The show starts off with a quick replay of the last 5 minutes of episode 83, where Kira Izuru appears after Ichigo frees himself of his Hollow side. In Urahara's shop, Hanatarou of the 6th squad (the healer who helped Ichigo in Soul Society) to tend to Renji and the boy he saved. He quickly gets to work.

 

After Cloud is stabbed in the shoulder by the female Bountou, her twin Dolls tell her to let Orihime and Rukia regroup, so that the fight will be more interesting. Cloud gets up, explaining that whatever happens to his Gigai he can't be killed. The three then attempt to run away, but the Bountou goes after them. She throws her sword at the trio, but it is blocked by Mabashi (the Bountou who Kariya forced to drink the purified souls). Mabashi says he will take it from there, and the two Bountou have a quick fight before the female Bountou retreats.

 

Mabashi, who has released his Doll, begin assaulting Orihime, Cloud and Rukia. After a lot of flying around, the Doll becomes serious and begins to wreak havoc on the surrounding buildings. The Doll then pierces itself into Rukia's chest, and sudddenly her eyes become dark and dull. It is quite obvious now that she has been possessed by the Doll.

 

Back to Ichigo. Kira begins to fight with Daruku. He brings out his Soul Slayer, Wabisuke. Kira does not look as if e is winning at first, but Daruku begins to feel heavier as the fight progresses. Kira explains that Wabisuke doubles the weight of anything it cuts. Meanwhile, Ichigo is trying to tae Keigo to Urahara, but Gowa stands in his way. He tries to cut him down, but Gowa easily overpowers him. I don't knoiw why but Ichigo is depicted to be very weak in the recent fights. Ichigo, who is meant to be at Captain level, cannot even defeat Gowa, a mere human. Sure he's bleeding all over, but we've all seen Ichigo in action before. He can endure a few cuts. Kira defeats Daruku after doubling her weight. Ichigo wants to finish the fight with Gowa, but he returns Daruku and disapperas into the shadow of a building. Now why couldn't Ichigo run after him? It's not as if Bountous can teleport. The writers just made this part convenient, not knowing how to finish the fight...

 

Rukia, who is now possessed, obeys Mabashi's orders to attack Orihime. She grabs Orihime's collar and begins to choke her...