300+ Anime & Manga Prompt Oneshots/Drabbles

Hopeless - Sendō Takeshi

Prompt: Hopeless
Characters: Sendō Takeshi
Series: Hajime No Ippo
O.C: Onikita Kaiya
Genre: Comedy, Slight Drama
Theme Song: N/A
Warnings: Swearing.
Date: 27th November 2012
Author's Note: Snippet from a full length story.

It's not like she hated people, it's just that she didn't like them in her personal space, which is what they were doing right now. Saturdays were supposed to be enjoyed strolling around without having people ram into you or being so close that you could smell what they had for lunch. "Have fun", they said as she left the gym in search of something exciting to do in her free time. Fun? More like torture. With the close proximity of bodies combined with the heat and boredom, Kaiya was quickly becoming irritated.

As she marched along, something caught her eye. A person around three feet tall sobbed to the side of the walkway. Trying to convince herself that she had better things to do, the female continued to walk on by. Unbeknown to her, her paced slowed at the sound of the crying becoming louder. An eyebrow twitched and before she knew it, she'd come to a stop. 'Don't people see him crying?' She wondered as she watched people go about their own business, completely ignoring the crying child.

Soon enough, her mild irritation had turned to anger at the lack of humanity people showed. She didn't know who she was trying to fool when she had initially turned her back. Even if she was on her way to an emergency, she wouldn't have been able to turn a blind eye to the distressed kid. Heaving a sigh, she placed a small smile on her face and turned on her heels. Crouching down to his eye level, she placed a hand on the child's shoulder. With reddened eyes and snotty nose, the child that was no older than eight looked at the person who had stopped. "What's wrong?" She asked softly.

The kid started off through sobs, but it quickly turned to full blow bawling as he tried to explain.

After a long twenty minutes of coaxing and an ice cream, the kid had told Kaiya what had happened. It turned out that - after deciphering the heavy Osaka accent - the young lad had been with someone but ended up getting separated.

As a way to spot the man who'd practically abandoned the small boy, Kaiya let the kid ride on her back. It was no use looking for this guy if all the poor brat could see was people's legs. Shrugging the boy to pull his attention from the ice cream he was devouring, she asked. "What's he look like?"

"Tough." Was his simple reply.

Kaiya's eyebrow twitched. "Really kid? There's lots of tough looking people around here."

"Like a tiger."

'Take a deep breath, he's just a kid.' Is what she told herself as she practically heard the little brat getting strawberry ice cream all over. "That better not go in my hair!" She poked the boy's knee as she half scolded. Getting back to the task at hand, Kaiya tried to think of something that could help find this tough tiger-like man. "Where's he work?"

"We're visiting from Osaka, but he should be at a gym." Seeming complacent with his fast melting sweet treat, the boy was becoming vague with his answers.

"Tiger...From Osaka...At a gym?" The female jumped up and pumped her first in the air. "Let's go." Regardless of how happy she was with genius deduction skills, she wasn't going to run. No; not ever. She settled for a brisk speed walk instead.

-

Stopping just outside of the familiar Kamogawa building, the young boy spoke. "It's not this gym."