Rukia is saved. Not by a sword, but by a boy who refused to let her die alone.

The battle for Karakura Town. Four captains against three Espada. A fight in a forest of jagged stone. Nel, an adorable child Arrancar with a cracked mask, turns out to be a former third-ranked warrior with the body of a goddess and the mind of a broken soldier. The math of power levels becomes meaningless. It is all emotion now.

The breath of storming heaven.