Later that day in the gardens of the Shiba Estates Ichigo and Yoruichi were walking in the gardens and Yoruichi states, "When you made that speech clinging to my belly, that was not a slip of the tongue… was it Ichigo"
Grinning Ichigo said, "No it was not a slip of the tongue… I was looking back at my life, through my fathers' eyes, and I understood"
"I understood all the ambush attempts, everything"
Chuckling Yoruichi said, "Mornings at your home were never dull were they!"
"Wait… you saw my father attacking me" Ichigo said feeling slightly annoyed.
"Think back Love… do you remember the black cat that was always perched on the roof across the street"
"Y-yea now that you mention it" Ichigo said, just as Yoruichi chimed in with, "I was always watching over y Yoruichi our family"
Cupping his cheek Yoruichi said, "What happened to the boy I could make blush at the drop of a hat"
Kissing her cheek Ichigo said, "He is still in here, somewhere!"
"That's good t…MMFFF" kissing Yoruichi hard enough to take her breath away Ichigo said, "He knows the sentiment behind the teasing"
That made Yoruichi smile with her eyes.
"Yoruichi… I'm sorry it took so long for me to listen to my heart"
"Ichigo just when I think I can't love you any more you say things like that!", Yoruichi said. A Jigokuchō lands on Yoruichi's finger and then she asks, "Ichigo… What are birthing and parenting classes"
To the left of them Isshin's disembodied voice said, "A good Idea, although I think your sister had hopped to have more time to settle in"
Remembering the early day's with Masaki he said, "If it weren't for those classes I would never have known how to raise you son"
"Oh, I'm curious what was no slip of the tongue" Isshin asks.
Turning slightly crimson and rubbing the back of his head Ichigo said, "When Yuzu confirmed what I suspected I knelt down before my wife and said, Sometimes you will feel like an outcast. But you will never be alone. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father becomes the son"
"Very Profound son" Isshin said, honestly.
"Hey Dad… you remember Eric right he was the U.S. Transfer Student" Ichigo commented.
Shaking his head at the memory Isshin, said, "How could I forget he was my only patient to brake both his arms in a fight and still come out on top"
"Well His father was in Delta Force, and after I lost my ability's I was looking at the military for after High School" Ichigo admitted openly.
"So, Steve told me" Isshin said.
Yoruichi looked to Ichigo for an explanation and Ichigo said, "Steve was Eric's father"
"Anyway, he was explaining the stricture of each unit"
"And" Isshin asks pointedly.
"And" his son said, "With some modification, "We could apply it to Shinigami divisions"
Raising his brow at his son Isshin's curiosity was peeked as Yoruichi said, "Just hear him out"
Ichigo went on saying, "A Captain and a Lieutenant, but that's where the similarity's stop."
"How so" Isshin asks.
"Well for starts, every member has to have been a Shinigami for five years and completed at least 3 to 5 missions" Ichigo explained.
"You have my attention!" Isshin stated in a tone he had never heard his father use before The tenor of a Battle-Hardened Shinigami Captain.
"Well with each Mission, a unit would be organized as follows, A Team leader and a second in command, one member of The Kido Corps, One Member of The Medical Corps, plus three other Shinigami"
Isshin was Impressed and already seeing the possibility's thinking, Treatment of the wounded could start immediately, and the offensive possibilities of having The Kido Corps members of the team.
Ichigo said, "My thought is a rapid response team"
"I see that." Isshin said, "And they could work independently"
"Who would your Lieutenant be?" Isshin asks.
"Yoruichi" Ichigo said, "I can't think of anyone more qualified!"
"A commoner can become a noble, but for a noble to become a commoner, they would always yearn for what they lost"
"Ichigo, I could live with being a Lieutenant as long as you are my Captain" Yoruichi states
"And before you ask, you don't apply so much as try out!" Ichigo tells them
This was news to both Yoruichi and Isshin, as Ichigo said, "They have to pass a Fitness Test just to get in."
"The one thing Yoruichi taught me without trying was Physical Fitness and Spiritual Fitness go hand in hand!
Yoruichi starts examining Ichigo closely even checking for a temperature saying, "Who are you and what have you done with my Ichigo!"
Both father and son laughed, as Ichigo's face said, (I'm still in here love)
"And here in the best part dad, each member of a squad cross- trains the other members of the six-person unit.
Smiling Yoruichi said "A unit like that could do anything!"
"The day he died I was supposed to meet with Captain-Commander Yamamoto about this!"
Both Yoruichi and Isshin looked at him and Yoruichi thought, "I knew this was important to him but to make an appointment with Commander Yamamoto…. By himself"
"Unlike the 11th, we are looking for Intelligence, Trainability, Flexability, And Adaptability" Ichigo explains.
