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Chapter 1
Figure skating. The purest form of self-expression on ice. A place where perfection, and beauty, and the melding of the two, reign supreme.
The Kuchiki were figure skaters. It was simply a fact of life, much like airport security being bothersome, or quantum mechanics being difficult to understand. And with that fact came the knowledge that figure skating was the greatest of all sports (particularly winter sports…) since it was not only a sport, but an art form.
Byakuya was a sure possessor of this knowledge. Like his father and mother before him, and his grandparents before them.
The Kuchiki were figure skaters, and they married figure skaters. And Byakuya intended to follow this tradition as well. In fact, he already had. In his late teens he had met another figure skater – a quiet, sweet girl around his age named Hisana. They had gotten along well, and consequently started dating. They married when they turned twenty, but shortly thereafter Hisana was diagnosed with advanced bone cancer. She was gone within a year.
After that, Byakuya decided to devote himself solely to figure skating. The emotions which came with a relationship only got in the way of perfection, and he was determined to be the best in the world.
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Another story. What am I thinking?
So, I was watching the Olympics and began considering what disciplines various Bleach characters would compete in. Then this story came to me. I daresay this has likely been done before, but it also probably HASN'T been done with this pairing. If it's any comfort I don't plan on this being very long at the moment. Just a sweet, humorous AU told in drabble-ish pieces which lets me explore some of the relational dynamics between these characters without having to keep it in the cannon framework.
Enjoy, and please let me know what you think. Oh, and for those of you reading "A Meeting of (Superior) Minds", don't worry – that's getting updated too.