(Author note)

Hi this is my first fanfic ever. So normally I would ask you to not level me to the ground with your reviews, but in this case I have a request: Find and point out my mistakes without mercy, so I can improve with every chapter and create a great story.

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"You are much more than you think Kurosaki Ichigo." Aizen said smirking slightly with his last breath.

"It's done, Aizen is finally dead." Ichigo thought as he looked at slowly disintegrating corpse of Ex-Captain. The war between Shinigami and Arrancar is over. The Soul Society has won at last. But Ichigo couldn't savor the taste of victory for long, because he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head as his consciousness slipped away into darkness.

…...

"Uhhhh… where the hell am I?" Ichigo said as he slowly opened his eyes, greeted by an unfamiliar wooden ceiling.

Looking around he saw empty beds, and medical equipment laid out across the room.

"I'm probably at some hospital." He thought, and tried to get up. He regretted it quickly as his whole body throbbed with intense pain, causing Ichigo to flinch in response. Moments later, the door to the room swung open revealing several people trying to enter room at once.

"ME FIRST DAMN IT!" Ikkaku shouted

"You wish! In yours dreams baldy!" Renji yelled slamming in foot into Ikkaku's face

"It's such a vulgar way to get inside you know" Yumichika said with smirk

"Shut up ugly!" Renji and Ikkaku shouted in unison

"You are sooo going to regret this!" Yumichika screamed in fury as he charged at them. In the short fight that occurred half of the room was laid to waste, and the only thing preventing further damage in the room (including Ichigo's body) was…

"I hardly think this is appropriate behavior in a med area, don't you think?" Said a calm, soft, and gentle voice.

Renji, Ikkaku and Yumichika froze in absolute terror as Captain Unohana entered the room.

"I think you shouldn't startle our patient. He just woke up after all." She said with a "gentle" smile

Renji, Ikkaku and Yumichika felt as if the devil itself was looking straight at them.

Trembling and sweating, they only managed to say "YYYY-Yes ma'am" in unison.

"Now let's see how our patient is feeling." Said Unohana, focusing her attention on Ichigo

"I'm feeling fine, thanks." Said Ichigo

"I'd don't think so. You have been unconscious for two days, and your injuries haven't healed yet. You should stay in bed." Replied Unohana, with gentle smile and concern in her eyes.

"No, I'm fine thanks." He said confidently.

"Ichigo, you should really stay in bed." She said with the same expression, but Ichigo was chilled to the bone as he felt the, "this isn't a request" aura and some sort of sinister power backing it up from Unohana.

"Y-Yes ma'am." He hissed in fear.

"Good. Now, the rest of your guests can come in, only if they can behave. But I believe that won't be a problem, will it?" Unohana said as she was about to leave the room, only to hear choir of, "Yes" and "Of course Ma'am".

After she left, the room was filled with people.

"Ichigo!" Rukia yelled with tears of happiness.

"Kurosaki-san!" Wept Orihime, and hugged Ichigo causing him pain, though he managed to hold a strait face.

"Good to see you, you bastard." Ishida said grinning, Ichigo holding in the urge to smash his face in, barely.

"Yo." Chad greeted him with small smile, and grabbed Ichigo's shoulder gently.

"Ichigoooo!" Yelled Matsumoto while slamming her body into his, and choking him with her large breasts. 'There goes my ribs.' thought Ichigo in pain, as he felt his ribs being crushed.

"Can't…breathe." He managed before he lost consciousness from lack of air.

"You're going kill him, let go!" Rukia shouted as she saw Ichigo stopped struggling.

"Oh my bad." Matsumoto said with innocent grin.

"EEEEEEEE…I can breathe again..." Ichigo muttered

"We were so worried about you!" Orihime said while sobbing, the rest of nodded.

"Sorry that I put you through all that guys. I swear to not do anything like that anytime soon…I hope." Ichigo promised with big smile on his face.

"You better not, or I will personally kick your ass!" Rukia exclaimed with a false threat in her voice.

"Yeah us too, Baka!" Renji, Ikkaku and Yumichika yelled in unison, with very real threats in their voices.

"I knew you guys loved me." Ichigo answered laughing, hoping not to escalate it into a fight… yet.

