NatsukiSensei2010's Journal

*yawn* Actually, I just woke up from a well-deserved nap. ^-^; I was so tired, it was bad... REALLY bad. I started to fall asleep in English (which is like 8th hour), so it must be my English teacher's voice because I always just want to fall asleep in that class. By the end of 9th hour, I was so tired that I started laughing for no reason until I cried. So I went home and took a three hour nap...

Haha, enough about that. I wanted to update BTtS, but I just haven't had the patience to. I've been busy reading. A LOT. I've been reading a bunch of shojo manga, so I got distracted. I've been reading Kodocha, Eureka Seven (although that's not totally shojo), Eureka Seven: Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl, watched the entire Eureka Seven Series again (for like the 10th time. I'm obsessed ^-^;), watched Eureka Seven the movie, read Mizu no Yakata, and I wanted to start reading Marmalade Boy again. Hehe... I think so much manga isn't very good for my sanity. I'm probably going to lose my mind soon. After catching up on the latest Bleach chapter, I started having these weird dreams. I keep dreaming about different manga I've been reading as well as BTtS.

When I say I dreamed about BTtS, I mean it was very detailed and long... I dreamed that Sayuri was kidnapped and held prisoner by Aizen, and he tortured and experimented on her. He kept injecting these drugs into her... I think that's a product of seeing Eureka Seven in the part where Dominic goes to choose a replacement for Anemone, and the girls that were injected with drugs died. Sayuri didn't die though. I just happened to wake up when she started screaming for like the 10th time. Heh, obsessed much? I keep waking up at 6 in the morning too. Like right after my dreams get weird.

As for updates, I'm working on it. I started BTtS 32, but it just wasn't coming out the way I wanted it to. I wanted another HitsuxSayu fluff moment, but that's just not happening right now. So instead I gave Kenny & Yachiru a little scene. I'm getting up to the big part in the story, which actually doesn't have much to do with Sayuri. I'm talking about Sinia's big moment where she ends Aizen's whole reign over Hueco Mundo. It should end a couple chapters after that. I have a feeling it'll be like ch 40 something. But I've already started on the sequel, so fear not! haha I'll be updating soon after it finishes.

My other fics aren't going as well as I'd like them to. WTBW is starting to be just a big headache, and I don't think I'll be continuing it. =( I really liked the idea of this story, but I think the plot as a whole is a completely cliche'd and Mary Sueish. A Cruel Angel's Thesis is still going to continue, but I think that it won't be updated until I know where I'm going with the story. I can't really put it into words as to what I want to do with it. I have a vague idea of what I'm going to do with the plot, but finding names for the different races is tough right now. It'll get there eventually...

UPDATES

*BTtS 32 is a work in progress

*WTBW might be discontinued...

*ACAT 4 will be written eventually

*I'm working on a Sue Parody with Karasa123 right now for Aizen & Gin . It should be just a miniseries.

I finished all my oneshot requests finally!!! Yay for me! XD Not only have I finally finished my Ukitake oneshot, but I also finished BTtS 29, 30, and wrote 31! ^-^ I've been in kind of a oneshot mood, so I wrote a BTtS oneshot for the fun of it. It actually just took me a couple hours to put it together, and I had it up by this afternoon. I'm so proud of myself. ^-^
I don't know when the next BTtS update will be, but hopefully it will be soon. Now that I've passed certain fights, I'm able to write things a little quicker. I think the story should be finishing up somewhere between chapters 40-50. Even greater, I completed the first chapter of the sequel! XD It's very subject to change, though. I'm not quite sure how the first series is going to end yet, so depending on how it ends, the sequel may change a bit.
As for WTBW and ACAT, I have no idea where to start the next chapters. I've just been working on future chapters of WTBW because I can't seem to start chapter 3. =( As for A Cruel Angel's Thesis (ACAT), I don't know what to do after Tori's dream. I'll figure it out eventually, but in the meantime BTtS takes priority...
I might do another oneshot soon. I wanted to do an UraharaxYoruichi one or some other canon pairing, but I don't know yet... I'll think about it some. I just really want to do a canon pairing fic sometime.
UPDATES
*BTtS chapters 29, 30, and 31 have been posted!
*I finished my Ukitake oneshot
*A new BTtS oneshot, "Hate That I'm Falling For You," has been posted. Make sure to check it out! =D
*Next WTBW and ACAT updates unknown

So I think it's been about a year since I posted my oneshot request thing. Which also means my Ukitake oneshot is one year late! TT-TT I'M SORRYYYYYY!!!!! This one should be as long as possible. With a banner!

So NMSL has been reposted as "A Cruel Angel's Thesis." I got the first three chapters up, and that's it so far.
WTBW- nothing else yet...
Here's where Breaking Through the Storm is at.
I just finished writing Ichigo's part on ch 29, and I started on uryu and Renji's. I finished up the Grimm/Ichi fight on chapter 30 already (I was watching it, so I thought I might as well finish writing it). Then I started a new part for Sayuri in ch 30. =D The part I've been waiting for!!!! I've just got to finish up Uryu and Renji's fight and gather up my ideas. I have a rough idea of how this story is going to end now. It should be coming to an end soon. Within 10-20 chapters.

