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Tatsuki met up with Ichigo on the way to Urahara's. "Morning!" she shouted once she was within hearing distance of the youth. Ichigo responded with a hello of his own as they headed to Urahara's store in silence.
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Saya could feel the presences get closer and stronger. She saw the shop in the distance and a man dressed in a green outfit. She knew he had to be one of the Shinigami Ishida had mentioned.
Urahara could sense Ishida getting closer along with another Quincy presence that he had been feeling the last few days. " Ishida-san! It's good to see you. And I see you brought a friend. " He said jovially. He could sense the tension from the girl and hoped to help her feel comfortable. |
Ishida saw Urahara standing in front of the shop being his usual jovial self. Sensing Saya tensing up, Ishida reassured her by gently squeezing her hand. "Morning Kisuke-san. Is anyone else here?" he asked.
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" Hoshi-san and Tetsu-San are here. Yoruichi just arrived back a few minutes ago. Ichigo and the others should be here soon. " Urahara said. He knew a few other shinigami would be arriving shortly. He knew they wanted to ask the girl if she knew anything about the Vandenreich, but he knew she would be safe here.
Saya felt calmer when Ishida squeezed her hand. She knew her friend wanted her to feel less afraid. She could sense strong shinigami close by and heading toward them and wondered who they were. |
Ishida nodded and thanked Urahara. Before heading inside with Saya, he introduced the young girl to Urahara, and would introduce her to all the others once they arrived. He thought that it would be easier on Saya if introductions were done that way.
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Saya followed Ishida to a back room. She saw a girl with black hair and green eyes sitting at the table next to an older man who Saya assumed was the girl's dad. She gave them a shy smile and sat down. Saya was starting to feel more comfortable around these shinigami , knowing they were trying to ease her fear.
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Ichigo and Tatsuki appeared at the entrance of the shop before heading inside, seeing Chad, Orihime and the others. Raising an eye at Ishida when he spotted a young girl sitting next to Ishida, he was about ask who she was before getting the answer from Ishida.
Ishida noticed that Saya was starting to get a little tense once Ichigo stepped into the room, but he didn't blame her, especially since he could never control his crazy amount of Reishi. Ishida waited for Urahara to enter and explain the situation before he would introduce Saya to the group. |
" Let's get down to business shall we. I know know some of you are aware of what happened to Hoshi's friend Rue this week. She was taken by a group of rogue Quincies called the Vandenreich. They are very dangerous not to be messed with. But we need to get Rue back before they enact what they might have planned. " Urahara said and turned to Tetsu.
" I got information from a friend of mine today and he thinks he knows why the Vandenreich have Rue. He said there is an old Quincy myth about four keys. He says they could be real keys or something that was in a persons soul since birth. He also said that two keys can cause a significant amount of damage. He couldn't tell me anymore since the information he had was incomplete. It's possible Rue is one of these keys, but there still a second key that they might be looking for. " Tetsu said. He was worried that it was someone in this room. " Also , today Ishida and his friend here are going to teach you on how to protect yourself against any attacks that you might encounter when we fight the Vandenreich. " Urahara added, wanting Ishida to explain. |
Ishida introduced Saya to everyone first before explaining a few of the attacks that Quincy had, as well as a few that he employed himself, not sure if any of the other Quincies did so, but wanted to cover his bases.
Ichigo raised an eyebrow and subtlety looked out of the corner of his eye at both Hoshi and Tatsuki, having a feeling that one of them had a second key. If only they knew what they keys were for, or what they unlocked. He also noticed that Tatsuki was having similar thoughts as she checked on both Orihime and Hoshi. |
Hoshi looked at both Tatsuki and Orihime and hoped neither of them had the second key. She hoped it wasn't Saya either not wanting to see any of her friends hurt.
Urahara had a feeling one of the girls here could be the key, but had a feeling they wouldn't know until it was too late." Are we ready to start then?" He said, thinking it would be best to keep his concerned to himself. |
Ishida nodded. "We're ready to start," he said, keeping his concerns to himself about the second key. He knew that if it was Saya then he would go through hell and high water to get her back. He noticed that Yoruichi was still in her feline form and wondered when she would change forms.
