Hiyori sits up and rubs her head, groaning. "Stupid headache, why do I keep getting headaches when I don't even drink." She rubs her eyes and then slams them shut against the bright sunlight. She looks around and realizes that she's somewhere she doesn't recognize. It doesn't look anything like Karakura Town, it actually looks town-less. Suddenly Hiyori remembers what happened. She'd been walking to the store with Lisa and had been calling her baldy because she wouldn't loan Hiyori any money, when it was like she had suddenly walked into a ball of black, icy water. Hiyori stands up, and realizes that she might need to think later. About 50 yards away there were a group of armed men, and they were looking at something on the ground. Hiyori looked and saw it was Lisa, unfortunately still passed out. One of the men pointed at her, and another started walking towards her.

Hiyori pulled out her zanpakuto and Shunpoed to stand over Lisa. The man leapt back, and they all pulled out their swords. Hiyori grinned. "Sorry to interrupt, but this happens to be a friend of mine, and I can't just let you have her." The men look at her, then at one in the center. He steps forward and says something, but Hiyori doesn't understand a word. "What?" The man gestures emphatically at Lisa then through the trees behind him. "Sorry, didn't catch that." Hiyori bends down and shoves Lisa onto her shoulder, then turns around. One man tries to grab her by the arm, so Hiyori jumps and plants both feet in his face and sends him flying. Others start forward, but the one who tried to talk to Hiyori waves them back. Hiyori starts walking away from them, wondering where in the world they could possibly be.

"So you can sense a group of beings close to us?" Miria asks Clare. "Yes, but they haven't moved at all since I first sensed them." "There's a larger group towards the south, there's four of them now but two more are heading towards them and will join them soon." Cynthia and Yuma add as they join the group. "Can you sense anything about them?" Deneve asks. "Most of them are still unconscious, but from what we can sense they don't feel like Awakened Beings or yoma." Cynthia replies.

"Should we investigate the smaller group first?" Deneve asks. "If they're hostile it will be easier to kill them if we take the smaller group first." Helen interjects. Miria nods. "True, but we should check the larger group first to see if they have hostile intentions. Helen, you, Clare, Cynthia, and Yuma will go investigate the larger group of beings. Deneve and I will find a Claymore to spread the word that there are new beings which should be avoided."

"OOOF!" Ichigo's eyes fly open as something hits him in the ribs. "Wake up, stupid!" a familiar voice yells. Ichigo rolls away and crashes into Uryu, who sits up and grabs his glasses before Ichigo crushes them. "Watch it Ichigo! You almost crushed my glasses." Ichigo sits up. "Sorry Uryu." Ichigo stands up but staggers backwards when the person kicks him again. "What, Hiyori!?" Ichigo looks at her than does a double take and looks around. "Wait, we were at Orihime's, but now we're in a forest? And you're here?" "That's right, baldy, and all the others are here too." Hiyori walks over to Orihime and Chad who are just getting up. "All your friends are here, and there are others as well."

Uryu pushes his glasses up onto his nose and stands up. "That doesn't make any sense. How could we all just vanish from wherever we were and end up here. And you said others? Are you sure?" Hiyori looks at him and scowls. "Can't you feel them? Their reiatsu is all over the place." Uryu blinks. "Now that you mention it, I can feel reiatsu to the north and west." Someone groans and Hiyori turns around. "About time you woke up, I was getting tired of carrying you everywhere." Lisa sits up and rubs her head. "Where are we?" "I have no idea." Hiyori snaps. Lisa stands up. "You don't have to bite my head off, Hiyori."

She looks around. "Does anyone know where we are?" Uryu shakes his head. "This place doesn't seem to be anywhere in Karakura Town or Soul Society." Orihime looks around. "It feels strange." Hiyori looks at her. "What do you mean?" "I can feel creatures, but they don't feel like Hollows or Shinigami or anything else I know." Chad looks around. "So we're somewhere we don't know surrounded by officer-level creatures?" Hiyori puts her hand on her zanpakuto. "We don't need that right now, Hiyori." Lisa says. "We haven't met anyone and we aren't sure if they're hostile." Hiyori shakes her head.

"We won't be able to tell if they're hostile unless they attack us." The group looks at her. "When I picked up Lisa someone tried to talk to me, and I couldn't understand a word they said." Ichigo shrugs. "Then we just avoid contact with them." He starts walking into the woods, and the others look at each other. "Ichigo?" Orihime calls. "What?" Ichigo says. "You're walking the wrong way. If we want to avoid them then we need to go this way." She points to the east. "Ok, then we go that way." Ichigo turns around and starts walking that way, and Uryu looks at Hiyori and adjusts his glasses. "It will be better for both of us if we stay with the others." He says. Hiyori nods and they follow the others into the woods.