Haven't I said that the story won't be as long as the others?

Well... FAKE NEWS !

When things continue like they are now, I certainly will reach about 30 chapters before the finale.
Anyway have fun with the chapter

Yours
Shiro Yue

While Shiro and later Hisana were tortured, not too far away from where Ichigo rested, mentioned orangettes body struggled to survive.
His IV had run dry after a bit more than two days and now he began to wither away in his deep slumber.
Ichig's hair had begun to turn white at his temples and deep wrinkles began to show on his face, that had become so thin that his cheeks hollowed out.
The skin on his hands had become thin and the muscles regressed.
Ichigo was dying and there wasn't much time left for him.
As he began to struggle to breath, an apparition materialized next to his bed.
The young raven haired man with light blue eyes, Lucifer.
"Is this how you want to end it?"
He asked the sleeping one, before he touched his forehead and opened up an other dimension.

Lucifer had moved his and Ichigos soul where the spirits roamed on their search for the afterworld.
The orangette slowly came to.
"Where is this? Who are you?"
Were the first things he uttered.
"In the spirit realm and you may call me Lucifer."
The fallen angel calmly answered him, with a straight face.
It took Ichigo a few moments to let that sit.
"Lucifer? As in that Lucifer? What? But-. I thought-. Ywach?"
He stuttered while his brain tried to comprehend what was going on.
Lucifer shook his head.

"Ywach was a child that got separated from one of my first children and Satan used his bad luck to seduce him and make him his puppet. To shorten things, all Vampires who live now, originate from him and his child, because you, his second son got killed before you could eliminate your own family."
Ichigo was confused.
"So about Gabriel?"
"Asim, as you were called then, was offered angelic powers in trade for his vampiric treats and eternal reincarnation."
"Umm, ok. I think, I got that now. So what am I doing here? Am I dead?"
Lucifer waved in front of him and let his sphere appear in between him and Ichigo.
"You are close. But I can offer you a way out."
He told while showing Ichigo the image of his dying body.

Ichigo sighed.
"Finally."
"What?"
The fallen angel wasn't quite sure if Ichigo meant it as he thought he might.
Ichigo had a tired and sad expression on his face.
"I lost everything, confined in this body that won't listen to my demands anymore, unable to do anything. I have no idea how long it has been, that I listened to Shiro suffer, from within that prison. He wouldn't abandon me, no matter what happened. That he isn't there now, means he must have been killed after all."
Ichigo couldn't help the tears that started to roll over his face.
He blamed himself for all of it.
"Just like my little Rukia."

"You could recreate her, when you take my offer."
"Huh?"
Lucifer stretched his hand out to Ichigo.
"I will give you all of my powers. Take revenge, create your daughter anew. You may do whatever you want with it. Just remember this; To give is to take. Nothing can be made from naught."
The orangette growled at the angel.
"How could I?"
The raven tilted his head, not understanding the question so Ichigo barked at him bluntly.
"How could I just recreate her? She wouldn't be the person she was,, but rather what I imagine her to have been! I don't want your powers! I never wanted any of this! Just let me die and reunite with my family!"
Lucifer was taken aback by Ichigos outburst.
He let him cool down a bit, then told with a slight smile.

"You really think that all are dead?"
"Otherwise Shiro would be sitting right next to this bed."
Ichigo told and pointed at the scene in the sphere.
Lucifer closed his eyes, made a gesture and the image in the orb changed.
"Let me enlighten you."

He showed Ichigo everything that happened to Shiro in the past days, until the point where Hisana got involved.

The vampire was happy that his mate was alive, as well as outrageous because of what happened to him and surprised at the girls outward appearance, since she looked almost like his daughter.
"Is that Rukia?"
He asked Lucifer.
"No, her name is Hisana. She is a foster that your daughter and her husband cared for among others."
They both watched what happened next, how Cang cut off her fingers, punished her when Shiro acted out and then further took her fingers of her other hand after he hat cut out her tongue.
Shiro had begun to protest in the last part and tried to break free from his ties.

"Your mate endured his physical torture for four days, without telling your whereabouts. Now with the psychological torment it's a guess how long he will last. With that knowledge, do you still choose death? His and the girls suffering will be all for naught."
Lucifer turned toward him and once more stretched his hand out to the orangette.
"Once again, I offer you my powers."
Ichigo looked at the sphere, then at Lucifer and was about to take the hand, when the latter added.
"But, in exchange, I will take something from you. That's how things work."
"Speak up."

The fallen angel took a deep breath, before he held a long speech.
"Satan restored my powers, in exchange for my servitude. Since I refuse to hold my end of the deal though he cursed me with a body that can not die. It's the same as Ywach's, who got the ability to eat another persons soul for it. So in turn for my powers I will take your mortality. I will finally perish and you will have to live on earth forever."

Ichigo eyed Lucifer sternly.
"You aren't moving your contract onto me are you?"
"No, that is bound to my soul, and will nullify with my death."
Ichigo frowned.
"The death thing is one thing. I could just do the same that you want now. But before I agree, tell me one thing."
"Sure."
"What did you think, making us to be like we are?"
Lucifer looked at Ichigo for quite some time, then closed his eyes, preparing for just another speech.

"You shouldn't have turned out like you did. Actually that was Satan's doing, as an other kind of punishment for me, because I wouldn't obey him. In truth, you should have been as you are, just with the right to decide, when you want to die, without having to go through the aging process. I also wanted to grant you the ambrosia. The meal of the gods. But before I could, Satan dragged me to hell. And because of my protest he cursed you with a body that needed blood as foodsource."

Ichigo got stuck at one thing.
"Ambrosia?"
"Yes. It's the fruit of the tree of life and a drink made from a certain plant. You have to take sea-ambrosia, wet with morning dew and make a tea like brew from it. Those two nourish a man for an entire year. A god will need it once a month, when he won't use much of his powers."
"But that plant is toxic."
"To a normal human, since the gods don't want to share it."
Lucifer cut off any more questions by saying.
"Will you take my offer now? You will get all my knowledge with it as well. So spare your breath."
Ichigo thought a moment about it, then took the hand and pressed it strongly.
"I'll do anything to protect my family."
Lucifer smiled.
"That's what I hoped for. Well then let's begin."

The angel pulled Ichigo close and pressed his right hand flat against his chest.
Ichigo felt like liquid fire spread inside him from the point he got touched.
This feeling though didn't last long and when Lucifer left off of him he sighed, relieved like a heavy weight was lifted from him.
"I already can feel my strength vanish."
As his appearance began to falter slowly he told Ichigo.
"Let me tell you one last thing as a parting gift. Your strength now surpasses that of the highest being in heaven. You are stronger than Metathron now, the one you tend to call god. Use this strength wisely."
The fallen angel vanished and Ichigos soul got pulled back into his body.
His aged vessel slowly began to restore itself back to it's youthful appearance.

The room he laid in was dead silent, until there was a deep inhaling sound, that sounded like earth itself breathed after a long time.

Chapter 11
End

Oh, before I forget, for those who wonder.

Roles played by:

Tensa Zangetsu - Lucifer

Satan - Giriko Kutsuzawa

Just wanted to make that clear, since I don't tend to use OC's