Afterword a few moments of laughter followed, along with some jokes about Ichigo's state (while Inoue healed him completely). The room fell into silence, and a somewhat heavy atmosphere started to build up.

"So how was it?" Rukia asked quietly.

"How was what?" Ichigo replied heavily, but he already knew what Rukia was asking.

"Your fight with Aizen." She whispered. The mention of the Ex-Capitan's name tensed the atmosphere in the room.

"It was the hardest battle I've ever fought." He replied honestly, staring at his feet while recalling the battle he fought two days ago.

"I don't think without the Final Getsuga Tenshō, I would have made it. He was… a terrifying opponent, I had to give him that." He whispered very quietly.

"It's ok, he will no longer haunt you, and you won saving the Soul Society." Rukia said gently while hugging him.

"If only it was true." Ichigo recalled Aizen's last words about the Soul King and himself, and he knew that those words would haunt him for long time. He felt like some very important things were kept away from him on purpose, but he couldn't exactly point out why.

"Okay let's end this depressing subject! Ichigo, two days from now the Soul Society will hold a grand feast celebrating our victory and appointing new captains. So get dressed and come with us, we are having a private party before main event!" Matsumoto exclaimed with wide grin, and a mischievous look in her eyes.

"Okay! Getting…" Ichigo remember Unohana's words.

"Ekhm, I will stay… a little longer." He replied quickly with petrified face.

"But why? You're all fine, not even a scratch, I healed you perfectly." Said Orihime creasing her eyebrows, then she felt a hand on her arm.

"Don't press it, okay? Let him stay a little longer." Renji said, giving Ichigo a knowing look, as were Ikkaku and Yumichika.

"Okay everyone, let's give Ichigo some rest we'll meet him at the grand feast." Ikkaku said, and started to push everyone out of the room. He turned around, and said with terrified expression "Beware." before swallowing his saliva.

"Thanks." Ichigo replied weakly

…..

Darkness... all I could see was deep darkness without any light. Just pitch black all around me. I couldn't see, smell, or hear anything, I couldn't feel anything… no there was something… so intense…

Pain… overwhelming pain was all that I could feel. The feeling was so strong that I almost lost my mind, almost.

The pain was splitting my head apart, as the waves of memories came back to me.

The city… the battle… kid Captain Shinigami… the two wannabe Arrancars… the betrayal…the burning pain of a sword going through my gut… then falling and falling….'AIZEN!' I roared in my mind, as the memories started to clarify. He betrayed me!

While I was fighting off my opponents, he appeared behind me and slashed my gut. He dared to accuse me of being weak! When I tried to counter attack he stabbed me in the arm, ripping my flesh.

I fell down and crashed painfully into some building.

The pain was horrifying, but after a while I managed to get up with inhuman effort and walked, like in some sort of dream... no rather a nightmare, off the battlefield. I felt distant soul pressures overwhelming the battlefield, but I didn't care. All I wanted was to go away. 'One more step….' I repeated that phrase so many times in my head that I lost count. Pain was all I knew, all I felt.

"I must endure." I chanted.

Somehow I ended in some sort of old park, full of bushes and old trees. I sat near a tree, and leaned my back against its trunk, gasping heavily.

'Aizen I will kill you!' I thought in cold fury… I had to stay alive to have my revenge.

I started to gather soul energy to accelerate my healing process. I regretted trading my high-speed regeneration ability for more offensive powers. And the fact that the world of living had much less spiritual energy than Hueco Mundo posed a problem. Having almost depleted Reiatsu was not helping at all either.

'It will take a while, but I will prevail.' I thought, starting the healing process.

"I will get you, I swear." I closed my eyes.

…..

The Soul Society Grand Feast had begun. However the parties, drinking and singing were already in process right after the battle, but the main day was today.

The official celebration started at noon, (with most guests barely standing) with the Captain-Commander's speech. Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto began with a speech about victory gained through the combined effort of all Shinigami (especially Kurosaki Ichigo, which caused a storm of applause). Then Soul Society values and traditions that created strong bonds, and finally the Captain-Commander warned his fellow men about uncontrollable thirst for power, and what the consequences of betrayal are.

After the speech, he announced that the ceremony of appointing the Captains will began at midnight at Sōkyoku Hill, and everybody is obliged to come, with no exceptions (he looked towards the wizards group). Then he wished everyone good fun, and dismissed all of them.

