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Laundry Shots
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, nor am I writing this for profit
A/N: This idea came about when I asked two questions: Just what form will Tatsuki's powers take? And what form would they have taken had they manifested when Orihime's did?
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"Tatsuki-chan!"
The pain screamed in her limbs, almost as loudly as Orihime was yelling into her ear. Arisawa Tatsuko groaned, trying to resist the odd impulses throughout her body, the urge to attack her best friend growing.
"Ori... Hime..." She ground out against the whatever-it-was controlling her. Orihime still held her, still shook her even as her own hands reached up for her slender neck.
"Tatsuki! Tatsuki!"
"Still fighting, eh?" A strange, twisted variation on a female voice taunted. "I'll have to eat you first, then..."
"Tatsuki! Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime cried. Tatsuki groaned, eyes drifting upwards. Something above was on the roof, coming into focus...
It was hideous, a giant skull with medusa-like tentacles growing out of it. Not completely there, something inside of her told her. Not quite fully exposed to her...
But something grew inside in reaction. The pain lessened, just a little, and she snarled up at the thing.
"Hey you big bastard! You chose the wrong person to pick a fight with! The rule is: anyone who makes Orihime cry always gets their ass whipped by me!"
The creature laughed. "Oh ho... You will be tasty..." The Hollow shot out tentacles for Tatsuki, time seeming to slow down as the appendages swept down for her. Tatsuki gasped as her body heated up, as though a fire was burning inside of her, expanding outwards from her heart to her muscles to her skin...
A flash of flames erupted over her vision, around her body... And Tatsuki became aware of a frightened Orihime hugging her very tightly as the creature stared back at her. Tatsuki blinked, and looked down.
What the...?
"Ehhh?! How-How did you do that?! What is this?!" The Hollow demanded in shock. Orihime let go of her friend and looked her up and down, wide-eyed.
"T-Tatsuki-chan..."
Tatsuki blinked again, becoming immediately aware of several things: She was hearing Orihime's heartbeat... Actually, make that lots of heartbeats. Everyone down below in the alley between the school buildings' heartbeats, in fact. The breeze brushed over her ears, a lot more than they usually did. And something was... Waving behind her?
She looked over her shoulder, and blinked again as her jaw dropped. There, perched just above her buttocks, a long, bushy fox tail the same shade as her hair waved. She reached up and felt her ears-They were long, furry, and pointed.
"Tatsuki-chan... You are so... cute!" Gushed Orihime, hugging her best friend. Tatsuki blinked a final time, and stared back at the stunned Hollow.
"... You have got to be kidding me..."
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"Well, 'fraid I'll have to take care of you, little girl. Shoot to kill, Shinsō!" Gin commanded, his customary smile firmly in place as his sword blade shot out for the ryokga unfortunate enough to wander into his path. Rather than trying to dodge, the foxgirl just smirked and held up her hands.
A ball of flames appeared in her hands that Shinsō plunged into, and right back out of, straight for Gin. The captain's eyes widened as he stopped the blade, but it was too late. Tatsuki held her hands apart and the portal closed, Shinsō's forward half clattering to the ground.
The girl grinned back at him, closing her eyes mockingly. "Oh no! I done just broke your sword!" Tatsuki said in a close approximation of Gin's accent. She vanished in a burst of flames and reappeared above him, foot coming down in a hammer blow for his head.
"Now for your face!"
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Tatsuki growled. The massive bursts of reiatsu coming from the execution grounds overhead just reinforced the fact that she needed to get up there. Ichigo was being even more reckless than usual, taking on a captain like that, all by himself.
Sure, maybe she wasn't captain level, but she wasn't going to just let him fight it out alone. She summoned up as much of her reiatsu as possible and concentrated on the air above the stairs in the distance.
"Tatsuki-chan, wait! You remember what happened the last time you-!" Orihime tried to warn her.
"No time, Orihime! Look, I'll meet you all there! I can travel a lot farther without anyone along!"
"And what do you presume to do once you get there?" Ishida asked flatly. "You would most likely only be a distraction to Kurosaki."
"I have to do something!" She snarled. "Meet me there!"
With a massive burst of flames Tatsuki vanished... As did a number of other things.
"Ehhhh? Why's it so cold all of a-EEEK!" Orihime gasped, quickly covering herself. Yachiru laughed on top of Chad's shoulder as all four males in their group suffered massive nosebleeds and averted their eyes.
"Hahahahahaa! Big Booby-chan is now Nude Big Booby-chan!"
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Tatsuki flashed back into this plane of existence high above the execution grounds. She fell down, and quickly fireported again, emerging sideways. She kept doing this to control her momentum and allow her to land on the ground without any ill effects.
She shivered as the massive energies of Ichigo and Byakuya's battle washed over her, already she was struggling to stay on her feet.
Geez... It's even worse up close! She thought.
Thwip!
A somewhat familiar looking set of Shinigami clothing fell on her head. Tatsuki blinked and looked it over in her hands.
Wait... Don't tell me I...
"Oh god damnit... I'm so sorry Orihime!"
Why the hell did this always happen when she fireported near women?!
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Yes, Tatsuki the teleporting kitsune fox-girl. What can I say? It's kind of hot.
R&R, and if you are interested in using any of my snippets as prompts for a story, just ask.