New Story! ...To be honest I don't see this story going very far. It was just an idea I had. I mean,...you see them as killers and thugs and soul reapers,...but you never see Soi Fon or Yoruichi in clubs and actual classes and stuff. Just an idea. Nothing major.
As for The United States Of,... its complete. I'll work on a sequel.
"Go on and pick a club!" A blonde teen shouted to his shorter friend. He grinned as they moved through the booths showing the clubs the school had to offer. "Oh, what about Soccer Soi-Chan?" He asked as they passed a board. He turned his green and white ball cap so the bill was backwards.
The girl, Soi, looked at the sign. She imagined herself running and slipping before making the goal. "Ah, no thanks." She brushed her messy hair back from her face.
"Basketball?" The blonde asked as they passed a board for that.
"Nothing sports like, thanks." Soi blanched as she fixed her boys uniform. She wouldn't be caught dead in a skirt. "Kisuke are you in any clubs?"
The blonde looked thoughtful. "I used to be in the Science club. But then I got into sports. I'm joining the football team this year." His eyes lit up. "Oh! Soi-Chan! Join us! The only girls on the team are cheerleader, and they aren't even on the team!"
"And get pummeled by a bunch of sweaty guys? No thanks." Soi frowned.
"You don't get pummeled if you don't get caught Soi-Chan." Kisuke pointed out with a grin. "I can't believe your finally in my school. Well, high school."
Soi smiled. She and Kisuke had been best friends since grade school. He was always there to fight for her.
"Get lost ya creeps!" Kisuke , seven, shouted. He turned to Soi. "You okay Soi-Chan?"
Soi nodded, trying not to tear up. "Yeah."
Kisuke helped her up. "Come on I'll walk you home."
"Thanks."
Kisuke walked her to her class. "Make some new friends okay? Don't let somebody be a jerk to you." He smiled and waved, walking off to his own class.
Soi took her seat and looked around. 'Seems okay.' She looked forward as the teacher asked them to say their name and a goal for the year.
"Soi Fon." The teen scrambled for a second then gathered herself.
"Ah, I'm Soi Fon and I hope to make new friends and join a good club this year and I hope to do well." She finished quickly. She was thanked as she sat back down, calming herself. 'I have a good feeling about this year.' She looked around, catching a look at the back of the class where two bad tempered looking boys sat. She turned back quickly. 'Damn.'
The boys in the back grinned.
Soi left the class as soon as lunch was called. She wouldn't be anyone's chore girl. Last time that happened she ended up in a fight, getting a busted lip and bruised cheek. It would have been worse if Kisuke hadn't shown up and thrown the girls off her.
Taking a seat under a tree in the side courtyard, Soi fell back on the hard wood and stared up at the clouds. 'Joining a club would mean making friends. And maybe I would be good at sports, who knows.' She huffed lightly.
Kisuke was good at sports. He was crazy good at them. Soi remembered going to a few of his games back in elementary. He was one of the best on the team. Any team. He was in basketball, volleyball, baseball. But his favorite was football. And Soi was sure he'd do anything to make her join.
She was sad she was kinda thinking about it. Kisuke always wanted a girl on the guys team. Said it would make things better, everywhere. And keep things interesting.
"Hey kid." A gruff voice called nearby. Soi looked around to see those two boys from earlier. Damn her luck.
"What do you want?" She ruffled her messy hair, making it even messier. She stood and glared at them. They were clearly up to no good.
"Hang out with us." The one asked, his hair a pale shade of brown. He was only a little taller than Soi. His longish coppery haired friend was taller than him, but he looked the type to play second hand. "Yeah, hang out with us." The taller grinned.
Soi gazed at him through half lidded eye annoyance. 'Great, idiot number one and idiot number two on display at your right.' She shrugged. "No thanks." She waved them off and turned away.
"Ah,…hey we're talkin to you!" The shorter boy called. She heard his friend call out another yeah as she walked away. "Sure, whatever." She waved a hand over her shoulder then stuck both hand's four fingers into her pockets. 'And I thought I was a loser.'
Something hard thudded against her back, she stumbled. Turning, she saw the shorter boy raise his fist. He'd run up on her and hit her. Soi growled. 'Pussy.' Lowering her stance, knees bent, fingers pushing through the grass to the dirt,…Soi kicked out and caught him in the stomach. He flew back.
"Why you little…!" He snarled and looked at his friend. "Don't just stare you idiot! Get her!" The taller charged her.
"What the hell did I do to you?" Soi called as she leaned away from the tall boy. 'I'm guessing cause I acted better than them? Or because whatever plan they had was ruined?' Not that she really cared. Pressing off on her left leg she bolted sideways and turned to run straight. 'Fuck that.' She ran with all the speed her legs possessed.
"Hurry the hell up!" A scary looking brunette with green eyes called back to the house. She made a face when she looked down at her school uniform. 'I should have picked the boys uniform,…but it wouldn't have looked right on me.'
