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i don't fight because i want to win, i fight to win!

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[Sorry for such a long post! Important interaction stuff happens third paragraph if you wish to skip the two paragraphs of backstory]

Over the years that he has been alive, Ichigo had seen plenty of interesting looking creatures. Some more gruesome than the next. Nowadays, he wasn't all that surprised with those that did approach him on a daily basis. Ichigo had seen horrors thanks to the job that he was currently working in. Although at this point the Shinigami probably couldn't consider it much of a job as he had been doing it for several years and it was like a secondary action for him to look out for. After all, his goal in life is to protect everyone from harm, especially from the likes of evil spirits and those that could do harm to those that couldn't actually see them. The wildcat was probably considered selfish in that matter, but he hardly cared about something like that. Probably one of the strangest things that he had seen in his life would be a spirit that took the form of a rhino and had the ability to corrupt those that they touched. Including himself. At the time however Ichigo had already been infected and it just ended up releasing the spirit inside of him at a quicker rate. He had also managed to get a rhino horn impaled through his shoulder. Which wasn't exactly the best feeling in the world but he had gone through injury after injury and was known by his clanmates and his friends that he was prone to coming back from his injuries. Ichigo guessed that the small amount of regeneration that he had certainly helped him out, and if he was really injured he would just go to the afterlife where Shinigami had more power there to help him. The evil spirits he hunted down took many monstrous forms, and some even took a form that was as big as a skyscraper.

Not the easiest thing to fight, but he had the powers to deal with such threats. When it came to the clans though, there were already a variety of different species he had seen over the years. Cougars, bobcats, servals, even vultures. Hell, it was even common to find hybrid animals that belonged in that world. Two of his best friends had actually been hybrids. O'Fraiser being the hybrid of a strawberry leopard and a seal. Cytus was a mixture of a canine.... and maybe a dragon Ichigo wasn't actually sure. Ichigo had known Cytus since he was just a kid and also knew his father as well. The kid had been important to him, and Ichigo now didn't know where he was. With the clan that Ichigo led, the wildcat didn't remember all that many servals that had graced his company that lived in the forested territory. Maybe one, but the majority of them seemed to congregate toward two different clans, one that was covered in snow and the other by the sea. Not that it bothered Ichigo, he just wasn't used to dealing with certain species. Reptiles were also incredibly rare, although he remembered having a clanmate that was a snake. Ichigo himself had the power of shapeshifting and could change his form, but he rarely used the power because the majority of his other forms were too big or too small for his armor to fit and he couldn't wield his sword. Sure, he could become a large dragon, but that rarely happened unless he needed to turn into a larger body to deal with a larger opponent. Ichigo wasn't all that big compared to larger predators as a lion or tiger. He was only around the size of a jaguar, not in weight class but with height alone. He also doubted that he was the strongest that was out there. Which was probably prevalent with the scars that littered his body to show that he had gone through a lot over the years.

The metal portion of his armor that covered his neck hid the bite marks on the side of his neck. One had been made by his best friend Keylime, the other having been made by a friend that was the leader at the time and turned out to be a vampire. He had been at the wrong place and wrong time and had some of his blood drained in turn. Not that his blood was all that pure and the parasite that was inside of him wasn't exactly happy of having his body messed with either. The former clan leader couldn't help but see as a child began to make her way over. His heart clenched every time that he saw a small child, reminding him of his own children that had perished time and time again, not being strong enough to stop their demise. The wildcat, of course, ended up looking at the female's soul, to see if there was anything interesting. While he did so, he offered the small serval a tired grin from his features. Ichigo was shocked again to see another split soul that resided in this place. But, a split soul could mean many different things, but to Ichigo, it usually meant that there was either a split personality or that there was another soul inhabiting the body. It could sometimes happen when an animal was reincarnated into another body or a body ended up getting possessed. But compared to Onision where their souls were seemingly trying to fight for control, this souls seemed to be fairly tranquil. One section of her soul a pale blue, similar to one of Ichigo's souls that were inside of him. Speckles of white and patterns appeared before disappearing, signifying the other's calmness, even if the other's soul was shuttering at the sight of him. He was used to having youngsters looking at him with fear. The other half of her soul was a soft pink, matching seemingly well with the other part of her soul. This one didn't seem to show that one soul was communicating to the other based on the movements. It was a nice sight to see to see such a nice and caring soul.

