Yachiru looked down towards the others, fixing her youthly gaze upon Renji. Her care free expression melted into a slight sadness, and she shook her head. "He was here" she said. "But he disappeared. I an't sense him any more" she said. She knew he wouldn't leave without her, but she had no idea what had happened to him and that worried her. She had looked everywhere.
Rukia looked from Yachiru to Ranji and Chad. "At any rate, you are right. We need to stop Ulquiorra" she said, nodding. "However... With so few of us, I believe our best course of action is to start training. We need to make sure we are at our best. But Vice Captain Matsumoto, Vice Captain Yachiru and myself, have all been away from Soul Society for too long. We must prepare ourselves this time" she said seriously.
"Yare yare..." Matsumoto complained slightly. But she had always been like that. She nodded, looking over to Chad. "Will you be training with us too?"