Jamie sighed and stretched as she walked home with Ichigo.
"Why did you push me away? Why haven't you let me near you? I'm stronger than you think." Jamie put her hands in her pockets and looked at her feet as she plodded next to him. He was about to haul her into an alley and make her tell him when she answered. "Do you know how many people I've had to watch die? I'm over 3000 years old Ichigo, forever stuck undying. Forever never getting older then 16. 16....I marched in numerous wars killed countless for beliefs at times I couldn't make heads or tails of. Laid on battlefields crushed by horses, chariots, even elephants, hearing men dying for days watching them rot around me enemy and friend alike. How many wars did you serve in? How many men did you kill? How many days did you lay on a battlefield recovering from your wounds? How many friends did you know for half a year did you have to watch get picked over by crows because you couldn't move until your body healed? Only to fight off the human scavengers as you bury them. I hate what I am! I can't...." Ichigo took her by her shoulders and spun her around. " I can't imagine going through what you've been through, but I will not listen to you feeling sorry for yourself! You're stronger than me and here you are feeling sorry for yourself! Aren't you ashamed of yourself? You are how old? I know if I was your age I would never feel ashamed of myself. Even if you can never die, you are the lasting memorial to those who are forgotten. Because you don't forget. I know you would have done everything in your power to save them if you could have. They were your friends not because of anything other than they wanted to be your friend. You would have died for them and would have. You can't blame yourself for their deaths. The curse you have you can't do anything about, you can't turn back the clock and stop it from happening." Ichigo watched her face grow red, white and then she closed her eyes and let her tears flow. He hugged her close and flash stepped with her under his arms home.
"Why did you push me away? Why haven't you let me near you? I'm stronger than you think." Jamie put her hands in her pockets and looked at her feet as she plodded next to him. He was about to haul her into an alley and make her tell him when she answered. "Do you know how many people I've had to watch die? I'm over 3000 years old Ichigo, forever stuck undying. Forever never getting older then 16. 16....I marched in numerous wars killed countless for beliefs at times I couldn't make heads or tails of. Laid on battlefields crushed by horses, chariots, even elephants, hearing men dying for days watching them rot around me enemy and friend alike. How many wars did you serve in? How many men did you kill? How many days did you lay on a battlefield recovering from your wounds? How many friends did you know for half a year did you have to watch get picked over by crows because you couldn't move until your body healed? Only to fight off the human scavengers as you bury them. I hate what I am! I can't...." Ichigo took her by her shoulders and spun her around. " I can't imagine going through what you've been through, but I will not listen to you feeling sorry for yourself! You're stronger than me and here you are feeling sorry for yourself! Aren't you ashamed of yourself? You are how old? I know if I was your age I would never feel ashamed of myself. Even if you can never die, you are the lasting memorial to those who are forgotten. Because you don't forget. I know you would have done everything in your power to save them if you could have. They were your friends not because of anything other than they wanted to be your friend. You would have died for them and would have. You can't blame yourself for their deaths. The curse you have you can't do anything about, you can't turn back the clock and stop it from happening." Ichigo watched her face grow red, white and then she closed her eyes and let her tears flow. He hugged her close and flash stepped with her under his arms home.