UPDATES
*BTtS 29 & 30 are each half done.

*WTBW 3 not started.

*Cruel Angel's Thesis 4 not started.

Remember that Ichigo fic of mine? I finally got over my writer's block! XD I figured out a way to make it more interesting (hopefully) and how I'm directing that curse. =D So here's the plan

[[[SPOILER: READ AT YOUR OWN RISK]]]:

It's going to be a mix of Bleach, Gurren Lagann, Toward the Terra, The Dark is Rising (a book series by Susan Cooper), and Jak and Daxter. lol Strange mix, I know. It's not going to be like a major crossover or anything like that because those really suck. All the characters, aside from the antagonists and OCs, are going to be from the Bleach fandom. I decided to base the plot on a mix of ideas from the remaining media. I'll use the idea of the Spiral vs. the Anti-spiral from Gurren Lagann, Dark Jak and Light Jak from Jak III (the trilogy to Jak and Daxter), a little of the powers of the Mu from Toward the Terra, and the adventures of the Dark vs. the Light from The Dark is Rising.
So it's like the people who were cursed under the Tokugawa and Toyotomi clans were split into two groups, very similar to the Spiral and Anti-spiral or the Dark and the Light. Tori is like a descendant from both of the clans (or just one. I haven't decided). I'm thinking of making her the descendant from the Tokugawa clan, and making them the equivalent to the Light. Then the Toyotomi descendants are like the Dark.
This is where the Dark Jak and Light Jak comes in. In the game (I forget which), he gets powers from getting mixed up with the Dark Eco, hence the name "Dark Jak." The powers used from the Dark Eco are used primarily for offensive moves. Light Jak comes from his use of Light Eco (at least I think it's light eco), and he uses it for defense and healing. So I was thinking that the Tokugawa descendants would have the powers similar to Light Jak, destined to protect something (most likely Soul Society). And the Toyotomi descendants would have the powers of Dark Jak, and would be more prone to destroy SS. So you see how The Dark is rising ties in here? I'll explain once more:
Toyotomi vs. Tokugawa = the Dark vs. the Light = Dark Jak vs. Light Jak
Tori = descendant of one or more of the clans

lol Confusing, right? In time it will probably make more sense. But since I tried to delete my other account (like three freaking times!), I'm moving the two chapters of NMSL that I have there to this account. But I'm going to rename it before then.... Until then, enjoy With These Broken Wings! It's a very dark fic and probly not my best work, but I still enjoy writing it. =)

UPDATES

*I started on chapter 3 of NMSL (again). I guess I'm not going to rewrite it afterall...

*Next update for WTBW is unknown

*Ch 29 of BTtS is started, but I'm stuck on like this one line. Heh... Sorry. ^-^;

I guess things are getting better since my last journal. I'm recovering from my best friend's passing, and with band starting back up, I actually have a life! lol Updates are getting there... I started on ch 2 of With these Broken Wings We Fall (WTBW for short). As for BTtS 29... I started on it got stuck on this one line. =( So I started working on the first chapter of the sequel while I still had what I wanted to happen in my head, and I worked on some future stuff for WTBW. But due to personal reasons, I haven't been able to make myself sit down and write my actual updates. Of course I'm still not over my best friend... It's not easy to write in a half depressed mood, ya know. My other friends cheer me up a lot, but I can't help but think of Lib. I went shopping with one of my friends today, and I couldn't help but remember all the things me and Libby did together. There is a catch.
I bought a dress. Make that 2 dresses...
I know, shocking right? I absolutely HATE to wear dresses, but we went with her mom and they made me try them on! They convinced me I would look good in them at the homecoming and sweetheart dance so I bought them both. One is even strapless! O_O I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but they don't look too bad on me. I even bought a kind of girly shirt... I came home and showed my mom. You know what she said? "Are you ready to be a girl now?"
Harsh, Mom. Really harsh. I'm not exactly a tomboy! I just don't feel comfortable dressing up... Just because I don't wear revealing shirts, doesn't mean I'm a tomboy, does it? I like those name brand store baby t-shirts. (Aeropostale, Hollister, etc.) She's going to have to deal with it one way or another cuz I'm not wearing all that she buys me! XP

