Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Down at the Dojo ❯ Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or the characters. That privilege goes to Tite Kubo.

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Five o'clock. Ichigo was at the dojo just like every day. Tatsuki had just beaten him. Again. The red-headed four year old was sitting in front of the short haired girl with her hand outstretched, offering to help him up. His face was red with embarrassment. How had she beaten him again? That had been the shortest fight yet!

 

He got up without taking her hand in his own indignant pride. He didn't need to be helped up by a girl he'd just lost to multiple times. He went to sit down on a bench outside to wait for his mom. It was nearly five which meant class was over. As he pouted and swung his feet angrily, Ichigo saw Tatsuki's mom walking toward him. He watched as she went into the buiding and brought her daughter out a second later.

 

"Bye Ichigo!" Tatsuki called as she smiled and waved at him. He waved back at his victor unhappily as he watched her go. Why'd she always have to win? Was she just better than him?

 

Finally he looked up and saw his mom coming. "Mo-o-om, it took you foooreverrrr!" he whined.

"Sweety it's only been five minutes. It's not that long."

"It felt like a million years!" She laughed at her son's impatience and took his hand before crossing the street.

"Mommy, Tatsuki won again. It's not fair. She always wins. No matter how hard I try, she always beats me!"

"It's ok honey, you'll get her next time, I promise. You just gotta keep trying." The four year old Ichigo gave an audible sigh. He'd never beat her.

 

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Here he was again, in her clutches. She was going to win again. 'You'll get her next time, I promise' echoed through his mind. He threw a really good punch and then a kick. About two minutes later Tatsuki was on the ground faking a pout, Ichigo in front of her beaming and holding out his hand. She took it and said in a defeated tone, "Good match."

"Thanks."

"Wanna fight again?" she challenged.

"Sure," he accepted.

"You won't win this time," she said.

"We'll see about that," he answered.

Sure enough, about three minutes later Ichigo had lost again. He was annoyed. How had he lost again? He'd just beaten her! He took her outstretched hand and they sparred again, Tatsuki the winner.

 

When class was over Ichigo was sitting on the bench outside again. Tatsuki looked over and decided to join him. "What are you so happy about?" she asked.

"I beat you today!" he smiled.

"Yeah, but I won all the other times."

"You win every day."

"That's because you don't practice enough," she said.

She turned her head suddenly to look at Ichigo. "What?" he said.

She answered, "Oh nothin', your hair's just messed up is all."

"Hey look it's your mom," Ichigo observed.

"Oh yeah, it is." She turned to look back at the small red-headed boy sitting next to her. He was suddenly aware that his sparring buddy was now very close and something was touching his mouth. She blushed and said, "And by the way, I let you win," before skipping off to hug her mother. She looked back to a stunned, dazed Ichigo, giggled at the face he was making and waved. "Bye Ichigo!" He was so shocked he could barely think but somehow he managed to wave back at her.

 

A minute later his mom walked up to him and he immediately told her the details of the fight. "I won, mom, I won!" She smiled real big and said, "See? I knew you could do it!"

"Hey mommy?"

"Yes?"

"She said she let me win."

"Well did she let you win?"

"I dunno. Maybe… You know what else she did?"

"What?"

"She- I think… she KISSED me!!!!"

Misaki looked down at her son in disbelief. "No way!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, I think she did…" He was quiet for a minute before he said in a matter of a fact tone, "Mommy, I think Tatsuki's weird."

Misaki giggled and instinctively reached for her son's hand as they got ready to cross a busy street.

 

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A/N: Ok, peoples, I hope you liked it. This is my first oneshot and I think I did ok. Ummm, I got the idea for this when I was just laying on my bed watching my sister read another one of my fanfics and I decided to write It down. I kinda just wrote it all in one sitting. Anyway, I hope ya liked it and thanks for reading! (= ]