Shunsui Kyōraku & Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Coyote Starrk

Shunsui Kyōraku & Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Coyote Starrk is a battle that takes place in the Fake Karakura Town. It involves the captains of the 8th and 13th Division facing off against the primera Espada, Coyote Starrk.

Prologue
After the battles at the four pillars keeping Karakura Town in Soul Society concludes, the Gotei 13 decide to battle the remaining opponents. Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake decide to confront both Starrk and Lilynette Gingerback. Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto orders for all the Gotei 13 to put their entire selves on the line and to stand strong in not allowing the enemy to take a single step into Soul Society even if their bodies are torn apart. Kyōraku remarks on how Yamamoto's attitude causes one to feel stiff in their shoulders when around him. Ukitake agrees and suggests that they give Yamamoto a good shoulder rub after everything is wrapped up but Kyōraku corrects Ukitake as he meant that his own shoulders were stiff and Ukitake comments that he has never seen Kyōraku with stiff shoulders before.

Kyōraku asks for Starrk to send Lilynette away since the two of them cannot fight with their full power if Lilynette is present. Lilynette is about to make a fuss but Starrk tells her to be quiet and answers Kyōraku by saying that he will not fight with his full strength also as it is not his style of doing things. Starrk tells them that he would prefer if they just pretended to fight and Kyōraku states that he would prefer doing that as well but cannot this time. Starrk draws his sword and remarks that this is going to be a pain.

Battle
Starrk swings his sword down on Shunsui but he blocks the blow with his Zanpakutō. Later, Shunsui notes that the others are getting serious and states that they should be getting serious as well. However, Starrk tells him to forget the idea of that happening and points out that he isn't even getting serious either since he has yet to draw his other Zanpakutō. Shunsui explains that a wakizashi is something you draw when your in a place where it's difficult to use your sword, not something that you use with a sword. However, Starrk points out a contradiction in this statement and states that he has been switching which hand he uses his sword in and also which sword he uses. He also points out that he gets closer to him when he swings with his left hand then he does with his right. Starrk tells Shunsui that it's ridiculous to think that there's a style of swordplay where you use both hands from differing distances and wield both a sword and a wakizashi that isn't two-sword style. Shunsui states that he's scary for being so observant since he thought he was controlling the distance from when he swings his Zanpakutō.

Shunsui swings his Zanpakutō with his left hand at Starrk but he easily dodges, which Shunsui commends him for. Shunsui then immediately switches his blade to his right hand and swings his Zanpakutō at Starrk again. Starrk barely dodges the attack and is shocked that he was able to control his distance that quickly. Shunsui thanks him for the compliment and asks Starrk if he'll start fighting him seriously if he draws his other Zanpakutō. However, Starrk tells him that he's strong enough as it is and that if he draws his other blade he'll be done for. Shunsui states that he has no choice but to draw the blade now and unsheathes his Zanpakutō. The two of them then clash.