Originally posted by: Jurojin
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait a minute. I need to bring something up.

Rukia didn't get the Hogokkyou(spl) until *after* she transferred her powers to Ichigo (got sucked out of her, more like it [img][/img]).
I'm afraid you've got it wrong my friend. This issue has already been discussed in the bleach 61 thread.

The actual timeline:
-Urahara creates hougyou tries to destroy it but fails so he seals it inside Rukia.
-Urahara gets exiled for creating a gigai (faux body) that's untraceable and drains spirit power instead of restoring it.
-skip a few days/months/years however long it was since then
-Rukia is wounded by Hollow
-Rukia transfers powers to Ichigo
-Ichigo wins, runs off to check on family
-Urahara comes up to a beat up Rukia, and asks if she needs/wants a faux body.
-Rukia goes into said faux body, but unbeknownst to her, it slowly starts making her into a human spirit. So that the location of the hougyoku will be lost forever.
-Aizen finds out about the Hougyouku being inside Rukia.
-Aizen makes it so that Byakuya and Renji are sent to retrieve Rukia and the wheels are set in motion.