Wednesday August 12, 2009, a very dear friend of mine, you could say she was one of my best friends, passed away. From what I know, it was around 5-5:30 PM. Maybe 6 PM.
I was sitting in my room working on chapter 29 of Breaking Through the Storm when my mom came up the stairs, walking like like she was going to fall, might I add. I looked at the expression on her face, and wondered what had happened. Her face was crimson from the tears that streaked down it.
"Morgan, Libby's gone!" she said. (yes, my real name is Morgan. I have mentioned that in past journals. Kai is a pen name.) "She's gone, sweetheart!" She hugged me and sobbed on my shoulder. All I could do was look at my ceiling in shock. None of what she had said registered though my head. Then, without warning, I started crying uncontrollably. I started hyperventilating (sp?), and my mom kept saying to me was "Sweetheart, if you're going to hyperventilate, you have to breathe!"
"I- I- *hic* can-*hic*t!" I couldn't even talk right. I couldn't breathe right or talk for the next 20-30 maybe 40 minutes. My mom gave me a glass of water and some of her medicine to help calm me down. It took another 15 minutes or so to get me breathing regularly again. I was still crying uncontrollably for the next half hour-hour.
All I could think was "I just saw her yesterday. She was so happy... She was looking forward to going to the Skillet concert with me! She was talking about me tutoring her! Why?! Why did she go?! It's all my fault... I didn't pray for her enough. I didn't ask God to protect her enough." That was all I could think. But I'm thankful to God now. That she's not in pain anymore and she's up in heaven with her daddy that she never new. =,)
What was wrong in the first place was tumors were surrounding her heart, the nerve that tells her when she's hungry or not, and her lungs, making them collapse so she couldn't breathe right. She went into surgery today (or yesterday, now), and when they were working on her heart, it was too weak. They tried to get the tumor off or out of (idk which) it, and it just quit working. Her aorta disintigrated. She was too weak...
After I had calmed down and stopped most of my crying, I went to see her dad and mom. Her dad was a mess. He had been so close to her, and he said that before she went into surgery all she could talk about was me! I feel so horrible! To have such a close friend die is a tragedy. I don't know how much longer I can stand this. I'm not going to any of my music lessons tomorrow. And I tried to call my dad tonight to talk to him. I just wanted my daddy! But he never answered or called back! TT_TT I feel so miserable. Even after I came back, I couldn't stop crying. I went to bed at 9 and had a good dream about band, but then it turned bad. I woke up at 10 and decided I needed to do something. Then I started crying again. Right now tears are still streaking uncontrollably down my face. If my parents weren't in the room next to me, I would be bawling. I can't believe she's gone. I just gave her a good luck hug yesterday... I never *hic* thought *hic* it would be *hic* the last one.

I'm having trouble breathing now. I wish I could calm down, but it's so hard. Writing will be a big problem, but I've been conversing with my beta from FFN to take my mind off her so much. I got a new idea for an AU fight, but I won't say anything about what I want to do. I've decided that from now on, I will try my very best for each and every chapter of my stories for her sake. I'll try hard in school and in music just for her. *sniff*

So I start school August 18th. It's my Senior year! TT-TT I don't wanna graduate! I have no idea what my schedule is. They had the schedules up on Power School for awhile, but they're not up right now. I just know I got dual credit English, possibly Bio II, US History II for sure (it's required), Stats & some other Senior math class, Band, PE (YUCK!), maybe online French II, if not French, Journalism or another alternative, and that one econ class... What's it called? I forgot. Every Senior has to take it for a semester if they didn't pass that one test they could have taken. Then I get some other semester class. Probably econ or something like that. We'll see. I just hope I get French II! I need two years of a foreign language for some colleges... but some of those are really good ones and kind of expensive. I think I've almost chosen my college, and I don't think they're that picky. I have to visit them this fall.

Chapter 28 is getting there. I'm working on it as I type this. I'm hoping to finish Renji and Uryu's fight in the next oh, let's say 3-4 chapters. Hopefully 3. ^-^; That will take up the majority of the chapter. And, once again, I have no idea what to do with Sayuri and Toshiro! I have, however, thought of how I want to show her true strength. And I've figured out what I'm going to do with most of the Ichigo/Ulquiorra fight. I hope to finish this story by the end of next summer, but I don't know if that will happen... With my slow updating and all. =\ But it is my Senior year, and I don't think I'll have as much work as my Junior year. Except for my Freshman Comp class (dual credit English IV).

I start marching band next Tuesday! =) I'm so glad! I just hope I don't screw up in front of the Freshman... ^-^; I want to set a good example. And I could've sworn my director told me that I'm the winds leader this year... I'm a bit iffy if she did. I'm not a very good leader. =\ But I could be of some help to the incoming flute. At least I think there's one coming up. But I'm really ecstatic about getting a new flute! The ones that my flute teacher gave me to test out are great, but I'm torn between them. The Armstrong has a better lower register, and I'm more comfortable with the Gemeinhardt's upper register. I should ask her to let me try some more. But I'm so taken to the Gemeinhardt! Then again, the Armstrong has such a strong lower register... It's hard. I'm more excited about concert band, but I'm not so excited about an open holed flute right now. It will be hard to adjust for awhile. My mom wants me to get rid of my old one, and my flute teacher is going to make me take out the plugs on the open holed one by one. It'll be hard.

