When he took the time to contemplate life it still amazed Ichigo where he could find similarities between who he was once and he he was now. His nakama were similar in many ways to Naruto's. Granted they weren't the SAME people as far as he could tell, but they still reminded him of the loved ones the his former incarnation had left behind in death.
Orihime's affection to him reminded him a great deal of Hinata's affection for, well, him too technically. Her... chakra reserves were pretty similar to Hinata's as well.
Chad reminded him a great deal of Shino. Quiet, reliable, and willing to do what it took to protect his friends no matter what.
Ichigo smirked as he wondered if that made Uryuu the Kiba of the group, although he truthfully reminded Ichigo more of an unholy cross between Shikamaru and that bastard Kabuto.
Yoruichi, much to a sour look that Ichigo received for the other day when he mentioned it to her, reminded him of Naruto's Baachan, Tsunade. Well okay, you could draw parallels to Rangiku there too in bust size and sake consumption (not that Yoruichi was lacking in the former) but her status as a female mentor that he cared for and could kick his ass made Ichigo think of Tsunade more than physical looks did.
Which, he supposed, made Urahara like Jiraiya to him. He had trained him. He seemed way too laid back and harmless for what he was really capable of. And it would be easy to see him giggling like a pervert while taking notes in a notebook. Hell geta-boshi had even made Kon, who was like Jiraiya's libido and ability to act like a fool distilled into a single pill.
Tatsuki could be so scary beating on that pervert Chizuru that Ichigo almost called her "Sakura-chan" the other day by mistake.
And thinking of Sakura brought him back to his current problem, namely his promise. Letting Yachiru play with Ulquiorra was all well and good, but Ichigo still felt like he had to take the bastard home. The only problem was Konoha was destroyed. Hell the age of shinobi as Ichigo knew them died before the start of modern civilization in Mesopotamia. Konoha itself was probably a patch of overgrown forest somewhere in the wilds of Southern China. Not even ruins of the buildings would remain of Naruto's home. So was there really anywhere to bring the bastard home to after all this time?
Hell his promise always had more to do with bringing Sasuke back to Sakura than it did bringing him to Konoha. Should he, Ichigo, try to find Sakura's soul instead? She didn't have anything like the fox. The chances of her knowing either of them were pretty much nill.
It was all just so confusing.
Oh well, in the end, supposed it would all work itself out. He would figure out where to take Sasuke's hollow-turned-Arrancar once Aizen was dead.
And from deep within him a certain former Kyuubi no Yoko, now seemingly bound eternally as the dark half of Ichigo's soul chuckled. It would be good to think up more ways to torture the former Uchiha. That would teach the bastard to try to subdue him in the brat's mind. He wasn't so high and might without his fucking Sharingan, was he?