You can probably tell that I got the idea for this story from "She's the Man." You are correct. However, while my story may be based off of that movie it won't be very similar, and will go deeper than cross dressing just for the love of some sport.
Disclaimer: I DON'T own Bleach or She's the Man.
She smiled conspiringly to herself as she bounded up the steps to the front door of the Kurosaki residence. When she got to the front step she stopped took a deep breath and cleared her throat, before she rang to the doorbell.
"I am officially a boy," she exclaimed in her best "guy" voice when the door swung open. However, she was not greeted by the site of her tall friend with red brown eyes and carrot orange hair. In his place stood a man of similar height, but he had dark brown eyes and red hair in a ponytail. He also had plenty of tattoos starting on his forehead and traveling down his neck, and she was sure they went down further.
The man sighed as though he was used to answering the door to strange people at other peoples' houses.
"Ichigo there's some weird cross-dressing chick at the door," he called back into the house. She stood there with her mouth hanging open. How did he know she was a girl. She knew for a fact she didn't look like one. "You need to work on your voice if you're gonna pretend to be a boy," the redheaded guy advised.
"Who's the-" Ichigo stopped abruptly when he saw the figure standing in the doorway. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING?"
"I'm officially a boy. By the way my name is Tai Arisawa, not Tatsuki," she stated happily and walked past the two boys. One gaping and the other looking just plain confused.
"Why are you a boy?" Ichigo asked. He figured he would start there and eventually work his way up.
"Well you see," Tatsuki began as she ran her fingers through her now short and spiky hair. Just a few hours ago it reached the middle of her back. It would definitely take a while to get used to. "They cut the girls martial arts team at my school, and they won't let girls try out for the boys. So then I went home and started flipping channels and saw this commercial about a girl who dressed up as her twin brother to prove girls are as good as boys. Or something like that."
"So why are you dressed as a boy?" Ichigo asked once again. He thought he had an idea, but sometimes it was just better to hear it from the horse's mouth.
"I'm gonna go to your school, try out for the boys team, make it, and then I'll kick my old team's ass," she said slowly as though she was speaking to a young child rather than a young adult. Ichigo face palmed.
"I'm gonna get dragged into this aren't I?" Ichigo asked. Tatsuki nodded.
Ichigo took a good look at her. She could definitely pass for a boy. A scrawny boy, but a boy all the same. Her long black hair was now short and spiky, and she was wearing boy clothes. Ichigo noticed that her shirt was pretty loose, but he figured she probably wrapped her chest as well.
"I need you to forge all of the stuff "Tai" needs in order to get into Seireitei High School," she explained while plopping down on the couch. Ichigo sighed and muttered something about being lucky that an evil dwarf was coming over in a few minutes anyways. "By the way you haven't introduced me to your friend."
"Renji Abarai," the redheaded male answered before Ichigo could do anything.
"You do martial arts?" Tatsuki asked conversationally while Ichigo went into the kitchen. Renji nodded. "Good. You're gonna help keep my secret."
Renji didn't say anything. He had a feeling she was a lot like Rukia and would most likely figure out a way of forcing him into helping anyways. Besides, this could only get more interesting from there.
"And now you will help me with my voice," she ordered and turned to him.
Fifteen Minutes Later
"Damn it! How many times do I have to tell you?" Renji exclaimed. "Speak from your stomach. Not your throat."
"Well I don't know how to speak from my stomach!" Tatsuki yelled back. She looked down and put her hands on her stomach as though she were trying to pull it up to her level. However, she had a flat stomach so that didn't exactly work right. She cocked her head to the side. "Hey stomach you'll help me talk like a guy right?" she asked sarcastically before getting back into her glaring position. "Got anymore ideas on how to speak. My stomach was sleeping!"
Renji growled and glared at her. Tatsuki had a very competitive nature so she ended up glaring back.
"Tatsuki quit arguing and try listening," Ichigo stated from behind the couch. The two glaring looked and saw Ichigo standing with a girl who had to be at least one foot shorter than him. She had shoulder length raven hair with a bang right in the middle of her face. She also had violet eyes. "Tatsuki this is Rukia. Rukia this is Tatsuki and soon to be Tai. Rukia is gonna help me get you into our school."
"Great," Tatsuki said happily. "Welcome to Team Tai."
"You can't name a team after yourself," Renji stated matter-of-factly. Tatsuki decided that that voice didn't really suit him.
"It's not named after me. It's named after Tai."
I know that was very short but it's only the first chapter. It will eventually get better and everything will be explained for those of you who may be confused.
I won't tell you when I will update next because I honestly have know idea. For all I know this could be a story that never makes it past the next chapter, though I do plan for it to be a bit longer.
Anyways please review and tell me what you think, and if I missed any major grammatical errors.
Thanks.
