Matsumoto prevented Ichimaru from killing Hinamori. Hitsugaya can take care of himself. Ichigo is still fighting Zangetsu, and Renji has come to share the training area while he works on his own bankai. Rukia is thinking about how unworthy she is of having people risk their lives for her. Sheesh. And that brings us to the news that her execution is noon tomorrow. It keeps getting moved up. And someone is trying to steal the execution, uh, tool, because its power is that of a million zanpakto, and five times that at the moment of execution. The main suspect is currently Ichimaru Gin. My spoilering brothers may disagree. Drop dead, boys.
That brother of Ganju's that Rukia says she killed? Apparently he was just like Ichigo. The only physical difference is hair color and I think it's a little longer in the back. Kaien was his name, and Rukia worshiped him and his wife. Lol. He was possessed by a Hollow, and she killed them both when it went for her.