That was really good and sad. I loved the relationship between Ichigo and Byakuya. I loved how Byakuya was the only one Ichigo left something to. Although the isolation was a bit unrealistic I loved it. Did Isshin just not care about Ichigo in this world.? Did he blame him for Masaki's death or something.?

It has been a long time since I have cried from reading. Amazing job

Ichigo last words to Byakuya are that he won. Fuckin A.

I'm confused about the scene with Isshin. did he not care about Ichigo? After all in the story he believed his son had died with Misaki. I need answers. please PM me with answers.

Another thing I like is how bad the casualties are without Ichigo to pick up the Soul Society's slack. the only real issue is that we didn't get the reaction from ichigo's human friends as well as Nel. I mean I understand that his friends were sad but with his classmates we don't really get too much from it.

if you would make any kind of next chapter or sequel. an alternate timeline where byakuya rebells against Soul Society because of ichigo's death would be neat. it wouldn't actually be a true sequel to the story but more of just an interesting concept that this story could facilitate.
in my mind Byakuya's Rebellion wouldn't be about destroying Soul Society. Just simply proving a point that Soul Society is corrupt and negligent at the best of times. This corruption negligence can be found within the noble families and Central 46 which could be a main plot point.

Anyway now I'm just rambling good follow-up chapter and a good ending.

Good but sad but still good

I was honestly expecting this to be some kind of sappy slash fanfic. I was pleasantly surprised. I really like the premise that the isolation Ichigo's friends imposed on him constantly backfires like that. In the manga it was more half and half. The Soul Society didn't reach out to him but Ichigo also cut himself off from his friends at school. This just takes it a step further and throws in Byakuya. What makes it sad is that ichigo's friends seem well-meaning but they don't take the time to understand his position and no one reaches out to him except for Byakuya.

Overall a great story. Really hoping for an epilogue.