#uraichi fic

[shellsan]

The final day of UraIchi Week 2023 which is some weird mix of mob boss depowered Ichigo with healthy relationships with his friends and high sexula tension with Kisuke that gets resolved with promised smut~

[blue-cassowary]

Doodles for one of my favorite UraIchi fic "Glass Body, Steel Wings" by @devinephoenix

I'll probably clean it up when I'm feeling less lazy haha

Part 2 :)

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Concept: A fic where Kisuke and Ichigo timetravel to prevent Aizen fucking everything up and in a curious chain of events end up having to get fake married in order to adopt toddler Akon and baby Nemu.

Akon is an adorable too-smart three year old who thinks the sun shines out of Kisuke's ass, not only because of his already-fading memory of Kisuke saving him, but because his dad has the coolest job in the world! He sees his dad do a drawing and then a day later he's made the drawing come to life! And he knows the answer to everything! Did you know plants are green because of something called CLAW-RAW-FILL?

Of course, he loves Ichigo too. His papa always makes sure there's food, and it always tastes really good! He vaguely remembers a time when food was hard to find, so papa must be super smart to keep finding it all the time. Plus, he makes the food all while carrying his baby sister on his back, which must be tiring, but he never acts tired, so he must be super strong too.

When Akon isn't allowed to go to work with daddy (because of course he asks to come with him every day) he goes with Papa, whose job, according to his daddy, is to be a hero. Being a hero means that instead of just cooking for Akon and baby Nemu, papa also cooks for a lot of other kids that stay in another house that papa and daddy also built. Even though they don't live with Akon and Nemu, the other kids are kind of like family too. "It's just that we can't all fit in our house because it's too small, so we built another house."

The other house has lots of other adults who always take care of all of them — aunt Kuukaku is Akon's favourite, she teaches all of them what to do if someone bad tries to be mean to them.

The fic would be entirely from three year old Akon's perspective, and you'd get little glimpses of Kisuke and Ichigo's "double life" from observations Akon doesn't really understand — daddy talking about how there's a new person at work, and the glasses man who always said hi to Akon not being around anymore.

ANYWAY: timetravel kidfic where they defeat Aizen while raising kids and also Ichigo runs an orphanage because there's no way he's gonna stand idly by while kids starve on the streets. Oh and somewhere between all that his and Kisuke's fake marriage becomes real without either of them even realising. Because they're idiots.

[rayshippouuchiha]

For the person looking for the UraIchi fem!Shiba!Ichigo fic, it's this one

https://www.tumblr.com/cheshiresense/188189017088/anything-with-femichigo-and-kisuke-maybe-a

By cheshiresense, i don't think it's on ao3

!!!!!

[fins-illusion]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Bleach (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Pre-Kurosaki Ichigo/Urahara Kisuke, Kurosaki Ichigo & Urahara Kisuke, Shihouin Yoruichi & Urahara Kisuke & Kurosaki Ichigo Characters: Kurosaki Ichigo, Urahara Kisuke, Shiba Kaien, Yamada Hanatarou Additional Tags: Time Travel, Dimension Travel, Crack, this is all crack, phone fic, Animal Transformation, I have not checked the following:, The timeline probability of this happening, Where on earth/what on earth Kisuke would likely being doing at this time in the canon timeline, Bemused and Amused Ichigo who is Rolling with the Punches, Abuse of Schrodinger's Cat Concept, no beta we die like Ichigo doesn't Summary:

Somewhere, millions of psychology and physics students and professors and researchers and doctorates are screaming, “That’s not how that even works!” But Kurosaki Ichigo has always been bad about following rules relating to probability, so really, it shouldn’t be that odd that he’s decided to turn this concept inside out and marmalade it.

 UraIchi Week 2023: Day 1, Time Travel AU/Dimension Travel AU

[asl-westwind]

Сегодня продолжаем тему УраИчи.

