? NC-17
Warnings: Yaoi
Disclaimer: No own. No money. No shame.
Summary: Two years after Surrender the Body, Ishida Uryuu is forced to go back on his vow once more, and face Byakuya once again.
Three Days After The Return
“Thank you for bringing us this news,” Isshin said, biting his lip as he blinked back tears. He could barely believe that his son, his beloved Ichigo, was dead. “He…he’s a shinigami, now?”
“He has plans to attend the Academy, yes,” Ishida whispered, swallowing the lump in his throat as he did his best not to look at Ichigo’s wailing little sister, who was currently being held by her twin. “He promises to…to return, as soon as he is allowed.”
“It won’t be for a while,” Isshin sighed. “Come here, Karin, Yuzu.” He gathered his daughters in his arms and held them, tight and safe.
----
Two Weeks After The Return
“Uryuu’s going to America,” Ryuuken announced, striding into his office and locking the door behind him. He didn’t even look at the blond seated on his desk, instead shrugging out of his long white coat. “He finally accepted their offers.”
“For how long?” Urahara asked, holding his arms open for the tall, strong man.
“Three more years,” Ryuuken sighed, leaning into his embrace. “I thought you said I wouldn’t lose him.”
Urahara closed his eyes, his heart aching. “I never said you wouldn’t lose him,” he whispered into his lover’s soft, silver hair, “only that he wouldn’t die.”
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Two Years After The Return
“Are you sure about this, Uryuu?” the blonde woman asked, swinging her legs as she sat on the edge of the air-conditioner. The sun sparkled off the diamonds in her ears, and glowed painfully off the white of her coat.
“I’m sure,” Ishida said, half-smiling at her as he crossed his arms over his chest. “It’s my sperm, Anna. I can do with it what I want.”
“Mmm, but to waste it on me?” she asked shrewdly.
“You want a child,” he said, shrugging. “I like kids. Not enough to have one of my own, but enough to help you and Maria out. Also, hopefully, it will get my father off my back about reproducing.”
“Who could blame him for wanting another one of you in this world?” she asked, teasing him. “You’re a wonderful man, Uryuu. Any woman would be lucky to have you.” She paused for a half-second. “Especially lucky, considering how you are, you know, gay.”
Ishida snorted. “Indeed,” he said dryly. “Are you ready to return? I still have one patient left to visit.”
“Let’s go, then,” she sighed, leaping off the air-conditioner. Her comfortable tennis shoes crunched in the gravel atop the roof as she followed him back to the door into the hospital.
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Six Years After The Return
“You still love him,” Unohana murmured, looking over at her companion.
“And he still loves me,” Byakuya returned, not looking at her. “I can tell.”
“How?” she asked quietly.
He turned swiftly, and the smile on his face was so bittersweet she thought that she could feel her heart breaking under its weight.
“Because,” he said softly, “if he didn’t, he wouldn’t hurt nearly so much.”
THE END
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To be continued in Surrender the Soul