After Neliel said 'what do you want, shinigami?' Ichigo asked "Nell, do you remember me?"

"No, I've never seen you before; now, I'll ask you again, what do you want?"

Ichigo continued along on the same path that he was on before and asked "you don't remember anything we did together?"

"No."

"You don't remember us tearing up Hueco Mundo at all?"

"Why would I do that, I'm one of the Espada?"

"One of the Espada... what, have you made me do, Kurosaki?" Mayuri asked Ichigo almost angrily.

"I didn't 'make you do' anything Mayuri, your curiosity merely got the better of you."

"WHAAAT!"

"Merely pointing out the facts; that said, I need you to go over to where the other shinigami and my friends are and have Byakuya and you to erect multiple barriers to protect yourselves from the reiatsu that is about to fly about."

"I think that the captains and I should be fine without the barriers Kurosaki."

Ichigo, vehemently, replied "Neliel dominated Nnoitra Jiruuga, Kenpachi's opponent, when she was protecting me from him prior to your arrival."

"Eh, so you think that you can defeat someone that needed to protect you from an enemy?"

"Heh, I had just finished fighting against Grimmjow Jeagerjaque when he came and started attacking me."

"I see, so you think that if you were fully healed that you could have easily defeated him?"

"Maybe not easily, but yes, I would have been able to defeat him."

"Alright then; Kuchiki and I'll put up those barriers that you wanted."

So saying Mayuri flash stepped over to the other shinigami and related Ichigo's instructions to the group. When Renji heard what Ichigo had told the captains to do Renji said "forget that, if the reiatsu that I felt when Ishida and I were fighting Szayel Aporro Granz, then Ichigo is going to need our help."

Byakuya said "if this 'Neliel' person is as powerful as you claim, then Kurosaki is the only one that is capable of fighting against her right now. Right now there's no way in the world that, we captains are in any condition to fight against such an opponent, let alone you."

"But..."

"Kurosaki Ichigo seems to have some connection with this arrancar and right now he is going to try and bring back her memories the only way that barbarians like he and..." Mayuri pointed at Kenpachi "...you seem to know of."

"Heh, so he's finally embracing his true self is he?" Zaraki said with a maniacal grin on his face.

"What do you mean, 'his true self'" Orihime asked.

"Simple, Ichigo and I, both, find that the only time that we truly enjoy ourselves is in battle."

"Ichigo isn't like tha..." Chad started to say before being cut off by Kenpachi "Yes he is, he's just been denying it."

"Denying it?"

"Yes, you see, he doesn't like that part of himself and therefore tried to continuously run away from it; the thing is though, instinct has a way of showing up at, both the best, and the worst times."

"So which one is this?" Rukia asked.

"Only time will tell Rukia" Byakuya said.

"Nii-sama."

While Mayuri was relaying Ichigo's instructions to the group that was standing outside the citadel of Hueco Mundo, Ichigo said to Neliel "So you really have no idea who I am, do you?" sadly.

"No" Neliel replied without any expression on her face.

"Alright then, I guess that there's only one way for me to reach you now."

"How would that be, strawberry."

"That's it!" Ichigo said and raised his right hand to the left side of his face and a mask that had two lines running from the top to the bottom over his eyes appeared.

Neliel, astounded, asked "what are you?"

"I'm like you Neliel, although I came about my powers in a different way than you did, I also have both shinigami and hollow powers."

"Is that so, then there's no need for me to hold back then."

"I would be insulted if you did."

Just then Ichigo sensed that the barriers had been raised and Neliel gathered a massive amount of reiatsu, that even surprised him, and he started to feel slightly heavy due to an oppressive feeling he got whilst Neliel was putting out so much power. Ichigo knew however that he had just as much, if not more, than enough reiatsu himself to counter Neliels and he proceeded to gather more than enough to counter it and then, with his Zanpakuto still in Bankai mode charged at Neliel.

Neliel saw Ichigo coming at her at a great speed and though to herself *he's fast; possibly faster than me and his reiatsu is amazing and somehow, even though it's emitting an evil feeling similar to an arrancar's, it feels almost warm to me.* Even with those thoughts in her head, she charged forward at the same speed as Ichigo and they swung their swords at each other with an equal amount of power, causing sparks to fly and a wind that blasted away from the two combatants.