AN: Hey ya'll! New story alert! Ok, so this was inspired by my fave kpop group GirlsGeneration/SNSD, and it's gonna be set in South Korea, not Japan. It's mainly is Ichihime but there will be multiple pairings but I not gonna say which ones. And I don't know if I will have to use OCs, but if I need extra characters maybe I'll make it interesting by using characters from different manga/anime. (this is not a cross over . . .)
It's a be an AU song fic so singing is gonna be a key factor, I wanted to use original Korean songs but lots of you guys wouldn't understand them, so I researched and found plenty of English versions by some your fave Kpop groups and Stars like-
Girls Generation/SNSD
Wonder Girls
TVXQ/DB5k
Taeyang
Big Bang
Ect.
After I read a Wiki on how SNSD got together, I thought that it might be a good base for a FanFic.
IMPORTANT: AT THE END OF THE CHAPTERS THAT CONTAIN A MUSICAL NUMBER, WILL BE A LINK(S) TO THE SONG(S) THE CHARACTER(S) HAVE SUNG.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, Or the Kpop songs/ Groups
Rated T 4 now. So I hope you enjoy! Remember to R&R my lovelies!
Korean translations (Remember, story not set in Japan)
Unni: Big sister if said by female
Nuna: Big sister if said by male
Ja-me (Jah-mae): Sister or "We are sisters"
Oppa: Big brother/Senior if said by female
Hyung: Big brother/Senior if said by male
Hyeongje: Brother or brothers
Dumog/Usuhan: Boss/Superior
Suseog (Su-sog)/Eoleon (O-len): Senior/Seniors
~oOo~
Chapter 1, An Opportunity
Seoul City, located up in the north parts of South Korea, was an over populated and dreary place. Many who have gone would say the city is bland or spiritless or a dump.
Tasteless grey concrete apartment buildings and long, cyclic freeways as far as the eye can see, the smell of burning petrol constantly staining the air. Drunkards and beggars at ever at every corner shop, with blood-shot eyes and toothless frowns.
Horrible, they say, ghastly, they gossip, it was even voted least favored city, obviously these people were rich and spoiled.
But if they'd open their eyes they would have seen that it wasn't such a bad place, you can see happy children on their way to school, hard working men and woman working hard to support there families, no one was left behind. Many were poor, but they learned to live and thrive on what they had, always supporting each other. They learn to love their home.
But not only that, it was the location of the famous Korean record label and talent agency; SM Entertainment, home to many famous Kpop stars such Super Junior, The Grace and the utterly famous boy band The Shinigami (Japanese for Death God).
Led by the strikingly handsome, nineteen year old Ichigo Kurosaki, the son of one of South Korea's most successful doctors, Isshin Kurosaki. His looks, sexy and tan figure, strange yet alluring bright orange hair and strong vocals made him one of the most desired man by teen girls. He only ever really smiled when he was in a photo shoot, even then they liked to picture him with a more serious expression.
Next to him was nineteen-year-old Renji Abarai, he's one of the singers, a dancer and rapper. His blood red hair and tattooed body gives him a "bad boy" persona, he had been caught by the paparazzi in drunken stupors, also known to be a playboy, picking up many women if he liked what he saw.
Then there was the foreigner; Sado Yasutora. Also known as "Chad", Chad moved to South Korea from Mexico when he was ten and quickly became best friends with Ichigo. He was only nineteen but he was already a 6 foot 5. He had a tall, dark and silent aura, he didn't sing as much as the others but was an amazing dancer. He knew many dances and routines from ballroom to more modern dancing like hip hop ie: breakdancing.
Next in the group of five was Uryuu Ishida, eighteen year old son of another leading doctor- Ryuuken Ishida. Originally, he never wanted to join The Shinigami even when he had amazing talent as singer. Apparently his father agreed with him not joining, but then pushed his son into it when he said that Uryuu had absolutely no talent for a musical career and only would make a fool of himself. Then, Uryuu joined to show defiance to his father and prove that he could make it in the musical world.
