Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Bleach series in any way. All copyrights go to Tite Kubo. The only original character I do own is Fumiko Asuna.
Synopsis: Momo Hinamori is the new transfer student in Seireitei High, who quickly falls in love with young prodigy, Toshiro Hitsugaya. However, there is one problem: he is currently dating the popular, Fumiko Asuna; a girl who keeps bullying her. Can things get any worse for her? Of course it can especially when she and her crush are playing as the beautiful princess and the brave knight in The Knight and his Princess for the cultural festival.
Author's Note: Yes, I completely understand that working on three stories at once is going to be time consuming, but I just can't help it. This story has been planned and mostly written out long ago back when I was still writing Secrets Foretold. (What? You started this story that long ago?) Yeah yeah, I finally have taken some time to edit (and will eventually complete) this story and now, I think I'm satisfied enough to start posting it.
This one is about a classic high school love story of a girl (Momo) and boy (Toshiro) who eventually become lovers. xD Further details will be explained at the end of this chapter. This ten chapter story is dedicated to all my supporting readers and all the HitsuHina lovers out there! Enjoy!
~ LONG LIVE THE HITSUHINA LOVE! ~
LEGEND
"Talking." "Thinking." Character Narration. (Japanese Word Translations)
In a distant land called Seireitei, lived a young sixteen year old girl with raven coloured hair and soft chocolate brown eyes named Momo Hinamori. Actually, she just recently moved into town about five months ago to be exact. But anyway, in that same land also lived a fifteen year old boy with snowy white hair and bright emerald-teal eyes who goes by the name of Toshiro Hitsugaya. This is a love story of how these two people met and came to be the lovers they are today. It all started like this...
The Knight and his Princess
Chapter One: Once Upon a Time
The alarm clock sounded. Hearing the loud noise echoing the room, a hand crept out from under her blanket and slammed the palm of her hand on the clock's top. Once it was silenced, the hand withdrew back under her covers. For the next few moments, the body stirred back and forth before she finally sat up and threw her blanket aside. Stretching her arms into the air, Momo opened her eyes to see the light of day welcome her. "Ohayo (Good morning)," she thought happily.
Leaving the safety of her bed, the raven haired girl walked up to the window. She saw birds land on the tree branches closest to her and began chirping a small tune. Hinamori smiled with content. "Today is my first day of school in Seireitei. I hope I can make a lot of new friends there."
With a short nod, she went to her closet, took out an outfit, and began undressing herself. She changed her night clothes to her school uniform. As she is trying fix her collar, Momo walked up to her large mirror and fixed it. She then put on her red ribbon bow and tied her hair up into a bun. After covering it with a light blue cloth, she took one final look at herself. "Perfect. I'm ready to go!"
With that said the sixteen year old student grabbed her bag from her chair and went downstairs, excited on what today has in store for her.
"Ohayo Toshiro," Obaa-san (Grandmother) greeted to the fifteen year old teenager who just entered the kitchen, fixing his dark blue tie.
"Ohayo Obaa-san," he replied. Properly dressed in his school uniform, the white haired boy took a seat at the dining table. He let out a small sigh and placed his hands together. "Itadakimatsu (Let's Eat)."
Picking up his chopsticks and bowl of rice, Hitsugaya began eating his morning meal. Obaa-san took a seat across and watched him. "Has school been difficult since the new semester started?" she asked.
Hitsugaya stopped for a moment and then slowly shook his head. "No, it hasn't been. I think I'm managing quite well."
"I see. I can see why you've become the young prodigy of your grade."
He gave her a faint smile. "It's only a title. I still have a lot to learn."
She smiled back. "You're so modest."
Suddenly, he felt the vibration of his cell phone from his pants pocket. Taking the advanced piece of technology out, Hitsugaya flipped the top open and read the text message on it. Closing it once more, he closed it, placed it on the table, and returned to eating.
"Is it her again?" Obaa-san asked.
"Yeah," he replied. "She is just sending her hugs and kisses like she always does."
"I see..."
He put his chopsticks and empty bowl down on the table. Placing his hands together and silently said his thanks before leaving his seat. Following his grandson to the front door, she watched him put on his shoes and pick up his bag. "Itterashai."
With a gentle smile, she waved a warm farewell. "Have fun at school Toshiro."
Hitsugaya nodded with agreement, opened the front door, and left the family residence to go to school.
"So this is Seireitei High," Momo thought as she raised her head to see the building that stands before her. She smiled with excitement.
"Why do we have to go to school?" complained a loud voice. The young girl looked back to see a tall strawberry orange haired student with big assets slowly dragging her feet alongside with her pale blond haired friend. "It's too early to be getting an education."
"What are you talking about Matsumoto-san?" he asked. "You should be thankful that you're getting one or else you would have been on the streets by now."
She then waved her hand up and down. "Okay, okay...I got the point already. Let's go inside so that I can take a short nap before classes start."
He sighed with defeat. "It's amazing how Hitsugaya is able to deal with you. You two practically grew up together."
"Unfortunately, it's tough luck for you Kira; Hitsugaya can't really help you keep me under ropes because he's too busy hanging out with his girlfriend all day long."
"Ano (Um) Matsumoto-san..."
Watching them walk past her and enter the school building, Momo began wondering to herself. "I wonder if they're going to be my classmates..."
Suddenly, the bell started to ring. Realizing what time it is, the raven haired girl began running towards the school. "Ah! If I stay here any longer, I'm going to be late for school!"
All of a sudden, she accidentally lost her balance and collided against another student in front of her. As a result, they both fell onto the ground with a thud. The two teenagers groaned with pain. "Itte (Ouch), that hurts," Momo said as looked at the person she crashed into.
