If You Don't Like What I Have To Say, Don't Freaking Read This

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. =)

 

 

 

 

　

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. =)

BlueDragon

gollumsfriend

BattleCry

　Can you believe I had to post this twice! Stupid site won't let me edit ANYTHING!

Hope you're not too disappointed in me. I was a total douchebag for not updating in so long but I had a bunchs of technical problems along with other things. I'll continue updating so you can continue reading! ;-) Your reviews really help to keep me going!Don't worry! Though I do get writer's blocks (hate those things) I always think about my fics (most of the time I'm in lala land thinking of plots and ways to write them down. *blush*)Thanks! Believe it or not I used to be wary of Hime-anybody fics because usually the male paired up with her would be OOC, but I gave it a shot thinking 'I can make her stronger little by little and keep Ogichi in character while doing so'. *grins* And Ichigo and Tatsuki can be a very explosive pairing (some writers kinda make it too 'comfortable' for them because of that whole 'friendship' thing, but I purposely created a rift between them to make it a bit spicier. Heheheh) And Uryuu's mystery woman will be seen close to the end of the story (unfortunately). Its a veeeeeeery minor side pairing, but I'm sure some people will like to know more about it (depends if more of my readers would like some juicy random shots in chapters of Uryuu and his secret girlfriend to build up more suspense. I'm not sure yet since I'm not used to adding other pairings into the same fic.) And Isshin reminds me of a friend of mine (I sometimes feel like decking him for being so crazy), so writing his POV is a treat and pretty easy for me. Glad you're enjoying this fic!

Finally! Justjournal seems to be in working shape again! Anyways... About where the story is going (I'm not giving too much away so don't worry)... I like putting a lot of 'mini-plots' into fics that cut out a bigger picture, so yes there will be more drama before the 'great climax'. No worries though, since I have a habit of making endings somewhat bittersweet (at least that's what I strive to do), Salvation's ending will surely satisfy everyone.

I do like angst, but I won't exagerate it. I'll try to keep it moderately realistic with Tatsuki's pregnancy and her insecurities and Ichigo's anger over Uryuu's and Yuzu's relationship. That's a 'mini-plot' that falls sort of like a puzzle-piece into the whole plot. Believe it or not, I sometimes DO get depressed when re-reading some of my fics. LOL So I'll try my hardest to not be so depressing by adding a smidge of hope for the characters.

Because how can anyone go on without any rays of hope, right?! =)

According to a chat buddy of mine the national consent age in Japan is 13. (SHOCKING!) But districts can change the age, so ages may vary between 13 to 18 years of age depending on location. In Salvation, I'm saying that Karakura's age of consent is 16, so if people find Uryuu's and Yuzu's relationship disgusting, well... It's legal, according to me who is writing this story.

On the subject of this chapter... Consensual sex with mutual attraction and AGE LAWS APPLYING is very different from some sick shitface raping a kid! Low-age consent laws only apply to natively-born citizens of said country.-- Def>: traveling American pedophiles are as fucked there as they are here.--

No child wants a disgusting slobbering old fart all over them. All child-rapists should be bleeped, publically butt-bleeped with rusty tire-irons and left to be eaten by a swarm of hungry buzzards, inbred cannibal-hillbillies & rabid beavers! (I thought adding in a bunch of mutant butt-loving hornets, angry lab monkeys and giant rapacious martians would be laying it on a little too thick)

Unfortunately laws are too sickeningly humane when it comes to such filth which is why these sick fucks still commit such crimes against children because all they get is a couple of years in jail, instead of a well-deserved castration.

　

Review Replies:

gollumsfriend- LOL. Yeah, I kinda gave off some hints on their first lemon so people wouldn't think the pregnancy came out of the blue. Tatsuki won't tell Ichigo right away. At least I don't plan her too because the pregnancy is actually a minor milestone in their relationship. And thanks, it's good to be back working on this fic!

BattleCry- Yeah. Their relationship bond is a lot closer that they imagined. A baby kinda makes it more profound for them. I LOVE this pairing! It has so much good drama potential! Ichigo and Tatsuki will have a talk eventually. Well everyone involved in the story will need to have a talk because in a way, they're all going to get personally involved in a long chain of events. I think all of the characters, not just Ichigo and Tatsuki need to grow up and learn how to put aside their differences in order to have a better comraderie/friendship. I'm sure you're going to like it! And again sorry for taking so long in updating! I feel like a douchebag for it! I WILL finish this fic. I think I speak for everyone when I say that we really need more Ichi/Tat fics in this fandom (most of all finished ones). =)

toujourseveille- Thanks a lot. I try to give stories a good pace because rushed fics make me kinda lose track of events. *blushes* Glad you're enjoying the fic!

johnny redgrave- thanks! I hope I won't go through another writer's block again, though I've been sooo busy lately.

Posted BEFORE actual upload to see if crappy justjournal.com is working right.

BattleCry: Yes he is, but what is coming up is going to force him and everyone man up really fast! =)

jb: Don't worry I will. I don't like leaving things unfinished.

PS:Can you believe some anonymous little girl flamed this fic at FF.net? Whatever. I'll survive. She made me giggle! Because after all... I'm the twisted mind behind the story while she's... I don't know what the fuck she is, nor really give a fuck. Oh well! Some people seriously need to get their facts straightened out before coming to me venting their infantile redundant bullshit. I'm still laughing here just writing about it!

