"Augh! This doesn't make any sense!" Keigo yelled, throwing the book aside. Sado glanced over at him, but did nothing more. He knew Keigo well enough to know the male was just getting started. They both lived in the dormitories at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Academy. Since they were only High school graduates they had to stay for the ten month training course. Currently they were six months into the training. Keigo was doing well in most subjects, but there were still a few that gave him trouble. Once he got frustrated he would go off, and most of the time Sado just let him go. "Why don't we go visit the others? We can take a break and they're not far away!" Keigo suggested.

"They are an hour away, and they are testing this week." Sado pointed out. They hadn't seen the others much, maybe three times since they all set out to do their own things, and they hadn't seen Ichigo or any other Shinigami even once. If Sado had to be honest about it, he didn't mind it. They could all focus on their chosen courses and then when they meet up later they can surprise each other by how much they had grown. Keigo meanwhile did not share this view and instead pouted.

"Hey Chad, where do you want to go?" Keigo asked. Sado gave him a confused look.

"Go? Nowhere, I want to stay here and finish this assignment." he responded, holding up his copy of the book that Keigo threw to emphasis his point. Keigo meanwhile let out a very annoyed sigh.

"No! I mean where do you want to go when we graduate? Do you want to get a job as a police officer back in Karakura town? Or do you want to go somewhere else entirely. Sado seemed surprised by the question. Truthfully he hadn't even thought about that. He could return to Karakura Town and be an officer there, but he could also go anywhere else he wanted to go. His friends weren't a factor in this decision, since they would find a way to see each other no matter where they were. Sado shrugged.

"Does it matter yet?" he asked. Keigo just retrieved the book and started going threw it again. Sado could see he was concentrating very hard, but even he had to admit he was a little burnt out as well. Sado closed the book with a snap, getting Keigo's attention. "Let's go get dinner. There's a nice restaurant nearby we haven't tried yet." he offered. It was a peace offering. Keigo nodded.

"Sure, but your paying." Keigo said. Sado just smiled and nodded.

xxx

"Hey Ishida do you have anything to drink? This is taking longer than we thought." Tatsuki spoke up from her spot on the floor next to Orihime. Mizuiro nodded in agreement, leaning against Uryu's bed. Uryu tried to control his frustrations. He liked the three of them, and he enjoyed their company. However he didn't understand why they always had to use his place every time they met up. He had asked multiple times in the past if they could go to one of their places the next time they would meet, but they always gave some half hearted excuse why they couldn't, then showed up at his door a few days later.

"Sure." he decided, leaving to get what they requested. Tatsuki immediately turned to Orihime, giving her a big smile.

"You should ask him." she said. Orihime gave her a confused look, but Mizuiro looked as if he knew this was coming.

"Ask him? What?" Orihime asked, giving the two a completely lost look.

"You should ask him to take you out to dinner. You could use the break anyway." Tatsuki said with a smile. Orihime turned red.

"What?! I can't do that!" she protested. Mizuiro sighed.

"This is why I like older girls, they handle things like this so much better." he mused. Tatsuki rolled her eyes at him before turning back to Orihime.

"I didn't say anything before because you were still hung up over Ichigo, but now you've moved on." she said. Orihime scowled.

"It's not like that Tatsuki!" she protested. Tatsuki looked surprised. Orihime had been her friend for a long time now. She had gotten good at reading the girl. She knew that Orihime had been devastated at first when Ichigo left. However that soon began to change, slowly at first. It was because Uryu had noticed and was trying to help her. Orihime didn't notice when but she had began to fall for the bespectacled male. Yet now she was claiming Tatsuki got it wrong?

"What do you mean?" Tatsuki asked.

"I...I don't want to complicate things." Orihime started. that was part of the reason she never acted on her feelings for Ichigo. She knew Ichigo had to focus on what needed to be done. She couldn't be an obstacle. Then she realized he never would have noticed her because he focus was solely on Rukia. So now she was afraid. Afraid that somehow things would end up similar with Uryu.

"You know he adores you right?" Mizuiro spoke up. Orihime turned even redder.

"What?" she asked. Mizuiro sighed, as if this conversation was boring him.

"He's been hung up over you for a long time. Since you guys first returned from the Soul Society to save Rukia. You're the only one he's ever even looked at." Mizuiro said. Orihime turned to Tatsuki and she nodded, confirming Mizuiro's words. The door opened as Uryu returned, a few can's of drinks in his hands. He handed the tea to Tatsuki and Orihime before dropping a coffee into Mizuiro's lap and opening a second one for himself.

