"She gets a little tense around shinigami, but I noticed that she's working on it," Ishida replied.

" It's good that she is. Ask her when you see her again if she wants to help us." Tetsu said, hoping she would. To him it sounded she got in over her head with the Vandenreich . He didn't want to see anyone hurt by them.

"I'll ask, but that's all I can promise you," Ishida said, wondering if Saya-san had even heard of the Vandenreich.

" I understand. " Tetsu said.

"Thank you. I'll let her know the situation and let you know by then. I'll warn her that there will be a lot of high leveled shinigami and it will be her choice to come," Ishida said, before grimacing lightly. He would have to talk to his dad about the Vandenreich too...'That won't be a fun conversation...' Ishida thought to himself.

" I'll let Kisuke know about the training on Saturday." Tetsu said.

"And I'll talk to Saya-san," Ishida replied before heading back inside, wondering if Ichigo and the others came up with any ideas. He had a feeling that Rukia knew something about why they took Rue.

Hoshi had tried to think of why they had taken Rue, but couldnt think of anything. She was feeling tired and knew it was getting late. " I hope Rue is alright. "Hoshi thought to herself.

Rue opened her eyes, confused as to where she was and what had happened. She knew that she wasn't safe when she heard a voice say, "oh good, the first key has awoken."

( Time skip to the next day?)

Saya had talked to her aunt and ate what she had bought. She was feeling tense, sensing more high level Shinigami in the area. " Something must have happened while I was talking with Ishida-san. I wonder if it has to do with the other Quincys. I can't ever go back to them, I fit better here than I ever did with them."Saya thought as she sat on the bed thinking about the last few months.

(timeskip works)

Ishida thought he saw Saya in the distance and headed over to where she was walking. He noticed that she was tense, most likely feeling the high leveled shinigami in the area.

Saya had been feeling tense today. She had finished her schoolwork that morning and had gone out looking a little bit before meeting with Ishida. She had sensed two new very strong shinigami in the area since last night and had been cautious. She waved when she saw Ishida in the distance.

Ishida waved back and headed to where Saya was. Once he got there, he noticed that she was tense. "You okay?" He asked.

" I'm alright. Just a little tense. I was getting use to the shinigami that I felt yesterday, but I sensed more last night. I'm not as afraid as I thought it would be. " Saya said with a small smile.She hoped she was still safe.


( This is Saya
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(she's cute)

"I think those two are Byakuya of the sixth divison as well as Yoruichi who's an ex-captain of the second divison," Ishida said after a small while. He sensed that she was still a little tense though, "and you have nothing to worry about, unless you're currently working with the Vandenreich or something like that," he added.

"I'm not a part of them and wasn't even a recruit. They wanted me to relearn my fighting techniques before I could even think of joining . I don't know much, except from what I heard from conversations. I don't want to be assoiated with them, I feel afraid around them. They insulted my parents. They hated my mom for only being a human who could only see ghosts. They insulted my dad for helping the shinigami." Saya said trying to fight back the tears. She hated when they had insulted everything she did and stood for.

"Then you have nothing to worry about from my friends Saya-chan," he said, biting back a growl after hearing what they said about her parents and hoping that she didn't mind the suffix. "How would you like to help me teach my friends how to dodge some Quincy techniques?" He asked after a few minutes. He would also ask her if she wanted to help take them on, but didn't know how she felt about that just yet.

" I would like to help teach your friends. Though my knowledge is limited, it should be enough for them to fight the others. " Saya said not minding the suffix . She didn't want Ishida's friends to be defenseless against the others. She also felt if she met shinigami , she wouldn't be so afraid of them. "Is there anyone I should be worried about?" She asked wanting to be on the safe side.

"Well, one of my friends is a Vizard, so he might cause you some problems, but other than that nothing too big. There's about four captain level shinigami at the moment, and then the three others," he said listing them off as he thought about each member. Orihime and Chad weren't Shinigamis so she wouldn't have any problems with those two. He was glad that she wanted to help though.

Saya nodded. " When do we start helping them? " She asked not exactly sure what a Visard was. Saya figured she would find out soon enough.

"Saturday. If you want, I can come pick you up and we can head there together," Ishida said before thinking of something. "You don't have to answer this if you don't want to Saya-chan, but where are you living at the moment?"

" That would be nice. Thank you. I'm living in a motel for now. I want to start looking for an apartment though. My Aunt Megumi said it would be alright as long as I enrolled in the high school. I had been taking classes online, but she says I need positive social interaction. She's a psychologist and I know she worries about me. " Saya said with a small smile.

Ishida chuckled lightly at that. "That sounds exactly like Hoshi-chan and her grandmother I believe...well, before her grandmother passed away that is," he said as he remembered the event.

" Oh. " Saya said rembering when her grandma died. " My aunt is the only family I have.She worried I was in over my head with the Vandenreich . She always said they caused more harm than good. Though I don't know why she said that. " Saya said. She knew her aunt trusted the shinigami to a certain extent, but always said to be cautious.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Ishida said as he apologized for bringing up bad memories. "Your aunt is pretty smart though, for warning you against them. From what I've heard, they're the bad apples of the Quincy race, not that I blame them after what happened to us 200 years ago," he said. It didn't allow the Vandenreich to get away with whatever they wanted after all. Plus...there was that shinigami to deal with as well.