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Conflicted

A/N: Tsukishima arc.


She'd never liked seeing him cry. So, naturally, it was in her system to feel guilty during the few times that he did.

But this time, she knew that he was wrong.

He kept saying that it was a lie, that their friend wasn't a friend. According to him, Tsukishima was an enemy, twisting the reality that she and the rest of their friends held as memories. She couldn't have believed that, even had she wanted to. He'd always been right there beside her, looking over her shoulder so as to keep her from being harmed.

Tsukishima had been as much a part of their group as anyone else.

In fact, he'd been the one to propose they rescue Rukia from the Soul Society; that her other friends go with him to save her from Aizen in Hueco Mundo. He'd fought his way through all the hell the rest of them had, felling Soul Reapers and Arrancars alike. So it didn't make any sense for Ichigo to say that their friend was out to destroy them.

But somehow, with the way he looked so distraught, she really hoped that what he said was true.