"Wow that was quite the speech." Ichigo said after it ended, as he and his friends walked towards Squad 10 barracks. Matsumoto was holding a big party there, much to the torment of Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya.

"Yep, good thing that you had been released from the hospital. Otherwise you would miss everything." Rukia said chuckling.

"Yeah right." He replied as he remembered hours of begging and tests to prove he was okay. When he was about to leave Captain Unohana wished him good health, and in her usual gentle/scaring the hell out of you voice, to not get overexcited at the party. Ichigo still shivered from the experience.

"Anyways let's not waste any more time, we might be late for party. They will probably be so drunk that they won't recognize us when we arrive." Ichigo said chuckling.

"Come on, everybody will recognize their favorite strawberry-head hero." Rukia told him while laughing loudly.

"Why you little... I will get you for that!" Ichigo shouted.

"Catch me if you can. Last one to the barracks is a really big, and cute strawberry-head." Rukia shouted and ran away.

"We'll see about that." Ichigo chased her.

…..

Later

"Told ya you would lose." Rukia said with huge smug smirk on her face.

"Urusai (shut up)." Ichigo replied.

"Awww, don't be like that Strawberry-Chan we have arrived." As soon as those words left Rukia's mouth, men came flying out of the windows.

"Tōshirō's going to love this." He told her, as confirmation of his words they heard a loud roar.

"MATSUMOTOOOOOOOO!" The young Captain yelled.

"Looks like party's going on, let's go!" Rukia exclaimed and ran into the barracks.

"Lead the way Rukia." Ichigo replied as he followed her.

(Inside the building)

"GUYS! WHAT ARE WE DOIN!?" Yelled a barely standing Matsumoto.

"WE'RE PARTIN, SIGNIN, AND DRINKIN!" A barely standing crowd of men and women from various squads replied.

"GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE YOU DRUNK MORONS!" Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya yelled in fury, but being so small he was ignored.

"Toshi come on, don't be such party crusher. Drink with us we've got the best sake in the Soul Society!" Matsumoto exclaimed.

"TO YOU IT'S CAPTAIN HITSUGAYA! And I will not tolera….." Tōshirō was interrupted as Matsumoto grabbed him quickly, and started hugging him very tightly to her assets…

"What are you doing?!" He shouted, or at last tried to shout, while struggling to get himself free.

"Toshi you have to understand that after such a victory, the men have the right to celebrate and relieve their stress from the battle. Every wise captain lets his men loosen up once in the while to keep morale high, having fun once in a while is not a bad thing. I bet Hinamori would enjoy it if you'd take her out sometimes, so what do you say Toshi?... Errr Captain?" Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya, due to lack of air, fainted a few seconds ago.

"Awww...poor Captain, he must have been so tired that he fell asleep in a place like this." Said Matsumoto completely oblivious to the reason of his fainting, as she went to the Captain's bedroom, and put the body of Toshi on the bed.

"Sleep well, Toshi." She said with gentle voice, as she looked one last time at the body of Tōshirō.

Meanwhile Ichigo and Rukia stepped inside the main room, only to be greeted by a hollow-like roar.

"LOOK ITS KUROSAKI ICHIGO! WAR HERO, DEFENDER OF SOUL SOCIETY! HERO! HERO! HERO…" The crowd started to cheer.

Ichigo, after dozens of handshakes, and a few drinks, told them about his battle with Aizen and how he defeated him. After he finished the story the room fell silent for a moment, only to burst into even louder yelling of victory for Ichigo. Then the crowd partied through the night causing "minor" property damage within the barracks.

"Hey guys I think it's about time that we go to the Sōkyoku Hill for the ceremony." Shouted Rukia.

"Do we have to?" A few Shinigami asked.

"Yes, move your drunken asses over there or I will make you!" Rukia exclaimed only to see the room empty as she said that.

"Wait for me you morons!" She yelled as she ran out of the room.

….

Sōkyoku Hill

"As peace has finally been restored, it's time to fill the gap that was created among Captains during Aizen's betrayal." Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto said in a strong, deep and commanding voice.

"Now I will appoint Captains to their divisions." He stated, "The one's I call step forward and take your Captain Coat."

