#this chapter & ch10 were fully not meant to be made but i made them anyway

[relic-seeker]

chapter 9..... also peep the new blog name i found out it was unused & went feral over it lawl!

story progress is coming along alright & i didn't realise how fun it was to write a slowburn till now. absolute torture for readers but it's amazing as an author. i only take slowburns or established relationships please! /lighthearted

[volcanofireflame150]

A Soul meets another Seoul

Ch1; Ch10

Chapter 9

I went to the EXO headquarters because I need to clear my head, the guys sees me with a gloomy face, Baekhyun said, "Come on in, and tell us what happened." So, I sat down and I told them on what happened to me recently, Suho said, "Wow, that's a lot to handle on your own." "I can't help but being only a burden to Ichigo, that's why I must be stronger in order to fight my own battles alongside him," I said. Chanyeol asked, "How did that turn out for you?" "Chanyeol!" Suho snapped, "Be careful." "He's right Suho," I said, "I made myself more vulnerable for enemies to see me as an easy target to capture or kill." "I hope Ichigo finds that out so he can reason with you to drop the thought of being a burden to him," said Kai, "I mean, you are trying to prove yourself that you are not weak but most people have a lot of weaknesses." "Yeah, which I showed almost all of my weaknesses," I said to him, "I just hope Ichigo would allow me to fight alongside him for once." "He will one day," said Jongdae, "Don't give up hope just yet." "Jongdae is right, you still have your life to live," said Xiumin, "You can't beat yourself down too hard otherwise you will make yourself even more of a burden." From hearing all of this, I got the shock of my life when Ichigo said to me, "You were never a burden to begin with, Itsuki Akari." I looked at him, I can see the look of hurt all over his face, he came over to me and asked, "Why would you think that?" "You were drifting away, hanging out with your friends more, I never went across your mind unless I was in danger in the Soul Society, so I only hung out with Chad and Uryu because they included me in their conversations," I said to him. Ichigo says, "Shadow Phoenix opened my eyes on how old you are still, you should've told me from the beginning." "I'm sorry," I said, feeling the tears forming. Yes, I'm a crybaby, so what? I can't help myself, I'm only 8 years old still, Chanyeol asked, "How old is she still?" "I'm only 8 years old," I told them. Yeah, it went silent, Suho muttered, "Oh shit, we didn't know that either, you acted so mature." "I didn't want to be seen as weak," I said to him. I went back with Ichigo when everything was dealt with, Ichigo told me, "You know I never did say you can stop hanging out with me, I was hoping that you were noticing that." "You know on how closed up I am still," I told him, "Just give me time, I'm trying to adjust with the world of the living." With that I always stick with Ichigo but I always remained sitting in front of Uryu during school hours, Ichigo understood this decision because Uryu was patient enough for me to fully understand the ways of living in the world of the living, I told him that today was my birthday, Uryu said, "Oh, well, happy birthday, next time I'll try to find the perfect gift for you." "You being my friend is enough for me, Uryu," I said to him, "Don't stress yourself. I mean, I spent most my birthdays meditating because no one really remembered my birthday." "I understand your privacy," he said, "But, I want to match your standards of being your friend." "I don't have any standards, you practically swept my standards away," I told him, "My standards only mean for a love interest." "What are your standards as the perfect partner?" asked Rukia, "I never was told." "You never asked," I told her, "My love interest has to love me for who I am and what I'm so passionate about, Shuhei is strongly heading for that direction." "I see, so Shuhei is your love interest," says Uryu, "But that doesn't mean there can't be any competition." "There will be no competition," I said to him, "I confessed my feelings to him already, so we are getting serious." "I didn't know about this," Renji said, "Then again, you and Shuhei are always getting everyone were actually wondering if you 2 would end up together." "We are only testing the waters," I reminded him, "Shuhei understands that I'm always on the alert for anything bad." When class started, I kept getting a feeling about the 2 familiars I received from Shuhei, it feels like the Arctic Fox has a motherly touch and the Red Fox has a fatherly touch. We were in the middle of an assignment when I got sudden chills going down my spine, Uryu quietly asked, "Are you alright?" "I feel cold suddenly," I told him. I was already finished, I am that hardworking, then I felt a little sick, I got up and asked the teacher, "May I use the restroom?" "Sure, take the hall pass," said the teacher. I took the hall pass then went to the restroom, I called Renji out, he asked, "What caused you to get the feeling of being ill?" "I don't know, I first got chills," I said, "Is there any explanation?" "Trust on what your gut is telling you," he said. I said with my gut, "I think it meant Hollow Activity." "You are absolutely right but I took care of it," said Renji, "I just didn't want you to go limp in class when you come out