Киске в роли Айзена. Путешествие в измерение. Типа Айзен сдох, не добившись звания шинигами или в начале карьеры. Киске так же сделал Хоугиоку. Возможно, обратил Вайзардов. Или сразу к Эспаде пошел. Главное, самый круто�� в Уэко Мундо и против Готея. Йоруичи с Тессаем вместо Гина с Тоусеном. Ичиго тут без сил. Думала, ещё смена пола - типа обычная девушка, никого спасать не стремится и душ не видит. Но возможно у него вообще родители другие. Сестры есть или нет. Иссина не очень жалую, так что если он в предках и мама другая - свободно можно свалить. Это в идеале. Оригинальный мир - как всегда, война и все умерли. Так что новый мир - новое начало. Силы у обоих остались при себе, особенно у Ичиго. Мне вроде как нравится идея типа бесполезного ребенка Иссина, который бац - стал OP и свалил к врагу всего Сейретея. И такой - я № 0 Эспада в виде пустого. В итоге Киске с Ичиго правят Уэко Мундо, что оказывается лучше Общества Душ и куда не прочь свалить некоторые из последнего.

11 августа 2023

[asmolbirb]

There’s time travel in Bleach now??? Fucking time travel??????? They couldn’t figure out a way to have actual stakes so they just fuckinnnnnn put a Looper paradox in there?

[wannabetonthat]

Y'all, if you wanna read about this, specially if you like UraIchi,

Read "Never Fall For A Crane Wife" by athena_crikey

I think it explores this wonderfully

At the beginning you might want to throttle certain someone but watching him grow it's delightful

I feel like due to his mother dying to protect him, Ichigo developed a trauma that keeps him from depending on people in fear that they'll die too.

In the winter war arc, especially in the beginning, he keeps telling everyone to stand back and let him handle it while he is really going through it with losing control of his own powers. It's pretty unreasonable, but he would rather die himself than ever let anyone else die for him.

Him continually reaching out to Kisuke to ask for help when he can't do something himself is huge in Ichigo's book.

His unwillingness to trust others to have his back and not get hurt rises proportionally to how overwhelmed he himself feels. In the very beginning, he was quite comfortable to trust Chad to have his back fighting gang members and high-school punks even in Soul Society Ichigo had some degree of trust that Chad could make it by himself despite feeling a little worried.

But then he sees his friend struggle once, and Chad immediately gets reclassified, especially since Ichigo himself feels out of his depth, and Chad ends up in the class of the people to be protected before they sacrifice themselves for Ichigo. Only Ichigo is allowed to do that.

This is also why he never goes to his father with that mess. He does not see Isshin as someone who has a fighting chance. He only goes to adults he believes can A) look out for themselves and B) have proven trustworthy in the past (and that only leaves Kisuke).

It kinda bites him later after he loses his powers because his friends also develop this kind of trauma because of him. He keeps sacrificing himself and almost dying in front of them, so now that he is weak, they have to keep him away from even the possibility of him attempting that while powerless and they pull an Ichigo which just makes everyone even more unhappy.

It makes me tingly about how little everyone in bleach respects other peoples' agency and all because one too many people died/almost died/came back wrong protecting them.

[shellsan]

UraIchi Week Day Five: "I want you stay, am I not being clear enough?" is finally up! This ended up being 11k and very late because of it sooo-

Contains depowered Ichigo's human body dying in a handwavey timeline, plenty of angst, found family, and eventually some UraIchi~~

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ichigo only showing sexual interest once he's fallen in love, but being too oblivious to realise he has fallen in love ...

so he's just living his life as usual. hanging out with his friends. fighting hollows. saving the world from a terrible foe whose evilness is a direct result of soul society's structural failures... and then he catches a glimpse of urahara's pecs through his loose samue and his knees go weak?? his face goes totally red?? he's seen urahara's pecs every day for years and all of a sudden it's like all his favourite foods and every beautiful sight he's ever seen rolled into one?

also why does he feel weird when urahara kicks his ass and holds him down until he yields. what's up with that.

[rayshippouuchiha]

HI! Do you mind if I ask you and your blog to possibly find a fic for me please?

Its a uraichi fic. Fem ichigo (pretty sure), and they meet when kisuke is a captain i think. Pretty sure ichigo is also a captain. And she is a shiba. They meet at a meeting. And become friends kinda. Ichigo is good at kido and kisuke is good at inventing, so a show me yours things lol.. She invites kisuke to her coming of age thing (she was less than 100 i think) and think he was 400 something. He gives her special hair pins that are connected in case of emergency.

The viscord (?) Thing happens and she uses it but only once she has the others with her. It either sends a beacon or it teleports her back to kisuke (whoever is holding the other hairpin).

Think their squad barracks were back to back. And the 13 or the 64 tried to attack them while she was down so they put up a barrier.

