Ikkaku was led to a family of five. There were three little children huddled together in front of a small fire and the father was cooking one of Ikakku's chickens. The mother looked up with a start when Ikkaku's shadow fell on her and she nudged her husband. He also looked up and immediately rose.
"I'm very sorry, sir, we will get out of here now," and as he spoke he motioned to for his kids to clean up.
"You will leave, however you will come to our house and get warmed up," Ikkakku said with a smile.
"Oh no sir, we couldn't do that," the man said in shock.
"I insist, you are near a school called Plumfield and I wouldn't be able to sleep with the thought of any children freezing to death in this January weather. And it's supposed to snow again tonight," he added.
He quickly escorted the family to Plumfield and within an hour, Tessai had got them fed and in a nice warm bed where they quickly fell asleep from weariness. By this time, it was lunch and the kids were eating. Koga passed by while carrying a load of firewood and saw them through the half-open bedroom door. He immediately went up to Ikkaku.
"Are you sure we can trust them in this house?"
Surprised, Ikkaku replied, "Koga, I'm disappointed in you. After all this time I trusted you!"
"I know, but..." he began.
"This is a Christian school, and even though religion may not be the biggest thing in the Soul Society, I intend to keep it here and foremost in this school," Ikkaku answered firmly in a tone that clearly indicated the conversation was over.
That afternoon the kids received an unsurprising writing assignment.
"You will all help someone and write about it, including the details." Everyone sighed at this. Over the next few days, they learned where the family had come from. Soifon unexpectedly visited saying she would be helping for the next few wees, which surprised everyone. When asked she replied, "I'm going to be a mother soon so I should learn to at least tolerate children." This made most of them smile but resulted in scaring the three new little kids, along with Yuzu and Ururu.
Another interesting thing happened that week. A man by the name of Kugo came to visit Ichigo, and while he at first seemed harmless, Karin found out more about him.