The Ukitake oneshot will get there... But I've decided not to change NMSL to an original story. It'll just be a really really AU story. Tori needs to be rewritten, too. I won't be working on this story for a really long time. And if anything, I don't even know that I'll be even writing a sequel, more or less a trilogy, for BTtS. =( I was so set on getting closer to finishing this part by the end of this summer, that I hadn't thought that I might not get even close to it. If I get even close to finishing by the end of this year, I might start a shorter sequel by next year. It probably won't be as I planned.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
*Chapter 28, almost half done

*NMSL is staying an IchigoxOC story

*Ukitake oneshot- not started. sorry... =(

*NMSL is going to be on hiatus- Tori needs to be rewritten

*BTtS sequel may not happen

I finally finished my Kodocha download... that took about 3 days. pft! it was originally a 22 GB download for 102 episodes and I narrowed it down to like 4 or 5 GB. 3 days isn't too bad... but it could have been better. -_- stupid thing was going around 6 or 7 kb/sec a lot of the time. I was like: OMFG, are you serious?! my normal download speed is like 40 kb/sec sometimes 30 or maybe 50. It was only like 10 eps. they're not even high quality and they're huge files for each one. Bleach averages at 170 MB, but these were like 225 at about the same length of time. same format, AVI. I would think that Bleach would be more. there's tons more action (Kodocha's scenes are slower), and the soundtrack stands out more. but no... i gotta download the rest of the 3rd and 4th seasons for my dad to watch. =P then I gotta get caught up on Bleach. I saw up to 225, but I haven't been to Dattebayo since. oh well, I'm caught up on the manga.
UPDATES
BTtS- I'm twisting the plot. haha no, really I am. almost half the story is AU, so I thought- why not? it makes things more interesting for me. =) I gotta wait for the ok on using a friend's OC though.
NMSL- I think I'm putting this on rewrite. but as an original story, not a fanfic. the plot can stand alone without the Bleach universe. I'm still working on figuring out a curse, but no luck with that.
Natsume fic- haven't got past the names yet. lol
L oneshot- complete! Ukitake oneshot- it's... coming along? ^-^;

I finished chapter 26 on time after all... I stayed up late last night working on it until I finished it and proofread it this morning. It was rushed though, so it's probably not the best of the previous chapters. There's no Toshiro and Sayuri this time. I didn't know what to do with them. So I transitioned Orihime's part into a flashback and into Ichigo's part. I think that turned out ok. =) But Renji's part started again, and it kind of annoyed me... I don't think that's a good thing. If it feels like it's taking forever to write and you don't even want to proofread it because you don't like it that much, there's something wrong. I like it in the anime, just not when it's written. You can't get a visual look at things in my writing, which is mostly my fault... I have more dialogue than I do description a lot. I feel like I don't tell the story w/o it enough. I try to break this habit, but with the way things lay out, it doesn't seem possible not to. It just feels like a long awkward pause between characters when I write a long descriptive paragraph or tell most of the story in between. It probably doesn't seem that way to you because it takes me longer to write it than it does for the reader to read it.
But I guess all I needed to do was watch Bleach. I've had trouble finding the fights, and I didn't know where Renji came in. But I found it. Hopefully I can start my oneshots now... -_-;
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*BTtS 26 is posted (idk when the next update will be...)
*oneshots... I won't even bother saying it.









I thought about making her my OC for my Natsume fic...

So I know I said I'd try to get another chapter or two in by the 19th for the first anniversary of Breaking Through the Storm... But I have a problem. I decided I want to add Ichigo's fight with Grimmjow (cuz you know everyone just loves Grimmjow =]), but I can't remember the order of what things happen! >.< I'm going to have to watch a bunch of Bleach today... But I'm already behind. I've only watched up to 225, but I've read the latest manga so I think I'm good. I still can't think of how to open Renji's fight with Syazel. I'll have to find that... And I'm trying to think of how I can change Uryu's entrance in that. I want to show a little more of Orihime, too. I was thinking awhile ago that it can go something like this [DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE POSSIBLE SPOILERS]:
So while Orihime's still not eating (this is before Ulquiorra comes to check on her again), I thought about having her reminisce (sp?) on her past with Sayuri and Ichigo a little bit. I know I haven't said much about Sayuri's past. A reviewer on fanfic.net pointed that out to me recently. I kind of wanted to show Sayu as a happy child before her mother's death, and after her mom dies she turns into a sarcastic temperamental girl. I kinda wanted her to have a good relationship with her dad for awhile, too... I don't know. [END]
Then I'm not sure what I want to do with Sayuri and Toshiro. I thought about having them walk past and having them hide again as they see Orihime being dragged out by Grimmjow (after Ulquiorra attacks him). And like Sayuri tries to call out to her, but Toshiro stops her. But that would be a very small part... Originally I planned to have them meet up with Isane before Toshiro's fight with Halibel so they could be properly healed, but there's quite a bit of time in between before the other captains come in. It will probably be late. I can hardly make myself write anymore.
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Oneshots: I've got to the lime part of the L oneshot and I just stopped. I can't do it! I can't write limes! I'm sorry... It's going to have to be a regular/fluff oneshot. I still have writer's block with the Ukitake one.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/UPDATES:
*L oneshot is going to be fluff instead
*BTtS ch 26 will most likely be late
Planned updates/what's happening:
L oneshot- in progress
Ukitake oneshot- not started
BTtS 26- not started due to writer's block
NMSL 3- still have writer's block
Natsume fic- still stuck on names... ^-^;