"I appoint Suì-Fēng as Captain of the Second Division."

"I appoint Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi as Captain of the Third Division."

"I appoint Retsu Unohana as Captain of the Fourth Division."

"I appoint Shinji Hirako as Captain of the Fifth Division."

"I appoint Byakuya Kuchiki as Captain of the Sixth Division."

"I appoint Sajin Komamura as Captain of the Seventh Division."

"I appoint Shunsui Kyōraku as Captain of the Eighth Division."

"I appoint Kensei Muguruma as Captain of the Ninth Division."

"I appoint Tōshirō Hitsugaya as Captain of the Tenth Division."

Each appointed Captain had to move to the Captain-Commander, bow to him, and receive from him their coat. The ceremony was going smoothly, until the prolonging absence of Captain Hitsugaya started to cause commotion.

…..

In the crowd of Shinigami

"I wonder where the hell Tōshirō is?" Ichigo said as he started to worry for the young Captain.

"Indeed. To be late for such a ceremony is a very serious offense toward the Captain-Commander and the Soul Society." Rukia told him, also starting to grow impatient.

"Yeee wonder if he still…" Matsumoto stopped as she heard some noise that sounded almost like her name, 'Nah I must be imagining things.' She thought.

"Still what?" Ichigo asked curiously.

"Well, at the party he was making a ruckus so I pulled him into a loooong hug, and explained to him how important is to lie back sometimes. But poor Toshi fell asleep, probably from exhaustion." She explained, with an innocently oblivious look on her face.

'Rather fainted from suffocation.' Ichigo thought, as he recalled a similar situation from the hospital. He started to slowly fear the power of Matsumoto's breasts. As soon as he finished his line of thoughts about her breasts, and blushing slightly, he saw Toshi flash step before the Captain-Commander. Bowing quickly and taking his coat, he stood in line with other Captain's behind the Captain-Commander.

Ichigo also noticed the, "your life's going be so miserable from now on", look that Toshiro was giving to Matsumoto.

….

Tōshirō's flashback

"Heeeeyyyyyy….Air!" Tōshirō yelled with his first breath, as he was waking up from his coma. He noticed that he was in his bed, and also noticed a giant hole in the wall, as a chilly night breeze was getting into the room.

Then he looked at the clock "00:13….." He gasped, feeling the fury build inside him. He released it with one long pissed off dragon roar shouting, "MATSUMOTOOOOOOOOOOO!"

End of flashback

…

"Ekhm lets continue." The Captain Commander said.

"I appoint Kenpachi Zaraki as Captain of the Eleventh Division."

"I appoint Mayuri Kurotsuchi as Captain of the Twelfth Division."

"I appoint Jūshirō Ukitake as Captain of the Thirteenth Division."

As soon as the Captain-Commander finished a storm of applause fell on the appointed Captains.

The Captain-Commander raised his hand to silence everyone, and said "The ceremony is not over yet." Confusing everyone, including the twelve Captains.

"After a long debate with Central 46, we decided to re-establish the Kido Corps Division." Everyone started to whisper in excitement and curiosity.

"We decided to hand the position to a person who fought valiantly for the Soul Society in the recent war and for defeating our foes." Ichigo had a really nasty feeling about this.

"Therefore I appoint Kurosaki Ichigo as Captain of the newly restored Kido Corps Division." Announced Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

Well, to be frank, calling the silence that fell after his words "deadly", would be a humongous understatement. Even nature went silent, as if in shock, after his words. Not even the wind dared to blow.

'WHAT THE HELL?!' Ichigo thought as his pupil's widened so much that they almost covered his irises. Someone pushed him towards the Captain-Commander.

He walked toward him in a stiff robot-like fashion, and performed a stiff bow, almost breaking his spine. He claimed the coat, and went to stand in line with the rest of Captains, (who were probably in a much bigger shock then he was) accompanied by total silence. Everyone seemed to be holding their breaths in the tense atmosphere.

"With that I conclude this ceremony. You all are dismissed, go and celebrate for the rest of the night." Said the Captain-Commander, and he flash stepped from the hill.

No one dared to move, everyone was staring at a certain individual that was probably close to a mind break.

"How the hell did this happen?" Ichigo felt so small under the gaze of over 4000 Death Gods.

(Author note)

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