Also very interesting fact was that once he joined he also became head costume designer for their musical group and also designs clothes for many other artists and groups. He even has his own line of evening wear and modern wear for males and females.
And lastly, the youngest member at seventeen was the boy genius Toshiro Hytsugaya. Was known for his cold attitude towards everyone combined with a shock of white hair and piercing teal eyes, he was nick named The Ice Prince. He was always in a grumpy mood, never smiled and was always scowling (more than Ichigo).
Though he was cold on the outside, behind that was a genius. He had an IQ of 182, a prodigy, he excelled through school, and he skipped two grades ahead, meaning he was already in the eighth grade when he was twelve. He studied music under his father, Jushiro Ukitake; who was a talent agent working for SM. He had Toshiro audition for the group and was immediately accepted.
The Shinigami were todays hottest Asian group today that many adored, mainly teen girls. They have won many music awards and have been offered spots in up coming movies. But little did they know, that another Kpop sensation was headed their way.
~oOo~
A busty woman was driving into her shared underground driveway, that held garages that were owned by others that lived in her apartment building. She drove to the back where her garage was held. She did her normal routine of-
Stop car.
Get out .
Open garage door.
Get back in car.
Back car into garage.
Get out of car.
Close garage door.
The twenty one year old bounded up the stairs towards her apartment, her breasts threatening to spill out due to her extremely tight looking tube top. The building didn't contain many flats, but they were fairly large, the biggest ones containing three bedrooms. She finally reached her place on the forth floor of the five floor building.
"I'm home!~" Rangiku sang as she entered her home.
"Unni (Big Sister: Girl)~ Welcome home!" and busty eighteen year old with bright auburn hair chimed as she bounced of the couch and ran over to her.
"Thank you Orihime! How's my darling Ja-Me (Sister) doing? How was school?" Rangiku questioned as she slung her handbag from her shoulder to a near by chair.
"Oh, fine! As always. How was work as the boutique?" Orihime asked as she sat back down on the couch that was directed in front of a small TV.
"Oh, it was so tiring! So many customers kept coming and coming, they all wanted the new arrivals, you know, Uryuu Ishida's new line." Rangiku explained.
Rangiku worked at a boutique in one of the local malls. She was one of shop hands, she was one of the most helpful because of her amazing and spontaneous opinion on fashions. Rangiku always had a thing for clothes, and working at this boutique, even though it was only a small job, it was like a dream come true.
"The whole shop was crowded, so many girls wanted pairs his newest jeans, and we sold so much clothes that we ran out of stock! But I have to say, that kid's a genius!" Rangiku laughed and plopped down on the lounge.
"He is! And he's so lucky; he's part of The Shinigami! They're so popular; they must be treated like royalty! To be a Kpop sensation, that'd be awesome, don't you think Unni?"
The strawberry blonde smiled as she listened to sister babble on about what it would be like to be a singer. Orihime had always wanted to be a singer, ever since they were little. Before their mother died, she would sing to them every night before they went to bed, when they got a little older, they all sang together in perfect harmony. Orihime had also joined the school choir and became one of it's star performers, even though they hardly performed for any other group other than the school students.
At that moment, Rangiku felt something soft and furry rub against her leg. She looked down to see a small cat, with fur as grey as ash and big, innocent black eyes.
"Haineko! How is my favorite little kitty cat?" Rangiku giggled. She picked the cat of the floor and rubbed her cheek against hers, making her purr with glee.
"We're home!" a familiar voice said from the front door. Rangiku put her cat down, the cat hissed in displeasure at the lack of attention and turned around strutted out of the room with her tail up in the air.
"Tatsuki! Unni-Nanao! You're back!" Hime said happily, flashing signature smile.
Walking into the flat was a teen Orihime's age, she had cropped hair the color of the night sky and deep hazel eyes, wearing and sports jersey and ripped shorts, next to her was another woman Rangiku's age with long raven hair that was neatly tied into a bun at the top of her head and flat bangs on the right side of her head. She also wore a pair of oval shaped glasses and a simple office outfit.
