Hoshi waved back. " Hi Kuchiki-san! " She was glad to see the older girl here. Hoshi talked with Rukia and Orihime for a little bit until she saw Tatsuki and Ichigo . She waved . She was glad to see her friends . She would have to wait till after school to tell her friends about what she felt this morning. The bell range and they headed to class.

Aizen would have to wait until tomorrow to talk to her. If she wouldn't go with him willingly he would have to take Hoshi against her wishes.

Hoshi had noticed an evil presence . It was the same from Saturday night that had made her faint. It had to be Aizen.She thought to herself .Hoshi tried her best not appear afraid. She looked toward her friend to see if they noticed too. She would have to ask them after school. She did her best to concentrate. What could she do to stop this?

"I felt that evil presence again Ichigo." She whispered. " Did you feel it too? I have the feeling it was Aizen ,unless he sent someone else . " She had a scared look on her face. " I bet he was going to talk to me on the way to school today. I just want this to end." She did . That's why she would train as she could .

"It couldn't be anyone else. If Aizen has Hollows under his command that are that powerful..." he said, annoyed that he only sensed him for a second before he left. He wasn't sure as to what it was earlier but now that he knew what it was, he growled, not realizing that his eyes were glowing blue at the moment before he started calming down.

Rukia came up onto the roof, seeing Tatsuki, Ichigo and Hoshi out here already. She also saw the tension that was in the air, "What's wrong?" Rukia asked.

"I think it's better to wait until everyone else is up here until we tell you. Otherwise we'll be telling everyone multiple times, but to be brief...Aizen came" Ichigo said, causing Rukia to widen her eyes in surprise. A few minutes later; Orihime, Chad and Ishida were also up on the roof.

"Kurosaki...you wanted to tell us something?" Ishida asked as Ichigo nodded, noticing that neither Tatsuki or Hoshi weren't leaving. "Kurosaki, don't you think..." he started saying before being interrupted.

"They know already Ishida," was all that Ichigo said, before turning to both Hoshi and Tatsuki, both giving them the go ahead to tell them, and they're also substitute shinigami like myself." He said, dropping a bombshell on the group. Sighing, Ichigo then began telling them about how Aizen was back and was targeting Hoshi. "If Aizen thinks he can just show up whenever he wants to and scare Hoshi whenever he wants to, he has another thing coming."

Ishida knew that Ichigo was reckless. But he always had a sense of being sane as well. However, it seemed that whenever his friends were in danger, Ichigo became a little crazy, and this time was no different. "You're going to train, aren't you." Ishida stated, to which Ichigo nodded.

"We were going to train during the weekends, but with this happening...Rukia, can you take notes for me?" He asked as Rukia rose an eyebrow.

Tetsu knew Aizen was around this morning. That's why he offered to drive Hoshi this morning . He knew he couldn't drive her every morning, so he resolved to ask Ichigo if he knew anyone from the school that lived near by . He thought if Hoshi was with someone , Aizen wouldn't confront her.

Hoshi sat there as they discussed what had happened this morning. She felt the hollow side in Ichigo get a little more control . She felt guilty it was because her. She wished she knew how to help him. " What should I do if Aizen does contact me? Should I try to fight him?" Hoshi asked. She was worried he would.She knew it would be foolish to fight him. She was still weak in her powers . She walked alone to school. As far as she knew no one lived close to her.

Hoshi understood that she wasn't ready yet. She shivered at the same time Rukia's phone went off. Would she be able to help fight it? Hoshi looked at Tatsuki ,then at Ichigo and Rukia. She wanted to help them. She would ask them what she had wanted to earlier. It could wait till later.

Ichigo noticed both events happen at once, once again. "I think I should take care of it. Besides, I have a bad mood to get rid of." He said as Rukia just sighed.

"Alright, but just this once," She said before taking out a candy dispenser. Popping one into her mouth, she took her soul form instantly before giving Ichigo Kon's soul pill. "Here, but only this once," she said as she handed him the pill.

Ichigo swallowed the pill quickly before his soul popped out of his body, courtesy of the pill. "Kon, behave or else," he said, knowing that Kon knew what the "or else" meant.

Hoshi watched Rukia and Ichigo go towards where the hollow was. She knew there would be other times she would be able to help, she needed to be patient. She hoped that the hollow wasn't just a distraction. She had to relax. Worrying wasn't going to help. As long as she was around people she felt safe, if she was alone she was scared.

