Air Date: Oct 31, 2007
In order to save the young girl, Ichigo and company beat up on the Hollows chasing her, but to their surprise, the girl yells for them to stop. Read More
In order to save the young girl, Ichigo and company beat up on the Hollows chasing her, but to their surprise, the girl yells for them to stop. It turns out that shea 's an Arrancar, and this was all just a game for them. She then introduces herself as Nel Tu, her brothers are Pesche and Dondochakka (who arena 't really her brothers), and their pet is Bawabawa. Ichigo questions if theya 're really Arrancar since they give a different feeling than the Arrancar who came to the real world, so Nel explains that those were the NA meros - the Menos Grande and higher who become Arrancar. The NA meros are identified by their two digits numbers and are under direct control of the Espada. It is at this point that Nel realizes that Ichigo and company are the ones who dona 't look like Arrancar, and she panics when they turn out to be Shinigami, Quincy, and human because she thinks theya 're the bad guys and are going to kill her.
Unsure of what to do, Nel talks with her brothers and decides to play the endless chasing game, so she steals Ichigoa 's zanpaktou and starts running. Bawabawa gets Ishida and Sado running too, and the game doesna 't end until Nel trips over a tree branch. Ichigo saves her from getting buried under the others when they all trip as well, and after checking to see if shea 's okay, he turns towards the palace, ready to continue heading towards it again. Nel starts crying because hea 's leaving, and it is at this point that a huge Hollow called Lunuganga emerges from the sand. It quickly becomes apparent that Lunuganga is hostile, so Ichigo fires off a Getsuga Tenshou. Although this splits Lunugangaa 's head in half, the Hollow is able to reform because hea 's made of sand. Lunuganga can also create twisters, and one of them nearly sucks Nel in. Fortunately, Ichigo grabs her hand in time, and he Ishida, and Sado use their special abilities to destroy a twister each.
Their simultaneous attack on the giant Hollow appears at first glance to destroy Lunuganga, but a large sand pit then develops underneath their feet. Ichigo learns from Nel that Lunugangaa 's weakness is water, but there is no water in this desert. Nevertheless, a blast of ice suddenly comes out of nowhere, freezes Lunuganga, and shatters him. The culprit is Rukia, and shea 's arrived with Renji. The first thing the two of them do when they reach Ichigo is to hit him for coming to Hueco Mundo without waiting for them. Rukia and Renji were determined to come back from Soul Society, and she questions why Ichigo didna 't believe in them since theya 're friends. Ichigo realizes that shea 's right, and after a botched introduction from Nel, Pesche and Dondochakka, Ichigo and company start to resume their trek towards the palace. However, Nel insists on taking Ichigo to Las Noches, so the group rides Bawabawa through the desert instead of walking.
Along the way, Ichigo asks Rukia about the mantles that she and Renji are wearing, and hea 's shocked to learn that were given by Byakuya. Reasoning that he had only been ordered to bring them back to Soul Society and nothing more than that, Byakuya had actually helped them get back to the real world, and Urahara got them to Hueco Mundo. Byakuya had also made a disparaging remark about Ichigo though, and that gets him mad. His attention, however, soon turns back to Lunuganga who has appeared again in front of them. Read Less
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