I'm back!

I came up with this a while ago and thought I would post it to see what you readers think.

To my followers for the Red Reaper Story, I will try to get a Chapter up soon! Hopefully by the end of the month. (but don't hold me to that)

When Aizen was defeated Ichigo lost his Soul Reaper powers. No longer able to hear Zangetsu and Shirosaki his innerwold became an almost unwelcome place, even though it was a reminder of what once was.

For all intents and purposes the Shinigami appeared to have abandoned him, the Visored and his friends in Soul Society had not spoken to him in three months – even Kisuke was avoiding him like the plague. His living friends were no better, every conversation was strained and stilted at best, at worst they would ignore him or go out of their way to not walk past him. That all changed at the end of those three months when one day Ichigo disappeared without a trace.

Leaving behind anything that could connect him to Karakura, the Kurosaki family, or the world of the dead.

One year and four months later Ichigo returned to Karakura never explaining where he had gone or what he had done. However there were obvious changes in him besides physical ageing, he was calmer, more level headed, and he walked with an ease that spoke of constant training. Though he was not the only one to change in the past year, his friends had grown more mature in his absence – but no less secretive around him. He met Ginjo though Chad and began training with them to retrieve his powers once more; though he seemed to know a bit more about their group than he let on.

After the return of his powers and Ginjo's defeat, he was dragged headlong into another Shinigami war. This time between Soul Reapers and the Quincy. As the war progressed Ichigo learned about his heritage about his Quincy mother, and his power continued to grow exponentially. At the risk of the human world becoming contaminated by the fighting in Soul Society a time barrier was put in place, protecting humanity but extending the war and leaving the human fighters trapped in the realm of the dead. By the end of the war approximately one thousand years had passed in Seireitei, and the time barrier ended when Yhwach was defeated by Ichigo's hand.

A portion of Ichigo's power was sealed after the 1,000 years war. The world of the living and the Soul Society are out of sync by about a thousand years.

After Yhwach's defeat the time lines remerged, but the damage was already done, the human children – turned – soldiers returned home find that only a week had passed since they left. Tired and hardened did not even begin to describe them, Ichigo even more so.

He walked lethal grace that spoke of immense power, his eyes were hardened by the things he had seen and the blood on his hands. When he walked through the senkimon unease entered his mind – only to be dismissed.

Two weeks, three days, nine hours, twenty-six minutes, and forty-three seconds later Ichigo regretted that dismissal with all his heart… because his past – his secrets – have finally caught up with him.

As always please Read and Review! No flames please~ See you next Chapter!

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