Thin Ice

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Ishida Uryu was proud to be the last Quincy.

He liked being alone.

He hated the Shinigami, by tradition and personal experience.

He didn't want friends. He had lived without them up till now, and humans were disgusting hypocrites.

Ichigo was too dumb to understand that.

Ishidacouldn't understand why they forced themselves on him.

But after someone's saved your life a few times, it's courteous not to beat them up.

It was impossible to ignore them when they were so persistent.

'Not beating him up' evolved into helping each other on a regular basis.

Interacting with them didn't make them his friends.

It was a disgrace to the Quincy.

It didn't mean he liked them.

Still, watching Ichigo fight was amazing.

And Inoue had smiled at him today.

And after all, the Quincies were extinct.

She had a nice smile, when she meant it.

Maybe it was time to move on.

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I gotta admit, I took this style from darkestbeforedawn, who writes some of the coolest Samurai Champloo fics I have ever read. The content is my own though. Not liking the middle too much though, such a bad transition... oh well. Critique me? Just say hi?