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1. say goodbye to who i was (i ain't never been away so long) by nyctophiiliaa

   Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Mar 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Kurosaki Ichigo & Shiba Kaien
   • Hikifune Kirio & Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Kurosaki Ichigo/Urahara Kisuke
   • Hirako Shinji & Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Kurosaki Ichigo & Urahara Kisuke
   • Kuchiki Rukia & Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Shihouin Yoruichi & Urahara Kisuke
   • Implied Past Inoue Orihime/Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Kuchiki Rukia
   • Urahara Kisuke
   • Hirako Shinji
   • Kyouraku Shunsui
   • Aizen Sousuke
   • Shiba Kaien
   • Shiba Kuukaku
   • Shihouin Yoruichi
   • Hikifune Kirio
   • Sarugaki Hiyori
   • Matsumoto Rangiku
   • Ichimaru Gin
   • Kurosaki Isshin
   • Kurosaki Masaki
   • Ukitake Juushirou
   • Turn Back the Pendulum Arc (Bleach)
   • Time Travel Fix-It
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Depressed Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Families of Choice
   • Kurosaki Ichigo Needs a Hug
   • Kurosaki Ichigo is a Shiba
   • BAMF Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Aizen Sousuke Being an Asshole
   • Not Beta Read
   • Bittersweet
   • i absolutely hate aizen and i'm not even going to try hiding it
   • Lieutenant Kurosaki Ichigo
   • Getting Together
   • Character death but only in the first chapter
   • Attempt at Humor

   Summary

   "You were never meant to be a part of this war," Rukia insists, firm in defiance rooted in human fragility, dark eyes glistening with determination and so much worry that might just as well be fear.

    

   Ichigo squashes the urge to quibble.

    

   How can that at all be veritable when this was how their hands shaped him to become; they bred him as a weapon, means to an end; a paintbrush crafted with a sole purpose of painting a masterpiece.

    

   How can that be true, when the vanquishing weight of burdens of all three realms fits so perfectly into the mould of my hands?

    

   “Is anyone ever?” is what he responds instead, because how could he ever begin to outline the turmoils of his mind without contouring them with the blunt edges of accusations.

   or

   Some things cannot be saved, no matter how hard one tries. Some things can only be build anew. Or as Socrates once said... time is a what now?

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