An Accomplished Oath! Get Back Rukia!

Rukia has accepted her execution, and gives a request to first division captain Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to send Ichigo and his friends home after her execution. The sokyoku, a massive halberd that transforms into a phoenix, is the execution method. However, Ichigo steps forward and stops the sokyoku with his sword, and sympathetic captains Shunsui Kyoraku and Jushiro Ukitake destroy the sokyoku. As Renji arrives to take away Rukia, Ichigo defeats three pursuing lieutenants with his bare hands, and turns to face Byakuya.