Hoshi sensed Ichigo heading toward them and wondered if he had confronted Keigo. She just hoped Keigo didn't spread any rumors .

Ichigo had a small scowl on his face, just hoping that Keigo wouldn't spread any rumors.

Hoshi saw the scowl on Ichigo's face and wondered what had happened. She kept her guard up as they walked, still concerned she had zoned out again.

"Sorry about that. It seemed as if we had a tail this evening," Ichigo said, explaining what happened.

" We did? Was it Keigo by any chance?" Hoshi asked, not sure if Captain Hitsugaya was still following them. She just hoped everything was alright.

"Yeah, it was him. Let's just hope he doesn't make trouble for us," Ichigo said.

" I hope he doesn't either. " Hoshi said solemnly, not wanting the negitive attention.

"Agreed," Tatsuki said.

Hoshi was glad when they turned down her street . She knew something wasn't right , but couldn't figure out what could be.

Ichigo noticed something strange in the air. It was also a little too quiet for his liking. Reaching into his coat pocket, he gripped the skull medallion lightly, preparing to use it if needed.

Hoshi had her hand lightly on the star pendant around her neck. She thought she sensed hollows nearby and was ready to fight them as needed.

Tatsuki placed her hand lightly on the dragon pendant around her neck. She didn't know what was going on, but something didn't feel right. "I guess its safe to say there goes our night out," Tatsuki said

Hoshi nodded and then shivered knowing that there were hollows nearby. " we better hurry to my house. "

Tetsu sensed the hollows getting ready to arrive. He was relived to see Hoshi, Ichigo and Tatsuki arrive. " I'm glad you made it here when you did. I don't know how much more time we have, but I need you three to get ready. " He said , already out of his Gigai. He had the feeling that they would need help.

Ichigo nodded and quickly made their way to Hoshi's house. Once inside, he was surprised to see Tetsu already out of his Gigai but said nothing about it. Taking the medallion out of his pocket, he sat down on the couch first before putting the item to his chest. Soon after, Ichigo appeared out of his body and ready for battle.

Tatsuki channeled some of her reiatsu through her dragon pendant, causing her soul to come out of her body as her currently lifeless body fell backwards into a chair. Turning to see a smirking Ichigo, she growled at him lightly, daring him to say something about it.

Hoshi sat in a chair and channeled a little Reiastu into the pendant , shifting out of her body . She followed the others quickly to where the Hollows were .

Tetsu brought his blade down on a mask of a hollow. He knew these were only low level ones, but knew it was very unusual to have this many at a time. He had a feeling that someone had to be controlling the hollows to gather here.

Ichigo punched a Hollow in its mask, causing it to crack before bringing his blade down on another mask.

Hoshi brought down her blade on the mask of a hollow and dodged a claw swipe from another.

Tetsu dodged a swipe of a tail and brought down his blade on the mask of the hollow.

Tatsuki dodged a claw swipe before ducking under a tail from one of the Hollows. Why are there so many of them? she asked herself as she used her sword to swipe through one of the Hollow's masks. Two arrows of pure Reishi passed by her shoulders, causing two Hollows behind her to turn to dust. "Uryu!" she shouted in anger as he appeared inside the swarm of Hollows.

Hoshi sensed Ishida while she was fighting the hollows and dodged a claw from the one she was fighting , soon bringing down her blade on the mask .

Tetsu had also sensed someone arrive,and assumed it was one of Hoshi's friends from school. He was glad the hollow numbers were thinning and not increasing like they had at first. He also was bothered by what one of them had said to him before he had struck the mask.

Ishida killed another two Hollows with his arrows and noticed that the ranks were thinning as well.

Ichigo was, for once, glad that his zanpakuto was an unaverage size, seeing as he was now able to tell where his friends were and be able to use his blade to it's maximum potential. He still wouldn't use Getsuga, especially since the energy blade could still have the chance to hit his friends.

Tatsuki was glad to see the amount of Hollows decreasing at a rapid pace as she slashed through another mask.

" Is everyone alright?" Tetsu asked once the fighting was over. He mulled over what had happened during the fighting and how the hollows were acting . He hoped he wasn't the only one who noticed how strange this all seemed.

Ichigo and Tatsuki nodded, signifying that they were alright. Seeing Ishida let his bow disappear, he assumed that the archer was alright as well. "That was odd though...why would all those low level Hollows come here?"

" I don't know. None of this makes much sense. It seems too controlled to me, like they were supposed to be here . Did anyone hear anything from the hollows while you fought them?" Tetsu asked." We should head toward my house in case we're being watched. Ishida-san you are welcome to join us if you would like." Tetsu said kindly.

"I didn't hear anything, and thank you, I'll take you up on your offer," Ishida said as the four of them headed back to Hoshi and Tetsu's home.

"Why do you ask Tetsu-san?" Tatsuki asked, curious as Ichigo also asked the same question, both agreeing that it seemed to controlled and organized to be a random occurrence.

Hoshi said she didn't hear anything , but wondered what her dad had.

" When the hollows were still thick , I was fighting one that seemed stronger than the rest. The hollow said something that bothers me , He who sent us will seek his revenge. "Tetsu said repeating exactly what he had heard . He didnt want to sound as afraid as he felt.