Okay! I'm still here! This is still (in a sense) before the actual Harry Potter part begins! No flames, etc. This chapter explains why Ichigo was arrested, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Thanks! : )

STORRYYY START!

~~One Year After The Defeat of Aizen ~~ (Ichigo POV!)

I was working on my (still absolutely terrible) kido with Rukia and the kido corps (who were providing damage control), when a hell butterfly cheerfully fluttered up to Rukia and landed on her finger. I stopped my attempts at Byakurai to allow her to listen to it's she listened to the butterfly, horror grew on her face. As soon as it was over, her face was a dark red color and she had tears in her eyes. As the butterfly dissolved, she looked down at the ground, facing me.

"Did you really do it?" she whispered quietly, so quietly that I almost didn't hear her.

"Do what?" I responded, honestly confused.

"You know what! You killed Uryuu, didn't you!?" I was becoming confused now.

"Wait, Uryuu was killed?!"

"Of course! Wouldn't you know! Stop acting, Ichigo! Everyone knows that it was you!"

"What!? They think that I, of all people, killed Uryuu!?" by now, the kido corps were starting to work out the situation.

"Wait, he-"

"Uryuu Ishida!?"

"-were comrades?" It made sense that the kido corps were angry. Uryuu was praised as another major hero of the war, and he was idolized by many, despite his quincy status.

"Yes, that's exactly what they think! You even have a motive for killing him!"

"A motive!? Rukia, they're insane!"

"Yes, a motive! You killed him because he loved Orihime!" my cheeks flared red for a second. And how would that incite me to kill him? Unless No! They think that I love Orihime?!

"Wa-wait! You think that I love Orihime?! No! She's a good friend, nothing more! Anyway, the one I really like is …" I trailed off, not wanting Rukia (and the kido corps) that I like her. Rukia opened her mouth, ready to give out another witty comment, when Soi Fon and Ukitake appeared at my side, along with the lieutenant of the second division.

"Ichigo, you need to come with us." Said Soi Fon with a solemn face. I already knew why, so there was no reason to ask. I allowed them to cast several binding kidos over me, and handed Zangetsu to Ukitake, whose frail body momentarily nearly collapsed under the weight.

"Move." Monotoned Soi Fon, as I realized how long I had been watching Ukitake struggle under Zangetsu's weight. I then let her (and her lieutenant)drag me off.

~~Time Skip!~~ (No One POV!)

"-and that is how we know that it was you, Kurosaki Ichigo, who killed Uryuu Ishida. Do you have anything to say in your defense?" Came Yamamoto's voice from the stand. Ichigo looked completely shocked and betrayed, a hurt expression working its way onto his face.

After telling Ichigo how everyone knew he was visiting Uryuu the afternoon that he was killed, to eyewitnesses describing finding his unique reiatsu signature on Uryuu's body, Ichigo was speechless.

And so the judgment was passed. A lifetime sentence in Maggot's Nest, mostly out of mercy, along with the destruction of Zangetsu.

~~Rukia POV/ TIME SKIP!~~

It was a formal affair. The whole Gotei thirteen was there, as well as Orihime, Tatsuki, Chad, and I. I was at the end of one of the two columns lining the courtyard, with the noonday sun beating down on the back of my head. Two of the formal guards were standing at Ichigo's side, obviously only there for show. She bet that as soon as the gates shut behind Ichigo's back, the real guards would come, and they wouldn't be exactly as kind. Ichigo was at the center of the courtyard, near the front of the line. It was nearly unbearable to watch the guards drag him slowly forwards as sweat crept down my back. As he passed each person in line, he turned his head and nodded to them, usually with a small, pained smile. When he was halfway down the way to the prison, the gates slowly slid open, revealing the bleached white complex within.

Ichigo stared down at the huge gates, as if daring them to shut on him. Sweat slid down his forehead; it was obvious that he had been sitting in the sun for a long time. And so he continued onwards, continuing the odd ritual of nodding and smiling. Just as he reached me, however, he softly grasped my arm and whispered to me with that odd smile.

"You know that it wasn't me-"

"Ichigo, I know. We all do. But we can't save you now. We'll have to wait. I'll try to get you out before they destroy Zangetsu, okay?" I hissed quietly into his ear, not really believing even myself.

