The information of Orihime, Karin, and Chad awakening the true power of their zanpakutō have been made to the head captain.

"That's amazing. So your swords can change form?" Yuzu wondered.

"That's right. Which raises a question, Ichigo how come your sword is always in shikai?" Karin asked.

"It's because Ichigo has so much spirit energy that his sword stays in that form all the time." Rukia said. "Now what do we do?"

"I guess we should head back to the world of the living." Ichigo said.

"Good idea. I need some practice with this new power." Chad said.

"Me too. I barely know how to use it." Orihime said.

"Lieutenant Abarai!" A fellow soul reaper was running up right to them.

"Is there a problem?" Renji said.

"An unauthorized senkaimon has opened in the rukon district." The soul reaper said.

"What?" Renji said.

"We better check this out." Rukia said as all of them headed outside the Seireitei.

…

The Rukon District

A senkaimon opened up in the sky and a group of people fell through. That group was Masara's group. Masara looked around as she never witness the Soul Society before.

"This is the Soul Society? It just looks like a run down and old village." Hayne said. "I thought it look more impressive."

"We're not here for a vacation." Susuke said.

"What do we do now?" Makin asked.

"Spread out and find the place known as the Seireitei. That's where all the soul reapers live." Masara said and they all agreed as they all went in different directions. 'I can feel her.' Masara thought. 'I can feel Orihime's spirit pressure, she's here. That's perfect.'

…

Ichigo's Group

Ichigo and his friends just made it outside the Seireitei and they were beginning to feel the spiritual pressure of Masara and the others.

"You guys feel that?" Renji said.

"Yeah, it's Masara and her friends." Uryu said.

"How did they get here? I thought you would have to die or use a senkaimon to enter the Soul Society." Karin said.

"Unless they did have one. Is that why they stole Orihime's and Chad's spirit energy, to fuel it?" Uryu said.

"We'll worry about that later. Right now we need to find them before it's too late." Ichigo said. "If they absorb spirit energy here, the person will be gone for good."

"We better split up, we'll cover more ground that way." Rukia said.

"Okay. Karin and Yuzu, be careful." Ichigo said.

"Looks like now you trust us to take care of ourselves. Come on Yuzu." Karin said.

"Right." Yuzu said as she followed after Karin as everyone else went in different directions. Karin and Yuzu searched around the place and as they did with people minding their own business. "Look at this place. It's quite quaint, don't you think?"

"We're not here for sightseeing." Karin said, but stopped in her tracks when she saw someone through a dust cloud. When it settled, it was Kimika and she was surprised to see them as they were.

"Well, it's you again." Kimika said.

"It can't be!" Karin said.

"What a coincidence." Kimika said. "If I knew you were a soul reaper, I would have finished you off sooner, and it doesn't look like your big brother is here to save you this time.." Kimika pulled out her zanpakutō and Karin was getting ready with people clearing out.

"Yuzu, get out of here." Karin said.

"I can't leave you. I want to help." Yuzu said.

"If you want to help, go get Ichigo. I can't fight her and protect you at the same time." Karin said.

"Okay." Yuzu and ran off to find Ichigo. Kimika ran right ahead and attacked, but Karin pulled out her twin swords and blocked her from attack. Kimika swung her sword and tried a spin kick, but Karin ducked down. Kimika used the force of her first kick to go around and kicked her in the chest and had hit against a wall.

"Do you even know what you're doing? You seem to have lousy swordsmanship. You might look good in that outfit but that's about all you're gonna get from this." Kimika said with a chuckle.

"Shut up! Keep balance of good and bad, Ikari to Yasahi!" Karin shouted as she released her shikai.

"That must be your shikai. I might as well show you mine." Kimika said. "Swarm, Mushisasare. (insect sting) The blade of her sword broke down into a bunch of needles that floated around her.

"What is this?" Karin said.

"My shikai is a bunch of flying needles I can control with my spirit energy and I can create more out of the hilt." Kimika said. She launched some, but Karin jumped onto a building roof. She jumped off and was about to strike from above, but the needles came together and blocked her.

"How did…" Karin was pushed back into small house. Kimika walked inside and tried to look around for her. Karin snuck to a window and opened it to jump out, but Kimika heard her when she land.

"There you are!" Kimika said and Karin made a run for it. "You're not getting away." She shot more of her needles. Karin rolled against the sides of some buildings, but got a few cuts.

