#newbeginningau

[notasliceoflife]

Slowly the darkness began to fade away from his eyes, as if the light in them had been building itself back up, particle by particle.  Deep green eyes stare up into nothing but a darkness above however, only hints of that light showing on the surfaces of his surrounding. Closing his eyes, the once disintegrated Arrancar had not moved to get up. Maybe he couldn't.  He couldn't see the rest of his body. Maybe it hadn't even been there. He couldn't feel it there. Staying still he drifted off to sleep, it didn't take long before a flood of images had begin to fill his mind. An Orange haired woman, the one Aizen had him take and watch over from the human world. The man she had loved coming to save her, something he had not calculated waking inside. He could remember fading into dust, his vision going dark as his eyes became the nothing he had always felt himself to be. His eyes slowly began to open again, feeling his fingers now, he shift a bit, gripping at the sand under him. Dragging his fingers along the surface below him as he moved to try and stand.

Falling back down though Ulquiorra stares at the shapes moving all around him. They were scared of him. He couldn't imagine why. These creatures hadn't been anything to him. They were of no interest to him before, or now. He closed his eyes, knowing they wouldn't dare come near him and disturb him as he drifted back off the sleep, dreaming or remembering. He really could not say. Images of Aizen flashed into his mind.  The one time he had disobeyed the other, it ended up in his fighting something he could have never have seen coming. Ichigo had been a lot more dangerous than he had first given the other credit for. Then there had been Grimmjow, who had interfered with him and made the situation much worse. If not for Aizen putting him on a death mission, he would say that he had learned something from it. Though, perhaps he still had learned something, feeling in his chest, the thudding of a phantom. What was it. Inhaling, the Arrancar tilt his head back a little as he felt a flush of long forgotten warmth build in his chest before becoming cold again.

Pushing himself up, his form still weakened and healing, Ulquiorra dropped his head into his hand, his eyes opening slightly. What would he do now that he was likely thought to be definitely dead, as well, Aizen wouldn't find much use in him anymore. He was free, and on his own once again. But Ulquiorra had still had just as much of an idea of what to do with that freedom as he had before Aizen had ever found him. That being, he had no idea what to do with his freedom, what so ever. Before he had spend his days wondering the sands. But he could not go back to those times anymore. Hueco Mundo wasn't for him anymore. Nor had the life he lived before. Rising from the solid surface under his feet, sand gently blowing in the wind that had been made stronger as it flowed through the trees.  A wind that made the void between the pillars of obsidian like surfaces around him feel even more like a void. Ulquiorra stepped forward, waving a hand then. A portal opened up in front, with little hesitation he stepped through it and into the human world.

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The Aura of Campfire

     Freeing Keisuke from that project, offering the whole peace offering, insisting upon their joining of forces instead of being enemies. It was sudden, sure, on both sides honestly, but it was how things were going now and it was now time to talk more fully on the subject.

     He had given Keisuke a location, of course in coordinates, to a forest insisting to go there in two weeks time. He said there they will be alone with no one to possibly even spy on them and they could communicate freely in any form chosen.

     Plus, he added, Keisuke would see a side to Apollo he normally wouldn’t have known existed because he’d be off duty during that time on a few days break.

     And that was why the man was currently wearing his suit at a camp site with a large tent already propped up and tables situated with chairs around it. A fire was already going helping heat water for the coffee he was about to brew as well as a little snack to eat along with it.

     Sure, normally, he wouldn’t be wearing his suit while camping like this [though everything else he did during this camping trip was same as always] but he was actually a little concerned on how Keisuke would take seeing him in his outdoor’s gear. If Keisuke came, he’d change if request, but really he’d otherwise be a little to nervous to because of how terrified he is of making Keisuke say no to the idea of working side by side.

     “... Please come Jin Keisuke, I don’t... want to have to stay your enemy...”

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Keisuke/Geist [new beginning au]

> SHIPPING THEM HARD! Send me two character names and I’ll fill out the list for you

Who is the clingy one? - Keisuke hands down. That guy will just cling to Apollo’s arm at random.

