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Quincy Craft

It had taken an hour, but she was finally here... She squeezed her way past the other passengers and exited the train at the Kagamino Train Station...

But it has been a year since she's last seen him... This time she will make sure he stays for sure...

But as she sat there all alone, she sighed.

'I wish Uryu's and Chad's train would hurry up...'

Tonight... Tonight, he would leave to the Wandenreich... That man's note said he knew the answers to what truly happened that night... The night he his and mother was attacked.

Because that was the night his mother and father changed completely... His father suddenly developed 'narcolepsy' and his mother...

Ichigo shook his head to clear his thoughts before he got too depressed. He would be meeting other Quincies soon, just like his mother and the Ishidas... He would learn how to actually use all of abilities...

Then... Then he'll come back.

"Ichigo... I see you're still up."

He stood there and stared out at the storming night through his dorm window. Glancing to his left, he noticed that Ryo was wide awake and staring at him. He briefly wondered in she knew what he was going to do...

As a matter of fact, he actually assumed she knew what he was planning to do.

"So are you. Why haven't you gone back to sleep?"

She lifted herself up from the pillows of the bed and stared pointedly at him. Blinked a few times as the storms outside illuminated her face, and she murmured, "You forgot to say goodnight."

Shit. She definitely knows.

"Well, goodnight."

She simply looked at him, which was starting to grate on his nerves. He looked down at his watch and noted the time...

7:13

They never gave a specific time nor a place. Maybe he should just leave and hope they appear soon.

Ichigo moved over to his computer chair and picked up his jacket. While putting it on, he explained to Ryo, "I'm going for a walk."

She said nothing as he walked to the door and closed it behind him on his way out. He slowly eased his way down the hallway while mentally counting down.

'...Five... Four... Three... Two... One...'

He then turned around to see if she was there, though he was surprised when he didn't see her anywhere. Frowning as he turned the corner towards the lobby area of the building, he wondered if she was really going to follow-

"I'm looking for my boyfriend's dorm... He's Ichigo Kurosaki... You know, spiky orange hair?"

He turned towards the front desk, and noticed the short, black hair of a girl leaning against it as she argued with the resident assistant. The man pointed behind her, and she turned and locked eyes with Ichigo. He stood with his mouth agape as he watched Ryo turn around and walk over to him.

'...Track star for a reason, I guess... She actually climbed out of my window and beat me here... In less than a minute, no doubt...'

She placed her hands on her hips and groaned, "How long were you gonna keep me waiting in the rain!? I had to wait until another boy even let me in!"

Ichigo scowled as the snickering of the senior behind the desk grew louder and turned away to leave the building. He already knew that she was still following him. As he hurried down the sidewalk, she ran next to him and began walking alongside him.

'I can't believe she did that...'

"I actually thought about following you the normal way... But I didn't think you wanted to explain to the front desk that you've been sneaking a girl into the male dorms."

Ryo, always thinking ahead... It seems she never changes... He sighed and shook his head. While not paying attention, he accidentally bumped into someone and absentmindedly apologized before moving around him.

Neither one of them ever realized that they had passed the maroon-haired menace who was watching them as they left through the rain.

"It's odd...we've been walking for hours, but you haven't reprimanded me or told me to come back. You haven't even said whether my decision was a bad one."

He truthfully had no idea how long they had been out... Surely they were past curfew...

Ryo sighed and sadly mumbled, "Would you come back if I told you to? Would you listen to me if I said you're making a bad decision? I'm a logical person, Ichigo, not a dreamer."

The two sat underneath the glass box of a bus stop, in order to get out of the rain, and so Ichigo could finally understand why she wasn't fighting his decision.

It was odd... He expected her answer, yet didn't at the same time...

"...Then why are you here? If that Haschwalth or the emperor himself comes to get me, they'd probably kill you... That would be a stupid thing to die for."

She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and scoffed, "Hypocrite. You'd risk your life to save us, wouldn't you? Besides...if I did die, would you come back to avenge me?"