of your body." "Thank you, Renji," I said to him. Then I went back to class, the feeling went completely away, I returned the hall pass, and went back to my desk in front of Uryu. I can't believe I can sense Hollow by sudden chills, I went to my bag and noticed a sketch pad and art pencils with a note saying, "I just thought you would enjoy this. Signed, Uryu Ishida." I took them out and started drawing away my worries and concerns. When school ended, I met up with Ichigo and his friends since I am part of his group, though I am very shy and closed up, he notices me, "Ah, Akari, I knew you would meet up with us." "Yeah," I said, softly. I kept up with them but I only kept to myself, then that's when I got the sudden chill, I went somewhere private, came out, Shikai Shadow Phoenix is out and I'm finding on where the Hollow is at, this is what I've been missing out. All the Hollow activity is always where Ichigo is at, I saw the creature and shouted, "Fire Burst!" I swung my Scythe and it dissolved when it got hit with the fire attack, Renji complimented, "Nice shot, Akari." "Thanks, Renji," I said, "But I'm sensing more so I'm guessing Ichigo and the others are probably wondering on where I am." "Nah, don't worry about it, I noticed when you went somewhere private that's why I witnessed Fire Burst for the first time," I hear him say. I giggled, I looked where Ichigo and the others were, Rukia sees us, I don't know about Ichigo, I can't see on where he is, then I heard, "Getsuga Tensho!" The attack passed me to hit another Hollow, I looked, he said, "You should pay attention more often, Akari, that Hollow almost got you." "Right, sorry," I said to him, "Fire Shield!" I surrounded us 3 with Fire Shield,  then shouted, "Solar Flare!" Then a Fire Laser went and killed 5 Hollows, I can only do 5 kills with the attack, but with Fire Shield and Fire Burst I can constantly use those without a problem. We took care of the Hollows with the help of Uryu, Chad, Rukia, and Orihime, I made sure everyone had Fire Shields though Uryu said he's fine without a shield circling around him, but I didn't listen and did it anyways, because not only does Fire Shield keeps you protected and warm, it increases the attack of what weapon you are using, I explained this move to everyone and they were surprised on how helpful I can be in battle, I mean, as far as I'm aware, there is no Pyromancer in Ichigo's group. Ichigo turns to me and says, "You know, you can turn the tables in battles like this, you always know what to do once you master a move." "Actually I've only learned that Fire Shield was suppose to be Super Nova," I told him. Renji and Ichigo were quiet for a bit, Renji asked, "Are you serious? The shield is Super Nova?" "Yeah, I was battling with Rukia and she allowed me to hit her with a Super Nova and I ended up with a Fire Shield," I said to them. Ichigo said, "Super Nova or Fire Shield, doesn't matter you can use it whenever you want." "Yeah, I guess so," I said, "I can constantly do Fire Burst and Fire Shield but I have to let my Scythe cool down whenever I do Solar Flare." "Yeah, you can only do 5 hits," says Renji, "Though, I think it's suppose to be a special move for Bankai not Shikai." "No, Faint Flame Beast Attack is Bankai, Burst is Shikai, Shadow Phoenix told me herself, you dumbass!" I corrected, "I know her better than anyone else." "This is true," agreed Ichigo, "Shadow Phoenix has been with her when she was 3 years old. Right?" I nodded, then everyone went back into their bodies and went to Ichigo's house. I hope I continue my path as a Pyromancer, Renji told me, "You will always be a Pyromancer, just don't go crazy with fire." "I've been training with Shadow Phoenix by myself, I know what to do and what not to do," I told him, "Besides, I've spent 5 separate years learning Shikai and Bankai. Even though it takes 10 years of training Shikai, and with Bankai, it takes 10 or more years to achieve Bankai." "Yep," said Renji, "Though Urahara and Ichigo learned different ways of mastering Shikai and Bankai." "Thankfully, I did it all on my own because fire works alone, I had to think like fire," I said, "I mean that's what Shadow Phoenix told me to do." Then I was left alone with me and meditation, I mean, it's all I can do for now since I feel much better. Then a single tear stroke down my face, I opened my eyes, to only finding myself looking at nothing, I looked around because what caused a tear to fall down? Beyond me, I guess, I'm so happy that I have a group of people to turn to when I need to vent without constantly waking up Toshiro or Rangiku. Though I always hate waking up Ichigo and the others because I don't want to get either a glare or get hurt, so I waited for someone to wake up, I found Ichigo asleep already because I needed his comfort for a while but that's too late apparently. So, I decided to sit in his living room for the night, then drifted off to sleep with a smile on my face. I woke up to a blanket and pillow under my head, I looked to seeing Ichigo's father who was doing that, he asked, "Why are you out here sleeping on the couch?" "I was hoping for Ichigo was awake but I was too late for that," I said, rubbing my eyes. Isshin was his name, he asked, "May I ask on what about?" "It's only a topic that he would understand," I told him, "But I can go somewhere else I don't mean to sleep in your living