His blade remained broken. The powers inherited from his mother were gone. His soul was fragmented. That was the reality Ichigo Kurosaki found himself in. In such a hopeless reality, hope was shattered. Courage was killed. Death was erased. But when reality folded in on itself, he found himself in another world?

Hollow. That was what Illyasviel felt when Kiritsugu betrayed her. A hollow is what she summoned.

Loneliness... That was Ichigo felt as he awoke... A thirst of vengeance overwhelmed him when everything he had built was destroyed...