'She's even stronger than the last time I faced her.' Karin thought. 'Where are you Yuzu? I could really use Ichigo's help.'

…..

Ichigo

Ichigo was searching around the rukon district, but there wasn't a sign of Masara or any of the others anywhere.

"Where are they?" Ichigo said.

"Ichigo!" He turned around and saw Yuzu run up to him.

"Yuzu, what's wrong?" Ichigo said.

"Karin needs help." Yuzu said.

…..

Karin

Karin ran down a path as she avoided more of the needles. Kimika ran after her as she used more of them to cut off her path.

"Nowhere to run now." Kimika said. She tossed more of them, but Karin used her swords to try and block them. Kimika surprised her as she grabbed Karin's wrist. "You can't avoid them this time." More of her needles came at Karin, but that didn't stop her. She kicked Kimika in the gut and escaped the grasp as she jumped to the roofs.

"How do you like your own medicine?" Karin said, but when she saw the results, Kimika wasn't even hurt.

"Nice try!" Kimika said and shot a few more. Karin tried to cover herself, but got a few in her arms. She got tried to make a run for it as she tried to pull them out. She failed to notice that she was leaving a trail of her own blood. "She doesn't give up easily. That just means more fun for me." Kimika was enjoying her torment with a wicked laugh filling the air. Karin managed to hide in a small hut as she catch her breath.

"I didn't expect it to go like this." Karin said. She heard the door open and thought it was her, but it was Yuzu and Ichigo.

"Karin!" Ichigo said as he closed the door and they both ran over to her.

"You're hurt." Yuzu said.

"Yuzu told me what happened. Are you okay?" Ichigo said.

"I'll be fine." Karin said. Both of them sensed Kimika's spirit pressure. "She's here!"

"I know. Both of you get behind me." Ichigo said as they backed up to the wall because they thought she come through the door and Ichigo stood ready for a fight.

"Watch out for her shikai. She can control hundreds of needles with her spirit energy." Karin said.

"Got it." Ichigo said. It was too quiet and that made them uneasy. It would seem like she didn't even knew they were there, but they were wrong. Kimika kicked through the wall and pushed Karin and Ichigo right outside. Both of them tried to stand and was hard to believe as they breathed in dust. "Karin, are you alright?"

"I think so. Where's Yuzu?" Karin said.

"Looking for her." They saw Kimika had her with her arm around her neck and the needles were dangerously close.

"Let go of her!" Karin said.

"That depends on what the two of you do. Try anything and she'll have more needles in her than a pin cushion." Kimia threatened and walked over to Karin with her eyes on Ichigo. "I'll be with you in a minute, after I'm done with her."

"Why you!" Ichigo groaned.

"Drop your swords." Kimika said. Karin couldn't risk getting Yuzu hurt so she did what she said and dropped them both. "That's a good girl." She kicked Yuzu away, but Ichigo caught her and launched Kimika needles in Karin. She then kicked Karin in the air. "Now to finish this!" Kimika said as she jumped up.

"No don't!" Ichigo shouted. Kimika was about to inject all of her needles in Karin, but spotted someone on the roof next to her.

"Reign over the frosted heavens, Hyōrinmaru!" A dragon made of ice came down and trapped Kimika in a pillar of ice. Karin was about to hit the ground until it was Toshiro who caught her.

"Toshiro!" Ichigo said.

"Captain!" Rangiku called out as she ran over to him. "Captain, is Karin okay?"

"Send for a member of Squad Four." Toshiro said.

"Yes sir." Rangiku said and Karin began to open her eyes.

"Toshiro?"

"Don't worry, you'll be okay." Toshiro said. They thought it was over, but the needles impaled through the ice and managed to break Kimika free.

"I think that's enough. I'm out of here." Kimika said as she jumped from building to building.

"Come back here!" Ichigo said as he was about to go after her.

"Leave her. We should treat your sister's injuries first." Toshiro said.

"I guess you're right." Ichigo said.

….

Orihime

Orihime was running around as she felt all the spiritual pressures of Karin, Kimika, and for a moment Toshiro.

"It seems like the fight has settled. That's good. I hope Karin is okay." Orihime said. She was about to keep going until someone stepped out from between the buildings and it was Masara.

"There you are Orihime. I've been looking for you." Masara said. Orihime was nervous because it looked like she was about to face against her sister.