Immediately, Hinamori froze on the spot. For some reason, her heart began beating faster causing her face to turn a few shades darker. Standing before her is a young boy with snowy white hair and glowing emerald-teal eyes. Even though he is only soothing the pain he was inflicted with, Momo found the student to be quite attractive. "He's looks cute...yet handsome at the same time."
Hitsugaya slowly got back onto his feet and began brushing the dust off his clothes. Turning to the raven haired girl, he extended his hand out. "Daijobou (Are you alright)?" he asked.
Momo then nodded with agreement and took his hand. "Hai, arigato... (Yes, thank you)"
Pulling her back onto her feet, Momo straightened out the wrinkles on her clothes. Toshiro picked up her bag from the ground and handed it over to her. "Be careful where you're going next time, okay?"
"Ah yeah..."
With that said Hitsugaya picked up his school bag, draped it over his shoulder, and entered the building, leaving Momo dazed about the recent events. "I wonder if he is dating anyone..."
Hitsugaya opened the slide door and entered class 2-1 for homeroom. Immediately, he noticed a hand waving at him. He smiled and walked over to meet with her. "Good morning Toshiro," Fumiko Asuna greeted happily.
Giving the jet black ponytail haired girl a loving kiss, he replied, "Good morning to you Fumiko."
With a short nod from the girl, Hitsugaya left her side so that he can take his seat on the other side of the room. "You're so lucky Fumiko-chan," one of the girls said, "to have the genius and soccer star, Toshiro Hitsugaya as your boyfriend."
"Yes I am lucky. He loves me and I love him; there's no doubt about it and no one's going to take that away from us!" Asuna smiled and began to tightly hug herself as if she is squishing a plush toy. She then glared at her female friends. "You better not back stab me!"
"Ah...yeah."
"I'm glad you got the point because I hate anyone who dares try to take my Toshiro away from me."
"Good morning students," the teacher, Jushiro Ukitake greeted happily as he entered the classroom. All of a sudden, he started to hoarsely cough. A few moments later, he then cleared his throat and continued, "Sorry about that...Today, we have a new student that will be joining us."
Upon hearing him say that, students began mumbling to one another. "This is your chance Kira," Matsumoto whispered to her friend sitting in front of her. "If the new student's a girl, you can try to date her."
"Matsumoto-san, please..." Kira said, trying to hide the blush on his face by lowering his head.
"Hmph, a new student?" Asuna thought, placing an elbow on the desk to rest her chin on her fist. She then took one look at her boyfriend at the side. Apparently, he is too busy looking at the beautiful scenery through the window. "As long as it's not a girl, then I'm perfectly fine. But then again, there could be guys who have interest in other men. Argh, there more things to consider. How frustrating!"
The slide door opened causing students to turn their heads to the side. The students watched a raven haired girl enter the classroom and stand in front of the class before starting to whisper comments about her. Ukitake written her name on the green chalkboard and faced the students once more. "She just recently moved into town with her parents. Please treat her nicely and make her feel welcome."
With a warm smile, Momo bowed down and greeted, "My name is Momo Hinamori. It's a pleasure to meet you all."
Just as she stood up again, she noticed the white haired boy at the side. Hinamori immediately turned a little pink. "It's him; the person who I met earlier. He's in my class."
From the corner of his eye, Hitsugaya too noticed the presence of the raven haired girl. The eyes met one another for a moment before he broke contact first. He resumed his attention to looking at the outdoors. Momo realized and then turned her focus elsewhere. Unfortunately for her, Asuna also noticed the peach girl's behaviour. Consciously raising her thumb up to her mouth, she began biting her nail. "It looks like I need to teach you a lesson later."
"Why don't you sit in the empty seat next to Kira, the one with the pale blond hair?" Ukitake suggested.
With a nod of agreement, Hinamori walked past Hitsugaya and took her seat next to the older teenager. "I hope we get along," Momo said.
He gave her a friendly smile back. "Same here. I'm Izuru Kira."
"And I'm Rangiku Matsumoto," the strawberry orange haired student added, introducing herself. "It's nice to meet you Hinamori."
Looking back at her, Momo nodded with agreement. "Hai."
"Now Matsumoto, Kira, you two can introduce yourselves to her later," Ukitake said. "Right now, let's get on with the lesson, okay?"
"Hai hai sensei (teacher)," Matsumoto replied, sitting back down on her seat.
"Sumi masen (Excuse me) Ukitake-sensei," Kira apologized.
With a short nod of agreement, Ukitake began teaching his students of class 2-1 their morning lecture of the day.
Once the lunch bell finally rung, students began leaving their classrooms so that they can do their own business in their hour of spare time. "Hey Hinamori-kun," Kira said. "Do you want to join me and Matsumoto-san for lunch?"
Nodding with agreement, the raven haired girl said, "Hai, thanks for the offer."
"Okay, meet us at the roof. The both of us need to buy our lunches from the cafeteria."
"Hai, I'll see you then."
Watching her two new friends leave the classroom, Hinamori turned to the front of the class and noticed Hitsugaya is also leaving. She let out a sigh of defeat. "Maybe it's too soon to befriend him..."
"So, you're the new student," said a voice.
Momo then raised her head to see three girls stand before her. "Y-Yes...I am. Who are you?"
Fumiko gave her a smirk. "Fumiko Asuna, it's a pleasure to meet you Momo Hinamori."
Author's Note: Yup, a cliche (Gah, where's the accent when you need it?) love story with loads of fluff, jealousies, and other complications. Oh well...The Knight and his Princess is a fairytale story I totally made up from the top of my head late last year. Momo will explain more about it in the next chapter. As for the HitsuHina love, it will come...eventually. For now, you just have to cope with me. What do you think of it? Please review! Thanks.