Ichigo sits on the windowsill, taking in the view and enjoying the breeze. When the door opens, she doesn't bother to look even as the temperature in the room drops. The door slams and she listens as feet track across the office, the creaking of the roller chair overly loud. There's a heavy sigh and a rustle of clothing before she hears the click of a lighter and the smell of tobacco and nicotine reaches her.

"Figure the hospital director would be more apt for following the rules," she teases lightly. "Guess it just goes to show where Uryū gets it from."

"What are you doing here, Kurosaki?"

Ichigo turns her head, looking at Ryūken head on. "I want you to train Yuzu."

Ryūken doesn't react in any obvious manner, just takes another drag of his cigarette. "Why would I do such a thing?"

She reaches into her jeans and extracts a delicate chain bracelet. She holds it out, letting the Quincy charm drop so Ryūken can see it. "Oyaji kept it, just in case. Karin and I are more Shiba than anything, but Yuzu is a Kurosaki. She has a right to her inheritance. Whether she uses it or not will be up to her, but it's her choice."

Ryūken lets out a heavy sigh. "So he told you."

"Not yet," she corrects him. "But if I wait for him to be ready, things will already have started going down."

"I'm a doctor, not a teacher," Ryūken remarks. "And there's no guarantee she has the ability."

"We both know she has the potential," Ichigo snorts.

They lapse into silence and Ryūken finishes his cigarette before he sighs. "Why?"

"I don't want Yuzu involved in this anymore then she has to be, but I'd rather her be able to defend herself than to chance someone going after her and she be helpless," Ichigo says. "There's not always someone around to keep an eye on them."

"I'll take it into consideration," he finally says.

"Guess that'll do for now," Ichigo says. She looks back over the city line again, her eyes tracking up to the clear blue sky. "Something is coming, jisan, and it's not just Yhwach either."

A/N: That's the end for now.

For anyone interested, I'm starting on the new timeline so check out Broken Respite. I'll come back to this series when I've finished Changed Fate so in the meantime be sure to vote on who to keep around in this timeline; there's a poll on my page here and there's a link in the AO3 version.