"Orihime has been kidnapped by the turncoat Soul Reaper Aizen and his terrifying Arrancar, and it's up to Ichigo, Chad and Uryu? to rescue her. But the Arrancar world Hueco Mundo has many surprises in store for the heroes-not the least of which is how much it will change them!"--Back cover.
Alice becomes more comfortable in Wonderland and becomes more acquainted with its denizens, including Ace, the Knight of Hearts, who appears to be a little unstable.
When Alphonse is kidnapped by a group of outcasts seeking the secrets of his alchemical creation, Ed and Izumi must travel into the Devil's Nest to rescue him, but they find that the inhabitants of the Devil's Nest are not human either and find themselves fighting a homunculus, an artificial human being.
When the laboratory explodes, Edward is injured and forced to re-start his investigation of the Philosopher's Stone conspiracy; Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes stumbles upon a terrifying secret; and, Ed and Alphonse go south in search of Izumi Curtis, their alchemist master.
When Ryang stumbles upon a Faerie Bath, he ends up becoming the guardian of a grounded faerie and learns that his destiny holds 108 doomed relationships, both mortal and ethereal.
Ryang, guardian of a grounded faerie, and destined to have 108 doomed relationships, struggles to keep his love affair with Gigi alive, while Fanta, a faerie possessing mysterious powers, tries to keep Seho from revealing her secret.
Queen Yamato, with Kumaso by her side, leads an army of puppets against the empire of Amamikado while Queen Miyazu searches for another holy sword, along with Izumo and Oguna, in hopes of stopping the demonic power of the Sword of Kusanagi.
Izumo, Kumaso, and Oguna's attempts to help protect the Sword of Susanoh from the marauding empire of Amamikado are sabotaged by one of Jagara's three queens, who sneaks the enemy into the palace.