I'm back from vacation! I didn't do much really... My back hurts like hell though. -_- I went kayaking and the pad in the back that was really uncomfortable. Other than that, I just watched a bunch of anime. I think I've gone on anime overload. But I have a few recommendations now. I watched Zegapain, Jing King of Bandits, Gunslinger Girl, Mushi-shi (it was ok...), Darker than Black, and before I left I saw Gakuen Alice. G.A. totally replaced Bleach! I think the manga is better though...
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I've got more updates! =D Here's the status of my stories so far:
BTtS 25- posted
BTtS birthday oneshot- complete and posted (a day early for once lol)
L oneshot- in progress...
NMSL 3- started
NatsumexOC fic- still working on names
Ukitake oneshot- not started due to a case of writer's block and more fics than I can handle. I might have to put my Natsume fic on hold for a bit.
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So I'm gonna try and update BTtS a little more for the next few days at the least. The first year anniversary is coming up on the 19th, which was the day when I first published Sayuri's first character bio. I'm going to have to work late at night though because I'll be practicing my music most of the day for IMEA auditions (which the pieces are like super hard. plus I have to play tons of altered scales that probably have almost every flat possible and some with sharps). I have clarinet lessons on top of my flute lessons too... I gotta say, I absolutely hate sharps! Haha... flutes are more of a flat instrument you know. Then marching band starts August 13th. I think we get new uniforms this year... I hope so anyways. I hate the ones we have now. XP
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Anyways, I hope I'll update faster, but I'm at Renji's fight now and I don't quite know how I want to open it. I've decided how I want to show that the other captains are there, and I'm pretty sure I know how I can show more of Sayuri and Toshiro's part in it, although it's fairly minor for awhile. But I'll have to wait til more of the manga comes out. I thought Toshiro had defeated Halibel, but then there was that twist... And I can't just send one of the Vizard to Hueco Mundo. I'll figure it out soon enough. =\
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*I'm back from vacation!
*The 1 yr anniversary of BTtS is on the 19th so I'm gonna try and get more chapters out.
*Sayuri's bday oneshot and ch 25 are out

So updates are as slow as ever... I promise I've started on BTtS 25, but I'm half way through Sayuri and Toshiro's part and I got stuck on this one line. I'm working on finishing Chad's fight up and starting Renji and Uryu's vs. Syazel Aporro. But I'm still not sure on how I'll go about it. I wanna be able to make it as short as possible while still bringing Kurotsuchi in just to show that the captains are there. I don't think we'll be seeing much of Ichigo's fights. But right now I have Toshiro and Sayuri aimlessly wandering around the halls of Los Noches. They're probably going to have at least one more fight before things get really bad.
I haven't worked on NMSL for awhile. I started a new chapter, but I couldn't think of how I wanted to say things and the order I wanted to do things. So I moved on... I know I should be working on Sayuri's birthday oneshot, but I just haven't. Idk why. I got to a certain point in it and I just stopped. Maybe I'll work on it next week. It'll probably be a bit late. ^-^; As for my other oneshots, I'm surprised I've even worked on them at all! The L oneshot must be around a page long on word. They'll probably be just drabbles because I can't find enough words to make them over 2 pages long. All of this distraction is because of a new idea I had for another story.
I was up late one night thinking about Gakuen Alice (I've been reading the manga and watching the anime), and I was thinking: "What if I had an OC dangerous ability classed?" So I thought of a NatsumexOC fic. Idk if I'm going to make it just a friendship or romance genre, but Natsume will appear a lot. I can't decide on her Alice either. The poor girl is still nameless, but she has a personality! I thought almost the whole story up. What she looks like, how she acts, what's she's like with authority. I think I'll have to put a bunch of different genres on it though. Like romance, friendship, hurt/comfort, and there might be character death. Yes, the one time I've contemplated character death it was on my fav manga where I didn't like death. Hopefully I'll figure things out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
-NatsumexOC fic thought about
-NMSL 3 worked on
-BTtS 25 worked on
-oneshots are getting there....
***I'M GOING ON VACATION STARTING SUNDAY 7/5 UNTIL 7/12 OR 7/13. Idk when I'll be online again, but I won't get much time online and I don't think I'll be updating.

