Locked away in the lowest cell of the Maggot's Nest for one hundred years, a young woman is granted asylum, and allowed to return to the Soul Society. The only problem is, she can't remember anything about it, her past, or herself. Strive is the recounted story of the unstable, unreliable and entirely unpredictable Abaron Kakaku, who once lived as one of the most formidable members of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads before her unjust imprisonment, now on a journey to discover her old self in the swirling chaos of her home. © Bleach • Tite Kubo © Strive • nicevibe This is the revised edition of the original 'Strive', which was discontinued. Please note that much of the plot has changed, and that the beginning of the story is set in the late 1700's. --- 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 → #1, 𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘦 (7.13.21) → #1, 𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯 (7.13.21) → #1, 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘪13 (7.13.21)

She always did have an incredible sense of timing. For instance, out of all the times she could have picked to visit Japan, it just had to be when a psychotic ex-shinigami with a god complex was trying to turn a certain town into the next spiritual Chernobyl. Now, in a race against the clock, it'll take more than just a little 'serendipity' to overcome this crisis... or will it?

A collection of oneshots. I don't own the characters.