A couple years back, Orihime and Rangiku's mother died, Rangiku was only sixteen. They had an auntie in America that sent them money often but didn't want to take custody of them, forcing the elder sister to provide for her and her little sister, finding different jobs to pay off rent.
A year later, they found Tatsuki. She was an aggressive young girl that slept in the streets; stealing any food she could get her hands on. They took her in and paid for her to go to school with Rangiku and Orihime, Tatsuki and Orihime's relationship progressed to the point where they could trust each other completely. They became best friends.
That same year, they found Nanao, she was a girl from the other side country that was forced by her parents to do something with her life and "stop being a pest". She needed a place to stay, so they humbly accepted her into their home. It was such a waste, because Nanao was extremely intelligent. As Tatsuki and Orihime did, Rangiku and Nanao became best friends, in a very odd way.
"How was work at the office?" Rangiku asked Nanao. "It was fine," she said bluntly, pushing up the he glasses.
"Aw! Your so boring Nanao!" the busty woman whined, pouting at her friend.
Nanao Ise worked at the famous advertising company far into the city, she worked as a secretary for the their young CEO, Byakuya Kuchiku. At twenty-four years old he inherited the job from his late grandfather. Being a secretary wasn't a glamorous job but it paid well.
"Oh c'mon Nanao! You don't have anything to tell? It's hard to believe, especially when your Dumog (Boss) is the Byakuya Kuchiki," Rangiku stated.
Nanao raised an eyebrow, "Mr. Kuchiki is my Usuhan (Superior), so?"
"Well have you seen him! He's gorgeous! And not to mention super rich and powerful! You have to have something juicy on him, you're his secretary, he trusts you with everything!"
The older women started to argue over pointless things, Tatsuki rolled her eyes.
"So Tatsuki, how was karate training?" Orihime asked as her friend slumped on the couch.
"It was alright, accept this one dude wouldn't get off my back cuz I kicked his ass last lesson."
"What did you do?" Ori said is with worried eyes.
"Easy, broke his nose."
Orihime looked at her with pure shock. Tatsuki laughed.
"I'm just messin' with you! I didn't really break his nose."
Orihime sighed, "But you beat him up anyway?"
Tatsuki shrugged, "not really, but during our drills, I kinda tripped him and he planted his face on the floor, he-hehe" she scratched the back of her head.
Good old Tatsuki-chan, Orihime thought.
"Ok girls! How 'bout we all go out for dinner?" Rangiku suggested, all the girls cheered (even Nanao) and rushed out the door.
~oOo~
"Tatsukiiiii! Why did you have to hit the waiter?" Orihime cried as they all entered the apartment.
"The bastard kept looking at you and Rangiku's tits, and I swear he spilled that glass on purpose so he could look down your top" Tatsuki griped.
"At least she did it after we ate or we would have been kicked out" Nanao pointed out.
"Don't worry Orihime, I even noticed it and would punched that perv myself." Rangiku said with an added forward fist pump.
"I g-guess, but please don't be so rash Tatsuki, I don't want to see my best friend arrested. I don't want us to be apart." Orihime said softly as the rest of her adapted family looked over smiling sadly.
Oh Orihime . . .They all thought.
They all ran over to her and gave her hugs whispering words of comfort.
Orihime loved all her sisters dearly and they loved her back just the same, she was always fearful that they would be separated. She was such a sweet, honest girl, she derserved more than they could give her, and they all knew it.
"Ok ok, no more mushy stuff, lets watch some TV! I hear they're having an interview with The Shinigami on channel twelve-" Rangiku was interrupted when her Ja-me dashed to the television and turned to channel twelve.
On was a popular music program that gave all the hottest songs, interviews anything to do with music really.
"AHH! You were right Unni! They're doing an interview with The Shinigami!" Orihime squealed and bounced up and down on the couch.
All of Orihime's family new how much she loved the boy band, and sat down to watch.
