After the fight against Nnoitra Gilga is finished, Orihime Inoue heads off to heal Captain Kenpachi Zaraki. Before Orihime reaches him, she is whisked away back to Aizen by Coyote Starrk. After "thanking" Orihime for her "services", Aizen makes an announcement to all of Hueco Mundo, stating that Orihime is in the fifth tower, should anyone want to retrieve her as she is now of no use to him, and that he has closed the Garganta that the captains used for entry into Hueco Mundo. He informs them that he is leaving to destroy Karakura Town and that he will deal with all the intruders once he has finished up. Ichigo is about rush away, but Kenpachi tells to wait as Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto was anticipating an attack from the Arrancar and planned on defending Karakura Town