The next day, Ichigo, Uryu, Chad and Renji were around the back of the school talking about last night's events with Orihime. After Ichigo yelled at Uryu and Renji for arguing, Chad spoke.

"What worries me is what happened with the girls earlier," They each recalled when Ichigo tried to ask Tatsuki where Orihime may have gone.

"Hey, have you girls seen Orihime?" Ichigo asked.

"Orihime? Is she a new student or something?" Tatsuki questioned.

"Oh very funny. You know who I'm talking about, Orihime,"

"Well I sure don't know anyone by that name. Are you feeling okay Ichigo?" Ichigo and the others just looked shocked. "Oh, there was something I wanted to ask you. Do you where Sara is?"

"You mean she's not here?"

"No, she isn't. And she didn't pick her phone this morning either. I mean it's only been one day since she got back, do you know anything?"

"Sorry, I don't," They then snapped back to reality.

"It appears as though their memory of Orihime has been completely erased," Chad said.

"The same thing happened to everyone back when Rukia disappeared," Uryu stated.

"That's it!" Ichigo exclaimed.

"What's it?" Renji asked.

"The fact that someone's gone to all the trouble of using memory replacement on these kids, means that they knew sooner or later we'd come looking for her. And it also proves Orihime's disappearance was no accident. Somebody has kidnapped her," Ichigo explained.

"Hold on a sec. What about that other girl, Sara was it? She's missing as well. Do you think she's tied up in all of this?" Renji asked.

"Well Tatsuki and the others seem to remember her so it's too early to say if they have or not. However, I do think it's strange that she's gone without a trace after only one day. Especially as it seems that no-one's been able to contact her," Uryu commented.

"It does. But I think we need to focus on Orihime right now. There could be a logic explanation behind her whereabouts, but we know Orihime's isn't," Chad continued.

"Alright, then I think we need to go back to Orihime's apartment and take another look. There might be some clues we missed somehow," Uryu said.

"Good idea. Come on let's do it!" Ichigo stated standing up. "And after we get Orihime back, we can try and find out where in hell Sara's got to," he added. The rest of them stood up and Chad and Uryu began to walk away with Ichigo.

"Hey wait! You mean right now? I thought you guys were supposed to be in class?" Renji enquired.

"Oh lighten up. This is more important than school," Ichigo said. As they were walking to Orihime's apartment Uryu thought to himself.

"I wonder if Ichigo finally managed to pick up on Sara's spiritual pressure in the time she was here? Also, I don't sense her spiritual pressure at all in Karakura Town anymore. I wonder where she could be..."

That day, Ichigo and the others went on a wild trip, taking them pretty much all over town, trying to track down Orihime. They eventually ended up at Urahara's shop, where they were told to head to the museum that night. They had no choice but to obey them. After they left Urahara called out.

"Oh Yoruichi" "Yes?" she asked as she popped her cat head round the door. She then strolled in. "Hey there! I never got to ask you how it went down last night. You mind telling me about it?" he asked. Yoruichi sat down next to him. "Hm. I was wondering when you where going to get around to that," she said. "So, how'd it go?" he asked again. Yoruichi remembered the previous night as she explained what had happened. She walked in to an apartment in her normal form, after having picked the lock, which was completely dark. Yoruichi had a look around the various rooms in the apartment. "I went to her apartment, but there was no sign. There was even some clothes missing from her wardrobe, but she had left her phone behind," It was apparent now that Yoruichi was walking around inside Sara's apartment. "However, there was some spiritual pressure left behind, so I tried tracing it," Yoruichi was running through Karakura Town in the dead of night, trying to follow her spiritual pressure. She eventually ended up at the mountains that were on the side of Karakura Town. "The spiritual pressure ended up leading me to the mountains on the outskirts of town. Then weirdly…" Yoruichi walked into an open space in the trees, but then stopped and looked shocked. "…Her spiritual pressure vanished," "Vanished?" Urahara asked, bringing Yoruichi out of her flashback. "Yes. It was as if she had completely left the world of the living," "But that wouldn't be possible. If she had then the only way she could of left would be through a senkimon, and there none were opened in this vicinity last night," "That's what seemed so odd," "Are you sure it really vanished, and not just covered up?" "Do you really think I would make such a foolish error?" Urahara paused before answering. "No, I'm just being sure," "Anyways, how's your end holding up? Have you been able to analyse the spiritual pressure yet?" "No. I've not been able to indentify it at all. I've never seen anything quite like it." Yoruichi let out a sigh. "This certainly is one hell of mystery," she added. "You can say that again. I just hope it doesn't turn out to anything that we shouldn't of tried to find out," "Well if it does, remember, I wasn't the one who came up with the idea of trying to analyse someone after only being here a day." Urahara just smiled at her remark. Over the next 24 hours, Ichigo and the others had had a pretty eventful few hours. Eventually they had ended up sitting by the river, with Orihime back, but Chad still missing. During that time, no-one had even questioned the whereabouts of Sara, being too preoccupied with the events that were already going on. After some discussion, or arguing, Uryu spoke. "What get's me is these games of theirs. Why don't they get to the point rather than making us waste our time by running around," There was a pause. "There's a lot we don't know," Ichigo commented. "Oh yeah, that reminds me," Orihime said. "You remember something about your kidnappers?" Ichigo asked excitedly. "No, but there was something I wanted to ask you guys," she said as everyone instantly got depressed. "Well what is it Orihime?" Uryu asked.

"What happened to Sara? I mean I know she hasn't turned up yet since the first day, but she's still missing. Do you guys know what happened to her?"

