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)

After spends almost a hundred years searching for someone, Aizen Sousuke finally found the person he was looking for. Toudo Ran, a 16 year old girl who was born as a normal human, or at least that is what she knew about herself, had caught an attention by Aizen himself. After learning his true character, what were exactly the motives of taking her? Will there be love bloom between them?

Azusa Nightray was once a normal girl who lived with older twin sister. The two were great students and well behaved kids, but this also left them oblivious to what the dangers where around them. While her sister was at a study group Azusa was at him doing homework, there was a sudden knock that the apartment door. Thinking that maybe her sister had forgotten her key, once again, Azusa answers it to find herself face to face with a man that had been stalking her and her sister. The man assaults Azusa and then slits her throat, leaving her for her sister to find. Her soul was then earthbound, unable to rest while her sister was still in dander. But being a spirit she can only do so much and in the end her sister meets the same fate as she did. With her heart filled with rage Azusa's Siul Chain completely disintegrates, turning her into a Hollow and she takes her first and only human life as a Hollow. With no Soul Reaper to cleans her soul Azusa wonders the sandy terrain of Hueco Mundo in solitude until she comes across Las Noches. Sneaking in she finds herself being forced into Sōsuke Aizen's Hollow Army. She's now Ulquiorra Cifer's only fraccion. Being one of the only man she gets along with in Las Noches, Azusa becomes more then honored to be sent to Karakura town to rid of those who stand in Lord Aizen's way. With her zanpakuto's special ability, Azusa can appear to look like a normal human. During her assignment she attends Karakura High School and ends up being infatuate by a certain orange haired substitute Soul Reaper, Ichigo Kurosaki. But when Ulquiorra finds out and gives her an immediate order to get rid of him, how is Azusa suppose to kill someone she has fallen for? Ichigo Kurosaki x OC Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or the characters. ~✦ 2ND PLACE ✦ 2014 BleachWattyAwards_ Ichigo Kurosaki Category~

Before Renji met Rukia he met another girl named Hide Tachibana who also lived in Hanging Dog. Saving her from starving to death Renji realizes that she has a great amount of Spiritual Energy so she joined Renji's group. Because Hide has such high respect for Renji she never called him by his first name but instead called him Abarai-sama. On the day Renji met Rukia, Hide left the group to go on her own quest to find herself and to become strong enough to protect those who are important to her. So when she decides to become a Soul Reaper and graduates from the Soul Reaper Academy she's placed into squad five under the watchful eye of Soskue Aizen. She lived out many years under Aizen, but when he tells her that she being transferred to squad six this leads to reuniting with an old friend and possibly maybe something more. Renji Abarai x OC Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or the characters. ~✦ 2ND PLACE ✦ 2014 BleachWattyAwards_ Renji Abarai Category~