Summary: Ichigo loses the battle with his Hollow.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, and the song belongs to Three Days Grace.
A/N: I've been posting strange and disturbing stories as of late. I really don't know where this one came from. But, enjoy anyway, and review!
Pain
Pain, without love
It had been there since the beginning, always lurking in the far corners, and shadows of his mind.
He had known that in the end he would be unable to overcome it, and that it would in fact overcome him.
Pain, can't get enough.
He had prepared himself for when the time came. All he had hoped was that, when it did come, his friends and family would be far, far away.
He couldn't let them get hurt because he, himself wasn't strong enough to defeat it, or keep it contained.
Pain, I like it rough,
He hadn't hoped hard enough, he supposed, looking back. His friends and family had been surrounding him as he had writhe in pain, loosing the battle. At the time, he had only wanted the pain to end. He had gotten his wish, as he became locked in his own mind, unable to feel, unable to escape; like a trapped animal.
His friends and family had all been hurt, possibly killed, all because he hadn't been strong enough to stop it.
'Cuz I'd rather feel pain,
Trapped in his own mind, like a caged animal, Kurosaki Ichigo realized something; he'd do anything to get the pain back, because at least it meant that he was feeling something.
Then nothing at all.
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