"Shh. . . Ichigo, stop yelling you may wake her up." An old but clever voice rang thought out Aria's clouded mind.

"Kisuke." A manly voice warned the other.

"Hey, what do you mean 'her'?" Another voice spoke up but this one sounded younger than the others.

"I mind as well tell you, Yoruichi found a girl with high Spiritual Pressure unconscious behind the shop." Aria heard him chuckle and then yelp in pain.

"We were not going to tell you until we knew more about her. For all we know she could be another Quincy." Aria guested that the manly voice that spoke must be Yoruichi and the clever voice must be Kisuke. Some things she didn't understand was the meaning of Spiritual Pressure and Quincy. She never heard of such things before. One thing she knows is that she needs to find that baka, Haku, and quick. While she was thinking some people entered the room she was in.

"Is she okay?"Another young voice spoke quietly.

"Yes, she was only asleep when we found her but she did have some bruises." Kisuke spoke quietly as well.

"Urahara, are you saying that she may have been in a fight." Yet another young voice spoke but this one sounded serious.

"There is a slight possibility that she was attacked by a hollow." Aria was now wide awake but pretended to be asleep to hear their conversation.

"We need to get going. We have to go to school." A man spoke swiftly leaving with other after Kisuke and Yoruichi said their goodbye. 'That cold and serious voice. . . He is a hunter. I must leave this place as soon as possible.' Aria thought through her plan leaving no opening to get caught. 'This girl. . . Who or what is she. Maybe I should go right out and ask. After all she has been awake for awhile now by the looks of her eye lids.' Kisuke thought as he inspected Aria.

"Yoruichi. . ." He caught the attention of his friend. "Do me a favor and find Kon. I need to talk with him." Aria heard the door slide open and little feet then the door closed. "Will you answer my questions once you are done pretending to be asleep?" Aria stayed 'asleep'.

"Kisuke. Kon is in the main room." Yoruichi called.

"Wow. That was quick." Aria listened to Kisuke getting up and leaving. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around. The room was completely empty and the wall was made of sliding Japanese doors. Aria got up and went to open a door but another opened behind her. "See, I told you she was awake." Aria turned around, ready to fight Kisuke and anyone else with him. Kisuke was tall, had dusty blond hair, and wore a hat and clogs. Everything he wore was green and white not including his wooden clogs. He also had a weird stuffed animal lion on his shoulder and a black cat sitting by his feet.

"Hello, I'm Yoruichi Shihouin and this is Kisuke Urahara and Kon." 'The cat talked! I knew they might be crazy but why is a cat talking!' Aria stayed quiet on the outside but inside she was freaking out. "Oh. . . I'll be right back." The cat ran off after noticing Aria's discomfort.

"So. . . What's your name?" Kisuke came closer to Aria by a few feet.

"My name. . . Is Aria, Aria Yoko." She said quietly putting her back against the wall.

"If you want we can talk more later when everyone is here." Kisuke suggested with his fan covering his mouth. Aria nodded taking one step forward even though she already forgot that 'everyone' included the hunter. 'It's like approaching a trapped wild animal.'

"Hey, Kisuke." Kisuke turned his head slightly to listen to Kon's, the stuffed lion, discovery. 'I should tap into my K-9 hearing and listen in, maybe they know about Haku.' Aria swiftly put her hair behind her ear. "Treat her like a wild animal." Kon whispered into Kisuke's ear. 'Kon must be a mod soul but I never knew they can be used in that manner.' Aria's thoughts overpowered Kon and Kisuke's conversation.

"Aria would you like to join us for lunch?" Kisuke asked closing his fan and putting it away. He had a nice smile.

"Oh. . . Okay." Aria still spoke quietly as she slowly walked towards him.

"I'll tell you about some friends of mine that will help you if you need help." Kisuke turned and Aria to a smaller room that had a small table in the middle. "Would you like to meet my friends?" Aria stared at him. 'By friends is he talking about Ichigo, that hunter, and more?' She quickly shook her head after she remembered the hunter's voice. "Oh. . . Okay. Well, um. . . How did you um. . . Get that um. . . Tail?" Kisuke was curious to find out why she had a black tail with a green arrow head at the end but he also didn't want to be rude.

