Please continue. This story is so amazing. I love it.

This is sad yet a beutiful story, at least it kinda ease my disappointment of reading the last chapter of bleach. I also read some of your other writings and all are very well written...hopefully you'll keep on writing

Thank you for trying to make sense of the ending. That is more than Kubo did. I'm angry at the ending too - it was utter rubbish. I'd advise everyone who hated it to just disregard it as canon. It's not Bleach.

I disagree with your fine fic on one point though: how Ichigo ended up with Orihime. I can't see Isshin insisting on a grandchild *no matter what*. If he went ring shopping with Ichigo he'd know how much Rukia meant to him and wouldn't insist on him getting together with someone else just to fulfill his own wish for a grandchild. Besides, as a shinigami, he knows he can wait till Ichigo and Rukia can be reunited and have shinigami babies (I know she's married but Isshin doesn't know this).

The only possibility I can imagine is Ichigo impregnating Orihime after some drunk, heart-broken sex and marrying her out of honour.

Hahaha, I can totally feel your frustration coming off from the Omake. It's understandable though, about 90% feel the same way, and not just because of the shippings. If the end had at least an IchiRuki ending, the one thing that makes the most sense in the series, a lot of people wouldn't be feeling as frustrated as we currently are at the ending. This is a pretty creative way for them to be separated though, it's a good read :)

Keep up the good work! :)

Damn...
I'm crying. This is soo beautiful.

Forever crying! This made me cry more than the last chapter of Bleach to be honest lol. Thanks for writing this! Your amazing, seriously! :) I hope you continue to write more IR fics. Take care of yourself!

Why am I always crying over your stories?
But again, that was beautiful, thank you.

ill ignore your error cause you know yourself well dear Author. so i focus on the angst and feel insteed... darn it so beautiful heart wrecking... ... ... why Kubo Need to kill his own Manga... ? he did it on purpose to destroy bleach fanbase.

This was so beautiful. It hurt my heart to read, but that just goes to show how wonderfully intense your writing is. I do hope you don't stop writing; I just started reading your fics and I'm so hooked.

I seen bleach heading this way for a while. Not to sound like a fair weather fan but I stopped watching bleach right around the end I just kind of gave up... But the sky was gloomy the day I discovered it. Fitting for such a crappy ending...

I know how you feel. ;-; :( So I will keep finding more IchiRuki fics to help me cope.

The amount of tears I have shed for these two will never stop. My OTP of all time to have been reduced to such meaningless futures. There are no words to describe the sadness and rage that I have felt since seeing the spoilers confirmed Wednesday night...Your fic was perfect

Will u add a sequel?

I listened to the song despite the warning. Just had to feel something. It took a alot from me knowing that the ship sank. I will always love IchiRuki.

Manly tears were shed. I am officially casting off from Shonen Jump and Studio Pierrot. First their meddling ruined the finale of Naruto, and now it seems their corruption has destroyed Bleach. To the fiery depths of hell with every last one behind this terrible conclusion to what will always be remembered even now years later as my first major anime/manga as a child!