Chapter two: "Innocent Eyes"
The vision rippled, his eyes blurring as if he were underwater, and he held his breath in caution. When it cleared, he saw a pair of bright brown eyes staring right at him.
Or rather, the young boy was staring behind him, where Hiyori was seen scolding the boy.
Ichigo watched intently, his mind on the boy that held a striking resemblance to himself; he suddenly had the pressing urgency to find out where this version of himself was.
The images switched to Byakuya and Soifon, speaking, but the only thing he heard from their conversation was that Rukia had left for the world of the living. The looming presence of Ywach poked at his mind. He ignored it for the most part, especially when he spotted Rukia and Renji standing outside of his family's clinic.
He watched as all his friends, sans Inoue and Ishida, interact with each other. It amused him to see his sisters towering over Rukia.
But what surprised him was the image of Sado, his best friend who swore to never use his fists for violence, standing in a rink, ready to knock his opponent out cold. It begged the question of "what happened?"
And then there was Ishida, who was finally spotted on top of the roof of a hospital. Clothed in the typical doctor's outfit, he leaned against the rails and watched the match on his phone, prepared to support his friend. It caused Ichigo to smile a little despite the growing confusion for his friends' choices in careers.
But it was wiped out and replaced with surprise and disbelief as he found this version of himself asking Inoue, whom he referred to as Orihime, where "Kazui" was. That instance of shock was heightened as it was revealed that Renji and Rukia had a child of their own.
And apparently the parents already lost her, and were seemingly encouraging her to pick on the human children.
He narrowed his eyes at their antics.
But then he saw those big, brown, innocent eyes happily playing with a black orb, which must have something to do with the remaining of Yawach's reitsu disappearing - confirmed by Aizen, bound to a chair once more.
Ichigo felt his conscious resurface above the water-like sensation of the vision he witnessed, watching as the current Ywach grip his sword, telling him that some path was being closed.
He was telling him some nonsense of the world of the living, Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo merging, and destroying the sense of fear of life and death. He was desperately telling the orange haired young man that this perfect world will forever cease to exist because of him and his friends.
Ichigo just directed his gaze towards the man behind this devastating war, the remaining bits of the vision of the possible future ending with Aizen talking about something relating to courage.
And it ended with the innocent eyes of Kurosaki Kazui and Abarai Ichika.
One of his future children.
AN: I have one more chapter to publish after I proof read it.