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Ichigo found himself waking up in some place barely lit. As he lifted his heavy eyelids, it took a long time for everything to come into focus. He was laying on a bed of a few blankets in what looked like some cave. As he slowly rose , he noticed how every bone in his body ached like something horrible.

"What happened?" he murmured, groaning to himself. The cave he was in wasn't actually empty. There where several other makeshift beds alike to his where other injured shinigami were resting. It was rather dark so he couldn't see any of their faces.

"Ichigo?" Somebody said. Some light came in through the mouth of the cave where some plants had been hung like a door. It was Hanatarou. He looked the same as ever, only he seemed very tired. "Are you awake?" He asked.

Ichigo managed a "Yeah, I'm fine." and then continued to attempt to get up.

"You really shouldn't do that," Hanatarou objected meekly.

"No.. I can…"

"You should do what the kid says, Ichigo you dolt." An angry voice came from outside. Then none other Rukia Kuchiki came inside the cave and sat beside Ichigo's bed. "We've been dealing with a lot lately. You don't need to be stubborn as well."

Ichigo consented and lied back down. Then he sighed and asked what happened.

"We lost." Rukia said simply. "There's all that is to it; we lost, bigtime. But there were some of us who escaped because of the order you gave. Urahara gave us these." She took a strange device out of her pocket. It just looked like a remote control for a TV in the real world, only it was circular.

"What do they do?" Ichigo inquired.

"They can open a gate from here to the real world at anytime, also it keeps all gates to here closed so Aizen can't come after us. Urahara invented it."

"That's great, but where exactly is here?" Ichigo said quietly, getting a headache.

"Hueco Mundo. It was the only safe place, since Aizen took every single hollow out of it to overthrow the Soul Society. Urahara was able to give us five of these controls before…" Rukia looked down.

Ichigo's eyes widened. "Don't tell me he's-"

"I'm sorry. He didn't make it." Rukia's eyes were dark and sad.

Ichigo felt all wobbly Mr. Hat and clogs.. Didn't … survive?? He put his head in his hands and asked, "Who else?"

Rukia's voice was shaky and she was beginning to tremble

"Too.. Too many…" She said in barely more than a whisper. "Only one captain.. is left…"

Ichigo remembered Toshiro's injuries. "Who?"

"The captain of squad ten… Captain Hitsugaya… but he's in really bad shape… Hanatarou and Orihime still don't know if he'll make it…."

Relief gushed through Ichigo upon hearing that both Toshiro and Inoue were alive. It took him a moment to comprehend the rest of what Rukia said.

"Wait a second.. He's the only captain left?? But that means, Kenpachi, Kurotsuchi…..Byakuya…."

Rukia didn't say anything. She was looking down, her eyes shadowed. Slowly Ichigo realized that the floor was wet right in front of her.

"Brother.."

She was crying.

Ichigo was surprised to feel his emotions weren't all sadness and hopelessness. Instead he felt a great need. The need to put all the people who've died to justice. He needed to strike back. To give the refugees a second chance at victory. A chance that would be taken to its full value.

"Rukia." Ichigo sat up and held her face in his hands

She stared in to his eyes, her own still wet and red.

"I swear.."

"I swear that I won't let any one else die. Nobody. Not one. And, we'll avenge the deaths of everyone who has died. You once told me to stop looking like a coward, Rukia. Well then, why do you look so hopeless? Don't give me that look. The time to grieve for everyone is not now. We can do that after we defeat Aizen."

Rukia barely noticed she had stopped crying. Ichigo's words had strengthened her.

Rukia was quiet for a while then she slowly stood up and said,

"Well, Ichigo," Her voice was still only a little bit shaky, "if you want to strike back, then I think some of us will need some training if we're ever going to succeed. You should take a look at who's left. It really only a couple hundred. Not enough to be called an army, but, maybe skill can outweigh numbers."

Ichigo nodded and together they left the cave.

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