"Really now? You don't have patrol duty?" He asked, a little surprised. He knew that Katniss didn't blame Katia anymore for the kidnapping of Rue.

"Actually, I was going to help her with patrolling tomorrow," Tatsuki said.

"Is it the reason behind why you've been acting stranger than usual?" Yoruichi asked.

" Tatsuki asked me. I don't know if tomorrow night is going to be a bad one. I had been patrolling the last couple of days and there were a lot of them." Katniss said. She felt uneasy at how quiet it could get one day , and then many hollows the next. She wondered if it was a way to bring Hoshi and Katia out of hiding.


" It is actually." Urahara said and took off his hat." "We've known each other a very long time Yoruichi. And for that long I've wanted to say that I have feelings for you." Urahara said to his longtime friend. He smiled meaning every word he said.

[COLOR="Orange]"You think that it's a way to get Hoshi-chan or Katia-chan out in the open?" Ichigo asked, knowing that both girls could take care of themselves. He also noticed that the amount of Hollows each day seemed to fluctuate between a low amount and a high amount of Hollows. [/COLOR]

Yoruichi was surprised to hear Kisuke admit that he had feelings for her. She had expected for quite a while, but she wasn't sure. "Y-You mean that?" she asked.

" I think it is. After them almost getting captured earlier this week, I think it is." Katniss said. She hoped she wasn't right, also having the feeling Coin or Snow would try themselves to get Katia and Hoshi.

" I do mean that." Urahara said with a smile." I apologize for waiting this long to tell you." He added.

"Catnip-chan, Tatsuki-chan...I know you two can take care of yourselves, but using Hollows isn't the only way to draw the girls out," Ichigo stated.

Yoruichi blushed heavily. "Why did you wait so long..." she asked softly after a few minutes.

Katniss lightly scowled at the nickname but didn't react. " What other way is there?" She asked.

" My own foolishness. I was too caught up in stopping Aizen for most of those years. I should have listened to my heart when I had though of telling you but didn't. I know my keeping the feelings quiet for so long has hurt the both of us. I want to make it up to you. I want both of us to finally be happy. " Urahara said blushing a little bit. He had never wanted to hurt Yoruichi like he had. Seeing her hurt made him feel that way too.

"Targeting you and/or Tatsuki," Ichigo stated bluntly.

"I didn't want to say anything, because I was scared that you would reject my feelings and then our friendship would have evaporated," Yoruichi admitted as a light blush came to her cheeks. Now that both had admitted their feelings towards each other, she wondered what would happen next.

Katniss nodded. She would be extra vigilant during patrol tomorrow.

" I would never reject you." Urahara said and went to give Yoruichi a hug. " I love you so much. " He said very glad that this had gone well.

Tatsuki nodded as well, knowing that Ichigo had a point.

Yoruichi blushed as she leaned into the hug. "Thank you," she whispered.

"So I'll see you guys tomorrow then?" Katniss said, hoping Ichigo was alright. She had a feeling that something was bothering him, but would let him say it if he wanted to.

Hoshi had a feeling something was bothering Ichigo but knew he would say something tomorrow if there was." Ready for bed Katia-chan?" Hoshi asked once they were done with meditating before bed.Her dad had said that relaxing one's mind was the best way to protect it from an attack and over time that defense would get stronger.

"Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow," Ichigo replied as he then asked Tatsuki if she was ready to go. Getting a nod from her, both Tatsuki and Ichigo left the shop although Ichigo's thoughts were still stuck on the conversation that he had with his father and Kisuke.

Katia nodded, although she noticed that Hoshi was distracted by something. She was glad that her uncle taught both of them the meditation technique, hoping that their visions weren't blocked.

" I hope we can get your room cleaned up a little bit before training starts." Hoshi said and was glad that they didn't have school tomorrow or Friday. " I hope Ichigo is alright. He seemed really worried when he left." Hoshi said when she finished getting the futon together for Katia.

"I wonder what is wrong..." Katia thought out loud, hoping it was nothing bad.

"Ichigo, you okay?" Tatsuki asked.

"I wonder to. I have a feeling it's why Ichigo got stronger today." Hoshi said thinking a bit and laid down." Good night Katia-chan. Hope you sleep well." Hoshi said with a smile.

"Maybe he'll tell us tomorrow?" Katia asked before wishing Hoshi a good night as well. Setting down on the futon, she quickly fell asleep.

Ichigo stopped walking as Tatsuki asked her question, causing the girl to walk into him. Before she could yell at him for suddenly stopping, Ichigo asked her what she thought of him.

Hoshi quickly fell asleep too and found herself in the forest again. She tried to figure out if she was seeing this as someone else or if she really was here as herself. To her, it seemed she was there as herself and walked down the path a little bit. She liked how peaceful it was here and was startled to hear voices behind her. She stopped and was afraid to see who was behind her, but could sense that there was. She woke up suddenly and felt a little cold and wondered who had been behind her.

Katia fell asleep and dreamed about being inside a forest. She was surprised that she was seeing the back of her cousin as she was in her shinigami garb. 'what's going on?' she asked herself as she continued watching the scene unfold as she exited her spirit away from the body that she inhabited. Shock coursing through her as she saw Snow and Coin appearing behind Hoshi. Before she could see what happened, she woke up to Hoshi's alarm clock.

Hoshi woke up to her alarm clock and mentally scolded herself for forgetting to turn it off the night before. " Sorry about that. I'm not use to having days off from school. Usually it's only holidays. But the teachers are having their annual training the next two days. " Hoshi explained sleepily to her cousin. She turned it off and stretched. " Did you sleep okay?" She asked Katia seeing a worried look on her cousin's face.

Katia yawned lightly and stretched, rubbing her eyes sleepily before waking up fully as she remembered her vision, her face betraying her emotions. "It's alright Hoshi, just remember to turn it off tonight, alright?" the ex-Vandenreich member asked with a slight giggle, silently hoping that she had the same vision tonight so that she could see what happened and so they could prepare against it. Thinking that thought though quickly stopped the jovial mood she was in.

"Hoshi...you said you've been having visions about being in a forest, right?" she asked.

" I have. It's always the same forest, but I never know where it is. Sometimes I see people and wake up,or I hear them and wake up. Last night was different though , I stopped when I heard voices and tried to figure out who was behind me. I didn't recognize the voices, but woke up feeling very cold. And it wasn't a good feeling either. Like a lingering feeling of evil. " Hoshi said and shuddered at the thought.

"I think I know why you felt like that..." Katia said as she explained her vision to her cousin.

Hoshi cringed. " I wonder where I was. It didn't seem like any of the forests around here. I've been in most of them during hollow patrol. Do you think I was in Soul Society?" Hoshi asked not sure why she would be there. She wondered if she would finally go there like she had always wanted to.

"If you were in Soul Society, then how would Snow and Coin get in as well? They're known crimminals and traitors by now," Katia replied, although she was curious as to how it could happen. "Plus, I know that uncle doesn't want us going there by ourselves, especially because of who we are," she added.

" I don't know why they would be there. I know we wouldn't be there by ourselves with out permission . I just don't know where the forest is. It bothers me that I don't know where I am in that dream. " Hoshi said with a frustrated sigh. " I just hope that we both are safe. " She added.

Katia nodded, knowing that Hoshi was right. Unless they were there with someone else, they weren't allowed into Soul Society and both girls understood the reason why. "I hope we are safe too. It's just a shame that we don't know where you are."