#true-shun-kurosaki

[rubixfox-fanblog]

Shun Kurosaki just dreamt of everything that happened in Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-v and woke up on a beautiful sunday morning, practicing his dueling together with his best friend, Yuto, and his sister, Ruri, in the nearby park of Heartlands.

That's the only true ending from Arc-v and nobody's going to change my mind.

[johnnyd2]

Day 9: Light Across the Aether  Arc V Month 2023

Day 9: Light Across the Aether 

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CW Language

Figured I would reply to this with a certain other earlier moment involving Shun/Shay.

THIS! This one moment from Episode 34,represented the exact point where Arc V turned from “standard fair” to “Amazing Tier!” (at least until Synchro arc and the production issues kneecapped it later onwards). Of course I am referring to Shun’s SECOND RUM in the same duel to evolve and Summon Revolution FalconThe music, “Evolving Falcon” is perhaps one of, if not right the most epic piece of Yugioh Music and is right up there with “Fang of Critias” as one of the all time greats to go with this GOAT of a scene!

This music is the tip of how awesome this one duel finisher is! For one, Sora finally snapping and revealing his true colors (at least until Synchro Dimension rolled it back XP). This is when the role of the other dimensions got real. Shit got serious yo! Shun and Raidraptors quickly flew (pun intended lol) to the top of my favorite Arc V character list. Granted thats probably the Zexal/Xyz “Scum” fan within me speaking. But still.

I kept on replaying this scene on YT over and over JUST to hear this treat to my ears. (At least until we finally got it on the 3rd and sadly last Sound Duel for Arc V).

And Shun’s speech and oath to get Ruri/Lulu back, accompanied by the buildup to the main part of this music. Then the track bursting in response to a SECOND Rankup Magic from Shun (in the same episode none the less!) It is a true beauty to watch

Seeing Sora get nuked and crushed is satisfying, yet shocking. Sora and his “pals” never showed mercy to Kurosaki’s Xyz Comrades. Neither did Shun. Hell he probably wouldve carded Sora right then and there had it not been for Reiji leashing ihim in.

Everything that happens from that point on. The escalation of the stakes of Arc V’s dimension hopping storyline. The impending threat of Academia and the Obelisk Force. It all starts with this Act of Rebellion.

cheesy yes. But i love this episode

thank you for reading.

[bluecorallite]

Seika Natsuhono

Alias(es): Seika Asamizu (used in the Standard Dimension)

Status: Active

Age: 19 (estimated; true age and birth date unknown)

Birthplace/Home: Fusion Dimension

Family: none

Other relationships: Kaida Kurorai (best friend), Kyoko Ohtori (very close friend/basically dating), Yuto Kurorai (close friend), Kaito Tenjo (adopted brother), Haruto Tenjo (adopted brother), Misha Tenjo (adopted mother), Dr. Tenjo (adopted father), Shun Kurosaki (close friend), Ruri Kurosaki (close friend), Rio Kamishiro (close friend), Naoya Tsuyoshi (friend), Shizuka Ohtori (surrogate sister)

Affiliation(s): unknown

Deck: unknown | Ace: unknown

Summoning Method(s): Fusion

[johnnyd2]

Day 9: Light Across the Aether 

@arcvmonth​

CW Language

Figured I would reply to this with a certain other earlier moment involving Shun/Shay.

THIS! This one moment from Episode 34,represented the exact point where Arc V turned from “standard fair” to “Amazing Tier!” (at least until Synchro arc and the production issues kneecapped it later onwards). Of course I am referring to Shun’s SECOND RUM in the same duel to evolve and Summon Revolution FalconThe music, “Evolving Falcon” is perhaps one of, if not right the most epic piece of Yugioh Music and is right up there with “Fang of Critias” as one of the all time greats to go with this GOAT of a scene!

This music is the tip of how awesome this one duel finisher is! For one, Sora finally snapping and revealing his true colors (at least until Synchro Dimension rolled it back XP). This is when the role of the other dimensions got real. Shit got serious yo! Shun and Raidraptors quickly flew (pun intended lol) to the top of my favorite Arc V character list. Granted thats probably the Zexal/Xyz “Scum” fan within me speaking. But still.

I kept on replaying this scene on YT over and over JUST to hear this treat to my ears. (At least until we finally got it on the 3rd and sadly last Sound Duel for Arc V).

And Shun’s speech and oath to get Ruri/Lulu back, accompanied by the buildup to the main part of this music. Then the track bursting in response to a SECOND Rankup Magic from Shun (in the same episode none the less!) It is a true beauty to watch

Seeing Sora get nuked and crushed is satisfying, yet shocking. Sora and his “pals” never showed mercy to Kurosaki’s Xyz Comrades. Neither did Shun. Hell he probably wouldve carded Sora right then and there had it not been for Reiji leashing ihim in.

Everything that happens from that point on. The escalation of the stakes of Arc V’s dimension hopping storyline. The impending threat of Academia and the Obelisk Force. It all starts with this Act of Rebellion.

cheesy yes. But i love this episode

thank you for reading.

Day 9: Light Across the Aether: Satellite Cannon Falcon.

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I know there are mistakes (and it not being 3:2 irks me) but I was too tired to fix them. Hope the pic wasn’t overhyped. I don’t want to get an F in Fanart.

The Satellite Cannon Falcon sequence is my favourite part of Shun vs Dennis, which also happens to be my favourite duel/moment in Synchro. Raidraptors are also my favourite Xyz archetype (WHY IS FORCE STRIX IN A BOX!?)! and Sat Cannon, even after tormenting me with this pic, is still my favourite Xyz monster! This is partly due to how amazing the entire sequence is as well as the quality and variety of questions its mere existence provokes.

Keep reading

[elemental-daddy-neos]

Had to make a version of this post for Yuto because it only felt right to include him in something like this

[scattered-irises]

@konami Christmas 2020

Arc V Resistance Action Figures™️ please

Like GI Joe figures with the same amount of hardcore muscles

Academia can be the Cobras to the GI Joes

Kaito, Ruri, Shun, Yuto as the GIs

Gloria & Grace, Edo Phoenix and an Obelisk Blue Soldier as the cobras

And I want hardcore art for them too in that old American style

[pendulum-sonata]

As usual I’m way to late for this meme, but I had to share this.

[kanonsarchivedblog]

Redemption

Author's Note: What if Mayuri Kurotsuchi died during the Thousand Year Blood War? Who would take over the role of Captain of the Twelfth Division? This is an answer to that in the form a redemption for Urahara Kisuke and the Captaincy that had been wrongly stolen from him.

Word Count: 4,767

Characters: Urahara Kisuke, Hirako Shinji, Kyouraku Shunsui, Shihouin Yoruichi, Otoribashi Roujuurou, Kurotsuchi Mayuri, Akon, Kurotsuchi Nemu

Ship(s): Hirako Shinji/Urahara Kisuke

Setting: Post-Thousand Year Blood War

Warnings: Major Character Death

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You can’t have peace without a war, that’s how the saying goes. It spoke true; the Seireitei, while in shambles, was calm. Peaceful. The sound of hammering in the distance, of laughter and voices calling out to one another. Rebuilding, slowly but surely- with the aid of Shinigami and civilians alike. And the occasional Arrancar. The dead were still being retrieved from the various fields on which battles took place upon. Last time the toll had been released, they were well into the hundreds. A devastating blow to them all- on both sides.

It was difficult; so many young Shinigami had been killed, but so had many young Quincy. Too many, truthfully. Some of their own Captains had been casualties of the war: Head Captain Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had been one of the first to be slaughtered before their very eyes. Aside from him, the entire first division had been killed- all one hundred and six members, in the very beginning of the war. Following this had been Fourth Division Captain, Retsu Unohana- all for the sake of getting Zaraki Kenpachi to learn the true name of his sword and release his bankai, something that had nearly killed him. Their beloved Thirteenth Division Captain, Jushiro Ukitake had been killed somehow. Very few knew the truth of the matter-

That he had become the new Soul King. That, since birth, he’d been doomed to take over when the time came. A ticking time bomb, of sorts. But to the rest of Soul Society, he’d been another casualty of war.

