Rukia looked so defeated. Ichigo hadn't seen her like that in a long time, especially not since he first went to rescue her from her death sentence. He couldn't be mad at her for feeling that way, it actually hurt to see her like that, but he clenched a fist at his side when she mentioned the Quincy extermination. That was all it could be called.

"Don't give me that! That's no excuse to just up and murder people! Even if the Quincys were screwing up the balance of souls there had to other ways to get them to stop and the same goes for here! The responsibility of a Shinigami--no, a person is to protect others! Not take their lives!"

He couldn't let her do that to herself. How could either of them return home and face their friends and family? He'd never forgive himself if he let her go through with it or allowed others commit senseless murder.

"Rukia... It's wrong."