Everyone held their breath. Every heart stopped beating. Ichigo Kurosaki head died... had died to save not only his world, but the worlds around it. With him gone, other are left in his place to keep balance.

Yuzu stood frozen on the spot. She had just watched her brother die to protect her. "...ICHIGO!" it broke her heart even more to see that monster stand back up. No... It's still alive? But Ichigo killed it. He died so we would be safe... We're all going to die. "No. Ichigo wouldn't give up. So we shouldn't either... I'm going to beat this thing!"

A sudden burst of spiritual pressure had everyone falling to the ground. "You... you took my brother. You took him and you dare to stand. Dare to still attack everyone. No more! I'll make sure that he didn't die in vain!"

"Yuzu!" Karin called out to her sister. Shock settled on her face at the new sight in front of her. Her sister had a strange bow in her hand with a glowing arrow inside of it. "Yuzu...?"

"You're not going to get away with what you did!" She yelled at the thing still moving towards her. Tears still streaming down her face, she shot the arrow, hitting the thing dead in the chest. All of that spiritual energy exploded, taking out all of the hollows in the other worlds. "I.." The bow disappeared from her hands as her vision blurred and she began to sway. "I... did it." Falling back, she lost consciousness.

"Yuzu!" Running over to her, Karin put her ear to her chest, relieved that she was still breathing. "What on Earth happened to you?"

Off in the Soul Society, brown orbs slowly took in their new but somehow familiar surroundings. "What... where am I?" Sitting up, all of his muscles screamed at him, making him drop back down with a pain filled grunt.

"Careful there." Going over to the teen, the person sat down and looked at him.

"...Who are you? And where am I?"

"My name is Kukaku Shiba and you're in my home here in the Soul Society."

"Soul Society? What's that?"

Sighing, Kukaku was finding it harder then she had originally thought to explain this. "The Soul Society is a place where souls go once they have past on in The World of the Living."

"...Wait! I'm dead?!" He shot up, yelling out in pain at how sore his body was.

"Didn't I tell you to be careful?! Geez, you're even more of a handful now then you were before. Ichigo, what do you remember?"

"Remember?" Thinking about it a bit, he made a annoyed face. "Not much I'm afraid. Though you and this place does seem familiar to me."

"That's good. You haven't suffered much trauma if you can recognize some things." Standing, Kukaku went over to the door. "One more question. DO you know your own name?"

"I... think so? Ichigo Kurosaki. Is that it?"

"Yes. But, you are also a Shiba. Welcome back, cousin."