"Can we wait on the questioning thing until I find my friend. He is, how should I put this. . ." While Aria was trying to find the right words to describe Haku, Kisuke was also thinking. 'So she has 'allies', a tail, and she acts much like a wild animal. Where have I heard this before? Looks like I'm going to be taking some time off.' "Oh, I know. My friend is like an open book." Kisuke indeed liked the sound of that. Aria, on the other hand, was hoping that Haku was like an open book for their own good. Kisuke has a lot of friends and his spirit seems powerful compared to Haku's. I hope Haku is not doing something stupid. . .again. They sat there for a good four hours talking about Haku. Kisuke is smarter than I thought. What if he is just waiting to take me down with his 'friends'? Aria slipped a glare at Kisuke.

"What? Did I do something you don't like?" Kisuke looked at her closely with his eyes full with caution and if Aria looked more deeply into his eyes she can see his curiosity and the normal bit of fear she saw as long as she can remember.

"I can tell." Aria's statement spiked his curiosity and add a new emotion, confusion.

"You can tell what?" Kisuke urged her to continue.

"I can tell that you are being careful to not provoke me." When Aria looked into his eyes, she saw his confusion disappear, his curiosity decrease, and his fear rosed. On the other hand, when Kisuke looked into her eyes he saw no emotion, no feeling, nothing but her dark purple eyes. 'I wonder. . .' Kisuke covered his eyes.

"Aria. . . Are you and Haku. . . Soul Reapers?" 'If they are, I may have to keep her away from Ichigo but, if they aren't I must find out what she is. I do wonder if this 'Haku' knows about her tail. Judging by the way we found her, he doesn't.' His eyes were covered by his hand but Aria could tell by the way he said 'Soul Reaper' that it might not be a good thing. Before she could answer, a door opened and there stood a raven haired girl behind a orange haired couple, a tall brown haired man, and a blue-ish black haired man. "Ah. . .Aria, these are the friends I wanted to talk to you about." Kisuke got up and went to the side of the now opened door. "This is Ichigo. . ."

"Yo." said the man of the orange haired couple.

"Orahime. . ."

"Hello." the other orange haired person bowed to her.

"Sado, but we call him Chad. . ." The brown haired man nodded. "and this is Uryu." As Kisuke introduced his friends, he allowed the blue-ish black haired man to come in even though he noticed Aria's discomfort.

"Good afternoon." Uryu looked deep into her eyes. 'Serious voice plus those deep eyes filled with hate. I knew it! This guy is a hunter.'

"I'm Rukia. It's nice to meet you, Aria." The raven haired girl spoke up since Kisuke didn't see her behind everyone else even though Aria did.

"Aria was just about to answer an important question. Were you not?" Kisuke informed the other of what had been happening when they came in. Aria felt a hand on her shoulder. When she looked around she realized that everyone was now seated and the hand belonged to Ichigo.

"You can tell us anything. We won't hurt you." Rukia tried calming Aria with Ichigo's help.

"Like I said before-"

"I know we need to find Haku but this is important." Kisuke interrupted Aria and the others were spooked and confused by Kisuke's rudeness toward her.

"No. . ." Aria answered Kisuke's 'Soul Reaper' question softly as her bangs covered her eyes. 'A few more of those questions and he might get me.'

"When we find Haku will he be able to tell us about you as much as you know about him?"

"No. . ." Aria's voice became even softer. Ichigo harden his hold on Aria's shoulder slightly, letting her know that she will need to explain more later.

"Well, what does Haku look like? So we can keep an eye out for him." Ichigo released his hold on Aria and stared at Kisuke for an answer.

"Haku has golden-brown hair with matching eyes. He also looks poor but he is skilled with a sword." Kisuke was going to continue when a dark skinned woman with purple hair and yellow eyes barged in.

"Kisuke, all 13 captains are asking for all allied fighters to go straight to the Soul Society and to be ready to fight." Without leaving time for questions, almost everyone ran out of the room leaving Kisuke and Aria alone once again.

"You should go with them." When Aria looked into Kisuke's eyes she thought he would kill her. She now thought of him as an overly protective adult that is helping some kids out.

"Hey, Aria, are you coming?" Ichigo popped his head in the room.

"Yeah." Aria jumped up, waved goodbye to Kisuke, and followed Ichigo outside where a Japanese gate, the Sakaimon, was open.

"Come on, we are already falling behind everyone else." With that they ran through the gate and got ingulfed by light.