Epilogue

Gin, true to his words, pulled some strings so that the Espada got off light. Starrk earned a sentence of five years. Barragan and Hallibel earned a sentence of three years. Ulquiorra, Nnoitra and Grimmjow each got two years. Zommari and Szayel got eighteen months. Aaroniero and Yammy got an year each. Tosen, who was deeply involved in the illegal activities of Aizen got a sentence of thirty years. Aizen however earned a hefty sentence of sixty five years for his illegal activities, and double life imprisonment for the murders of Kasumi and Sora Inoue, so that Aizen was locked away behind the bars and in high security prison for the rest of his life. Gin had been careful enough to drop the word of his pedophilia tendencies to the jailer, who in turn wasted no time in spreading the rumor through the inmates of the prison. Aizen never knew a day of happiness again in his life and twenty years after his imprisonment died a premature death succumbing to various repeated injuries sustained in the prison.

During the trial, the world came to know that Orihime was the step daughter of Aizen and therefore the judge ruled her to be the heir of 50% of Aizen's legal businesses. Orihime who celebrated her seventeenth birthday shortly after the arrests, took over Las Noches and the legal businesses once Aaroniero and Yammy were released. With their help, she managed to start running the business and take care of Haruki. All the Espadas, with the exception of Barragan who wanted to lead a quiet life with his family, joined Las Noches again, but this time in slightly different roles. Starrk and Hallibel were sent to the locations that were out of Karakura town to look after the work there. Nnoitra became Orihime's right hand man. Grimmjow was yet again in charge of Las Noches' security. Zommari, Aaroniero and Yammy resumed their duties as body guards, only this time, they were no longer required to kill anyone. Szayel was in charge of the health of the residents of Las Noches and the education of Haruki. He was slowly moulding her to become a doctor.

Ulquiorra helped Orihime with the business and upbringing of Haruki. The two of them had decided that they would give her a normal childhood, something that both of them had been denied. Haruki and the business had become their top priorities and they put off their own marriage till they were certain that she had grown up to be a normal and able person. When she was fourteen, Haruki was told the truth about Orihime and why Aizen was really behind the bars. Turned out that despite Orihime's protectiveness, Aizen had in fact touched Haruki in ways that the child wasn't quite comfortable with and she hadn't quite forgotten it. Although it had taken her some time, but eventually she came to accept everything. At the age of sixteen, she put her foot down and insisted that she wanted to see her sister and Ulquiorra married. The marriage was an elaborate affair and was something everyone would remember for a long time.

All in all, with Aizen Souske gone, Las Noches was one big happy family.

Author's note: And with that my 101 page story comes to an end. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all the support and encouragement that you have shown to me all this time. Without your support and guidance this would not have been possible.

Now I will concentrate on my other fic "I see you" and also start working on the collection of One Shots that I have decided to name "Flying high" as suggested by Anna Katelena1 and Lilarin. Someone asked me, what about Grimmjow and Nel's story? In case you are wondering as well, that will be addressed in the one shots. So till the next update- ciao.