Ichigo was running as fast as he could over the rooftops towards home. He landed at the back of his house with enough force that he made a small indent in the pact earth of his backyard.
"Karin! Yuzu!" he called running into the family home.
The actual house itself was just as he left it that morning. The table was empty and the breakfast dishes were still in the sink so he knew where ever Karin and Yuzu were they never made it home. Just to be sure he checked the rest of the house. Their bedrooms were still empty as was his fathers. He even checked his own room encase they hide there for some reason. He paused by his closet.
"I wish you were still here" he felt the bedding Rukia once used. It still smelt of her, he never opened it since she left, he just couldn't. He had never felt more alone than right now.
He jerked away from the closet as he swore he heard a noise coming from under his bed. Ducking down quickly he screamed in a manly fashion as something latched onto his face.
"Oh Ichigo! I waited and waited, it was horrible all the wailing!" he pried the thing of his face to see Kon crying streams of tears "oh I never felt so scared!"
"Kon have you seen my family?" he demanded.
The stuffed toy looked like he didn't know how to tell him something "there was screaming… from the surgery earlier."
He tossed the toy aside and started to run, in his haste he hit the door frame of his bedroom but barley noticed. please let them be ok, please let them be ok, please let them be ok.
He halted his mantra as he took in the devastation of the once pristine surgery. He stood their in a daze just trying to take every thing in. He found blood on the floor and followed it to his fathers office. The door was broken and small splinters were scattered all over the floor. He took a deep breath before rushing into the room. He saw half a body but the broken desk was blocking the torso.
"Daddy?" he didn't like how small and child like his voice was.
He scrambled back after seeing the face of his next door neighbour. He thought he was going to throw up, her entire rib cage way missing and her intestines had been pulled out to lie beside her on the paper strewn floor.
But it wasn't his dad, he might still be ok.
He made it out into the front street before he started to empty his stomach. His immanent relief was dashed as he saw further down the street the form of his father dazedly crawling around in a circle a leg missing.
"Daddy?" his voice sounded choked to his own ears. He walked dazedly closer, the inhuman wail coming form his father made his ears want to bleed.
The eldest Kurosaki looked up at the sound of approaching footsteps, his inhuman blue eyes lighted up with a devilish hunger at the sight of the boy walking towards him. Ichigo watched as his father started to crawl a good deal faster than he was previously doing. His lumbering lurching movements would have been menacing if it was for the fact the loss was swallowing Ichigo whole at the moment.
It might have been possible that if Isshin had gotten close enough to his son to bite he would have eaten him from the ankles up like a lumber jack felling a tree because Ichigo at that exact moment couldn't move, could barely breath with the pain. As it was the zombie stood no chance against a pump action shot gun.
He watched as his fathers head erupted like a burst balloon. He flinched backwards as the blood hit his face and turned to see Tessai behind him with Kon on his shoulders gun still smoking.
"Yaro!" he punched Urahara's lackey hard enough to bust his lip but the big man didn't even flinch. He hit him repeatedly on the chest and arms but the man stood silently taking all his frustrated hits "you killed him! you killed him!" he was pushed forcefully away and onto his butt.
"With all due respect Kurosaki-sama your father was already dead" he still remained calm and unruffled and Ichigo recognised that he wouldn't get a response that would make him feel better from the big man so he rounded on the pod soul on his shoulder.
"And you?! where were you?! your supposed to be a fighter dammit!" he shot to his feet arm thrusting out at the cowering teddy "you were too busy hiding under the bed to help them, you chicken shit!"
He couldn't continue his tirade as something landed on his back with enough force to double him over. Luckily for him the thing shot over his head and landed between the two men.
"Karin..." he breathed seeing his little sister with a bit of her skull missing, she looked up at him with hungry blue eyes "no! don't shoot!" he was beside Tessai before he could blink and grabbed the barrel of the gun pushing in away from his sister.
"Kurosaki-sama there is no way to change them back you must let me-"
"-I know but she shouldn't have a stranger do it" he owed her that much at least. He pulled his sword from his back just as the small body pulled herself back up from the ground ready for another attack. His sword arched in a downwards sweeping arch moonlight glistening on the blade as it cut straight through the decaying flesh of his little sister with no trouble. There was a clang as he let the sword continue its descent not having strength enough to stop its fall. Karin's body fell lifeless to the ground.
"Ichigo-" Kon tried to reach out to the boy but he slapped him away.
"Don't" he started back towards the shop he honestly didn't think he could take seeing his Yuzu like that, she was just to sweet.
Silently Tessai and Kon followed Ichigo his bloody sword trailing behind him sadly.