I've tried to look in my previous for ao3 so either its not on that site (its either there or tumblr) or im just really bad at looking.

Please and thank you! 🥰

i swear i know this one

lovelies?

[chthontoya]

What if that would be first thought when you see the person.

Like, wouldn't it be funny to slowly find out the person mc is with is their soulmate. And it's like "really? That's really the first thing you thought about?".

Especially if the soulmate usually acts like "I have no idea what sex is or avoid it by any means."

Soulmate au

A world where once you turn a certain age the first words of your soulmate's would be engraved in your arm. Lucky ones would get nice, cool or memorable words, others were not as lucky.

Your f/o is one of them, with the words "Thirst trap" tattooed permanently on.

[neededonetofollowmyfaves]

Uraichi Fandom I need help

I'm looking for 2 Uraichi fanfics that I've forgotten to bookmark/download for some reason. I'm also pretty sure I found these fics on AO3.

Fanfic # 1 - I think it was a fic about the times Kisuke found Ichigo crying. The first scene was Ichigo crying somewhere just after his mom's death and Kisuke came across him. Ichigo had an origami that his mom made him. - Ichigo left behind the origami and Kisuke kept it safe before returning it to the location once he felt that Ichigo came back looking for it. - Ichigo found the origami again and was glad because it was still okay. He also noticed the marks made by Kisuke's geta on the ground. - Fast forward a few years, Kisuke has become so used to knowing/going to the location of Ichigo's secret crying spot that when he was feeling down he unknowingly went there to brood and was finally caught by Ichigo.

Fanfic # 2 - Post Winter War AU where Ichigo disappeared after using Mugetsu. They all thought he died but his body was actually stuck in some kind of limbo. - Somehow he was stuck a little bit as some kind of invisible ghost that was only able to watch over his family. (not sure if this was in the same fic or if this was part of another fic, but I'll add it just in case) - Ichigo somehow manages to talk and interact with Kisuke. - Kisuke thinks he's gone mad as he's seeing Kurosaki-san. Thinks that he's finally gone insane because of the guilt. - Ichigo manages to semi-convince Kisuke that he's real and he's stuck somewhere and he needs help getting out. Kisuke agrees. - Ichigo and Kisuke spend time together and grow closer as Kisuke studies how to reach that limbo dimension. - Kisuke tries getting Ichigo out but fails on the first try. He finally had enough and thought to himself that Ichigo was just a hallucination and trying to find him in a separate dimension was just hopeless desperation. Cue angst. - Kisuke did eventually try again and succeeded and finally freed Ichigo from limbo.

[cyber-phobia]

Another Fic-Dump from my ao3 history/bookmarks:

Ascendant by Gentrychild

-Abandoned, but man what's there is really good. Izuku has AFO and tries to be a hero anyway... without making it look like he has a bazillion quirks XD

Known Variables by pocketramblr

-In the world we know, OFA is a closely guarded secret. But in this one? Not so much. All Might and his quirk are very much public knowledge, and he's used to fending off people who want to inherit his quirk. So when Izuku comes along, and asks instead if he could be a hero without a quirk at all...? Things change.

In spite of a Nail by Hayato (TheLennyBunny)

-I'll be 100% honest, don't remember this one but I have the link saved in my bookmarks so I think I enjoyed it.

Go from Here by AdelimeCaffrey

-Bakugo and Izuku's parents see the bullying earlier on, and decide to intervene

Crimson Murders by Melancholic_lotus13

-Quirkless, the unwilling Champion of the Dead, and the main target for a Murderer? Great comb

Izuku is the Law By FallingBackwards

-Izuku is young, and he is small. But that hasn't stopped him from being the leader of a crime-infested city district. (This one is in multiple parts)

Unnamed by Emmy984

-Class 1-A? I think you mean the 1-A killers...

How to Murder you Father by Gentrychild

-Pretty self explanatory. Izuku wants to kill his dad.

Refraction by ekourege

-Izuku is strange. But he can see the future, so maybe give him some leeway?

Different Demons (But they're all from Hell) by GriffinRose

-Eri was saved by Izuku. She settles into her new life. Izuku understands her a little better than anyone is comfortable with. (This is a Sequel)

The Perfect Successor by Athenya

-Izuku finds a man dying in an alley, and chooses to help him - despite knowing this man is a villain. It makes his life better and worse.

