" I hope we can help Tatsu today. " Hoshi said in a low voice. She knew the day would be long and hoped Tasuki was in school today.

"Let's hope so," Ichigo replied in a similar low voice. However, he wouldn't be surprised if she didn't come to school today either. Yet...a few minutes after he thought that he saw Tatsuki heading towards the school building.

Tatsuki slowly made her way towards the school building. If she was still just a normal human being, then she wouldn't have been able to get up, walk or do anything for granted. Yet it was with the help of her Zanpakuto spirit that was able to help her stay moving.

Hoshi was glad to see Tatsuki and was feeling concerned for her friend. " Morning Tatsu. " Hoshi said with a smile.

"Morning," she responded lightly.

"How are you feeling?" Ichigo asked in concern.

Hoshi hoped Tatsuki was better, feeling nervous about telling her she needed to say something about the nightmare.

"A little better," Tatsuki replied. She was still having nightmares but didn't know what to do about it.

" We know how you can stop having the nightmares, but I know you might not like it." Hoshi said.

"I'll listen," she said before noticing the female spirit next to Hoshi. "Another shadow Hoshi-chan?" she asked, teasing her friend.

" This is Rue. Rue this is my friend Tatsuki. " Hoshi said with a smile, not minding being teased. " The best way for them to stop is to talk about them. If you don't something bad will happen." Hoshi said with a worried look in her eyes.

"Hello Rue-chan," Tatsuki replied after she was introduced to the young girl. "How bad?" She then asked, not really wanting to talk about her nightmares with either of them.

" You could die. My dad told us that this happened many years ago to patients in the hospital. My grandma got most of the patients to tell about the nitemares , but the one who didn't tell died. " Hoshi said, not wanting her friend to die.

"Oh..." Tatsuki mumbled lightly, before looking down. A few seconds later, she looked back up at her friends with a sad smile on her face. "Let me think about it, alright? I promise to let you guys know by the weekend, okay?" she asked. She knew she was taking a risk by not telling them, especially after the circumstances, but she wasn't ready to tell them...not yet.

Hoshi nodded. She heard the bell ring and headed to class with the other, hoping Tatsuki would tell someone. She sat down at her desk and turned in her homework. Hoshi took notes of the lecture, but felt distracted. She wasn't sure what was causing it. Hoshi was glad when the bell rang for lunch, hoping to shake this odd feeling.

Ichigo nodded. While he didn't like the fact that Tatsuki wasn't going to tell them immediately after school or when the three of them were alone, he understood. If it was the other way around, he would have to think about telling people about his nightmares, although he was sure that the people who knew him best could guess what those would be. Hearing the bell for class, he headed inside as he saw Tatsuki follow in behind him.

Once the bell for lunch rang, he put his pencil down and lifted his arms behind his head and stretched a little bit. He was glad that their teacher was starting to stay on topic for once, although sometimes she still slipped back into saying things that had nothing to do with the material they were covering. Grabbing his lunch, he saw Tatsuki grab her own lunch and head towards the roof. As he headed to the roof himself, he wondered what Orihime and the others would think of Rue, knowing that everyone there could see spirits.

Hoshi headed up to the roof and introduced Rue to the others. Hoshi hoped everyone liked Rue, still not sure to what Ishida thought about her attracting ghosts like she did.

Tatsuki was glad that everyone enjoyed Rue's company, still thinking about what to do. She knew that she could tell her Zanpakuto spirit, but for some reason she thought that would only help somewhat since he wasn't a real person like Dr. Kurosaki, Ichigo, Hoshi or Orihime were.

Ichigo still felt the strange shinigami from earlier and promised himself that he would track it down after school ended for the day. It was starting to annoy him and he was doing all that he could not to investigate right this second as he took a bite out of his sandwich.

Hoshi felt the Shinigami again and hoped that she could go investigate on her own. Though she wouldn't leave Rue alone, wanting her friend to be safe. Hoshi finished her lunch and soon heard the bell. She headed to class and took more notes. She worked on her homework during study hall, though she still felt distracted. " I'm just concerned about Tatsu.Hoshi thought to herself as she worked, and was glad when the bell rang.

Tatsuki noticed that both Hoshi and Ichigo were distracted by something. She was about to ask them what distracted the two but before she could do it, the bell rang to resume classes. She went back to class with the others and took notes, hoping that she wasn't the reason behind Hoshi and Ichigo's distraction. Finishing her homework in study hall, she sighed lightly once school let out for the day. Ryu-kun, what do you think I should do? she asked her spirit.

" Ready to head home Rue-chan?" Hoshi said in a low voice. She was waiting for Ichigo and Tatsuki not sure what they had planned for the next couple of hours.

"Ichigo glanced at Tatsuki for a few seconds, making sure his friend was okay before picking up the rest of his things. Once outside, Ichigo, Rue and Hoshi waited a few seconds for Tatsuki to come out. Once she did, they asked Hoshi and Rue if they were ready to go home.

" I'm ready. " Hoshi said and saw Rue nod that she was ready too.

"Then I think we should go home," Ichigo said.

Hoshi kept her guard up as they headed toward her house. The Shinigami seemed close by , which made her feel uneasy. She hoped that they weren't in trouble for anything.

Ichigo noticed that the mysterious shinigami was still following them. "Hoshi, I'm going to find out about this stalker that we seem to have. Can you take care of everything here?" he asked.

" I can. Let me know how it goes. " Hoshi said.