"You"
Seeing Ichigo instantly kill the Hollow with a single strike, Rukia felt completely devastated. What did this mean? It meant that her spiritual pressure as a Shinigami was inferior to that of this human, especially one who had just awakened his Shinigami powers! Ah~ this was simply a disaster.
On the other side, Ichigo looked at his new look, fiddling with his Zanpakuto, growing more and more excited and exhilarated.
"Oh~ Ah! Ah~ Ah~ Ah~ Ah~ Ah~! I~ have superpowers~!"
Then the two looked at each other.
"Ha!?"
"Ah!?"
Rukia was going crazy. "You! This isn't a superpower, it's the Soul Reaper Power! Besides, aren't you even surprised?!"
"Surprised? Why?" Ichigo suddenly hugged his sword to his chest and asked cautiously, "You Soul Reaper, you're not going to take this power back, are you!?"
"Ha!?"
"Ah!?"
Rukia's temple veins bulged. "You bastard, you care about something so trivial?"
Ichigo scratched his head, "Then what do you want me to care about!?"
"Why do you, a human, know about Soul Reaper?!"
"Why can't I, a human, know about Soul Reaper!?"
What could Rukia say? Was this how Soul Society taught them?
On the other side Ichigo found his body. After some fumbling around, his soul finally returned to its place. Getting up, Ichigo dusted himself off and looked at the messy grove. He picked up Rukia and asked...
"Hey~ what are we going to do with this forest? It's definitely going to make the news like this, right?"
"Put me down, I can manage," Rukia suddenly remembered she had no more Spiritual Power. It was strange; she'd only intended to give this guy half her power. "Hey~ what's your name?"
"Ah! Come to think of it, I didn't even know your name. My name is Ichigo Kurosaki. What's yours?"
"Rukia Kuchiki," Rukia suddenly blushed. Ichigo's smile was infectious, and it was quite a sight to see a little girl being hugged like that.
"Rukia, what a lovely name~", Ichigo smiled, bouncing Rukia around to make himself more comfortable. "I'll take you home, my dad will heal you. But what do we do here?"
Leave it to me~
A voice suddenly appeared, Ichigo turned around abruptly, exclaiming with delight, "Mingmo -nee~! It's so good to have you here! Do you think you could heal Rukia?"
Mingmo shrugged. "I don't have the ability to heal. Take her back. Even if your father can't heal her, you can send her to your Uncle Urahara's place."
"Oh~ then I'll see you another day, Mingmo- jie~"
"Okay, don't stay out too late tonight~"
"Okay~", Ichigo suddenly turned around, his face flushed, "What am I supposed to do tonight!?"
However, Mingmo had already disappeared. On the other side, visible Spiritual Power covered the entire park, and all the ravaged trees returned to their original state.
Rukia deathly pale; she couldn't possibly do something like that. "Who is that person?"
Ichigo said impatiently, "You have so many questions. Mingmo is just Mingmo, what do you mean 'what kind of person'? A good person."
"Okay," Rukia realized there was a huge problem with their understanding of each other, so much so that they were completely on different wavelengths when they spoke. Rukia felt utterly powerless and couldn't do anything about it. She could only let it go.
Ichigo ran all the way home, arriving even faster than he had come. He was in an unusually good mood and felt much more energetic. Despite running for so long, he didn't feel tired at all. He put Rukia down at the door and took out his key to open the door.
Then he saw Rukia. Ichigo swallowed hard, then Rukia in front of him. "Mom! I really had something to do! I went to save this Soul Reaper, look!"
"Soul Reaper?" Mi blinked, pressed her earring, and finally could see Rukia. "Oh dear, come in quickly! How did you get so badly injured?"
Then Mei turned around and shouted, "Isshin! Come down quickly! There are wounded people I can't handle!"
There was a commotion upstairs, Isshin rushed down in a panic, shouting, "Coming! Coming! Where are the wounded?!"
Then Isshin and Rukia saw each other and were both stunned.
Rukia swallowed hard, pointed at Isshin, and asked hesitantly, "Isshin? Captain Shiba?"
Isshin scratched his head. "Oh~ you're Ukitake, one of Kiyohara, right?"
The biggest and most inexplicable plot hole in the original work has appeared: Rukia herself told Ichigo that she had lived in Soul Society for several times Ichigo's age, which would be at least seventy or eighty years, or even fifty or sixty years, but in reality, it's over a hundred years.
So she spent six years in school, became a member of the Thirteenth Division, achieved a respectable rank, had a good relationship with the Vice-Captain, and witnessed Kaien's death. So, the question is...
Did Kaien die before or after Isshin's defection? How much time had passed since Isshin's defection? Was it a year before the story began? Did Rukia join the group after Isshin's defection?
However, that's not the case. When Rukia and Renji were in school, Aizen and Gin Ichimaru were the captain and Vice-Captain of the Fifth Division. This shows that by the time Rukia's Soul Reaper timeline reached Isshin's defection, at least seventy or eighty years had passed. Would she not recognize the captain of the Tenth Division?