"...No comment."

She giggled, something Ichigo's never heard before, and mumbled, "That sounds like something... the Ichigo that I know would say..."

The two sat in silence as the storm continued to make its presence known. It was becoming slightly annoying to Ichigo... It had to be some kind of omen...

"So how did you know, anyways?"

Ryo looked at him with confusion and he elaborated, "That I was going to the Wandenreich...?"

"...Because the blonde spoke to Tetsuo and I outside of your hospital...he told us that he was ordered to follow you and make sure you survived until the end of the week...and I knew that he saved you earlier... It was only a matter of time before your supposed weakness caught up to you and you asked to go with them..."

Ichigo frowned and said, "Supposed weakness...?"

"...I think you're strong, but I know you wouldn't agree... Otherwise, neither one of us would be out here."

He looked down at his palms and sighed. This awkwardness was really getting to him. As he spoke, a bus pulled up to the stop and nearly splashed water on the two. Ichigo made his way out of his seat as the doors opened and looked back to Ryo before leaving the bus stop.

"...I'm sorry...but...tell Tetsuo I said goodbye..."

She simply stared at him and shook her head.

"No... I'm sorry."

He frowned in confusion at her words, though she turned away from him. He was just going to ask her what she meant until he heard his name... Barely, as it was nothing more than a soft whisper under the echoing drops from the heavens.

"...Ichigo...?"

His body froze up... That voice... He hasn't heard that voice in a year now... Why was she here!? Who the fu-!?

He turned back to Ryo, who leaned back in her seat and watched him apprehensively.

"...If I couldn't make you stay, I knew the people who could."

His eyes twitched and his body felt strained... It was like he couldn't move... But her footsteps... He could hear them as they splashed across the sidewalk towards him. He heard the bus leave, so there goes one escape plan...

She was only a few meters away from him now... It's only a matter of time before he's forced to see her again.

"Ichigo...?"

He finally turned around...

He kicked a rock away angrily as he walked through the noisy, boisterous campus of Karakura High with heavy steps. How awkward it must have been... For the longest, he's always been able to see...

How horrible it was...to wake up at Urahara's place without the ability to even see the man.

It was different when he couldn't access any of his powers, because he knew that the ghosts and the Hollows were always there... But now...after Ginjo took everything from him...after his mother took everything from him...he was beyond the concept of 'back to square one'...

Was he even in the game anymore?

"Ichigo..."

For some reason, even when she spoke so softly, he always heard. However, he wasn't in the mood to speak... But he should have known... His friends barely even remember being scarred by Tsukishima... They don't remember any of the things they told him. Instead of answering her, he simply walked on by...

"I-Ichigo...?"

He stopped at the foot of the stairs as he heard the soft whisper of his younger sister's voice. Yuzu peeped around the corner of the kitchen with the phone held in her hand.

"Y-Your friends called earlier... Do you want to talk to them...or...?"

He frowned and said, "I'm not here," before pulling himself up the stairs into his room and closing the door behind him. He dropped a set of papers on his desk and tossed his backpack on the floor. The only line visible from the paper read: Full Ride to the University of Kagamino.

This was it... This was the golden ticket he'd been waiting for. He'd leave Karakura... He'd leave all of the Spiritual World behind... He'd leave all of the sympathetic looks behind... Nobody has to protect him or look out for him any longer.

His sisters... Mother's always watched them, and she'll continue to do so... His friends... They are capable of protecting themselves... He could leave tonight if he wanted... Everyone, and everything, was already accounted for... But could he leave like that? Just walk out without letting anyone know?

It had to be around nine... Surely everyone was sleep. The deafening sound of the rain and the storms rung over head, and he figured it was better to leave now than to wait. So he crept down the stairs as slow as he could to not wake anybody.

When the bright light of the kitchen shined in his face, he cursed the fact that his mother was awake, and staring right at him while she slowly sipped on her coffee. She blinked and sat the cup down before drawling out, "...Well, it's a little late for a sleepover, isn't it Ichigo?

