07x19 - Oath! Back Here Alive Again

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Ichigo and his friends have set out forAizen's headquarters, Las Noches.

But they are dragged intothe Forest of Menos

by Runuganga,the Guardian of the White Sand.

In the forest, Rukia is separatedfrom Ichigo and his friends.

She is saved by Ashido,a mysterious Soul Reaper.

Long ago, Ashido followed Hollowsinto the Forest of Menos.

He fought Hollows by himselffor many years.

Save your...friend!

Ashido!

Ichigo and his friends are able to make itback to the surface with Ashido's help,

and they finally make itto Las Noches.

Your friends haveentered Hueco Mundo.

Why?

œWhy, you ask?

They've come to save you.

Aside from that...They have no other reasons.

They came to save me?

That's right.

But that no longerhas any meaning for you.

By wearing that, it means you areone of us in body and soul.

That™s the reality, Orihime Inoue.

Yes.

Tell me. Who doesyour body and soul belong to?

Yes.

Lord Aizen and his desires.

Did we break through it?

It looks like it¦Wind is passing through.

Wh-What are you doing?!

The entrance is justa three-day walk in that direction!

Idiot¦ This isn't a friend's house.

We can't go in through the front.

We don't have the timeto walk for three days either.

Nel.

Thank you for bringing us this far.

But if you involve yourselveswith us any more,

you'll wind up beingtreated as traitors.

So this is farewell.

Later!

W-Wait, Ichigo!

Ichigo!

Ichigo!

We were traitors from the momentthat Lord Runuganga saw us together!

No¦ It may havebeen far before then.

Lord Aizen may have already known!Lord Aizen will never forgive us for that!

Even if Lord Aizen forgives us,the Espada won't!

Nel is not saying that Nelwants you to take us with you!

Nel is just telling you thisso you don't get worried about us!

What is she saying?

I think she wants himto be worried about her.

Nel is not saying that Nelwants you to take us with you!

Nel™s not saying that!Nel™s not saying that!

“ Nel™s not saying that!“ Aww¦ Jeez. All right¦

What?

Her voice is getting fainter.

It seems thatshe fell underground.

Fell? What do you mean?!

Oh! Wait, Ichigo!

Nel!

Ow ow¦

That hurts!

That hurts!

That™s my line!

What are you fools doing?!

Oh yeah! Where's Nel?

We just came here after Nel.

Yeah.

Huh? Then where is she?

Ichigo! Look!

What is this?

The floor fell through?

No¦ It's probably some airshaftor something that was in the walls.

It looks like she fell through here.

She sure is a lot of trouble.

Hueco Mundo surehas a lot of holes.

Nel!

Are you all right?!

What should we do?

What should we do?

Well, we can't leave her alone.

Jeez. What troublesome guys!

Good grief¦

Let's go!

Ichigo, you idiot! Baldy!Piece of crap! Good-for-nothing!

Who's a good-for-nothing?!

Wh-Why did you come?!

Nel doesn't really want youto take me with you.

Aw¦ I'm getting kind of annoyed¦

I'll really leave you!

You pretended to come and save Nel,but you just came to pick on Nel!

All right! I get it. Don't cry!

I'll take you with me,so give me a break!

Good?

Ichi...go!

Ichigo!

You ended up crying again?

What are they doing?

They're doing a stand-up routine.

What's that?

I hear it coming from above us!

Yeah.

Yeah.

Everyone, jump!

Here¦ Blow your noseand wipe away your tears.

Kurosaki, run!

Hey, guys¦

Ah! Nel, you're safe!

Yeah.

Let me play too!

Get off me!

You did it to me yet again.

Whoa.That was close.

That was close.

Ichigo, are you all right?!

You guys¦

Anyway, let's get out of here.

Yeah¦

Let's see if there are other stairs.

Hey, you guys! Hey!

It sure is dark here.

For times like this,just leave it to me!

What is it? Can you dosomething about it?

When tweaked a bit,kido can be used like this!

Shakkaho!

Oh? That's a pretty small light.

I didn't think thatyou were so reserved.

Fool! This happened becausehe tried to look cool

by using an Eishohakieven though he's not good at it.

Well, don't worry about it.

We can follow the brightnessof your red hair!

There's even a song about it.

A reindeer with a bright red nosebecomes useful to Santa¦

Shut up!

What's with this place?

Say¦ Did this place existbefore Aizen came?

Hmm¦

Lord Aizen built the building above,but I don't know about the basement.

This area was probablythe old building.

It's probably not used now.

Well¦ I don't care either way.

Let's go upstairsas soon as possible!

Something just shined!

Huh? I didn't see anything.

“ I'm going to go check!“ All right!

Oh! Hey, wait!

What's this?

What is it?

This has got to be the exit!

Indeed¦ The materialsused to make it are different.

Everything from this point onmust be the newly constructed building.

In other words, it's notabandoned like this area is.

It's being used now.

We should be cautiousfrom this point on.

“ We don't know what--“ Ishida!

Move aside for a moment!

Ah! There are stairs!

Another door.

Kurosaki, you shouldbe a little more--

We just have to smash throughand move on!

We finally came toa decent-looking place!

A crossroad, huh?

What a troublesomeplace to come to.

Nel¦

Sorry¦

It looks like we'll have topart ways here after all.

Huh?

It doesn't seem like you guyswill be able to withstand

the Spiritual Pressurefrom this point on!

I can't even imagine whatmight happen from here on.

There are five paths.

We've got to check each one,starting from the ones on the ends!

No¦

Let's go down separate pathsat the same time.

What are you saying?!We're talking about Espada!