And before I forget. In my Fanfiction.net profile (MirrorsO is the penname) I have set up a poll to see what I should write next. It depends on ALL of my readers, so if you see something in the choice list that you like, don't be shy and VOTE. My next long fic will be chosen depending on the choice most of my readers favor because I do aim to please all of you wonderful people! Including the ones that never review! *grins*

1. If you compare Rukia's interaction with Ichigo you'd see its not that different from her friendship with Renji. Its almost IDENTICAL. So saying that their socalled chemistry makes them cannon is the biggest load of bullshit you can tell me. I've seen anime and mangas that have main male and female characters NOT HOOKING UP EVER. So that argument is not valid either.

2. Compare the MANGA to the ANIME. Remember that TV changes a lot of things. In fact the anime is more Ichi/Ruki friendly when in fact, ALL OF THE FACTS are in the original manga that the anime came from, people! There's not that HEAVY a chemistry between them. They usually have tons of comic relief and arguments. The fluffy moments are more Ichi/Hime than anything else in the manga. So read it and shut the fuck up because I do go on sites to buy manga and do follow them.

3. "More than friends, less than lovers." That doesn't mean jackshit! If you are into reading riddles, you'd see that means "They're so close they're like brother and sister" I have siblings and I love them more than friends, but I don't fucking jump in the sack with them because that's just disgusting. I bet you can use that wording afore mentioned for Rukia's friendship with Renji as well.

4. Because Orihime is ditzy, doesn't mean Rukia doesn't have her 'duh' moments. So saying that Ichi/Ruki are cannon because Orihime is dumb makes you also pretty fucking stupid.

5. I USED to only read fics on these two and I stopped for 5 reasons: 1. The character bashing got on my nerves. I mean whenever I saw insults hurled at Orihime, instead of them making me laugh or get mad I'd just roll my eyes saying "Here's ANOTHER one of those". 2. The FLUFF. I'm allergic to it and we have to understand that most of the people that ship this pairing are girls too young to even have been fucked so seeing painfully unrealistic lemons and an ocean of typos has made me fearful of reading Ichi/Ruki. 3. TOO MANY STORIES ON THEM. The plots are generally the same, their attitudes are OCC, the love rival is always that 'fat big chested slut Orihime', and they are always having a gaggle worth of fluffy OCC moments that I hate the writer writing such trash. The few fics worth reading on this couple have been written by adults and those are really hard to come by considering all of the 11 year old twats attempting to write M-Rated stories. It's hard to seperate what's crap and what isn't so I just simply don't fucking read it anymore unless someone recs me a story that I 'might like'. 4. The immature authors and their READERS. If you go to an Ichi/Ruki story that has tons of reviews, you'll see that most of the reviews consist of 'THAT'S SO HAWT' or 'ICHI/RUKI 4-EVER!' or 'ICHI/RUKI FTW!' I don't even think most of those fucking people are really reading the stories for good plot or writing style, they only fucking read it because its Ichi/Ruki (saw a recent one that was just awfully OCC and the readers supported it. I mean, I know that there's GOOD Ichi/Rukis out there, but taking 'crap' for low quality because the summary says 'Ichi/Ruki Lemons' really lowers my respect for people that accept such shit.) 5. Some of the authors bash other authors in their stories if they wrote something 'anti-Ichi/Ruki' in their own stories. Reviewers that hunt down 'not Ichi/Ruki friendly' stories to flame them and insult the writer and his/her reviewers. Lets face it, a lot of Ichi/Ruki fans are just agressive and bitchy. Their attitudes alone has made me not support this pairing or want to write for them longterm.

What I DO Support:

Having these two paired up with OTHER PEOPLE. Seriously. Though half Ichi/Rukis are pretty good, the other half are written by immature flame-wielding harassing stalking bitches that can't stand to see people thinking differently than them (I call them Fandom Nazis. This shit is a lot worser than the Kagome/Kikyo war that has THANKFULLY died down considerably which is why I'm starting to eye the Inuyasha section. There's newer better stories unlike the 'Kinkihoe' fics a lot of 13 year olds pro Inu/Kag used to write. Fans DO grow up and so does their writing which is a GREAT thing rather than having chars OCC'ed and hateful just because you can't stand them)

Why am I saying this after clearly writing a drabble on them? Well... The problem ROSE because of that drabble. Apparently an underager (I checked her profile and she's 14) loved it and mistakenly believed I was hardcore Ichi/Ruki. When she went to my profile, ALAS, I had an excerpt from a story that wasn't Ichi/Ruki friendly. She then dared to threaten me in a PM with some childish nonsense about refusing to review because of that other story I had up. She quote "delete that mean story or I swear I won't read anything else you write' . She then tried to convince me of how 'wrong' I was and I told her 'sweetheart... I'm 28, not some other misguided teenager that can't see anything beyond her own ass. I could care less if you review. In fact, I don't want you to review after you have ORDERED me to delete my own work. I write things for EVERYBODY, not just for people that like your pairing. I might write a long Ichi/Ruki in the future, but don't expect me to be doing it because I'm CRAZY for them. I like their stories, like how the work for each other in stories, but I'm not some zombie belonging to the new 'Ichi/Ruki Religion'. So quit pretending you can convert me, an ADULT, into your closed-minded way of thinking. Thanks."

I WAS NICE ABOUT IT! SHEESH! But that shit just SET HER OFF. Then a PM war ensued and I ended up blocking her stupid ass, because youth combined with stupidity gives me an asthma attack.

I. Don't. Hate. Them... I. Only. Hate. The. People. Who. Have. Fucked. The. Fandom. Up. Because. Of. Them.

And most of these people aren't even old enough to think right anyways. I mean, if you go to Adultfanfiction.net, which is full of adults only, you'll see that Ichi/Ruki fics are EXTINCT there. The only site that seems to have them by thousands IS fanfiction.net. You have to realize that as a grown up, you just don't find the comedic relief, arguments and OCC character bashing to be fun anymore. It actually becomes quite boring after a while.