Back with Ichigo looked completely bewildered. "Eh? Dad~, someone you know?"
"Haha~ I wouldn't say we're close~", Ichishin said, Isshin extremely embarrassed. "Um, please come in."
"Ah~, thank you~", Rukia's mind was a complete mess.
"What are you all still doing?!" Mei snapped, grabbing Isshin's arm. "Even if you're catching up, you should at least heal the child's injury first! Hurry up!"
"Ahh~", Isshin finally realized what was happening and quickly handed the Healing Device to Rukia.
The Healing Device is shaped like a bracelet. Isshin has a complete set of equipment, including Spiritual Power reserves, Barrier setting, scene repair, and this Healing Device. In short, it's a tool that allows Isshin to fully unleash his fighting power, so he doesn't have to be afraid of anything that happens.
Isshin handed the object to Rukia, saying, "Infuse your power into it, and it will heal you."
Rukia looked completely bewildered, holding the bracelet, then said sheepishly, "I... I have no power left."
"Ha!?"
Rukia pointed to Ichigo beside her, "I was being chased by Hollows and had no choice but to try to make your son Ichigo Soul Reaper. I originally intended to give him only half of my power, but he took all of mine away."
"Eh~? Is it my fault?" Ichigo was just standing by when trouble struck him out of nowhere.
"It's your fault I didn't say it!" Rukia was even more annoyed.
"It's alright, it's alright~", Isshin had calmed down by now, and knowing that Ichigo had gained Soul Reaper powers, Isshin had some ideas, so he became serious. He went to get an earring-shaped Spiritual Power storage device, the one that Endless left at his house.
"Here, wear this, and you'll have Spiritual Power."
Although Rukia had no idea what the earrings were for, she obediently put them on. Then, using Rukia as a medium, the Spiritual Power from the earrings began to flow into Ichigo's body in a visible manner.
Ichigo and Rukia looked completely bewildered. Meanwhile, Mi grabbed Isshin and whispered in her husband's ear, "Hey~ Isshin, don't these two kids look just like we did back then?"
Isshin the flow of Spiritual Power between the two, he grinned and said, "You know what, it really does look like them, just reversed."
Mimi's imagination ran even wilder. "Do you think our Ichigo will get pregnant?"
Isshin was completely exasperated. "How can a man get pregnant? If anyone's going to get pregnant, it'll be Kiyohara."
"Is that girl's name Kiyohara?"
"Yes, I remember that was the last name, but I don't know the first name."
"Oh my, that's great! She's also quite pretty, Ichigo!"
"Really? As long as you're happy, I don't care about this."
On the other side, the Spiritual Power flowed for about half a minute before stopping. Rukia found that her Spiritual Power was also full, so she poured Spiritual Power into the bracelet. Sure enough, the Kaido energy acted on her, and she was fine in no time. Rukia was quite impressed by the bracelet's magic, and the earrings on her ears were just as magical.
Rukia fiddled with the bracelet for a moment, then suddenly remembered it wasn't hers. She quickly took it off along with the earrings, respectfully handed it to Isshin, and bowed, saying, "Thank you so much!"
"It's alright, it's alright~, don't stand at the door, come in."
"My injury is healed, I'll be leaving now."
"Where are you going?" Mi grabbed Rukia and pulled her into the house. "It's too dangerous for a young girl like you to go out so late at night. Why don't you stay at our place for the night?"
Rukia wanted to refuse, but under Mi's forceful influence, she didn't even have a chance to speak before Mi dragged her upstairs. Isshin followed, only to be kicked downstairs by Mi.
"You're sleeping on the sofa tonight! There's no room upstairs, Kiyohara will sleep with me."
What could Isshin say? She could only say "Okay~", then turn around and go sleep on the sofa.
Ichigo chuckled to himself, Isshin raised his foot to kick, but Ichigo deflected it. Just as the father and son were about to fight, Mi's voice came from upstairs, very softly.
"Your little sister and brother are both asleep. If you two wake one of them up..."
Mei didn't say much. The father and son both shivered, then glared at each other fiercely. Ichigo made a face and went upstairs, Isshin went to sleep on the sofa without any temper.
A moment later, Mei came down with a blanket for Isshin. The couple looked at each other, Isshin sighed, "You thought of that too?"
"Yes!" Mi nodded, a little sadly. "Has Ichigo become the Child of Destiny they were talking about?"
"It should be~", Isshin took out a cigarette and lit it. Since Mei wasn't dead, Isshin hadn't quit smoking. He exhaled a smoke ring Isshin patted his wife's shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm still alive. No one can hurt our son."
"Hmm~"
"Go upstairs to sleep."
"Hmm~"
"Um," Isshin, pulling his wife, who was feeling down, back to her. Mei turned around, puzzled, and pointed to the Isshin in her hand. "Give me the blanket."