Many others had nearly died; Captain of the Third Division, Ōtoribashi Rōjūrō, Captain of the Ninth Division, Muguruma Kensei, and both the Captain and Lieutenant of the Tenth Division, Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto, had all become members of the living dead due to the the Sternritter Giselle Gewelle’s ability. Captain of the Sixth Division, Byakuya Kuchiki, had nearly been slaughtered by the Sternritter Äs Nödt. For all intents and purposes, the Lieutenant of the Third Division was dead, and yet he still walked: Izuru Kira, who lost not just an arm, but a lung and portions of other organs after having a hole shot through his torso. Their new Captain Commander, Kyōraku Shunsui, had lost his left eye and part of his left ear, as well as having a hole shot through his sternum, nearly killing him.

Many others had been injured just as grievously. But that was what war did. It took and it took and it took until there wasn’t anything left to take. War was greedy.

One other had been taken from their ranks. Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the Captain of the Twelfth Division, had been killed during the battle. Details were still coming in, but from what was known, he’d sacrificed himself in the final moments to save his greatest creation, Nemu Kurotsuchi, his artificially created daughter. It seems that even the coldest and most detached of people could, in the end, redeem themselves and save those who they held closest to their hearts. It was certainly interesting to hear.

After all, when Urahara Kisuke had been Captain of the Twelfth, Mayuri had been a right bastard to deal with. He could still remember that day he pulled him out of the Maggot’s Nest, and the following years. How they had worked well together, even if the bickering was nearly constant, as well outright insubordination.

Many would grieve in silence for those that had been lost. The Fourth Division was busy; Isane Kotetsu was now the defacto Captain. She was young, but strong, resilient. She would survive.

Somewhere within the Division sat Rose and Kensei, sharing a room. Izuru Kira had his own room- something that was necessary, given the extent of his injuries. Kuchiki Byakuya was being treated at the Kuchiki Mansion; Kyōraku Shunsui, at the Kyōraku Mansion. Somewhere below them, Aizen sat, chained back up.

Kisuke sat in the bed, studying the way dust danced within the sun’s rays that spilled through his window. He wasn’t injured, not really; Benihime had made sure that her master would be pieced back together completely. All that was left of her work were the thin, surgical stitches that stretched down his face, across his knuckles, over his joints. They didn’t hurt. At least, he didn’t think they did. If there was pain, he was numb to it.

He supposed he owed his thanks to Grimmjow for saving him. He’d thank him later. Right now, the Pantera was hunting for a certain Shark that sat within one of the many, many cells beneath Soul Society. He was accompanied by a Ram and a Wolf.

He could thank Mayuri for saving the Wolf. Coyote Starrk had been a savior. A sharp shooter and a hidden weapon in Hueco Mundo.

There was also Kurosaki Ichigo. That kid deserved all of their thanks, and more. Without him, they’d all be dead. He couldn’t help but wonder where he was, right now. Back home in Karakura Town? Or here, lingering with those he’d fought beside?

Slate hues closed, listening to the hammering and calling. To the sound of laughter and weeping. Of birdsong and creeping silence. He was tired. More so than he’d ever been in his life.

But now was not the time to rest, not with the figure lingering outside of his door. Five minutes, Shinji had been standing there, reaching for the door and dropping his hand, only to reach again. A sigh escaped Kisuke as he swung his legs over the side of the bed. “Come in, already!” He called, amusement shining in his words.

The door opened, and the blonde made his appearance at last. “Didn’t wanna disturb yer beauty rest, your highness,” he teased, lips quirking up in a crooked smile.

Kisuke could remember the first time he’d seen that smile. “I think I’ve had enough beauty rest to last a lifetime,” as if to prove a point, he stretched his arms up over his head, listening as various bones popped and creaked, as if singing a song of rest. “You aren’t here to give me the latest gossip, are you, Hirako-san?”

A shake of the head. “I wish I were,” Shinji sighed, closing the door behind himself as if that would give them any privacy. It wouldn’t, but it was certainly the thought that counted. “We were called in for an emergency meeting. Y’know how… Bad everything is right now.”

“You’re down three captains, and the new Captain Commander is on mandatory bed rest.” Kisuke answered with a shake of the head. “You’re fucked.”

“And now in the fun way.” Arms crossing over his chest, Shinji grimaced. He was still in pain, too, it seemed.

Not surprising; he’d taken quite the beating as well, from what he’d heard. “I have a question to ask you.”

No, the Soul Society will not get a discount on any products they purchase at the Urahara Shoten.” A joke, though it seemed to fall flat. “... What is it?”

“You know Kurotsuchi-taichou was killed.”

“Yes.”

“They’re without a Captain now.”

Slate hues widened before narrowing, understanding quickly settling in. This was the one thing he had never been prepared for. “Nemu could act as defacto Captain.”

“She can’t. She’s a child again.”

“Of course she is.” Damn Mayrui. “Akon?”

“Doesn’t have a Bankai. Or a Shikai. At least, not one that's on record.”

“Of course he doesn’t. Of course Mayuri would keep all of his underlings under a careful watch and not allow them to progress. Of course he would. He never did think about anyone but himself.” A bitter laugh slipped free, one full of anger and mourning. A scarred hand reached up to rub at pale blonde hair. “What are you asking, Shinji?”

“You know what I’m asking, Kisuke.”

“I want to hear you say it.”

A pause. Shinji sucked on his teeth, lips pressing taunt. “The Captain Commander wants to know if you’ll step in and take over the position of Captain of the Twelfth Division once more.”

A bark of laughter escaped Kisuke as he tossed his head back, baring his throat and chest. He knew this was coming. But to hear it spoken aloud? It made everything suddenly so real. “Central Forty-Six is going to disagree.”

“It’ll be overridden. We’re down three captains and Soul King knows how many Shinigami.” Shinji’s lip curled into a scowl as he shook his head. “We’re fucked.”

“We’re fucked.” Kisuke agreed softly, gaze slipping from Shinji to study the floorboards. “Whose idea was it?”

“It was agreed on immediately that you were the only one who could take over the Twelfth and not accidentally kill everyone.” The humor in Shinji’s tone brought a smile to both of their faces.

“You’re not wrong there.” A pause. “... I have some conditions, then.”

Shinji waved his hands. “Save it for the official meeting. Shun’s calling it in three days time. We’re all to attend, no matter what it takes to get there.” He pushed away from the wall and turned. “I’d love t’stay and all, but I gotta make sure my Division isn’t all dead.”

“You make a good Captain, Shinji.” Kisuke murmured, watching as his back tensed, as his head raised. “You always have.”

“... Get some rest, you ogre.”

The door shut, and he was alone with his thoughts once more.

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Three Days Later

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The meeting did not take place within the Captain Commander’s hall. The First Division was still being cleaned of bodies and blood. Instead, it took place within the halls of the Kyōraku Mansion. The grounds were lovely, sprawling, teeming with deer and birds and streams. It was easy to see the wealth and prestige that came with the name.

But it was nothing compared to the Shihōin estate that Kisuke had grown up on.

Speaking of, Yoruichi had joined him. He’d requested she be allowed to attend, and lo and behold, his request had been approved. The past three days, he’d been talking with her and Tessai, deciding on their plan of action.

Now, it would come to fruition.

“I know this isn’t the First Division, but it will have to make do for the time being.” Shunsui spoke, breaking the idle conversation that had been occurring and drawing all attention to him. He wore the Captain Commander’s coat, but beneath was a simple violet yukata- loose fitting to accommodate the bandages that wound around his torso. His head was still bandaged, as well.

No one looked to be in good health. Across from him sat Rose and Kensei, both of who looked uncomfortable. Rose was bandaged around his middle, as well. Kensei’s color was still returning to normal. Behind them stood, or in Kira’s case, sat. Kira didn’t move. Didn’t breathe. He didn’t seem to be paying attention. Hisagi looked ready to pass out at any given moment.

No one else was any better, aside from perhaps Isane Kotetsu. Akon stood behind the empty chair where Mayuri should

have been sitting. Rukia Kuchiki stood behind the empty chair that should have held Ukitake.

“This meeting, while formal, is occurring off the books. We are in a grievous state, and while peace may be here, there is always the chance that it could break at any moment. That is why we are here.” He cleared his throat, brows furrowing. “We are rebuilding, and we have a shaky alliance with both the Quincy and the Arrancar- for now. I do not believe that we are under an immediate threat. However, there are certain items that must be addressed.