My penguin!!! lol I love this little guy XD

Updates for this week:
-Chapter 2 of NMSL posted on other account (PM me if you don't know my other account)
-Chapter 24 of BTtS posted last week. In the process of retrieving ideas from the back of my head for this one.
-L oneshot? unfinished.
-Ukitake oneshot? not started.
-BTtS oneshot? hasn't been touched for 2 1/2 weeks.
~So updating on BTtS may be a bit harder than I thought. after I got to a certain point, I'd written all that I previously thought of for Sayuri. I'm starting to run out of ideas on where to put her during her little intermission. Until then, NMSL is starting to kick off. I figured out the plot and the antagonist(s). I may work on it a bit more often than the others. The week of 7/4, I'll be leaving for my dad's. I know I don't update much now, but even then I won't be online much. Plus I'm starting flute lessons this week on top of my clarinet lessons. A little less time to update, but it doesn't take me all that long to write a chapter. I can do it. =) Now for some fun! I got this off someone's profile. If you're going to copy this thing, copy what's below and not this part of the post.
xXxXx
Check the bands you've HEARD OF.
Not just the ones you like. Be honest!

ALTERNATIVE:
[] Weezer
[] Paramore
[x] Panic! At The Disco
[] October Fall
[x] The Academy Is...
[x] Coheed And Cambria
[] Bayside
[x] Yellowcard
[x] Sugarcult
[] The Dresden Dolls
TOTAL SO FAR= 5
COUNTRY:
[x] Rascal Flatts
[x] Carrie Underwood
[x] Leanne Rhymes
[x] Garth Brooks
[x] Dixie Chicks
[x] Kenny Chesney
[x] Tim McGraw
[x] Faith Hill
[x] Shania Twain
[x] Johnny Cash
TOTAL SO FAR= 15
EMO:
[] Hawthorne Heights
[] Halifax
[] Forgive Durden
[] Amber Pacific
[x] The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
[] From First to Last
[x] Senses Fail
[] Underoath
[] Something Corporate
[] Hit the lights
[] Dear Whoever
TOTAL SO FAR= 17
INDIE:
[] The Hush Sound
[] Eisley
[x] Death Cab for Cutie
[] Dashboard Confessional
[x] The Killers
[] Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[] Hot Hot Heat
[x] Gym Class Heroes
[x] Franz Ferdinand
[] Modest Mouse
TOTAL SO FAR= 21
METAL:
[x] Slipknot
[x] System of a Down
[x] Disturbed
[X] Metallica
[X] Guns n' Roses
[] Lamb of God
[] Slayer
[] Hatebreed
[x] Killswitch Engage
TOTAL SO FAR = 27
POP:
[x] Teddy Geiger
[x] Ashlee Simpson
[X] Kelly Clarkson
[X] Jesse McCartney (JOJO!!!!)
[X] Avril Lavigne
[x] Pink
[x] The Veronicas
[x] Daniel Powter
[x] James Blunt
[x] Natasha Bedingfield
[] Ryan Cabrera
TOTAL SO FAR= 37
POWERPOP/POP PUNK/PUNK:
[] Hellogoodbye
[] Cute is What We Aim for
[] Cartel
[] The Click Five
[X] Fall Out boy
[] Lucky Boys Confusion
[x] Good Charlotte
[x] Bowling for Soup
[x] Relient K
[] Less Than Jake
[x] Simple Plan
TOTAL SO FAR= 42
RAP:
[x] Ying Yang Twins
[x] T.I.
[] Paul Wall
[x] Tupac
[x] Jamie Foxx
[x] Ludacris
[x] Lil' Jon
[x] Outkast
[x] 50 Cent
[X] Kanye West
[] Notorious B.I.G
[] Young Jeezy
TOTAL SO FAR= 51
SKA:
[] Reel Big Fish
[] The Specials
[] Mad Caddies
[] The Aquabats
[] Sublime
[x] No Doubt
[] Madness
[] Operation Ivy
[x] Bob Marley
TOTAL SO FAR= 53
ROCK:
[x] Taking Back Sunday
[X] All American Rejects
[x] Motion City Soundtrack
[x] Avenged Sevenfold
[] Angels and Airwaves
[X] Evanescence
[X] My Chemical Romance
[] Brand New
[X] Green Day
[x] Blink 182
TOTAL SO FAR= 61
CLASSIC ROCK:
[X] The Beatles
[X] Led Zeppelin
[X] The Rolling Stones
[x] The Who (YAAAAY WHOVILLE!!!!!!! JOJO!!!)
[X] Pink Floyd
[x] The Doors
[x] Jimmy Hendrix
[x] Queen
[x] Van Halen
[x] Bob Dylan
[]Simon & Garfunkel
TOTAL SO FAR= 71
Now multiply by two and put "I Am _% Obsessed With Music."

Exactly one month from today is Sayuri and Ichigo's birthday! =D I've got a birthday oneshot started (unlike the one I said I'd write for Toshiro's birthday ^-^;), but it may be awhile before it's ready. I'm not sure of how I'm going to get to the main point. It's been rewritten almost 5 times now. haha At least I'm doing something. =) I'll post it a few days early, and if all goes well I'll turn it in for a oneshot contest. Funny enough, the deadline is on their birthday.
As for my L oneshot, I'm getting there. -_- Just be glad I haven't forgot about it... I've got maybe 1/2 page to a page written on word (10 pt font). I know what I want to write, I just can't find the words! Just think of how much harder Ukitake will be. =( So until then I work on my ongoing series.
Breaking Through the Storm is getting there. I really hope to get near the end of the Hueco Mundo arc (or at least half way through) by the end of the summer. At the rate I'm updating now, it probably won't happen... -_-; I really really need to sit down and just write. Twice a week at least. NMSL (short acronym for No More Summer Love, I'm Sick of Feeling Empty in Autumn. [Ichigo K]) has it's second chapter half way written. I had it written before, but I decided to change some things.
Anyways, most stress is off of my mind. I retook the ACT last Saturday, and I just got an application for a scholarship in the mail that I'll be working on. The best part: no formal essay! Just a personal statement. =) Just a few announcements today...

