"As long as I know that someone is waiting for me, then that's alright," Katia responded with a light smile.

" I know he is. " Hoshi said. She knew that they had the morning off but would need to meet Captain Ukitake and Rukia at the gate in a few hours.

Katia nodded and grinned lightly, glad that her cousin had her back. "Right. Come on, the sooner we meet up with Rukia-chan and taichou the quicker we can see uncle," she said with a light grin.

Hoshi grinned back and followed her cousin. She wanted to know who those people were and hoped she wasn't wrong about them being trust worthy.

Rukia waited patiently with her captain as they stood in front of the gates that led towards the Living World. 'It would be nice to see the others again,' she thought.

Hoshi was glad they were close to the gate and felt guilty for having thier Capatin wait for them. " I'm sorry if we made you other wait too long. " Hoshi apologized.

" No need to worry Hoshi-san. I have a feeling both you and Katia-san were just talking. " Ukitake said with a smile. He knew that it was important for seers to discuss their dreams and wondered what they had seen. He knew they would tell him if it was something that dealt with Gin something else that might affect Soul Society.

Rukia nodded as well, knowing that it helped Seers to talk about any dreams that they had. "It's alright you two, we weren't waiting long," she added as well.

Hoshi was glad they hadn't kept them waiting and waited for her turn to go in the gate. She was glad that soon she and Katia would be in the Living World again.

" So what do you have in mind?" Claudia asked as they all stood in the training area. She was surprised at how it reminded her of the Warehouse in size.

"Just how..." Pete started to say, actually speechless for once. It seemed as if the only way a space like this could exist was with an artifact of some sort.

Katia sighed lightly to herself, glad that they hadn't kept the two of them waiting before heading through the gate after her cousin had gone through.

" Just a few tricks I know from the old days." Kisuke said not saying he used a kido spell to make this area. " Now Claudia. I'm going to have some low level hollows come toward you and I promise if things get too bad I'll deal with them." He said.

"And hope that this spiritual power of mine just reacts?" she asked. While she was okay with this experiment, she was still lightly freaking out over it.

" Exactly. I know it sounds unorthodox, but that's how these powers unlock themselves. Are we ready to start?" Kisuke asked.

"I suppose," Claudia said, hoping that nothing bad would happen. Though she was curious as to what her powers could be.

Kisuke dropped the cube and saw the projections of the lower level hollows. He kept his eye on them and on Claudia to make sure she stayed safe. He had Benihime sealed so Pete wouldn't be freaked out at what his Zanpaktou could do. He knew that eventually these two would see more than they bargained for.

Pete wondered what that strange sword Kisuke had was. He had odd feeling on how this day would go and had a vibe the captains would be here soon. He saw an odd gate in the distance open and walked toward it.

Claudia gulped lightly before she saw the first Hollows come after her. Raising her arms defensively, she was surprised to see metal appear in front of her and defend her from the Hollows. 'The hell?' she thought, wondering what else she could do with this.

Kisuke was impressed with what he saw and wondered what would happen next. " See if you can move the metal. " He said to Claudia.He could sense the gate opening and wondered where Pete had gone.

"How?!" Claudia exclaimed, confused.

Pete saw the gate opening and wondered what was going on. He wasn't feeling any vibes yet, so didn't think that anything was going to happen, at least nothing bad anyways.

" Think of what you want to protect. Be determined that you want to stay safe from those hollows. " Kisuke said.

Ukitake entered the shop and looked around. He didn't see Urahara and had a feeling the shop keeper was close by. He did see a man that he had a feeling was one of the warehouse agents. " Hello. " Ukitake said with a smile. He knew Rukia and the girls would be here soon and wanted to introduce them.

"Think of what I want to protect, hm?" Claudia muttered, instantly an image of her brother came to mind. "I think I got it," she said with a light grin on her face. While she still didn't understand exactly how her power worked, she stood up to the Hollows the best that she could.

"Um...hello?" Pete asked, not sure who this person was. He then saw three other females head behind him, still unsure about what this was all about.

" You are doing good. We'll need to stop for no. But later I want to try something else. " Kisuke said when he sensed Captain Ukitake.

" I'm Captain Jushiro Ukitake. You must be one of the Warehouse agents that will be training us all. " He said and bowed politely. He knew about the Warehouses but had never met anyone involved with them. He knew that an ancient Zanpaktou had been stolen from Soul Society many years ago and had made its way to a Warehouse. He knew it would be safe there and wondered if the Warehouse would be a safe place for Kyoka Sugetsu once this fight was over.

Hoshi recognized the man as the one in her dream and had a strange but good feeling about him.

"Try something else?" Claudia asked as Kisuke powered down the cube that she was using to train.

Pete bowed lightly in return before replying that he was one of the two that would be helping them in using the weapon.

" Yep. But that might not work if the person I ask disagrees. " Kisuke said. He would ask Ichigo and Tatsuki if they wanted to help Claudia with her powers. " We should get to the gate. I have a feeling one of the captains is here already.

" I assumed that you were. This is my lieutenant Rukia Kuchiki. " Ukitake introduced. He would let Hoshi and Katia introduce themselves. He had a feeling that they had seen something related to today in their visions, but he wasn't exactly sure.

"Alright," Claudia said, sighing lightly. She really wanted to continue testing out her new powers. However, she knew that Kisuke knew what was better and decided not to argue about it...for now. Following Kisuke, she noticed Pete, a silver-haired guy and three other females.

"It's nice to meet you," Rukia said as she noticed Hoshi and Katia coming out of the gate behind her before introducing herself. Seeing that both of them noticed Pete and recognized them, she made a mental note to ask if the two had a vision about him and anyone else. Though seeing that they hadn't said anything, they must not have thought of it as important.

"And I'm Katia Matsuda," Katia said as she introduced herself. Both Hoshi and Tetsu had said that she could take their family name if she so wished and since they had been taking good care of her, she agreed to the idea.

" I'm Hoshi Matsuda." She said with a smile and was glad that Katia had agreed to be a Matsuda. She felt her cousin was like a sister to her and knew Katia felt the same way.

" I'm Pete Lattimer. I'm honored to meet you all." He said remembering the lecture Myka had given him on Japanese culture. He knew that being polite was a good thing in Japanese culture.

At the instance of Pete actually being on good behavior, Claudia instantly took a picture. "To show Myka you actually listened to her when she taught you about manners," she said with a light smirk on her face. "Sorry about that, my name is Claudia Donovan," Claudia said.

(think Pete would tease her back about the 'Black Pajamas' and 'Bone Masks'?)