“The first of which is the passing of four of our Captains. There will be funerals held for each of them within the coming weeks. They will be open to the public. They will be grand, as is deserving of each.” The finality in Shunsui’s voice left no room for argument. “Captains Yamomoto, Unohana, Kurotsuchi, and Ukitake will be remembered for the rest of time for laying down their lives to save Soul Society, as well as the… Hundreds of others who were lost in battle.”

Hundreds. The word is heavy within the room. Everyone had lost someone in some form, whether it be family, friend, or lover.

“Secondly, it is time to right the errors of our past. This is the reason this meeting is occurring off the books. I plan to contest the banning of Urahara Kisuke and Shihōin Yoruichi personally before Central Forty-Six.” Murmurs drifted through the room. It was one thing to bring up the idea, but another to say that it will be happening. “Which is why they were both invited to attend this meeting.”

Gazes turned, landing on the pair. “Ohayo,” Kisuke hummed, leaning his weight upon Benihime, who was in her sealed form. “I have questions about that.”

“Of course you do,” Sui-Feng muttered, though she remained silent otherwise.

He pointedly ignored the angry little bee. “I was made aware that you all agreed that I should take over my former position that had been ripped from me one hundred and… What was it, twelve? Thirteen, now? Years ago. A title that I had rightly earned before I was condemned for a crime that I did not commit, which we all are aware of now, yes?” A quickly, cursory glance around the room. “I know a few of you here were too young to remember what happened. But let me refresh your memory, shall I? Aizen was working on a way to create Hollows out of Shinigami and chose three of your captains and one of the lieutenants here, now, to test that on, as well as Hiyori Sarugaki, my former Lieutenant, Hachigen Ushoda, formerly of the Fourth Division, and Love Aikawa, former Captain of the Seventh Division.” The words cut like a hot knife through ice, stinging and causing a few to look down or away.

“But some of you were not too young. Some of you remember when it happened, and you did nothing to intervene. So for the last one hundred and thirteen years, I have been living in the World of the Living, aiding the Vizards. Miss Shihōin had been exiled from her own family, even if they did not want to do so. They had no choice. So!” Kisuke clapped his hands together, watching as Isane jumped. Oops. “My condition is that not only we be pardoned of this crime that we did not commit, but that Miss Yoruichi Shihōin also be allowed back within Soul Society. My shop will remain within the World of the Living in Karakura Town. Tessai Tsukabishi, the former Captain of the Kido Corps, who was also wrongly convicted, will also be pardoned. He will remain and run the shop, looking over it and the two Modified Souls whom I created and love as if they were my own children, Ururu and Jinta.

“Those are the conditions upon which I will accept the Captaincy of the Twelfth Division once more. If they are not met, you’ll just have to find someone else who is capable enough to run the Division and understand how Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s mind worked. No offense to Akon or anyone with the Twelfth currently, but I don’t think any of them could actually handle that. After all,” his voice quiets, head dipping, a shadow falling over his eyes. “I was the one who brought Mayuri out of the Maggot’s Nest. Should any of you

forget, I was also the Commander of the Detention Corps, as well as a member of the Onmitsukidō.” Chin raising, slate gaze swept across the room, taking in the silence that had fallen. “I’m not asking for a compensation fund. I’m not asking for a new Division. I’m not asking for a golden parade through the Rukongai. I want an apology. And I want for Central Forty-Six to admit their mistake.”

Silence met him. It was as if no one had expected for Urahara Kisuke to speak out, to give demands. As if he, too, hadn’t been wronged by the events of the past. As if he, too, did not deserve an apology. As if he, too, were not angry and bitter over the mistakes of the past.

“Lest you all forget that without me, you would not have had the Twelfth as it is today. There would be no S.R.D.I.. Mayuri would have died in his cell. And you all would be dead, now, because Kurosaki Ichigo wouldn’t have been born without Isshin Kurosaki, someone who I helped personally. And you would be down four Captains and one lieutenant.” Jaw set, he met Shunsui’s gaze with his own. “These are the requirements. And I will not settle for any less, Captain Commander.”

Shunsui shifted in his seat, a peculiar little smile curling at the corners of his lips. One that read ‘I anticipated this’, or perhaps ‘All is going according to plan’. “Of course, Urahara-san. It will be done.”

“Will it?” Kisuke countered, head titling, voice low. “Just what do you have on the Central Forty-Six that would turn their vote so quickly, Shunsui-san?”

A chill crept into the air as the Captains and Lieutenants sat straighter, stood straighter, cast their gazes down. No one dared speak, no one dared to break the silence that had gripped their throats and held them captive.

“That,” Shunsui began, rising to his feet slowly. “Is for me to know, and for you to never find out. That is all that needed to be said. This meeting is dismissed.” His face was pale; it was beyond time for him to retire. Another session of healing, no doubt.

Kisuke made his way out, Yoruichi at his side. “That was ballsy,” she murmured, gaze trained ahead. “But good.”

“I figured a history lesson was overdue.” Kisuke replied with a soft chuckle, shaking his head. “Go, I’m sure no one will mind if you-”

She was already gone.

“-visit your family.” Sighing, he began the slow walk back towards the Gotei Thirteen, gaze downcast. He could hear murmurings from behind him- surprise, shock, anxiety. A presence settled in at his side, shoulder gently bumping against his arm.

“Think it’ll happen?” Shinji asked after a good few minutes of walking in silence.

“He managed to convince them to let Aizen out.” He hummed, head rising to study the horizon. “I don’t know what he has up his sleeves, but… I believe there is a chance I’ll be back to torment you, Hirako-taicho.”

The grin Shinji sent him was brighter than the sun. He couldn’t help but smile, as well.

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One month later.

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“I stand before you today to contest a punishment that was given over a century ago,” Shunsui began, gazing up at the blank blocks before him. Behind them sat the members of the Central Forty-Six. “I am aware that I was here merely two months prior. A lot can happen in two months.”

“Like losing hundreds of Shinigami,” one voice spoke up.

“That is the casualty of war, something that you all seem to forget exists outside of your protected lives.” Silence met Shunsui. “We lost four captains. And while there are many who could step up the plate, one of those is impossible to replace.”

“What are you suggesting?”

“That Urahara Kisuke be allowed back into the Soul Society and be allowed to take his mantle of Captain up once again.” Shunsui fell quiet as yells met him. Anger, alarm, it all spilled out.

“URAHARA KISUKE? DESERTER.”

“LIAR, A DANGER TO SOUL SOCIETY.”

“HE’S BEEN IN THE WORLD OF THE LIVING FOR TOO LONG.”

He raised his hands, listening as the voices died down. “I understand your anger. However, merely a few years ago, the Vizards were pardoned. Why should Kisuke not be pardoned, as well as Yoruichi Shihōin and Tessai

Tsukabishi.”

“THEY’RE TRAITORS TO THE SOUL SOCIETY-”

“THEY ABANDONED US YEARS AGO-”

“THEY SHOULD BE KILLED-”

Shunsui raised his hands once more, his brow furrowed. “Maa, maa- please, allow me to speak.” Agitated silence met him as he cleared his throat. “I’m not Yamomoto. I haven’t been here since the beginning. I was just a child when this place was really coming together. But because of that, I have been able to witness the way everything has changed and grown. How we’ve become stronger, how more and more Shinigami join our ranks each year. I was a Captain by the time Urahara Kisuke joined our ranks, stepping out from the shadow of the Onmitsukidō. I was able to watch as he built the Twelfth up from the bottom, and watched as he created the Shinigami Research and Development Institute. Without him, we wouldn’t have the Gigais that allow us to investigate further into the World of the Living, the Tenshintai. What Mayuri had to work with wouldn’t have existed without Kisuke. We wouldn’t have even had a captain to fill his place originally without Kisuke; he was the one who brought Mayuri out of the Maggot’s Nest.

“At the end of the day, you have to sit back and consider more than what those of the past did. At the time, there was no true solid proof that Urahara Kisuke, Yoruichi Shihōin and Tessai Tsukabishi were behind the hollowfication project that was, in actuality, spearheaded by Aizen. Their only crime had been being at the scene, trying to help their friends. When you consider this, along with how they have continued to aid us despite being stranded in the World of the Living for so long… Don’t we owe them this?” Murmurs began to echo through the tall chamber. Forty-six voices all talking, debating. Shunsui stood, hands folded politely before him as he waited.

