If you have problems with OCs in an Anime then turn away now D:

Yay for Division 12! I don't know how or why, but I've just become such a fan of division 12, moreso than any other division, I think, except maybe 10. 10 is pretty damn awesome.

But I love Mayuri's character, Nemu's adorable, Akon is awesome, and Urahara Kisuke is the next best thing to sliced bread. 8D

In this image we have Kurotsuchi-Taichou (the man with the purple collar), Akon (the man with the horns), Nemu (the girl), and Yaji Kuso (the man with the stitches on his neck). Yaji Kuso is my Bleach OC (BOOOO AAAAH whatever) and I've got some of his history to tell you, so sit down and grab some popcorn:

Yaji Kuso's name, first of all, comes from the word for "dirty old man", which is kuso oyaji or something like that, so I mixed them together and came up with Yaji Kuso. At least now when Mayuri talks to him he can say, "Hey, Shit, come hither!"

_{Why Mayuri has some old English vocabulary, I'll never know.}

Anyway, Kuso was forced into the Shinigami Academy by his dying parents. He's lazy as ever so his grades were horrible, but within a few years (average to below average for most students) he graduated and was placed into the 4th division because Unohana Retsu felt bad for him. So he has the lowest position.

Well, Unohana was like, "Wow, you need to go out and do something," so she sent him on a mission with some upper and lower level students for some Hollow training. Well, one hollow went berserk (not as berserk as the Episode 46 event), but the students weren't expecting it so Kuso had to use his zanpakuto (soul cutter) to get rid of it. Little did he know that his zanpakuto is a rather violent thing, so it possessed him and he went psycho and killed the students and hollows. He realized what he did after he regained consciousness and then the captains found him and took him and ANYWAY.

Before he was to be executed Unohana argued his case and he was sent into exile, but after awhile he returned to Rukongai because he was getting hungry and those of you who know what that means, well..you know what that means. 8D

So Seireitei found out and "invited" him back and Mayuri caught him, tore out his vocal chords, and Nemu fixed him up with a voice box. Now he's part of the 12th division. *pose!*

Actually, Mayuri found out about his zanpakuto and wanted to study it so when he heard Kuso was back in town he made it so that he could get him into Seireitei and go from there.

And so now Kuso is part of the cooky, odd 12th division. And he's here with the main bunch. I wanted to add in Rin and Hiyosu but I couldn't find any references for 'em. T_T

When drawing these people I referenced the Wikipedia articles and *The-Z's artwork.

Mucho thanks to ~semiblonde for helping me look for references, also!

Kuso © Melissa S.
Other characters © Kubo Tite, Bleach
Artwork © 2007 Melissa S.
Textures from Mayang