Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24499616-20140203040252/@comment-24499616-20140203200219

Salubri, I see what you're saying but maybe (or at least I hope) Ichigo would possibly look deeper into his heritage and possibly discover the ability to use his quincy abilities. Also all of us are forgetting a key individual in the series, Ryuken Ishida, Uryu's father. Maybe some time later on Ichigo will seek him out to be trained by him.

Even though Ryuken has said in the past that he sees no use in being a Quincy because being one does not offer any sort of material profit. He may train Ichigo because he might think that stopping his son would prevent the Blood War from spilling into the world of the living which is the only place that offers material profit to Ryuken. Also in the past he has hinted that he does love Uryu and cares for him. He shows it when he trains him to make him stronger during the Hueco Mundo arc for the fights ahead. These hinted feeling may also sway him towards helping Ichigo because Ichigo, being Uryu's closest friend would most likely be the only one to get close enough to him.

I say this because if you think way back to the beginning of the series, Uryu saves Ichigo from being killed by his out of control Zanpaktuo. He follows this by telling Ichigo that the only reason he is helping him is so that they may fight one on one later on. That fight may soon come to past with the way things are going now.