He was right, and he knew it. After all, it had been his idea in the first place. Without Kisuke’s aid, they wouldn’t have ever had Kurosaki Ichigo to help them. Aizen would never have been stopped. Yhawch would still be alive, and they would all be dead or acting as prisoners. There wasn’t any real debate to be had other than stubborn old men wanting to keep history as it is.

“So, I ask once more: I wish for Urahara Kisuke to be allowed back into the Soul Society and be allowed to take his mantle of Captain of the Twelfth Division and Captain of the S.R.D.I. up once again as well as pardoning Urahara Kisuke, Yoruichi Shihōin and Tessai Tsukabishi of their wrongly accused crimes.”

Silence settled across the chamber. A pleased smile curled Shunsui’s lips as he relaxed.

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Two weeks later.

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The First Division was peaceful, calm, filled with idle chatter as the Captains and their Lieutenants gathered within the hall of the Captain Commander. There was no surprise written upon their features; they knew what this meeting was about. Even so, they stood, chatting amongst one another, until Shunsui made his way into the hall to settle in at the head of the hall. He used a heavy, cherry wood cane to aid him; it would not be a permanent fixture. Each day he grew stronger, healing from his injuries.

“Well, then,” he murmured, rolling his shoulders before raising the voice. “Would the new Captain of the Twelfth Division enter?”

The great doors opened, and standing within the entryway was none other than Urahara Kisuke, green and white striped hat nowhere to be seen. He no longer resembled the young, awkward Captain he had been one hundred and thirteen years ago. Now, he stood tall, still, gaze trained forward. He made his way in slowly, geta clad feet making soft ‘clacks’ with every step. Behind him, surprisingly, walked a black feline, trotting to keep up. He turned to the left, and stepped into the place where he’d once stood, where Mayuri had once stood.

“Very well. Now, since we are all here, our first manner of business…”

The meeting did not last long; many were still in frail condition, such as the Third Division. The walk to the Twelfth was quiet, calm. Yoruichi had slipped away, returning to her family for the first time in far too

long. She wouldn’t be taking up the mantle of Head of the Shihōin family; that title had passed to her younger brother. Instead, she’d become an aid to him, and split her time between the Soul Society and the World of the Living. Tessai didn’t want to return; he had no desire to come back. He’d handle the shop and keep an eye on Karakura, along with Jinta and Ururu.

Kisuke was pulled from his thoughts at the sound of a throat clearing. Head snapping up, slate gaze hues widening at the sight of his new lieutenant. “The last time I saw you, you were extremely little and didn’t have a nicotine addiction!” Kisuke greeted with a grin as Akon let out a bark of laughter.

“It’s good to see you again, too, Captain,” Akon replied, shaking his head as he fell into step beside Kisuke. “A lot’s changed.”

“I’d be more alarmed if nothing had changed. It has been over a century, after all!” His head tilts back, studying the sky. “It feels strange to be here again.”

“It does.” The sound of a little voice calling had both men pausing, glancing behind them, only to watch as a little black haired girl came bouncing over, nearly stumbling over her sandals. Nemu. Akon knelt down, arms open, allowing the girl to climb up into his arms. “Nemu, meet Urahara Kisuke. He’s taking over as Captain.”

“I remember him. Where’s your hat?” She asked, big dark eyes gazing up at Kisuke.

“Decided that it wouldn’t be appropriate to wear at a meeting,” he winked, and with a wave of his hand, it was as if the hat appeared out of thin air. Nemu’s eyes widened in surprise, mouth dropping open into a little ‘o’. “But I never wander too far without it.” Gaze turning, he took in the sight of the Division, how much it had changed, how large it had become. “Well…”

“Wherever you want to begin, I’ll guide you to it.”

A grimace. “Notes? Or did he burn them all again?”

“Surprisingly, he didn’t.” A shrug as Akon began to walk once more, carrying Nemu as if she were his own. Members of the Twelfth stopped where they stood and bowed low, murmurs of welcome echoing through the air. “I don’t think he had the foresight to do that.”

“Good,” Kisuke nodded, clapping his hands together. “Then let's get to work.”

“Aye-aye, Captain.”

━━━━━━━

That Night

━━━━━━━

The night air was cool here compared to the warm autumn air of Karakura Town. Geta clopped along the top of the wall idly with no true direction. That is, until the sound of a snicker drew the attention of the shoe’s owner. Head tilting, Kisuke glanced behind himself to find Hirako Shinji standing behind him.

“Can’t sleep?”

“Haunted by the past.” Kisuke replied, settling down on the wall. Was he in Shinji’s Division? He hadn’t realized he’d walked that far. “You?”

“Insomnia’s a bitch.” Shinji settled down on the wall, kicking his heels against the sturdy structure idly. “... It feels good to have you back.”

“Does it?” He mused, stepping closer before settling down, shoulder bumping Shinji’s before leaning against the other. “Never thought I’d hear you say that.”

“Fuck off,” Shinji teased, leaning his weight back against Kisuke’s shoulder. Together they sat, silence falling across them like a light dew in the early morning hours. Without speaking, Shinji reached over, taking hold of Kisuke’s hand. Calloused fingers drifted over stitched scars. “She did a number on you.”

“Benihime is a benevolent woman. I respect that,” Kisuke replied softly, watching Shinji’s fingers. “What about you? How’s your head?”

“I’ve had worse.”

“Touche.”

A chuckle slipped free from both men. Kisuke sighed, leaning over to rest his head atop Shinji’s own. “This is what you missed?”

“This and more.”

“It doesn’t feel right without Hiyori yelling at us. Or Love laughing. Or Hachi worrying…” Brows furrowing, he sighed. “But they like it in the World of the Living.”

curled Shinji’s lips as he pulled Kisuke’s hand up to his lips, pressing a lingering kiss to his knuckles. “Some of it will be, Captain.”

[merryfortune]

A true in red blood relation

Written for the 100ships Challenge on Dreamwidth

Prompt #57 Red

Title: A true in red blood relation

Ship: Hostageshipping | Shun/Reiji

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V

Word Count: 1,607

Rating: M

Warnings: Choose Not Warn

Tags: Unhealthy Relationships, One-Sided Attraction, Consent Issues, Non-Consensual Medical Experiments, Blood, Quasi Incest

AN: inspired by my (jossed) theory that Shun and Reiji are/were dimensional counterparts

   The Westermarck Effect, as Reiji understood it, was a theory to explain the incest taboo across various cultures. It was the idea that non-blood related peers treated familially since childhood were later sexually unattractive to an individual because they were too close. Too connected. They became biologically undesirable through this comfort and commonality. This was something else. This was instantaneous attraction to a previously unknown individual with a high probability of being a familial relation and finding that more the allure than anything else about them. A true in red blood relation, if at least in half measures through an already tempestuous patrilineal heritage.

   Yes, what Reiji was experiencing, was most certainly not the Westermarck Effect but rather its perverse inverse, if he had to analyse his feelings. His attractions. His arousal. He had never met this Kurosaki Shun before tonight, after dusk fell, they scarcely knew each other, but Reiji already felt an uncharacteristic amour for the XYZ decadent and he thinks it's because of his face. Reiji felt as though he had seen it before. Perhaps in a mirror and in the reflection of his own. Just in the edges, the peripheries, in the sharpness of his eyes and his hair. It was all uncannily similar to his own, if he had a little bit of paranoid artistic licence. 

   But maybe he was just overcomplicating things as he was prone to do, brought upon by stress of what he knew and what Shun most certainly did not know.

   Reiji couldn’t be certain yet if this unusual flush of arousal was because of some thrill of crossing bloodlines or simply because he felt untethered in Shun’s company since they had aligned goals. They both frothed at the mouth to enact their plans and violence, to uncover the truths and how they had been wronged. More importantly, they both loathed his father, Akaba Leo and what could be more sibling-like than that? 

   Besides, Reiji already had one half sibling, what was another?

   What was another across yet another dimension, another timeline? A dimensional counterpart, as it were.