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*BTtS 24 not started yet. I hope to start it sometime today and finish this week...

*NMSL ch 2 over 1/2 done.

* Something weird is going on with the font editor... I made it different colors etc, but I swear it changed it back... =\

Oneshot statuses:
L oneshot: unfinished-in progress
BTtS bday oneshot: unfinished-in progress
Ukitake oneshot: not started

***Sort of important: I go on vacation to my dads after July 4th for a week or two. Until then, I'll update as much as my patience allows me to write. After then, I won't have much internet access.

Sorry for such slow updates. I've really been working on BTtS, but it seems that ever since my chapters have been getting longer my updates are about a month apart. I finished up Rukia's fight, and I'm working on Chad's. There's so many things I want to write this summer, I don't know if I'll get them all done. That IchixOC is still on hold, and the other night I got ideas for it. They're very vague, but still something to go off of. I also want to go with the idea that I have now. I've got like 2 chs started, but I won't be able to post or get a title until I write a few more. I think once I get that one started I'm going to go off the idea that I've already started and work on another story. So many ideas, so little time! I don't want these side projects to be long lived cuz BTtS is long enough as it is. I really want to keep updating it as much as I can, but I've got so much more I want to write!
Then there's the matter of my oneshots... I know, I know. I'm way overdue with these. Nearly 8 months. But the other night I also got a bit of inspiration on my L oneshot, which WILL be a V-Day oneshot! I PROMISE! I promised myself no matter what I would make it a V-Day oneshot, even if it came out in May. Hell I think meijichoco's 28 Days of Fluff is just now being finished so I'm not the only one. XD I still don't know what I'm going to do for my Ukitake oneshot. I've seriously been thinking of making it a songfic. Ukitake is just too hard to write for, you know? I had an idea, and it just doesn't fit really. I was dreaming about the L oneshot so I really want to finish it. BTtS has just had me really motivated lately, I haven't had any time to work on anything else. I'm still excited about Sayuri's upcoming parts and some of her fights.
School's finally out, yet I still have to go back. -_- Defeats the purpose of summer vacation, doesn't it? I have to go back and work on yearbook. I know, I know. It's almost finished though.
I don't know how much I'll be writing really. I've planned on having a pool party and being with my friends a bit more this summer. I mean it's the summer before my Senior year. I want to have a little fun before I go back to my last year. There's so much I want to do! I want to finish watching my stack of anime DVDs, reread the Dark is Rising, read the stack of manga I have yet to read (which shouldn't take long), and I STILL need to finish Breaking Dawn. ^-^; Sorry, but I just can't finish it for the life of me. I've kind of grown out of Twilight. I used to be crazy about it, but now I'm like "Uhh... yeah. What's the big deal about it? Edward isn't really all that great, yaknow." I suppose all the media has gotten to me and I'm just sick of it. Hopefully after I finish up the yearbook I'll have more time to do these things. I'll make a list to accomplish my goals!

So I almost have all my school stuff done. I just have to finish up my finals tomorrow and I'm set for the summer. Until ACTs again... But I'm feeling pretty relieved because all that pressure about going to the college I wanted to is almost gone. My guidance counselor nominated me for a 12,000$ scholarship at a school nearby which is better for me 'cause it's in state and it would cost less and still have a good education while being near home. It's just an hour away from where I live, and it has a great music program from what I hear.
The Six Flags trip was great! It was supposed to be a band/chorus trip, but it turned out that the band stuck with the band and chorus stuck together. You could say it was a day just for the band really. Chorus just got to go so we could get the group discount. It was awesome though! I rode more rollercoasters than I've ever ridden! I rode the Boss twice, the Screaming Eagle, Evel Knievel, and Batman. I also rode the train and the model T cars, but they don't count as rides 'cause they were just to calm me down from getting sick. That dancing old guy kept popping up everywhere too! Hahaa! My friend Sara kept freaking out because when they played that music he showed up and chased her. It was hilarious! We got a picture of him. I also got a batman cape XD It was so funny because there were like 4 of us running around with capes on, 3 with batman. lol Picture three 17 year olds and one 15 year old running around in capes. HAHA! It was great! Then I got this squishy toy. Have you ever seen one of those rubbery squishy balls filled with air that have the little rubbery spikelike things on them? The ones that when you squeeze them one end blows up? That's the one. It's so addicting! XD The whole way home I was playing with it, bouncing it around like a little kid. Then this kid, Jacob sitting next to me stroked it. lol He also bought a penguin for his little brother, and all around the park he was carrying it and petting it. He was like "Care to stroke my penguin? It's so soft!" Good times, good times... =)

