Darkness Yielding

For eight years Yoruichi Shihōin has raised and trained Ichigo Kurosaki to the best of her abilities despite the limitations of his human body. That changes when she decides her protégé has earned the right to become one of the Afterlife's elite warriors, a Shinigami. They both return to Karakura where it all began and will begin again when Ichigo makes a surprising choice.