   It was all, unfortunately, within the realm of possibility. Mentally, Reiji pondered the images of pudgy faced, eight-year old orphans from the Fusion Dimension: Serena and Yuri. Serena whose face was that of what Reiji had found in photo albums that had survived the rift of whatever had happened to cause his father to abscond to the Fusion Dimension so he could bring about his glorious ideals that did not involve his present son and his new hot bitch of a wife. Photos of an elder sister previously unknown; photos of a younger sister apparently belonging to Shun and then, of course, the girl from You Show, she was involved too, with those eyes, those cheekbones. They all shared a striking, impossible likeness. 

   Thus, Reiji could not yet so readily dismiss the possibility that he and Shun were linked more than just seeking his father’s head and of course the preferred fashion choice of wearing something red around the neck, a scarf, a bandanna, and if he got lucky, maybe a hickey, too.

   It was best to explore all possibilities, Reiji decided. There were too many unknowns, too many variables. He was just one boy in the helm of a grown man’s position, as a company CEO and as patriarch in his own mangled family. His Father left too much concealed and unknown but Reiji was forever practical at heart. Pragmatic, too. So, he had to know with all unfettered certainty whether he was seeing patterns where there were none or if the family tree would extend again with another branch, another sibling.

   Shun, meanwhile, didn’t need to know why. He didn’t even have to know that it had happened at all. That Reiji requires something so personal of his body such as his DNA. So Reiji didn’t even bother to give him a pretence as to why they needed records of his blood and his saliva, too, for good measure. He would have protested either way, if he knew the actuality or if he was told a lie. It was all too much a bother as he was too full of rawness and fight for Reiji. So it was to be done in secrecy and violation. 

   But for some reason, it gave Reiji a very sick thrill to imagine being forthright with Shun. When he was wide awake and frayed at the edge, a stressed bird in a new, unknown concrete jungle. To tell him exactly why Reiji required his DNA, he wanted to know if it matched his own and Reiji felt more than a throb in his heart when he imagined Shun lashing out. To have Shun claw at Reiji and his face, drawing blood with a feral gleam in his eyes, that sent a shiver down Reiji’s spine but it was not meant to be.

   He was violated in the end. Lied too, pacified. His samples taken in the night, spirited away when he was quietened down with the first good bed that he had slept in for months. Reiji took it silently and with relish. The needle gleaming in the moonlight that came in through the blinds. Shun laid on his bed, curled up in a foetal position, he was so vulnerable and Reiji gently rolled up his sleeves.

   Shun seemed so armoured in just a flimsy jacket. Plated and hard, like he was made of iron like the Raidraptor monsters that he called upon during a duel, during a battle. But just like real birds and their fragile, hollow bones, in actuality, he could be quite so brittle and Reiji pierced the skin all too easily. With a delicate, medical motion, he drew back the plunger on the syringe as he took a sample of blood from him. 

   Reiji’s mouth watered. There was a temptation to take more. To be of the utmost carefulness but he only had the one syringe on him. He supposed he could force open Shun’s mouth and take a sample of saliva but Reiji knew that would cross a line because if Shun’s mouth was open. Well, it would simply be begging for Reiji’s tongue to go inside it, swabbing down his teeth and gums but the sample would dilute and Reiji would get exactly what he wanted unscientifically. So he resisted. Refrained. And he held up his syringe that was now heavied with Shun’s blood to the shaft of moonlight that came in through the window guarded by heavy blinds.

   He admired how the blood looked so deep and maroon in the low light. Oh, it looked so beautiful and it was all his now inside that glass vial. He couldn’t wait to have it sent out to the labs and be made top priority. And so, he vanished himself from Shun’s room that he had been so graciously given by Reiji and Shun would never know. He likely wouldn’t even feel the prick in his shoulder by morning, he was too tender with other, older wounds to notice something so small as a needle, surely.

   Once the sample was delivered to the laboratories, Reiji waited in a fever pitch that would scare Reira for those results. His expression admittedly fearsome as he let his mind run calculation and simulation after calculation and simulation. The romantic would realise this was all just pining, of course, as Reiji merely imagined all the possible, delectable scenarios of what could be revealed by that sample of blood. His bias towards this instaneous attraction to possible incest playing a larger role than he ought to let it in the various possibilities that he explored in his mind.

   Unfortunately, for Reiji, what was revealed was not quite so theatrical. Shun was AB and Reiji was the universal donor of O. They couldn’t be more unalike on such a chemical level. They barely had any commonality at all in how their genetic data was strung across the highs and lows of the lines of how the machine had extrapolated their DNA.

   Though, just because he and Shun shared no blood, Reiji did wonder if it would be a different story if he had some of Ruri’s DNA but he knew not to explore that either. He had what he wanted. His curiosity was placated, even if the reality was so much duller than how he had fantasised under the duress of this strange attraction. 

   Attraction which yes, did diminish with the phantasms revealed to be so unexcited but it was still there. If slightly. Logically, Reiji should be relieved but instead, he just felt tired. Trite. He sighed, he hummed, he reframed his thinking and his amour. He had to move on but he would not yet dismiss it as an entire waste of time.

    It would be good to know Shun’s blood type, at the very least, as Shun appeared prone to getting himself in trouble. He was all recklessness and leaping before looking, letting his blood boil at the slightest provocation and acting out as soon as the impulse sparked. No doubt he would need field medicine and Reiji hoped to God that he would be the one who would be Shun’s bloodsack, all smeared with cleaning alcohol on his skin and stuck with needles, shared and then they would truly be made kin. Warm, red blood shared between them in this atrocious war of card games and genetics spliced across various worlds ruled by the method of summoning fictitious monsters. 

   Truly, what an inane high that would be, Reiji chuckled to himself, dark and bitter, just like the metallic tang of blood.

[oreo-massacre]

mild pet peeve that i need to get off my chest:

People thinking Ichika's name is a combination of Ichigo and Rukia's name - how?

Like, Ichika being named after Ichigo is true in many ways, but where does the Rukia part come from? It's an actual word, much like Ichigo, but instead of a pun (one protect in ichigo just sounds like "strawberry") its literally "strawberry flower" (because its the flower Orihime embroidered for Rukia's wedding).

And mind you, I get people not knowing anything about WDKALY, or not even simply googling what she's named after lmao. But is it the "ka" part that trips people up? Like, where does Rukia have a "ka" in her name? There's a "ru", theres a "ki" and theres an "a".

At this point, with this kind of shaky basis I'll go on and declare that Rukia called her "Ichika" in Kanonji's honour too (ICHI go + KA nonji). I mean shes a big fan and all that. 🤨🤨🤨 Also, even if say, in some super unlikely circumstance, Rukia'd sneak in her own name into her kid's (because its always rukia doing the naming in people's assumption, because ship lmao) like I almost guarantee you it'd be symbolic and less awkward than "strawberry flower", because Rukia has fuckall to do with flowers in the entire series anyway.

I'm no poet but just the Kurosaki naming convention alone "Isshin" (one heart) "Ichigo" (one - from isshin, protect - for Masaki/his family) Kazui (one - following Ichigo, brave - general theme of the karakura kids especially and of the series, hence he ties into the last speech of the last chapter)

Even the Ishida family where you have Soken (ancestor bowstring) ryuken (dragon bowstring) and uryuu (dragon rain). Like, you can see how packed with meaning they are.

Shiba clan having the kanji for birds in their names and the clan's connection with the "sky" (the "ku" in kukaku is literally sky, like her tattoo), Jidanbo and Jirobo following a suffix convention. Rukia's name doesn't even have any kanji to do that with, let alone the absolute stretch that is converting "kia" to "ka" willy-nilly. Kubo takes care picking out his names - virtually every character, foreign or not has a basis or a namesake - especially the japanese cast. Which is why this whole thing is so ignorant, especially in the goddamn cheating aus. And the absolute confidence of these fools too. Like its "haha, funny" once or twice if you indulge in it, but the stupid ass ignorance pisses me the fuck off.

Besides, if you do read/know about WDKALY Kubo pre-packaged the joke for you. The joke of "youd think Ichika was named after Ichigo? No, you fool, it's Orihime's favourite flower and Rukia is playing favourites," but deep down its also a reference to Ichigo so win-win.

