A/N: This is the FINAL CHAPTER ladies and gentlemen! So yes, that sadly means that there will be no more updates for "Simple Mistakes "anymore after this one. But fear not, for you still have this chapter, right? :D Okay, since I was once again pretty lazy about replying to reviews… again, I'm going to do it here again like I did before.

Therasia: Thanks so much! And for the happy ending part, well, you'll just have to read this to find out if it qualifies enough for you to be considered that.

Kit Kinya L. O. A. F. member: Wasn't the movie jus the best EVAH! I seriously have four posters of him in my room now, no joke. Talk about obsessive. Hehe… ^^" Yes, I'm sorry that I killed Chad off, but I gotta say that he kinda annoys me at times so I just kinda got rid of him. Oh well! :D I'm very glad that the chapter seemed to flow nicely as well, 'cause I just had my doubts.

IchigoMoonCutter: I'm glad that you liked the last chapter and are so excited for Ichigo's return. But, I'm pretty sure that you're either going to be extremely pissed at me or happy for how it ends. ;D

Virtue and Vice: Hehehehe! Yes, the kiss scene just came to me one day and I just knew that it'd be perfect to put into the story line. *snickers* I swear that if you do watch the spider-man movie, you will not be disappointed! :D

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Guest: It's perfectly alright that you had a somewhat late review. I really don't mind at all, and I in fact appreciate the fact that you even chose to review in the first place, so that you for that! :D And as for why I killed off Chad, well… I just don't really like the guy personally so, yeah… ^^"

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And that sums that up, so all that's left to say is basically enjoy and that's for sticking with this story till the very end! I love you all! :'3

Disclaimer: Me no own The awesome Bleach!

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Staring into the light-brown colored liquid that swirled slowing in the green, glass cup, Rukia debated on whether or not she should take another sip or not. Her fingers tapped restlessly on the side of the container while mulling over this issue, unable to hold still for even a single moment. She observed how the contents of her cup lazily traveled in a counter-clockwise motion, steam slowly coming up and dispersing into the air. Finally, she decided on the matter and brought the tea up to her mouth with both hands supporting the sides so as not to spill any of the hot liquid onto herself or the floor. After taking three small mouthfuls of the substance, she set the container back down onto the round, wooden table again and began tapping her fingers once more.

'How long is Urahara going to make me wait like this?' Rukia wondered to herself impatiently. All of her various wounds had already been attended to and bandaged, so she was simply waiting for the giddy shopkeeper to come and inform her on the conditions of all her friends. Ever since they had all returned to Kisuke's shot, Rukia had basically been confined to this small room so that she did not get in the way. It was understandable really since all the injured – and that meant everyone who had been either hurt or even regrettably killed – had been transported to the quaint shop for medical attention. It had been a substantial amount of patients for only Urahara and Tessai, even if Orihime helped as well. She did have the unique and extremely useful talent of being able to bring people back from the dead in some cases.

Rukia inhaled deeply and forced that air back out in an impatient huff-like growl. She was tired of waiting for results. What was really weighing down on her mind though was how Ichigo was going to be. Nothing had been mentioned about the teen so far and it was really making the petite Shinigami anxious. Questions about the situation popped into her thoughts. Did Urahara's antidote truly work and was Ichigo in full control again? Or, did it just work for that short time and was his demonic hollow going to take control once more? Did that monster leave any lasting effects on him from the whole incident, and if he did what were they? But, the one question that was stronger and more important lead her thoughts.

How was Ichigo going to react to everything once he woke up?

There were so many possibilities and Rukia could not even keep track of them all. She was very worried about what Ichigo would do once he did regain consciousness. The scenes of what he would do played in her mind like some sort of horror movie, each scenario something worse than the last.

The grip on her teacup, now with both hands holding onto the sides, increased during this time; arms shaking slightly and eyes having a far-off look to them.

"Kuchiki-san!" Urahara's energetic voice broke her out of the demented thoughts that were plaguing her mind. Said shop-owner was already by her side, having entered the room without her even noticing. Once Urahara had gathered the girl's full attention, he cleared his throat dramatically.

"I am happy to say that we have, somehow, successfully stabilized everyone!" he said with a grin, "And it only too roughly three and a half hours!"

Rukia blanched at him. How could he have such a carefree attitude about the whole thing? Then again, if she looked closer at his appearance, the dark bags and tired eyes stood out more. He really had been working hard.

"How's Ichigo thought?" the black-haired woman asked, getting straight to the source of her worries, "Is he alright?"

"As a matter of fact, he is," Kisuke answered with a goofy grin that looked similar to Isshin's own, "I've done a lot of tests, every one that I could think of, to determine if there are any lasting effects still present and all my data came up as negative, which is a very good result. You could actually go and visit him and any of the others, but most of them are resting at the moment so must keep that in mind."