Dear Santa, Please Make Stain Stop Sending Me Fanmail by Try_Two_Mothman

-Izuku recieve mail from Stain. Unexpected, unusual mail...

[Content] by Teobot

-Basically my favorite MHA fic ever, though I wish it had continued to update the later continuations. Very good, very violent, very sweet Eri.

A Hero with the Mask of a Villain by SomethingOrElse

-Izuku doesn't get OFA, and turns to the League instead.

You either die a Villain or see yourself become a Hero by Fantasy_Freak2

-Class 1-A is an infamous tradition at UA high, a villain reform program for children who are walking a dangerous path or have already crossed the line. What happens when they actually try to become heroes?

As always, I am also here to provide Bleach fics (mainly of the Grimmichi or Uraichi variety) by request in my DMs. Or if you'd prefer to raid my Google docs of unfinished / barely started MHA fic ideas for your own profit instead, yall can hit me up for that too.

links below

Ascendant by Gentrychild

Known Variables by pocketramblr

In spite of a Nail by Hayato (TheLennyBunny)

Go from Here by AdelimeCaffrey

Crimson Murders by Melancholic_lotus13

Izuku is the Law By FallingBackwards

Unnamed by Emmy984

How to Murder your Father by Gentrychild

Refraction by ekourege

Different Demons (But they're all from Hell) by GriffinRose

The Perfect Successor by Athenya

Dear Santa, Please Make Stain Stop Sending Me Fanmail by Try_Two_Mothman

[Content] by Teobot

A Hero with the Mask of a Villain by SomethingOrElse

You either die a Villain or see yourself become a Hero by Fantasy_Freak2

[asl-westwind]

Ну, сегодня у меня в голове крутятся 2 идеи.

Сегодня весь день читала УраИчи, так что первая о них.

Пустой! Ичиго. Знакомство во времена 2 отряда или даже до становления шинигами. Ичиго умен, но живет больше инстинктами. Киске в итоге доверяет ему больше Йоруичи, строит себе убежище-дом в Уэко Мундо вместе с Ичиго. В идеале, у последнего канонная тройная природа, но после смерти стал больше пустым и доволен этим, хоть и может использовать все три. Сейретей слишком... скован. В Уэко Мундо же он свободен делать, что хочет. Да и хочется наконец спокойной жизни. Вроде при жизни произошло что-то похожее на канон - много битв и не лучшее впечатление от Готея. Будет тут Айзен или нет - в итоге Киске живет в Уэко Мундо вместе с мужем.

Вторая же мысль - кроссовер Магистра с Соло.

Вэй Ин - затворник-исследователь. Появился мире Solo Leveling еще до Врат, после смерти. Из-за этого, не очень любит общество людей - потому живет один среди природы. Вроде его сна о спокойной жизни, но один. Бессмертен. Из-за темной энергии, пробуждения, слияния обоих - без разницы, перестал стареть и теперь вечно неизменный 20-летний. Крайне интересуется Вратами и маной. Всемирно известен, но скрывает свою личность. Изобретает защиту для обычных людей на случай разрыва Врат, приборы отслеживания Врат и их состояния и т.п. В общем, все еще добрый, но отдаленный. Не стремится всех спасти в одиночку, охотников хватит. В ходе исследований нашел способ создать свои собственные Врата, совместив с технологией мешочка цянькунь. Так у него появился свой дом - переносной, безопасный, изолированный. Сам домик, поле для урожая, место для лотосов, лес, озеро - большая территория с животными. Даже доступ к сети имеется. Полностью автономно. Как идеальная версия того, чего хотелось для Курганов. Это основная идея. Потом как-то знакомится с Джин-У и они начинают встречаться. Даже, если все идет по канону и время обращается вспять - ��И в своем карманном измерении этого не ощущает.

10 августа 2023

[tozettastone]

LISTEN, HERE'S HOW IT STARTS, OKAY —

(Time travel, apocalypse, uraichi, slightly sexy parasitism. This is a draft, end product subject to editing etc)

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Karakura was a floating city, bedighted with wandering dead and set to a soundtrack of their ravenous crying. In Karakura, amid the tumbling stone and broken glass, was a candy store at the end of the world.

In the old wooden shelter of the Urahara Shouten, two men discussed their worst-case-scenario last resort.

It was the hulking chamber of alien metal sitting in one corner of what had once been the store's front room. There was a thick, reinforced door and a single dial. The power source was sixteen ginto, glowing an incongruous blue among the wires in the dimness.

