Thank you very much for reading. Because this story follows the Bleach storyline (pulling liberally from both the manga and the anime and, at times, the musicals!) it does get a bit long and unwieldy. Therefore I am splitting it into parts.

So, this is:

THE END OF PART ONE!

But don't fear, you can move straight on to part 2. It is called "The Unending Battle" and I have just uploaded it to my profile.

On another note, I would like to thank the community for all your support. I probably would never have got back into writing were it not for you. And I apologise for my recent absence from the site. But I have now written an original novel, which should be available to buy from October 2013.

You can find it on Facebook at .com(slash)thethiefofredmountain

Called "The Thief of Red Mountain," it's all about samurai and Japan and so on, with romance and swords and beautiful landscapes and chases on horseback!

You can also tweet me rukia9chiki . I'm friendly.