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

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Death of family members wasn't something easy to deal with. Ichigo could speak from experience. It seemed as if fate made it its job to make sure that he didn't have any sort of family to be a part of anymore. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find a place where he could consider himself to be happy. The wildcat tried and tried again but to no avail to bring back those that he cared about, only for them to disappear completely. Ichigo once had a mate before, and he once had six children at some point. One was an adopted child, but Ichigo didn't consider her to be adopted considering that family was family and that was all there was to it. The Shinigami wasn't the one to have bad luck due to the many enemies that he had sprouting around. He was a magnet for trouble, and thanks to the spiritual energy that he leaked off constantly, it was almost like a calling card for corrupted spirits to come and try to kill him. But, because of the leaking energy it also meant those that simply stood around him for too long could potentially be targeted as well. Ichigo knew that everyone had their own stories to tell, and Ichigo would have to go through hell and back for anyone to try and get him to talk about his family. As far as anyone knew in Sunhaven, he was just a guy with a sword and nothing else. Unlike those that he had grown up with, they never managed to see the side of him that could potentially be deadly if he didn't keep constant control of it. Ichigo was never going to let the thing inside of him out, as it would only mean disaster for those around him. Either way, Ichigo had a dead mate by the name of Lucy.

She was extremely strong and they connected somewhat well. At some point, they were even leaders of their own respective groups and those two groups had strong ties with one another. Evidently, they had children together, all of them being slightly different versions of cougars. Fate had plans for his own family though, and when Lucy died, Ichigo was emotionally destraught. He was there for his kids when they waited for him after their mothers funeral. Immediately after, he was attacked by the corrupted spirits that were a lot larger and stronger than he was. Thanks to his powers, he was able to see the beasts but his children couldn't. The wildcat was held down against his own will and power as he watched the corrupted spirits take out his children one by one. Decapitation. Skinning. Crushed. Ichigo was raked with nothing but dispare once he was able to kill the creatures for what they did. All he could do was cry and weep in front of their bodies and hope that it wasn't real. After that had happened, Ichigo didn't want anything to do with when it came to children. He had no need to look for any more romantic relations with anyone else, the memory far too scarring for him to deal with. That was until the Shinigami meant Littlekit. A child that fled from her group because she saw how horrible of a place it was and Ichigo opened her with open arms into the group he was leading. He was able to watch as she grew into a powerful young lady, although getting slightly over her head sometimes. The Shinigami was then forced to go on a mission that he couldn't talk about, leaving the clan that he was leading in her care, which was a lot for an older apprentice to take care of he had to admit.

When he returned, he was greeted with a fully grown leader, one that had been tortured since he had moved away. He could barely stand the sight of what he returned to and was overwhelmed with guilt. In the end, he had asked the other if she would be willing to let him adopt her, which she happily agreed despite her age. A week later, she was murdered and he distinctly remembered holding her bloodied corpse in his arms. That happened only a year ago. Thanks to how stubborn he was, Ichigo was always at work doing at least something. The Shinigami had to keep himself busy if he didn't want to go completely insane. The one place that he tried to avoid though was the mountains, having horrible memories of growing up in the mountains with his family. However, when one sensed a presence that wasn't recognizable up on the mountain, he knew that he probably should check it out. As soon as he started climbing the wrongs, the cougar nerves were on end, as he just wanted to get off the damn mountain.

The bandages that covered his shoulder and his left leg shifted as he climbed before it turned into him walking up the slope. Thanks to his Clairvoyance he was able to tell a presence not too far away from where he was, and one he didn't recognize. His pelt was slightly drenched thanks to the constant rains, and it wasn't hard to hear the jaguar sized animal making his way over thanks to the black metal and leather armor he wore. The armor rattling slightly with each step that he made. His bi-colored eyes finally landed on a domestic cat that he had yet to see, which wasn't saying much as he didn't know most animals in this place. He couldn't tell that she was crying thanks to the rain, but it was obvious by her face that there was something wrong. The larger animal stopped a slight distance away in hopes of not intimidating her, which he often came across as such. "Hey, everything okay?" Ichigo questioned the other in a calm voice. Concern was slightly obvious in his yellow and brown eyes, as he never liked to see anyone in distress, especially when he was younger. The black tip of the Shinigami's tail twitched as he didn't bother with the common questions that were asked on the borders.