room." "No, it's no trouble at all, any friend of Ichigo is a friend of mine," he said, "He's been talking a lot about you, you know, you are very dear to him, what he has been telling me, he is hoping that you can fully understand on what he is trying to do." "Well, he never told me," I said, sitting up. Isshin looked behind him, Ichigo was nowhere in sight, then he said, "He's hoping that you see him as a brother than this captain of yours name Toshiro Hitsugaya." "I was never told this," I said, "I was hoping Ichigo was going to tell himself." "You see, he was then you kept your distance away from him," he told me. I looked down, feeling ashamed of myself for being closed up, I said, "I'm just scared." "Scared of what?" we hear Ichigo ask. I looked at him, I said, "I'm scared of being alone forever but I'm also scared of losing myself and the ones I hold dearest to me." "You don't have to be afraid anymore," said Ichigo, "You have us to protect you because you are fragile." "Yeah, fragile," I said, hating that word. I hate the word fragile because it always means that I'm always going to be useless, Renji told Ichigo, "She hates being called fragile, it makes her feel the word I'm not going to say thanks to Kenpachi." "Oh, right, I forgot," he said, "I'm sorry, I meant it as you are just trying to keep the ones you love so much dearly that you don't want to let them go." I nodded feeling much better, I looked up at Ichigo and I smiled, "Thanks Ichigo, I really needed that." He smiled and asked, "Why don't you sleep in my bed?" "Do you mind?" I asked. He allowed me to go in his room so I can fully rest because I feel like I have a family now, Isshin told me, "Have a good rest, my dear." I couldn't believe that I felt like I belong here, I felt much awake when I was not woken up, I sat up, rubbing my eyes, Ichigo asks, "How do you feel?" "Much better thank you," I said, sounding like my old self again. Rukia said, "I see you are back to your old self." "It's because I was having a pleasant conversation with Isshin Kurosaki," I said to her, "He told me a few things for me to understand on what Ichigo was trying to do." "Yeah, I was trying to act like a real brother compared to what Toshiro was doing," I hear Ichigo say, "I mean, I get it you looked up to him like a brother but he's your captain, a captain doesn't act like a brother, so I'm taking his place." "Thank you, Ichigo," I said, "I hope Toshiro would understand." With that all said and done, we went to school, I've never felt so connected with Ichigo than before, though I rather keep having my name being Itsuki Akari Hitsugaya, Ichigo understood, Rukia told me, "You know you can add Kurosaki as a second middle name." "Nah, I'm fine with where it is," I told her, "I mean, I don't have to rename myself as a Kurosaki." "Yeah, Rukia, she's fine," said Ichigo, "Besides, we are not adopting her, Shadow Phoenix would hate us if we did." "Oh right," says Rukia, "Never mind, I forgot that she's eager to keep you as her own daughter for as long as she can." "Yep, I respect her wishes, I mean she gave me all knowledge I needed to know," I said to her. Then we met up with Uryu, Chad, and Orihime, there goes Ichigo talking to Orihime and Rukia while I stayed by myself, Uryu sees me, "Hey Akari, sweet to see you again." "Thanks," I said, softly. Though I feel something very off, I turned around and asked, "Uryu, do you feel something wrong?" "Yeah I do," he said, "Let's go and check it out." We went to the nearby playground, seeing nothing at the moment, then I looked up and saw 2 people who were giving me red flags. There was a guy who has blue hair and the other guy had black hair showing no emotion. We both looked at each other, nodded then went somewhere private together and out we came. We approached where they were, they were gone before we tried to confront them. I told him, "Be on high alert, those 2 could show up anywhere." We finally walked in class, the bell hasn't rung yet, Ichigo sees us with serious looks on our faces, he asked, "What's wrong you two?" "Nothing that needs to concern you," said Uryu, "Let's just say we've been studying early for a test." "I see," said Ichigo, not buying on what Uryu told him but never questioned me. I was looking frequently at the windows of each classroom I went into, Ichigo was trying to find out on what I was looking for. I kept looking at the windows to my left and to my right because they can show up at random times without anyone noticing that their there. When it was lunch break, I took the lunch hours to walk around the school grounds for anything along with Uryu and now Renji since I've informed him on what happened. We can see each other but no one else on the outside can see Renji, I asked Renji, "Do you see anything, Renji?" "Not from where I am, you sure that you seen these guys and not only seeing clouds?" he asked. I told him, "I know what I saw, I just need to be sure I wasn't seeing anything. Plus I was receiving red flags about these 2." "Oh, well then this explains everything on why you are high alert," said Renji, "It might've been you losing your mind." Then a voice pierced through our conversations, "Akari, watch out!" I looked up and nearly dodged an attack, I was now up against a tree, asking, "What was that?" I then heard a laughter, "Well, well, what do we have here? A Quincy and a Pyromancer Soul Reaper."