It would be betterif we move together!

If we become separated¦

Stop.

It's insulting for a warrior to be concernedabout his life while in the b*ttlefield.

Ichigo¦ You say that becauseyou are worried about me,

but it is not like youto say something like that.

I told you that youdon't need to worry about me.

I didn't come here soyou would be worried about me!

All right¦

Let's go down separate paths.

All right!

Then, before we leave,let's chant a charm!

A charm?

Yeah¦ It's a traditional ThirteenCourt Guard Squads ritual of sorts

that™s done before big battles.

It's fallen out of use. There aren'tmany squads that do it now.

But I figure it's somethingto do at times like this.

Come on!Place your hands together!

Don't look so unenthusiastic!I don't really want to do it either!

We're going into battle now!

Believe...that our bladescannot be broken!

Believe...that our heartswill not yield!

Even if we lose our way,our iron will is one!

Vow...that even if the earth splits,we will come back to this place alive!

They left¦

What should we do?

Hmm¦

If we turn back now,it'll still be dangerous.

Oh!

Where are you going, Nel?

Ichigo¦ Nel is going after Ichigo!

Going after him?

Nel had¦

Nel had fun!

Nel had lots and lots of fun!

Nel still¦

Nel still want to stay withIchigo and the others!

“ Nel!“ What?

All right! We're¦

We™re going too!

Which way did Nel go?

Lord Aizen and his desires.

She only hesitatedfor an instant.

She didn't flinch at my question.

She's a tough woman.

Hey¦

How is our pet doing?

Nnoitora¦

I know that Lord Aizen has left youin charge of that woman.

How wonderful¦

So? How far haveyou disciplined her?

How vulgar.

Don't get too crabby¦

I'm just asking youif things are going well.

Come on.

You're curious?

That's such a trifling matter.

Huh?

Don't worry¦

That woman was underLord Aizen™s spell

before she cameto Hueco Mundo.

His Kyokasuigetsu, huh?

Of course not. There's no need for himto use it for something like this.

He placed her in several psychologicalcages when he brought her here.

He ordered her to surrender

and made her unable to refuseby using her friends' lives.

Afterwards, he gave hera -hour reprieve

and allowed her to say good-byeto one of her friends

on the condition thatno one else could notice her.

You call that a cage?

By giving her a reprieve,

and allowing her to say good-byeto a friend in such a tense situation,

she'll mistakenly believe thatwe've shown her sympathy

and her feelings willwaver a little.

But her friends' lives were not actuallyat risk during that -hour reprieve.

Furthermore, even thoughshe was forced to surrender¦

By allowing her to choosesomeone to say good-bye to,

she'd get the idea thatshe had done so by choice.

Afterwards, by making hercome to a specified place

before taking herto Hueco Mundo

that idea would be etchedeven deeper into her mind.

She'd gradually losethe will to run away.

Furthermore¦

The fact that we allowed her tosay good-bye to only one person

without anyone else noticing

means that she'd leave evidence ofhaving said good-bye to only one person.

What of it?

We've failed ifyou let her do that.

Quite the opposite¦

The evidence of having said good-byebecomes undeniable proof

that she was free to dowhat she wanted until she surrendered.

In other words¦

The stronger the evidence,

the more her friends would thinkthat she willfully betrayed them.

That last part wasn'ta complete success.

But it's safe to say that Soul Societyisn't getting involved.

That sure was well thought out.

I guess that's to beexpected of Lord Aizen.

Well thought out?

This is a game to Lord Aizen.

It would have been fine whethershe played into it or not.

Whatever the case¦

Right now, that woman hasno strength to run away from here.

She doesn't have the willor strength to defy us either.

I'm glad you've come¦

Orihime.

I'm sorry I called you hereon such short notice.

There's somethingI want to show you.

Loly, Menoly, leave us.

Huh?

B-But we cannot leave someonelike her alone with you.

“ E-Excuse us!“ E-Excuse us!

What's with that woman?!

Now then¦

Could you take a look at this,Orihime?

What is this sensation?

Could this be...?

It seems you can tell¦

This is the Hogyoku.

It's a little weak from repetitiveinstantaneous awakenings,

but it's definitely becomingfully awake.

Without the Hogyoku,it is impossible to either

transform Hollows into Arrancars,or create the Ouken.

Consider the fact that I showed thisto you as proof that I trust you.

You have the power ofphenomenon rejection.

You can negate thingsthat have happened

and wipe out the events entirely.

It's an incredible power.

I need your power¦

Orihime.

You'll use your power for me,won't you?

I don't think he showed methe Hogyoku because he trusts me.

But I at least knowwhere the Hogyoku is.

And about my power¦

I can negate things that have happenedand wipe out the events entirely.

Thank you for comingto save me Kurosaki.

But I know whatI have to do here.

It's probably somethingthat only I can do.

I have to use my power toreturn the Hogyoku

back to the state it was inbefore it existed!

Renji, have you everdone that cheer before?

No. I've suggested it tomy captain several times,

but for some reasonhe always ignores me.

Rukia, ask him to do it for me.

Well¦

Do you think thatByakuya would do that?

THE ARRANCAR ENCYCLOPEDIAThe Arrancar Encyclopedia.

Today I shall reveal my secrets!

First, my Dondochakka Eyes!

They're sharp eyes that can findmy targets in games of eternal pursuit!

My Dondochakka Innards!

I have a wonderful stomachthat can digest anything.

sh**t 'im dead, Shinso!

I'm sorry!

Jeez¦You took over my segment.

But this is pretty amusing.

Maybe next timeI'll try this with someone.