Thanks to: DeviantHollow23, animekisses, KawaiiRiniBunny, Flower in the River, Katsumi Hatake, KirreiR. H., loverofgin, BloodRedDeathGod, and toshirolovr94
"Please, people-s, let's get with the program!" I state. "I think some of you may have been misinformed or something. When I say auction, I mean you bid on the item displayed."
"I AM NOT AN ITEM!" Ichigo screeched.
"It's nice to see that you all are submitting offers. However, I'm never going to get to the next character on the market if you all don't make offers on Ichigo. He's beginning to feel left out."
"NO, I'M NOT!"
"You can bid on your favorite character when he/she comes up. Just, please-see how I'm stressing 'please'?-wait until Gin or whoever comes up and we'll go from there. Right now, though, Ichigo is on bid.
Toshirolovr94 and loverofgin, and everybody else who made requests, I will get to your character when they come along. They were great offers! Loverofgin, I think you may have hit the jackpot with that one."
"KawaiiRiniBunny asked me a question on whether you can bid on more than one character," I say. "Yes, you can, but only once they are being displayed. If I haven't brought them up, don't even bother sending a bid. I have seen that as soon as I posted Bleach Auction, people started bidding for characters I haven't remotely mentioned. It's mostly my fault that you were misinformed, so I'm truly sorry. You can bid and make as many offers as you want when the character comes up. But seeing as how I don't know how long it will be before I bring up your desired Bleach character, you might as well wait instead of bidding in advance. I am, however, genuinely thankful for all your reviews. I'm not saying that you can't bid in advance; it would just be easier for me. I don't want you to have to wait for a lengthy amount of time." I clap my hands. "NOW...I do have a another reason for this chappy," I say to the audience. "One of the reviews I received particularly appealed to the character, for some reason I can't fathom, and they want to speak with the bidder."
I wave to somebody in the crowd, and Gin strides from amongst the people and climbs up onto the stage.
"I believe her name is loverofgin?" he inquired, bending down to inspect the list I have of the people that reviewed my story. "Ah, so it is. All the dried persimmons I want, you say?" He taps his chin absent-mindedly. "You throw in a day at a beach resort an' you gotta deal." Gin waves his hand, dismissing himself from the stage. "I've been wantin' to see the ocean again for awhile..." He stares off into space, daydreaming as he makes his way back to his seat.
"Also, in the last chapter, I forgot to address one small problem with Ichi's auction. Due to the fact that he is one counterpart of two entities, I had to use drastic scientific means to separate them to appeal with the readers." I turn and grab a cord that is hanging from the rafters and pull, causing the curtains on the stage to part, revealing Ichigo and Shirosaki bound to two individual chairs that are bolted to the floor.
"AAAAUGH!" Ichigo sqwuaked, struggling about fruitlessly. Shirosaki (I know some people refer to him as "Hichigo"; I just like Shirosaki better) grinned at his other half, tongue flicking out to lick his own lips.
"Hello, King," he crooned. "I have to admit, I didn't envisage us meeting quite like this. I imagined there would be more blood." He cackled, obviously amused by the thought. I snap out a paper and shove it in Shirosaki's face. He seems mildly annoyed.
"What's this?"
"It's a bid, an offer for ownership of you." Shirosaki's golden irises flash.
"I belong to nobody!" he spat, fingernails digging into the wood of the chair's arm rest.
"Her name is DeviantHollow23. She seems pretty intent on helping you rule the world." Shirosaki's face lit up. "Is tha' so?" He leans back casually in his chair, not minding that his legs and hands are bound to the thing. "Sounds promising," he said. "Maybe I'll take the offer...maybe I won't."
To be continued...
Apologies for such a short chapter. Now that I think you've gotten the memo, you all can submit your offers/bids for Shirosaki/Hichigo or Ichigo. Like I said, it's okay to bid in advance, but it would be easier for me if you waited. For those who want Ichigo and Shirosaki, make your offers before it's too late. DeviantHollow23, your bid is at the top of the list for Shirosaki. If nobody submits a bid, you will win him. Loverofgin, despite the fact that Gin wasn't displayed, your offer was very appealing.
If you review again agreeding to Gin's request, you will claim ownership of him and your name will be posted on my profile. Happy reviewing, everybody!