[themostcleverandwittyname]

Curiosity Saved the Cat

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(Jumin x MC)(Saeran x MC)

Summary:

MC is fairly happy after Jumin proposes to her, however, her curiosity leads her to contact the hacker that started it all.

Chapter 12: Lavender Soap

Chapter 12 on AO3

“There is no sickness like the ignorance and corruption of mankind.”

The statement rung throughout the throne hall and the authority with it daunted any opposing thought. The hacker knew that this statement was a fact from first hand experience and he knew that his savior also knew this to be fact. He had heard all of the things that she had taught fellow believers and he himself about the true nature of people without salvation. Standing there, he found himself agreeing with what she said, however it did not answer his question. Many times before when corrupted people had the dose amped up, they had a horrible time it and growing more ill than ever. He would also know this as fact and shuddered at the recollection of the bitter memory. He couldn’t be more thankful for it, however, it being a necessary catalyst.

“Of course, of course. But do you think it's okay to strengthen the dose when she is so ill. I want an assistant asap and it's a bother to have someone stay sick.” He spoke up and asked again. He did not want to get sick because of some girl. Being sick was worse than torture for him because he couldn’t get any work done when he did and that was the worst .

“Do you question the quality of our medicine? She will be so grateful to you if you hurry and give the higher dose to her. She’ll be a wonderful worker and appreciate the salvation that you helped her through. You don’t want to disappoint me do you?” The blonde asked, an innocent smile played on her lips, the morning sun bathing her in warmth. The hacker stiffened at her last question. How could he disappoint her after all that she has helped him through? That was the furthest thing from his intentions.

“That’s not what I meant. I trust you, my Savior so I’ll give her the appropriate dose. I doubt she’ll fight me now,” he trailed off, imagining the girl trying to fight with him while being sick. She wouldn’t have a chance. He smiled at the idea.

“Very well, you may leave now.” the Savior concluded, satisfied with his obedience. Saeran turned to get busy with his work again but before he got to the large doors, his Savior’s voice stopped him.

“Now that I’ve thought about it, I think it’s best if you gave her the medicine. Believer B156 is too naive and may be convinced not to give the girl the dose. Poor Myung doesn’t know what she is fighting against, so her corruption may scare the our naive believers.” she continued, the man's mint eyes now trained on her.

“You do it and she’ll be even more thankful to you, Saeran. Imagine, someone other than me who cares for you. ” in response, he took a sharp breath and felt a harsh pain in his chest. She was right, but the words hurt for him still. He wouldn’t let her know that it hurt him anymore.