This is literally what is going through my head. My thoughts:

Oh, I really need to get that French final finished! >.< With the Six Flags trip tomorrow and awards night Monday, I'll only have the rest of today, tomorrow night, Sunday, and Monday at school to finish it! I should've got these things done sooner... And I need to get something to wear for marshals. I can't wear that Easter dress at the graduation. I have to go shopping soon. Maybe Sunday, but I have to work on that French final! Ahhh... Then there's the ACTs in June. I should start studying them. God my scores for the last one were way too low. A 20. A FLIPPING 20!!! I'm such an idiot. The majority of my class got higher than me. =( I just feel like everyone's laughing at me. They do that all the time anyway and I'm quite tired of it. The pressure is too much anymore.
And trig finals. Well technically it's analytic geometry, but math is math. And either one I fail. I can't remember hardly any of what Lewman gave us on the study guide! >.< I should see Mrs. Reavely. It's so late. I should've seen her earlier. Ugh. I'm such an idiot. I can't believe I even made it into the top 4. I'm probably 4th with a GPA like mine. I mean how can I be third with a 3.75?! That'd be ridiculous. There's no way I'd be valedictorian or salutatorian either. I hate in math when I try so hard and I fail, and over on the other side is the predicted salutatorian copying off of the valedictorian and getting an A in the class. I have a B-. A FLIPPING B! I'm lucky it even raised up to the score it did. I had a C ... It's ridiculous. TT-TT I wish she would fail for cheating. My head hurts...
I'll hate it when the Seniors are gone! =( With the Seniors in band gone we won't be able to do the concert pieces we are now. It's so depressing. I just want the school year to end and the Seniors come back and graduate with us next year. hehe... At least the band concert will be good. ^-^;

End of my thoughts.

So I feel like crap. Ever since last Friday my allergies have been killing me and I can barely hear out of my left ear. It hurts like hell too! TT-TT Damn allergy season... I have started on BTtS 22. I finally thought of Kira's resurreccion. It just came to me when I was talking to someone. But I still need to write the other's battles and refine what I've written so far. The following chapters of BTtS are going to be incredibly long probably near the 3000 word mark or so. That was about chapter 8's length. Speaking of earlier chapters...
I'm editing. Again. I'm sorry, this is like the 5th time or so that I've done this, but every 2-3 months when I look back at my stories I find something wrong and just go back and fix it. Every time I find more and more. I won't delete them all or anything. I'll just replace what I have with what I've edited. I changed Luppi's fight a little and the 2nd or 3rd chapter is a little different when you see Sayuri fight her first hollow. I also changed the author's notes. Instead of [K: blah blah], I put [1] or [2] etc. I just thought it let the story flow better. Plus I took my comments out of it. It just interrupted the story too much... As you go on you begin to notice these things and find ways to improve your work (hopefully). ACTs are over, but I have a French final due the 18th and finals that same week... Another time of hiatus. My Ichigo story also isn't going well. I can't decide on the new title and I also can't decide on the timeline. I keep changing my mind. So I decided to put it off and work on BTtS again thinking I might be able to come up with something after a break. I just hope I feel better soon so I can focus a little more.

So I've finally finished and published the first chapter of my Ichigo story, which of course is on my other account. By the way, in case you're having trouble getting to it (even I was at first without logging into it), here's the link:

http://www.quizilla.com/user/xXKairixSenpaiXx/profile/.

Sorry I haven't been updating much this week. As I said before, I wasn't even supposed to update the last chapter of BTtS. I had ACTs/PSAE testing Wednesday and Thursday so I'd had enough writing/proofreading for two days. [also sorry for the few people I'm beta-ing for. as said before, the reading part of the testing gave me enough to proofread for two days.] But I've started a bit of BTtS 22. I still can't figure out Kira's resurreccion abilities... that's all that's holding me back. Until then I'm working on Summer Love (aka the Ichigo story). Quite frankly I think the title is really weird right now. It IS subject to change. Hopefully I don't get much busier. School's nearly over, but finals are also coming up soon... That will be the 1-2 week period where I take a short hiatus.

Hello all! I'd just like to say, I have a new account. The username is xXKairixSenpaiXx. I've decided I'm going to put my new stories (that includes my IchigoxOC and newer oneshots) on there. Mark my words, I WILL keep Breaking Through the Storm on here! It will NOT move! The Bleach convos will stay here too. So this means my old account is still active. Just wanted y'all to know where I'm going so you can read my Ichigo story.

So I'm working on ch 21 of BTtS and I just got a bunch of ideas that got me really excited about writing future chapters. =) You have no idea how much fun I'm having with this! XD All the messages I'm getting are really motivating too. ^-^ Thanks again! Sayuri would really hate me though. Hehehehehe...