Ichigo frowned and said, "So you did know... I had hoped it was Yuzu or Karin who had opened my mail and put it back."

"You should know that a mother is always looking after her child, even if that child doesn't want her too."

The silence embraced the kitchen as the two watched each other. She took another sip and commented, "I don't understand why you look at me as an enemy, Ichigo. I only did what was best for you."

His trademarked scowl (As Michiru always claimed) appeared on his face as he glared at his mother and grounded out, "After what you've done, I wouldn't doubt it if you planned this from the start..."

He straightened his backpack on his back and stormed towards the door. As he was opening the door, he heard the sound of his mother's footsteps clapping across the floors as she ran towards him. However, he closed the door behind him, probably right in her face. He glared at the door before mumbling, "...Serves her right."

He turned on his heel and ran directly into her as she grabbed him by his collar and pushed him back into the door, much to his surprise.

"You think I wanted to watch you get hurt? Is that the type of mother you think I am!?"

Ichigo carefully watched his mother as she heaved angrily while leering at him through furious eyes. As if realizing what she was doing, she slowly loosened her grip on his collar and left her hand on his shoulder.

As if unsure he was still listening to her, she whispered, "...Ichigo...? I'm really sorry... I know...you might not have liked...any of my decisions...but-"

He cut her off by grabbing her hand and moving it away from him. He slid past her and stopped at the midway point of the path leading from his house.

"...What I'm more angry at...is that you didn't give me a choice."

He turned away and tried to move, though his mother grabbed his arm and tried to pull him back. He could hear her desperately begging, "...Please...? Can't you just move on, Ichigo...!? What's done is done...!"

He wrenched his arm away from her grasp and screamed, "'What's done is done'!? You want me to forget!? All of you are idiots if you think I can just let things like that slide!"

As he stormed away, he heard his mother scream out, "...Ichigo, you don't have to go...! Please don't go...! What about your sisters!? Are you just going to leave them behind!?"

He almost tripped over his feet as that comment nearly made him turn back around... But it was too late.. If he'd stayed, he wouldn't...be able to live with himself...

Almost towards the station... There was no more distractions... It was just him and that train to Kagamino... He couldn't believe he was actually going through with this... He just needed t-

He watched as her footsteps slowly clapped against the marble floor towards him. He blinked as he stared into her eyes... So much for 'no more distractions...'

"...Ichigo?"

He gulped... Did his mother call her...? Are the rest of his friends coming as well?

"...Ichigo, I'm so sorry..."

What...? What is she apologizing to him for?

She looked down at her feet, and Ichigo had no idea if she was crying or if it was the rain... If it was him, he'd blame it on the rain.

"...Why are you apologizing...? I'm the one...running away..."

The words were like acid as they rolled off his tongue... The day Ichigo Kurosaki ever ran away... That's headlining news...

She looked up at him with those large, brown orbs, and he knew for sure that she had been crying. He barely heard her whisper, "I know. That's why I got here before the others did... I'm here to apologize for all of us..."

Ichigo's eyes widened as she fidgeted and mumbled, "I didn't know...that being around us causes you so much pain... I never wanted to see...Ichigo cry again..."

"I wasn't crying... It was the rain."

He watched as the corners of her lips curved upwards. She simply said, "Then... I hope Ichigo can once again experience happiness with everyone...with everything, but the rain..."

Then, completely unexpectedly, she began walking, and she stepped past him as the doors to the train opened in front of him.

He snapped his head around when he heard her speak, "...It wasn't our fault, Ichigo... It wasn't yours either... Please...please just come home... When the rain no longer bothers you... Please... Come back home, Ichigo..."

He watched as she made short strides towards the rain outside...and before she left, he stopped her, and called out, "Wait!"

She stopped right before the entrance, but made no attempt to turn around... Was she ashamed to look at him...? Was she angry, as everyone else would be...?

