Hey everyone! I'm a new author here on Fanfiction and this is my first story. Just as a warning, I'm taking some liberties with the story line and I'm combining both the Bleach AU and the Bleach MU. I know it's a little short but I wanted to set up the prologue before heading into the main story.
I hope everyone enjoys the first chapter of my story and I hope to bring you a story you enjoy.
There was mass confusion and Rukia couldn't see though the dust that had gathered around the area around them. She tried to look hard to see if anyone had survived and it seemed everyone did, except Aizen. Standing over his body, Rukia saw the familiar sight of her beat and battered orange hair friend…her secret love. She looked as Ichigo started to walk towards her and the other members of the Gotei 13. Blood was flowing from multiple points on his body and she could tell he was almost completely drained of all of his reiatsu. Even the hollow reiatsu which made him one of the most powerful shinigami seemed to be completely drained from his body and she knew it took everything in his arsenal to take down the former Captain Aizen Sosuke.
Watching as he walked right up to her, Rukia looked frightened as Ichigo suddenly feel to his knees and collapsed on her. Not able to support his entire wait, Rukia fell to her knees and held him in her arms and he smiled up at her. Rukia couldn't help but tear up as the idiot in her arms smiled at her like he had just won a contest of strength. Smiling through her tears, Rukia said, "You did it again, you fool."
"That's what you always say short stuff. Oh god, I need a vacation." Ichigo smiled and fell unconscious. The war had finally ended and now it was just time to pick up the pieces of what Aizen had left behind. As Rukia cried over her friend, Orihime, Ishida, Chad, and Renji all came over to check on Ichigo to make sure he was okay. From their fight in Hueco Mundo back to Karakura town, each one of the friends had grown stronger and together, they were able to save the world…again.
As the days carried over into weeks, the friends saw each other time and time again. Ichigo took a few weeks to recover, and his family was finally exposed to the truth about what Ichigo had been doing for so long. Unknown to the friends, it was revealed that not everyone in the Kurosaki household was unfamiliar with the Soul Society and their duties against Aizen. Isshin, a former Captain shinigami himself, had already spoken with the Captain Commander and the other Captains of the Gotei 13. It seemed Isshin and Kisuke Urahara had made an agreement with the Captain Commander that they would not get involved unless it was needed. The battle had taken a turn for the worst and Isshin and Urahara were both involved in an attack upon both Gin Ichimaru and Tousen Kaname. They were able to just barely take them out before Aizen turned to focus his attentions on Ichigo.
Urahara was offered a position back within the Soul Society but he respectfully turned it down to stay on the earthly plain. Everything seemed to go back to normal for the shinigami and the earth heroes, peace finally seemed like a real possibility for them. Even the surviving members of the Vizards were offered refuge and a new home back within Soul Society. Though most of them were happy to have a place to return to, only a few of them took the offer. They felt it would be better for everyone if the power was split in case something every happened again.
All that was left now was to try to find some balance to the lack of activity going on in the mortal world. As long as there were evil souls in the world, there would always be hollows but at least there would never again be Arrancar to threaten anyone like with Aizen. Rukia took refuge in the human world after the war was all over. She was never given the chance to grow up in the real world and even though she would never trade her experiences for anything, she at least wanted to continue with her friends in the real world. Byakuya did not approve or disapprove of Rukia's choice to stay in the real world full time but then again, Rukia never really needed her brother's approval for much of anything anymore. Urahara had agreed to work with Rukia to provide her with gigai so she can look as if she had aged over the normal course of her lifetime.
A world of peace with just minor distractions was exactly what they had hoped for. Now all that was left for them was to carry on with their education, grow up, and maybe clarify their feelings for each other. For now though, just living close to each other was worth the wait for Ichigo to grow up and admit his feelings for her. Of course, with all this time of their hands, it might just be easier to leave things unsaid for the current moment.