I'm back! I come bearing gifts and love for you all because you have been amazing at waiting for me to finish the evil exams that I have failed.
Please enjoy despite the spelling and grammar errors I am prone to.
All they want to do is protect
Nothing is more important than him, or at least that's what they have always believed.
Every time they surfaced it was at a point where Ichigo just could no longer fight and win, oh he could fight, he could fight 'til he couldn't breathe anymore; but that isn't what they wanted.
Neither of them wanted Ichigo to die- that was the last thing they wanted- but Ichigo's pride would not sit back and allow anyone to fight his battles for him; and that was why they both loved him so much.
So they devised a plan, one would be Ichigo's mentor, and the other his drive.
One would teach and inspire him, guide him towards the best he could be, guide him through his battles, and hopefully guide him down the safest route with the best chance of survival.
The other would push him, threaten him and cause him pain, if only to give him a permanent reason to be stronger and never lose that drive that they were born from.
Of course that meant that they hurt at the end of each and every day because they were one and the same, Ichigo and them were one in the same,
It didn't matter what he was fighting, who he was fighting for, they would always be there, fighting with Ichigo.
-Hey King, do you know how much it hurts when you rip my mask off?-
-Ichigo, do you understand how much it pains us when it rains?-
-Hey King-Ichigo, do you know what it means to us for you to believe in yourself?-
In the end they just wanted Ichigo to live, to breathe; if they weren't there it didn't matter, as long as Ichigo lived on another day; another week; another year; another century; another decade; another eternity. As long as he lived they didn't care who they were required to be, be that his strength, his sheild, his sacrifice, or his enemy.
They were born from Ichigo; they were born from his pain and his joy, and his drive to survive and his drive to protect. When Ichigo feared him it hurt and still leaves the scars of anguish they felt. When Ichigo praised and thanked him it felt like they could defeat anything, the euphoria filling and evolving their pride and love for him.
Of course there was only one thing that they could not protect Ichigo from no matter what they taught him or what they said. They could not save Ichigo from the very thing that they were created from.
When Ichigo decided to perform the final getsuga, well it nearly killed them.
When they fought, as one, they knew Ichigo finally understood, and they gave him his wish even as he faded away from them.
Because at the end of the day they were created and yearned for only one thing; all they wanted to do was protect Ichigo.
Of course, if you didn't get that he is Ichigo's hollow and he (in bold) is Zangetsu, and they (bold and italic) are Ichigo's hollow and zangetsu together.
I hope you liked this little drabble.
Please review and thank you for reading.
~~ Bleach-ed-Na-tsu :3
