At first Kugo seemed nice, and Ichigo told the kids of his conversations with him. Nan was a bit cautious when she heard that Kugo had told Ichigo he could help him get stronger.

Then the tables turned; it was when Ichigo came back from one of their frequent conversations looking rather confused. That night when he, Uryu, Orihime, Nan, Bess and Karin were sitting around the fire, he told them of his frustration.

"He said I should be cautious around my dad and Kisuke." The others were very taken aback; after all, Isshin and Kisuke did nothing but help everyone.

"Without Kisuke, my mom would be dead!" Bess pointed out. A few days later, Karin began feeling uneasy. It was a Saturday, so she talked Nan into visiting her dad with her to find out more information about Kugo.

"Dad," Nan called as they entered the 12th division's barracks.

"Nan, Karin," he said, surprised at the unexpected visit.

"Dad, Karin needs information on a man named Kugo, Ginjou Kugo," she explained shortly. After he'd printed some data and handed it to Karin, Mayuri went off to do some more work.

"I'm going to go to that snowball fight, Shinji and Hiyori will be there," Nan said quickly and ran off. Karin began to read the data sheets about Kugo. What she found was very interesting. Apparently, one of his jobs as part of the Xcution was to, at times, make the decision to take away unnecessary people in the World of the Living. This wasn't exactly what bothered Karin—she knew it was part of population control. It was the fact that Jinta had been one of the last unfortunate victims. Karin's hand dropped in shock and the papers all fell. She couldn't believe it! This man who was supposed to help her brother get stronger had taken away her best friend. He had changed their lives completely.

For the rest of the day, Karin wandered around town rather aimlessly. When she returned home, she flopped down on her bed not bothering to eat.

"I wonder what's eating her," Bobby said while holding an ice pack to his eye. Nan had thrown a rather condensed snowball and it had hit him in the eye. There wasn't much more mention of Karin that night; the next day in town was a three-legged race the children looked forward to every year and none of them could waste their time worrying about Karin.

I dont know what or if the family in the woods is going to appear again; Also if you guys read this can you give me a review so i know i havnt compleatly lost my readers, i kinda feel like no one is reading me anymore

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