"Who in their right mind would date Keigo...other than Matsumoto that is," Katia said jokingly. "Thanks Uncle," she said with a smile after hearing him say that he made pancakes.

Hoshi just shrugged and thanked her dad for breakfast. She was happy that they were back home where they belonged.

Katia nodded in reply, knowing what she meant; it wasn't their business. She just hoped that whoever it was, that she was able to stop him from perving on Hoshi, herself and the others.

" Thank you dad for breakfast. " Hoshi said with a smile on her face. " We getter get going Katia. We're supposed to meet with Tatsuki before class starts.

"Right, I almost forgot," Katia responded as she grabbed her backpack. "Thanks once again uncle, for the pancakes," she said.

" You're welcome girls. I'll be a little late tonight and promise to have a surprise fit you both. " Tetsu said and waved goodbye.

Katia waved goodbye to her uncle, wondering what the surprise was.

Tetsu cleaned up and headed to work and made a note to get things ready for dinner tonight.

"Morning Ryu-chan," Katia said as she sawztheir friend waiting for them at the corner of the street. She didn't know about her cousin, but she'd wait a little while before starting to tease her.

" Morning Tatsu. Hope you slept well." Hoshi said with a smile and was happy to see her best friend. She hadn't seen Tatsuki much during their stay in Soul Society.

"Morning you two. and I did sleep well, thanks," Tatsuki said after putting the spirit phone back in her pocket. She had told Soi-fon the hours that school operated and to only contact her in the case of an emergency. "It's been a while, hasn't it?" she asked, wishing that she could have seen her friends while they were in Soul Society.

" It has it." Hoshi said with a smile. She was having a hard time not teaing her friend but would wait till later to say something about Tatsuki dating Ichigo.

Tatsuki walked in silence with the other two, not sure what to talk about.

" So is it true you and Ichigo are dating?" Hoshi asked curious. She knew this was risky but anything was better than awkward silence.

Tatsuki nodded. "I am," she said. "Why do you ask?"

" We both are just wondering. " Katia said and blushed.

"Really?" Tatsuki asked as she raised an eyebrow.

" Really. " Hoshi and Katia sis if at the same time. They tended to do that a lot.

Tatsuki giggled lightly at that. "What about you Hoshi-chan? How is Toushiro-san doing?" she asked.

" He's doing well. We did spend some time together but I wish I was able to see him more. " Hoshi said and looked down. She knew they both had responsibilities that were important but Hoshi wanted this relationship to work out.

"I wish I could see Soji-kun as well," Katia admitted softly. After the battle, the two of them started hanging out and had developed a good friendship.

Soji was surprised at this assignment but it was agreed that someone needed to make sure things would stay calm in the Living World. He just wasn't sure he was going to like school all that much. " If it's anything like my days at the academy I'm in big trouble."He thought and hurried out of Urahara's shop.

"Kisuke-kun, why do I have a feeling you pulled some strings to get Soji-san here, hm?" Yoruichi asked as she wrapped her arms around his body, resting her head on his shoulder.

" Because I did. All I did was suggest that there still was a chance things would get dangerous again. Who better than Soji-san than to be the one to be here. Besides it will be a good experience for him to spend some time in the Living World. " Kisuke said.

Yoruichi just rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's antics. "And you just love meddling in the affairs of others," she said teasingly.