After a bit more consideration!

"...I'm still a little unsure about eating souls, even if it's more akin to borrowing them until we're dead. Plus, I'm not exactly into vore," Ichigo told Rukia flatly.

Rukia snorted a bit at the vore comment as a couple of the Visored choked on their own spit at the bluntness of it. "Okay, fair. But we can always have Orihime release them later from us when we're done. Even if we do the power boost temporarily, it should still help against Aizen. And again, we can lend control to our Hollows for the actual eating part of we want to avoid the squick factor," she replied.

"...you raise good points. There's really no reason not to do it aside from personal discomfort, which quite frankly, is not a good enough reason to avoid doing it if it helps us beat Aizen," Ichigo sighed. "Fine."

"Of course, the question then becomes, how to get to Hueco Mundo?" Shinji questioned.

"...you guys can't open up a portal or anything?" Ichigo asked, blinking at Shinji.

"Nope!" Mashiro chimed in. "We never had a reason to go there, so why would we?" she then asked.

"...back to Hat and Clogs it is then," Ichigo sighed.

"Ugh, we just keep needing favors from him... We're going to need a freaking drill to dig our way out of our debt to him at this rate," Shinji face palmed, before chuckling. "Still, I guess that's the hazard of knowing someone so helpful..."

"So, we going then?" Lisa asked, getting up from where she was sitting, putting away her manga volume. "Let's see if this is actually a good idea."

As they exited the training grounds, Rukia grinned, and leaned in towards Ichigo. "You're not going to believe what I learned about Lisa there," she whispered.

"... something sexual, no doubt," Ichigo sighed, but smiling a bit. The idea of a harem was growing more attractive now. "Alright, lay it on me."