A Bouquet of Bleach Drabbles

by Liralen Li

These are all 100-word drabbles. The first is K-rated highest is T , but all the others will have a chapter title including the characters and "title" of the drabble and a one-letter rating. All are from a Livejournal open Drabble request I posted.

3. Refinement 'T' Renji, Zaraki

Title: Refinement
Requester: chuchacz
Request: Renji and Zaraki -- scars

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Whenever Renji started feeling too much like a kicked stray, he took his sorry ass over to the 11th Division practice grounds. Fighting other Rukongai survivors helped clear his head; too much thinking or distractions got the crap beat out of you.

Afterward, in the Division baths, he caught sight of Zaraki's back. Ropes of muscle and webs of scars created a map of all that he had fought through to win and fight again. The fires of Rukongai's 80th District had distilled Zaraki into something absolute.

It was a refinement, Renji mused, that even Kuchiki-taichou might appreciate.