"Chad!" Ichigo yelled as he disappeared from view behind a wall of flames. Ichigo looked on with horror, thinking Sara had killed him. Just then, Chad shot out of the flames, running, and covered in scruffs. He looked beat up, but he also seemed to haves some fight in him left.

"Chad!" Orihime called. Chad stopped and tried to look for Sara. She was still floating in the sky. He launched an attack at her, but she dodged it like it was nothing. She then flew towards Chad like a bullet. He only just realised where she was when she was right in front of him. She kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying into a rock. Everyone stared on with amazement. When the dust settled Chad was lying on the ground below.

"Hey Chad are you okay?" Ichigo shouted.

"I think it's fair to say that he's done. Tessai! Could you fetch him? Renji you're up next!" Urahara said. Renji nodded. As Tessai managed to get Chad off the ground, Renji walked over to battle Sara. She flew down to the ground to restart the battle. "Renji! Just so you're aware, for this experiment, you're not allowed to use your bankai!" Urahara called.

"Why not!" Renji questioned.

"Since when is this an experiment?" Sara roared furiously.

"Since Ichigo has not regained his bankai, it'll be like going down a step if you use it and then Ichigo comes to fight Sara, provided of course that she can beat you that is," Urahara explained. Renji let out a sigh.

"Fine," Renji said. He looked up a Sara. She was already in a stance.

"Come on then! I want to see what the power of a Soul Reaper Lieutenant is like!" Sara stated with a grin on her face. It was apparent that she was looking forward to this fight.

"Don't get too excited. You might just find yourself in a world of pain," Renji claimed.

"We'll just see about that," she replied, her grin still on her face. Renji drew his sword.

"Roar, Zabimaru!" His blade changed shape. Sara looked on with interested.

"So that's what his zanpaktou is like. From the looks of things, it has no particular special ability other than being a strong blade. This'll be easier than I thought," she thought to herself. Renji let out a groan as he flung the blade at her. It swept round, stretching out. She managed to dodge it. However, Renji then instantly stretched out his sword so it flew up with her. Sara was surprised. She then looked at Renji; he had a bit of a smirk on his face. She then stretched out her hands, but they were not directed down to protect her. Instead they were aimed at Renji. He looked confused. But suddenly the rock behind him cam flying at him. He had to dodge it. His sword stopped the attack. Sara took advantage of the commotion and flew fast towards Renji. He managed to get his sword back together in order to stop Sara's fist. Each one of them put up an enormous force.

"She has this kind of power in only one fist...? Of course, the way she uses the air around her to fly, it's probably what is giving her such a strong punch," Renji overcame her and managed to send her backwards. She then flew back and raised her arm in the air.

"Ice shower!" she beckoned. A vast array of ice shards appeared above her. She swung her arm down across her and the shards were sent flying in Renji's path. He flash stepped out of the way, but he had to keep doing it in order to keep up with the vast number of shards that were trying to hit him. As soon as he was clear of the shower of ice, he continued to use the flash step in order to find a better place to attack from.

"Want to make this a game of speed?" Sara's voice came from behind him. He turned his head. She was keeping up with him and was looking him dead in the eyes. "Fine then!" Renji swung his sword, but she dodged and dramatically picked up speed. From were everyone else was standing, Sara wasn't disappearing and then reappearing like Renji was with his flash step. Instead she was becoming more and more like a blur. As she sped up she managed to fire a small fireball at Renji. It hit sending him flying. As he flew he shouted.

"Shakkahou!" The small red ball was aimed right at her. Sara's eyes widened but she managed to dodge it. She then flew a bit lower than Renji. She outstretched her arm and a couple of vines shout out. They wrapped around Renji's ankle. He looked shocked. She then screamed and started to swing him round in a circle. He was defenceless, the force being too great to get a clear view on the target. She did two full rotations before releasing him. He was sent into a rock. There was a loud crash as he hit it.

"Renji…" Ichigo muttered. He then looked at Sara. She looked a little worn out, but he was still surprised at how little she seemed tired. Everyone waited to see if Renji was OK. After a few moments, Renji reappeared. He was walking on the ground. He looked beat up. He had a few scratches and a tad bit of blood.

"Is that all you've got, huh?" Sara yelled.

"Don't get too damn cocky!" Renji roared. Sara made the first move. She held her arms in a cross across her body and then threw them down. Two slices of wind attacked Renji.

"This is no ordinary wind. These are super sharp! If I didn't have my zanpaktou, I'd be sliced in half by that!" Renji thought as he managed to block her attack. He then grunted as he threw his sword at her again. She simply dodged.

"Water slicer!" she barked as a slice of water, much like the wind she had thrown before, headed for Renji. He managed to doge it in time. He looked back at what damage it had done. It had cut straight through the rock like butter.

"I see. So that attack is a beam of highly pressurised water. It's like that last attack. The soul purpose is to cut things in half with ease!" he thought. They both went to the ground and eyed each other up again.

"You've got moves, I'll give you that, but tricks like that won't be enough to beat me," Renji stated.

"We'll just see what these so called 'tricks' can do!" she yelled. She closed her eyes and a white light was emitted. She was shrouded from view. But then everyone heard something vile. A roar, a roar like none they had ever heard. It was loud but it was also a piercing sound, as though it contained the very intent to kill. When the light died down. Everyone stood in amazement as what had happened. Sara had transformed, but this time not as a lion. No, this time she had transformed, into her dragon form. Everyone was shocked at what she had just performed. The dragon then roared again, the same piercing roar as before. It was so strong it started to make the air shake. She then rocked back her head and let out a massive wave of fire. It was large. Much larger than the one she had performed earlier on Chad. There was no escape for Renji. It was too late. He tried to defend against it, but it was fire, not something that could be stopped by any zanpaktou. Renji was engulfed in the flames. Everyone gasped. Sara then changed back into her normal armoured form. She didn't seem to have any regret in her eyes. After a few more seconds of waiting, Renji came spluttering out of the flames. He was beat up, badly. He didn't look like he had any strength left.

"Nice try, but I win," Sara said. Renji turned his head and saw she was looking past his shoulder. He then looked down and saw her knife pointed centimetres in front of his stomach. She then took it away and slid it back into her holder. Renji went onto one knee in exhaustion. Sara did the same behind him. The group all came rushing over.

"Renji! Sara!" Ichigo called. Just then Orihime released her Sōten Kisshun, and started to heal the both of them.

"Well, that was certainly an interesting match!" Urahara exclaimed.

"I'll say. The moocher got his butt kicked!" Jinta mocked.

"Oh shut up will you!" Renji retaliated. He felt pissed off. "Damn it! Even without my bankai, I should have been able to beat her. She's a human with special abilities so she should have been like Chad, Uryu or Orihime…but this way too intense for that. I'd say that she was on the same skill level as Ichigo, maybe stronger. I don't believe that she could have got that strong without some sort of help, but..." He turned to look at her. "Where on earth could she have gotten training that made her that strong? Hm…" Just then, Tessai came running over.

"What's up?" Urahara asked.

"I just got word that Uryu has appeared at the hospital," he answered.

"What?" Ichigo exclaimed.