The Mysteries of This Life

Chapter 5: The End of Today

The final bell of the day rang throughout the school. Yamasorrowichi and Tatsuki gathered their things as fast as they could and raced out the door. Everyone in the class stared after them.

"Well they want to get that fight over with don't they?"

"They want to prove who's better."

"I bet Tatsuki wins."

"No way! It's gotta be the new girl! She beat up Ooshima with no difficulty today at lunch."

"I saw that fight! He had brass knuckles and she didn't even get hit! She finished him with hardly any hits and you could tell she was holding back!"

"How do you know she was holding back?"

"Oh. I used to go to school with her and I saw what it was like when she went all out. I also went to the same dojo."

"Then you can lead us to the fight!"

"Oh! Right! Follow me and we can get there in no time!" The whole group left to get there in time. They arrived at the dojo right before the fight started.

"You can still back out Tatsuki."

"Are you kidding! I'm going to beat you and prove that I'm better!"

"Ok. You had your chance to back out. You should've taken it."

"Are we going to fight or talk all day?"

"Someone's impatient."

"Yeah. I want to show you that I'm better than you are now."

"Ok. Just don't go easy on me Tatsuki."

"Don't go easy on me either."

"Ok. But if you get hurt really bad it's all because you told me not to go easy on you. In other words it'll be your fault."

"Let's just start the fight."

"Ok." They both got into their battle stances. Tatsuki was the first to make a move. She went at Yamasorrowichi and tried to kick her in the head Yamasorrowichi ducked and sent a kick into Tatsuki's back. Tasuki just seemed to get angrier because of that. She tried the kick again except this time Yamasorrowichi caught her foot and kicked her in the same place before spinning around with her hold still on Tatsuki's foot. Tasuki fell and she let go. "You give up yet?"

"Not a chance." She got back up and ran at Yamasorrowichi trying to get one hit on her. Yamasorrowichi was dodging all the attacks, but it was easy to see that she was having trouble with how fast Tatsuki was going at her. Tatsuki finally landed one hard punch on Yamasorrowichi's face. It surprised them both. Tatsuki overcame the surprise first and got another hit which brought Yamasorrowichi out of the shocked state she was in. They went back to the attack and dodge except they both seemed to put more effort in. They were both trying to hit the other with more speed and more force. Tatsuki tried to hit Yamasorrowichi in the face again but failed. Yamasorrowichi saw what she was trying to do and ducked just in time. She then swept her foot across Tatsuki's ankles effectively tripping her. Yamasorrowichi stared down at Tatsuki who tripped her back. They both jumped up with a fire of determination burning in their eyes. All the spectators were dumbstruck at how determined the two were not to lose. Yamasorrowichi tried to hit Tatsuki without waiting for Tatsuki to attack for the first time. She kicked Tatsuki in the side and then punched in the same spot making Tatsuki grab that side for a moment before realizing her lack of defense on the other side and fixing it. They kept fighting seeming to be matched until they both finally stopped holding back. Yamasorrowichi had more speed and a small amount less of strength while Tatsuki had a small amount more strength and a whole lot less speed. They went at each other with everything they had. Both were as determined to win as the other. Yamasorrowichi used her greater speed to her advantage. She was able to dodge all of Tatsuki's attacks and put in some of her own with her new edge. She was able to knock Tatsuki down again and again. Each time she asked Tatsuki if she wanted to quit. Tatsuki declined each time. They got to a point where they both hit each other with enough force to knock them down at the same time. They both fell.

"Wanna quit yet Tatsuki?"

"Not yet. I have to win."

"Oh come on! You have to admit that I'm getting predictable for you. You're predictable to me now."

"I said not yet!"

"Ok ok. Fine. We'll continue." Yamasorrowichi got up first and ran at Tatsuki once she got up. Yamasorrowichi used her better speed to knock Tatsuki down again. Instead of asking about stopping she went on her knees and pinned Tatsuki to the ground. She just sat there and stared down at Tatsuki. They stayed like that for a while. "Tatsuki, let's stop before one of us gets hurt really bad. Unless you don't want to deal with the fact that even though I'm out of practice I'm still the better fighter?" They stared at each other for a while longer.

"Ok. Let's stop. You win again. I wonder if I'll ever beat you."

"One day I'm going to let you just because I'll be too tired to actually try. Either that or I'll weigh 500 pounds and be too lazy to try." Tatsuki burst out laughing and Yamasorrowichi let out a little giggle before a look of horror crossed her face as she imagined herself being lazy and 500 pounds. Tatsuki was laughing so hard she couldn't get up. Tears started streaming down her face. Yamasorrowichi got pulled back to reality after a while of having a look of horror on her face. "Tatsuki it's not funny! Stop laughing! Seriously!" She looked around and saw the crowd of people that watched their fight just standing there staring at them. Then all of a sudden the silence in the spectator group was shattered.

"Yeah! I won the bet! The new girl won! And she has a bandaged head! Oh yeah! I wooon I woooon! You owe me 10 bucks!"Yamasorrowichi ignored the rest and looked at Tatsuki who had finally stopped laughing.

"I'm going home. I gotta clean and cook. Plus I need to get back into practice before I get in another fight because Itchy-chan can't stop getting in fights."

"Don't defend him if you hate his fighting."

"I can't help it. I see a friend in trouble and I just have to protect them."

"You never defended me."

"I guess it's just him then. I mean he's a great guy, but he can't take care of himself in my eyes. He needs me to defend him like I need him in my life. I guess I just feel the need to protect him and make sure he's still around so I can spend time with him."

"Oh. Well he can defend himself."

"I know. I just think of him as little Itchy-chan that can't win a fight against you."

"Why do you call him "-chan"?"

"He was always a sissy when we were little so it seemed fitting and he hasn't proven himself to me enough for me to completely stop. I gotta go now. Bye Tatsuki! Bye random classmates and other people." She hurried away.

"That fight was amazing. Two girls fighting is great."

"Stop being a perv."

"I'm not!"

"Yeah you are."

"No! It's not like that!"

"Is too. Now you should go home too."

"Ok." The crowd dispersed and everyone went home. Yamasorrowichi had a surprise waiting for her at her temporary home. Yet as she ran through the streets and alleyways, she felt like she was on top of the world having confessed something that no one seemed to notice. She felt unstoppable after beating Tatsuki too, but the feeling of her unnoticed confession felt better.

(A/N: So that was chapter 5. Review please. And I have a game for you. If you guess the confession that she made you get a whole chapter to go the way you want. If you guess the reason the one person was called a perv, you get to make a guest appearance for a short time in one of the chapters. If you get both, then you get a chapter to go your way and you get to appear in a chapter. Sound fun? I hope so. Anyways. Next chapter has her surprise in it. After that I will write a chapter for anyone that guessed her confession. And to qualify for the rewards you have to review before the next chapter comes out which will be tomorrow or the day after. Have a great day!)