Rock Bottom Verse
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It doesn’t take long for word of an unknown Shiba to reach the ears of Seireitei. Rumours float on the wind, spreading faster than pollen, and soon there’s not a person left that isn’t talking about it. The gossip only erupts louder when Shiba-fukutaichou takes a week off to hunt the man down, determined to bring home his long-lost family member and take him in. If it were any other family, perhaps the poor man would have been left to rot in the higher districts where Kisuke heard he was last, but he this man is allegedly a Shiba, and the Shiba clan would not leave one of their own to rot.
Written for UraIchi Week 2023 Day One: Time Travel
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- Part 1 of UraIchi Week 2023
- Part 1 of Rock Bottom Verse
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Ichigo Shiba is an enigma that for all intents and purposes, doesn't seem to have existed prior to being found beaten and bloody by Kaien. That this same Shiba has attached himself to Kisuke is baffling, concerning, and emotion-inducing. How annoying.
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- Part 2 of Rock Bottom Verse
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'Cause the Writing was on the Wall (I can Feel you Fade Away) by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
08 Jul 2023
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There’s nothing that Kisuke could ever do to repent for what he’s done. Ichigo doesn’t blame him, and maybe that’s what makes it harder. Because Ichigo doesn’t know about their soul bond. Soulmates are a shinigami thing. To humans, the red string of fate is a fun story plot point or the focus of romantic dreams. It’s not a part of reality.
For shinigami, soulmates are a part of life. Not everyone gets one, but when you face off against another shinigami with a zanpakutou, there’s a specific feeling of resonance from the clash that just screams this is my other half. And for Kisuke, the first time he faced Ichigo, the boys incomplete zanpakutou in hand, and they clashed, he’d felt it ring true in his soul.
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- Part 3 of Rock Bottom Verse
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Ichigo fights the urge to roll his eyes. Why does everyone insist on getting him involved with these guys? “I’m not a Shiba. And I’ve never been through the shinigami school, so there’s no chance of me being a shinigami either. Sorry to have wasted your time,” he says, completely unapologetic. He doesn’t say ‘so fuck off and leave me alone’ but he’s positive his look-alike gets the message given the narrowed eyes.
It’s silent for a moment before his look-alike shrugs and grins. “Right, well, be that as it may, there’s no way we aren’t related,” he says. “The name's Kaien.”
**This will not make perfect sense if you haven't read 'Cause the Writing was on the Wall' and is not intended to be read as a standalone.
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- Part 4 of Rock Bottom Verse
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“You should have told him,” Zangetsu hisses.
Ossan tilts his head in acknowledgement. Because this time, the hollow is right. He’s always been the one to make the calls on what Ichigo should and shouldn’t know, and this time was the same. Zanpakutou have an intrinsic understanding of the bonds that form between their wielder and another wielder. They could have told him at any point. But Ossan had convinced the hollow that their wielder’s soul bonded wasn’t to be trusted.
In his defence, he wasn’t entirely wrong.
*Interlude for the 'discussion' between Zangetsu and Ossan. Set during "I Wish I Read the Signs Better."
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- Part 5 of Rock Bottom Verse
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First I was Floating Through the Atmosphere by SeaFaerie (Shellsan)
Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
05 Apr 2026
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Meeting the rest of the Shiba’s starts with yelling, an explosion, and even more yelling. All told, Ichigo isn’t sure what he expected.
*Cannot be read as a standalone. Follows directly from I Wish I Read the Signs Better
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- Part 6 of Rock Bottom Verse