Crazy trouble with love part 8

Tatsuki and Ichigo

Series: Bleach

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Ichigo gumbled while walking down the street, tired and exhausted from school and hunting Hollows. It was honestly rather mundane and boring with things going back to normal after dealing with the whole Fullbringer fiasco.

Although he does get messages from a former ally in the form of a dark pink haired girl that really wants to give him 'love', which scares him greatly.

"When things are the same, it actually makes me enjoy school." He muttered while kicking a can, which hit a few dogs and caused them to bark at him. "Oh, sorry about that guys, didn't see you there."

They barked at him before a tiny chihuahua ran at him and bit him on the leg.

"OW!"

"Grrrr!"

"I said sorry!" he groaned trying to shake the dog off.

But it didn't let go while Ichigo didn't notice someone right behind him.

"Having problems Ichigo?"

He turned to see Tatsuki standing there with her arms crossed. "Just a little one, I got it though."

She looked at the dog before grabbing it and placed it down on the ground.

It looked at her before wagging its tail at her. "Arf arf arf arf arf arf arf arf!"

"See? You just gotta know how to handle them." Tatsuki said while Ichigo grabbed his leg. "So I saw you sleeping in class."

"It was a long night."

"Studying or kicking some guys ass?"

"Hollow ass."

"Ah." She smirked while recalling the Hollows, something Ichigo told her after well….losing his powers, but she still believes that he is laughing at her for joining the Karakura-Raizer Team during the war and gaining a strange ability called Riser Deadly Magnum. That and she still didn't like the costume or how tight and ridiculous it was. "So want me to drag you home or train?"

"Hey, it's one bite. I'm not hurt enough to where you need to drag me."

"You sure?" She smirked.

"Well yeah." He said bluntly. "But what are you doing on this street anyway?"

"Was heading back home, saw you, and thought I say hi. Nothing too special." she remarked while rubbing the small dog on the head as the others moved over around her.

Ichigo internally chuckled at this while his mind started thinking back to the days when they sparred, which made him annoyed as he still remembers the crying he had on their first day at the dojo. 'You know, thinking back now, I should really settle that score.'

"Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow, don't let the Hollows keep you up." she joked.

"Hold on Tatsuki." He spoke up. "I have something to ask you."

"What?"

"..." he took a deep breath. "I challenge you to a fight at the dojo, winner acknowledges the other as the best fighter in town."

"Wait, what? You wanna fight me?" she raised an eyebrow. "What brought that on?"

"Well I just remembered you kicking my ass when we were four." He sweatdropped. "And we haven't sparred in years, so why not now?"

"Because you just got done fighting." she remarked bluntly. "If you wanna really fight against me, I'd rather it happen after you get some rest."

"Well I feel energized right now, plus I just want to spend time with you Tatsuki." He said while the girl turned beet red at the accidental hidden meaning.

"T-Then let's just do it tomorrow." she spoke looking away. "We'll do it tomorrow at the dojo, and I'll show you even all these years I'm not rusty when it comes to keeping up my own training."

"You're on." Ichigo smirked. "And when I win, you will be on your knees begging me to teach you my techniques."

Her blush vanished as she turned to the boy and gave him a glare. "I'd like to see you try strawberry shortcake."

That made him frown with an eye twitch before she turned and started walking away. "Same with you, plump dragon!"

She froze hearing that. "What. Did. You. Call. Me?"

"I said, same with you plump-gah!" he let out when he found himself in a headlock with an annoyed Tatsuki.

"I'm not plump!" She snapped while Ichigo gagged. "I'm lean and a fighting machine!"

"Gah...plump...dragon…." He gagged before getting a judo flip onto the concrete as Tatsuki sat on his back and pulled his legs back.

"I'M NOT PLUMP!"

"Ahhh!" he let out in pain as she held on tight.

"Now take it back right now!"

"Ahhh! Never!"

She pulled the legs back harder. "Take it back!"

"Ahhh! Ow ow ow!"

"Say it!"

"Neve-GAH! Ok ok! I'm sorry! You're not plump!"

"Goo-"

"You just have a thick ass!" He mocked while his inner hollow was facepalming a little.

