Kalia was able to save Kenji, but the arrancars that attacked her family got away and still had Katie. Sai and Michael were able to catch up at their house and they were already informed of what has happened.

"Espada?" Michael asked.

"That's what they said they were. Apparently Mr. Kurosaki, my mother, and their friends fought them before and they're suppose to be dead." Ryo said.

"Who cares about all that? We have to figure out where they went and save Katie." Kalia said. They all understood the situation and how mad Kalia is, but they need to figure everything out.

"Mrs. Kurosaki, how's Kenji doing?" Ryo said as Orihime was treating Kenji while he rested on the couch.

"He's not hurt or anything." Orihime said.

"That's good to hear. Now, we can focus on getting to Hueco Mundo." Ichigo said.

"Hueco Mundo?" Kalia asked.

"The world where all the hollows come from." Ryo said. "That black opening that they went through is called a garganta. It's used for them to travel from their world to this world." Ryo could have explained more, but the phone he uses to contact the Soul Society went off. "It's the Head Captain."

"Put it on speaker." Kalia said. Ryo did just that and they all could hear the Head Captain, Sankado Hensa.

"Yes, Head Captain Hensa?" Ryo answered.

Lieutenant Kuchiki, we detected strong spiritual pressures in your area. I would like to hear your report." Sankado said.

"Yes sir." Ryo said. "There were four arrancars that attacked. They took Katie Kurosaki, the younger sister of Kalia Kurosaki, but there's more. They called themselves Espada."

"Espada? Could you have me speak with her father, Ichigo Kurosaki?" Sankado asked.

"You're on speaker phone. We can hear you. Now, tell us about these Espada." Kalia said.

"I take it that's Kalia Kurosaki. Very well." Sankado said. "Long ago, a few soul reapers betrayed the Soul Society. The leader was Sosuke Aizen and he formed an army of arrrancar. They had rankings that were based on the order of their birth, except for those ranked from zero to nine. Those rankings are the strongest to the weakest and they were known as the Espada."

"That's the other thing. That took place long before Kalia and I were born." Ryo said. "Mr. Kurosaki claimed that these arrancars are ones he and his friends fought and they're suppose to be dead." That was surprise to Sankado, but it put his thoughts together.

"Are you sure?" Sankado asked.

"I didn't know three of them, but I did remember one of them and the others admitted who they were." Ichigo said.

"That might explain it." Sankado said.

"Explain what?" Kalia asked.

"A little while ago, the Department of Research and Development detected strange energy signals." Sankado said. "They came from the same place where Oromaus was defeated and the gates of hell opened."

"What?" Kalia said as she was starting to put pieces together.

"Their souls must have went through the gates and escaped." Ryo said. "Since they didn't appear naturally and with all the chaos that came with it, anything that bound them to Hell was broken.

"Yes, but then those signals just disappeared." Sankado said. "Now, I see that they must have went to Hueco Mundo and reclaimed their bodies."

"Who cares about all of that now?" Kalia said. "I have to get to Hueco Mundo and rescue my sister."

"Absolutely not." Sankado said. "Kalia, we're dealing with enemies that were alive before you were even born and they escaped from Hell. This is not the time to act recklessly."

"But…" "You are to remain where you are. End of discussion." Sankado interrupted and just hanged up. He didn't even give Kalia the chance to fight back and he made her furious for not even wanting to save Katie. She didn't care what he said. She's going and no one is going to stop her.

….

Hueco Mundo

Katie was still unconscious and was thrown into a prison cell by Nnoritora in Las Noches.

"Too bad we didn't get the boy, but I suppose one will have to do." Szayelaporro said.

"It doesn't matter. Those weaklings will come to rescue her and that is when they will meet their end." Nnoritora said.

"May I ask what exactly the plan is?" Szayelaporro asked.

"It's simple. During my time in Hell, I've heard about both those soul reapers we just fought." Nnorittora said. "My only interest is fighting them. After that, I'm not sure. Perhaps I'll become the new ruler of Hueco Mundo since Aizen is gone and Harribel is not going to put up a fight."

"Interesting, but didn't you once wanted to die in a glorious fashion?" Szayealporro said.

"That better happen again. That way, no one will ever put so much pity on me. To show I am strong." Nnoritora said. "I am strong and I will prove it to everyone."

"You're still obsessed over that? Then again, it's hard for addictions to die." Szayelaporro said.

"Watch it or I'll send you back behind those gates." Nnoritora threatened.

