Ichigo and Rukia are unexpectedly reunited in Tokyo the summer after the defeat of Aizen. Finding they have to come to terms with their ways of dealing with the war, themselves, and each other, they start another journey together that eventually takes them back to Karakura. A canon-to-chapter 423 IchiRuki reworking of the time skip.

When Ichigo comes across a strange object in Urahara's basement, he is transported to the past when Rukia and Renji are entering the Shinigami Academy. Ichigo enrolls as well to prepare for the Winter War, but chaos loves to follow him... Time travel.

What if Ichigo had handled his Inner Hollow problem like he had everything else thrown his way? Instead of running from it, he faced it head-on? Rated M for future graphic scenes.