'Way to go, you just made her more angry.'

Tatsuki growled before squeezing harder while digging her heel into his back. "THAT'S IT! YOU'RE DEAD!"

"AAAAAAHH!" He screamed in pain while feeling his legs tearing a little. "OH KAMI! MY LEGS!"

(A few 'pulls' later)

"Sorry! Sorry! I SAID SORRY!"

"You're not leaving until I'M satisfied strawberry!" She growled while pulling the legs again.

"AHHH! I'M SORRY!" He cried out. "YOU'RE NOT PLUMP! YOU'RE SEXY! OH KAMI THE PAIN!"

And cue Tatsuki blushing at this as she let the legs go. "B-Baka, I didn't need to hear the second part."

"Eh?" He said while in pain. "But you're the one who wouldn't let up until you were satisfied, I figured that'd do the trick."

"B-Baka." She blushed while getting up and pointed at him. "That's not how you fight a skilled warrior!"

Ichigo sweatdropped at this while unable to feel his lower back.

"Get some rest and be at the dojo first thing in the morning, or else." She said before walking away.

"See you then Tatsuki." He groaned. 'Still as dangerous as I remember.'

'Baka! Calling me plump and then sexy like that!' she thought with her arms crossed and a blush.

(Next day)

-Kurosaki residence-

"ICHIGO!"

He got up and kicked his father in the crotch.

"AHHH!" He screamed in pain.

"Not today old man, I'm sore as hell."

"Ah…." he groaned while Ichigo went back to sleep. "But...that Tatsuki girl….is waiting….at the door…."

"Wait, she's already here?"

"Yes…."

He stood up, naked and ran to the door and opened it. "Oh kami, I'm-"

"AHH! COVER UP!"

"SORRY!" He got out before slamming the door as Tatsuki stood there with a red face.

'Oh...kami….he had abs….' she thought while turning away and covered her mouth. 'And his...no! Forget it! Just wait here until he gets dressed, than kick his ass.'

(Two minutes later)

Ichigo opened the door with a blush before getting kicked in the face. "Gah!"

"That's for being a nudist!"

"Ow! It was an accident damn it!"

Tatsuki blushed while kicking him again. "J-Just don't do that again baka!" 'Oh kami….he's toned!'

"Then quit kicking me!"

She huffed before taking a deep breath and sighed. "Fine, but are you ready to spar?"

"Well duh."

"Then let's get going so I can kick your ass."

"No I'm the one kicking your ass."

Both glared at the other before Karin and Yuzu walked out.

"Aw." Yuzu gushed. "Ich-nii and Tats-chan are flirting."

"It's about time." remarked Karin making the two blush.

"W-We aren't flirting!" Both blushed.

"Are you sure?" Yuzu asked. "Because you two are so friendly and similar to each other."

"And like to squabble like you're in a relationship." piped up Karin.

Both blushed before running away quickly.

Yuzu looked at her sister before whispering. "Do you think they will marry one day?"

"Either them or Ichigo will end up marrying Orihime."

"That sounds weird. Orihime and Uryu are more compatible."

"Only time will tell."

(Later)

-Dojo-

Ichigo and Tatsuki were in gis and stood across from the other.

"Ready to get your ass kicked?" Ichigo smirked.

"Only if you don't cry like a baby." Tatsuki teased while taking a stance.

Ichigo did the same with both of them keeping still, not wanting to make the first move.

Silence.

"..."

"..."

That was when Ichigo made the first move, a running jump kick to the stomach.

Tatsuki smirked and reached down to catch it by the ankle and used the momentum to swing him to the side.

He spun in the air before doing a reverse axe kick to her back as Tatsuki dodge the strike and gave him a punch to the gut.

"Too slow." she mocked as he groaned before swinging an open palm to her arm.

He then used the palm on the knees while dodging a kick to the face. "That's my line, are you holding back?"

"Duh."

"Well, I'm not going to hold back for you, plump dragon." He said while hoping this would make her attacks sloppy.

She scowled before roaring out and aimed a high kick to his head.

He dodged, barely, and used this opportunity to kick her in the stomach, causing her to almost vomit.