Orihime stared at the screen as a man talked to the members of the boy band on their new album. The ditzy girl seemed to be staring dreamily at the bands leader, Ichigo Kurosaki. Rangiku noticed this.
"Ooh~ Looks like someone was a crush~" She sang causing Orihime to blush in surprise.
"C-crush? W-what are you talking about U-unni?" Ori stuttered. They all looked at her.
"Aw, c'mon Ja-Me! I can see how you look at the Kurosaki boy, you've got a superstar crush!" Rangiku giggled.
Nanao mentally rolled her eyes and Tatsuki seem to get a bit annoyed.
"How can you even like him? Let alone his music? He and he's "Band mates" probably can't even sing. SM always go for the looks and not the voice, and not only that, they have SM steal songs for them! They are all just a bunch of pretty faces with altered voices." Tatsuki glared at the band being interviewed.
Nanao and Rangiku looked at her then to Orihime, then back to Tatsuki. It looked like Ori was about to cry.
"Tatsuki! Why did you?-"
"It's alright Unni. Tatsuki is right, but doesn't mean I still can't like them. Even if their voices are fake, doesn't mean they still aren't talented. They're all amazing dancers, especially Chad. Uryuu designs amazing clothes, Toshiro is so smart, Ichigo is great leader, and Renji . . . well he's just Renji."
Ori smiled as they all gaped at her little speech. She continued.
"I look up to them and respect them greatly because they're so successful. Everyone loves them, that's the part I love and hate. Someday, I want to be successful, I want to succeed. But doing it in my own way, so people that I'm not as ditzy and dumb as they think I am."
They kept staring.
"And plus, they're so handsome! I don't mind having them plastered on my wall at all!" Orihime laughed, a delicious sound that made the rest all join in.
"Orihime I'm sorry . . ." Her friend apologized, Orihime just shook her head.
"Don't say sorry, you didn't do anything wrong, you just told us what you were feeling, is there a law against that?"
"Damn straight! Girl power!" Rangiku shouted enthusiastically.
Nanao was about to speak when studio crowds from the television screamed. The Shinigami left the stage, waving at the adoring crowd.
"Now for a real treat, we'll be speaking with the new president of SM ENTERTAINMENT; Kisuke Urahara!"
~oOo~
At the studio . . .
The crowd went wild as a man with shaggy blonde and a lazy smile walked onto the stage and waved politely at the crowd. He sat down across the host shook his hand.
"It is a pleasure to have here on tonight's show," said the presenter.
"The pleasure is all mine," replied Kisuke.
"Okay, so tonight we are going to talk about some pretty hardcore stuff, but firstly, how is it being the new president of one of Asia's leading record labels?"
"Oh, well it is tiring, but we get the job done. I have only been president for three weeks, and I'm already having a hard time keeping up with everything. But I do my best. We want to bring you some of the best actors and musicians of this generation and we intend to keep doing so. And I want to do as much as I can to make many dreams come true."
The studio audience cheered louder than before.
"We do hope so, now on with that. Everybody knows that your company has previously, "bought the rights" to many songs. AKA: Stealing many songs from older artists, translating them into Korean and then making them a hit again. What are you feelings on this?"
The crowd booed and many cursed in hatred.
"Absolutely out raged! I am disgraced by SM'S scumbags for lawyers would go stealing songs so that we don't have use the thing we call as our "Brain" to come up with our own songs. At this moment we are searching for new song writers that willing to join us at SM and write songs for our stars."
The audience stayed silent for a moment, then screeched in excitement. They were all really liking this new president.
"Wow, that's takes a lot of courage to admit to the labels faults, speaking about faults, we have heard many stories that SM works their stars to hard, never giving them breaks. We hear that some girls work so hard that they use Botox to get rid of the bags under their eyes so they would look more presentable. Some have even sued."
"Ah yes. I have thought about this too. I have given many of our talent some space, giving them day offs every now and again, we still take our practice very seriously, but most of our stars are only teens and young adults in their early twenties. They need their space, we don't want to pressure them to be perfect."
As they talked on, five pairs of eyes were watching him from backstage.