"Cool it Kukaku." A violet haired teen smirked as she walked out onto the street, sliding the door shut behind her. She adjusted her vest and skirt.
"Yeah whatever. We're gunna be late cause of you Yoruichi. Congrats." Kukaku looked away, hands on her hips.
"The day is almost over, we could go and start tomorrow instead." Yoruichi laughed.
"As if!" Kukaku growls and smacks a hand on the violet haired teen's back, fisting the cloth in her hands and dragging her along. "Let's go ya time waster."
"Ah,…but Kukaku, you know how I am with new schools." Yoruichi stalls. Every time she went to a new school the male student body got over excited and took every chance to ask her out, then shunned her after they found out she was gay. That was part of the reason she lived with Kukaku and her family, they didn't care.
"Yeah yeah." Kukaku calmed and let go of Yoruichi's vest. The violet haired teen walked by her friends side, head down. Kukaku didn't bother to ask what she was thinking about. She'd never get an honest answer, no matter how close they were. "So,…" The violent of the two began to make conversation to break the mood.
"Gunna join any clubs?" She smiled at her companion.
Yoruichi smirked. "Maybe." She was thinking about joining the track team.
A loud whooshing sound caught their attention. They stopped and looked back. Someone appeared for an instant and dashed by, leaving behind a small trail of dust.
"…Who the hell…was that?" Kukaku asked more to herself in the silence that followed.
Yoruichi stared, even more stunned than her friend. 'Their fast,…maybe almost as fast as me.' She saw the person pass at a slower speed than Kukaku. The dark short hair, the boys uniform, the determined look in those gray eyes. 'Amazing.'
Soi somehow ended up in the back of the school. She sat down and took a breather. 'Damn,' She looked up as the bell rung. 'I missed the rest of the day.'
"Soi-Chan!" The messy haired girl turned and jumped as she saw Kisuke running at her full speed. "I saw! I saw!" He called, a wide grin on his face. His blonde bangs flying back, ball cap almost coming off as he ran for her.
He stopped just beside her, skidding in his white sneakers.
Soi stared up at him with a dull expression. "Saw what exactly?"
"I saw you run from those bullies! They're asses, and I'm glad you didn't fight them but still!" His still boyish face was lit with excitement. "I saw you kick him back and then run off!"
Soi blinked. "…And?"
The blonde laughed. "I'm making you join the football team."
"Ah! But I dunno anything about football!" Soi covered. She didn't want to play sports. Especially not football. She could get tackled and break something."
"It's a learning process! I'm not taking no for an answer here Soi-Chan!" Kisuke smiled as he pulled his childhood friend to her feet. "I'll teach you the basics myself. You can learn the rest from books and movies an stuff. Easy, non?" His smile became more caring.
"I-I guess so." Soi frowned.
Yoruichi left Kukaku to talk to the principal. It was boring anyways. She wanted a chance to look at her new school.
Most of the student body had left already, only a few stragglers who were worried about clubs remained.
She passed by two who were mumbling about football. One skinny with wiry muscles and the other about six feet tall with arms that had muscles like those ropes someone would see holding up an elevator.
"Yeah, Kisuke got a girl to join." The smaller one smirked. His neat shock of bluish hair styled in a Mohawk.
"No way,…since when do girls join male football teams?" His companion asked in a surprisingly gentle voice, his wavy blonde hair brushed back from his face.
"It's happened once or twice in America. This is American Football after all." The skinny one amended.
"True. Kisuke says there's practice after school tomorrow. I wonder if she'll be there." The muscled one yawned. "Anyway, I'm goin home an to bed."
"I hear ya."
Yoruichi shrugged and continued on her way outside.
"Practice is tomorrow Soi-Chan! I'll drag you here if I gotta!" A blonde boy called to a messy haired teen that was walking away, passing Yoruichi in the process.
"Yeah yeah I hear ya." The teen mumbled. Yoruichi reached out and touched the arm of the short passerby.
"I'm sorry." Yoruichi pulled her hand back. "But you're the one that passed my friend and I earlier aren't you?"
The girl, Soi, gave her a curious look. "I don't really remember who I see when I'm running from something. Sorry."
"I didn't see anyone chasing you."
"Cause I left 'em in the dust." She smirked.
Yoruichi couldn't help but smile, her attitude seemed infectious. "I'm Yoruichi, Yoruichi Shihoin. You are?" She introduced herself and held out a hand politely.
"Soi Fon." The dark haired teen shook the strangers hand firmly before letting go, sinking her fingers into her pockets again. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you." Yoruichi returned. The girl was shorter than her, and younger looking. She must've only just turned fourteen or fifteen. The boys uniform, messy hair, and determined eyes settled into Yoruichi's memory.
She saw the small body launch itself forward, legs springy as she advanced. Yoruichi could see this girl on a field, any field, doing her best and doing it well.
'Soi Fon, eh? Interesting.'