The Person with the Unknown Ability! Orihime is Targeted

'''The Person with the Unknown Ability! Orihime is Targeted''' is the two hundred sixty-first episode of the Bleach anime.

Orihime must help a transfer student who is being controlled by a Tōjū.

Summary
Alone, a mouthless Tōjū despairs over being abandoned by her master.

Meanwhile, in the World of the Living, Orihime hears about a news report detailing the attack of a teenage girl near Karakura Town. Shortly after, she and the rest of her class is introduced to a new female student: Kyōko Haida. Orihime introduces herself to Kyōko during lunch though is unsuccessful in befriending her. While walking home, she and her friends talk about Kyōko.

At the Urahara Shop, Ichigo and Rukia are also informed of a female student being attacked. Urahara tells them that aside from the general report, he also discovered that the girl has a pink bear attached to her cell phone. Ichigo suggests if a Tōjū was responsible for the attack, to which both Rukia and Urahara are worried about the possibility of it being true.

Sometime after, another high schooler with the same pink bear on her cell phone is attacked, with the culprit being Kyōko. Ichigo and Rukia arrive at the scene long after police have arrived. Though they did not see Kyōko, they do see the pink bear on the victim's cell phone.

The next day during gym class, Kyōko gets injured and is being taken to the nurse's office by Orihime. While on their way, a flower pot falls and nearly hits Kyōko, though Orihime uses her powers to prevent the item from hitting the transfer student.

Kyōko witnesses Orihime using her abilities and suggests that they be friends, since she herself has special abilities. When Orihime fails to understand what she means, Kyōko threatens to reveal Orihime's secrets to her friends, believing that they will shun her afterwards. Kyōko suddenly has a brief flashback about her and her former friend Mai. Orihime snaps her out of her trance-like state and asks to be friends without any worry of their powers.

Subsequently, Kyōko lets out a yelp of pain and exerts an unknown Reiatsu. Orihime reaches out to help her but she runs away. Alone, Kyōko is confronted by the mouthless Tōjū who tells her not to be friends with Orihime. The Tōjū then tells Kyōko that deep within her, she would want to kill Mai; afterwards, the Tōjū takes possession of the Human girl's body.

A possessed Kyōko later chases Mai to the rooftop of an apartment complex, where she tries to kill the frightened girl. Kyōko struggles to break free of the Tōjū's command. After Mai passes out from shock, however, she begins to sob and let herself be possessed by the Tōjū.

Orihime arrives at the rooftop in time to witness Kyōko being fully possessed, thus, granting the Tōjū its true form. The Tōjū attempts to kill Orihime though Ichigo and Rukia arrive in time to save her. Ichigo then faces off against the Tōjū. While fighting her, Orihime is advised to use Sōten Kisshun to separate Kyōko from the Tōjū. She does so, and is eventually successful. This leaves Ichigo with an opportunity to kill the rogue Zanpakutō.

Eventually, Mai's memories of the event and Kyōko are erased. While she is out with her new friends, Kyōko watches them pass by her sadly. Orihime appears behind her and suggests that they walk home together. Kyōko lightens up after hearing it.

Shinigami Illustrated Picture Book
Lieutenants Chōjirō Sasakibe, Renji Abarai, Shūhei Hisagi and Izuru Kira are sitting at a saké stand. Sasakibe is frustrated by his continuing lack of exposure and is spilling his guts to Renji when an inebriated Hisagi suddenly notices Sasakibe's existence, throwing him into a self-loathing sob. Renji compassionately tries to console him, to no avail.

Fights

 * Orihime Inoue & Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Mouthless Tōjū (concluded)

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * 1) Mouthless Tōjū
 * 2) Orihime Inoue
 * 3) Chizuru Honshō
 * 4) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 5) Misato Ochi
 * 6) Kyōko Haida
 * 7) Kon (inside Ichigo's body)
 * 8) Chappy (inside Rukia's Gigai)
 * 9) Ururu Tsumugiya
 * 10) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 11) Kisuke Urahara
 * 12) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 13) Michiru Ogawa
 * 14) Ryō Kunieda
 * 15) Mahana Natsui
 * 16) Mai Suzuki

Powers and Techniques Used
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