"...I...I'll come back... I promise! One day, I'll get it all back... And I won't let anything like that ever happen to any of you ever again! So that way...I won't fail any of you...!"

He stood there panting after he finished. He knew the other people at the station were probably giving him the weirdest of looks, but that didn't matter right now.

However, he was torn with disappointment as she continued walking into the rain without saying a word. As he slowly stumbled his way towards the train doors before they closed, he couldn't help but feel she was disgusted with him...

So with that, he sat in his seat on the empty train to Kagamino... Completely ignorant of his other friends who had finally arrived and was trying to reach the door before it closed... It had only been minutes after the train had pulled off that he felt a vibration in his pocket, and wondered if it was mother calling his cell phone.

However, he pulled it and, with great surprise, realized that it was a text message.

...You're not a failure, Ichigo. Please don't be so hard on yourself...

She still wore the clip from her brother in her hair. It seemed she had pinned some of it behind her, though it still flowed down her back. She wore a white dress with pink hems and a pattern of pink stars, along with a brown overcoat with a fur collar.

Orihime Inoue, quite possibly one of the sweetest girls that Ichigo and Ryo have ever known and was the one who allowed Ichigo to leave, though she, like her friends, still wanted to make sure he was alright. He last heard that she went to a University in Karakura, along with most of his friends from high school...

It was with great embarrassment that Ichigo found himself face-to-face with her once more. He closed his eyes and sadly commented, "It seems you've beaten Uryu and Chad here once again... However, I don't think you're going let me go, are you? If that was the case, you wouldn't have come here..."

Orihime stared at him with those large brown orbs of hers, and he had to turn away... For some reason, they've always made him feel so guilty.

Her mouth parted slightly, and he was rendered speechless with anxiousness, as he wondered what she had to say this time.

"...Is the rain still bothering you, Ichigo?"

Out of all the things she could have said...he didn't really expect that one. But he understood the question, even if he knew Ryo was confused. He looked down at his shoes and mumbled, "...It still sprinkles from time to time..."

"Do you think this Wandenreich will make the rain stop?"

He placed his hands in his pocket and said, "Not really... But I promised I wasn't coming back until I never failed any of you again..."

"...Then you might as well not come back."

He looked up as two silhouettes appeared in the distance, though he could barely recognize them through the rain... Common sense told him that they were exactly who he though they were.

They finally emerged from the shadows, becoming visible when they came closer.

One of the them was dressed in a white zip-up sweater with jeans and a plaid shirt with many different shades of blue on it. His glasses were overshadowed by his dark-blue hair, which was combed to his right.

The other was dressed in a dark, open-collared shirt with similar colored pants. He had dark, wavy hair and stubble across the bottom his tan face.

"...Uryu...? Chad...?"

Uryu Ishida, one of his best friends when he was growing up (Though he'd never admit it. It was only because his mother was so close to Ryuken, after all). He was, however, the only one who never called or messaged him (Maybe he felt the same as he did). He was being trained by his father to take over the Karakura Hospital.

Sado Yasutora, otherwise named Chad, was another good friend of his whom he used to fight gangs with in middle school. Last he heard from him, he had played music in various bars across Japan.(He once came to a bar in Kagamino. When Tetsuo told him that Chad was here to pick him up, he ran off with a Sophomore that was interested in him... Ironically, she wanted to go to that bar for the date...)

Uryu stared at him with narrowed eyes and repeated, "If you made a stupid promise like that, then you might as well not come back at all."

Ignoring the cries of Orihime, he continued, "We can take care of ourselves, idiot. Tsukishima and Ginjo attacked us because they were targeting you. I thought the mistake of trusting Ginjo would have opened your eyes, but it seems you are still prone to making dumb decisions."

It seems Uryu still made it a point to piss him off at every chance he could get.

"You think he's after you because he wants to help you? Yhwach is someone who's much more dangerous than anything you could ever comprehend, even Ginjo and Tsukishima."

