This was also part of my gift to doodleswithwords, though it was written much earlier.
Title: Strength
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mentions of violence
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Shunsui, Ukitake, slight Ukitake/Shunsui
Prompt: Beginnings
Notes: This was actually the first Bleach thing I ever wrote. I believe it was, like, last summer. Haha. It's really not that good, but it's an official drabble (100 words exactly!!) so I don't want to edit. :) Plus it's kind of part of a backstory I want to write for them someday.
In the beginning, there was chaos.
In the beginning, there was death.
This is why Kyouraku does not understand when people call his Jyuu-kun weak. They are all so young, so naïve, so spoiled by what Soul Society has become. They do not remember the entire villages slaughtered by Hollows, they do not dream of children's screams in their sleep (even now).
Jyuushirou is not weak. If anything, his Jyuu-kun is stronger than everyone else. He was able to survive and fight and love and live despite his disease.
They do not understand.
In the beginning, only the strongest survived.