"Oh, well look at the time. I should be going." Tatsuki said with a stretch, making Orihime freak out. Uryu gave her an odd look as she stood up, Mizuiro standing up as well.

"We'll see you later Ishida, Inoue." he agreed. Uryu just gave them a nod, showing he acknowledged them leaving, and Orihime looked between them frantically. The two just left. Orihime glanced over at Uryu, who was doing his assignment again.

"Uhm Ishida..." Orihime started, and he looked up at her, waiting to hear what she wanted.

"Would you...I think I need a break. Let's go eat together." she said quickly. Uryu looked confused for a second, then nodded.

"Alright, I'm sure the cafeteria is open, but I also have stuff here you can eat." he said. Orihime felt panic set in. Maybe they were wrong and he didn't like her. Then the possibility that he misunderstood occurred to her. Uryu was as oblivious to these kinds of things as she usually was. Orihime decided to try one more time.

"No I mean...let's go somewhere, just us two." she said. Uryu looked at her for a second, then he started to turn red. Could he be misunderstanding, or was she asking him to take her out?

"Sure...wh...where would you like to go?" he asked. Uryu didn't know if she was asking him out as friends or maybe something more. Orihime smiled and took his hand.

"Let's go." she said, and the two left.

xxx

Ichigo lowered the bokken, wiping the sweat from his face with his sleeve. "Ha! That was pathetic!" Renji taunted from the side lines, watching the sparring match between Ichigo and Ikkaku.

"What do you mean pathetic! I won!" Ichigo snapped at him. Renji just gave him a huge smirk.

"It was sloppy." he said. Ichigo felt his anger flare. He was about to challenge the red heat to a fight, telling him to show him a 'less sloppy' way to fight.

"As if you do any better?" Rukia asked, kicking her childhood friend from behind and knocking him out of his seat. Ichigo smirked, proud of her. Renji gripped dirt in his fists out of frustration before climbing back to his feet.

"I can do better! I was fighting before his mother was even born!" he defended himself.

"And yet you can't beat me in a fight." Ichigo taunted. Ikkaku chuckled as he could see the blood vessels in Renji's head break.

"Come on Renji, let's go see what Yumichika needs." the third seat called. He enjoyed watching them fight, but sometimes they all needed to just cool their heads. Renji smiled, happy for any reason to visit the eleventh division and nodded. The two left, leaving the thirteenth division officers alone.

"Come on fool, you need a shower and you look like you could use something to eat." Rukia said, a genuine smile on her face.

"Yeah." Ichigo agreed.

xxx

"You really are a fool. What possessed you all to think you can just show up to my home?" Ryuken asked in a very irritated voice. Isshin, Kisuke, Yoruichi, and Ikumi stood outside of his front door, Tessai holding a large container behind him.

"Now now Ishida, that's no way to treat your guests." Kisuke rebuked as Isshin pushed by Ryuken to enter his home. Ryuken watched as the others followed. Isshin had been dropping by an awful lot since the children went away. He had mentioned the last time that he had come by that he had started up a friendship with Ikumi, since his son did work for her. Ryuken just never believed he would bring her and the Urahara bunch to his place. He knew there was no point in telling them to leave, since they would just stay anyway. He could ignore them, but Isshin had ways of demanding attention. Ryuken decided to see what they wanted.

As soon as he entered his dinning room he was met by a surprise. Tessai had finished setting up a large meal, set for all them. So they wanted him to eat with them. Ryuken felt the beginning of a headache. "I'll see if I have any drinks to offer you." he said, turning towards the kitchen.

"It's fine Ishida, we brought drinks." Yoruichi spoke up. Ryuken bit back the 'of course you did' response. It wouldn't get him anywhere with this group.

"Well then, let's eat." Isshin said with a grin. Ryuken nodded, figuring it was the fastest way to get them out of his home. Yet even though he felt annoyed, it wasn't the only feeling he had. He felt a little grateful. to be honest he missed Uryu. The two had started to rebuild their relationship since he had returned from the Quincy's dimension. He was hoping all would be well with the boy and nowadays it was the only thought that entered his mind. This event was a welcome distraction.

"I'm surprised at you Ishida. I thought you would have told us to leave by now." Kisuke teased from behind his fan. Ikumi looked at the two a little uneasily. While she had been on friendly terms with Isshin, the same couldn't be said for the others. She didn't know Yoruichi or Tessai, but she knew Kisuke seemed shady and Ryuken seemed like someone she wouldn't want to be on the bad side of. To hers, and the others surprise, Ryuken just smiled.

"I thought so too." he agreed.