"Man, he's doing pretty well" the man with tattooed eyebrows commented.
"This wasn't his first interview, Renji" Ichigo said with a frown.
"Yes, but this is the first on live TV" Uryuu stated, pushing up his fancy designer glasses.
"At least he isn't making a fool of himself, SM has a bad enough reputation already," Toshiro sighed, Sado nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, but the crowd seem to like him, and the ladies still looooove us" Abarai chuckled. The rest of the guys rolled their eyes.
"If you mean love as in crazy fans chasing us every where we go, and stalkers trying to het a lock of our hair or our used razors, yeah they love us alright" Ichigo said, voiced laced with sarcasm.
"C'mon Ichi! You know you love it! The adrenalin that runs through your veins as we hide for our lives, the blood that pumps in our ears and drowns out the screams of the girls that we're runnin' away from. It's the only excitement we can get!" Renji whined.
The rest of The Shinigami stared.
"What?"
"Oh, uh, nothing Renji. It's just what you said, it was almost . . . poetic, almost smart." Toshiro said in his monotone voice.
Renji smirked, "I have my moments."
"Only if you had these "moments" of yours more often, you wouldn't be labeled as the stupidest person in this group" Ishida mumbled.
"Hey! Leave it alone dude! At least I can get a girl! You can't ever get a decent date! "
Uryuu glared daggered at him, Renji swore that those eyes looked into his very soul.
"Abarai, have even considered that I don't flirt or go out with any girls because I don't want to? There is a reason; I don't want to fall for a woman.
The boys looked at him with confused looks, Toshiro not really caring.
"All those girls out there, they won't like us for us, they want us for our looks, our fame, our money. If we ever tried to love a woman, to have her on our arm and by our side, we'd look like trophies that that girl proudly owned. She would look down on the jealous others and say, "He's mine". They'd probably never really love us, even if they said they did, I'm sure we're smart enough to se through their fake smiles. I don't want that kind of love, do you?"
All their expressions changed, the looked t him with solemn looks, Toshiro (even though it looked like wasn't listening) kept his face plain, bored. But there was still hint of agreement in his look.
"Man, sorry, I didn't mean it like that-"
"Save it, Abarai. I was only stating the truth." The designer said sternly, pushing up his rectangular spectacles.
They looked back to stage, Ishida's words still lingering in some of their heads, when they were surprised to see Urahara get up from his seat ten minutes before the show was over; did they finish early?
Then the new president faced the crowd and said loudly-
"Ok, to end the show I wanted to give you all, well, mainly all you young women out there a special invitation"
The spectators started to murmur in confusion, wanting to know what this so called "invitation" was.
"What is he doing! This isn't part of the show!" An assistant fumed, flipping through his clipboard to see if he had missed something.
"Calm yourself, lets see what he has to say" the director said leaning into his chair.
"If you go to SM's official site, you will se that we have put up a special auditions for a new girl group" Kisuke continued.
The public's chatter grew louder at this ne revelation.
"New girl group? We were not informed of this" Toshiro snarled.
"I think we're about to be "Informed" right now," Ichigo said scowling towards the stage.
"And these are not your average auditions. If you are a young woman, sixteen to twenty two years of age, and you have talent in singing or dancing, e-mail us a film your self performing to the best of your abilities"
"We want a small group of nine; we have already three girls from multiple agencies and need six more. We'll be taking about 20 girls we think are the best fitted for the group and have them re-audition at SM Head Quarters. This special audition will be open for four weeks, and four weeks only, if you don't send your video in by the Friday of the fourth week, which is the 8th of April, your video won't be judged."
"I know policies saw that a if you are seventeen and over one is counted as being 'too old to audition', but they're not laws, so who cares? Not me. We want girls with natural talent and good attitudes. So I wish you all the best of luck and I hope all you girls out there give it a try."
Kisuke finished his surprise speech to hear the horde in front of him get up and cheer his name.
