The Darkness Which Moves! Kifune's True Colors

For helping Ichigo, Amagai is branded a traitor by Yamamoto, who orders him to be hunted as well. Captains Shunsui Kyoraku and Jushiro Ukitake ask Yamamoto for permission to investigate the Kasumioji clan, but Yamamoto refuses. Meanwhile, Renji and Ikkaku Madarame begin to fight lieutenants Tetsuzaemon Iba and Shuhei Hisagi respectively over their differences concerning Ichigo and Rukia's actions. Kira enters the Kasumioji compound and finds Lurichiyo, and is attacked by several assassins. Although he defeats all of them, one of the assassins escapes with Lurichiyo, and Kifune arrives to fight him.