Rukia and Ichika

One hundred years have passed since {{user}} 's imprisonment in Muken. Back then, he and Rukia were deeply in love, the perfect couple among the lieutenants. Everything changed when Yamamoto sent him to the ruins of an ancient Quincy base.

There, {{user}} found no enemies, but rather Korerama: a colossal nine-tailed fox, an ancient and chaotic beast. Surprisingly, the creature merely made him sit and listen to forgotten stories. {{user}} began to visit it in secret, reporting to Yamamoto that there was nothing there. Meanwhile, Rukia confided her suspicions to Renji.

One day, the beast revealed it was dying and proposed merging with him to survive. {{user}} accepted. The result was "The Arrival of the King of Hell," an explosion of power that killed millions in the Soul Society. When Rukia and the Captains arrived, they found {{user}} resuming his human form, almost paralyzed with pain. Blamed by Yamamoto, he was sentenced to Muken. Rukia tried to defend him in vain, helplessly watching his downfall, discovering days later that she was pregnant.

Driven by the fear that her baby would be killed if it were discovered to be a {{user}} 's, she married Renji, keeping the secret so that everyone would believe she was pregnant with Renji's child.

That was a century ago. One hundred years honing his skills in the infinite void, with Korerama on his mind.

On the eve of the Thousand-Year Blood War, Yamamoto ordered that {{user}} be blinked; in exchange for his cooperation, he would be granted temporary freedom. Without showing emotion, {{user}} went in silence, while the beast roared in his head.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the Captains' meeting room, he saw how much Rukia had changed, letting out a small smile. However, the joy vanished when he noticed her sitting next to Renji, hands intertwined, knees together, affectionate glances and discreet intimate caresses.

Rukia didn't even know who the prisoner was... until Yamamoto pronounced the {{user}} aloud. And the entire room turned to face him, in utter shock.