“Yes, That’s a great idea. I’ll make sure to do that in the morning after her rest. Thanks.” he hurried and left the room. The afternoon light beamed in through the navy drapes and seemed to lead him to the darkness of his workplace. He began to let his mind slip into thoughts of tomorrow. He wondered if that girl ever could care him, to let him his corrupt self around her. Could she ease his loneliness and fill his insecurities? The idea was farfetched considering that he felt no love for her and didn’t really care for her well being, did he?

No, she was just a tool to confuse and conflict the scum that is the RFA and lead him to destruction. Yes, maybe self destruction. He couldn’t wait until he could break him  with ease and watch as the rest follow. They could be saved and taught the beauty of salvation be he could not. “Seven” had to pay for what he had done and he will.

He will

Saeran knew it was only a matter of time before he game to “rescue the princess” under that rich bastard’s demand. Saeran frowned at the recollection of him. Jumin had caused him to fail to take her the girl before that cursed party like he planned. All because he thought that he could experiment with what he didn’t have, feelings.

The mint eyed man laughed to himself and continued with his day, making sure to be fully prepared to give the girl a higher dose. It was only a matter of time, he thought to himself.

Only a matter of time.

A nudging at her side snatched her from her sleep and her eyes shot open. She searched the room for the transgressor and her eyes laid on a familiar figure. Myung sighed and sat up, her head still pounding from her previous fever. She certainly felt better this morning and her body didn’t ache half as bad as it did the day before.

“Please don’t. Can’t I skip the pill today? Please, just get me some cough medicine or something.” Myung pleaded with the girl in front of her who stood awkwardly with her hood down. The girl looked down at the floor. She knew that pleading would most likely only embarrass her. They never had mercy in the dungeon, so why would they now? She prepared herself for the worst but there’s no harm in having a bit of hope.

“Actually, I was told not to give you the pill today.” What ? The girl before her shifted towards something placed on the dresser beside the bed, her brown eyes excitedly watched Myung’s face as she held out a plate of pancakes with dollops of butter and maple syrup. Was she dreaming? This will be the only thing besides stale bread that she has had in days. Three days now? And this was the fourth day, right?

“You must be lucky! The savior ordered that this be brought especially for you.” She said, putting the plate into a dumbfounded Myung’s lap. She stared at the plate. “ Also, I was told to tell you to get ready because you will have a special guest today. Someone showed you where the showers are yesterday, right?” the girl beamed, way too excited for Myung’s bad morning demeanor. Myung vaguely remembered a random believer waking her yesterday and showing her where the showers, bathroom, and kitchen are in the building and scowled.

Myung nodded and the black haired girl clapped her hands together.

“Okay, well you probably want to take a shower after feeling so bad. There are always clean robes in the showers and they are there for whoever needs one. Okay?” the girl announced as happy as ever. The brunette began to wonder how many pills she had taken and if she would become like that if she continued. Myung again nodded and the girl threw her hood back on and left the room in a hurry.

The pancakes looked perfectly fine despite Myung’s suspicions about it. So Rika’s trying to be all sweet and give her pancakes and a better room? What did she want from her? She wanted to throw the plate in the trash to make the point that she can’t be swayed, but that would be a horrible punishment to her hungry body. She ate them anyways and they were delicious...suspiciously delicious. Nothing happened to her as far as feeling any different, so she concluded that there was not any drugs snuck into the food. In fact, she actually felt better after eating than she did before. But she was still salty.

She got up after her breakfast and once again peered out the barred window. She wanted so desperately to rip them out of socket. There was nothing she could do now so she made her way out of the room and down the stairs to the showers.

The room was like a locker room in highschool, the showers were lined up and only separated into sections with a shower curtain. She didn’t like the showers’ set up, but the idea of being able to clean herself after three days was like a daydream. She quickly began her shower and cleaned herself routinely. The only thing that stood out to her was the soap. A huge opportunity was missed when they, whoever they are, chose lavender scented soap instead of mint soap. This place is called the Mint Eye for crying out loud.

Smelling like lavender and oddly not like mint at all, she finished her shower and quickly dried herself off as to keep herself from getting cold. Catching another cold would suck. She grabbed a robe and the extra sweatpants/t-shirt combo and got dressed. Expect company, huh? She felt well enough that if Rika strolled in she would probably kick her in the face. What has she got to lose now?

Myung opened the door to her shared room and found someone waiting for her.

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