"We decided that we would look for her after finding you Orihime, but then things got complicated. Once this is all over, we'll try and see if we can find her, but right now, we need to focus on our current situation," Uryu explained.

"I see…" she responded.

"Hey that's a point! Do you think she was snatched up by those guys?" Ichigo questioned.

"That would be stupid. She disappeared before all this crazy stuff happened. What would be the point of taking her, when we didn't even know what had happened to Orihime?" Renji said.

"I guess so," Ichigo said. "Damn it! Where the hell could she have gone?" he almost yelled.

"Ichigo…" Orihime muttered.

"Oh shut up! Just because you have a weird thing for her doesn't mean you have to get all mushy on us!" Renji remarked.

"Hey shut up you idiot!"

"What? I'm only telling it like it is. I know how you got all teary eyed the other day when she came back!" Renji exclaimed.

"And just what the hell has that got to do with it?" Ichigo shouted.

"Both of you shut up!" Uryu called.

"Arguing like this isn't gonna get us anywhere!" Orihime added. Renji and Ichigo turned away from each other. Orihime looked at Ichigo as he stared at the ground.

"Wow. I think Ichigo is really concerned about her. I know I would be, if my best friend from 6 years ago had come back and left without saying anything. It must be really hard to accept that she's left him again…" she thought. The group then witnessed fireworks appear in the sky, along with a massive gate. They ran closer to it to see whether it was another illusion. Suddenly, the gate opened causing things to get pulled inside. The three mod souls were standing on the ledge on the gate. The group had to hold on to things to stop themselves from getting sucked in.

"YOU DIDN'T SEW ME TOGETHER VERY WELL!" Kon yelled as he was the first one to get sucked in. Ichigo yelled about how they defiant they were, but then Ririn showed them that she had Urahara's hat. Ichigo was shocked. Then, the van that Uryu was hanging on to got pulled up, along with him. Next, Orihime let go of the lamppost she was holding on. Ichigo jumped to catch her. Renji was the last to start getting pulled towards the gate. Ichigo passed Orihime to Renji, and tried to attempt his bankai. A huge mass of spiritual pressure emanated from him, as he tried to build his strength up.

"Ban-" Ichigo yelled, but he couldn't perform his bankai.

"What's the matter Ichigo?" Renji shouted. He was then hit on the head by a lamppost. They all started to fade into the gate.

"ICHIGO!" a voice screamed, but Ichigo couldn't tell who had said it. It was too late. He was too far into the portal.

The five of them woke up, in a desolate place. They all managed to meet up once again, and found that Chad had been captured, and was now at risk of being killed. They all entered a fight with the three mod souls. After a short while, another red portal appeared above them again. Ichigo once again tried to release his bankai, but couldn't master the strength to summon it. Just then, the glass around Chad broke. They all rushed up to see him. It was then revealed to them that the whole scheme had been designed to help strengthen them and to point out their weaknesses. They felt annoyed, but they understood.

"But that was not the only reason we decided to do this," Urahara went on to say.

"It wasn't? What else were you trying to do?" Ichigo asked.

"It'll be easier if I show you rather than having to explain it to you," he said. He then put his hand next to his mouth, as if he was about to shout. Everyone looked on with confusion. "Listen! You can come out now! We're not an enemy, I promise!" he yelled. Everyone looked at him blankly, but turned to where Urahara was looking. Out from behind one of the rocks, someone walked out: It was Sara. She had a mean look on her face.

"Sara?" Uryu yelled. Ichigo suddenly realised it was her who had called out his name before.

"Hold on a second, you guys didn't tell me she had spiritual pressure!" Renji commented.

"She has spiritual pressure?" Ichigo exclaimed. Everyone looked at him in disbelief.

"We didn't tell you because we didn't think you were this dumb! You seriously had no clue had spirit energy?" Uryu asked.

"Err…no," he said. Everyone couldn't believe what they were hearing. Ichigo turned back to Sara who hadn't moved a muscle.

"Hey! Where have you-" he started to say as he tried to walk towards her but Urahara put a hand out to stop him.

"What is it?" he asked.

"There's something I need to do first. Don't worry it won't take long, and trust me, you'll want to see this," Urahara explained as he walked in front of Ichigo.

"I'm sorry to do this, but it's really necessary," he called. He then turned to Kurodo who nodded. He then transformed in Renji and started to run towards her, blade in hand. Sara's eyes were full of shock.

"Urahara! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Ichigo roared.

"Just be patient," Urahara explained. They all looked back at Sara. Kurodo wasn't far away now. Ichigo couldn't help but feel sick. But then just before Kurodo reached her, she put her hands together in front of her stomach, creating an upside down triangle. Just then a large spiritual pressure came out of her. It shone brightly. When at last they could see again, they saw that Kurodo had stopped, in as much shock as they all were when they saw Sara. She had completely transformed. Her hair was now up in a high ponytail. She wore a black top that was short sleeved and showed off her boobs a bit with gold trimmings. She also wore on her legs black leggings and there was a holder on her right thigh with a dagger in it. On her arms, from her writs to almost her elbow, was armour that was black, but had gold intervals in arrow shapes, much like Soi Fon's zanpaktou release but without the huge finger. The same armour also ran down from her kneecap to foot, as the form of boots. No-one had seen anything like it before. They were all stunned. Just then, she held out her hand towards Kurodo, and a huge gust of wind pushed him back.

"Sara…." Ichigo muttered in shock of what he was seeing. It appeared that it was not only Ichigo who had changed in the 6 years they had been apart.