She gagged before doing a roundhouse kick at Ichigo, sending him back a few feet. "I told you not to call me plump you damn strawberry shortcake!"

"And I told you...I'm not a strawberry!" he yelled back after getting his bearings. "And did I say plump? Sorry, I meant obese dragon-"

"YAH!" she roared lunging and slugged him across the cheek.

He went right into a wall while slowly getting up as Tatsuki ran at him for another attack. He groaned before ducking from a punch to his face and rolled out of the way. 'Shit!'

"I'm not plump you asshole!" She growled while turning around and tried to axe kick him. "Nor am I obese!"

"Ah!" He jumped back before dodging another axe kick and used the momentum to grab her arm and did a chop to the arm.

CRACK!

Only to accidentally break it.

"AHHH! FUCK FUCK FUCK!" 'NOT AGAIN!'

"Crap!" he spoke as she hissed and grabbed her arm. "Tatsuki! I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to do that!"

"You didn't!? Well-" She ran at him and kick at his right leg.

CRACK.

Breaking it in the process.

"THAT'S AN INTENTIONAL KICK YOU ASSHOLE!"

"GAH!" he cried out falling down and held it with a hiss. "Hey! What I did was an accident! That was on purpose!"

She glared while hissing in pain. "Like I care right now! You broke my arm! The SAME one as last time!"

Ichigo groaned before falling to his knee, causing Tatsuki's anger to vanish seeing his pain. "Still, it was an accident! Ow….let's call this one a...ow….tie…."

"Yeah...we should get to the hospital, ow!"

"I can't carry you…."

"Nor me…."

Both looked at the other while sweating a lot. "I'll call my mom/old goat."

(Later)

Both groaned while having casts on their broken body parts as they were stuck in the hospital with Ichigo's father, who apparently made it to their location faster than Tatsuki's mom. 'This sucks.'

It also didn't help that Ichigo's dad and the head doctor, Uryu's father, were butting heads with one another.

"I should have known your son would end up here faster than last time."

"Hey, it wasn't from a Hollow. Just a common spar with my daughter."

"What?"

"You know, that girl is going to marry my son one day."

"When Shinigami and Quincy's fall from the sky and live together in peace."

"Oh please, you'd love that wouldn't you?"

"No." He said while blowing smoke at his face. "Now your son and his friend can leave, but next time, go to another hospital."

Ichigo and Tatsuki grumbled at this.

"Also, they should stop acting like an old couple."

"We're not a couple!" Both yelled with red faces.

"You sound like it." The doctor said before walking away.

They frowned with Isshin smiling, which made Ichigo glare.

"Don't you say it too ya old goat."

"What? You two should date so Tatsuki here can become another daughter."

Tatsuki blushed brighter and went silent with Ichigo growling.

"We're not dating and we ain't gonna date!" he yelled before wincing and held his cast. "Damn."

"You might date." Isshin said with a shrug. "I mean Tatsuki here cares for you a lot, and so do you. That's why I'm going to get the sake for when you two finally date and cross the line."

"Keep that up and I'll kick your ass, broken leg or not!"

Tatsuki kept on blushing while considering her relationship with him, and how they were still close to this day. 'Dating….him? It...might….work? Right?'

(Two days later)

-Karakura High-

Ichigo grumbled while using some crutches to get to class, which made him very annoyed. "This is gonna be a LONG day."

As he walked to class, he noticed that Tatsuki was waiting for him near the door.

"Oh Tatsuki-"

"Meet me on the roof after school." She whispered in his ear before walking into class.

"Wait, what?" He said while she didn't answer back. 'Ugh, hopeful it's nothing crazy like kicking me off the roof.'

(Later)

"Yo Tatsuki." Ichigo said while seeing Tatsuki sitting on the ground with her back against the fence.

She gestured to him to come forward while lightly blushing.

"What's up?" he asked moving over.

"..." she sighed. "Ichigo, I've been thinking for a while and….you remember how your dad and sisters talked about us being….in a relationship?"

He groaned. "Believe me, it's hard to forget. Pretty annoying am I right?"

"Ichigo." She said while looking at him with a red face. "I….I think...we should date."

