Ichigo successfully defeats Ikkaku of the Eleventh Company & is rewarded with a valuable piece of information--the location of where Rukia is being detained as she awaits execution. However Ichigos companion the pyrotechnics-wielding Ganju is having a much harder time with his Soul Reaper opponent. Meanwhile Orihime & Uryu confront the younger brother of the gargantuan gatekeeper whom Ichigo defeated a little while ago. Its time for Uryu to put all his training to the test & prove to everyone (and himself) how much more powerful he has become.