Here's the deal with this story… I started it in April of last year as a reaction to the death of my Pappa it was a way to deal with it while I was caring for my mother who was absolutely devastated. Rysh encouraged me and helped me by giving me insights at the time I started writing this story I had only seen up to episode 50 or so as I'm re-writing this (the darn disk it was stored on was lost in the move from the eastern side to the western side of the state) this is before Ichigo a bit and goes thru the different arcs lightly it's almost a series of one-shots strung together in story format. It could be termed A/U I suppose. I have seen almost to 155 thanks to many friends. I know my character Ami is similar to at least one other character that has come out as a possible Zakari romance /Oc and I have contacted the author to tell her about Ami a bit. If the author in question has objections it is their job to tell me although I appreciate criticism I do NOT want to deal with flames They are used to heat my teapot this week it's Chai from India next week who knows smile okay enough with the rant. . If possible when I use elements from other authors fanfics I get their permission and I will tell you in the end notes if they were used. There are some that are genuine GMTA (great minds think alike) like hair eyes and such, I mean hey anime has a limited body/character type right?
Afrieal
Affie went thru hell the 8 months after her pappa died and this story recreated from her notes and my scribbled outlines was a good therapy as are the others we have scattered around hand written and on disk. What she didn't say is her pappa's ex died of the same exact thing a month later and they were friends as well. This story was fun to write with her despite the circumstances and hell it's funny to see her wake up and bitch that Kenpachi and Ami were yelling at her in her sleep to get 'er done.(snickering at the image of Kenpachi as Larry the Cable Guy). Not to mention her with a fever and waving a plastic sword trying to Konso the plot bunny hollows when she had bronchitis.
Ryshandra
We don't own it we wish we did but all we have is Music files on the computer and a few mangas. We'd take it off Kubo Tite's hands in a heartbeat if he wanted to give it to us. The only pay we receive is the fun of writing and the reviews we get (yes even flames )
A&R
Kenpachi walked purposefully down the corridor of the Academy dorms freaking out most of the student population as usual when he scowled.
"Hey kid where's Sazuko?" he growled as he grabbed a student. Said fourth year stuttered and stammered pointing the way down the corridor all but wetting himself in terror at the spirit pressure.
"Ahhh Kenpachi Taiocho Down the corridor you'll see a room with a scroll painting of a Sakura tree that's Sazuko-kun's room your Fukitaocho is with her I believe." Came the voice of the RA (1)
"Thanks" Kenpachi grunted as he gently (for him) placed the kid on his feet and patted him on the shoulder almost driving him into the ground. He walked down the hallway and had almost reached the indicated door when it slid open and a small unassuming redhead stepped out. She looked up at the taller man and bowed and smiled innocently.
"Kenpachi Taiocho please calm your spirit pressure there are several students on this floor that need to study for exams in the morning." She said then she blinked and that was when he noticed her smile didn't reach her eyes. "Your Lieutenant is resting. I was studying by the river and she chose to go swimming without checking the depth of the water. I fished her out and brought her back here to dry off and I healed the bump on her head. I asked the RA to send a runner to you to let you know where she was." Her eyes glinted turning from the gentle grey they had been to shining silver. "Why she was running by the river without supervision I wonder when she could have been attacked by anything. I know she's powerful but she's still growing into her powers" her angry rant was cut off by her room door opening and a happy Yachiru who clambered up her Taiocho happily.
"Ken-Chan can we get Ami-Chan in our squad she knows lots of fun games to play and she cooks good too… Not like Pachinko head and Feathers. She knows lots of stories and we had fun." She said in a child like voice. "'sides she might give Feathers a run for his money in being pretty."
"Fukutaiocho…" Ami said blushing but she couldn't continue she looked up at Kenpachi his amused smile taking in her blush. "I really have to study… yah study. Taiocho if it's alright she's welcome to visit me when I'm not in class. It's nice having her around and when she asked for stories it actually helped me remember what I was studying better." She knew she was rambling but she could barely think when he smiled like that.
"If you say so Kid but aren't you graduating soon?" he said his voice amused.
"Yes Sir I'm going to be in 4th squad" she said waiting for the usual reaction.
"Che those weaklings why would you want to be one of them" he said his scorn clearly visible.
"Taiocho" she said her spirit pressure rising and anger at the offhanded way he'd said that. "Tell me how someone that knows exactly where to stick a knife to cause the most damage and pain. Someone who knows exactly what mixtures of chemicals, herbs or other compounds can stun, disable or even kill can be a weakling. Or someone who knows back ways to EVERY building in the Court of Pure Souls for that matter." Her spirit pressure rose after each statement in an almost visible aura wrapped around her like a cloak. "I can fight my sword work is good and my abilities at Kidou are acceptable as well. I made my choice carefully… I will NOT submit to that psychotic mime from hell and that was the only other option open to me at the time." With that she whirled around sliding open her door and slamming it shut after she entered her room.
"Let's go Yachiru" he said grinning and looking down the now silent hallway at the dumfounded students who pressed themselves against the walls as he passed them. As they left thru the door to the building he chuckled liking how the kid stuck up for the 4th squad. He privately agreed with her when he considered all the points she made and he was glad he got along reasonably well with Unahona.
"Ken-Chan we need her… She'll be important to the squad… I can feel it… I even drew it here" she handed him a drawing of Ami with her sword drawn facing down what could only be the 12th squad Taiocho with her hair flying around her shoulders and a sword in shikai in the training courtyard in 11th squad wavering lines seem to surround her and Kurotsuchi seemed to be forced back by it.
"Huh. Well let's go visit the Dean's office kiddo looks like we're getting another girl in the 11th squad." He said heading to the next building.
Okay I'm gonna leave it off at that as this is as far as I can go tonight it's late and I've had no sleep Rysh is out on her feet and the Mate needs his computer for school now.
Thank you to AriKitten for letting me use her idea of Yachiru possessing Foresight. You really should read her story Shelter from the Storm we think it's one of the Best Ken-Chan fics we also credit her with the fact we needed to chance the timeline for our fic. It made a hell of a lot less sense to have Ami as a real newbie with some of the stories we came up with for her if she started just before Ichigo and company showed up.
(1) I'm not sure if the Shinigami Academy works like most boarding schools but I know older students and dorm situations need someone in charge and I've had enough experiences with collages to know there's usually someone nominally in charge. So I'm running with that assumption.
Like other Authors out there (Akuni-A, who tells us her rabid fans chapter by chapter the inspirations) I listen to music while I write. I'm listening to a special Anime mix a friend of mine did that has elements from everything we watch GITS, Bleach, X, FMA and Blue seed just being a few of them. For angst scenes we recommend several Goth groups and Linkin' Park snicker as I'm writing this note it's the latest opening for Bleach After Dark playing by Asian Kung Fu Generation.