"...what?!" he let out in surprise.

"I mean...we know each other, act like the other and…." she blushed again. "I think….."

'She's going to say it kingy.'

"I...I think I….love you…."

'KNEW IT!'

"T-Tatsuki…" muttered Ichigo in shock.

'He's going to reject it! Ugh! I knew it!' She thought in embarrassment. 'Him and Orihime are too close! I...I lost him!'

"Wait, are you bringing this up because of what the others were saying?" he asked. "I mean, are you telling me this because you felt a little pressured?"

"N-No! " she snapped. "It's not because of that you baka!"

He flinched at that outburst. "Then what? I mean it's not like you had feelings for me since we were four right?"

She went silent while looking at her feet with a crimson face.

"Wait...you mean…."

She nodded while twirling her finger into a circle over the floor.

"Tatsuki…"

"I know, you're shocked and think I'm nuts….but I do love you." Tatsuki muttered while looking very sad. "So go on….reject me. I can take it."

"I wasn't gonna do that."

She blinked at that while her heart stopped beating. "...eh?"

"I never said I was gonna reject you." he remarked moving over and carefully sat down next to her.

"Really? I mean you must be into someone else."

"Not really." He admitted while putting a hand on Tatsuki's shoulder. "What gave you that idea?"

"Well you and Orihime seem to be close, that and every other girl that you save seems to like you, especially Rukia."

"That midget? No way, honestly I see her more like another sister, but the annoying kind." He sweatdropped. "When I see you that is, I see both a great friend and…." he lightly blushed. "A cute woman."

And cue said woman turning bright red. "W-W-What?"

"You heard me, I think you're a cute woman, a deadly one, but nonetheless a cute woman that I could date, if you stop kicking me that is."

She blushed while punching his shoulder lightly with her good arm. "B-Baka….you gave me a scare that time."

"You're the one who suddenly told me to come up here without explanation. I thought you wanted to kick my butt or something." he deadpanned.

"No! I want to be romantic."

"Wow, now THAT'S surprising." he joked.

"H-Hey!" She pouted while punching his face lightly. "I can't be girly sometimes!"

"Ow!" he cried covering the spot. "How is it girly to punch me?!"

"Oh relax, that was a love punch." She joked.

"Love punch my ass!"

"Gladly." she gave a light punch to his butt making him glare.

"I didn't mean it literally."

She snickered at this before lightly punching his chest. "Love punch."

"You can st-"

Chu~

And cue a kiss to the cheek from Tatsuki. His eyes widened and looked at her as she moved back with a victory smirk.

"I win again Ichigo." She said. "And got you as a boyfriend, just do me a favor."

"Um...what…." he asked while still in shock.

She moved closer to him and whispered. "When our casts are gone, we have a rematch. But on the bed."

"What?!" he gawked at her with a blush. "T-That's rushing things don't ya think?!"

"Are you chicken?" She smirked.

"No! I'm just-"

"So I guess I'm not 'sexy' enough to get your sword unsheathed? Wow, just wow."

"T-That's not it!" he sputtered embarrassed. "I-It's just, I don't want us to rush things."

"You fought and defeated people and monsters on a regular basis AND went into hell twice." She deadpanned. "Rushing things after all the crap you went though is inevitable right Ichigo?"

He groaned at that while Tatsuki rubbed his groin.

"Besides, I'm eager to see how much stamina you got from all that training." she smirked seeing him jolt. "And since you have no trouble sleeping naked, I know what you're packing."

He turned bright red while his pants gained a tent. "Um….sigh. Fine, but after we heal, I don't want your arm or my leg to break even more."

"Alright." Tatsuki said with a one armed shrug. "But remember, we will be on the bed and I'll be on top."

"Heh, not unless I try." he threw back.

"Is that a challenge strawberry shortcake?"

"That it is plump dragon." Ichigo threw back playfully.

They smirked at the other and just laid their heads against the other. All the while not knowing that Rukia was watching them from above.

'Well….at least they're happy. But mmmm...maybe I should ask them to be the godmother when they conceive a child? It would be fair.' she idly thought in amusement.