There's something amusing about the fact that the captain of the 5th is going down to Hueco Mundo to chat with his Hollow allies. Yes, the context is completely different, but still.

Nel and Isshin would probably get along wonderfully; it s a shame they never me. For them, not for Ichigo, who probably thanks the Divine Whatever that he was spared this.

"And I baked you some of my famous peanut butter, red bean paste, hot and spicy chocolate chip cookies!"

Actually, these might actually be tasty. Sweet and spicy can work well, depending on the combinations used (the very first hot chocolate also included chile peppers), peanut butter blends well with chocolate anyway, and red bean paste could certainly work with peanut butter or chocolate. The only question is whether all those flavors at once would be too much to handle, and what spicy element Orihime chose. (I would be more inclined to taste them if she used ginger or cinnamon than I would if she used, say, mustard or horseradish.)

Awesome story, cant wait for an update. Nailed the characters personality and the feel of the series.

My only quip is that I refuse that it took YEARS for Karin to get a game of soccer organized, haha.

Ohh, very nice. I really, really love this story! You've done a fantastic job with the characterization and the way you portray the interactions.

Really looking forward to what's coming next!

i love how this is going i really hope for a yuzubyukuya pairing i think i would be good they match can you just imagine ichigo find out that is baby sister is going out with byakuya

Awsome fic! I'm wondering if you have came up with a pairing for Yuzu yet, and are you still trying to get a good bankai for Shuhei, if you haven't then maybe I could help

This is good, keep it up. don't stop!

I was rereading, then remembered my last comment. I admit that I completely forgot about Soi-fon and Lisa. Kind of pathetic that I forgot about the captain and Vizard, I know.

I predict that when Karin and Yuzu have to fight, Karin will convince Yuzu to go all out and use Shikai, and get hers then.

Also if you are still looking for possible villains, I actually thought of a few possibilities. Admittadly they are all arrancar, special ones, but arrancar nonetheless. Remember how Hollows converted Orihime's brother into a Hollow? Well what if they did that to special kinds of souls. Imagine an arrancar that used to be a Quincy, Soul Reaper, or even Bount (anime exclusive arc right after the Save Rukia arc, in case you only read the manga, which I doubt).

I'm liking everything that I'm seeing so far. Looking forward to the next chapter.

To add on, Yachiru is also a girl and the only homosexual in Bleach is Chizuru (and possibly Tatski, who I think is just a good friend). I'm pretty sure that neither Yuzu nor Yachiru are interested in women -_-

I waited until I was all caught up in the plot before leaving this review incase you already made a decision, but I don't think that Yuzu should get paired up with any of the soul reapers from Bleach simply because of the age difference. Yuzu at this point isn't even twenty five while all of the soulreapers were probably born in the soul society and are in their hundreds, not to mention the physical age differences. Based on the aging rate of soul society Yuzu is probably around sixteen, seventeen at the most physically. Pretty much every Soul Reaper is in their mid to late twenties and those are the young ones (the sub-captains). The only exceptions are Toshiro, who is taken, and Yachiru who is probably about seven or eight physically.

I have an idea for a bankai for Shuuhei, if you are still taking recommendations. It is really an extension on his shikai, similar to the difference between Senbonsakura and Kageyoshi. Shuuhei seems to have the theme of being a unwilling Grimreaper, his shikai command is reap and he uses scythes, so maybe he would have the ability to make scythes, specifically out of shadows. Out from shadows would come a multitude of chains and blades to drag and cut those caught within, from any shadow within the maximum reach of shikai Kazeshimi (from one scythe to the other).

Souls that receive konso do not forget their past lives. The manga never mentions this, and there is even an example of a soul who clearly retained his memories: e.g. the boy Ichigo konsoed recognizes Chad in the Soul Society in the SS-arc

omg ur back!

Aa, so only three of the former espada survived?

I wonder if their fraction survived too