Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6777552-20130227093545/@comment-6615106-20130227160124

Let's look at current openings now, 4th & 8th squads and the Kido corp. What former captains (non-exiled) don't have squads at this exact moment? Love is the only one. I'm going to guess eventually, Love will take over Squad 8. And I will bet that Isane or Izuru (if either completes bankai soon) could get promoted to Squad 4 captain. Concerning the Kido corp, I will bet that Hachigen will get promoted to captain there.

And I doubt after everything that has happened, Yoruichi, Kisuke, nor Tessai are exiled any more. At this time Tessai is the only one not to come back into the soul society since the hallowfication incident 100 years ago.