Ichigo scowled and reprimanded, "Mind your own business. I've made my decision, and it's too late to change it. I'm not getting any stronger here... I'm not getting any answers here... I'm tired of being lied to!"

Ryo, who had stayed silent during the entire exchange, raised her eyebrows at that.

'Being lied to? What did he mean...?'

Uryu shifted his glasses on his nose and declared, "Your opinion is irrelevant, Kurosaki. You see, we didn't come here to convince you by choice... You will come home by force if necessary."

Ichigo narrowed his eyes and asked, "On whose orders?"

The Ishida Quincy's eyes darkened as he retorted, "Your mother."

Ichigo's eyes widened as Uryu held up his fully metallic Spirit Bow, and Chad arms shifted into his Brazo Derecha de Gigante and the Brazo Izquierda del Diablo.

'Shit, these guys are for real!'

Suddenly, he found himself trapped and surrounded by an orange barrier, and looked back to see Orihime with her hands up. She sadly answered his unasked question with, "I'm sorry, Ichigo... It's for your own good... Uryu is ri-"

"GGRRRRRRAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!"

Orihime recoiled back in shock, and Uryu and Chad's eyes both widened as Ichigo began furiously beating against her Shun Shun Rikka. His eyes were burning red with anger, and he screamed "Let me out! Damn you, Orihime, drop this barrier!"

Even Ryo found the event a little sad... She could have sworn Ichigo was crying.

'...Is it really so terrible...for him to go back...?'

She turned away from him to prevent herself from seeing him cry, because it was making her do the same. Apparently, Orihime felt the same, as Uryu had to grab her hand and pull her away from the barrier. He frowned and him and reassured her, "He'll calm down when he realizes its useless... All we have to do is wait for Masaki to come, and then we c-"

That was the wrong thing to say, as Ichigo began ruthlessly beating against the Shun Shun Rikka, and his muffled screams grew even louder... Was he scared of his mother...?

Uryu flinched away from his furious assault against Orihime's shield, and recognize that it was causing a huge strain on her to hold it up.

'Kurosaki doesn't even realize how much he's hurting her...'

He turned back towards Ichigo to reprimand him at the absolute wrong second. The prisoner's white-sleeved arm extended towards him. His hands grasped Uryu by the collar of his shirt and pulled him closer. Everyone in the vicinity was surprised that his arm even managed to break through the barrier at all.

The orange barrier began fading to a blue color as it broke down into particles, and Uryu was gazing into Ichigo's eyes. His sclera had faded to black, and his normally brown eyes emitted a sky blue color. Ryo jumped from her seat in shock as soon as she saw them.

'The Hollow again!?'

The broken down particles of Reishi formed into his Reishi sword, which he pointed directly at Uryu's throat. His expression had shifted into a particularly demented gaze as he grinned widely and mumbled, "I...Kill...you... Ishida..."

Before he could even move his arm, a hand grabbed it and kept him from following through with that action. His eyes went back to their normal look, and his blade of Reishi evaporated.

"You are not ready to cross such a threshold, Ichigo Kurosaki. You would regret it for all of eternity."

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Haschwalth standing behind him, holding his arm. Right next to Haschwalth was a woman with magenta-colored hair that curled around her shoulders. And farther behind both of them was the very same man...from that night...

"Disappointingly weak, Ichigo Kurosaki... But that was to be expected."

He offhandedly tossed Ichigo a slight distance away from him. Ichigo struggled to pick himself up, regurgitating blood in the process as he fell back onto the ground... He clawed at the ground as he again tried to pick himself up. His fingernails scraped at a pair of military boots.

He felt the stranger's hands grab at the collar of his track jersey, easily lifting him with a single hand.The next thing Ichigo knew, he was being thrown off the rooftop. He glanced one last time at the man, who slowly lifted his finger up and pointed directly at him, creating a flash of light at the end of it.

The last thing Ichigo felt and saw was a beam of light piercing through his heart, and he knew immediately that it was all over...

"...Well... It seems you've started your own celebrations, Ichigo Kurosaki. Mind if I drop in?"

