Editor's Notes: I do not own the Bleach universe or the already established characters therein. I do, however, claim "Abigale" as my own intellectual property.
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Marvel/Bleach
Epilogue
Shunsui
As the heroes prepare for their departure from soul society.
To every soul reaper the hatted captain of squad eight passes, it looks as though he is casually strolling through squad four's medical ward. Shunsui Kyoraku, however, is on one last mission to find somebody before his memory is taken from him. As he rounds a corner, he sees squad four captain, Retsu Unohana as she finishes giving orders to a pink-clad nurse. After the nurse hurries to her duties, Kyoraku approaches the kind-looking woman.
Shunsui: 'I was hoping you could walk with me, Unohana-san.'
She turns and smiles at her long time friend.
Retsu: 'Of course, Captain Kyoraku. Do you have a particular destination in mind for this walk?'
Shunsui: 'You can read me like a book, Retsu.'
No more words are exchanged between the two powerful captains and to an onlooker, it's as though they are just having a friendly meeting. As they walk, Kyoraku thinks to himself; I guess there doesn't need to be this much secrecy surrounding what Retsu and I are about to do, but still, this should be handled with care. The two walk for a little while longer until Unohana stops in front of an unmarked recovery room. The captains step inside and Shunsui's lips turn up ever so slightly into a smile. Asleep in the bed is the blonde-haired, green-eyed former arrancar-turned purrified soul, Abigale. The eighth squad captain walks over to the foot of the bed where the blank chart of Abigale hangs. He picks it up and hands it to the fourth squad captain as he says;
Shunsui: 'I don't want to cause you too much trouble over this.'
Retsu: 'This is no trouble. Abigale-san is a newly arrived patient with an unexplainable condition. I will create all of the necessary paperwork and have a sealed copy delivered to you.'
Shunsui: 'I don't think we need to mention that she's a former arrancar that aided in an invasion attempt by Thanos.'
Retsu: 'That would serve no purpose if we are to lose our memories shortly.'
Shunsui: 'I'll leave it to you, Unohana-san. Put in anything that yoiu think is important and give me a reason to look after her, okay?'
Unohana smiles at the hatted man.
Retsu: 'Why do you feel the need to go through such great lengths to remember this girl?'
Shunsui: 'I want to give her a fair chance in soul society. When we were fighting, she said that we failed in performing Konso on her nearly two hundred years ago. I know not every soul can be cleansed, but it was Katen Kyokotsu that purified her. If we do nothing now, it'll be I who failed in my mission as a soul reaper.'
Retsu: 'You shouldn't stretch yourself so thin, Captain Kyoraku. Do you not already look after Lieutenant Ise because of what happened to Yadomaru-san?'
At the mention of his former lieutenant's name, Kyoraku pulls his sakkat down over his eyes.
Shunsui: 'Make it a point that I don't put Abi-chan in my squad, but see to it that I adopt her into my house.'
Retsu: 'Is there something you're not telling me? I detect below normal amounts of spiritual pressure coming off of this girl. Nothing that would warrant her admission into the Shino Academy.'
Shunsui: 'Maybe you're right, but let's still be cautious alright?'
After a moment of comfortable silence, the eighth squad captain puts a firm hand on the raven-haired captain's shoulder before departing the room.
Fin...?
Editor's Notes: 'Short and sweet? When I started writing this fic, I had no idea that it would take on a life of its own. To be honest, I started out with a "bigining" a "middle" and an "end". Everything else kinda just blew up and I went wherever the story took me. I think it turned out alright and Llibelula turned Abigale was a product of this story's own life. Her story is going to be my next endevor. That's not to say that I won't write another Marvel fic, but she will be my next immediate project. I hope you stick around for her tale, because I think it's going to be a good one :) Please visit me on deviant art 'dot' com if you get a moment, I will be working on artwork for my whole story and submitting it to that website. 'deviantart dot com' is actually one word that you would type into your browser, but for whatever reason, fan fiction doesn't like websites posted on fics lol, so I wrote it like that. This has been a blast for me and I hope you enjoyed the ride as well.
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