"Katia-chan?" Orihime asked in alarm, not expecting tears or the thank you.

" I'm not use to being treated this nice. I always felt those I knew were holding things against me. " Katia said. She hoped to repay everyone for thier kindness.

"We won't hold things against you Katia-chan, at least not things that you have already done," Ichigo replied, knowing that she could be trusted, just like their other friends who were turned from enemies into allies.

Katia nodded. After a little while she was able to get her thoughts in order. " What else would you like to know about the Vandenreich?" She asked.

"Is it possible for the bankai to be used against the Shinigami that it was stolen from?" Urahara asked after a few moments of silence. If that was the case, he would have to ask Yoruichi to talk to Soi-fon and tell her everything they knew.

" It is possible. It is also impossible to use Shikai against the Bankai. From what I was told it divided the Zanpaktou spirit into two parts. " Katia said.

Urahara wrote this information down, knowing that Yoruichi would want to tell Soi-fon as soon as she could. He wondered where she was but wasn't all that worried, knowing she could take care of herself.

"Two parts? That doesn't make much sense," Tatsuki said, only knowing that her Zanpakuto spirit was one person before she noticed that Ichigo had his hand on his chin, obviously thinking about something.

"Actually...it is possible. Of course I may just be special, but before I used the Final Getsuga, I had to fight the old man...well, in fact he seemed more like in his twenties or thirties instead of when I first met him, being around forty or fifty. It's possible that both Shikai and Bankai have two separate entities," Ichigo said. "Of course, I could just be talking for myself since I don't know how any others mind sphere looks."

" I'm not even sure how the Vandenreich figured this out in the first place. It's almost like they had been stealing Bankais for years, since this is fairly new technology. " Katia said.

"What's fairly new technology?" Katniss asked, yawning lightly.

Katia paled when she saw Katniss in the door and was feeling afraid. Katia hoped the Shinigami never found out that she was the one who had taken Rue.

"We were talking about information that we've found out about the Vandenreich. Katniss-san, if I may ask, do you know Bankai?" Kisuke asked.

Katia hoped that Katniss wouldn't hurt her once she found out about Rue. She kept her guard up in case anything did happen.

Urahara waited for Katniss to answer his question as he watched the situation develop. If things went from bad to worse, he would activate Benihime's blood shield.

" I don't. Al least not yet. " Katniss said. Ever since Rue was taken she was determined to achieve Bankai.

"As much as I think you should do that, I would also recommend that you use caution when fighting the Vandenreich if you do. They can steal your bankai using this," Urahara said as he showed Katniss the metal plate that Katia gave him.

" How did you get that?" Katniss asked and looked at the girl she hadn't met before. She wondered about this newcomer.


Katia felt tense but knew the others would help her if Katniss tried to hurt her.

"Katia-san gave this to me so that I could study it," he said, noticing that Tatsuki and Orihime moved closer to Katia in case Katniss tried attacking her.

" I see. Does she know who took Rue?" Katniss asked , wondering what was going on. She wouldn't be happy if it was Katia, but would do her best to restrain herself if it came up. It appeared to her that the others trusted Katia.

Katia gulped lightly, hoping that Katniss wouldn't try attacking her once she knew the truth, but knew that if she lied it would only come back to bite her later. "I d-do," she said a little afraid. Gathering her courage up after Tatsuki placed a hand on her shoulder. She was still ashamed at her actions, but explained that it was her who kidnapped Rue.

Katniss scowled at Katia." Is Rue alright?" She asked. She didn't want to make a scene in front of everyone, though it was difficult not to.

Katia flinched a little once Katniss scowled at her, but she was glad that she hadn't tried attacking her...yet anyways. "From last I know, Rue is doing alright although I don't know if people are still following the leader's orders," Katia replied.

" Why wouldn't they be following orders?" Saya asked. She wondered if things weren't going well within the ranks of the Vandenreich.

"Leader's orders were not to harm the first key in any way, but I've heard some verbally abuse her as well as belittle her at any chance they get," Katia started to say before Katniss glared at her, "but I didn't do that. Nor did I give her tiny cuts when people weren't looking. I was one of the few that tried stopping them, but I was only one person," Katia said as she finished her explanation quickly, hoping that Katniss wasn't going to hurt her.

Katniss wasn't happy that Rue was being treated this way. " Can you tell us where she is being kept?" Katniss said after a while. She knew that Katia was telling the truth but still had a hard time dealing with this information.

"It might be easier to show you," she said, just hoping that they trusted her enough to not be bringing them into a trap, which she wasn't.