Hoshi went over to help Tatsuki to the room. She had left the door open and led Tatsuki to a chair. Hoshi sat in one next to her. Hoshi hoped tomorrow was better. She had to find out why Ishida didn't trust her .She didn't know how she would ask him though. They had about 30 minutes before they had to leave for home.

Shinji checked the time, remembering that one of the three shinigami had to be home by 7:30. "Alright Lisa, time," he said, letting the female vaizard know that time was up for today. He didn't say it, but Ichigo was able to hold his mask for at least two minutes.

"I was just about to kick her ass too!" he shouted back, getting a perverted grin from Shinji. However, before he could say anything, Ichigo sent a Hollowfied Getsuga at him. "Don't." He spoke up before taking his mask off.

"Thanks," Tatsuki said as she slowly sat down, feeling her balance slowly returning to her.

" Hope you are feeling better." Hoshi said with a small smile. She wasn't feeling as sad as she did before talking to her zanpakuto spirit. Hoshi heard the door open.

"I am, thanks to you. Now I'll just have to deal with a certain spirit telling me how right he was." she said, sighing lightly. She noticed that Hoshi was feeling better and was glad that whatever her spirit and she talked about really helped the girl.

"I'm glad to see you're feeling better."

" Thank you. I am feeling better after talking with Indigo-San, but a lot of things are still bugging me. Like why did my grandma mention I have a cousin? I would have thought by now I would have known this. But I do feel better about it than I did before. " Hoshi said.

"Cousin?" She asked, curious. What exactly was she talking about?

" I know my mom had an older sister that had gotten married , but I never met her . " Hoshi shrugged . " I wanted to ask my grandma more but it looked like it was difficult for her to tell me. I'm sorry to unload all this on you Tatsu." She said sadly.

"It's alright Star-chan, honest," she said as she got up to hug her. She then heard the door open as both Shinji and Ichigo came in. Tatsuki turned as she heard Shinji clear his throat.

"If we're interrupting something...I'm sure we could come back at another time..." He said, chuckling as Tatsuki turned to glare at him.

She knew the young Vaizard was trying to antagonize her and she couldn't help the growl from forming in her throat. "I take it that it's time to go?"

"Yeah."

Hoshi got up and grabbed her school bag in the corner. She was ready to go home and finish her homework. She waited for Tatsuki .

((sorry about today, had friends over for July 4th party))

Tatsuki grabbed her bag as well as Ichigo's before handing his bag to him.

(that's alright . Hope you had fun. I probably won't be on tomorrow afternoon. I'll be with family most of that time.)

"I'm ready to go when you guys are. Hoshi said with a small smile. She hoped her dad had some information about her grandma. The phone call he got this morning worried her that something was wrong.

((alright))

Ichigo took his bag from Tatsuki and thanked her for giving it to him. After that, he led them outside and towards home. He was a little on edge, especially since he felt something big was about to happen soon.

Hoshi noticed that Ichigo was on edge . She didn't say anything though. They continued to walk until they reached Hoshi's street. " I think I'll be alright the rest of the way. It's not that far. See you guys tomorrow . " Hoshi said.

Both Ichigo and Tatsuki wished her a good night as they watched her head off down the street before Ichigo walked Tatsuki home to her apartment and wished her a good night as well before turning and heading towards his home. When he got to his home, he noticed that his window was closed.

Odd...I wonder where Rukia went. He thought to himself before shrugging lightly. He knew that the midget could take care of herself wherever she was.

Hoshi ran the rest of the way home and unlocked the front door. Her dad was in his office and she let him know that she was home. Hoshi noticed he was distracted about something, but didn't say anything. She then went upstairs to do her homework, then later went to bed.

Ichigo yawned as he fished his key out of his pocket and opened the door. He closed it behind him lightly, noticing his sister's shoes in the hallway. I thought they were going to stay longer... he thought to himself.

"Welcome back Ichi-nii," both his sisters said as they saw him entering.

Hoshi had a hard time sleeping. She had a feeling something bad was going to happen . Whatever it was ,she hoped she was ready.

Tatsuki tossed and turned before finally falling to sleep. It was a mixture of being too warm as well as sensing something that was wrong. What it was, she couldn't detect, but she could sense it all the same. Before falling asleep, she just hoped that whatever it was that she, Hoshi and Ichigo were ready for it.

Hoshi woke up that morning feeling tired. After getting ready for school, Hoshi grabbed her school bag and headed down to the kitchen. Her dad had left a note saying that he had an early morning meeting and would be home late. She got her lunch made and ate a piece of toast. She wasn't very hungry. She had been dreaming again. Of where she didn't know but it seemed like a safe place. She saw Chad waiting out front , so she locked the front door and headed toward the school.

Rukia headed towards school with a small grin on her face. She would never ask for training from Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi again, but with their help, she did it. She had achieved the rank of Bankai. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees it... she thought to herself, before seeing Ichigo at the school gate and waved.

Ichigo waved back and grinned, glad to see the petite shinigami that started everything. He waited for her to come over before asking where she was the last couple of days.

Hoshi saw Rukia enter the school grounds. It had been a couple days since she had seen her. Hoshi was talking with Orihime and Tatsuki. Things had been calm the last couple days . As far as Hoshi knew, no one was following her. She hadn't seem much of her dad though. He had been leaving early and arriving later. She also noticed how tense he was at times. She was concerned but thought it might be nothing.

Ichigo saw the three girls talking and didn't bother interfering, knowing that were mostly talking about either something extremely feminine or something that he didn't care about, or both. He did thank the gentle giant though for... escorting Hoshi, but was waved off by Chad as he replied that he didn't mind. He was just about to talk to Rukia as she came closer but the school bell rang just as she was in close enough for her to hear him. damn it, I'll speak to her later then I guess, he thought to himself as he headed towards the classroom.

The bell rang, and Hoshi headed toward class with everyone else. She had the feeling that something wasn't right today. She didn't know what it was. Hoshi handed in her homework and concentrated the best she could on the lesson.

Ichigo handed his homework in, a gut feeling telling him that something was off. He didn't know exactly what was going to happen, but he knew that whatever it was that it would be tonight. He just hoped that all of their training had paid off. He was lost in his thoughts that he didn't hear the teacher calling his name to answer the question on the board.

Hoshi was glad the bell rang for lunch. She wanted a chance to clear her head a little. She grabbed her lunchbox and waited for her friends to head to the roof. She hoped she wasn't the only one who had this off feeling.