“Rukia, we need to talk.”

She sees her captain’s grim expression and instinctively knows it’s all over. Their foolishly indiscreet behavior has finally come to her captain’s attention, and she’ll never be able to meet his gaze ever again. Her stomach turns to ice, and all her reasoning and excuses die instantly on ( Read more... )

Title: What You Wish For.

Author: Starvinbohemian.

Rating: NC-17.

Pairings: Rukia/Kaien and with all the implications this would have on Rukia/Everyone Else.

Summary: “Drown not thyself to save a drowning man.” An AU wherein Aaroniero really was Kaien. Rukia comes to terms with what it would have meant for Kaien to be alive.

Part I: Plunge
One | Two | ( Read more... )

Title: What You Wish For.

Author: Starvinbohemian.

Rating: NC-17.

Pairings: Rukia/Kaien and with all the implications this would have on Rukia/Everyone Else.

Summary: “Drown not thyself to save a drowning man.” An AU wherein Aaroniero really was Kaien. Rukia comes to terms with what it would have meant for Kaien to be alive.

Part One: One | Two

( Read on to Chapter Three... )

          “Aw, what do you mean he isn’t coming back?” Kiyone whines.

“He isn’t ready,” Captain explains. “He still needs time to readjust.”

Ukitake has made several visits to the Shiba house since they have returned to Soul Society, while Rukia has been much too busy so far to make the trip. Some days, he comes back looking ( Read more... )

Well, y'all, somebody had to write it. I've waited years since Chapter 266, and no one else (that I know of) has attempted the big, epic AU what-if of Aaroniero actually being Kaien. It started out as an urge to finish a ficlet that has been wasting away on my laptop and has so far surpassed over 16,000 words and had to be divided into parts to fit ( Read more... )

There's gonna be a live-action Bleach movie??? An American live-action Bleach movie?

Oh, noes. I can see the cast list already. Ichigo will be played by Shia Lebouf, Rukia by Dakota Fanning, and the rest will be filled in by various actors from Gossip Girl. Oh, and a little piece of my soul will die.

*Sigh* Why, Hollywood? WHY?

Being the T.A. for an anime/manga college course has its ups and downs-- I think I've mentioned that I'm doing that? Yes, I must have somewhere in between my recent ramblings about Sherlock Holmes. *Checks* Okay, maybe not, but I am! And this week included a major up ( Read more... )

OMG, Bleach 386. DO NOT WANT!!!! DO NOT WANT!!!! D: D: D: Becoming a cross between The Fly and No Face from Spirited Away does not equal GREAT JUSTICE. I know no one else loved Mr. I-really-was-an-asshole-all-along, but I always did. These latest developments sadden me ( Read more... )

GIN/KIRA!!!!!!!!!!

FANGIRL SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Went to the Orange County Fair with Shala's family yesterday and had a blast. A bigger exhibition of American consumerism there is not. I mean, the vendors were selling everything you can think of deep fried. There were deep-fried Snickers and chocolate-dipped Twinkies. WTF? I ate an enormous turkey leg in order to simulate Henry VIII's court just ( Read more... )