Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at Orihime and Yasutora and expressed his gratitude.

“Where, where…”

"In return, Auntie treated us to some delicious fruit juice!"

After hearing Ichigo's words, Orihime smiled.

“These are different.”

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the kind-hearted Orihime and simply smiled.

"Ichigo, I'm sorry for causing you trouble regarding what happened the day before yesterday."

Just as Ichigo, Orihime, and Yasutora were thanking them for their help to the Kurosaki family the day before yesterday, Uryu Ishida, with bandages on his arms, came to Ichigo's class and apologized to him.

"It's alright, as long as no one got hurt."

After hearing Uryu's words, Ichigo simply smiled.

"Speaking of which, are your injuries alright?"

Ichigo looked at the bandages on Uryu's body and couldn't help but ask.

"You don't need to worry about that."

Uryu nodded to Ichigo, then turned and left.

"This guy……"

Ichigo raised an eyebrow as he looked at Uryu's aloof demeanor.

"Ishida-kun, what happened to you? Were you bullied?"

Just as Ishida Uryu turned around, intending to leave Kurosaki's class, Kurosaki's teacher, Komi, walked in. Looking at the bandages on Ishida's body, she couldn't help but ask.

"No! I didn't fight with anyone!"

"I just accidentally fell down the stairs at home yesterday!"

Ishida answered without batting an eye.

"Really? You should be careful..."

Ichigo's homeroom teacher didn't press the matter further, but simply reminded Uryu.

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Yulong simply nodded slightly.

"This guy……"

Kurosaki Ichigo watched Uryu's retreating figure, a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Don't worry, that guy will be fine."

Seeing this, Rukia Kuchiki tried to persuade Ichigo Kurosaki.

"Too."

Upon hearing this, Ichigo Kurosaki nodded in agreement.

"..."

What Ichigo Kurosaki didn't notice was the hint of gloom and worry in Rukia Kuchiki's eyes. As a Shinigami, Rukia Kuchiki had some things she couldn't say to others. As a result, only Rukia herself knew that she had been in the 'human world' for far too long.

After school that day, Ichigo Kurosaki returned to his room and began to prepare for his lessons.

After Ichigo finished all his homework, he suddenly realized that Rukia, unusually, hadn't bothered him today, which made him feel a little strange.

"Rukia, don't we need to go out and eliminate Hollows today?"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at his closet and asked a question.

"..."

However, unusually, Ichigo's closet made no sound today.

"Rukia?!"

This made Ichigo Kurosaki pause for a moment, then he stood up and pushed open the closet.

"This is?!"

When Ichigo opened the closet, he discovered that it was completely empty.

"That's strange?!"

This made Ichigo Kurosaki feel strange. He frowned and began to think, until he picked up a letter from where Rukia was sleeping.

"To Ichigo Kurosaki personally?!"

When Ichigo Kurosaki opened the envelope in front of him, he saw a letter filled with kana characters, composed entirely of 'pinyin', making it impossible to decipher.

“Are you kidding me?!”

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the letter in front of him, his eyelids twitching slightly.

"There are way too many 'ta's' in this letter. If you remove them, it's..."

"For some reason, I have to leave. Don't come looking for me, and don't worry about me. After reading this letter, please burn it. Then, if possible, please find a relatively safe place to hide for the time being..."

Ichigo Kurosaki quickly deciphered Rukia's letter and read it aloud.

"What a joke!"

After Ichigo Kurosaki finished reading Rukia's letter, he crumpled it into a ball and roared angrily.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, it seems you need a little help~"

Just as Ichigo Kurosaki became somewhat irritable after reading Rukia's letter, a dashing figure appeared casually by Ichigo's second-floor window.

"A profiteer?!"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the newcomer, his gaze pausing slightly.

"Let's go~"

Urahara's eyelids twitched slightly when he heard Ichigo address him. He gripped his cane and pushed Ichigo's chest hard.

"Shh!"

Instantly, Ichigo Kurosaki's soul left his body.

Meanwhile, it was getting dark.

Rukia, dressed in a long white dress, ran alone through the streets, trying her best to get away from Ichigo Kurosaki's mansion so as not to cause him any trouble.

In fact, from the day Rukia met Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia had already guessed her fate, but she did not expect that day to come so soon.

"Hey! Isn't that Rukia?!"

"Where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?"

Just as Rukia was running down the street, a hoarse voice suddenly came from above her head.

"You are... Renji?!"

Rukia's expression changed slightly upon hearing the sound. She turned around and looked up at the sky. When she saw the red figure standing on the telephone pole, she exclaimed in shock.

"What? Were you scared when you saw me?"

Renji Abarai descended from the sky, landing directly in front of Rukia, and asked with a smile.

"Renji, are you here to arrest me?"

Rukia looked at Renji Abarai in front of her and asked.

"Arrest you? This is just one part of my job..."

"In short, that's the one who took you by surprise, ambushed you, imprisoned you, confiscated your means of communication with the outside world, and prevented you from contacting the 'Gotei 13'..."

"That bastard who even stole your painstakingly cultivated Shinigami power—where is he now?! I'm going to kill him now to avenge you! To restore the honor of our 'Gotei 13'!"

Renji Abarai, having served as vice-captain for some time, had mastered the art of language. With just a few words, he transformed Rukia Kuchiki from a heinous criminal who had imparted the power of the Shinigami to humans into a victim of a treacherous human ambush.

"Renji, it's not what you think..."

Rukia wasn't stupid; she knew what Renji meant. Right now, if she did as Renji said, she wouldn't be convicted by Soul Society and would even receive some compensation. But the condition was that she had to distort the truth and convict Kurosaki Ichigo of being a madman who disregarded Soul Society and plotted to seize the power of the Shinigami. She couldn't do that.

"Rukia, wake up! Do you know your current situation?"

"Besides the method I just mentioned, you have no other choice..."

"Now tell me quickly, where is that guy who stole your Shinigami power? Watch me kill him and bring his body back to the Seireitei. Only in this way can we give the Soul Society and the 46 Chambers an explanation!"

Renji Abarai certainly knew that Rukia had her own reasons for transferring her Shinigami powers to a mortal, and that the human who received Rukia's power might truly be innocent!

But he couldn't worry about that right now. The most important thing was to do everything he could to protect Rukia and get the '46' to declare her innocent. Everything else could wait until Rukia was acquitted...

"Renji, it's really not what you think..."

"This whole thing is my fault, it has nothing to do with that human!"

Rukia answered seriously after hearing Renji Abarai's words.

"Tch! Rukia, I was saving you, you idiot!"

After hearing Rukia's words, Renji felt like his lungs were about to explode with anger.

"I'm sorry, Renji, I can't involve innocent people..."

Rukia knew perfectly well who Renji was doing this for, and she looked at him seriously, saying in a deep voice.

"You idiot! Ugh! Ugh! You're making me so angry..."

Renji looked at the petite but exceptionally determined Rukia Kuchiki in front of him, rubbed his head, and said weakly.

"Hoo..." Renji finally sighed and looked up at Rukia's back. "Captain Kuchiki, Rukia is your sister. What do you think we should do about this?"

"Captain Kuchiki?!"

Rukia's expression changed slightly after hearing Renji's words.

"Rukia, it's been a long time!"

Before Rukia could turn around, she heard an incredibly cold voice behind her, a voice like a thousand-year-old icy barrier, making Rukia tremble.

"Sister...Brother!"