Ichigo stared at him with slight apprehension. This wasn't what he wanted... He wanted his friends to go home before the Wandenreich got here! And now his mother's coming...!

He dropped Uryu, allowing him to fall to the wet pavement before looking over his shoulder towards Yhwach and saying, "I'd rather we get out of here as fast as possible."

The Emperor of the Wandenreich smirked slightly and asked, "What's the rush...? It looks like we have time to kill."

Ichigo's eyes widened, as at that very same moment, Uryu and Chad went rushing by him, each with their weapons aimed with the intent to kill. He held his hands out called out, "Wait! No!"

Haschwalth, who had moved back towards his leader, fully prepared to draw his blade until Yhwach pressed the back of his hand into his chest.

"...I have to admit, chasing down Ichigo Kurosaki wasn't very fun... It's been a while since I was able to truly stretch my limbs... Even if it's just a morning stretch."

His subordinate nodded and stepped back as the King stepped forward and waited. The Fullbringer charged him with his right hand reared back and yelled, "El Directo!"

Yhwach moved to the side and simply smacked his fist away before using his right hand to send him soaring down the street, crashing into the bus stop as Ryo dived out of the way. Right after, a series of arrows soared by him.

Ichigo expression turned comical when he noticed they were flying directly at him. However, right as he was preparing to move, the left hand of the redhead woman moved in front of him, and a shield of Reishi emerged from it. He looked up at her, though she seemed to be focused on something else.

In his very hands, Yhwach crushed one of Uryu's Heilig Pfiels and allowed the Reishi fragments to scatter in the air. He clicked his tongue in disappointment and sighed, "I thought your arrows would be stronger, Ishida child. I figured wrong."

He clapped his hands together and slowly pulled them apart, forming a large arrow of Reishi. He hunched over and muttered, "This, young Quincy, is what a true Heilig Pfiel is supposed to be like."

He fired it towards Uryu, who was sent back near the same distance as Chad. However, both of Ichigo's friends huddled to their feet and took off again, though they coordinated their attacks this time. However, even Ichigo realized that it was all for naught.

As soon as Chad came within range while being covered by Uryu's arrows, Yhwach ignored the arrows and caught the Hispanic's fist with only his finger. With his other hand, he formed another of the large Heilig Pfiels and stabbed it into Chad's Brazo Izquierda del Diablo before painfully ripping it out, causing it to exploded in a shower of blood that was washed away by the rain.

Ichigo stood horrified as he watched his friend collapsed to the ground, and held his hand out as he murmured, "Wait..."

As soon as Chad landed on the ground, Uryu was next to fall. He fell back as the Quincy Emperor cleanly sliced through him. By that point, he threw the redhead woman out of his way as he charged towards the dark-cloaked man.

"Wait, goddamnit! Why the hell are y-!?"

Before he could get far, Haschwalth had stopped him and informed, "They are not dead... You are the only reason he did not kill them... Unless you wanted them to follow us in the Schatten Bereich."

Ichigo gritted his teeth, though he watched with angered eyes. Yhwach looked over at the orange-haired girl, whom he noticed was preparing to attack him.

"Don't waste your time, Human girl. If anything, you should be healing them instead."

He turned on his heels and prepared to leave before he sensed something behind him. Moving to the side, he saw a flash of green and white next to him before the person's white boots flew towards him. Yhwach grabbed it and pushed the offender back, and the person slid back in a pirouette style, almost like an ice skater.

"...And you are...? Is this another of your friends, Ichigo Kurosaki...?"

Ichigo narrowed his eyes. The person wore a lime-green top with an open collar and a white shirt underneath, along with lime-green fingerless gloves, white bands, and a charm bracelet on his arms. He wore white shorts and white boots, along with a white felt hat on top of his maroon-colored ha-

He waved him off and said, "Kill him if you want to."

Daruma Ryouseika's chuckle rung through his ears with annoyed intentions as he cooed, "You just can't help but love me, can you?"