It warmed his heart, which wasn't easy to do. Ichigo's own soul, well, he had three of them. This made his body and mind fairly cramped. He had a regular white portion of his soul, albeit cracked, then a light blue soul that moved like flames, and then a black soul that moved like almost an inky liquid. For the most part, they were in equal portions, but the black soul did seem to expand a little bit more than the others thanks to Ichigo's current mental state. Ichigo's analysis only took a couple seconds to conduct before he decided to lower himself down onto his stomach on the ground. Laying down on the ground usually made him less threatening, although his eyes alone could be intimidating thanks to the black sclera on his left eye. After a couple of minutes, someone was able to tell him the identity of this place. The Ascendants. So that was the place he was trying to find after hearing about them from Sunhaven. He didn't know what the issue between the two groups was, but at this point he considered himself to be a somewhat neutral party. He was new to this area and didn't know any lay of the land. "Ascendants huh? Interesting name. What kind of place is the Ascendants? I'm just curious and you can just tell me what you feel like. You guys so far don't seem to be a violent group. I've come across plenty of those." Ichigo would ask the small female calmly, but it was up to anyone if they wanted to answer his question. He was just curious and there was no ill intent in his words. Ichigo tried to speak in a soothing tone, but with his voice raspy from not talking all of the time, it may not come off as soothing. The small white serval finally decided to introduce herself, which he hadn't bothered asking as it was obvious that she was nervous and he wanted her to go at her own pace.

The Shinigami would try his best to remember her name, but her soul and aura had definitely left a lasting effect on him. She had lived in the mountains too. Ichigo couldn't help but chuckle a little bit at being called 'sir'. He had never been one for formalities. Although there had been some faces that called him with a Japanese honorific to his name, which after telling them wasn't needed they continued. He wasn't going to continue to bug them. "It's nice to meet you, Clementine. There's no need to be formal though, feel free to just call me Ichigo." The cougar would say with the still tired grin on his jaws. At the mention of whether not he liked the mountains or not, his grin seemed to falter some. He didn't have all the happy memories of that place, and in fact, most of them weren't all that happy. Maybe for three months, they were, but that was about it. Ichigo wasn't going to reveal his families death, however, and decided not to give all the details. "It was nice. It was a really big forest area. I lived there with my mom and dad and my two younger sisters. I remember one time I found a dead snake and I put it next to my sister and woke her up in a panic telling her there was a snake. Her reaction was hilarious." Ichigo would reveal a memory with a dry chuckle, a subtle yearning seemingly in his eyes. He missed his sisters. His dad had given him the job of protecting them. And looked where that got him? Yuzu was dead and he was fairly certain Karin was dead as well. As far as Ichigo knew, he was the last living member of his family. Cougars didn't exactly keep in touch with their grandparents when they were almost feral. Not like he knew who any of them were. Ichigo no usually refused to go around mountain ranges despite how his species are so fond of them, after his mother's death in the mountains where he grew up. It seemed like he was drawing a crowd.

His attention turning toward a black and white domestic cat. Another domestic cat in this clan, although Ichigo knew that the most abundant species were domestic cats. It didn't bother him at all. The Shinigami noticed the interest that the other had in his sword, and while the other was distracted, the wildcat would look at the other's aura and soul. He had to admit that this was an interesting one. A red aura and soul flickered across the others form, what seemed like chains spread across it. Was it holding the other's soul together? Or was it holding something back? Ichigo had never seen a soul pattern like that before in his life, and it seemed the Ascendants was full of surprises. A neutral expression was spread across his facial features when Ren arrived on the scene from talking about his time on the mountains where he grew up. Most of these animals seemed to be kind and polite, Ichigo offering a nod in return to Ren in greeting. Ichigo would raise a nonexistent eyebrow at the mention of his sword getting cold, causing the cougar to look down at the massive blade a couple of feet away from where he was laying down. Then he turned his attention back to Ren. "I sincerely doubt that it's cold." Ichigo said in somewhat of a joking manner, keeping a lighthearted conversation. the older male had to admit that he had never heard that before about Zangetsu.

What the other said next actually surprised him again. Excalibur. Ichigo wasn't much of a reader. He had a difficult time reading English and there was a point where he had to physically sit down and teach himself to read English. It was one of the most boring things he had ever done in his life. But he did know of swords of legend. Who wouldn't when they were a swordsman? Although in his opinion, Zangetsu was a lot more important and so much better than Excalibur. A grin returned to his tired features before he shook his head. "Not exactly. My sword is so much better than something like Excalibur." Ichigo seemed to almost brag proudly about his sword. He could feel a subtle warmth in the back of his head as Zangetsu approved of the praise that it was given. Ichigo shifted himself slightly on the ground, curling his long tail around the right side of his body. "Its name is Zangetsu. It's Japanese." The Shinigami would state calmly, and he heard both voices in his head suddenly go eerily silent. He didn't give the name of his sword out all the time. Knowing a blades name as a Shinigami was the means of controlling its power. He learned the hard way of learning the blades name. Ichigo was quick to notice that the other didn't introduce himself, causing the Shinigami to flick one of his rounded ears. "And what's your name?" Ichigo asked calmly with a small tilt of his own head.