Rukia. Torn to bloody pieces by a high-level kido cast by Gin. He had come to Ichigo's house in the night to kill him in cold blood. Rukia had cried out when she saw the silver-haired man standing above Ichigo's prone form, who was still in the hold of sleep. She had tried to cast a spell, which one, nobody would ever know. Rukia was dead before she got the first word of the kido out, her horrified cry having woken Ichigo just in time to see her body become an indistinguishable mass of bloody flesh. Gin had escaped, but with several holes in him and one less arm than he had had when he ripped a hole in the sky. Ichigo had escaped death, but with several holes in him and one less friend then he had gone to sleep having.
-the bloody snow-