Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Hexapodus

Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Hexapodus is a fight taking place in a Karakura Town park. It is Ichigo's second fight against a Hollow and the first fight he had fought one-on-one.

Prelude
During Ichigo and Rukia's fight against Fishbone D, Rukia accidentally transfers all of her Shinigami power to Ichigo. Since she can neither perform her Shinigami duties nor go back to Soul Society in this state, she is forced to use an artificial body, known as a Gigai, until she regains her powers. Rukia has enrolled as a student in Ichigo's class, hoping to recruit him as a replacement for her while she recuperates. When Rukia asks this of him, Ichigo refuses outright. He says he was only able to fight the day before because his family was in danger, but he won't fight the Hollows for total strangers. Realizing she has no other choice, Rukia uses a glove with a Shinigami skull symbol to remove Ichigo's soul from his body and tells him to follow her. She takes Ichigo to Yumizawa Children's Park, where the soul of a small boy comes to play every day at noon. She shows Ichigo an order sent from Soul Society, saying a Hollow will strike 20 meters from the park between 11:45 and 12:15, meaning the boy would almost surely be attacked. At that second they hear the boy's scream.