Chapter 5: A Little Fight

"Ohayo gozaimasu, Madarame Ikkaku..."

Ikkaku ignored her and kept his eyes concentrated on his 'breakfast'. Though, he wanted to look at her. Sae walks over to the table and looks at what he's eating. "Um, what the hell is that?"

He looks down at the odd crunchy stuff settling in his milk. "..... I was goin to ask you the same thing..... But I remember that guy saying that it's called cereal."

"Oh. Cereal. You know, I can make one hell of a breakfast, Ikkaku."

"I don't remember saying that I wanted you to speak to me."

"Hey! I'm just trying to be nice, you asshole! But if you want me to be a cold hearted bitch to you then I don't have a problem with THAT!"

Hanabi sighs and tried to block out her Captain's early morning screaming.

"Besides, I'm a goddamn captain! You have no right to speak to me in that manner!"

"Will you shut up!? I just woke up and I'm tired of being here. I want to go back----"

"PLEASE! Taichou, Ikkaku-san is right. We all just woke up we're the guests in Hiro's home." Hanabi speaks up, sounded rather bothered by all of this commotion.

Sae Izuni nods and finally takes a seat by the kitchen table. "Hm. You're right. Let's do something while we wait around for Hollows to appear or something. I've been dying to beat someone's ass." Izuni says under her breath. At that moment, she got an idea.

"Hey, Ikkaku...."

His eyes look up to her. Again, he had a feeling that she was cooking something up in that brain of hers. "What do you want?"

"Let's fight. I'm really in the mood to stab someone with my zampakuto. I just wanna punch someone." She looks over to him and smiles.

"So. Are you up for it? Or are you scared to fight an innocent little girl like me?"

"Drop that innocent act right now. And no, I won't think twice to hit a girl."

"Ooh. You're cruel. Let's go then!"

"Wait, now?"

"Yes, now, baldy? What are you stupid?" She literally yanks him out of the chair and Hanabi sighs once again. Oh, I feel your pain Kishimoto.

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"Um. Are you freakin kidding me? Out here in the open?" Ikkaku looked around, people walking past the open field.

"Oh, don't have your panties in a wad, Ikkaku. Besides, no one is going to say, "Hey, mister! Stop hitting that girl!" They can't see you, you know that!"

"Still---"

"Less talk, more hitting back!" Sae draws her zampakuto and strikes him, nearly getting him in the face.

Woah, guess she wasn't playing! After missing the first strike, she turns to face his back and kicks him.

"You little bitch!"

Sae giggles. "What's that matter? Hit me back!"

"On second thought, I don't wanna do this anymore."

"Why not?" She asks, swinging at him again.

"It's too easy to fight a girl." He answers, blocking her attack with his shafe.

"Oh, really?" She uses her free hand to throw a punch, finally connecting to his face. He pulls back from her and looks at her.

"Ok then...... don't say I didn't warn you, midget."

"That's more like it!"

He holds his arms out, joining his zampakuto to his gaurd. "Extend, Hizokimaru!"

She grins and holds her zampakuto out before him.

She charges towards him, fast as the speed of sound. Ikkaku barely saw her when she jumped up to hit him. He moves away just in time. If he had moved a moment later, he would have been dead.

"Don't run, Ikkaku! Attack!" Izuni yells, striking him again. This time, he blocks her attack with his zampakuto.

"Good! Now, attack me! Or I'll kill you!" She yells again. Little did she know, he failed to realize that his zampakuto was a three part pole. Hizokimaru disconnects, thus cutting her arm. She draws back and looks at her wound.

"Wow. How careless of me. But I'm just getting warmed up!" He barely blinks and she disappears.

"Wh.... Where did she go---"

"To slow!" He hears her yell. He turns around and sees her. Of course, he tried to move away but this time....

He wasn't so lucky. "Yaa!" She yells, slashing the side of his face. Afterwards, he jumps far away from her. "What the hell??"

"Are you nuts, you crazy bitch?! Are you trying to kill me?"

"Hell yeah! What are you, scared? I'm so disappointed. Ikkaku." Izunu says, disappearing again.

Ikkaku stands defensively, hoping that she wouldn't come up behind him again. Well, this time she didn't.

"Pay ATTENTION!" Sae reappears again, striking him again. This time in the arm.

"Dammit! She's not playing around. She's really trying to kill me!"

Sae swings her zampakuto once again but he blocks it. "Good for you, Madarame!"

"Will you SHUT UP!?" He yells, lunging Hizokimaru towards her, hitting her in the side. Instantly she gasps in shock. But let's be serious here.

Sae Izuni's face finally lights up with a grin. "Nice try! But this fight is over!"

She grabs Hizokimaru and manages to make it slip out of Ikkaku's hands. His eyes widened in disbelief.

"What's the matter, Ikkaku? Shocked?" She asks, jumping back for some distance.

Ikkaku ran towards her, attempting to retrive his zampakuto. "Give IT BACK!!" He yells. Now, he was PISSED.

Izuni frowns, and lunges HIS zampakuto towards him. She misses and stirkes with her sword. Again, she misses and she was completely wide open. Without thinking, he takes Hizokimaru from her hand and slaps her away with the end of his pole.

The sound of her body hitting the end of Hizokimaru signaled him that the impact was painful. Not to mention, she flew all the way to the end of the field.

Sae just lays there on the grass, breathing slightly uneven. "Good for you, Ikkaku. Good for you."

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The walk back to the house was a rather quiet and awkward walk. Sae seemed angry. But her attitude only made Ikkaku happy.

"I don't know what the hell you're so mad about. You kicked my ass."

Sae looks at him for a quick second. "I'm not mad. I didn't go hard you, dummy."

"Whatever. You're mad because----"

"Will you shut the hell up?" Sae said, balling up her fists. Ikkaku's grin disappears. "Fine."

"........... Besides. The main reason why I wanted to fight you was because...... Because you didn't ask."

Ok, now he was puzzled. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't play stupid with me, Ikkaku. You were feeling me up in my sleep."

"No, I didn't! Don't play around like that, you twerp! Why would I touch on a man in his sleep?"

"Play innocent if you like. But I was the one that was actually getting felt up on. I mean, if you wanted to touch me, you should've just asked."

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" He yells.

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A/N: Short but whatever. At least I'm updating at a good pace. That's all that matters. So, how's the story so far? Is it good? If only more people left more comments. =^^=