Hi everyone;)

Okay, this story resolves after the "Quincy Arc" [ in my fantasy, all of the dead shinigamis were revived by the soulking + all evil Sternritter have been defeaded, and Ishida is back being a good guy;)]. Ichigo awakened his Hollow stage during his Final Fight with Juha Bach, but he had trouble controlling( as always) it and because of that everyone is awaiting the decision of the Spirit King and Central 46 regarding this matter.

I own nothing. Bleach and its characters belong to Tite Kubo.

In the Sereitei:

The final Battle was won.

With this, peace was able to return to the shredded remains of the Sereitei. But at the same time the merciless and brutal damage brought upon the Court of Souls became visible. It is still unknown, how many soldiers and commonors lost their lives, yet one could already hear the cries and suffering from many families and friends left behind.

Luckily most Captains were able to fill in their own position and reinforcement from the kidou corps and the royal army were sent to provide aid.

Rukia and Renji tried their best to help as well although they just recentely left the fourth Barracks after being treated by Hanatarou.

They were looking for perhaps survivors or at least corpses that had not already disappeared and turned into parts of the Spirit of Soul Society. Both Vice-Captains did their best ,but you could see that something was bothering them...Kurosaki Ichigo.

It was just like in Hueco Mundo, during the fight against Ulquiorra. Ichigo turned completely into a Hollow and started attacking everything around him, even allies. If it were not for the sake of Ichibei Hyōsube who was able to stop him, he would have destroyed more of the Sereitei than all Sternritter had together. Now Central 46 regarded him as a potential danger. Right now, a meeting of Central 46 was being held together with the Royal Guard, as representatives of the Spiritking, in order to come to a conclusion on how to handle the exeptional shinigami/quincy/hollow boy. But (even) Renji, as well as Rukia were familiar with the rules of the Soul Society. They knew how much Central 46 hated taking risks. They knew how much they hated everything that was foreign to them. And they knew how much they hated halfbreeds. A child born from the love of a shinigami and a quincy. Adding to that a pure quincy and a noble blood shinigami (isshin was at that time). You could definetely say it was one of the biggest scandels revealed in the history of the Soul Society.

Yet that was not the worst part. The worst part was still the fact that Ichigo had a hollow being in himself and Rukia knew that the Judges would not let this pass, because for some reason it was strange. During her short rehabilitation time in the fourth Barracks, she talked with Captain Hirako, a Vizard, about this matter and what he said scared her the most of all. All Vizards, hollofied by Aizen, were not able to turn into a hollow like Ichigo did. So as a consequence this means that Ichigo is not only more special but also more dangerouse than anyone. And no one knew how to surpress this demon. Plus with Soul Society being more careful than ever, after the attack from the Vandenreich, there would be no telling how far they would go to eliminate the danger coming from Ichigo.

This being said, the decision made was no surprise, but the extent of it...had been unpredictable.

8 hours later

When the two Vice-Captains returned to the Vice-Captain HQ,tired from running around all day, they could already hear loud voices coming out of the small room. Above all, one could hear Rangiku Matsumoto, Vice-Captain of the 10th Division, yelling at Sasakibe Choujirou, Vice-Captain of the 1st Divison.

"You can not seriously believe this, Vice-Captain Sasakibe! It is wrong in every sense and you know it! We cannot allow Central 46 to decide something like this! We have to do something. After all-...". " Vice-Captain Matsumoto! Watch your mouth"

Finally Renji reached the door and pulled it open and suddenly the room became silent. In there, all Vice-Captains of the Gotei 13 looked at him and Rukia with shocked eyes, yet averted their gaze towards the ground when realising who it was.

"Renji,Rukia..." Izuru Kira,Vice-Captain of the 3rd Squad, started, but could not finish.

Neither Renji nor Rukia needed to ask, what was going on, because the subject of this discussion had haunted them in their minds all day long...Kurosaki Ichigo.

After a while, which felt like eternity, Rukia brought up the courage to speak."So...what is Central 46 final sentence on him?"

Please do not let it be death. Please do not let it be death. Please do not let it be , Please, Please!

As if Ise Nanao, Vice-Captain of the 8th Squad, had read her mind she answered in her usual calm voice:" It will not be death Vice-Captain Kuchiki, but...".

