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I will be retconning most of what happens after Ichigo beats Aizen because Bleach should have ended there.
Ichigo had lived a good long life. Following the defeat of Aizen and the loss of his powers, Rukia had been assigned back to Karakura Town as it's protector, although realistically it was a very open secret that she had been placed back there to keep Ichigo out of trouble until his powers returned.
Upon graduating High School, he had been offered a full time role in the 13 Court Guard Squads as the Lieutenant to Shinji Hirako in squad 5 to "learn the ropes."
He eventually made Captain, taking control of squad 10 from new head captain like his father before him, which, to his disdain, also made him the head of the Kurosaki clan, the renamed branch of the Shiba clan his father had previously been head of. The paperwork for both was gruesome leading to Isshin being appointed Vice-head of the Kurosaki clan which created almost as many problems as it solved.
He was assisted by Nanao for a while who Kyoraku loaned to him with the return of Lisa to squad 8 before Nanao followed Kyoraku to squad 1 and was replaced, to his infinite chagrin by Karin Kurosaki.
His captaincy test had been a bit...unorthodox. Administered by the retiring Kyoraku as well as Byakuya and Shinji, what was to be a display of skill against Byakuya became a 3 way battle when Kenpachi, having been informed despite strict orders to keep him in the dark, crashed the party and was allowed to fight as well to the amusement of Kyoraku and Shinji.
After winning the fight without using his hollow powers, they were only ever to be used as a true last resort due to the dark nature of such power, Ichigo took the opportunity to demand Rukia's hand in marriage from the weakened man to which he replied "I am doing a great disservice to her by allowing her to marry such a minor noble. If she chooses to subject herself to this indignity then the shame of her actions are her own to bear." And flashstepped away. It had honestly been a more positive answer than he had expected and would be the first, and only, time Byakuya acknowledged Ichigo's nobility as a member of one of the 5 great clans.
It surprised absolutely nobody when Rukia gave birth to a pair of twins 9 months after their wedding, which Yoroichi and Karen had to duct tape Isshin down for to stop his loud crying.
Living well over 1000 years, Ichigo and Rukia were one day found in their bed. They had gone to bed and passed on in their sleep together.
Souls of his power however tended to bend the rules of reality, the reason every Shinigami of a certain level of power was forced to were a limiter when leaving the Soul Society.
So instead of being placed back into the cycle of rebirth, something unprecedented happened.
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"Hey kid, you alright?" A voice called out.
Ichigo slowly sturred and woke up, mouth dry and the hot sun bearing down on his face.
As his vision focused, he saw a hand being offered to him. Taking it he slowly stood up and observed the man infront of him. He looked to be in his early 40s with black hair. He was wearing a white and gray button up shirt with the sleaves rolled up and black slacks. He also wore a red cape, a necklace with a crooked cross, and had some kind of device on his back.
"Im Qrow." The man said offering a cantine to Ichigo.
"Ichigo." Was the gruff reply after taking a large swig of the water.
"What are you doing out here in the middle of nowhere?"
"I..." at that Ichigo paused. What was he doing? He couldn't remember. He couldn't remember anything.
"I don't know...I can't remember."
"Shit kid. Must of hit your head. Where you from?"
"..."
"Right. Well you can stick with me for now until you remember. I got a mission in the area anyways. I'll take you home after." With that, Qrow started walking. He then paused for a second.
In a flash, he was at Ichigo's throat, the device on his back having extended into a sword.
*Clang*
Qrow smiled. "Good to see you can handle that bigass piece of metal your carrying then. This would be a lot harder if I had to babysit you as well." With that, he broke the sword lock and turned before walking away again.
Ichigo put Zangetsu back on his back and continued walking after the man.
"He's called Zangetsu."