She had had enough. She had always protected him through their childhood and even through their teenage years, still why? Why was he lying to her all the time? He had disappeared after their encounter in the hallway where she through her heart at him, admitting that she'd seen him in his soul reaper uniform with his Zanpakuto. She would figure it out…she knew what she had to do. That shop where she saw Ichigo disappear into a hole cut out of the sky, she would go there. What was that place again?….oh…..Urahara's shop! I'll go there! She had made up her mind. It was set. After school, she would head over to the shop. I will find him.

She ran down the streets faster than she usually did. Getting to the shop was her top priority. Her legs carried her down the familiar streets, they were the same she always walked, yet she had never noticed the shop there before. Reaching the door, she went to knock but almost fell inside when the door opened.

"Whoa!" she yelled as she was caught by someone with red hair and really weird tattoos.

"Hey, who are you?" He asked with an attitude that belonged only to Renji.

"Who am I? Who are you?" She looked over his outfit and then grabbed his shuuhakusho. "You! You're one of them! Where is Ichigo?" She yelled, shaking him.

"Whoa! How do you know Ichigo and why do you think I would know where he is?"

"Don't play stupid with me! You're one of those things that fights those monsters aren't you?" She clenched her teeth. She had to get to him, no matter what, she had to help Ichigo… Renji looked at her surprised, he was genuinely confused. How could she know anything about that? Could she be…another one like Orihime?

"I would appreciate it if you would leave our comrades alone," Yoruichi said in her cat form.

"A cat?" Tatsuki looked at her. "You talk?"

"There's no time for that now. Release Renji and follow me." She padded off into the back room of the shop. "Urahara, we have a guest."

"Ah yes, welcome!~ I've been expecting you, miss Arisawa." He said with his fan in front of his face. "Sit, sit, would you like some tea?" He motioned for her to sit.

"I want to know where Ichigo and Orihime are." She stood and clenched her fists.

"This is something best left to them, you understand?" Urahara said.

"No! I want your help! I want to help them! I've seen the things he fights…I've seen him in that black kimono…What's going on? Why am I the only one who can see these things? I want to know now!"

"Very well, then, Tatsuki," Rukia said from behind her. "We'll tell you."

"Rukia?" Tatsuki turned around to see Rukia standing there.

"Urahara-san, it's only fair." Rukia said. "She can see, sense, and possibly even fight these things, too. It's not fair to leave her confused like this." Rukia sat down. "Tatsuki, sit down," she listened and sat in front of her. "Understand, Tatsuki, once you learn this there is no going back to being an ordinary teenager."

"I understand! Now tell me!"

Rukia's eyes widened very slightly when she felt the spiritual pressure coming off of Tatsuki. That was about her spiritual pressure when she entered the academy.

"Tatsuki, in this world, there are things called wholes and hollows. Wholes are the good spirits that are sent to the soul society to live out their afterlife. If for some reason a soul becomes attached to a place and refuses to leave, they become hollows." She held up her sketchbook and used the same illustration she showed Ichigo.

"Um, I have a question. Why do your drawings suck?"

Rukia's eyebrow twitched. "Ignoring that…" she went on to tell how Ichigo became a soul reaper and saved her from being executed, including how Orihime, Uryu, and Sado got their abilities. Tatsuki sat and listened to it, confused but understanding everything that she had to do. She had to find out what her ability was and help them fight.

"Okay, I get it. I'll train and help you fight."

"No, you won't." Urahara said. "She didn't tell you this so that you could get stupid and try to fight. It's true that your spiritual pressure is amazing but you know nothing of how to fight or even what your ability is. You will stay out of this battle."

"Urahara," Rukia interrupted. "Isn't this what got Orihime kidnapped in the first place? I have a plan. Tatsuki has amazing spiritual pressure. It's the amount I had when I entered soul reaper academy. We'll send her there. They can train her like she was from the Rukongai. I will see to it that the students in her classes don't find out she's a human. It will be like she had already died. She can get trained there and she can join us when she's ready."

"I don't know about that, Rukia," Yoruichi said, "Don't you think it will be weird if she doesn't even know anything about Rukongai?" Rukia smirked.

"Not if I call in a favor from Byakuya Onii-sama. He can adopt her just like he adopted me. It will only be temporary, of course. But I think it could work. Tatsuki, would you have an alibi for the time you're away? Remember, it could be a while."

"I live alone. I can do it. Who is this…uh…Byakuya?"

"Never call him that!" Yoruchi yelled. "You may get in trouble for using such common terms for him. You shall call him Captain Kuchiki. Except to the students. Then you will call him 'Byakuya Onii-sama,' got it?"

"Y…yes…"

"That is, providing he agrees to it." Urahara chimed in.

"I will contact him right away," Rukia said. "After all, we'll need all the help we can get in the upcoming battle. And Tatsuki," Tatsuki looked at her, "Be careful and realize that neither one of them may come back." She looked her in the eyes. "You need to be ready for that."

"No! I won't be! I will get there and help them before that happens!"

Rukia smiled. She would be okay. She had the same will as Ichigo's.

"That's what I wanted to hear."