Ichiro....What happened?

I-

[He swallows.]
May I tell you when I'm in a slightly better state of mind?

.........................fine.


Are.....are you alright?

...Not entirely, but I'm alive.

Not--

Where are you now?

I'd rather not publicize my location.

I will be fine. I can nurse my own injuries- Really. It's best that I take care of this on my own.

Apologies.

.....when the House comes back, we are going to talk Ichiro.

I know.

Okay, I'm here. What's going on?

There's this... Person who is overly hostile. I recently found out that my girlfriend just tried to comfort him, and he punched her in the face. When I saw what happened, she was crying and said she "fell." I was worried, but I didn't question her because she was so upset. When I found out what really happened, I felt this surge of anger within me, because I was at odds. On one hand, I hate violence, but... He had hurt the person I feel closest to.

I tried to find him. His words aggravated me when I tried to reason with him, so much so that I believe all the anger and discontent that I had bottled up just spilled out. I started screaming, and when I fought with him I felt no mercy. It was impeccably peculiar. I feel awful now, and I took a couple of hits, but I don't want to leave him out there to die.

To be honest, I think you and Ziva-san would be the only ones I could face right now.

Some guy beat up your girl? Shit man, I'm sorry. That's...okay, I'm a girl that can fend for herself but if she was just trying to help and he punched her then yeah, the asshole deserved a beating of his own.

I know you're like peacemaker or whatever your deal is but sometimes the only thing to solve violence is more violence. Trust me, you can't just talk through a situation with some people, it just doesn't work - I should know - and if you keep all that rage bottled up, when it finally gets out then it's nasty and messy and you can't get it all back in again. If you're fighting then you should be in a zone where it's just you, no one else, nothing can beat you when you get like that. It's meant to be cathartic.

If you need me I'm in the woods, sort of on my own for the most because I don't do folksy group camping bullshit.

I am ashamed to admit that, even though I feel tremendously guilty, i also feel relieved.

It's awful.

And thank you.

There has to be some channel for you darker side though. Maybe if you didn't bottle so much then it wouldn't just...explode out of you. I mean, I could take you in a fight so if you ever wanted to spar with me then I'd be game. It might help to just get everything out there.

...That channel used to be football.

Thank you for the offer, I appreciate that. As long as you make sure not to kill me, for I do not doubt that your ability as a... Slayer, was it? Is at least tenfold that of a normal human being.

I like you too much to kill you. But I don't do the whole killing thing unless that thing is evil, undead or both.

[[ooc: No way is she admitting the almost choking Ziva to death thing to Takami. She's too ashamed.]]

That's a relief.

I'll have to take you up on that offer, then. Thank you.

((He'd be upset, too! Ziva is like one of his besties here at the House.))