A retelling of FFVII in a "What If" story where it is Cloud that dies on that rocky hill en route to Midgar and Zack that survives. Tifa x Zack. For note: Rating has been changed to M

With the help of two con-artists, a young orphan afflicted with amnesia embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

26: Ichigo waits. — ichiruki, drabble collection.

Ichigo figures out it's all about reciprocity, and in the end she still knows him best of all. — ichiruki, at the end.

The clack of her wooden geta across the floor echoes in his ears, and he knows he's home. — fifty sentences of the death and strawberry [Happy IchiRuki Week on Tumblr!]

After all, the more things change, the more they stay the same. — shinkane drabbles

The hue of her ribbon is the prettiest shade he's ever seen, so bids her to wear the colour always; even long after he's gone, she dons her pink dress like rose dust–coated armour, for he is protecting her still. — four years, twenty-three wishes, eight-nine letters, a thousand gunmen, and [fifty sentences for two heroes]

Yato struggles with immortality and inevitability.

He calls her 'Inspector' when they meet again (she does not forget that it was 'Akane' when they parted). — fifty sentences of shinkane

"Don't you miss her?" He thinks about it. "There's no reason to." Ichigo said, and in that instant he began to wonder just when lies came to feel welcome and familiar on his tongue.

There's a kid in the bathroom stall. He's curled on the floor, asleep or passed out with his forehead pressed against the toilet's base. In which Yukine is a runaway, Yato's homeless, Hiyori works at the local shelter, and it's the winter of the deepest freeze Tokyo's seen in thirty years.

Iki Hiyori stares at the five-yen coin in her palm, and wonders.

Cloud's mako injection bestowed him with heightened senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. Perfect for battle, not so much for home. [CloTi]

Or: "Sixty-four moments in the life of Kurosaki Ichigo". A series of drabbles/one shots based on a list of 64 themes. UPDATE- Ch. 40: Way to the Future

Thirty-two drabbles focusing on the developement of the relationship between Ichigo and Rukia. Extremely Ichiruki. Scene-centric. You have been warned.

"We can be more than just friends, Rukia. Just say the word..." One has a reputation for trouble. The other has a reputation for contentment. When they are brought together their world becomes filled with love, lust, betrayal and everything inbetween. (See Profile for Note)

Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional. — Arnold, Helga, and losing innocence

Ichigo/Rukia one-shot. It's Halloween and Rukia has no idea what's going on. Ichigo intends to keep it that way.

As far as fairytales went, theirs was her favorite. Syaoran and Sakura's relationship from their first meeting on a kindergarten playground to their first kiss. One-shot.

And her world shattered over and over again.

An ichiruki collection of manga based drabbles. Ch. 2. "The first thing he saw was her, dressed in white."

Ichigo didn't want Byakuya as a brother-in-law, and to burden Rukia with a new idiotic father-in-law, but what could he do when he had already proposed? Proposal was just half the battle, and Byakuya was the other half, literally. Carnival Proposal Pt. 2

Most couples use the most romantic days of the year to whisper sweet nothings into each other's ears. Ichigo and Rukia aren't the type to whisper. Luckily, they're also not the type to waste their breath on empty words. What do they say then?

ONE-SHOT. Rukia learns that realizing you're in love is a lot like grieving, but maybe that's just because she's dead. IchiRuki.

Because not all reunions are easy. Ichigo and Rukia have a conversation, and broken edges are smoothed down again.

Seventeen months is a long time, and they have both changed. — ichiruki, oneshot.

PART 1: Ichigo learns a new word. He doesn't like it.PART 2: Rukia ponders on the meaning of certain words. Farewell Swords and Deathberry returns 2 tribute

When Ichigo confesses to preferring short black hair, big eyes, petite and modest-sized chests, Renji is horrified that his friend has fallen for Ulquiorra, Keigo concludes he likes Mizuiro, and Ishida wonders why Ichigo would consider him petite.

