The makeshift hospital was a mess, but Isane was intent on running it just like Unohana would have if she was there. The injured were being cared for and she had sent some out to gather the officers. She was worried. SoiFon had ran off, saying something about finding Yoruichi. Marechiyo was with one of the healers, watching them heal his little sister. Izuru was in critical condition, whit a huge portion of his body being missing, but Mayuri had said he would use his flesh growing serum to fix it. Shuhei was unconscious and in critical condition as well, having been shot through the shoulder and into one of his lungs then out his side. However one of her talented division members was healing him. Hanataro had tried to insist that the division member leave it to him, but the man had insisted that it was his job to heal the ninth fukutaichou. Isane remembered the man as Aoga. He had talked very highly about Shuhei, having been friends with him in school. Isane had allowed him to continue. Sajin no longer had his humanity and instead was only a large wolf now. The entire thing was a mess.

"Hey sis." Kiyone said, standing next to Sentaro. Both looked completely emotionally destroyed. Isane knew she had to ask, but she didn't know how.

"You both look unharmed." she started, wondering how to ask. She didn't want to come right out and say it, but Shunsui was also wondering around looking lost. Jushiro wasn't in the hospital, so it only left one option.

"Taichou is gone." Sentaro said, just saying what she wanted to know. Isane felt like someone had slapped her. Yamamoto had founded the Gotie thirteen nearly three thousand years ago, and after he sealed away Yhwach, he created the Shino Academy. Unohana taichou was from the very first generation of the officers, and Jushiro and Shunsui were part of the first generation of the Shino Academy. The three of them were the veterans. She, like all the others, had just assumed since they were there long before them that they would continue to be there long after they were gone. However Yamamoto, Sasakibe, Unohana, and now Jushiro were gone. The only one left to represent how things were was the new leader, Shunsui.

"He replaced the Soul King. He's gone to us." Kiyone elaborated in a hollow voice. Isane nodded, then she pulled her little sister in a hug. Kiyone idolized Jushiro. Her and Kiyone came from the rukongai, just like many of the others. It was the lower districts, so life wasn't overly difficult, but it sure as hell wasn't only had each other for the longest time. When they went through the Shino Academy they had found that the two sisters had very different skill sets. Because of that, they were separated. Isane went to the fourth, and Kiyone the third. For both of them they had finally found a home, people that they could relay on besides just each other. For that they each found someone to look up to, to give them guidance. To Isane, that was Unohana. For Kiyone, that was Jushiro. Kiyone then pulled back, giving her sister a small smile.

Kiyone couldn't bear to give her sister any more to worry about at the moment. Isane was currently in a position where every life in the Seiretei was in her hands. She didn't need to worry about the little sister who had no physical wounds. Isane seemed surprised for a second, but then nodded as she seemed to get the message. Besides, Kiyone had something else that Isane didn't have. A rival and best friend who would protect her and look out for her. Hanataro approached the three, looking a little worried.

"Kotestsu-fukutaichou, we need your help with the arrival of Muguruma, Otoribishi, and Zaraki taichou's." he said. The acting taichou nodded and left with him. It was going to be a rough few days.

xxx

Momo sat beside Toshiro and Rangiku as a doctor was looking over the two of them. Shinji was gone, most likely at the side of Kensei and Rose. They had been living together for a hundred years, they were all family at this point. Toshiro had a small smile on his face, as did Rangiku. "What happened? After everything that happened you two actually look happy?!" she said. Rangiku laughed.

"It's because he's alive. Taichou mentioned before that when they went to help Ichigo in the Fullbringer mess, that he thought he saw him, but he wasn't sure. Yet there was no mistaking it this time. We were even at his house and we never knew." Rangiku said. Momo was confused.

"Who's alive?" she asked.

"Our taichou, Shiba Isshin." Toshiro said. Momo suddenly made the connection. Isshin was once a member of the branch family of the Great Noble Clan Shiba. He had taken over the tenth division after the last taichou and fukutaichou had died in an accident over a hundred years ago. He went without a fukutaichou for a long time, but eventually promoted Rangiku to the position. Then when Toshiro arrived he was immediately raised to third seat. Momo remembered hearing about it a lot. After she had become a member of the fifth division, Toshiro had met Rangiku and she encouraged him to go to the Shino Academy. Since she was the one that brought him, it was her division that he joined when he graduated. The taichou quickly raised Toshiro to the third sea position and focused on training Toshiro to succeed him if he ever died or retired. Then twenty years ago he went to the human world without orders and never returned. People didn't know if he deserted the Gotie thirteen or was killed. However the fact that he was indeed alive and his family fell from power immediately after he disappeared showed that Central Forty-six was thoroughly convinced he abandoned them.

