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

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Having to constantly watch his friends killed in front of him usually ended up with Ichigo being extremely paranoid. He had to watch over 20 friends and family die and sometimes had to witness their deaths that he would do everything in his powers to avoid having that happen. Which was easier said than done when the clans themselves were completely violent in the first place. Ichigo would be more than willing to risk his own body to help his friends if they were in any sort of trouble. One could almost consider him selfish as he never wanted his friends to do something alone when they had friends that could help them, while he would openly refuse any assistance that would be given to him. He was selfish in that regard, and because of that he ends up with a lot of stress always on his plate that could easily be solved if he just asked for some form of help. Not only did Ichigo have to worry about the enemies that had come to hate him over the years attacking those that he cared about, but he also had to deal with himself as a threat entirely. When he was younger, he couldn't control the corrupted spirit that was inside of him. There was no one to teach him how to either, and he realized that if he wasn't going to do something that he would end up dying. Not only would his own soul die, the corrupted Hollow would then take over his body and use it to attack anyone that was close to him. He had a great fight and conversation with the Hollow that was inside of him, fighting inside of his mind against the beast that so badly wanted to rip him apart. The beast called him weak and that he shouldn't be commanding over his power if he was going to be too weak to win a fight against him. When it came to Hollows the majority of them were one track minded and didn't seem to care about all that much as long as they could get strong. They were power hungry. Ichigo wasn't power hungry, as he had enough power to get the job done if he really needed to. There was an instance where the Hollow inside of his head was causing him to hallucinate, and he had a panic attack while inside of the cave that was serving as the clans camp at the time.

His hallucinations made it so that everyone that he looked at made it seem like they were rotting away. The Shinigami wasn't capable of holding the Hollow back, luckily one of his other fellow Shinigami was living in the same clan, his name being Keylime, and the other shifted into a large body and managed to knock Ichigo out. One of the best methods of getting Ichigo back under control was to knock him unconscious so that it was basically resetting his mind and it gave him a time to calm down. It was when he finally had to fight the Hollow inside of his head that he ended up injuring his best friend at the time, Silverstrike. She had been looking over his body while he was fighting inside of his head, but when one fought against their inner Hollow, their physical body became possessed and would attack everything around the surrounding area. Later on, there was an accident during a battle with his fellow Death God's tring to take down a Hollow that was problematic. They soon found out during the middle of the battle that the Hollow was capable of infecting anything that it touched. Keylime ended up getting infected with a Hollow and Ichigo had to watch as time went on as his best friend slowly became overwhelmed with the Hollow. Ichigo knew he had to do something before it was too late and watched Keylime's body while he was fighting the inner Hollow inside of his mind. It was one of the ways that Ichigo got the bite mark on the left side of his neck from when the jaguar had sunk its fangs into his neck. Ichigo didn't blame Keylime at all, and the other had managed to survive the ordeal. Something that Ichigo was extremely happy about as it was his fault the other had gotten infected in the first place so it was the least he could do to help. The other bitemark on his neck was left by Crackedstar, the female having been that of a vampire. Ichigo didn't blame the lion for attacking him, but he had scolded the female saying that if she had just talked they could have just talked about it somehow and helped each other. Ichigo just wanted to help others in the best way that he could, but sometimes his help was overstepping boundaries and could make situations easily worse than it would have been if he had just kept himself out of it. Ichigo could endure the pain if it meant helping others.

Ichigo watched the other's reaction to what he said, and the other seemed to approve of most things that he was talking about. Ichigo usually spoke from experience, but he also wasn't the smartest guy out there either. He had a lot to learn despite his life already being halfway over, at least for his age as a cougar. Ichigo had no accurate idea of how long he was going to live for. Ichigo could also understand the decisions they made in the heat of the moment. He was sometimes spontaneous with his decisions when he was younger, but he learned to slow down a little bit more. "Its understandable why they did what they did, but there's also a chance that the Pitt may not even be involved at all. I think the most we can do is make sure the borders are safe and try to track down the scents are left behind. Although considering how large the pawprint was that was left behind its probably a large wildcat. Maybe tiger or lion, or even something that was once extinct." Ichigo stated calmly, making sure to address the size of the attacking for Wendell's sake. The other was smaller than him, but that didn't mean the other couldn't have powers either. He didn't want the wolverine getting hurt just because he said a couple things. The Shinigami watched as the wolverine went through the hard work of getting him another glass, and Ichigo felt a little bit more embarrassed of the other being so considerate of him. Having someone that was nice and caring wasn't something that he came across often. He usually just had the voices in his head to talk to, and no one else. He had certainly been lonely during his journeys.

At the question of what he wanted, Ichigo thought for a moment. There were very few beverages that he had ever tasted before, usually sticking to water and that was about it. He raised one of his black and tawny paws as he rubbed the left side of his face, his bi-colored eyes trying to figure out what he was going to chose. Finally, he shrugged again, a small grin on his features. "I think some juice would be fine with me. And it's certainly nice of ya to prepare all of this for those that came by. I've been to parties where there was plenty of food and drinks everywhere." Ichigo said, remembering the times where parties were put on for allies. He had never been the sociable type and did everything he could to avoid going to parties, and he still did. Ichigo always tried to keep himself busy so that he wouldn't have to worry about it. The basket itself seemed to almost be endless when the wolverine was moving through it, and Ichigo couldn't help but let his eyes widen slightly in surprise. Even food? That was crazy! "Damn it's almost like that basket is completely endless with what it can hold." Ichigo stated in a teasing and joking manner. Something that he hadn't done with someone in a very long time. He was used to poking fun at his friends that he had bonded with, but it had been an entire year for him to just have a regular conversation. At the mention of if he was hungry, his Hollow was quick to chime into his head. [color=crimson]"I swear if you don't eat I'm going to get some food myself and shove it down your throat. This is my body too you bastard." The Hollow growled as the other knew that he hadn't been eating. Understandable. Ichigo had to keep himself from rolling his eyes at the empty threat the other told him. He probably should eat. The Shinigami leaned slightly on his haunches as he relaxed more on the blankets. "Sure why not. Watcha got?" The former leader asked casually, tilting his head slightly to the left.