(Soul Society, 12 division)

THUMP

Rin Tsubikura felt his head slam against the desk that he sat at, startling him awake. Staring at the monitor all day had been driving him a tad insane.

His Captain had wanted them to keep an eye on the world of the living for whatever reason, maybe to look for anything noteworthy, who knows.

When Rin went to look at the monitor for the twentieth time today, something had changed, a spike of Reiryoku had appeared on the chart.

"Interesting"

He was going to tell Lieutenant Akon about this.

(Karakura Town, Visored Hideout)

"So", Ichigo states, as he looks across the eleven people in the warehouse,

"your telling me, that you all are dead"

"Yes" answers the old man

"And all of you have powers from soul energy"

"Close enough" states Shinji

"And you job is to kill –"

"Purify"

"Hollows that happen to appear in this world"

"Yep" states Isshin

"And that since dad happens to be a grim reaper –"

"Shinigami" Corrects the old man

"I am now a Shinigami now"

Urahara begins to chuckle at Ichigo's panic, then states, "That was pretty much everything, Ichigo, good job for being able to comprehend all of it."

It got silent for a moment, Ichigo was processing all of the information that he was given, then asked," Why am I being told about this now?"

"To be honest,"Isshin states," we've been putting it off for a while, we were going to tell you eventually, but none of us wanted to do that. I wanted you and the twins to have a normal life, away from the spiritual side of the world, because god knows that nothing good comes out of it."

"Ok, so what now? What am I supposed to do with this information?"

Urahara cuts in with, "The way I see it Ichigo, you have three options."

With his full attention on Urahara, he asks,"What are they?"

Urahara holds up a finger," One, you go on with your life with the knowledge you've obtained."

He holds up another finger," Two, we wipe your memory of this event, so you can stay ignorant of the spiritual side, I would personally recommend this option, so you can live a normal life."

He then holds up a third finger, "Your third option is that we train you, Ichigo."

(Soul Society, 1st Division, Captains Meeting)

"So," The head captain looks around at the other captains, "with everyone here, we can begin this meeting.

The head captain then turns to look at Mayuri, "you wanted a meeting to be called, so the floor is yours."

"Thank you, head captain." he then gestures towards the monitor that he brought in.

"I am sure all of you know about the event that happened 110 years ago, right?

Everyone nods their heads at that.

"So why is this relevant?" questions Hitsugaya.

"I was getting there, buffoon, a couple of hours ago, we picked up a reading from the human world, it was a massive reiryoku spike that matched closely with the old head captain readings.

Now everyone's eyes were on Mayuri, the mention of the thought to be dead captain had instilled curiosity into everyone for different reasons.

"Of course, it wasn't a complete match, and with only one sample, I won't be able to guarantee it, which is why I propose that we send someone down to the world of the living to figure out who it came from."

Everyone went to look at the head captain, to see what he would do. He was staring at Mayuri, likely considering what to do in this situation. Then he spoke.

"I agree with your proposal, we should have someone sent down, a lieutenant for now, and we can have them get information about this situation. "

"Thank you," states Mayuri, "so I propose that we send Nemu to go-"

"Denied," Immediately the head captain snaps back

"What, why," Maryuri cries out.

"He probably wanted someone with a bit more nuance captain," states Byakuya, "I propose lieutenant Abarai he-"

"Him?," questions, Tosen, "he has barely become a lieutenant, let alone someone who could handle such a high level situation."

The captains began to squabble among themselves, with each of them recommending their own lieutenant while shooting down everyone else's.

"Why in the name of the soul king was I made head captain." Mumbles Kyoraku.

With a raised voice, Kyoraku states,"Since all of you can't decide, I will make the decision for you. I will have Lieutenant Nanao take the mission. She will get training to identify the signatures and I will have her stop by at the 12 division to get the necessary equipment. She will leave in 5 days. Are there any questions?"

He was met with the roar of a silent audience.

(Karakura Town, Kurosaki residence, 5 days later)

Ichigo had just woken up in the morning, with the choices still stuck in his mind.

"how the hell do I make a decision in one week?"

He was given one week to make a decision about what to do with the knowledge that he had acquired. It was either, forget, remember, or train. At first, he just wanted to forget about all of it, but after thinking about it, he was leaning towards remembering. He didn't know why, but he felt it would be the right thing to do.

Thankfully it was the weekend, so he didn't have to deal with school and could just stay home and think.

Eventually, he felt hunger set in, and went downstairs to grab something to eat. He expected to see his sisters and father there, but no one was here.

However, something caught Ichigo's eye, it's a small white note.

Dear Ichigo,

I am taking your sisters to the medical conference with me, going to be out until Thursday. You have the house to yourself, so have fun, and don't destroy the place with a party.

Love, Dad.

"What the hell dad, how hard is it to text me this."