The Batman

Chapter 3

It was dark and cold in the room. I had just woken up and I was freezing cold! I curled up in the blankets and shivered. "Ah, Mr. Wayne you're awake" I heard a voice said in the background. The teacher from my class came and sat down on my bed then looked at me. "You okay Matthew?" He asked me. I nodded and rubbed my face, it still hurt from the kick that Tatsu did. "Um sir, I never caught your name.." I told me teacher. He smiled at me "ducard..you may call me Ducard" he responded. "Oh..that's a very unusual name sir.." I told Ducard. Ducard chuckled a little "my name comes from a place that is unusual so I understand what you're saying Mr.Wayne" he said. I looked at him curiously "where do you come from?" I asked him starting to wonder what he meant. Ducard responded to me, "...I was born long ago to a tribe of desert nomads..somewhere in Arab." I nodded and headed towards the bathroom looking in the mirror and seeing my face with a black eye. Discard laughed,"Ms.Yamashrio sure does like to steal the show..don't worry you'll get used to it." I sighed and groaned then saw him get up "you should head home now Mr.Wayne..you've been sleeping the entire day" he said before leaving the room. I saw my belongings on the floor and picked them up with my backpack. I yawned and walked out the room heading out the school. As I was walking home, I saw Tatsu fighting by herself, or at least that's what it looked like. She was flipping and doing all these types of moves. I shrugged and headed home, but as I walked Tatsu saw me and got her stuff before running up to me. "Um hey Matt, sorry for the..kick earlier" she said looking pretty serious. I shook my head "it's fine, I mean it's just a little black eye..nothing serious" I responded to her. She nodded and started to walk beside me. There was a few minutes of silence, so I decided to ask her something. "so umm..how come you were doing those..fight skills and stuff out here, aren't you learning in class?" I asked Tatsu. Tatsu shook her head at me,"that class isn't really teaching anything new to me, I already know everything." "Ohh..then why are you taking the class?" I asked her looking at her face. She looked back at me and sighed, "because..my parents said I need to do something with my life instead of just staying at home and practicing my fight skills...they don't like it when I do it at home so they told me to just leave and come here to do it.." Tatsu responded. I heard the sadness in her voice and nudged her "I'm sorry..but hey at least you have an actual test target that you can practice on all the time" I smiled pointing my thumbs at me. Tatsu smiled at me and laughed, "yep that's true!" We continued walking until she asked me something, "wait..how about I teach you?" Tatsu asked me. I had no clue about what she was talking about. "Huh? What do you mean?" I asked her. She looked at me, "I can teach you what I know..everything I know! you'll not only be physically stronger..but mentally as well!" I shook my head at her "sounds like a lot of work Tatsu...you know so much, how can I learn all of what you know in just a matter of days?" I responded to her. Tatsu sighed "well it's just an idea Matthew...if you choose to be a slacker and not want to be stronger in any type of way, whether you like it or not..then you do that. But if you ever..EVER changed your mind and actually want to be something more then you know who to come to." Tatsu shook her head and walked away from me. I shrugged and kept walking home. Once I got home I said hi to Alfred and went upstairs straight to my room. When I walked in, I set my things down and laid flat on my back on my bed. For the rest of that night all I could think about was what Tatsu said...and wondered if she was right..