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Yoruichi stayed behind as the others went down stairs to train. She had a feeling that Ishida wanted to talk to her. She would have gone back to her true form by now , but she needed to survey the area where the Vandenreich had disappeared. She kept sensing something strange in that spot and wanted to look around a bit more. .
Hoshi got into her shinigami form once she had arrived in the training area. She gave Saya a smile, hoping they could become friends in the future. |
Ishida waited for everyone to go down the ladder first, noticing that Yoruichi was waiting for him, somehow knowing that he wanted to talk to her. After Chad went down the ladder, only Ishida and Yoruichi remained on the ground level. "Why were you stalking Saya-chan?" He asked, waiting for Yoruichi to answer.
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" I just wanted to be sure she was safe. I had sensed her a few days ago and was a little suspicious , but when I sensed her with you that changed. I wanted to keep an eye on her in case the Vandenreich came back to get her. What wasn't said , is that the Vandenreich will hurt any Quincy that don't side with them." Yoruichi said repeating what she had been told. She wanted Ishida to be prepared in case he was approached .
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"What did you sense before I found her?" he asked, curious. He hoped that it wasn't anything bad, although he was a little alarmed that the Vandenreich were taking the "Either you're with us or against us" approach, but it really didn't surprise him. He also wondered if there was some way to see who had this "key" inside of them and do whatever they could to protect him or her.
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" When I first sensed her I felt fear. When she met you the fear seemed to lessen. Did she say if she knew about the Vandenreich ?" Yoruichi asked. She felt if Saya had met the Vandenreich , then that would explain part of the fear that Saya had. Though Yoruichi wondered why the girl was still feeling tense.
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"Perhaps it would be a good idea for me to ask her about staying with me then, if someone has asked her to join the Vandenreich, but I'll ask her in private," Ishida said. Seeing the question that was in Yoruichi's eyes he explained that Saya was a little nervous around shinigami and because of that, got tense when around new or high-leveled shinigami.
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" It would be a good idea. I wish there was a way we could figure out who the second key is. We'll all have to be cautious. " Yoruichi said. She was glad that Saya would be safe and knew the other girls were safe as well. She hoped she could figure out how the Quincies had left without a trace.
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"Alright. Now then, I should get going before too many people ask questions. You're welcome to join us, either as feline or a human, but I'll tell you now what I'll tell everyone else when I get down there: 'Under no circumstance will you share this information outside of this room.' Besides a few shinigami Captains that aren't here, I don't trust all of you...not yet anyways," he said before heading down the ladder. He made a mental note to talk to Saya after everything was over with.
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Yoruichi understood. She knew that Ishida didn't trust the all the shinigami, and understood why. Though she knew that he had made much progress since the time she first met him. She would join them in a little while , once she had checked out that spot again.
Saya was ready to start but wondered where Ishida was. She thought his friends were nice and had a feeling she could trust them, though would still be cautious.She knew that there probably were shinigami she had to be wary of. |
Ishida climbed down the ladder, noticing that the others were waiting for him. "Sorry about that," he said. Before anyone could question him, he wanted to make sure that everyone knew not to discuss any of the techniques that were shown to them in this room today.
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Hoshi nodded that she understood, having a feeling there were those that would want to use these methods against the remaining Quincy. She was ready to what ever she could to make sure her friends stayed safe.
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Tatsuki understood what Ishida was saying and nodded, showing that she understood. She wondered what had kept Ishida in the first place, but shrugged lightly having a feeling that it was none of her business. She also noticed that Yoruichi was missing as well...She then started paying attention as Ishida called Ichigo to the front in order to demonstrate some of the techniques.
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Hoshi paid attention to Ishida's demonstration knowing once this was over the real training would begin. She felt a bit nervous for some reason , and did what she could to drop the feeling she had.
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Tatsuki watched the demonstration, knowing that after this was done, the real training would begin. She wondered if Ishida was having a little too much fun using Ichigo as an explanation dummy before shrugging mentally, knowing that she did it herself back when they were both in karate. Glancing at Saya, she wondered if the girl was going to help demonstrate some techniques as well.
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