"...they are going to take away his power." ended Hisagi Shuhei, Vice-captain of the 9th Squad, her sentence. " Every bit of it.", Iba-san, Vice-Captain of the 7th Squad hissed, while hitting the wall with his bare fist.

Of all the things the governemt could have done to him, this was without any doubt the cruelest of all. Rukia knew how much Ichigo seeked to become stronger in order to protect his friends and family. He worked harder than anyone else for it, he suffered the most when his powers were gone, he needs his power and yet Soul Society intends to seal them away forever. After all he had done for them?!

"No, there must be away to prevent this from happening!", Renji yelled looking hectically in everyone`s eyes."Come on, it is Ichigo we are talking about. He is the on who-" ."There is more Abarai." whispered Hinamori Momo,Vice-Captain of the 5th Squad. You could see Renji becoming pale. Even more than this? What more? Cut of his legs and arms?!

"Central 46 plans to extinguish all disturbances in the real world." Marechiyo Omeada, Vice-Captain of the 2nd Squad, informed them.

"And what does that mean? Disturbances?", Rukia looked at him questionley.

" With this Central 46 wants to erease all of the spiritual pressure as well as all of the memories related to the shinigami world of Tatsuki Arisawa, Keigo Asano, Mizuhiro and Don Kanonji" said Kotetsu Isane, Vice-Captain ot the 4th Squad.

" Furthermore Ichigos family will be brought to Soul Soceity together with all members of the Urahara Shoten and there they will face judgement once again. Concerning Orihime Inoue, Yastora Sado and the Quincy Uryu Ishida, Central 46 looks at their power with interest and wants them to stay in the Soul Society."

" All Mod souls will be taken in by our Captain and eventually be used or destroyed depending on his mood." Mayuri Nemu explained.

"That it impossible..." Rukia stutterted. "So basically they want to remove all traces of Ichigos existence and leave him behind?!"

"STOP JOKING AROUND!" Renji yelled and gripped Sasakibe Choujiro's collar, knowing that of all Vice-Captains, he held the highest position as second in command to the Captain Commander.

Sasakibe could understand Renji's rage. Together with everyone else in this room, he felt the same way. Ichigo Kurosaki has saved Soul Society now more than once and even if they had repaid their debt after the Winter War, they still owe him. That is why the older man just closed his eyes and released himself from Renji's grip." Vice-Captain Abarai, there are still things in our world, the after world, that are not under our control. Neither Central 46 nor the Spiritking are allowed to interfere with it. We do not make Soul Societies' law. We protect it. And embedded in this law, there is one rule, which states that humans and Shinigamis are prohibited to interact in any way. Another rule says that humans must be kept away from everything related to our world, yet if they become part of it, they have to stay in the Soul Society for all times until they are born again."

Renji looked down while his arms were slowly pushed back by the older man. Yes, he understood what Sasakibe told him. It was impossible to begin with, but why didn't Central 46 step in after the whole thing with Rukia's execution and Aizen's betrayal? Even when Central 46 was established again, the didn't complain about the Substitute Shinigami once? Why did they accept Ichigo and the others? Did the Gerneral Commander have so much power over them? Why not anymore? Because he lost to Juha Bach?! All of this made no sense. The only thing they all knew was that right know they could do nothing to help Ichigo. This decision was final and they did not have the right to rebel against their Captains, who had to obey Central 46 no matter what. Even freebirds like Captain Kyoraku and Captain Ukitake would not lift a finger, regarding Soul Societies current situation. Anything that would weaken its power now, could be fatal. No one wanted to start a rebellion right now. It is their first priority to protect Soul Society. They coul help Ichigo after that...right?