Who is more likely to admit a mistake? - In most cases you’d think either Keisuke or them both equally but Apollo actually is more likely as he’s overly feeling stressed about their relationship and overly concerned he’s going to screw up or hurt him.

Would they lie to make each other happy? - Apollo does lie if he thinks it’ll help Keisuke, and the same would probably happen back if Keisuke could even lie. Apollo though learns more and more to hate lying and does end up starting to say the truth even if it hurts later on in the relationship.

Who is more experimental (in bed)? - Keisuke, technically, since he’s new to everything they try being the guy who’s newer to sex.

Who is more spontaneous? - Surprise surprise, it’s Apollo Geist. That guy has more surprises than Keisuke. Suddenly has a table full of desserts for Keisuke or has a camping trip planned or maybe even a random ask to go on the boat with him [when he hates being on the boat?]. I think it’s gotten to the point Keisuke is honestly excited to hear what random plan or action Apollo would take next and when.

What do they do to cheer up each other on a bad day? - When Apollo has a bad day Keisuke usually pushes him to go camping. Just pack spices, an umbrella, and a knife and just go head off into the woods unprepared. Either that or he’ll take him to a nice coffee shop and just have a nice conversation.

Apollo, though, will do just about anything to cheer up Keisuke. From the giant table of desserts and sleeping with him after topless, to taking him fishing, to being a playful sweetheart.

Is there something they’d like to change about each other? - Keisuke wants to change Apollo’s legal name to help him separate from his human past and help him move on from the abuse he got.

Apollo would make it so Keisuke could eat all his meals without sleeping without even eating a quarter of it. Maybe lighten his weight a bit too so they could go horse back riding together.

How do they describe one another to other people? - Keisuke’s honestly kind of shy about him and is just. “He’s hot in more ways than one. He’s not what you expect. He’s surprisingly very gentle.”

Apollo though is just that Keisuke is cute, cuddly, adorable, hot, and innocent. [Protect this poor child’s innocence.]

How are they both handling money? - Both of them are great at handling money, though Apollo does spend a good deal on coffee beans but they do get the good stuff [and a year’s supply of cheap shit to help try to teach Keisuke to make coffee himself without fucking it up]

Who is the more romantic one? - Apollo is so romantic Keisuke just melts.

Lazy days or adventure together? Who prefers what? - Apollo always thinks what people usually would consider and adventure is a lazy day, so he prefers /both/ in that sense while Keisuke kind of just loves to do anything with him because it’s relaxing, fun, and happy.

Who is the one to more likely initiate sex? - I know I’m not going to be believed for this but…

Keisuke. Literally Keisuke. And quite literally [to Apollo’s perspective] at random. “Calm your hormones you innocent child.” Keisuke pouting in the distance.

NOT TO MENTION the time Keisuke even shoved Apollo against a fridge trying to seduce him into it–

If they had a pillow fight, who would win? - Keisuke would start every pillow fight they have but Apollo would always win though it’s a win for each since it ends in nice gentle cuddles and kisses and a wonderful rest.

Who plans more cute surprises for the other? - Apollo does so many cute surprises for Keisuke as I kind of already mentioned, and Keisuke tries so hard to return them but he keeps being outdone.

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Turning Good: The Change in Apollo

After some years under Jin Keisuke's guidiance Apollo Geist would have changed quite a bit. Enough that one who knew him previously would barely be able to reconize him. At least if he changed physically as much as he does mentally. He still wears that white suit of his.

Though it was his idea and his own choice to quit being evil to stay by Jin Keisuke's side to protect him and help him out it didn't mean that the change would be easy. He found himself constantly trying to do things to get his mind off the fact he now had to completely change not just how he did things but also how he thought and spent his days. Everything was going to be new. He had many panic attacks of sorts and moments where he almost went on a sort of killing spree just to be evil again, but with Jin's help, he did his best to work through it.

Though for a time he does turn evil again, but it is short lived.