One week later at "The Division" tryouts Ichigo is looking at all the Shinigami that tried out and all The Shinigami being turns away because they don't meet the five years and 5 missions requirements then there is Ikkaku Madarame who does not understand that the name of the game is teamwork not might makes right!
"Oi Ichigo" Ikkaku states penetrating voice, "The Princess said I failed the objective and told me to leave"
"Yoruichi" Ichigo asks.
"He was team leader; his task was to make sure every member of his team made it through the Obstacle course without exception" Yoruichi explains.
"And" Ichigo asks
"He blew through the course and waited and the end, insuring his team's death" Yoruichi tells him.
"Sorry Ikkaku" Ichigo said, "Your welcome to try out again but you fail"
"But", Ikkaku said.
Ichigo's face became hardened and his voice lowered becoming toneless and cold as death itself as he said, "Thinking like that got me killed… twice, because I didn't think through, I didn't have some kind of strategy"
As Isshin was coaching some of the people who passed the exam he overheard his sons statemen thinking, Ichigo died… twice!...
"Either they didn't know or Gotei 13 has been lying through their teeth"
Ichigo pointed to the wall to "The Division" Motto:
My first responsibility is to complete my Mission, My second is to protect my team, If I cannot do both I will complete my Mission.
"But I did" Ikkaku tried to argue.
"No, you didn't Ikkaku you abandoned them!" Yoruichi chided sharply, "You didn't even try to protect them"
"Even when I was captain of the 2nd I would never needlessly sacrifice my men for my own glory the way you just did"
The contempt was clearly-evident on her face.
As if to drive the point home and calm down his wife to be Ichigo said, "You succeeded in the first part of your mission, but ultimately failed in the second!"
"The objective was and is to get All Your Men to the end" Yoruichi tells him, "Not Just You"
Yoruichi feels Ichigo's hand on her shoulder and instantly calms down
"All right then I challenge Ichigo if I win, I am in" Ikkaku states thinking might makes right... and he can change Yoruichi's mind.
Leveling his gaze on Ikkaku Ichigo walked forward shaking his head in recrimination
"Having the second Kenpachi as your captain this was to be expected!" Putting up a quick Kido Barrier around everyone else in the room and possibly around The Seireitei itself.
Ichigo started releasing his Reiatsu slowly, doubling it to twice that of a Captain Stating, Right now my strength is twice that of a Captain, at full strength I am on par with the leader of Zero Ikkaku!"
Ikkaku feels his knees buckle as he is forced to take a knee and his breath was taken from his lungs as Ichigo said, "Leave, I won't ask again!"
"If Kenpachi has a problem with this he can take it up with the new head of the Shiba Clan" Ichigo sates as Ikkaku asks, "Who would that be!"
"Me" Ichigo states firmly as Ikkaku scurries off, Ichigo shakes his head saying, "I do hate displays of strength like that"
One of the many Shinigami there for the tryouts said, "Did he just put up a Kido Barrier around the entire Seireitei by himself?!"
His Sparring partner nodded worriedly at they stare at Ichigo.
Yoruichi contemplated the implications of what she and everyone else just witnessed then she remembers a conversation with Zangetsu thinking, The Next Soul King indeed!
"Son" Isshin said, "Don't forget tonight!"
"How could I forget that, hey dad!" Ichigo he thought, tonight I marry Yoruichi!
"Yea" Isshin replied.
"Bring Kazui, Yoruichi wants to present him to her clan elders so he can be adopted in"
Isshin replied, "Son you need to talk to Kisuke Urahara, he is the boy's legal guardian."
Moments later Tessai Tsukabishi walks up and every so often looks around and waits and Ichigo tells him, "Tessai, you are under the protection of not 1 but 2 noble houses you are safe"
He goes on to explain his Unit concept to Tessai who mulls it over in his mind saying, "I will do some asking around!"
30 minutes later Shunsui Kyōraku walks into the makeshift Barracks saying, "Ichigo a word?"
"Hello, Isshin, it's been quite a while"
"You needed to see me Head Captain" Ichigo asks tentatively.
"Ichigo did you intend to put up a Kido Barrier around the entire Seireite" Shunsui asks
"I didn't want to destroy my new home but Ikkaku challenged me" Ichigo said as he invited Shunsui into his office.
"Central 46 isn't sure what to make of this Division" Shunsui said, "But when you explained your concept to me it intrigued me"
"Is it true they do 5000 push up and 5000 sit ups a day!" Shunsui asks.
"Yea, and run 50 miles every morning, I don't ask them to do something I am not ready to myself" Ichigo said,
"The reason I put up the Kido Barrier, is I am 3 times stronger then Yamamoto was at the time of his death I am telling you because you need to know that"
Wide eyed Shunsui looks at Ichigo realizing the implications.
"Ichigo What Number do we assign to your group"
"Just call us "The Division"