Title: Setting Sun, Rising Moon (part 11 of 12)
Rating: PG for this chapter
Word Count: 3,005
Summary: Half a century ago, Ichigo became a substitute shinigami while he was still alive. At the end of that life, it's time to become the real thing, but with death comes unexpected challenges-not the least of which is that presented by seeing Rukia ( Read more... )

Title: Setting Sun, Rising Moon (part 8 of 12)
Rating: PG for this chapter
Word Count: 3,099
Summary: Half a century ago, Ichigo became a substitute shinigami while he was still alive. At the end of that life, it's time to become the real thing, but with death comes unexpected challenges-not the least of which is that presented by seeing Rukia ( Read more... )

Title: Setting Sun, Rising Moon (part 1 of 12)
Rating: PG-13 for this chapter
Word Count: 4,219
Summary: Half a century ago, Ichigo became a substitute shinigami while he was still alive. At the end of that life, it's time to become the real thing, but with death comes unexpected challenges-not the least of which is that presented by seeing Rukia ( Read more... )

...at shogi.

(From The Nuclear Family-verse.)

( Kaien snorts. An interesting sight on a skull. )

The real fic is more or less done in a first draft, which means it is messy as hell, but her highness requested Ukitake's POV on that verse, and so that's here. No, I'm not explaining the real fic, that's for later. ;) Besides, the name says it all.

( The thing about being two thousand years old, Ukitake muses as he walks, is that everyone else begins to look so young. )