Flabbergasted, surprised, and not believing their eyes and ears. Masara claimed that she is Orihime's older sister, but Orihime never even knew she existed.

"You're….my sister?" Orihime said.

"That's nothing, but a lie. Orihime only had a brother and he's gone." Ichigo said.

"Believe me, it's the truth. I happen to be seven years older than Orihime." Masara said. "It doesn't surprise me that you never heard of me. Our parents never really did give a care for us since they always beaten me and Sora. It soon came to the point when I couldn't take it anymore, so I ran away just a little after Orihime was born."

"So what do you want from us?" Ichigo said.

"Isn't it obvious? We want you soul reapers dead!" Hayne said as he tried to attack, but Ichigo blocked him.

"This is crazy. I never even knew Orihime had a sister." Chad said as he tried to stand up, but Girusei's katana was held near his neck.

"Don't even try it. Without you powers, you can't do anything." Girusei said. Meanwhile, Rukia and Renji continued to battle against Nyle.

"You're mine!" Renji said as he thrusted his sword and it stretched, but Nyle avoided it and lashed at Renji. Just as Renji was about to go again, he was whipped at again gaining some cuts on his chest.

"You're not too bad, but you don't stand a chance against me." Nyle said as he moved his sword like it was a ribbon for eurythmic gymnastics.

"Why's that?" Renji said.

"The answer is our swords. They both are similar in style, but when two weapons like ours are against each other, the smaller one retracts faster and gives the wielder more time to act." Nyle said.

"Then how about we try this?" Rukia said as she already pulled out her shikai. "Some no mai, Tsukishiro!" Nyle saw the circle of ice, but he jumped out of the way a second before the ice shot into the sky. Nyle lashed at Rukia, but Renji blocked the attack.

"I'll admit, you two have some real power." Nyle said.

"You're the one that doesn't have a chance against us. Both Renji and I are lieutenants." Rukia said.

"Lieutenants? You must be so proud, but that means nothing once I absorb your very existence." Nyle said. Ichigo was busy fighting both Makin and Hayne while Orihime and Masara were talking.

"I don't understand. If you really are my sister, why didn't Sora ever tell me about you?" Orihime said.

"Who knows? Listen to me Orihime, I'm really the only family you have left." Masara said. "I don't want to fight you. I want you to join me."

"Join you?" Orihime said.

"Yes. I can see you need some time to process all of this." Masara said. "You will meet me again, but you better lose those soul reapers."

"Why are you doing this? Why do you want to destroy all soul reapers?" Orihime said.

"You'll find out soon enough. Boys, it's time for us to go." Masara said.

"Now? I was starting to have some fun." Hayne complained.

"Are you defying my orders?" Masara said that gave him a stare that sent shivers down his spine and made him uncomfortable.

"Sorry ma'am." Hayne said. Girusei pulled away his sword and kicked Chad in the back.

"I guess this is where we part ways." Girusei.

"You won't get away with this." Chad said.

"What could you possibly do to stop us? You lost your powers." Girusei said. Chad knew he was right, but there must have been some way he could regain his powers or some way for him to help in this fight. Nyle jumped down from the roof and hit the ground.

"Perhaps another time lieutenants." Nyle said.

"Fine, we'll leave, but I'm not done with you, Ichigo." Hayne said and all of them used the flash step like ability to escape. Ichigo ran right over to Orihime and helped her up.

"Are you alright, Orihime?" Ichigo said, but she wasn't responding. Rukia and Renji came down to the others.

"Is everyone okay?" Rukia said.

"I'm afraid not. I'm not hurt, but I can't feel my fullbring anymore." Chad said. "It's true on what they said. My powers are gone. The most I can do is still here and see you guys."

"I saw that Masara use the same technique on Orihime." Ichigo said. "Orihime, is it true that she is your sister?"

"I really don't know." Orihime said. She seemed more depressed than what she was letting on. Ichigo could see it in her eyes that the light of happiness she always seemed to have in them was gone.

"Wait a minute. I can feel Uryu's spiritual pressure. He's fighting someone and he isn't that far." Renji said.

….

Uryu

Uryu fought hard against Susuke as he fired multiple arrows at him, but Susuke was able to avoid all of them. Susuke was about to attack some more, but he sensed that his comrades have already left.

"It would seem milady and the others have already left. I guess that means I should take my leave as well." Susuke said.

"Running away?" Uryu said.

"A retreat. We will meet again archer." Susuke said.

"My name is Uryu, Uryu Ishida, and to be more acquit, I'm known as a quincy." Uryu said and Susuke managed to getaway.

"Uryu!" Uryu turned around to see Ichigo and the others run up to him.

"Uryu, are you alright?" Ichigo said.

"Of course. What happened at the school?" Uryu said.

"We learned about a couple things that you wouldn't believe." Rukia said. Uryu was told about Masara and how Chad and Orihime lost their powers.

"That is unreal. I never heard of an ability that takes away a human's spiritual power." Uryu said.

"We better get to Kisuke. Hopefully he'll know how to restore Orihime and Chad's power." Renji said.

…

Urahara Shop

When they arrived at Urahara Shop, Kisuke and Tessai were using every resource they could put together, but they couldn't restore Chad and Orihime's power.

"I'm sorry, but it doesn't look like there is anything we can do." Kisuke said.

"You've got to try. You were able to restore my powers, you must be able to bring back theirs." Ichigo said.

"I was able to because I had gathered the spirit energy of the captains and the lieutenants." Kisuke said. "The problem is that there aren't many fullbrings to give Chad and we don't even know if there are others that had powers like Orihime."

"But surely there must be something you can do." Ichigo demanded.

"Ichigo, it's okay." Orihime said as she got up and left the room. Ichigo was going to go after her, but Rukia stopped him.

"Ichigo, just leave her alone for a while. A lot has happened that revolves around her." Rukia said. Orihime stared at the night sky. She tried to bring out her Shun Shun Rikka, but nothing happened. Her hairpins were just ordinary hairpins now. They were like a part of her while at the same time were living creatures. What's worse is that all she ever wanted to do was help Ichigo. Now that she has nothing, she can't do anything for him or for her friends, but be a burden and that's something she never wanted. It was all too much for her to handle as she fell to her knees and she let out all the tears.

…

Masara

Masara and her small group returned to their cavern. Once there, Girusei and Masara released the spirit energy they stole into some kind of square.

"A little more energy and it will be ready." Girusei said.

"Excellent." Masara said.

"Forgive me Masara, but I failed in my battle with the one named Uryu and couldn't get his energy." Susuke said.

"It doesn't matter at this point. Can you take an estimate on how many more days until its ready?" Masara said.

"I say at the rate we're going, I say about a few more days." Susuke said.

"Excellent." Masara said, but when she looked around she saw that something was missing. "Do any of you know where Kimika is?"

"I think she said she was about to take care of something important." Makin said.

…

The Kurosakis

"Karin, do you know what's going on with Ichigo?" Yuzu asked. "He said he was working a late shift, but I haven't heard or seen him left."

"Something came up." Karin said.

"Oh wait, does it have something to do with that thing he's always doing?" Yuzu said. She still hasn't been able to see Ichigo as a soul reaper, but she does know about it.

"You could say that. Where's Dad?" Karin said.

"He went to the store to get some groceries I needed for dinner. I told him he didn't have to go through the trouble, but I couldn't stop him." Yuzu said.

"Well that figures." Karin said. They didn't know it, but just outside their home was someone and that someone meant to cause trouble.