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Isshin chose to keep silent and listen to what the boy had to say.

"The future I saw is... filled with danger, to say the least." Shin took a deep breath before continuing. "Most of those happenstances revolve around one person in particular... Ichigo."

Shin said as he saw his father's face become somber.

"I didn't see much but from what I know, there will be some big events in the future."

"First a girl named Kuchiki Rukia will give her powers to Ichigo, successfully making him a Shinigami. Then she will be convicted by soul society because it's a crime. She will be captured and Ichigo will have to go save her and while that's happening, a big event will take place. A man named Sosuke Aizen will betray Soul Society along with two other captains. They will set off to an unknown place filled with hollows. After that many things will happen, but I don't have a clear picture of the following event... yet. What's sure tho, that's not the end of it, many people will get hurt and die." Shin finished speaking in a single breath.

He was not stupid, of course, he wouldn't tell him everything, he needed some event to remain the same after all, Ichigo have to get those powers and become acquainted with the soul society, that had to happen. Also, the Hogyoku was necessary for chad and Inoue to get their powers so he wanted that to still happen.

What he didn't want though was for Aizen to get the Hogyoku, so he will have to make sure that such a thing never happen, he can't afford to let this man become more powerful, he is just too dangerous.

"Give me a second." Isshin said as he closed his eyes for a moment, thinking about everything his son just told him. If everything he said was really true then... this future...

Not wanting to continue this train of thought Isshin shook his head and opened his eyes before speaking once again.

"In this that you saw, what was I doing?"

"That's the strange part, you did nothing, while everything was happening you were nowhere to be seen like you purposely avoided intervening, and to be honest that really made me frustrated for a while because I know, you already got back most of your powers."

Remark, that while whatever he said was not completely true, he was not really lying either. It was simply a mixture of the two.

But the last part was completely true, while watching the anime, he was really frustrated when he discovered that the guy got his power back but still choose to not help his son.

Still, he could understand, it was a plot device after all, for one the man had to hide from soul society to some extent since he was a... deserter. Also if a captain-level shinigami who could blast Aizen away with a flick of his finger were to help Ichigo then bleach would not be that fun.

However, right now, this was no longer an anime for him, but real life, no way in hell he would let go of such a powerful helper just for Ichigo to get stronger.

He would train Ichigo himself to make him stronger if necessary.

"Hm... Perhaps I concluded that Ichigo could take care of it himself?" Isshin tried to reason.

"While that's true to an extent, I don't like it." Shin said in an even tone, surprising Isshin, as generally, he was not one to complain but it was understandable, his family was in danger after all.

"I don't like the fact that you would let your son handle everything by himself while you as his father did nothing to support him. I find it unacceptable." He continued as he clenched his fists.

Seeing as how his possible future behavior hurt his son, Isshin sighed as he thought back about the past when he got married to Masaki and they were borns.

"I understand," Isshin says, as he looked up before his gaze fell back on Shin. "Did you tell someone else?" He asked Shin who in response shook his head.

"Then what do you have in mind?" He asked, if he knew something, it was that his boy was a genius, thus if he choose to tell him about all this and no else, rather than keeping it himself, then he should have a plan, or at the very least, he should have an Idea of what to do.

"We will change this future. But some events have to stay the same as they are just necessary, Ichigo will have to get Rukia's power and go save her this is how he will be acquainted with soul Society. My plan is simple, well it's not much of a plan but it will do. No matter how much of a manipulator this Aizen is, he for sure would not expect someone to see the future, so what we will do is wait and when the man will strike, we too will trike."

"Meanwhile we will just keep an eye on how things work out, making sure everything rests the same as how I saw them. That's all." Shin finished explaining, it was no genius plan but it was an effective one, the main point is to stop Aizen, and he did"t believe that all of them together, the Kurosaki trio and the division captains couldn't stop the man. That was too much even for Aizen.

Hm... No, no that's not the way to go, with someone like Aizen, the more the Allies the more enemies as most captains were already exposed to his ability. So... they would have to isolate the man first, so he could team up with Ichigo and Isshin to take him down... Yes, that's better, but for that, he would have to get even stronger than he currently was.

And he already had a plan for that, so he was not really worried.

"Since as you said, I originally wasn't going to intervene then we will do it your way."

"Thank you for trusting me!"

"Hm, but you keep saying "we" rather than "you" did you somehow awaken your powers?" Isshin asked, already knowing the answer.

As a result of his question, Shin stretched his hand, and soon the surrounding reishi gathered in his palm before taking the shape of a bow.

"I seem to awakened my Quincy abilities first." Shin said as the shape of the energy bow shifted becoming a sword in his hand.

"Heu...?" Isshin was surprised, not that he had Quincy's ability but more about how easily he was manipulating the surrounding reishi, most Quincy would need an intermediate to do so.

"You seem to be quite proficient in manipulating Reishi." Isshin remarked.

"How that, I originally could hardly do it, but by training, it came to me." Not only training, to be honest, but the celestial art also helped immensely in this.

"But I will need your help for the shinigami part." He said as he dismissed the energy construct.

"Let me take care of that." Isshin said, he could at least do this much.

"I trust you." Shin said as he got up, preparing to leave.

He made his way toward the door, but when he was about to open it, "Wait, I got something else to ask you." He was stopped by Isshin.

Without wasting anytime he asked right away.

"You said previously that I was nowhere to be seen in your visions, then what what about you?"

He didn't think about it first, but since Shin was already pretty strong, why didn't he help?

"I couldn't... Because I was not here." Shin said and then directly took his leave.