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Sorry for the delay, but I don't like abandoning fics and now I feel ready to take this on till the very end! I would like to thank all that have reviewed and favorited this in both AFF and FF.net. Your support means bunches to me! For us writers, hearing from our readers is a true gift and having people still hanging on and trying this fic out in spite of its 'hiatus status' is really heartwarming... Okay! I'll shut up before getting sappy! *blushes*
For those that wish to know of updates, I think you all should know (if you don't know already) that I have an account at fanfiction.net. That site has 'story alert', so if you happen to have an account there, feel free to put 'Salvation' on alert to receive the newest chapter uploads via email without having to check here every day. The link to my ff.net account profile is in my AFF profile (or you could look up my penname ' MirrorsO').
Thanks again! And feel free to tell me what you guys think about the Tatsuki bombshell in this newest chapter! Hehehehe...
As for the lurkers... *sigh* You're not as invisible as you think. I could name quite a number of continents and countries of 'lurkers' scavenging through my stories without uttering a word (geez, hundreds of hits per chapter in just one a week without reviews is a bit on the rude side, don't you think?). Make yourself be heard in the fanfiction community for all of us frustrated 'freebie' writers! I've sadly seen a bunch of good fics come to a stop because writers think that they aren't being read, so yeah. Can't let that happen... I'm going to start a reviewing wave because let me just say... I like reviewing as much as I like writing and I don't want my fave fics to be put on hiatus like a particular Ulqui/Hime one that hasn't been updated in nearly a year! :-(
And as for the questions from JoshB This fic is actually a sequel, though I tried to fill in the blanks for it in this fic so people wouldn't have to go back to the prequel 'Reflection'.
WARNINGS! SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE PLANNING ON READING 'REFLECTION'!: In 'Reflection', Ogichi used to posses Ichigo's physical body completely in order to be with Orihime. This created a lot of conflict, because even though Orihime could see Ichigo's Hollow clearly when he was under control, everyone else just saw Ichigo with strange behavioral patterns. And the reason why Ichigo now acts like everyone is the enemy is because of the revelations in the prequel. He learned that he wasn't as strong and as protective as he thought himself to be and that some 'well-meaning' mistakes created resentment in others.
He began desiring Orihime, but it was too late because she had fallen out of love with him and was falling in love/obsession with his inner Hollow that had seen Orihime's unrequited crush for Ichigo from the begining even though Ichigo was too blind to see it for himself. This created a love triangle that ended up dragging Rukia and even Tatsuki into the mix. Rukia was angry at Ichigo thinking he was cheating on her and resentful towards Orihime thinking she supposedly had sex with Ichigo (when it really was his Hollow) to get back at her. Tatsuki on the other hand was trying to come to a peaceful solution that wouldn't hurt any of her friends and only ended up supporting Orihime's blooming relationship with Ogichi and pushing Ichigo who was steadily growing moodier and angrier at the odd couple into a corner to stew over his mistakes.
That explains why this fic 'Salvation' shows how everything deeply affected him and everyone in their group and how he slowly reaches his goal at being whole again in coming to grips with it all (not just Ogichi and Orihime's relationship, but everything in general). The last chapter of 'Reflection' was what actually set the mood for the sequel 'Salvation', so people that don't feel like reading a 'hime-pairing' but want to know why Ichigo was so depressed in the begining of the story could go the last chapter of 'Reflection' to at least get a 'feel' of it. =)
　
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