A Spirited Picnic Ch 2 up on AO3

Second chapter of A Spirited Picnic is up on Archive of Our Own.

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – Mindreading

Tatsuki winced. “Damn it, we didn’t know what to do. So we tried to follow your lead. You know, not talk about spirit stuff. Which kind of ended up not talking about anything….”

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit -Reunion

We’re friends who fight together. But if we’re going to pick up Kurumadani’s slack – if we’re going to help him stay alive – we need to be a team.

…Oh, that was going to be so much fun, after the past few months.

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – Different POV

“So… want to tell me what you two were plotting with Kirsi, or are there things teenage brothers were not meant to know?”

“We traded numbers,” Yuzu smiled at him.

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – Considering Mistakes

Hei’s gaze slid away from his. “I’m not the kind of big brother Yin needs.”

“What, because you made mistakes?” Ichigo scowled harder. “You think I wouldn’t have made the same ones?”

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – Appropriate Responses

Karin was smacking a fist into her palm, eyes narrowed as she muttered half-formed thoughts on how to get an idiot shinigami to pay attention. Hei had to admit, the one with the ghost talismans and monofilament wire sounded appropriately vicious.

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – This Means War

Yuzu started turning pink, but kept it all behind her teeth until the spirit pair had sprinted down the riverbank. “Ooo, that was so rude, if I could get Jinta to take a broom to him-!”

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – Return of the Hair

Wait a minute. “If Hollows can knock spirits out, wouldn’t they be able to put them back in?” Yuzu said hesitantly. “And if Contractors are like Arrancar, and Arrancar are really strong Hollows – maybe that’s how Bai did it. Maybe you’re just fine.”

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A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – Limited Options

“We didn’t have the same powers,” Li said quietly. “While my sister was a Contractor, I was human. And then….” His gaze flicked to Ichigo. “Rukia asked. My sister – didn’t.”

A Spirited Picnic Ch2 Ficbit – Maglev

Yuzu pressed up against Kirsi to get a closer look, delighted. So much of what her brother and his friends could do was just a blur, if she could see it at all. This? Water shifted and shimmered and glorped together into larger wobbly spheres, and it was magic.