…..

Kalia

Kalia didn't know what she was going to do. She had no way of going to Hueco Mundo and Sankado ordered her not to do that. However, she needed to get there to rescue Katie. She just stood in the hole of the wall and stared at the open sky to try and clear her head. Her friends walked up to her and were worried about her.

"Kalia, I know you are worried, but there's nothing we can do." Ryo said.

"There just has to be. The longer Katie stays in Hueco Mundo, the more likely she could become a hollow's meal or worse." Kalia said.

"Ryo, we know you don't agree with this. There has to be something we can do." Sai said.

"There is." All of them looked across the yard and was met with the same cloak figure that helped Kalia.

"It's you again. You saved Kenji, but who are you." Kalia said.

"That's not important right now. You want to save your sister, don't you? I can get you to Hueco Mundo."

"How?" Michael said. The cloaked figure held out his hand and opened up a garganta for them.

"If you control the reishi inside, you can walk right through. When you get to the other side, head for a place known as Las Noches."

"Kalia, I'm not sure about this. Can we even trust him?" Ryo said.

"I don't care. I've got to save Katie." Kalia said and her earring lit up and she changed to her soul reaper form. Ryo knew Kalia and there was no way she was going to change her mind.

"Fine, but I'll lead the way. That way, the path formed will be clear and stable." Ryo said and Kalia could agree to that. The mysterious figure stepped inside and the four of them ran in. Ichigo caught a glimpse before it closed.

"Kalia!" Ichigo raced for the garganta, but it already closed. "Oh man. I should have known there's no stopping her. She is my daughter after all."

….

The Garganta

The garganta was just black nothing. All Ryo did was go straight and it made a nice and solid path with each step he took and the others were following behind him.

"This place is freaky. It looks like it goes on forever." Sai said.

"Well, it doesn't. I'm certain if we keep heading straight, we'll reach Hueco Mundo." Ryo said. "Knowing I can't change your mind, do you have a plan, Kalia?"

"My only plan is to get there and make those guys regret they even came back to life." Kalia said.

"Ryo, do you even know anything about the terrain Hueco Mundo?" Michael said.

"I'm afraid not." Ryo said. "I've never been there before. We soul reapers don't go there, even when it's the home world of our enemies."

"Why don't you just to take care of the whole thing?" Kalia said.

"It would be a never ending war if we do that." Ryo said. "There's no measure of Hueco Mundo. We have no idea how far it goes and people die every day. That means hollows will keep coming. I think you might want to brace yourselves, we're about to reach the end." An opening came up and all of them dived inside, but they landed in something soft and rough and it was hard to breathe. All of them climbed out and started coughing up.

"What the hell?" Kalia coughed out.

"It's sand." Ryo said. All of them were able to cough out the sand in their mouths. They looked around the place for they have entered Hueco Mundo.

"Is this Hueco Mundo? It looks like a large desert." Sai said.

"You're right and the reishi is strong like in the Soul Society." Ryo said. He looked up at the night sky. "I've also heard that it's always night here. There's no such time as day."

"Hey, where's that guy that brought us here? Why did he make us appear underground?" Kalia said.

"I think that's why." Ryo said as he pointed the way to a large building and believed that was Las Noches. "I heard from my father that Las Noches use to have underground passages. We must have appeared in one."

"Katie is somewhere in there and I'm going to get her out." Kalia said. All of them hurried through the sands of Hueco Mundo to rescue Katie. What they weren't aware of is that they were already found out that they came to this world.

…

Las Noches

"Nnoritora, a garganta was opened up recently." Zommari informed. "It came from the old passage way that connected to Las Noches."

"Really. They got here sooner than I thought." Nnoritora said. "Send out some gillians and intercept them. Let's give them a welcome the way we know how in this world."

…

Kalia

Kalia and her friends continued to run through the sands and they didn't slow down. However, there was something that Kalia was beginning to find strange. If this world is the world of the hollows, where are all the hollows?

"Guys, don't you think that it's strange. There's no sign of any hollows." Kalia said.

"Don't focus on that. Just keep moving." Ryo said, but soon the ground began to shake. "You just had to say something." The sand in front of them began to rise up and a bunch of Menos Grandes were starting to appear.

"Are they all coming from the ground?" Sai said.

"There's so many of them." Michael said as more and more just kept coming up.

"What do we do?" Ryo said.

"The only thing we can do. We fight."