It was in this room, ignoring the sounds of the starving dead sobbing outside, that Ichigo set his jaw, straightened his spine and squared up with the most horrifically vulnerable admission he'd ever made aloud to Kisuke: "I don't want to go back without you."

There was a long pause, as if in acknowledgement of how much it might have cost to say such a thing aloud.

Slowly, Kisuke tilted his head. He'd lost weight again, even though they had plenty of rations, so his face was drawn and sharper around the edges, softened only by his messy, overgrown hair. It was less 'sexy tousled tresses' and more 'time to take Fido to the groomer.'

"I'm only going to get one person through this," he said, tapping his fan on the shell of the machine. "And we'll need a lot of my spiritual power to operate the device at all. You don't make things easy, do you? Still..."

Ichigo raised his head. "Still what? Can we do it?"

"We're both willing to make some sacrifices, aren't we? It depends on how badly you think you need me."

"... Do you really want to stay here?" Ichigo gestured to the wrecked reality around them. "All alone? Forever?"

"Now, now," he said, smiling ironically. "I wouldn't be alone. I'll have the zombies for company."

And nothing else. Forever. It was a death sentence. Not today, not tomorrow, probably not for months or years — but eventually, without other people, without at least Ichigo for company, despair would win.

And now, there was no kindly afterlife to welcome him. Just wandering, and ravenous hunger.

The crying outside seemed very loud.

"Kisuke."

"No." His shoulders heaved with his sigh. "No, I don't want to stay here alone, Ichigo. But to do that, we'd have to squeeze both of us — spiritually — into a... space made for one body."

"Can we? Is it possible?"

"...Yes. You have enough spiritual power to support a parasite of some significance."

Ichigo twitched. "Parasite?"

"We can lie and call it mutualism, if you insist." Kisuke gave him an ironic smile. "But I'd be relying on your spiritual power. Your body. Your eyes, your ears, your hands... You'd be carrying me. I'd have to carve out a new space to fit myself into your soul."

"Would it be like — like Zangetsu? In my inner world?" Ichigo wasn't sure he wanted Kisuke consigned to a lifeless landscape of topsy turvy office buildings and perpetual rain, either, just because he didn't want to let him go. He wasn't that selfish, was he?

...He might not have been, once upon a time.

But Kisuke was all he had. He would cling to him with both hands and all his teeth.

"Oh, no. Much more intimate than that, Ichigo. I'm not a zanpakuto spirit or a manifestation of your own power. I'm an entirely separate being. I wasn't joking when I said it would be a parasite — I'd be drawing resources from you all the time, without reprieve, and you'd get nothing back from me."

"It's not parasitic if I'm asking you to do it."

"Ah, well, let's not quibble about definitions right now."

Ichigo leaned back against one of the candy bins. It was empty now, although there was plenty of off-brand, out-of-date candy in storage. There was just no point having it in the store. There were no customers anymore.

"Do it," he decided.

Kisuke smiled again. "Okay."

"Just okay? That's it?" Ichigo wasn't an expert, but he was pretty sure committing to a long life of... mutualism... in your friend's head was not a decision to be undertaken this lightly.

"I know you too well now. There's no point asking you if you're sure, Ichigo."

"I'm sure," he agreed. "But you —"

"It's a better end than I thought I'd get," he interrupted. "And a worse one than I wanted for you. It won't be nice, having someone carve out a home in your soul. And there will be no way to reverse such a thing."

"Don't be stupid. You in my head forever? Versus me alone in the past with you stuck here?" He waved one hand to indicate the creaking, heavily-reinforced mass of the shouten, their quaint candy store at the end of the world. "That's easy."

"You wouldn't be alone in the past, Ichigo. You'd have Rukia, Orihime-chan, Sado, your entire family —"

"Have you met me at any time in the last thirty years?" Ichigo snapped. "You think I'm going to slot effortlessly back into that?"

Kisuke paused. "No," he relented finally. "I don't. I'm not sure even I..." He sighed then and gave him a helpless little smile that made Ichigo's insides warm with its open, unguarded affection. "You certainly have a way of making a selfish choice for me seem like the best decision for you."

"That's because it is." And to Ichigo, it was.

"I already know how I'll do it," Kisuke said, rubbing his hand through his shaggy hair. "It will be easy for you. Just like eating soul candy."