"Another thing. Please-" Before Ichigo could finish his sentence, he was dragged off, so he had to shout the rest to me. "-tell my sisters that I'm sorry for not visiting them, okay?!" and with that note, the doors closed on his strangely sad yet happy face, as he descended into Maggot's Nest.

After the gates loudly slammed shut behind him, there was silence. It was simply sad. Even when facing a lifetime of imprisonment and the destruction of his Zanpakuto, Ichigo still thought about his family and friends before himself.

"Don't worry," Rukia whispered, so quietly that she could hardly hear herself. "I'll come for you," she breathed out one last word, or rather, a name. "Ichigo." And

Rukia turned sharply, her shikahuso flaring, as the name bounced off the walls of the courtyard along with the sound of her retreating footsteps.

~~2 years Later~~

Rukia had to accept it. After reviewing the crime scene over and over, questioning those who first found the body, and closely studying the records of the crime, Rukia had given up. As far as she knew, Reiatsu signatures could not be forged, and it was true that Ichigo had visited Uryuu that afternoon. There was no other plausible answer. She had to accept it, the facts were all there, but yet she still couldn't quite embrace the obvious truth. Ichigo killed Uryuu. Breathe. Ichigo killed Uryuu. Breathe. Ichigo killed- No! He couldn't have! Ichigo would never do that! He- Breathe. I'm starting to sound like Momo with AizenRukia shuddered at this a bit. Ichigo killed Uryuu. Breathe. Ichigo- A sharp knock sounded at the door, and I cracked one eye open.

"Come in!" A harried looking unseated officer from the first division rushed in.

"Uhh… Ms. Kuchiki Rukia?" I nodded my head in confirmation. "You are wanted-"

"Let me guess," I sighed, "Another ryoka? A rogue numero? Because honestly, Renji or Madarame could probably get rid of it pretty easily."

"Umm… No. You actually are not right." He winced a bit, as if expecting me to attack him for it. I blinked in surprise. Not a numero? Odd. That's usually what I'm needed for. Oh well.

"It pertains Kurosaki Ichigo's zanpakuto, Zangetsu." I blinked again, this time in anger.

"Are they still going on about that!?" I hissed, fury clouding my voice. The messenger shrunk back even farther, this time with a good reason. Then I realized that I was squeezing my armrests so hard that the wood was splintering in my grip. I relaxed, tense muscles softening slightly.

"Look," I whispered loudly, "I don't know how to destroy it. I don't know its weaknesses, and if an attack on it from Yamamoto in bankai would hardly scratch it, then I don't know what will."

"Bu-"

"No buts. I am not going, and that is final." The messenger made a gaping motion with his mouth, looking as if he were trying to speak.

"No." I said, stopping him before he could even start to talk. As he was shutting the door behind him, he whispered something about a meeting.

"Excuse me?" I asked, not hearing what he had muttered.

"Yamamoto so-taicho has requested a meeting with you about what to do with it!" he shouted before running off. I sat back in my chair, stunned. Well, I should have known that this day would come. After all, after Yamamoto's attempt at destroying Zangetsu about a year ago, it nowis considered virtually indestructible by most shinigami.

~~Time skip!~~

After the 'talk' with Yamamoto, (which was more like him "hinting" to me that he was hiding Zangetsu in a special room somewhere in Seirtei) I had decided to visit Momo. She was still a bit, well, crazy, and she still will have at least twenty years until she recovers. However, she had still vastly improved from when compared to how she was after Aizen had died. They no longer had to constantly watch her, and she was allowed to go outside six times a week. Toshiro was there, which was normal, giving that he visited Momo at the same time every day.

"So… He talked to you?" Asked Toshiro, breaking the silence that cloaked the room.

"Yes." My answer was short, simple, crisp.

"I'm guessing that he told you about…" Toshiro trailed off, not wanting Momo to flip out at the name of Aizen's killer.

"Yes." The same reply as before.

"Good." The silence returned, and eventually the tension was so thick that I couldn't stand it anymore. I stood up and left the room, heading back to my home, where I could review the horrible, obvious truth all over again.

~~End chapter!~~