"Thank you," Josh said as he took the talisman from Kisuke but he was concerned about Claudia and questioned as to how she was going to protect herself.

"Don't worry. I have ways to keep myself safe." Claudia said still not sure to how her brother would reach to her powers.

Josh rose an eyebrow at this, but knew his sister wouldn't lie to him, not about something as serious as this. If she wanted to keep it a secret for now then he was okay with that. "Alright," he replied. Though now that he knew about the Shinigami and Hollows, he wondered if he should come clean with his research or not.

" I promise I'll tell you more when I'm not worried about the both of us being targets. " Claudia said having a bad feeling Gin was looking for her.

"Alright," he said since he knew that Pete would look out for her, though he also had a suspicion that Ichigo would look out for her as well.

" Lets get back to breakfast shall we. I have a feeling Pete is talking about comics again to Captain Kuchiki. " Kisuke said with a grin on his face.

"I don't think nii-sama would enjoy that conversation," Rukia replied, hoping that Byakuya hadn't done anything to Claudia's companion.

" I don't think so either. Though he might if Pete starts talking about Tony Stark and he movie that was on last night. " Claudia said.

"It woudn't surprise me," Rukia admitted. She had noticed how intrigued her brother was when it came to Tony Stark's character.

"I'm not surprised. One egotistical maniac likes another," Ichigo quipped, causing Rukia to glare at him for a few seconds before sighing lightly. Those two would never see eye to eye.

" I'm really behind. I really need to see those movies before I see Iron Man 3 but I did like the Avengers. " Josh said. He rarely had time for movies and had a pile on his desk at home that he really wanted to see.

"...Who are you and where is my brother?" Claudia jokingly asked, having a feeling that it was because of his work that he was so behind on his favorite pastime.

" He's here , but incredibly busy these days. " Josh joked back. He usually spent most of the free time he had doing errands or doing chores that needed to be done.

"So I see" Claudia said with a light chuckle.

" I'm glad you are safe sis. Just promise to keep in contact more often." Josh said, and also promised that he would too.

"I'll try, but I can't guarantee anything. You know how my job is," she replied.

" And you know how mine is." Josh said with a smile. He was glad that his little sister had a job she loved and always wanted the best for her. He knew that he always couldn't be there for her and had often thought about what things would have been like if their parents hadn't died in that crash.

Claudia hugged her brother lightly, knowing that he cared for her. Even though she couldn't see him as much as she wanted, she was always glad to see her brother.

Byakuya watched the scene between Josh and Claudia and inwardly smiled. He could tell the man cared deeply about his younger sister and respected that very much. He did enjoy the movie about Iron Man and was listening to what Pete was telling him about the comics . He just wouldn't admit he was enjoying himself.

Ichigo couldn't believe his eyes with what he saw. Blinking once, just to make sure he wasn't seeing things, Ichigo the commented, "Well well, who knew you could have a relaxed time like this Byakuya."

" There is nothing wrong in being relaxed from time to time. I feel that I need to relaxed in order to learn something different." Byakuya said in his normal tone. He didn't mind that Kurosaki Ichigo had noticed that he was relaxed for once.

Ichigo raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" he asked, secretly surprised.

"Aniki, don't fight," Karin said, seeing how calm it was, plus she knew that if they started fighting, Ichigo would try to protect her as much as possible.

Byakuya was surprised how Ichigo acted around his younger sister and could see how much they both looked out for each other. Byakuya sensed Saburo and Tetsu getting closer and could faintly sense Hoshi and Katia. He wasn't concerned about that since both the Matsuda brothers had massive spiritual pressure even if they both were repressing it.

"I wasn't going to start a fight Imouto," Ichigo said as both Karin and Rukia looked at the orange-haired male with looks saying that they didn't believe him. "Honest," he said again after seeing their faces.

" If you say so. You better not be lying to me. " Karin said.

"Would I lie to you?" Ichigo asked.