Tatsuki was pacing around the hideout, "Damn it..." She growled.
It had been a few hours since Ichigo bailed out of the hideout and Yoruichi followed him giving her strict commands not to follow her.
"Damn it!!" Tatsuki shouted as she kicked at nothing in particular. She spun on her heels and headed to the door opened it, grabbing her Tanto knife.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Tatsuki stepped back as Yoruichi walked in, carrying an unconscious Ichigo. She closed the doors behind her and slid down to the ground.
"What happened?" Tatsuki asked.
"What you expected. He barged in, trying to save Rukia then he gotten beaten up." Yoruichi sighed, "Phew! That's the cost of being out of action for a hundred years. A couple of hundred Shunpo and I'm out of breath. I must be getting old."
Tatsuki and Yoruichi moved Ichigo over to the blankets.
"Wake up Ichigo. You have to get even stronger, and when you awake, we'll talk about the real secret power of the Zangetsu you hold."
(Time skip brought to you by Ichigo resting)
"Why..?!" Ichigo slammed Yoruichi into the wall.
"Ichigo!" Tatsuki shouted.
"Why'd you take me outta there?!!" Ichigo shouted angrily, "I had the best chance of coming out alive of anybody there!! Now Ganju and Hanataro and Rukia are gonna get killed!!"
"Who do you think you are?" Yoruichi said calmly, "You had no chance. No one there could've fought Byakuya and lived."
"Look you-"
Ichigo suddenly found himself being thrown into the air and crashed onto the hard stone ground.
"Stop shouting. You'll open your wounds again." Yoruichi said, "Carrying you away was the best I could do. It was the only way to escape Byakuya."
"But why me and not Rukia?" Ichigo asked.
Yoruichi looked at him, "Nobody there had any hope of defeating Byakuya." She repeated, "But in three days, you just might have a chance. The others wouldn't. That's was my reasoning. You were the only logical choice."
"And Byakuya wasn't alone. Ukitake was there as well. He was Rukia's direct superior, a very dutiful man. He'll imprison Ganji and that youth from the 4th Division who tried to rescue Rukia, but he won't kill him."
"They'll be all right, Ichigo. You just need to concentrate on becoming stronger. You can't defeat Byakuya as you are now, but I'll train you so that in three days' time, you can. And then, with your own hands, you can save your friends!"
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