The Yearning of the Sword
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It was later, when Ichigo had mostly settled at the Soul Society (with occasional visits to Karakura Town to see his family) and attempting to court a seemingly oblivious Rukia, that he became uncomfortably aware that the Shinigami uniform essentially included a thong.
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- Part 1 of The Yearning of the Sword
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They’d never had a problem talking, but communication was frequently an issue.
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- Part 2 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Lay me on an anvil, O God,
Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.
Let me pry loose old walls.
Let me lift and loosen old foundations. -- Carl Sandburg, Prayers of SteelSeries
- Part 3 of The Yearning of the Sword
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For obvious reasons, Ichigo had reached his twenties with little to no experience with girls and women.
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- Part 4 of The Yearning of the Sword
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This is my home of love: if I have rang’d,
Like him that travels, I return again. -- Shakespeare, Sonnet 109, 1.5Ichigo has exams, term ends, and he goes to Karakura to visit his family.
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- Part 5 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Ichigo is overlong in Karakura, and Rukia is overlong away from Ichigo.
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- Part 6 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Ichigo gets to second base, but Rukia gets to third. Conversations and revelations.
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- Part 7 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Ichigo and Rukia finally get some uninterrupted time alone.
Sexytiemz at last!
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- Part 8 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Ichigo turns 22 and gets some rather surprising gifts.
There's smut in this section.
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- Part 9 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Ichigo has a conversation with Orihime.
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- Part 10 of The Yearning of the Sword
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On Rukia’s birthday, the snow started falling in feathery flakes sometime around noon, after lowering clouds had foreshadowed the approaching weather by obscuring all sunlight. It was just cold enough to make the snow powdery after it fell on the already-existing base layer, but not so cold that a walk in the storm would be unpleasant.
That’s what Ichigo hoped, anyway.
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- Part 11 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Planning a Kuchiki wedding was like organizing a targeted military strike, and not just because Byakuya was in charge of it.
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- Part 12 of The Yearning of the Sword
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Rukia is in labor. Ichigo is introspective.
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- Part 13 of The Yearning of the Sword
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In which Renji is introduced to Rukia and Ichigo's kids, and his new role in the family dynamic.
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- Part 14 of The Yearning of the Sword