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There are... definitely parts of this that are a little rough. Unfortunately, I am totally out of time. xD Oh well. At least I got it in~

Written for the fic contest over at senkaimon. This round was Byakuya/Renji.

Title: Sand
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,143
Warnings: blood, injuries, mention of character death, Byakuya being screwed up
Characters: Byakuya, Renji, Shunsui, Yamamoto, mentions of pretty much everyone else
Pairing: Byakuya/Renji, maybe a small bit of Shunsui/Ukitake surprise!
A/N: aksjd;asdfjk I'm really not sure where this came from. This is totally different from everyone else's, but I think we all know my brain is weird by now, right? xD; This is definitely my most depressing piece so far... I'll be interested to see what people make of it. I can't decide whether I like it or not.

( The sand cares for nothing. )

They left me alone in the house. XD So I come bearing fic! The spoilers of this week's chapter inspired me to finally get around to finishing it up. This is my fabled hat!fic. *laughs* That in the end doesn't have much to do with Shunsui's hat at all. Oh well.

Title: The Beginning
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,011        FINALLY I PASS ONE THOUSAND! *GLEE*
Characters: Ukitake, Shunsui, Yamamoto, Aizen
Pairing: slight mention of Ukitake/Shunsui
Author's Note 1: Thanks oodles to marionetteblue3, who did beta work on this. Thank you so muuuuch! <33  I did go back and add some paragraphs in later, so there still might be mistakes... So if you see some, it's all my fault! 
A/N 2: This contains spoilers for and direct references to chapters 329, 335, and 355. You might not understand some of the important points and references in the fic unless you have read and remember the dialogue in those chapters.
A/N 3: This fic contains massive rambling speculation on character history and future events. The majority of the main ones were inspired at some point during discussion with VraieEsprit, so even though I know she doesn’t read fic, I just want her to know that THIS IS ALL HER FAULT.  <3

( Ukitake Jyuushirou was afraid. )