Merry Christmas to all, this is your Christmas present!

Please enjoy!

It was a normal day at the Kurosaki clinic, except that Yuzu and Karin had the day off from school. Yuzu was busy preparing lunch while Karin was doing homework. Isshin didn't mind, it wasn't like they were particularly busy with patients that day. No one was sick or hurt, and he had the day with his daughters. What more could Isshin Kurosaki ask for?

"Yuzu~ how's the cooking going my wonderful daughter?" Isshin called through the hallway.

Yuzu's tiny voice answered, "Lunch is almost done, daddy! Thirty more minutes! And supper can go in the oven once I'm done!"

Isshin smiled, and took a minute to remind himself that he was the adult in the house. He asked, "Do you need any help?"

"No, daddy!" Yuzu replied. Of course, Masaki was Yuzu's mother and she'd taught their little girl all she needed to know about cooking, so there wasn't a need for Isshin to worry.

Suddenly there was a loud ringing that sounded throughout Isshin's office. He picked up the phone and was about to speak when the person on the other end interrupted him, "Is this Isshin?"

"Yes…" Isshin murmured. "And who is this?"

"I don't have time to introduce myself," the voice sounded somewhat panicked. "You have roughly a half an hour to prepare your clinic for a patient. He's quite important to me, please be ready."

The phone went dead. Of course, Isshin didn't hesitate to prepare a bed and possible medical instruments before the half hour was up. Once Yuzu called for lunch, sirens could be heard outside.

"Yuzu, honey, Daddy's going to be a little busy! Keep his food warm!"

Isshin didn't wait for a response. He ran out to assess the damage, his robe and gloves already on. He listened carefully as the nurse described what had happened, and to Isshin it sounded like some sort of car crash. He was prepared for this, what he hadn't expected was who he found lying in the ambulance. Isshin had to force his body to move, even in the shock of seeing Ichigo bloodied and bruised. He could vaguely sense that the wounds went into Ichigo's soul, whoever did this used a spiritual attack.

Isshin wheeled Ichigo inside. He heard Yuzu and Karin's voices. "Is that Ichigo!? Daddy, what happened? Is he going to be alright?"

Isshin put on a poker face, especially when he was forced to operate on his own son.