(Sure. Sounds like a good idea. )

Toshiro knocked on the girls' door, hoping that they were ready. He knew that he gave them an hour, but he still wanted to make sure all the same.

Hoshi opened the door and smiled. "We're ready." She said excitedly. She wondered if this had to do with the dream both she and Katia had the night before.

"Glad to hear," Toshiro said with a grin, prepared to escort them to Kuchiki Manor.

Hoshi was nervous about all this but knew it was best to remain calm. She gave a reassuring smile to Katia knowing her cousin was nervous too.

Katia swallowed the lump in her throat lightly, knowing that she was all types of nervous. Looking over at her cousin, she saw Hoshi smile lightly before giving her a small smile of her own.

Saburo was proud of both his nieces and was honored to have been invited. He had spoken to Tetsu who wasn't able to be here, but had words of encouragement for all three girls. " I am honored Captain Kuchiki for inviting me here today. " He said to the younger captain. " I know our families have had differences in the past but the future is always there to resolve those differences. Saburo said.

"Yes, the future is always full of opportunities, as Imouto has shown me," Byakuya replied with a hint of a smile tugging on his lips. Of course if anyone called him out on it, he would not only deny it, but send that person to the hospital via his Bankai.

Saburo noticed the hint of a smile on Byakuya's face but wouldn't say anything. Saburo hoped one day the younger man would find love again but knew how difficult it was to forget the past. Saburo knew how it felt to loose a wife and had chosen to never remarry.


Hoshi was amazed at the Kuchiki estate and wondered if this was where the dreams had taken place. She was looking forward to seeing Tatsuki and Rukia again and finally getting to meet the other captains. She knew how much her dad respected them.

"oi woman, where are you taking me?" Ichigo asked as he was being dragged across Soul Society by the petite lieutenant of the thirteenth division.

"A surprise. Now quiet down or you'll ruin it," Rukia responded. She knew that all three of the girls wanted Ichigo to attend this, and since she had known while being on patrol, she had stopped by once it was finished and talked the substitute shinigami into coming.

Hoshi gave a smile to Katia and to Tatsuki who was standing with them. She hoped this ceremony would start soon, since she knew it was getting harder to stay calm.

Tatsuki grinned lightly, but started shifting from foot to foot. She was starting to get antsy and hoped that this would start soon. She was glad to see the girls again, she was, but if she didn't start moving soon, she'd start using shunpo just so that her feet wouldn't fall asleep on her.

Rukia saw the hill in front of them and grinned lightly at the fact that all three were still here. Before long, she waved to them once she knew that she was within seeing distance, a visible grin on her face as she knew the looks of surprise would be on theirs when they saw Ichigo.

Hoshi waved when she saw Rukia and was surprised to see Ichigo with her. It was good to see both her friends here today.

Ichigo let a rare grin grace his features as he saw his three female friends. Jogging up to them lightly, he wondered what was going on and asked them, since Rukia hadn't bothered telling him.

"The three of us are going to be official shinigami." Hoshi said with a smile on her face. She knew they would still would be able to return to the Living World, but didn't know when that would be.

"Really? That's great," Ichigo said with a small chuckle, though he wondered which squads the three would be in. He figured that Tatsuki would fit in with either Squad 2 or Squad 11, but wasn't sure about Hoshi or Katia.

" I'm not sure which squads me and Katia will be in but I'm sure Tatsu will be in Squad 2. " Hoshi said.

"Damn right I will be," Tatsuki said with a knowing grin on her face. "And I'm going to do Soi-fon a favor by getting rid of that annoying excuse of a lieutenant that she has."

" I know you'll be able to beat him. It sounds like no one likes him all that much. " Katia said.

"I've heard that as well," Hoshi replied, glad for Tatsuki.

" It sounds like it's about to start. We need to be ready for when they call our names. " Katia said. She still was thinking about the second dream she had last night and who she was with.

"Then we should get going as well. We'll see you all later," Rukia said with a smile on her face. She was glad that Ichigo's friends were becoming official members of the Gotei 13 as they both headed inside the estate.

Hoshi heard thier names called and went inside the estate. She was nervous about all this but was excited to be apart of the Gotei 13.

Katia followed Hoshi and also was excited. She was glad the Shinigami accepted her as one of thier own.

A few seconds later, Tatsuki heard her name being called and smirked lightly before heading inside. This would be an interesting moment, that was for sure. 'well, time to start this interesting new chapter,' she thought before heading inside.

Hoshi was waiting to hear what squad she would be in and hoped if it was 10th she still could be Toshiro's girlfriend. She had a feeling not many people knew that they were dating now.