Someone asked me if I
Missed you… I didn't
answer I just closed my
eyes, walked away and
whispered "SO MUCH"….
"Yeah, right, Ichigo. You wouldn't stand a chance against me. I'll beat your ass at the soccer game."
"Watch what you're saying, Karin!" Yuzu had shouted. "The neighbors might get angry."
"Relax, Yuzu," Ichigo threw a lopsided smile at her. "It'll be alright."
Yeah, right, Ichigo. Who were you kidding?
"Are you ready? Or are you going to chicken out on this, Ichigo?" Karin smirked as she tossed the ball with her right hand, kicking it effortlessly on her knee.
"Watch what you say Karin. You might have to bite your words." Ichigo turned his attention to his other sister, bending into a defensive position.
"Be careful!" Yuzu called from the porch.
Had you known, too, Yuzu?
"Dammit," Karin cursed as the ball flew past her. "Ichigo! You're such a cheater!"
"Am not," he laughed. "Face it, Karin. You'll never be as good as me."
Karin watched as the ball settled in the grass, a few feet into the imaginary boundary that was her goal. She stuck her tongue out at Ichigo , who laughed at her expression. "I'll get you-"
"-my pretty, and your little dog too."
They all turned to see their father standing at the door. He was barely holding back a laugh.
Ichigo looked at him in mock disgust. "I can't believe I actually came from him."
Karin started to laugh. Choosing that moment, she kicked the ball, and it flew past an unsuspecting Ichigo.
"Hey," he called, "now that was cheating." Even as he went to get the ball, you could see the smile in his eyes.
"Was not! You weren't paying attention. It was totally fair. Right, Goat Chin?"
No. No. No.
"Dad?" Karin looked at Ichigo questioningly. He shrugged, and started to head to the house. An uneasy feeling went through Karin as she watched Ichigo enter their home, and he suspicions were confirmed when she heard yells, and an unforgettable scream.
"ICHIGO!"
Yuzu…
"Yuzu!" Karin yelled as she followed the rest of her family. Pushing past the junk that cluttered their kitchen, she saw why Yuzu had screamed.
"ICHIGO!"
Ichigo…
It turned out to be of a plea this time, a plea that came much too late.
"Yuzu!" Karin screamed to her sister, rushing to hold her. She ignored the sight of her brother, his throat slashed, blood seeping away as their already dead relative stared with blank eyes at an unseen memory. She held onto her sister as if she would not see her tomorrow, because she just might not.
"What happened, Yuzu?" she pleaded, trying to make sense of the situation.
"The man…" Yuzu sobbed.
"What man?"
"The one that got Daddy first…"
Dad…
"WHAT?" Karin screeched.
"H-he… got me…too…"
She felt Yuzu cough, and something wet ran down her face. Lifting a hand to it cautiously, she saw what had been so common throughout their home.
Blood…so much blood…
"Yuzu?"
Her sister detected the panic in her voice, and she pulled back. Karin could now see what she had missed before; a big hole cut through Yuzu's chest, staining her clothes and causing her to lose her life.
"Yuzu?" Karin's voice had a pleading tone to it. "Don't die, Yuzu. You can't die. We're in this forever, right?" She felt tears slip down her face.
Yuzu offered her a sweet smile, a thin trickle of blood escaping from the corner of her mouth. "S-sorry, Karin. I guess you'll have to live for me…"
Live for me…
Live…for…me…
And she was gone.
How can I live for you when I don't feel like living for myself?
"Police!"
"Help. Help. Help."
"In here!"
"Honey, can you tell me your name?"
"Oh, god, I'm gonna throw up."
"What the hell happened here?"
"Any survivors?"
"Any survivors?"
"Any survivors?"
"In other news today, a family was brutally murdered in their home. Police are saying that it was a robbery gone bad. Occurring around 7 this evening, police are saying that there is a sole survivor. Police refuse to give out this person's name, because he or she is a minor. It is hard to believe such a tragedy could occur in Karakura town. There are no suspects in custody, as the police think the perpetrators fled the scene."
Yuzu, Ichigo, Dad…
Did you ever think of me as you left me behind? Did you ever once think about how broken I'd be? How lost my world is when you're all gone?
Present day:
"No family," the foster home runner whispered. She snuck a look to where Karin was staring out the window the viewed the lake.
"Yes," the social worker said. "Her family was killed in a robbery at their house."
"This is the survivor?" She stole another glance at Karin. "Wow…"
Without warning, Karin looked at the two of them. Well, more like glared at them. She picked herself up from her seat, wincing as she put weight on her leg. It had fallen asleep as she had listened to the adults talk. She didn't see why she needed someone to take care of her, when Orihime and Chad lived by themselves.
Orihime and Chad. Ichigo's friends. Karin blinked back tears, pushing her way outside.
"Karin," the lady called after her.
"Don't try." The social worker sighed and sat back down in the chair. "You're wasting your breath. That child is not going to cooperate. She's been like this ever since it happened." After a minute of staring at each other, the social worker got up. "We'll keep in touch."
He sighed as he went to the car. Opening the door, he didn't even glance in the passenger seat of the car. "Listen, Karin," he said as they drove to the next place, "you can't keep doing this at every home. Suck it up and fine a place that you like, dammit." He looked over to the passenger's seat, only to find no one. Frantically, he pushed the brakes and looked throughout the car, ignoring the honks of others and the fingers he was receiving.
"Where the hell are you, you little brat?" he cursed. By the time he had gotten back to the building, though, she was already long gone.
And that was how Social Worker Marechiyo Omaeda's day went from crappy to a whole lot worse.