Frankly, if you dig symbolically with the assumption that its a reference to two people, and assume the strawberry kanji is for Ichigo and the flower "ka" kanji is for someone related to flowers, well......there are a couple of flower named or related people, and on first glance, Orihime, the real origin of Ichikas name has just as little to do with flowers as Rukia, but literally all the shun shun rikka, and rikka ( lit. six flowers) as a word itself, are named after flowers, a wholeass six of them, so essentially, Rukia named her kid after her goddamn otp whether you follow Kubos naming sybolism or not, and you dont even have to skew Orihime's name for that. Cool. 😃

[ygobigbang-archive]

The Fragments’ Tale

Artist: @kaitobingu-daze​ Larger version here and coming soon Writer:  @scattered-irises​ Status: Complete Rating: Explicit Characters: Thomas Arclight, Kaito Tenjo, Byron Arclight, Ruri Kurosaki, Serena, Shun Kurosaki, Cronos de Medici Ship(s): Shun Kurosaki/Serena Content Warnings: Summary:  “I'm sorry there is so much pain in the story. I'm sorry it's in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or pulled apart by force. But there is nothing I can do to change it," Margaret Atwood. Instead of using mass-slaughter to achieve his goals, Professor Akaba Leo has proposed a more peaceful plan. In hopes that the offspring would eventually have all four dimensions in their blood, the forced pairing of Fusion and XYZ, Standard and Synchro couples was enacted. Four people. Four stories. Ofshun: Once known as Thomas Arclight, he now serves as Commander Shun's Fragment—a tool used to enact Professor Leo's plan of unity. Every other week, he lays on his back, entangled in the arms of his mistress, Serena Kurosaki and his commander. The couple prays for a child. Ofshun prays for release. Ofjoseph: Once a place where he watched over his father's people, Heartland Tower is now a prison for the son of Dr. Faker. Lorded over by the former mayor of Heartland, he is carried on only by the idea of seeing his brother again. As Fragments begin to vanish one by one, he can feel Academia's claws closing in on him and his brother's face fading from his memories. Byron: Captured by Academian authorities and returned to his former self, Dr. Arclight is coerced into working for Professor Leo. Watched over by the devious head of intelligence, Cronos de Medici, Byron reluctantly becomes a monster for the sake of his sons. Ruri Kurosaki: In the same tower where Ofjoseph is held prisoner, Ruri and her two other dimensional counterparts wait for the arrival of their Fusion counterpart. Living alongside their male counterparts, they are nothing more than birds in a golden cage. It is through them that Zarc and Ray will be delivered. Through the heavy blue cloth that covers all of her features, Ruri prays that the One True World will never return. Available on AO3

[thepandadiamond]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Birthdays Masterpost

Y’all. I seen. here's a list of all the currently known Yu-Gi-Oh! character birthdays. since the information is sort of scattered around, I wanted to compile them all in one post. note that as a general rule, these are manga birthdays, and the anime-only characters do not have known birthdays. no birthdays have been revealed as of yet for the characters of Zexal, VRAINS, or SEVENS. In Japan, characters who have no known birthday usually have their birthday celebrated alongside their seiyuu's.

JANUARY

1 - David Rabb (GX)

11 - Jack Atlas (5D’s)

25 - Jounouchi Katsuya / Joey Wheeler (Duel Monsters)

FEBRUARY

5 - Amon Garam / Adrian Gecko (GX)

14 - Yuya Sakaki (ARC-V)

28 - Ryuji Otogi / Duke Devlin (Duel Monsters)

MARCH

1 - Ryota Kajiki / Mako Tsunami (Duel Monsters)

1 - Shun Kurosaki / Shay Obsidian (ARC-V)

14 - Jim Crocodile Cook (GX)

29 - Austin O’Brien / Axel Brodie (GX)

APRIL

1 - Esper Roba / Espa Roba (Duel Monsters)

2 - Reiji Akaba / Declan Akaba (ARC-V)

5 - Isis Ishtar / Ishizu Ishtar (Duel Monsters)

12 - Daichi Misawa / Bastion Misawa (GX)

19 - Hiroto Honda / Tristan Taylor (Duel Monsters)

MAY

5 - Asuka Tenjoin / Alexis Rhodes (GX)

JUNE

4 - Yugi Mutou / Yugi Moto (Duel Monsters) (my favorite true lover)

2 - Layra Akaba / Riley Akaba (ARC-V)

11 - Johan Andersen / Jesse Anderson (GX)

20 - Lua / Leo (5D’s)

20 - Luca / Luna (5D’s)

JULY

1 - Serena / Celina (ARC-V)

7 - Mokuba Kaiba (Duel Monsters)

7 - Yusei Fudo (5D’s)

10 - Midori Hibiki (GX)

14 - Yuzu Hiiragi / Zuzu Boyle (ARC-V)

21 - Insector Haga / Weevil Underwood (Duel Monsters)

26 - Pharaoh Atem / Yami Yugi (Duel Monsters) (my true lover)

AUGUST

1 - Jun Manjoume / Chazz Princeton (GX)

12 - Bandit Keith Howard (Duel Monsters)

16 - Aki Izayoi / Akiza Izinski (5D’s)

18 - Anzu Mazaki / Téa Gardner (Duel Monsters)

31 - Judai Yuki / Jaden Yuki (GX)

SEPTEMBER

2 - Ryou Bakura / Bakura Ryou (Duel Monsters)

6 - Crow Hogan (5D’s)

25 - Shou Marufuji (GX)

OCTOBER

8 - Pegasus J. Crawford / Maximillion Pegasus (Duel Monsters)

10 - Reggie Mackenzie (GX)

25 - Seto Kaiba (Duel Monsters)

31 - Fubuki Tenjoin / Atticus Rhodes (GX)

NOVEMBER

1 - Ryou Marufuji / Zane Truesdale (GX)

4 - Kouyou Hibiki (GX)

20 - Mai Kujaku / Mai Valentine (Duel Monsters)

20 - Shizuka Jounouchi / Serenity Wheeler (Duel Monsters)

DECEMBER

19 - Edo Phoenix / Aster Phoenix (GX)

23 - Malik Ishtar / Marik Ishtar (Duel Monsters)

29 - Dinosaur Ryuzaki / Rex Raptor (Duel Monsters

[higuchimon]

7, 18 for the end-of-the-year ask meme please?

07: longest completed fic you wrote this year: For fics I started & finished this year, it's Embrace of Fate, clocking in at 24,724. For fics I finished this year but started in 2018, it's Rebirth of Kaiser, clocking in at 61,940.

18: current number of wips: you asked for all my fandoms, so here we go! Like yesterday, I divided into fics I have actual words written on and fics that I will be rewriting, regardless of if I've ever posted them or not.

I've divided them according to fandom, for easier listing. First up, fics with actual words written.

Digimon Adventure 02 tri

Chains of the Past: Ken, Death Rosemon (OC): 12,377/75,000

Chaos In The Family: Jun, Momoe, Daisuke, Ken: 1,136/15,833

Far From The Tree: Devil's Daughter: Sora, Devimon, Hoshimon (OC): 15,179/79,372

Illness: Ken x Daisuke: 1,264/10,000

Key To A Bad Bargain: Ken x Daisuke, Piemon, Hikari: 1,063/90,000

Monochromon Never Forgets: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 1,347/18,000

Nowhere Like Home: Chosen Children, Digimon Kaiser: 1,016/93,000

Only One Answer: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 3,597/45,000

Path Less Travelled: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 8,212/177,620

Services Rendered: Paying The Price: Digimon Kaiser Ken x Daisuke: 1,324/18,000

Memories and Meaning: Perils of Being Early: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 4,284/45,000

Shadowfall: Let The Darkness In: Dark Masters, Chosen Children: 1,301/200,000

Thicker Than Water: Dark Masters, Chosen Children: 3,607/237,600

Heart of Demon, Soul of Angel: To Fall & To Fly: Taichi x Yamato: 785/42,484

What's Mine Is Mine: Digimon Kaiser Ken x Daisuke: 10,800/18,000

Digimon Tamers

Iceheart: Ruki, Takato, OC: 9,444/56,840

Risk of Death: Ryou, Ruki, Osamu: 8,125/42,484

Digimon Frontier

Shadow Sorrow: Kouji, Kouichi: 5,262/38,274

Storm Spirit: Junpei x Izumi: 1,277/42,484

Thunderstruck: Junpei, Kouichi: 6,387/32,589

Digimon Xros Wars

Hunting The Great Game: Tamed Flames: Kiriha, DarkKnightmon: 3,359/90,000

YGO DM

Attraction To Blonds: Jounouchi x Malik: 2,033/50,000

Smoothing The Road: Seto x Yuugi: 1,584/22,500

YGO Zexal

Bad Company: Vector x Mizael: 7,867/45,000

Beyond All Beauty: Mizael, Kaito: 3,501/45,000

Gifts That Give Themselves: Mizael x Kaito x Chris: 5,084/54,321

In A Tower Room: Vector, Yuuma: 10,888/125,000

Inappropriate Places: Vector x Mizael: 2,529/9,539

Sweet: Durbe x Chris: 1,148/45,000

YGO Arc-V

Another Swing of the Pendelum: Yuuya, Yuuto, Yuugo, Yuuri, Yuzu, Ruri, Rin, Selena: 2,090/32,589

