A/N: Ichigo and Hichigo, or Dark Ichigo. The 'word' for this one was DDR. I've played the game, and it really is hard to get all perfects, even on easy. Anyway, AU.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own. I do own really pretty heeled boots.

As he waited for his turn, Ichigo wondered when it had all started. It probably began after that first fight for control. Hichigo had vowed to beat him, but they had never specified in what. So after beating Highico in a fight for the nth time, Ichigo had been rather surprised when the next time Hichigo had challenged him, it had been to a race.

That challenge had marked the beginning of many to come. After winning ten different races, he had been challenged to something new. The challenge would always change after he had won a certain number of times, ranging from five to fifty so far.

The challenges themselves had always taken place in the strange world that Hichigo and Zangetsu resided in, at first. He had won fights, races, balance contests, arm wrestling, and a handful of other physical competitions. Hichigo had then challenged him to mental contests, Zangetsu always providing the question, puzzle, riddle, clues, or word game.

Having won these challenges as well, Hichigo challenged him to games. Tic-tac-toe, rock-paper-scissors, hangman, and other games they could play in the dirt. Ichigo had won them as well, always managing to get the best out of so many matches. Having exhausted every challenge he could think of, Hichigo proposed that they take their fight into the real world.

So far, Ichigo had won at cooking, various games that required aim, an assortment of board and card games, various video games, and oddly enough, stealing Urahara's hat the most times in an hour. Even if he lost at a few challenges, he had won them overall. It was almost like tennis. He had to win so many games in order to win the match.

As the song finally ended, Ichigo regained control of his body. Looking at the score, he almost groaned. He would need to get practically all perfects to beat Hichigo's score, but he would do it. He was not about to lose control of his body, even for just a day, to Hichigo over a game of DDR.

A/N: If someone were to write a fic using this, it would be really funny. Hope that you found it amusing. If I misspelled a name, please tell me. Thank you for reading, and please review if you're feeling nice.