~oOo~
Orihime stared ant the television screen for what seemed like hours, as if she was waiting for something to happen. The rest of her family got worried when three minutes passed and she still remained.
"AHHHHH!" Orihime squealed and bounced on top of her biological sister, shaking her in a happy fit.
"UNNI! Did you hear that? A new girl group! And they want girls twenty-two and under! I have a chance!" Orihime cried as continue to shake Rangiku.
"Orihime!" Tatsuki and Nanao shouted catching her attention and she stopped her actions and released Rangiku who looked like she was about to puke.
"Huh?"
"Are you absolutely sure about auditioning?" Tatsuki said unsurely, Nanao nodded.
"Yes, are you sure about that? I mean, I know you're amazing singer, Rangiku too, but, I know it might seem selfish, but we don't want to see your dreams crushed. And if you do get in . . . We won't be able to see as much, probably not at all, we'd miss you." Nanao said, not noticing the lone tear that fell fro her eye.
Orihime grabbed Nanao in a bear hug and squeezed her tight, silent tears falling from her eys as well. Tatsuki and Rangiku sped over and joined the hug.
"But . . ." Nanao trailed off as they released each other. Nanao grabbed Ori's hands and held them in her own.
"If being a performer is your true dream, then you should chase it, do what ever you want, it's your life, don't let us hold you back" the secretary said and smiled.
Orihime looked over to her best friend, she smiled and nodded in agreement, and Rangiku had her hand on her chin, in deep thought.
"Well . . . If you're auditioning, then I am too!"
"WHAT!" The other girls exclaimed, Orihime almost fell of the side of the couch.
"Oh don't sound do surprised. I have pretty good vocals to you know! Nanao even said so! There's no harm in auditioning as well, right?" Rangiku stated in her bubbly voice.
Orihime jumped up and down in another little happy fit. "Oh Unni! That's wonderful! Now that I think about it, you guys should audition too!" Orihime clapped her hands and smiled at her adoptive sisters that looked at her as if she was crazy.
"Aw c'mon guys! Orihime's right, you should audition. Tatsuki, you got moves, I haven't seen a girl who can dance like you!"
Tatsuki blushed (which was a rare sight) at Rangiku's compliment. It was true, Tatsuki was a pretty good dancer, she picked it up in her spare time, mainly hip and break dancing, she thought ballroom was a bit to "slow" for her. She put her personality into her dancing, having some of her moves look like high kicks and punches, expressing her love for martial arts.
"And Nanao! Don't deny that you have a great voice or that you don't love karaoke!" Rangiku laughed as Nanao's face turned red and see looked away. The rest of the girls laughed as well.
"Ok, ok, what the heck, I'll do the damn audition, not like I have a chance any way" Tatsuki shrugged, Orihime's eyes grew big with joy and excitement.
"I guess I'll do it to-"
"AHHH!" Orihime squealed as she tackle her sisters. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Orihime screeched.
"O-ok, but remember we're doing this for you . . ." Tatsuki didn't finished or her breath was being squeezed out of her lungs by her best friend/sister.
~oOo~
"New girls group? How come you didn't tell us?" Ichigo said as they returned from the studio back to SM.
"It was a surprise, so I had to keep it form everyone until it was the right time, that also means you" The president stated as he sat down it a large leather chair behind a desk in his office.
"Yeah yeah, but one thing I'm curious about, you said that you already have three girls for the group, who the hell are they?" Toshiro said in his monotone voice. The other members nodded in agreement; who were these girls anyway?
"Ah yes, you'll be meeting them now, actually. You may come in girls!" Urahara shouted and the door clicked open. The boy's eyes widened slightly as three raven haired girls walked into the room.
~oOo~
Ahh! That's my first cliffhanger ever! I hope you like and it didn't bore you too much. XD
I apologize for any mistakes, and I hope you guys will be patient for the next chap, I'll make sure that it's interesting!
If you wanted to know, SM Entertainment is a real record label and the claims of stealing songs and over working their stars are true.
I do not own Bleach or the kpop songs I use for this fic. Remember to review my lovelies!
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