Bloodfire: Shun, Yuuri: 2,082/45,000

Daughter of the Sea: Rin x Ruri: 2,192/45,000

Introduction To Danger: Kaito x Shun: 1,420/90,000

Kept In Shadows: Shun, Yuuri: 18,246/120,000

Kinblood: Asuka x Selena: 1,734/45,000

Brothers & Boyfriends: Not Anything But Everything: Yuuya x Yuuto: 2,687/38,274

Plant Problems: Yuuri x Yuugo: 2,056/18,000

Shirt For A Bird: Yuuri, Shun: 7,822/45,000

Warrior, Prey, Prisoner: Yuuri, Shun: 314/45,000

Wounded Wings: Asuka x Akane: 1,528/18,000

YGO VRAINS

Hugs of Yuusaku: Yuusaki x Ai: 2,361/18,000

Intrafandom Crossovers: YGO

Love Lessons: Fubuki x Otogi: 10,177/45,000

Winter's Cold Kiss: Vector x Mizael: 2,007/18,000

Interfandom Crossovers

Alliance of Fear: Ken x Daisuke, Yubel x Juudai x Johan: 8,224/60,000

What You See Is What You Get: Taiju x Nanao: 2,422/43,200

Love Is Out Of This Digital World: A Digital Mess: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke, Caerula Adamas, Battle Lovers: 4,705/45,000

Vanity's Risks: Akoya, Ranamon: 613/52,000

BKCBL BKCHK

Love Is A Melody: Kinshiro x Atsushi: 351/45,000

No Price Too High: Ryuu x Akoya: 1,029/18,000

Power Rangers

Azure Aquamarine: Tommy x Billy: 2,216/90,000

Melodyweaver: Divatox, Scorpina, Rangers: 3,640/45,000

Unexpected Tales: Hot: Emily x Jason: 1,023/30,000

Unexpected Tales: Sound of Waves: Tanya x Adam: 1,546/30,000

Yellow & Blue: Nature of Fear: Trini x Billy: 2,809/45,000

And now, rewrites:

Digimon Adventure 02 tri

Adulthood Issues: Ken x Daisuke, Sora: 0/200,000

All The World's a Stage: Chosen Children, Dark Masters: 0/200,000

Blossoms of Death: Change: Miyako, Daisuke: 0/18,000

Broken Wings: Ken x Daisuke: 0/400,000

Colors of the Heart: Mimi x Miyako: 0/90,000

Consort: Ken x Daisuke: 0/45,000

Crestfallen: Taichi, Daisuke: 0/90,000

Cure For The Common Cold: Taichi, Takeru: 0/18,000

Etemon's Envy: Mimi, Yamato, Etemon: 0/60,000

Fist of Velvet, Glove of Steel: Taichi x Yamato, Ken x Dasiuke: 150,000

God Granted: Piemon x Takeru: 0/45,000

Heart's Desire: Jun, Wizarmon, Ken, Daisuke: 0/90,000

Just A Suggestion: Ken x Daisuke: 0/45,000

Last Dark Master: Not His Word: Yamato, Piemon: 0/90,000

Layers of Deception: Vamdemon, Daisuke: 0/150,000

Leader Loss: Taichi, Yamato, Vamdemon: 0/90,000

Moonwhispers: Sora x Hikari: 0/100,000

Price of Triumph: Sidesteps: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 0/180,000

Price To Be Paid: Jun x Osamu: 0/9,000

Soulcall: Correct Mistakes: Ken x Daisuke: 0/120,000

Soulcall: Giving Chase: Hikari x Miyako: 0/80,000

Soulcall: Seven Strange Days: Jun x Momoe: 0/50,000

Summons of the Dark Side: Taichi x Yamato, Digimon Kaiser x Daisuke: 120,000

Tangled Emotions: Mimi x Sora: 300,000

To True Love: Moments Without You: Taichi x Yamato: 120,000

To True Love: Subtle Clues: Taichi x Yamato: 120,000

To True Love: Fragile Kisses: Taichi x Yamato: 120,000

Two Days Off: Ken x Daisuke: 0/45,000

Two Made One: Sora x Miyako: 0/45,000

Digimon Tamers

Crystal of Nightmares: Tamers, OCs: 0/120,000

Hunting The Hunter: Ruki x Renamon: 0/120,000

Digimon Frontier

Assistance Needed: Kouji, Izumi: 0/18,000

Eyes of Light: Kouji, Kouichi: 0/200,000

Tales of wind & Water: Sealing The Beast: Izumi, Ranamon: 0/90,000

Godslave: Lucemon x Kouji: 0/150,000

Treasure Hunt of Terror: Takuya, Kouji: 0/90,000

YGO DM

Of The Heart: Mai x Isis: 0/150,000

YGO Zexal

Keys To The Tower: Durbe x Chris: 0/200,000

Long Lost Friends: Alit, Mizael: 0/45,000

Offering: Durbe x Chris: 0/90,000

YGO Arc-V

Payment: Yuuri x Shun: 0/90,000

Torments of Kurosaki Shun: Prey & Hunters: 0/50,000

Soul of the Gem: Masumi x Yuzu: 0/90,000

Way Too Easy: Yuuya x Yuuto x Yuugo x Yuuri: 0/400,000

YGO VRAINS

Son of Trees: Spectre, Earth, Go: 0/56,840

Intrafandom Crossovers: YGO

Shards and Sunlight: Asuka x Mizuchi: 0/90,000

Interfandom Crossovers

Rage, Revenge, & Reprisals: Lucemon, Black Mist, Chosen Children: 0/240,000

Ties to Magic: Dragon Wings & Demon Hearts: Yubel x Juudai, Ruki x Renamon: 0/90,000

Ties To Magic: Bond To Angel, Bond To Demon: Piemon x Yuusuke, Taichi x Yamato, Ken x Daisuke: 0/180,000

Touched By The Moon: Kat Hillard, Selena: 0/240,000

BKCBL BKCHK

Targeting A Cold Heart: Io x Ryuu x Akoya: 0/90,000

Power Rangers

Emotional Damage: Kat x Tommy: 0/75,000

[alicia-kingdom]

A Yu-Gi-OH! ZEXAL and Yu-Gi-OH! ARC V crossover where Hiragii Yuzu id actually Vector's only daughter and Kurosaki Ruri are actually Kamishiro Shun and Kamishiro Ruri, the son and daughter of Kamishiro Kotori and Kamishiro Ryouga/Nasch.

In this AU, the bracelet girl look nothing alike.

But that's not fair!" Exclaimed little Yuzu, glaring at her father, demanding an explanation.

"Well, little melody, the evil fish king had a annoying little clown by his side, they trick the true king into believing he was evil" explained Vector, trying hard not to laught at his daughter seriousness in this made up story.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ask a third voice. Kamishiro Ryouga, alongside his daughter Ruri, had just got inside his home. Ruri looking excited to play with her friend while Shark just look like he was about to murder Vector.. again.

"Nothing, nothing..." said Vector, ignoring the glare and allowing his daughter to jump from his lap and go play with Ruri.

If someone had told him in the past, when he was a barian emperor, that he would end up been friends with the other emperors, have a beautiful daughter and live a peaceful life in earth, he would definately would have killed them in the most creative and painful way posible...

But here he was, with a daughter been a single father.

No one was taking his light of hope away from him..

...

That was before fusion invade...

.-.-.-.-

[incorrect-vrains-quotes]

with which character of any previous generation do you think the main cast of vrains would get along the best (pls, include jin and the ignis and roboppi)?

