Hoshi laughed a little. She was glad that they would be able to fight and wanted a chance to prove she was a capable fighter like everyone else was.
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Jessica giggled a little bit too. " Thanks for letting me know. Have you ever met this Ichigo?" She asked. She knew they would be in soon with her lunch and she feared it would be drugged again.

Katia smiled lightly at the joke, glad that he was trying to lighten up the mood and was also glad to see Kisuke's shop in the distance. Whatever happened today, she hoped that everything worked out for the best.
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"Just for a little bit, before I was captured," Rue said. She went on to tell her how he fought and anything else that she remembered.
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Ichigo let out a small sigh of relief as he saw Kisuke's shop in the distance. He wasn't sure what had happened earlier and still felt a small amount of dread of telling everyone else that he was also a Quincy. Shaking his head lightly, he mentally chuckled to himself. When had he ever backed away from anything?

" Thanks Ishida-San for walking me here. " Saya said as they walked toward Uraharas shop. She saw a coupe unfamiliar faces and wondered who they were. She hated the tension in the air, knowing tonight would be an active night for hollows.

Naomi knew Ichigo would tell his friends and hoped they wouldn't judge him because of it. She saw some teens heading thier way and assumed they were friends of Ichigo. She sensed that three of them were Quincies at varying level of power, but they were all unique levels. She remembered learning that what might be weak for one Quincy , would be powerful for another.

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" I hope I can meet him. I want to meet your friend Hoshi too." Jessica said and quickly got quiet, since she had heard the door unlock.

"Don't mention it, it was a pleasure, Saya-chan," Ishida said, glad that he could catch up with one of his friends. Seeing Ichigo and the others, along with a Quincy and Shinigami that he didn't recognize, he wondered just what was going on. Seeing that nothing was happening at the moment, he would take a wait and see approach, but would keep his guard up just in case.
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"I hope you can too," Rue said before hearing the guard coming. It was times like these that she wished she practiced more on her Kidou techniques.

" Glad to see that you all have made it safely. Let's head to the backroom first. There's something that you all need to know." Urahara said, giving Ichigo a look of reassurance. He knew this would go well, though knew a few of his friends would be shocked.


Hoshi could sense the tension in the air as Urahara was talking and wondered if it was because of the feeling she got from Ichigo today.

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Jessica was glad when her captors had gone and looked at the sandwich she had been left. " Rue, I'm afraid to eat it." She said to her friend, feeling very scared.

Hoshi was surprised that Ichigo had told them he was a Quincy, which for some reason it made sense to her that he was. She knew this information didn't change the fact she was still his friend and knew the others felt the same way she did.

Naomi decided not to tell everyone about her elemental abilities just yet. She knew they would be curious and ask her. She knew asking questions was a good thing for any person who had spiritual abilities. She climbed down the long ladder and was amazed at the size if the training area. She got her pendant ready and waited for the others to follow. She waved at Yoruichi and a shy dark haired Shinigami in the distance and wondered who the person was.


Hanataro waved back at the unfamiliar face and saw a few others he didn't know. He was waiting for Ichigo , and hoped to surprise his friend.

Hoshi waved too at the new Shinigami and wondered who he was. She had feeling they would find out soon.

Hanataro waved at the people he knew and to those he didn't. He knew that two of them were Seers since Unohana had taught the seated officers about them. He sometimes wondered what it was like to be able to see the future some times. He smiled big when he saw Ichigo and his friends , shupoing over to greet them all.

" It's me. Been a long time hasn't it?" He said with a smile. He had grown a little bit taller since the last time he had seen Ichigo and was slowly gaining the confidence he needed.

" You think I'm stronger ?" Hanataro said. " I've been working on it a little bit. I'm looking forward to training with you guys today. " He said blushing a little bit.

" Glad you think so, but I still have a ways to go. " Hanataro said. He wanted to be strong like his brother had once been, but not the person his brother had been. He had a feeling he was so timid because of how his brother had treated him. He shook those memories out of his head knowing it was bad to dwell on the past. He smiled at the people he didn't know and bowed. "Hello. I'm Hanataro Yamada, 7 seat of Squad 4. " He said.


" It's nice to meet you Hantaro-San. I'm Naomi Isobe , Ichigo's older cousin. He has a cousin his age named Daisuke, but you'll probably meet him later. " She said with a smile, wondering why the young Shinigami was a bit nervous as he talked.

" Nice to meet you too Hanataro-San. My name is Hoshi Matsuda." She said with a smile. She was glad to finally meet the Shinigami who had helped Ichigo and the others save Rukia. She had wondered in the past if she would ever meet some of the Shinigami Ichigo had told her about.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Hanataro-san, I'm Tatsuki Arisawa," the resident tomboy said as she bowed lightly.

"Ichigo told me a lot about you Tatsuki-san," Hanataro said as he bowed lightly to Naomi, Hoshi and Tatsuki.

Saya also introduced herself as did Katia. Katia had a feeling she would be able to trust Hanataro, since he was a friend of Ichigo's.

" Are we ready to begin?" Yoruichi said once all the introductions were done. She was glad to see Hanataro doing well around this many people.

" I'm going to first divide you all in separate sections. This will help you all with teamwork. " Yoruichi said and started to separate the crew in to two groups. She had refigured how she was going to do this.

Ren Isobe smiled at his wife Eiko as the train pulled into Karakura station. They both had intended to come tomorrow but decided it would be nice to surprise everyone. They would head to where they were staying first , glad that a long time friend had lent them their old summer home to the Isobe family for the weekend. Ren wondered how everything was going and tensed for a slight moment at the Shinigami, and remembered what Naomi had told them the day before. He hoped Isshin was prepared to see him and grinned at the thought.

Naomi was ready to start and focused her spiritual energy into the pendant on her wrist. She had a solid white bow and got it ready. She wondered what everyone would think when they found out about her ability.

Hoshi was paired with Saya and had Indigo Fog in shikai form. She wasn't sure if she exactly knew what Saya's ability was as a Quincy.

Yoruichi gave the order to get ready and set the cubes. She was teamed up with Ishida and was looking forward to seeing what he was able to do m