Now a series of Ichiruki oneshots.

He doesn't know who to hate more; her, for letting herself feel so strongly for Ichigo, or himself, for hating her for it. Renji/Rukia.

The one thing he missed more than his Shinigami powers, he realizes, was her. Oneshot, inspired by Ch.459, IchiRuki

Here she was spoiling his last moments of peace on earth with her zeal for all things shinigami related. He can't honestly say that he minds. The Gotei 13 has sent their best recruiter. One-shot, gift for BA's IR FC.

He has every right to be annoyed with her. -Post Deicide-

There are 10 contradictions that form the gravity Ichigo must defy to reach her. [IchiRuki]

In a normal school day, there are 6 subtle actions of Ichigo that leave Rukia with these unfathomable human feelings.

Gin/Rangiku - Her fingers are sticky with sap as he kisses them.

-Robin x Starfire- He makes her shy in such a way as she has never been before.

One boy and one shinigami never meet. The lives of Uryuu, Orihime, Renji, Byakuya, and most of all, Ichigo and Rukia. IchiRuki. One-shot.

Ichigo speaks into an empty room. He wishes that she is listening, but he can never know. -Chapter 423 Spoilers-

It is never a good thing to be caught going through somebody else's desk. Especially if you are caught by your captain, the desk belongs to his little sister, and it is three o' clock in the morning.

She moved through silent streets and past stopped cars, wanting to cringe every time she saw another person. Keigo/Tatsuki. She was fight and he was flight.

She was so old when they first met. Renji/Rukia, Ichigo/Rukia. In some ways, they could both have her; in others, neither could. Full title: "tell me, beloved rarity; tell me, rare love; where are you now?"

She puzzles and puzzles for days, trying to remember a single instance in which Ichigo acted for himself and no one else.

Rikku grows up in the loudest way possible.

Her childhood was in serious danger.

IchiRuki, platonic Kaien x Rukia. "It is a long while after until she feels safe enough to wonder: What happens when you take your heart into your hand and squeeze with all your might?" Rukia questions what a heart is.

A teeny-bopper romance that’s been a decade in the making. And all he had to do was flip his hair. — RikuKairi

This is one of those things that never, ever happens. — TifaZack

Even in death and beyond, the two of them will always fail to see eye-to-eye on every concept but one: the meaning of a precious nakama. IchiRuki

But neither of them are ever gonna give. — PeterWendy

Rukia still finds time to visit Ichigo while he's away at college. She also still finds new ways to turn his life upside down. He wouldn't have it any other way.

KH2. Pretty little baby girl doll princess, he'd said, don't you ever want to live a little and get out of your head? Bright acid green boy stranger, she'd said, how do you know I'm not already dead? — Axel/Kairi.

Twenty unspoken facts about Rukia and Renji [Slight RenRuki].

IchiRuki, OneShot: Rukia wonders how it ever came to this for her and Ichigo. The barriers between them were far too big to over come: in love with a man she can never have, because he's of the living, and she's of the dead.

[For Ana] They float away on dreams while staying steadfast on the ground. [SoraKairi]

Who is Renji to refuse the bride on her wedding day? IchigoRukia. Renji POV. Angst.

REVISED After her 13th birthday, Wendy begins letting go of her thoughts of Peter. She doesn't know that he has in fact returned - somehow growing up when he pledged not to - and that the two will fatefully meet again.

AU. Inu.Kag. Kagome unwittingly falls into a deadly game as the victim of a conspiracy. The players are ruthless, and Kagome is way out of her depth, especially when the stakes are life and death. (R for violence, language, trolls, suggestive themes)

Rukia is broken, Ichigo is lost. Not all happy endings are so simple. [Post SS AU, spoilers up to chapter 178]

[Complete] InuKag. Au. The most wanted prize bachelor is up for grabs... but the one who gets him is the only one who doesn’t want to keep him...