I’m so mad. Tumblr froze whilst I was making this post but here we go! round two!

Yusaku: Yusei. I feel like they would be happy with long, awkward silences but they do have a lot they can talk about. They can trade advice on software and hardware problems. Hell, they could also probably trade advice on how to spruce up depression meals, too.

Aoi. Asuka. I think Asuka could be a great influence on Aoi and I think Aoi would absolutely eat up any and all advice this Queen of the Blues can give. Mostly advice about duelling, I imagine but also on the day to day so Aoi can help bring her more confident, online personas into the real world.

Jin: Shizuka or Haruto. These three are used to the same, day to day problems so they could probably help keep each other entertained. Also, I think they have the same taste in easy to read, young age group books as well as enjoying the occasional picture book.

Roboppy: the GX Duel Spirits. They say technology is surprisingly susceptible to the supernatural so its possible that Roboppy, who has been upgraded by the magnificent Ai, would have the ability to perceive them. I think the Spirits would have a lot of fun roping Roboppy into various games of tag and chaseys.

Spectre: Yuri or Aki. Deranged plant kids gotta stick together, yeah?

Takeru: ok so,,,, I see a lot of 5Ds characters get tossed his way, but I’m gonna say Yugo or Fubuki. I feel like he needs more high energy friends who are lacking in brain cells, as compared to Yusaku and Aoi who, even though he loves them big time, they can be so boring because they have these things called “foresight” and “safety”. Yugo and Fubuki have neither of those things.

Ryoken: gonna cop out and assign him all the rivals because imagining them together brings me joy.

Ai: Judai maybe? I’ve been struggling with Ai. I think he’s similar to Takeru in that he needs someone he can just unabashedly be a clown with since he’s kinda already surrounded by rather serious characters. And whilst Judai, usually, knows when not to take it too far, I think they could have some good times just chilling. Judai probably mistakes him for a Duel Spirit at first until he’s like “haha wait, you guys see him too?” to like some other GX character maybe.

Flame: Hikage and Tsukikage because the ninja and the samurai should go together. Plus, those boys got outpaced pretty quickly in Arc V since they don’t have complex summoning methods. Maybe Flame could give them Link summons.

Aqua: Kurosaki Shun…. because I like assigning Aqua male characters who I feel have complexes regarding women and girls and hoo boy, I could make some posts on Shun’s psyche (but I won’t) and I think Aqua could help chill him out a little bit, give him like the emotional equivalent of her healing hands

Earth: Gongenzaka… They have similar energy so they could probably get along. Maybe tack on Yuya as well so it’s not a twice shy situation; they both need someone to lighten them up, I feel.

Windy: in a bold move, I’m gonna say Rua and Ruka for Windy pre-having his code re-written. Windy gets associated with fairies a lot for some reason and that’s these twins’ kinda theme. So, I think he’d have fun hanging out with them.

Lightning: and in an even bolder move, I’m going to assign Lightning Mieru. Lightning and Mieru are both very much troubled by the same things: fate and the future. But nonetheless, they both try to perceive it anyway and act accordingly. However, one of these characters had a positive outcome and that character is Mieru. She’s already gone through the terror and horrors of the unknown and through the Zarc arc, she realised that the future is fluid. I think she would have a big challenge ahead of her trying to convince Lightning its okay not to know but also, a lot of fun because she’d want to do readings for him and as everyone knows, the tried and true methods of divination are far superior to technology.

- Mod Playmaker

[hiphopguerrilla]

I was tagged by @victoria-writes-sometimes

Rules: Answer the questions and then tag twenty people to do the same

Name: Adam

Sign: Aries

MBTI: INFP/INFJ (Though I took the test three times I came with INFP twice so...)

Alignment: Chaotic Good. I hate rules and probably won’t follow all of them here.

Native language: English

Favorite book(s): Would love to explain why.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Crucible

Pride and Prejudice

The Outsiders

The Great Gatsby

Perfect Chemistry

Allen Iverson: Only The Strong Survive

Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry!

Favourite film(s): (I have far too many, this is not even close to all my favorites)

Batman Begins

Jurassic Park(1993)

The Dark Knight

Frutvale Station

Black Panther

Get Rich or Die Tryin’

Rurouni Kenshin Origins

Blade of the Immortal(2017)

Outlaw Gangster VIP

Paid in Full

Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki

Favourite TV show(s):

Daredevil

The Wire

Game of Thrones

The Fosters

That 70s Show 

Project Heat: Atlanta

Respect Life

Favourite Broadway show(s): Never been to any broadway, definitely not New York. I hear a lot about The Lion King though.

Favourite play(s): Can’t think of any atm. Has to be at least one I like

Favourite song(s): (Pretty much what’s in my playlist)

Jeezy - Holy Ghost

Jeezy - Go Crazy

Jeezy - Mr 17.5

Aimer Brave - shine

Unlimits - Haruka Kanata

Maon Kurosaki - Kimi to Taiyou ga Shinda Hi

T.I. ft Daz Dillinger - My Life 

Kidd Kidd - Ejected

Kidd Kidd - Everyday

Jody Breeze - Already Did

Jody Breeze - Have a Toast

Favourite artist(s): 

Yui

Maon Kurosaki

Jeezy

Jody Breeze

Wille The Kid

Slick Pulla

Decatur Grands

Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets

Rural or urban: In the middle(I lived my whole life in the city, but Rural is way more peaceful.)

Do you enjoy politics? As I’m sure it’s like for most. Politics is extremely stressful, however, I consider myself a political mind and so long as I can converse with intellectuals who’s aim is to actually find the meaning of things and genuinely cares about what they believe in and not pushing some ridiculous agenda I can enjoy politics...to an extent. 

That being said I have many beliefs that I believe the world is just not ready to hear and would love to get to a place they’d be open to it one day. It’s something I want to do for my people just as great leaders and the past. To be so forward thinking we’re ahead of our time. Rather than people getting ahead with digressing thoughts and attitudes.

Classical or romantic? If these words can be defined I could give a more definitive answer. I’m terrible with romance, yet I’m a bit of a romantic at heart sometimes. Classical as in old fashioned and traditional? I’m like that too, but I that that was romantic. Chivalry and all that.

Do you have a type? Definitely, though I suppose it depends on how you look at it. Pretty much every girl I’ve been in a romantic relationship with was latina, but what I like to think of as my “type” are girls with wild natural looks and slim but curvaceous figure.

As a side not I think all women are beautiful, and try not to discriminate, I find thick or even what some refer to as “plus-size”, I don’t know the respectful way of saying it, excuse me for that, aesthetically pleasing as well.

What are your aspirations? To be a great leader and warrior. I want to lead my people into a new era where we don’t shun and detest so much what is really part of our culture. I want to be a soldier for my people, like my grandfather. I want to use my real life experiences to inspire others through writing fiction loosely based on true events, maybe give people better undrestanding of the way I see life as a whole. I also want to depict things my eyes see in my art. 

What is your philosophy of life? As someone who loves philosophy, I think this is a great question. I think life and  death are the same thing. Living is just walking your own path, the end of that path is death. Death is the only thng that is certain. There is just so much more conflict in the world constantly, I see war eveywhere and not only that but we have new ways to battle.

Cowards can attack people and keep their identities hidden rather than do actual battle. We now can employ people on the other side of the planet to interfere in our own affairs to stack the odds in favor of people that don’t deserve to win Change is inevitable. You just have to decide in what what.

Overall I believe in honor, love, and respect. I believe people should fight their own battles, be allowed to face their demons without judgment, and be leaders instead of followers. What some don’t know it takes a great leader to know when to follow. It’s not wrong to follow, but people seem to get lost and forget whats important. They forget what they stand for because “winning” or “being right” is more important than the principles they uphold. I believe in standing by those who stand by me.

I’ll tag @asking-jude, @crispywatt, @asagiovonni, @race-cars-and-weed-jars, @blvckclvn, @malcolm-xpress, @poetryandaesthetic, @thecraziie. @originalweirdough, @swtbbyangl, @georgiachurchill, @desolvtion, @numberonecollectionchaos, @yungrellyrell, @women-we-love-you, @queenofdaarkness, @petalos-de-hiphop, @todayinhiphophistory, @infpissues, @wolfgirl444