9 Chapter 9. Welcome

Few days passed since the invade of Espadas. During this time Ichigo learned that all this commotion was to kidnap Orihime Inoue and requested permission from Yamamoto Genryusai to go to Hueco Mundo to save Orihime but was denied.

After that Ichigo went to Urahara and there he and his friends Sado and Uryu decided to rescue Orihime, asked Urahara to open Garganta for them.

At first, Urahara refused. But after Nova said he will go with them, he opened Garganta for them.

Right after entering, they got attacked by two Arrancar named Demoura Zodd and Aisslinger Wernarr which They dealt with fairly easily but were forced to run outside as the passageway was collapsing, where they saw majestic Las Noches.

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The group was on their way to the Las Noches. However, they saw a little kid who was running from three hollows. Due to Ichigo's heroic sense, they decided to interview except Nova. Nova was there fazed by the sight of the kid. The kid really looked like someone he knew.

After the interview, they learned the kid's name was Nel and the hollows were her brothers and their pet as well as they were playing a game.

Ichigo recruited them and 8 of them left for Las Noches.

Soon they got attacked by a Hollow named Runuganga. As Runuganga was blocking the way Sado, Ichigo and Uryu fought him relentlessly. But their attack was meaningless as no matter which part of his body is destroyed Runuganga was able to reform it.

But suddenly, two of their friends Renji and Rukia appeared and Rukia used her Shikai's ability to finish off Runuganga.

Out of desperation, Runuganga opened a sinkhole and send them to the Forest of Menos which they were able to get out of after meeting a fellow shinigami Ashido.

After breaking into the Las Noches the group split and respectively fought against former Espadas or Privaron Espada.

As for Ichigo, he fought Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio whose number is 103. At first, Ichigo tried to defeat Dordoni without using his Bankai nor Hollow Mask but was unable to do so. Due to this Dordoni attacked Nel forcing Ichigo to use his Bankai to protect Nel. While confronting, Dordoni convinced Ichigo to use Hollow Mask which Ichigo did so, defeating Dordoni with ease.

While this fight was happening, Uryu Ishida was fighting against Cirucci Sanderwicci.

After splitting, Uryu found himself in a large hall with many large columns, and right after arriving, he was attacked by Cirucci.

Cirucci attacked Uryu with her Yo-Yo like zanpakuto forcing him to take cover behind the columns. The fight was one-sided as Cirucci was playing with him. Soon after Uryu was about to get killed, an ant-like hollow came in sight which Cirucci attacked subconsciously, saving Uryu in the process. With that ant-like hollow named Pesche teamed up with Uryu to fight against Cirucci.

Soon after Pesche used his special attack which forced Cirucci to release her Resurrection named Golondrina. After release, she introduced herself as Arrancar number 105, vowing to kill both of them.

The fight continued as the pair were getting pushed back once again. However, Ishida Uryu used his secret weapon named Seele Schneider, and ultimately defeated his enemy.

Sado on the other hand was fighting against Arrancar named Gantenbainne Mosqueda.

The fight between these two was mainly Hand-to-Hand combat as both of them were fighters not swordsmen.

At first, Gantenbainne told Sado there was no way Sado would win since he was a human who doesn't know how to use Sonido. Despite this Sado was holding his ground against him and soon got the upper hand forcing Gantenbainne to release his Ressurection.

After that Gantenbainne fired a wave of cero to Sado. As the dust clears Gantenbainne looked at the Sado, surprised.

Sado apologized for neglecting to tell him one thing. He states that his right arm holds defensive power while his left arm holds offensive power which is named Brazo Izquierda del Diablo.

Gantenbainne commented that and fired another blast of energy which Sado used his left hand to easily dissipate. Visually surprised by this, Gantenbainne charged at Sado and attacked him. However, Sado blocked the attack with his right arm. Sado gathered spiritual energy on his left arm and used his special attack, La Muerte ultimately defeating Gantenbainne.

While this was happening Nova confronted the 8th Espada, Szayelaporro Granz.

"Who are you?" Szayelaporro demanded which Nova didn't bother to reply.

Nova vanished from Szayelaporro's sight and suddenly appearing behind him. Szayelaporro felt the danger and tried to use Sonido and escape but Nova karate chopped him, ultimately making Szayelaporro faint.

As for Rukia was in a building that forbids all the sun's light to enter it facing, the 9th Espada Aaroniero Arruruerie.