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My first fanfic.

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Chapter 1- The Jury

Rukia walked into her living room with a cup of coffee for her best friend, Inoue Orihime, and the piece of paper that might just change her life forever.

"Should I go?" Rukia said while handing the cup of coffee to her cheery friend. This question has been bothering Rukia for the past week.

"Oh come on Rukia! I think you should do this. You have worked so hard for this position and not accepting would be a total waste of time," Inoue Orihime encouraged, "You'd be the best flute player at the Tokyo Academy of Music, or would you rather do nothing for the rest of your life?"

Rukia withered her eyebrows and gave Orihime a doubtful glance. "Thanks Orihime… but… even if I decide to go, Nii-sama probably won't approve…" A wave of disappointment washed over Rukia Kuchiki's face.

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Ichigo Kurosaki sat at his computer table, reading his acceptance letter over and over again. "YESSSSS! I FINALLY GOT IN!" he thought excitedly.

He has always enjoyed music. When he was 6, he started learning the piano. His mum, Masaki Kurosaki, enjoyed listening to the piano so Ichigo decided to learn it to make his mum happy. But when Ichigo was 9, on the June 17th, Masaki was killed. Ichigo was devastated and was determined to keep up his playing as an appreciation to his mother.

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Rukia jumped as she caught Orihime staring at her.

"Let's call him then! To ask him," Orihime blinked repeatedly with a smile, "But you have decided to go... right?" Orihime's face suddenly turned pitch black.

Rukia could feel the intense mood in the room. A mumble escaped out of her mouth. Orihime didn't hear her properly. Her head tipped on an angle. "O….k… ," Rukia slowly said so that Orihime could actually hear her this time. And the room all of a sudden lighten and the smile as wide as the Amazon River appeared on Orihime's perfect face.

"What was your brother's phone number again?" All Rukia could comprehend right now was how fast her best friend reaches the phone. Would her Nii-sama let her go to the most prestigious music school in all of Japan?

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"Now when does this school start…?" Ichigo started talking to himself, "Oh, 18th January! That's only 2 weeks away!"

Too excited, Ichigo has already started packing… for 5 minutes and gave up when the phone rang.

"Hello, Ichigo Kurosaki speaking," he started.

"OIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ICHIGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ichigo sighed… this is going to be a long night.

"Oh. What do you want old man?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHH… MY FAVOURITE SON DOESN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE!"

"….. You only have one son… but I guess you could hate him." Ichigo smirked.

Ichigo heard a thud and heard his sister, Karin, yelling out, 'GET OVER YOURSELF!'

"Hey Ichii-nii!" It was Yuzu, Karin's twin. What a relief. The old man's gone.

"Yuzu. How are you? Guess what? I GOT IN TO THE TOKYO ACADEMY OF MUSIC!"

"REALLY! THAT'S SO GREAT! I BET YOU ARE EXCITED!"

Ichigo coughed and straightened up. "Uh… yeah. Sure." Ichigo said trying to hide his true feelings.

Ichigo wanted to end this conversation now. He has better things to do. "Uhh… Yuzu, I gotta go now. I'll talk to you some other time ok?"

"Yeah sure, Karin says hi by the way. And dad is still unconscious. Bye!"

The phone hung up and Ichigo could finally start to get ready his things for the boarding school.

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"Umm... I'll do it," Rukia answered while punching in the number, with a worried expression.

Rukia could faintly hear the phone dialling tone as she put it closer to her ear. She nodded to Orihime to tell her it's connecting and received one of Orihime's famous 'No worries! It was nothing smile'. She's always been grateful to have such a good and trustworthy friend like Orihime.

Before she knew it, a dull but demanding voice cut her train of thought. It was her brother, Byakuya Kuchiki. Rukia's stomach was now filled with butterflies and her head felt empty.

"Rukia. Why did you call me?" A cold voice woke her up.

"Uhh…. It's a….." Rukia was trying to keep the phone steady. A comforting hand reached out to Rukia's shoulder and all the butterflies immediately disappeared from her stomach. "What would I do without Orihime?" she thought.

"Well… it's just that a few weeks ago, I went for an audition for a scholarship to Tokyo Academy of Music and I got accepted. I'm planning on going…" Rukia started, "Nii-sama… is that ok?"

Rukia waited for a response but all she got was a long pause. She could hear the steady rhythm of her Nii-sama's breath as he was thinking. "Nii-sama…." Rukia had to choose her words carefully to convince her brother to let her go to the school. "I worked really hard for this place! I can afford the tuition fee and you don't need to worry about me being lonely there because it's in the heart of Tokyo at the boarding school, with all the other students. Please. This is the most esteemed music school in Japan. Getting accepted into this school itself, is an honour. But imagine me graduating from that school."

With much convincing, Byakuya responded, "Rukia, is this, what you really want? I'll trust to follow your heart to make the right decision."

And just like that, Byakuya Kuchiki hung up. Rukia was jumping for joy at that very moment.

"I'M GOING TO TOKYO ACADEMY OF MUSIC!" Rukia yelled.

End Note: Thank you to my editor, AbsoluteOtaku! And also, thanks for teaching me how to use Fanfic. haha...
And also thank you to MsMifuyu for helping me think of the title! XD

THANKS FOR READING PEOPLES! I'LL TRY TO POST EVERY WEEK!