Ichigo sweat dropped at how pale Yuzu looked when she staggered out of the room behind Urahara who was smiling brightly, her hands over her chest probably to calm her fearfully beating heartbeat. Her brown wide eyes looked up "Uwaaaaah~!" she flew at Yoruichi crying saying that Kisuke-sama was frightening with 'scary eyes' "I knew he'd be upset…but he was scarier than I originally though…!" she cried.

"You're evil, you know that?" he told the blonde who gasped in mock surprise.

"Ichigo, you wound my heart," the Scientist said, "after all," he took his hand and set it over his bare chest were the shirt didn't cover putting the orangette uneasy. "My heart beats for you," Silence…

"GRAAAAH!" he jumped out of his skin, putting at least 10 feet distance between them, "what the hell Geta-Boshi!?" the blonde laughed. Even Rukia was laughing! 'That bastard…!' "I'm gonna kill' im," he muttered darkly. Yuzu was past her traumatized state and giggling, but he then noticed something "Yuzu, are you bleeding?" she looked confused, but then blood began to drip from her nose and they looked tense.

"Yuzu the link…" Urahara trailed off, Yuzu seemed to know what he was talking about. It was then, that their trip to Soul Society was arranged, since Aizen was still fused with the Hogyoku and his bond to Yuzu was there they wanted to see if his memories would trigger if he saw her, but that didn't happen.

"Do I know you?" the Captain questioned, she looked struck, so much raw pain in her eyes 'crap, we didn't tell her about Aizen…' Ichigo thought. Yuzu put a fake smile on her face saying that she confused him with some other Shinigami, but the Captain wasn't a fool she had called him 'Sosuke' and before he could question her further she ran towards her family, her father led her away, 'dammit' the burnet turned to him, "Kurosaki-kun," he began.

"Sorry about my sister," Ichigo said before the burnet could get any suspicions, he was a horrible liar and someone like Aizen would see through his lie clearer than anyone, "well, it was nice to see you Hinamori," she gave a nod with a polite bow and he hurried off to catch up with the others. "Yuzu…" she was crying in their father's arm looking in so much pain. Karin somberly walked beside him as they went to Rukongai to visit Kukaku-san.

His mother shared stories with Kukaku-san and he wasn't too happy about most of them; especially when his idiot father showed embarrassing baby pictures.

"Yuzu eh?" she hummed looking up at the man, he took a seat beside her giving her a cup of Tea that she accepted with a polite 'thank you'. "Uncle filled me in on the details," she looked sorrowful.

"I see," she whispered with any lack of motivation, Kaien looked ahead at the view.

"I told this to Kuchiki once, I'll say it to you now; every time you connect with someone, a little bit of heart is born between them. My Wife…despite her being gone for nearly a decade, she lives in me," she knew that feeling all too well, after all her mother had been dead for 11 years before she reversed the timeline. "He may not remember you now, but his heart will and all you have to do is wait, 'heart' lives within him he just needs to listen and then…he'll remember," a tear escaped her eye, she raised her hand to wipe it away.

"Arigato," he grinned lightly before ruffling her hair, she was surprised when he leaned close seemingly irritated.

"You come to meet family and you're so gloomy, its depressing!"

"Go…Gomenasai!"

"Well they seem to be getting along quite fine, they're quite lively." Urahara said, Isshin gave a nod with a smile and it faded slightly, "don't worry Isshin-san, I looked at his Soul and it's the same, his memories are sealed away possibly a self-defensive mechanism from the Hogyoku to protect him, now that he has met Yuzu-tan its likely that he will recall her and those memories and the false ones I implanted will fade,"

"If he doesn't she'll die," the man stated,

"The bond strengthened now that they're in the same Dimension, if you remain here during the Summer I'm sure she'll be able to last a few years before it happens," Urahara reassured. A few days passed, Karin usually visited Toshiro in Sereitei while Ichigo visited Rukia in the Kuchiki Manor, Yuzu usually stayed behind to spend time with her 3 Cousins. But this time, Kaien had carried her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes despite her protests, yelling and trashing.

Ukitake smiled kindly welcoming her to his Division, she helped with the chores something Kaien scolded her for, but she refused to stay there and do nothing. They bargained that she would cook for everyone and she'd leave the cleaning to 'those who belong to the 13th Division' in a loud voice making several Shinigami wince. So they were lazy… Yuzu woke with her hair damped making her recall earlier events, she fainted after training too hard with her Cousin.

She hummed sitting up and rubbed her eyes, she was now wearing a white elbow sleeve close-fitting white dress with a loose black sash around her waist and barefoot, she put her arms into the sleeves of the purple Haori "Sosuke…?" she mumbled rubbing her eye sleepily, giving a yawn there was a gasp making her blink drowsily and tilt her head she was still tired.

"So you're already awake," Ukitake said with a smile, she hummed giving a tired nod and the other Captain gave the girl a look as if he was trying to figure out something. 'I do hope Kisuke knows what he's doing' he thought. Urahara thought that Aizen's memories would trigger if he saw Yuzu from time to time, but he was still uneasy by it all considering that it was Aizen Sosuke they were dealing with, but the Scientist reassured him that he no longer had plans with the Oken.

"It seems that yet again you confuse me with someone else," she froze up, turning completely awake.

"I s…see," she looked at the Captain and bowed, "I have plans with Kaien so I'm off," he gave a nod understanding her need to run away. "Eek!" she stumbled back as she ran into her Cousin who wasn't about to let her flee, she gasped at eth sight of the Vase that Ukitake-san seemed very fond of, catching her footing she reached for it and before she could hit the ground she was caught by strong arms "Eh?"

"Aa…" Ukitake saw the slight recognition in the burnet's eyes as he held the girl, his hand trailing up her hip and under her dress, her cheeks colored and her eyes were wide. Her hope grew because this embrace was one of the ones that he held her in in the past. His eyes narrowed slightly as if he was trying to recall something, but after a moments silence Kaien cleared his throat with a tick near his eye.

"Aizen-Taichou," he spoke arms crossed as he stood over them both, "your hands are touching inappropriate areas," the burnet seemed to snap out of his daze and his hands quickly retracted. Yuzu winced as her rear hit the ground, but the Vase remained intact.

"I apologize," she hummed, "is something the matter?" she flinched,

"No, I was just worried about the Vase. It didn't break," she stood on her own and set the delicacy on the Captain's hands and apologize for her clumsiness and excused herself not feeling hungry. There were similar incidents, he seemed on the verge to remembering, but he never did and then the Summer was over Yuzu held onto that hope that he would remember because she did all of this for them, so they could be together.

"Please…please remember me," Yuzu whispered, setting a chaste kiss on his forehead she pulled away, "please, I beg you, remember me," that being said she silently left the room only to jump at the sight of another Captain. Gin Ichimaru. "Ah, goodnight Ichimaru-san," she bowed and walked past him feeling his gaze on her.

"Dats weird…what'd he forget?" Gin questioned. Her family, Kisuke-san and Yoruichi-san returned to Karakura Town and her brother was once again the Substitute Shinigami.

She was still only 14 and she could wait.

She will wait.