"He was in Karakura town all this time, under the name of Kurosaki Isshin." Toshiro said. Momo nodded. She supposed that made sense. After all eleven other officers as well as the substitute shinigami that they had no idea what happened to were all also in Karakura Town. Since it was so concentrated with reiatsu for the human world, it was an easy place to hide in. Also with eleven other former officers showing up it wasn't so surprising to find a twelveth...Momo gave them all a confused look.

"Kurosaki? Like in, Kurosaki Ichigo?!" she asked. The two nodded.

"Yeah, he's Ichigo's father." Toshiro said. Momo blinked slowly, processing that.

"So you're saying Ichigo's father is Shiba Isshin?" she asked. The two officers nodded. Momo was confused. Isshin only left twenty years ago. Therefore Rukia should have known what he looked like. Yet she never once recognized Ichigo's father as Shiba, even though she ended up interacting with him quite a bit?!

"Apparently Kuchiki Rukia noticed the connection in appearance, but she never sensed any reiatsu from him. She must have chalked it up to appearances since Ichigo looked so much like Shiba Kaien too. It turned out Urahara Kisuke had given him a gigai that hid his reiatsu, so there was no way for her to actually know." Toshiro said. Momo nodded. That made sense, in a way.

"Did you get to talk to him?" she asked. She knew that despite the two always complaining about how lazy the taichou was, they still looked up to him and cared about him a great deal. To her dismay the two shook their heads.

"No, he left before we could. That's alright though. As long as we know he's alive, that's enough for now." Toshiro said. Momo nodded and smiled.

xxx

Ise Nanao watched as the injured just kept coming in. She shuttered, thinking about just how many people were lost or injured after this Seiretei was completely in shatters, it would take years to rebuild. Since Shunsui only liked to do things at his own pace too, it meant most of the work would now fall on her shoulders. The thought was not a uplifting one. "Are you alright?" she turned to see Lisa standing behind her, and Nanao immediately looked away.

Lisa was like a big sister to her. She taught her to read, how to be a shinigami, and looked after her. Nanao lost her mother at such a young age, and while her foster parents were wonderful people, she left them early to join the Gotie thirteen. She had wanted answers, but instead found that thrawrted by Shunsui, having moved her into his own division. She knew he was doing it to look out for her for her late mother and his late brother. However it ended up working out for her. She got to spend time with him and Lisa, who were the best family she had known. Yet Lisa disappeared a hundred years ago, on the night they were supposed to read together. She heard from Shuhei, who was completely overjoyed that Kensei was alive, that Lisa had been on the battle field in the winter war against Aizen. Since then she had only wanted to see Lisa again. However when she did, it was her in a moment of weakness and Lisa telling her not to give up.

"I'm fine." the young woman said quickly. Lisa smiled.

"I see. I heard you fought well. I wish I could have seen it." she said. Nanao turned to face her, face glowing with the praise.

"I'm a soldier too." she said firmly, showing that she could indeed fight. Lisa nodded, agreeing with the statement.

"It's a mess isn't it." she remarked, looking around. Nanao nodded. It all was. The physical structures, the people left behind, the state of affairs. It was all in ruins. "Good thing we're good at rebuilding." Lisa continued. Nanao paused at that. The statement was pretty true actually. For the last two years they had to constantly adapt and rebuild. In the long run, she assumed it was all thanks to Aizen. If Aizen hadn't done all the shit that he did, then they wouldn't have ended up with a champion like Ichigo who was now strong enough with his friends to take on such a monster as the Soul King's son.

"Do you know what happened to Aizen?" she asked, recalling that that little piece of the puzzle had not yet, to her knowledge, been resolved.

"He was healed and placed back in the Muken." Lisa said. Nanao didn't know how to feel about that. The man had tried to kill them all, and for that eight innocent officers were sentenced to death and three more had to turn traitor to save them. Then he waged war, taking two more taichou's with him and causing so much physical and emotional damage to so many people. However she had to acknowledge that if Shunsui hadn't pulled him out, and Aizen hadn't decided to assist them, they would all be dead now. Ichigo, Renji, and Uryu would never have reached Yhwach in time and the man would have destroyed all of existence. It didn't excuse what he had done, but she also felt that maybe he decided better than to return to the Muken. Yet she would never say such a thing to Lisa, who probably wished Aizen had a much worse punishment that what he had received.

"I see, that's one less problem I have to worry about." she said. Lisa smiled and pulled the smaller girl into a hug.

"I think you need to stop worrying about everything for a while." she said.

So yeah, I didn't think this story would actually get any attention. I wanted to do stuff with all the characters healing a little, some immediately like these guys, and some will be a week later, like the next chapter. Until next time. Oh, and the name is a pun on the last chapters, I am in no way saying this is actually a perfect ending, it's just my version of it.