((Please be mindful of the tags on this one, it is very much not an easy story. There is quite a bit of hurt and zero comfort, and Erich is once again the POV character, which means that everything is happening TO him in this one.)) Erich comes awake with a start and a gasp …
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The room Ukitake led them to was mostly bare, just a single low table set to one side and a closet to the other. “There’s one futon folded up in the closet, and another in the room next door,” Ukitake said as Erich stepped into the room and gave it a once-over. “I… think I …
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Relief washes through Erich’s body as he finally, finally stumbles into the little clearing where he’s made his current shelter, and then instantly fizzles out as he remembers that he still has to get Ukitake into his shelter. “You are so much more trouble than you’re worth,” he murmurs in exasperation as he sweeps his …
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Erich stays carefully out of sight, tucked away in the depths of the shadows as the little fools battle Yhwach; even Ryuuken is present, which is both hilarious and one of the best outcomes Erich could ever dream of. He appreciates everything the man has done to pave the way for his victory, and the …
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Erich swears silently and tucks himself deeper into the tree line, hoping that neither the Hollow he’s been stalking nor the Shinigami who suddenly appeared had seen him; he’s spent days setting up magical traps to lure the damn thing into so he could kill it without drawing undue attention, and now a Shinigami decides …
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The last chimera shrieked and faded away, leaving the battlefield eerily silent. Hikari pulled Sword back to his side and turned to scan the area, searching for the next wave amongst the red, crystalline landscape. “Looks like that’s all of them,” Jin said, returning his Arm Legion to standby mode. “Here, at least.” Alica dropped …
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Jade wakes with a groan, a splitting headache, and no idea why the sun is beating down on his head. Or why he’s out in the middle of a forest. This… is not where he’s supposed to be. (He remembers… a lab. An experiment. A fonic device, shrill and bright, overloading—) (A glimpse of rippling …
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Yhwach falls to his knees with a cry, an arrow protruding from his back, and Uryuu… Uryuu doesn’t know what to think anymore. That’s Ryuuken, standing overhead with a dark look upon his face, bow in hand and a sense of deep, vicious satisfaction about him that Uryuu understands but… but… That was his revenge …
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This is how it ends: in pain and rage and despair, standing atop a rise and staring up-up-up at the Soul King’s Palace so far overhead, acknowledging the truth of his life, the truth of his existence, and the inevitability of everything he’s worked to become and— This is how it ends: shoving-shoving-shoving until his …
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Kisuke sighed and propped his chin on a hand, glowering down at the bottle that still wouldn’t open no matter what he’d tried. “You really are stubborn, aren’t you?” he murmured as he reached out and poked it, then frowned when the bottle responded with exhaustion-resignation-acceptance. “Or… maybe not you, precisely,” he amended as he …
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Nier wakes slowly, comfortable in a way he hasn’t been… ever, actually; there’s no drafts across his face, no cold stone leeching his warmth, no rough cloth against his skin, nothing. He can hear the soft rustle of Weiss’ pages as his friend moves about, standing watch just like always, and he mumbles a rough …
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The minute Kisuke notices Kurosaki’s reiatsu flaring and then vanishing, he curses and launches one final, devastating attack, no longer interested in playing around with the Quincy. “Grimmjow!” Kisuke barks, even as he braces himself and then allows his bankai to fall. “With me,” he orders as soon as Grimmjow looks up from the dead …
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Uryuu claws his way to consciousness, body exhausted and brain numb and eyes aching in an uncomfortably familiar way. He forces his eyes open and stares blearily at the ceiling overhead — unfamiliar, oddly old-fashioned — trying to figure out what the hell happened. And where he is now. He remembers… accepting Yhwach’s power. Remembers …
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Jyuushiro hummed softly to himself as he navigated the quiet maze of shelves deep in the heart of the First Division; he’d gotten himself a bit lost after talking with the Soutaicho, but… it was fine. He didn’t particularly need to be anywhere any time soon, and Yamamoto wasn’t going to hunt him down either, …
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Bazz breathes a quiet sigh of relief as he reaches his personal room, opens the door, and peers carefully into it, taking a moment to assess things before daring to step inside. No one’s there, though, and there’s no evidence that anyone invaded his space while he was out, so… in this, at least, things …
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