Please read through this before starting the story.

1) This one is going to be long. Really long. The first revision came just around 236,000 words.

2) There is violence against women and men, death, rape and a multitude of things going on here – if you don't like this, there are going to be many chapters that do not amuse you. Don't read it.

3) There is no Yaoi, there is het sex, some fluffy stuff, but most of it keeping in tune with the story. Later on - much later on - there is very violent consensual sex.

4) Concerning canon characters: This starts out centering around Byakuya. I am a Byakuya fan, but I see him as much darker character. However the middle it goes to centering around Renji. The end centers around someone else (sorry, but it screws up the story if I start giving away my plotline.) Many other characters make appearances.

5) The main character is non-canon. Sorry. Two persistent characters that appear in the middle and last to the end are also non-canon.

6) The Spoilers. I base most things off the manga, but have pulled a little out of the anime where they did some filler. (No, nothing much from the bount line.) This story pulls things from the beginning of manga all the way to the turn back the pendulum. So, for all people who only watch the dubbed versions of bleach, a lot of this may be not understandable. Also, for all people whom only watch the subbed anime, there may be some references that don't 100 make sense.

7) The Alternate World/History (Please read this or stuff really ain't gonna make sense and the history will contain spoilers.)

This takes place after Ichigo becomes a vizard, but before Orihime gets captured. In fact, that whole deal with Orihime did not ever happen. That is where this story will divert totally from canon and start on its own.

So in short, what is the world where this begins and what of the canon have I changed?

-Soul Society does not have captains for 3/5/9

-They are still in the middle of recovering from all the crud that went on with the Bount and Aizen's betrayal.

-The "winter war" has been postponed because Urahara let loose a device in Hueco Mundo that dramatically reduced/destroyed the effects of the Hougyoku. Thus it will be years/decades before it can be activated. This will be referred to, but not written in. This lets Soul Society have some time before the attack.

-Rukia is not present in this story except via character reminiscing. It's not because I don't have love for Rukia, but she just didn't fit in. She is alive and well, but absent.

-The "real world" characters are there, but more as cameos and much later on.

-There is character death, actually quite a bit of it now that I'm doing a body count. Hrmn, maybe that'll change in revision.

-Soul Society does not have a lot of the goodies (as is seen) as the real world. They don't have factories or plastics or special plants, so it is written as if SS doesn't have those things. So it's brushes, paper etc instead of pens and notebooks (as an example.) There are imports of course and blackmarket things, otherwise how could all those cool gadgets from 12th get made! Or the cell phones! However, I'm going a bit more rustic for the Soul Society.

-Byakuya and Renji aren't quite the arses to each other as they used to be. I built off the "joke about Senbonzakura cutting hair" shinigami cup as well as the "Rukia's SWO meetings" and the omake chapter where Renji and Byakuya make the game that's no fun with the rich nobleman buying everything.

-Byakuya and Zaraki tolerate each other. This is based off the shinigami cup where Byakuya says he enjoyed spending time with Zaraki. It is also based off the cups where Yachiru is messing around with his house and the omake manga where she comes in only to be jumping out the window after the candy and making Byakuya lock all the doors (one of my all time favs.)

-All the Numeros are alive and well.

8) Finally, things about the main character: Because people do complain (as I have read in the last few weeks after joining fanfic) about a char doing impossible things. The main char (non canon) will do impossible things, but it is explained by the story. She (yes, a she) will be exceeding standards all over the place; please don't read if you don't like that.

9) As for updates. I'm going to be taking chunks and doing revision and putting them up when I get the chance. May happen quickly, but it may not. I'm not sure how this beta thing works – I keep seeing references to betas and checked out how to become one, but not how to get one… If anyone would like to help proof who has time and won't get uptight if I won't change something, I'd be happy to get some help.

I poured all this out of my brain in a couple of weeks and now have to do major rewrites to fix some POV and continuity as well as add in a bunch of stuff where I did a one line of "and then yadda yadda and now we're in a more interesting part of the story." So it's a rewrite/revision of 415 pages that may turn into a lot more. (Insert a font size 72 unhappy face here) I won't publish chapters that are less than 3000 words so I can get this out as fast as possible and off my desktop.

10) Verbiage and other stuff. I will interchange Captain/Taichou, Vice Captain/Fukutaichou, Commander-General/Soutaichou. Saya the sheath a katana is in. Kimono More formal heavier. Yakuta Lighter spring/summerwear. Hakama Loose fitting pants (think of what the shinigami wear.) Obi sash that ties on the kimono or yakuta. Juban are used under the kimono. Bathing areas are mostly formal japanese style where they rinse/shampoo first and then soak, making sure they're clean before getting in the water though some showers do appear. Beds are implied to be low or futons (japanese style.) Senbonzakura I made female, Zabimaru male (although that was implied in the manga and anime.)

As the story goes on if more explanation is needed in the world that was created, I'll add into this chapter.

Uh, and now I'm realizing that this'll be the first chapter, which will be less than 3000 words. Dangit all. Well, y'all know what I meant.