Ichigo opened the door and dodged his father's attempt of attacking him as he usually do before sighing and locking the door once again. "He'll never learn," he mumbled to himself as he smelled something cooking in the kitchen, causing his stomach to growl lightly in response. Sure he had lunch, but training with his reiatsu always left him hungry. He made his way upstairs to his room to start on his homework.

Tatsuki did her homework after she returned home from the karate club. She was just about to fall asleep when she saw Ichigo's badge blinking, signifying that there was a Hollow around. She scowled lightly but quickly picked up her necklace and used it to get out of her body before heading out and concentrated for a few seconds to feel where the Hollow was. Once she figured out the location, she used a Shunpo to get to her location quicker.

Hoshi started to attack the Hollows . As far as she could tell there was no plus around, but she knew they sometimes hid . She dodged a claw swipe and swung her sword down on the mask. Hoshi then went to fight one of the others that had appeared, and was glad that Tatsuki was nearby.

Tatsuki saw multiple Hollows around, and was curious as to why there were so many all around. She quickly brought Ryuenjin up to slice one Hollow's mask in an uppercut-like slash before quickly following through with a downwards slice, cutting through another mask. She saw Hoshi in the distance taking care of a few Hollows, but that distraction caused her to get struck by one of the many claws. To make sure that none of the other Hollows could attack her, the young shinigami back-flipped out of the way. She would have to thank Orihime later for making her take some gymnastic lessons when they were younger. She then brought her trusty blade back up before charging towards the group once again.

(heading to bed now. Night)

( Night .)

Hoshi continued to fight Hollows. She slashed another's mask , before fighting another . The numbers were decreasing but still were high. " We need help. I don't know how much longer the two of us can keep this up."She thought as she barely dodged a claw strike.

Hoshi got hit by a tail and fell to the ground. She slashed at the mask of a Hollow when it came near her. She hoped someone knew they needed help, though she had the feeling someone did.

One of the many Hollows were about to stab Tatsuki in the back while she was dealing with a different Hollow, before an arrow of concentrated Reiatsu went through him and split into two to get the two Hollows on the side of Tatsuki. Ishida Uryuu then turned around and shot several arrows at once, killing several of the Hollows.

Hoshi saw Ishida arrive and continued to finish the last of the Hollows. She wondered why there was so many tonight, since it had been pretty quiet lately.

Ishida finished up some of the hollows and letting his spirit bow vanish into the pinnacle on his wrist. "I have a question. Why are there so many Hollows all of a sudden?" He asked in a voice that showed his annoyance as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

(New Bleach ending is awesome)

( I know! Can't wait till the filler is over though.)

" Not sure why. " Hoshi said going over to Tatsuki to see if she was alright . " I might have a hypothesis why, but I dont like it very much." She said.

(I just read the manga honestly. It's my friend who stays up with the anime and sends me the music so I can add it to my IPOD)

Tatsuki told her that she was fine, but thanked Hoshi all the same for being concerned about her. "What is it?" Tatsuki asked quickly, quite curious.

( been reading the manga more than I watch the anime. )

"They might be after Ichigo. I don't want to see him targeted. " Hoshi said in a solemn tone.

(yuppers)

"It makes sense, but if that's the case...we may have to talk to Isshin and Urahara and see if they can raise the timetable on him regaining his reiatsu. Either that or someone has to protect him..." Tatsuki said before she then started laughing. Ichigo, being protected. He'd rather die first.

" I already started to help him regain his abilities. I know Ichigo can sense reiatsu better , but it will take a few sessions for his reiastu to be fully restored. Saturday is the next time I'll help him. " Hoshi didn't want to see Ichigo hurt .

Hoshi didn't like keeping things from Ichigo but knew it was for the best. " I better head back home. See you both later." She said after a little while.

Tatsuki didn't like keeping things from Ichigo, especially once he found out...she knew his trust in both of them would drop considerably. She nodded to Hoshi, the nod signifying that she heard Hoshi before she left to head back home.

"If it helps, you can say it was my idea." Ishida said as he saw the pained look on Tatsuki's face and if he didn't know better, then he would say that both Tatsuki and Hoshi were in love with their best friend. Of course if he said that, he would be having a lengthy stay in his father's hospital, so kept it to himself.

Tatsuki was surprised that Ishida would do that for her and raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything for a while. "I should get going. I'll see you at school Ishida-san" she said as Ishida nodded.

Hoshi shifted back into her body once she arrived back home. She knew she could get a few hours sleep before her alarm went off. She woke up the next morning and got ready for school. Grabbing her school bag she went down to the kitchen to make her lunch. She ate a banana quickly before heading out to school. She walked slowly keeping an eye out for anything strange. She sat at her usual spot and waited for her friends, though it would be a little while before they did come.

(Last response for the night from me)

Tatsuki woke up quickly to her alarm blaring at her. She quickly shut it off before getting up and heading to the bathroom. Stripping her nightclothes off, she turned the shower on and got in as the cold water did the trick, fully waking her up. Once she was awake, she made the water warmer and cleansed herself off.

Once finished, she dried herself off and got into her school uniform before grabbing her bag and a piece of toast and locked up as she left her apartment. Heading towards school, she waved towards Ichigo once she saw him.

Hoshi read a little bit before school started. She had that strange feeling again and put her book away. " Why do I have this feeling again? And why am I thinking about Rukia so much lately? I don't want anything bad to happen." Hoshi thought to herself.

Hoshi saw Ichigo and Tatsuki coming near the school. She waved at the two of them. She didn't sense anything bad in the air but still would be cautious. She still had the feeling that had occurred when she arrived at school.

" Morning you two. How are you today." Hoshi said when they were close. She was debating on whether or not to tell anyone about the feeling she had.

"Same old as always Star-chan," Ichigo replied with a small grin.

"Being annoyed by a strawberry, care to help me get revenge?" Tatsuki asked as Ichigo's grin disappeared and it turned into a look of annoyance.

"I thought you said you weren't going to call me that," Ichigo growled out, causing both girls to laugh lightly. Soon after, Ichigo cracked a small smirk, even if he was still annoyed with the nickname.