"You want me to eat you?"

"There are other ways to get inside you, Ichigo," he sounded amused. "And serveral of them I wouldn't mind trying. But I think none easier for either of us."

Ichigo didn't listen to the urges of his hollow that often, but this would not have been the first time he'd fantasiaed about eating a friend. Especially Kisuke. Especially now that he was the only one left. These were deep, loud instincts, ones which warned him to consume him before someone else did. To keep him. If eaten, he could become part of Ichigo forever.

"Okay," he said. There were a lot of things he wanted to say after that. Things like, 'please be careful,' and 'I don't know how to fix you if you mess this up,' and the perpetual drum beat in his head, 'if you leave me, I'll die, and I'll take everything else left in the world with me.'

He said none of them.

"Okay," he repeated, swallowing.

Days later, when Ichigo stepped into the thrumming machine, he waited for it to seal shut and then took his pill like it was actual candy. It was easy to imagine it was: it was off-white striped with red-brown, like something that might be vanilla and cherry flavoured. It smelled like honey.

Kisuke did not taste like honey, or vanilla, or cherry.

Kisuke tasted... rusty and subtly saline. The candy left Ichigo with the distinct sensation of something thicker than water, coating his mouth and trickling down his throat.

A parasite, Kisuke had said. Like a tick or a tapeworm.

Ichigo really hoped the belly of his soul was a warm, welcoming place.

And then the machine kicked in all around him with a roar.

--

Ichigo woke in his bed, in the old house next to the clinic, which he hadn't seen in decades upon decades. The pale ceiling had a plaster crack in one corner, the result of years of dodging his dad's exuberance.

There was a hefty weight in his head.

But it was quiet.

Ichigo felt a stab of alarm. His heart rate skyrocketed. He sat up, clutching the blanket. "Kisuke?"

"I'm here," murmured Kisuke's voice. "I didn't realise you'd be missing me already, Ichigo."

It sounded exactly like his real voice. It was diffuse, coming from all directions at once. Ichigo knew instantly that other people wouldn't hear it. Externalisation would need help from Ichigo's own body.

"Are you... did it work?"

"Yes. Better than I expected, actually."

Ichigo got a flood of strange impressions then: Kisuke had expected to have to carve out a space for himself in the hostile territory of Ichigo's soul, fighting against its native defences forever. But Ichigo's soul it was not defended against him. Even the old man, his quincy powers, had moved aside in unexpected, easy compliance.

"I told you I wanted you with me," Ichigo said impatiently. "I thought you knew to take me at my word." You said you did, he didn't add aloud, but of course Kisuke heard it. There were no secrets now. Not even little, harmless ones. There would likely never be secrets again.

For example, Ichigo could feel Kisuke's surprise and cautious pleasure: he'd gone in expecting to grimly rip a new hole in Ichigo and make him a battlefield; he'd arrived to find the hard work already done, the doors flung wide open for him.

(They'd shut behind him, too. Ichigo was possessive. This, at least, did not seem to come as much of a shock.)

"I knew you were willing," Kisuke corrected. "But I didn't expect you to roll out the welcome mat."

It was nothing like a welcome mat, really: he had been taken in, cocooned, enveloped. He was wrapped in the soft and weighty threads of their attachment.

If he'd wanted it any less, it would have been stifling.

Ichigo got the flickering and intimate thought that Kisuke had never once been so safe as he was now, trapped inside the soft cage of Ichigo's soul.

He had no idea how his own fierce joy at that thought came across, but he certainly felt Kisuke react to it, freezing into stillness within him.

Ichigo breathed out slowly. Some stuff he'd compromise on, but if Kisuke lived in his head he was just going to have to get used to the pleasures of power — primarily, the power that consisted in protecting the people he loved.

Ichigo was strong. He was vital. This was his single most viciously guarded privilege.

And Kisuke was the only person he had left.

"That will take some getting used to." It was a faint whisper. The night air breathed around him.

"Don't get cold feet now." Ichigo laughed roughly.

"No. It's far too late for that." Carefully, consciously, he relaxed. Ichigo relaxed with him.

They lay there in the novelty of a comfortable bed for way too long. Outside, more novelty was forthcoming: weak light, birdsong, the occasional engine. Dawn. How long, Ichigo thought, since he'd seen dawn?

I think my eventual (inevitable) UraIchi fic will be time travel parasitism.