Hoshi and the others went back to class. She was worried that something bad had happened to them. She concentrated on her homework as best she could. Something felt different reiatsu she felt. It almost felt like a Shinigami's. Could there be others like Ichigo?

Ichigo stared at the masked man for a second. "What the hell...?" he asked as he noticed he was wearing a shinigami outfit as well as a Hollow's mask.

"Kurosaki Ichigo, how would you like to learn how to control your powers?" Shinji said as Ichigo stood in front of him, getting ready to wield his zanpakuto.

Tetsu had just left Urahara's shop. He stopped there on his lunch break. He learned of the past summer's events and how Aizen played a part. He also learned that it was Aizen that had created the Visords. Tetsu felt guilty about how he felt 100 years ago after those events. It made more sense to him than the explanation he was given by then Lieutenant Aizen. As he drove back to work, it made him more determined to fight Aizen.

"Relax, I'm not here to fight. I want to help you. Urahara-dono sent me to grant you an offer."

"and you couldn't have waited until after school to talk to us?" Ichigo asked annoyed. Rukia and he were missing classes with this invitation. He didn't know that Urahara and Tetsu actually called in a favor for Shinji to even think about taking Ichigo under his wing and train him.

School had let out early for the day, due to teacher meetings . Kon had walked her home and offered to stay but Hoshi said she would be fine for a few hours. As long as she stayed inside she'd be safe. That's what her dad had told her . She was in her room finishing up her homework. She changed into casual clothes and wondered if she should go looking for Ichigo and Rukia. She hoped she heard something soon.

Tetsu had called in a favor. He knew he owed his former captain much. He didn't want Hoshi to lose a friend either. It took both him and Urahara to convince Shinji. Mostly Urahara , Tetsu mused. That man sure had a way with words. He continued to plan how he could improve protecting his home. He had a mid level barrier blocking hollows, but he knew it wasn't enough to keep Aizen out.

Kon was looking for Ichigo so that he could tell them they didn't have to worry about going back to school seeing as it was over. He was pretty sure that Ichigo would forget. As he was looking for Ichigo, he couldn't help but think that Ichigo was lucky to have such hot friends.

Ichigo couldn't believe his ears. There was someone who wanted to help him control Hichigo? "Let me get this straight, you want me to follow you to a place in order for training in controlling my Hollow powers, correct?" Ichigo asked as the masked man nodded.

"Alright, I'll take you up on that offer..." Ichigo said, waiting for his name.

"Shinji" he said as he took off his mask, showing that he was just like Ichigo, a shinigami with Hollow powers, or as they called themselves, Visards.

Hoshi bolted up right. She had taken a nap to get rid of a headache she had. Someone had rung the door bell. She slowly went down the stairs. She didn't know who would come this time of day on a Monday. She looked out the peep hole and no one was there . They must have left she thought. She hated being this tense and alone. Hoshi wished she could start training soon. She should have let Kon stay even for a little bit . Things had to get better soon.

Rukia watched the exchange between the two with a careful eye. If this Shinji was lying, she'd be able to pick up on instantly. However, she sensed no lies coming from this man. "Ichigo...be careful."

"Don't worry midget, I'll be fine," Ichigo said as he noticed her staring at him lightly. "If you don't trust him, then follow me to wherever they take me and watch." He said, turning to Shinji, "if that's okay, of course."

"I see no major problems with that" Shinji said as he thought about some members of the group wouldn't be so fond of a pure shinigami invading their place, but he would be okay with it.

How would the other members of the group react to Ichigo and Rukia?


Hoshi decided to go out for a little bit. She would get some things for dinner. She grabbed some of her money and headed toward the door. She locked the door and headed to the market near by.She kept vigilant in case anything strange happened on the way.

Hoshi was happy to see Tasuki and waved. "Hi Tatsu-chan! Sorry about missing Karate club today. I wasn't feeling well then. I'm headed to the market. Want to come with me? "She said. Hoshi felt better about going there if someone was with her. Hoshi would still keep an eye out for Ichigo and Rukia .

"It is." She whispered as they walked. " I felt I was going crazy alone in the house . I freaked when I heard the doorbell . I was scared it was him. But no one was there.That's when I decided to go to the market. I needed to get out of the house for a little bit. I'm glad you're with me." She didn't mention that she was looking for Ichigo and Rukia too.