She did not need to be told twice for in an instant Rukia was on her feet heading for the back rooms. Her legs carried her to the farthest room back, the one that Ichigo was in. she knew this fact because she had been there to help carry him in there before they basically kicked her out.

Right when she reached the room's door, Rukia hesitated, freezing to the spot. Was this the right thing to do? Should she really see the teen or just let him be?

She made her decision and steeled herself for any one of the possibilities that had been conjured up in her mind. The door slid open and the uncertain Shinigami made the first step to enter. And in she went.

The sight that greeted her was not what she expected to see.

All that was in the confines of the room was a simple mat in the center with an orange-headed figure lying on top covered in blankets of a tan color from the neck down. What Rukia noticed the most was the look on the inhabitants face. It was on of peace. The usual scowl that was normally always present was replaced by this new one of contentment. Rukia had never seen that on his face before, so she was just slightly shocked to see it there, especially after everything that had happened recently.

Rukia walked into the room and slowly sat down on the floor at the boy's right. She simply watched Ichigo breathe for minutes, watched as his chest rose and fell in rhythm. She really did not know what else she should do or say at the moment, so she just kept silent. That was disrupted by the moaning sound coming from the previously motionless body.

Ichigo scrunched up his face, eyebrows coming together causing wrinkles in his forehead. His eyes opened up about halfway and moved around lazily before resting upon the blurry figure beside him.

"Hey Ichigo," the person said, sounding very familiar and caring, "How are you feeling?"

By this point the waking teen was able to perceive who was speaking to him, identifying them as Rukia. He gave a small smile at this, "Hey there, Rukia."

Ichigo made to sit up and managed to do so with Rukia's assistance. But, once he did this, an unexpected wave of nausea overcame him. He doubled over himself, clutching his stomach and moaning.

"What's wrong?" Rukia asked urgently, worried severely.

"N-nothing. I'm fine," Ichigo said, not sounding convincing at all, "Just let me-" he tried to say, but was halted as another wave hit him that forced his hand to cover his mouth, "Yeah… I'm gonna hurl."

"Okay. Umm… Just wait here and try to hold it in. I'll go find a bucket or… something!" the panicked girl said, running out of the room frantically. She soon found - or more like nearly knocked over – Tessai and quickly informed him on the situation. He provided her with the needed container and she rushed back to the room, Tessai following behind to make sure everything was okay.

Ichigo looked almost literally green by the time she returned and did not even hesitate to empty his stomach's contents into the provided bucket. As he did this, a gasp sounded from Rukia and he wondered why this was. The reason was made clear once he looked at what he had thrown up.

Blood. A lot of blood. That was basically all that filled the bucket. Not only that, but chucks of flesh and bone were in the horrifying concoction as well. The most disturbing part of it was that none of it was his own. And that scared him.

He scuffled backwards as best as he could in his state, trying to get away from the sight in front of him. This could not be happening. No, how could it be happening? That was what he wanted to know.

"Wh-wha…" that was all he managed to force out, too horrified at what he saw to say anything else. He could not quite comprehend what was before him. That or he just did not want to.

At this moment, Tessai willingly removed the bucket out of the room.

"Ichigo… There's been a lot of stuff that's happened lately and, well…" Rukia attempted to explain, failing at not getting the right words out, "Well, you see, when your hollow took control of you, he basically acted as most hollows do. He went on a rampage and killed a lot of people."

It did not take long for the berry-head to connect the dots and figure out what had really happened, "You mean he… a-ate people? So, I did all that?"

"What? No, no! You aren't responsible for any of this! Your hollow is. Why would you think that?" the petite woman questioned, not understanding where Ichigo's logic was coming from.

"Because, we are the same person basically," Ichigo started, not taking his eyes off the bucket's previous location even once, "We share the same body so whatever he does, I do too. I'm the one who did all this… I killed all those people… I'm just like him."

Rukia inhaled a deep, calming breath before kneeling beside the traumatized soul, "Ichigo, listen to me," she said assertively, placing both hands on his cheeks gently to get him to look her in the eyes, "You will never be like that monster. Please understand that. This whole incident is not your fault. You must realize that you are not the same as he is and you are so much better than him. And do you know why?"

She took a hand and laid it on the center of his chest.

"Because you have a heart. That's something that no hollow has and never will. That's what makes you so different from the other inside you. And trust me, it makes a whole lot of difference. So, are you just going to get up and redeem yourself, or are you going to stay here and mope like a scared child about what's already been done?"

Some part of Ichigo heard Rukia, heard what she was saying and agreed with her wholeheartedly. But, another part of him just could not get over what he seemed to know to be true. For some reason, even though he wanted to believe everything Rukia was saying, he simply just could not. His eyes showed it too.

The previously hopeful woman put her arms down and averted her gaze, "Fine, if you want to be like this than go ahead. But just know that I will not give up on you."

