The kids settled down and they all eventually went to bed. When the last of them was in bed Ikkaku and Tessai sat up with Shūsuke for a bit. They sat quietly for what seemed forever when Ikkaku spoke up. He hated silence mainly because times of silence have always been rare in his life.
"Are you really going to take this place form us?" he asked. Tessai got a nervous look on his face.
"I could make a lot of money Ikkaku, you know that," Shūsuke said.
"Yes but isn't there another way? I mean you have been away nearly 15 years, this school has become so important to us, your father…"
"Forget my father!" Shūsuke yelled.
"Shhh! The children are asleep," Tessai said.
"Don't tell me to shhh in my own house," he said angrily. Ikkaku got a real stern look on his face then, "Until whatever comes happens this is still a school, which I run. Because of it being a school there are children here that I will not allow you to disturb, so unless you want to be thrown out you are to talk quietly, understand?" he asked sternly. Shūsuke quieted down after that.
The rest of the night went well and in the morning the residents of Plumbfield and Shūsuke were surprised when they saw Shunsui, Yumichika and Ukitake come to rescue them. Shūsuke was very happy to leave and left very soon. The children and everyone else were very busy that day. The snow made the chicken coop door cave in and also the barn door leading to both the animals and school house blow away. Furthermore the porch needed to be brushed off and the barn shoveled out.
Nan and Nat tended to the animals while Bess and Orihime tended to the porch. Ichigo, Chad, Uryu and Dan all had a fight of who could fix what. They were all very handy and enjoyed fixing things. In the end Dan, Chad and Uryu got to fix things while Ichigo, Bobby and Karin shoveled out the school house. In the evening Ikkaku went out to train and the children were left with Tessai to tend to them. Tessai was busy in the kitchen while the kids sat around the fire.
"So, what's the plan?" Orihime piped up. The kids of Plumbfield always had a plan so everything turned out right.
"Well Nan, Nat, Dan," Bobby said.
"We have been trying all day but can't think of something." Nan answered.
"I'm not leaving that's all I know," Ameil said.
"It will all work out, tiny things like this always do," Ichigo stated.
"Tiny?" Yuzu asked.
"Ichigo, this is big why are you calling it tiny?" she asked.
"Well compared to Aizen and what happened to Rukia this is tiny," he answered.
"Maybe to you, but you have had many good things in life. This is the best thing that has happened to me," Dan said. "Once this goes, I don't know what Kenpachi and Yachiru will do, they're not used to having a child all the time," he said.
"You will be ok Dan I promise," Nat said.
"Let's make a pact," Uryu said, "Let's pledge to always keep in touch and look out for each other." They took out a paper, wrote an oath and then Demi, who knew all of the good hiding spots, hid it. After that they all went to bed searching their heads on what to do.