Haha teenage angst... well said, Honoko.

Interesting turn of events. Now it's becoming clearer why the Vizoreds are trying so hard to get Ichigo over to their side. One is for his power, but another is also to save him from being devoured by the hollow within himself. I wonder if Urahara knows about that (actually, I'm pretty sure he does) and if he knows the way to prevent that from happening. No matter what, he'll have to catch up with Ichigo and explain the entire situation to him soon, or else, Ichigo might really be forced to go over to the side of Vizoreds just to prevent his complete hollow-nization, and that'll suck big time.