Being a hero was so hard. None of Jin's choice of actions made sense to the man. Why not blow up the building with all the grunts and the evil cyborg inside instead of trying to defeat them all one by one? Isn't that less productive and takes more time and has more of a chance of the enemy escaping? Why purposely let enemies get away just to fight them in a new location? Why do you have to damage yourself to protect the bodies of other people? Why not gain more resources to help with searches instead of having to figure things out so little on your own for the most part? None of it seemed effective or logical to his mind and he HATED this life, if it wasn't for the fact it was still a life where he was next to Jin.

It was one day when Keisuke was trying to explain things to Apollo for his mind to understand it did something finally click to help him move on to almost feeling a sense of pride [though over time it does grow into a true sense of pride in his work in being able to be a hero and do things these /harder/ ways]

Jin spoke to him and stated that he was confused to why the man didn't enjoy fighting all these enemies and always wanted to kill them easily. "I thought you'd feel more pride in destroying them with your own two hands, with your own power." .. He had no grunts anymore, it was just him and Jin and sometimes Jin had him work on his own. He was defeating these cyborgs on his own with no grunts to weaken or tire out the enemy or even distract while he fought. Instead he fought against the hoards and still won. That, that was a reason to be prideful and to enjoy it.

But that accepting of being good was only one part of what made this guy a lot different than he used to. This part being a lot bigger and that's his personality had gotten a complete change.

Since opening up with Keisuke and spending time with him, he tried to keep his old personality for a while, but that was something he quickly learned wouldn't work. His attitude caused him to make all around him distant he was trying to befriend and especially if he wanted to get close to Jin, he'd have to finally let himself open up. Maybe let himself nerd out around Jin so he can see that he wasn't just a grumpy cold guy. Though what ended up happening was he did more than just open up and nerd out. He learned to laugh with Jin, to goof off and have some fun. Though the major shifter in this was when Jin Keisuke realized that Apollo Geist's love for him was actually forced to occure by Great Leader himself. The man actually purposely made Apollo get feelings for Jin, though even now neither knows why he thought that was a good idea. After realizing this whole time he was being used as a pawn and manipulated in that way he wanted to make his crush on Jin be not taken as a bad thing. He wanted to use it as an excuse to at least try to start over. After all, he couldn't go back any longer so it was the only thing he could try to naturally follow. Cooking for Jin, going out with him for coffee, fighting along his side. Though Jin stated he kept Apollo close to him to make sure to look after him to know he isn't hurting, Apollo honeswtly thinks he's happy to have his company and him as a parter. .. Secretly Apollo thinks there's another reason for it and it makes him feel jealous, but since Jin never actually made proof that it was a real thing he keeps his jealousy quiet. The biggest inperation though to Apollo to change? Was meeting Jin's senors and talking to them over his situation and his own future. How they treated him, how they actually had hope for him, and how they even seemed to offer a hand if he needed it and a desire to become his friend actually pushed him more to continue working on changing. After all, now he actually was surounded in people who cared and wasn't just a bunch of idiots who were following orders, really badly, and wanted to keep him around.

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A New Beginning || Jin Keisuke

     It was a week with no contact. There was no sign of him. No one knew where he went. Not him. Not Tachibana. Not anyone.

     For that week he spent all of his resources trying to find any sign of the man. Trying his best to use his experience with him to search any spot he thought he might be.

     Nothing...

     His heart burned. He couldn't really be dead, could he? No. There's no way. Pacing across the base... He couldn't keep still. He couldn't take it. Any time he could he spent it searching for the man. He couldn't believe he was dead. He couldn't handle the idea of him dead.

     Then finally.. Finally after all this time he showed up again. It was right after everyone was sure it must have finally been the end of him. Seeing him show up and fight the monster who had almost killed him.. made him relieved. Wait. Why was he relieved? His biggest rival. His greatest enemy was alive why was he--. Why did he have to be his greatest enemy? Did he have to?

     Upon the dust of the beaten foe, Apollo walked up to the victor of the battle. Looking off to the side as if trying to think of what to say he then turned his attention to the man in front of him. Holding out his hand he spoke.

     " ... Let me ... Join your side... "