And with that, she got up and headed for the door. Once there, she looked back and saw Ichigo roll onto his side and curl up into himself.

"I'm just a monster."

She left at that moment. Once out the door, she passed by Urahara and Tessai who had finished moving the full bucket, but she barely noticed the both of them.

"That was some speech you gave there, Kuchiki-san," Kisuke said, gaining the girl's attention enough to make her stop walking, "I'm impressed. Too bad Kurosaki-san's so resistant to your efforts at the moment. Just give him time though, and I'm sure he'll come around," His efforts went in vain to help as Rukia just started walking back the way she came with her head downcasted.

"Well, it was worth a shot," the shopkeeper said while scratching the back of his head.

"Oi, was that Rukia that I heard just know?" a tired Renji questioned from his doorway. He had bandages wrapped around his entire torso with barely any skin was not covered by their surfaces.

"Why yes it was, freeloader-san! She just went out to the main room if you would like to talk with her."

"Alright, thanks. And stop calling me a freeloader!"

"Whatever you say, freeloader-san!" the blonde man hid his face behind his signature fan to hide his grin.

"I'm not going to get a break ever, am I?" the redhead questioned to himself as he walked with some effort down the hallway.

"Boss, what are we going to do about Kurosaki?" Tessai voiced.

Urahara sighed before he answered, "For now, let's just keep monitoring him to make sure that everything's going fine with his physical health. As for this mental health, I'd like to just let him mull it all over for a while before we confront him again."

"Very well."

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He was dreaming.

There was not an exact reason why he thought this fact to be true, but he just felt that he knew for some odd reason. What he saw before him was a sight he had seen many times. It was his inner world, although the sky was clouded and looked to be on the brink of pouring rain.

He was apparently standing – or floating – on one of the many horizontal skyscrapers that filled this area. As he gazed around the scenery, he took notice of how his zanpakuto spirit was nowhere to be found. That was unusual. Most of the time, even if he was dreaming, the spirit was almost always present if it had something to do with this place.

Humming, a light and soft sound, reached his ears. Now that was most definitely a peculiar event indeed.

He looked around in search of the source of the noise, coming across nothing at all in the beginning. Until he turned around that is.

Once he checked behind himself, he saw a pale, nearly pure white figure that could only belong to one inhabitant of this world. His hollow. The monstrous creature who had been the death of so many innocent people.

As soon as he laid eyes upon the albino, two things happened. One, Ichigo's blood turned colder than ice for he was completely terrified of this being and what he could do. And two, a deep and burning rage filled him, derived of the anger that he felt towards the hollow for hurting many of his friends and family. Two quite contradictory occurrences really, happening at the same time.

Some things seemed rather off about the hollow though. First was that he seemed too… relaxed. Even though he had essentially lost the fight between the two of them, he did not look like he had at all. He was positioned hear the building's ledge, leaning back with his hands out behind him to support his upper body. His sandal-clad feet were out in front of him with one straight and the other up more towards the cloudy sky. Plus, he was still currently humming some unknown tune in such a carefree attitude.

Second, he looked far too happy. The look on the creature's face was content and satisfied, as if he did not mind how things had turned out in the least bit. Instead, he should have looked more resentful and angry, but he was just the opposite.

The third thing off about the situation was what came next. As he was looking at this scene, Ichigo witnessed how his hollow stopped humming and turned his head in a lazy manner to look in his general direction. It was like he was looking right at him, but how could that be? It was only just a dream, right?

Next, the hollow spoke four simple words that would ultimately change Ichigo's life forever.

"It's not over yet."

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THE END.

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A/N: Yep, that's it. That is the end of our little adventure now. Thanks go out to everyone who's took the time to read this and I would really appreciate if you would also read what I have to say below as well.

*****IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!***** Okay, so I know that in this chapter there was a lot left unsaid and some holes as well. Also, there was that cliffhanger at the end too. Now you are all probably wondering why I did that. The answer to your questions is simple:

SEQUEL!

Yep, that's right! There's going to be a sequel to "Simple Mistakes" that I will be making as soon as I can get around to it. I already have a good amount of the plot and story line worked out too, so I know what I'm planning on doing with it once I do start.

***There will be a poll on my profile page so that you can vote on if you think this is a good idea or not***

BUT! Before I do start on the sequel to this story, I would like to tell you all of what I plan to do before that. I'm going to be finishing up my short-chapter story "Meetings Gone Wrong" that is only going to be about 5 or 6 chapters in total. Then, I'm going to edit this story so that I get rid of all the mistakes and go back to the beginning and completely redo it 'cause I have to admit, my first chapters SUCKED!

So that's what I'm gonna do. I hope that you have all enjoyed this and that you will continue to read my work in the future. Please leave a review for what you think about the chapter or anything else and have a wonderful day! :D