24 h later

In the Living World:

Ichigo could not believe it. No. it was just impossible. After all that happened. After he finally found out who he really was. After saving his friends and family...they want to take away his powers?! Memories of the time when all he could feel was grief due to his lack of power appeared in his mind, making him go numb. No! He never wanted to feel that way again. Yet soul society intends tp strip him of his power. They had just sent a messenger informing him and his family that they will come and fetch his Dad, Yuzu , Karin and everyone else. Ichigo's powers will be sealed and his memory erased. The orange head closed his eyes in pain while he tried to move. Juha Bach's last arow hit him directly, leaving behind a deep wound and therefore making it hard for him to move. If he were able to move just a little, he would destroy this barrier placed around his house and talk to all those higher asses sitting in the Sereitei mindlessly deciding about his fate. But he could not. The only thing now left to do was hope. Hoping for his dad to find a solution together with Urahara-san and Ishida's dad. As far as Ichigo could tell, they were holding a chatroom conference downstairs right now, going through their options. It did not look very good. All of them were trapped in their houses directley after their return. Ishida Ryuuken in his. Urahara, Tessai, Ururu, Jinta, Ririn, Claude and Nova in the Urahara Shoten and Chad, Ichigo, Uryu, Orihime, Kon, Yuzu, Karin and Isshin in the Kurosaki Clinic. With Ichigo laying wounded upstairs in his bed. From time to time he could hear someone saying something, but mostly they tried to be silent in order not to worry him. But, of course it had the complete oppisite effect.

Finally one hour before the guards of the Soul Society would arrive, Inoue opened the door and looked at Ichigo anxiously. In her hands she balanced a tray with food while she smiled weakly at Ichigo." Hey... Kurosaki-kun. Since when have you been awake? How do you feel? Does your stomach still hurt? Are you hungry? Do you want something warm or is bread okay? If you want to I could also fetch some soup from downstairs. Yuzu-chan really is an awesome cook-".

" Its okay Inoue. I am fine. I have been awake for sometime now",Ichigo reassured her in order to stop her blabbering,"...so how are things going downstairs?" .

As if Ichigo had asked something forbidden, the girl shrugged before she turned her eyes away, looking down on the floor. It was no good. He knew it. They stood no chance to stop Sereitei's decision. At this rate, he would lose everything and there was nothing he could do! Just lay here and hope for his injuries to heal. Desperately, he tried to sit up. "Don't Kurosaki-kun! Your injuries are still not healed!" Inoue exclaimed and rushed to his side, pushing him down. "But if I do not stop them,you and everyone else are going to.."

" Hush, it will be okay. We will come up with something. Definitely. Everyone is putting their all into it. We will not leave you and Karakura behind." she ensured him with her shy but lovely smile. Somehow it calmed him and he was able to let the tension leave his body." I will not leave you...like last time..." Inoue added with her voice becoming more silent after each word and then she looked away back to the floor as if she suddenly remebered something embarrassing. Ichigo could see her turning red, which was not unusual for her, but somehow..."Inoue are you alright?" he asked. "Ah! Yes of course. No worries. I am fine, fine!" she said happily, but still averted her gaze.

Suddenly he could feel foreign reiatsus appearing in the Living World. Inoue felt them as well, judging from her skyrocketing head.

"But this cannot be! It's too early! No, no mistake...They are here! And they are fast!" Ichigo thought. Before he could say anything, a person, dressed in a black cloak and mask, entered his room. Ichigo could hear his families and friends yelling from downstairs and glass breaking. Inoue looked shocked at the intruder. "Who the hell.." Ichigo started, but was interrupted by the stranger.

"Orihime Inoue I shall hereby guide you as human with special abilities to the Soul Society, where our government shall further proceed with you. Kurosaki Ichigo your duty as Shinigami Representetive will end here and your powers will be sealed. You have now a choice to make. Do you wish to have your memories removed or not?" he asked with a cold voice.

"Stop joking around, I will neither let you-"

"I have no time to argue with you. Is it yes or no? Otherwise I will allow myself to make the choice."

" Of course I will keep my memory, my family and my friends and if you dare to.." was all Ichigo could say before he felt a sharp pain in his neck. The last thing he saw was Inoue being dragged away by the dark stranger. The last thing he heard were his father screaming and swords being clashed at each other. The last thing he felt was his body going numb and his mind turning black. The last thing he thought:

"Shit..."

A/N:

So how did you like it? I try very hard to not make the characters sound too OOC. Hopefully it worked out;) Next Chapter will be about Ichigo and his new situation...Oh and regarding Hiyori, Lisa, Love and Hacchi, they were forced to stay in the Soul Society as well. More questions or even ideas? Mail me;)