Cloud would have liked to say it was the sword or the eyes, but really, it was the hair. No one had hair like that except his mom, himself, and, well, this guy. So naturally he had to follow him. The trouble didn't start till after that, though.

Formerly: To Protect the Protector! Ichigo gets attacked and taken hostage by a new set of foes. Soul Society still owed him from the winter war with Aizen. They send a team of shinigami to try to find him. These foes are powerful and ruthless stopping at nothing to get what they want but the problem is no one knows what they want. The story is better than it sounds!

AU: In a world where Sephiroth never returned, and President Shinra's power remains absolute, Yuffie has been captured by the enemy and given an ultimatum: Face public execution for conspiring with terrorists or marry the President's son, Rufus. (Is this seriously what a girl has to go through just to steal some materia? She never even liked AVALANCHE.)