Tag:Dragon Eclipse AU
the beginning of our hope Part 6
Kisuke comes awake all at once, body carefully still and breathing even as he tries to figure out where the hell he is— (Kaito is nearby, reiatsu steady-even-stable, which means that Hanataro is nearby, which means he’s somewhere safe but—) It comes back to him in a rush: investigating a strange artifact, triggering it on …
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the beginning of our hope Part 5
Kaito breathes a quiet sigh of relief the moment he and Hanataro escape Ukitake and Kyoraku’s presence; it’s unbearably strange to sit across from the two Captains and not be recognized, but… but he should be used to it. Should have anticipated how it would make his skin itch and hands shake, how jittery he’d …
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the beginning of our hope Part 4
Shunsui tries to keep his expression neutral as he strides after Jyuushiro, but it’s hard. It’s hard, because Jyuushiro’s guests have upgraded Jyuushiro’s wards without asking or even hinting at the possibility, and all Jyuushiro will say about it is that everything will become clear in time. As if that isn’t one of the most …
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the beginning of our hope Part 3
“—left them to rest in the Ugendo,” Jyuushiro ends his report with, keeping his gaze on the Soutaicho as he does; he knows better than most how his old teacher feels about powerful, unaligned strangers, and he’d rather keep things as neutral as possible at the moment. (Like downplaying Urahara Kaito’s strength.) (After all, he …
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the beginning of our hope Part 2
Kisuke is very, very carefully not panicking. Not at all. Not in the slightest. Not even as Ukitake leads them across a very different — very sparse looking — Seireitei and towards a vaguely familiar area that is completely unfamiliar in regard to the landscaping. (Okay, he’s maybe panicking a bit.) (Just a teeny tiny …
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the beginning of our hope Part 1
((A slightly modified version of this prompt, so that it can be expanded easier.)) Jyuushiro struggles to hold back the Vasto Lorde’s blade, arms trembling and body straining with the effort. There’s a sharp-deadly-vicious ache building in his chest, and he knows, he knows, that he needs to finish this soon, he has to, but …
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