" Exactly. They wanted another Seer when they realized that the one they already had wouldn't make them strong enough. I don't know why they want the girl they already captured. They'll stop at nothing to get the Seer girl.That's why the Doll was fighting her father, to tire him out enough so they can capture her." Hirose said, telling what he knew . He could feel the kido strengthen every time he struggled to get out.

" To overcome the Captains and gain control of Soul Society. They want access to unlimited power. Why they do I don't exactly know. But I have heard the leader mention an old prophesy. " Hirose said. He hoped that this would end soon. " Some how it involves a Seer and a Shinigami. Though I don't believe in that nonsense. " He added.

"And they think this Seer and Shinigami are Hoshi-san and Kurosaki?" Byakuya asked. He resisted sighing after hearing about what the Bounts were planning and saying something along the lines of 'Can't they come up with anything original?' although the prophesy intrigued the noble and asked Hirose about it.

Rukia tried just as much as Ichigo had to take down the barrier, but neither of their attacks were working, the petite shinigami sighed lightly. "Ichigo," she started to say before being interrupted by the orange-haired Vaizard, saying that he wasn't done trying yet. "We're just wasting energy. At least let's think of a plan instead of charging in and wasting all of this energy," she continued on as she saw him don his Hollow Mask.

"I want to try one thing. If it doesn't work, then we'll go," Ichigo said reluctantly as he pointed his index and middle fingers out towards the barrier and gathered energy there. Praying that someone liked him, he concentrated on only drawing Hollow energy to his two fingers. As a red sphere appeared on his fingers, he let the energy go out in a wide beam, knowing that he didn't have enough control to make it a concentrated beam like the Arrancar. Letting the Cero hit, he saw the barrier buckle, which was what he intended it to do, having a feeling that if he broke through it, then they would expect it coming the next time.

" Not Kurosaki. Arisawa. It was their intention to get rid of Kurosaki. They were not too happy to hear that he had regained his powers. I doubt the Bount can come up with anything original. This prophesy came from a Seer about 75 years ago. From what I was told they forced the Seer to tell them what he had seen. I don't know how accurate this information but this is what I was told. The prophesy stated that there would be a war with the guardians, which I guess the Bount thought meant Soul Society and that the stronger of the two groups would win. It is vague, but the Bount want to be the ones victorious. It also mentions a star and a dragon that are influential in the factor of the battle. " Hirose said.

Byakuya pondered about the information for a while. "And they think that both Hoshi-san and Arisawa-san are the two that will be responsible for turning the tides..." he thought out loud. Chuckling lightly he noticed that Hirose looked at him oddly for a few moments. "What they didn't realize is that targeting people Kurosaki calls family or friends is suicide. I learned that the hard way when he and his friends came to rescue Rukia from Soul Society. Even if they have this barrier...I have high faith that Kurosaki will think of something to get through." He said before creating a gate back to Soul Society. "Now let's see what the Gotei 13 want to do with you..." he said before picking him up and walking with him into the gate.

Tatsuki struggled in her bonds as someone kicked at her side, hard. For some reason, they wanted to hear her scream, a 'roar from the dragon' as they stated when they started all of this. She was just lucky that they were only using fists and feet to hurt her and hoped that it didn't escalate to anything sharp...especially since Ryuuenjin was in a glass container a few feet away from her. She didn't know why they wanted her to scream in pain, but she would do her best not to, just to piss them off.

Hoshi was tense as she waited for Ichigo to come back. She was glad that her dad had went to rest, but still wondered how he knew she was in danger. Hoshi didn't want to be found by the Bount and had her guard up as she sat in the living room. " I hope Ichigo found Tatsuki, Elva-chan." Hoshi said softly." I want to be able to help get Tatsu back. Would I have been taken too if I had stayed?"Hoshi thought to herself as she saw it was raining outside.

Hoshi sensed Ichigo and Rukia coming closer to her house and felt relived. She felt tense when she saw the rain , remembering the dream she had about running. She didn't want it to come true, feeling that it might now that the Bount would stop at nothing to get her.

Hoshi heard the knock on the door, and hurred over to the door and seeing it was Ichigo and Rukia. She unlocked it and opened it so they bouth could come inside. " You guys can come in." She said .

" Were you able to get Tatsuki back? Or at least know where the Bount have her?" Hoshi said frantically, hoping that they did find something.

Hoshi nodded . " I hope there is a way to get her." Hoshi said sadly and sat down in a chair." I should have stayed to protect her." She said solemnly.

Hoshi nodded and said that she understood. Hoshi hoped the Bount didn't attack since everyone was exhausted. " What should I do if the Bount try to get me tonight?" Hoshi asked, after a little while. She hoped that dream wouldn't come true.She wanted to be able to defend herself if she needed to.

" I started having the dream when the Bount started following both Tatsuki and Me. I'm running away to either get help or someplace safe. It's raining in the dream and the ground is slick. I trip in the dream and am knocked out. I wake up someplace else and I have a hard time focusing , but there are two sets of feet. One is wearing regular shoes , while the other is wearing sandals that resemble the ones Shinigami wear. I know the person with the shoes, but I don't the one with the sandals. I know it sounds vague , and I've tried to figure out who the two people are, but haven't been able to. " Hoshi said solemnly.

"I'm not sure about the person with shoes, but I have a feeling about the Shinigami is Byakuya-teme," Ichigo said as Rukia punched him on the head. "Ow! What was that for midget?"

"Don't talk about Nii-sama like that baka!" Rukia growled out in an annoyed tone. She then turned to Hoshi after she heard the dream. "It does sound vague, but I don't think you have anything to worry about, especially if my Nii-sama is the one who's going to help. The only problem is that we have no idea if it is Nii-sama or not..."

Rubbing the small bump that was now forming, Ichigo asked if Hoshi could remember the design of the shoes, seeing as she said that she knew the person wearing them. If she could describe the shoes, then perhaps he or someone else could find the shoes.

" Sneakers maybe. It's too fuzzy to know for sure. " Hoshi said trying to remember what the shoes looked like. " I knew I could trust who was there. I don't want the dream to happen, but for some reason I feel it has to do with being followed somehow. " Hoshi said feeling tense all of a sudden. She hoped it was just her being jumpy, and not her sensing a Bount nearby.

Ichigo sighed lightly, hoping that they could use the model of the sneakers to identify the person before nodding lightly. "Alright." He then rested his head on the couch and closed his eyes before falling asleep, the fact that using Cero at low power finally catching up to him.

Rukia noticed Hoshi getting tense all of a sudden and stretched out her senses. Sensing nothing, she calmed her friend down to the best of her abilities.

Hoshi nodded and relaxed a little bit. " Can I get you a futon to sleep on? There is one in the upstairs closet I get for you . " Hoshi said , thinking about the other one that was in the house. She still had the one Elva was sleeping on set up on the floor.

" Elva went upstairs. She said she was feeling tired ." Hoshi said, feeling concerned about her friend. Hoshi turned the stair lights on and got the futon out of the closet, being careful not to wake her dad or Elva. Hoshi went down the stairs carefully and set it up for Rukia. " I hope this will work." She said, keeping her guard up. She hated feeling paranoid about every light flicker , or noise that she heard. Hoshi knew the Bount would be more subtle if they wanted her badly enough.