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Ghost
Bleach
by D. Reed
Time flies by and is lost, and he finally takes a moment to breathe.
But do shinigami need to breathe, really? If they're dead, why need air?
Apparently, he realizes with bated breath, they do need oxygen. Or something. He wouldn't be this winded after a training battle with Sandal-Hat otherwise.
He briefly hopes Rukia is holding up in captivity.
He wonders how she'll react when she sees him as a shinigami. He's gone beyond the realm of the living now, risking everything to save her. She'll be angry, he decides, but doesn't care.
He's already dead, he notes, amused.
100 words. Letter 'G' in A-Z DrabbleFest.