Ichigo deadpanned and repeated, "No, kill him because its necessary. The world would be a better place."

Daruma laughed loudly as he began walking forward while throwing his hair over his shoulders. He jested, "You see, Mr. Quincy Sir, I can't let you run off with my Ichi-Boo Bear...get it?"

Ichigo frowned and desperately shouted, "...You were so eager to attack my friends, asshole, now hurry up and kill this guy!"

The redhead and Haschwalth both slowly turned to Ichigo, an expression of complete disbelief written on their faces. Yhwach raised an eyebrow, though he never turned around as he kept his eyes on Daruma. He mused to himself, "...Can't say I've heard that one before..."

While he was busy musing over Ichigo's apparent lack of respect, Daruma leaped at him with his foot raised in the air in order to kick him, though the emperor simply moved out of the way and cut him as he did Chad and Uryu.

As the man collapsed towards the ground, Yhwach stood overhead and looked down at him. He frowned and noted, "Layers of Fullbring? I didn't know one could stack Fullbring on top of another... What are you hiding, boy?"

Suddenly, the boy spun on the ground with his foot in the air and attempted a handstand kick, which was blocked by the elder Quincy's arm. With his left foot, he punted the redhead in the back and sent him flying away, coming to a rest in front of Orihime as she tended to the fallen boys.

Yhwach turned on his heel and sauntered back to the three Quincy and explaining, "...Now we are done, Ichigo Kurosaki... I sense no more of your friends. Let's take our leave."

Ichigo flinched as the dark cloak whipped against his face when the man passed by him. He looked back to his friends (and Daruma, but he wasn't a friend) before turning around and following the Sovereign of the Wandenreich.

However, everyone's eyes widened as a series of explosions went off in the street they were standing in. Ichigo was barely able to manage ducking beneath the flying body of Haschwalth as he was sent back, and the redhead gripped his arm tighter in response.

Four silhouettes emerged from the smoky ruins in front of Yhwach, and his eyes widened when he saw who was there.

A dark-skinned woman with short, purple hair came out of the smoke. She wore a midriff black biker jacket with orange stripes and torn sleeves, an orange tank-top, and a pair of tight-fitting chaps with an orange rear. A matching pair of black gloves and boots trimmed with orange adorned her hands and feet, and she wore a pair of black shades on her forehead.

To that woman's right, a man dressed in a green underclothing with a dark haori over it. He wore a green bucket hat with black stripes over his pale-blonde hair and a pair of wooden sandals. He had a beige-colored wooden cane.

Closest to the center on the left stood a man in a white suit with a blue shirt and tie. He had white hair and glasses, and stood with his hands in his pocket.

And directly meters in front of Yhwach was Masaki Kurosaki, her light blue dress flowing with the winds and rain, with a large bow of Reishi pointed directly at his head.

Trivia:

-In Canon, on the Friday in the middle of May, at 7:13, Ichigo defeated Fishbone D and became a Soul Reaper.

-Orihime's design uses the hair from the Soul Society arc (When she disguises herself) and the clothing from the Anime arc Reigai Uprising (Clothing she wears at Nozomi's party.)

-Uryu's design is based on Ryuken as a teenager. He just has dark hair instead of white. Chad's was just random.

-There is a reason Ichigo's near Hollowfication had blue eyes instead of yellow. Probably will be revealed in the next two chapters.

-Pretty sure it's obvious who Daruma is now. If not, it's revealed next chapter.

-The redhead Quincy is a Canon character, though she isn't a Quincy in Canon. However, like Tetsuo, nobody's gonna know who the hell she is until I reveal her, and then still have to check the Wiki to confirm she's real (Hell, I didn't even know she existed).

-Yoruichi's oufit was partially based on Hwoarang from Tekken. Her hair is cut short as it was in the Turn Back the Pendulum arc. Kisuke's only difference is that his hat has black stripes instead of white (I didn't really find a good design I liked.) Ryuken and Masaki are practically the same.