As fate would have it, a bleach fan fiction.
As Fate Would Have it
, Chapter 1
Well this is my first attempt at a bleach fan fiction, I had been planning it for awhile and with my new computer it makes it easier to type and stuff so maybe ill update sooner…I also am working on my other stories: Renewed Chances? And My Life Is My Worst Nightmare. But for now im taking a break trying to relieve myself of the writers block I have on the stories. So I hope you enjoy the story.
Disclaimer: I don't not own bleach or any of the characters.
Chapter 1: Its not what you thought it would be.
Summer Break after senior year of high school. Most people agree this is one of their best times of their lives. But for Hinamori Momo its when her perfectly planned future crumbled to bits in front of her eyes.
Momo was a person who liked to have plans, to know how the future would play itself out. For instance her latest plan was what would happen to her and her friends after high school. It wasn't really much and she only had a few things which she absolutely wanted to have done. These steps went with her everywhere and were on a lone sheet of paper which no one but herself ever saw, even though she liked having plans she didn't like sharing them with people very much especially people who were involved in the plans. The new steps were simple:
1) Have and awesome weekend trip at Rukias beach house.
2) Go to college with all of her best friends; Ichigo, Rukia, Matsumoto, Orihime, Renji, and Toshiro.
3) Lose the nickname Toshiro had given her
4) Get classes with my friends
5) Dorm with my best friends
6) Confess to Toshiro
Hitsugaya Toshiro was her closest and oldest friend. They had practically grown up together. They met at the young age of 3 and they had only grown closer and closer since then. But somewhere down the line Momo's feelings of friendship turned into love. She had remained quiet about it though since she was afraid that he didn't return the feelings, that it might ruin their friendship and the friendship with the others. She was quiet about it due to her being shy. Finally she never said a word to him about because of the fear of rejection.
Rukia Matsumoto and Orihime had continually told her many times in fact that he loved her as well. So before school ended Momo had decided to build up the courage and tell him about how she felt.
(at the beach house)
"And here we are the Kuchiki summer home." The limo driver said pulling up to a tall looking beach house. Gasps were heard throughout the car.
The driver pulled into the lot and the group of recently graduated students fell out of the car.
"This place is just…wow." Orihime breathed
"Love it." Matsumoto cheered. "Now where do the cute boys live?"
"Calm down, we just got here Matsumoto. And some live next door." rukia sighed
"Ooh I think I should just walk around in a bathing suit all day then." Matsumoto smirked
"this place is amazing rukia." Momo said
"Thanks." She replied
"Nice Place!" Renji and Ichigo cheered as they ran into the house that lay before them.
"Its nice." Toshiro said as he passed by her and went into the house.
"Wow guys that's a great vocabulary you got going on there." Rukia said sarcastically as the 3 boys entered the house.
The 4 remaining girls erupted into laughter at the statement, knowing it was true all too well. As soon as the laughter quieted down they followed inside to the Kuchiki home.
As soon as rukia entered she saw that the guys had messily thrown their bags onto the floor with the exception of toshiros who lay off to the side in a some what organized manner.
"Okay boys." Rukia said catching the guys attention who were busy wandering around the grand hallway. "Youre on floor 1 room 10, girls were floor 1 room 12." Rukia said as she kicked their luggage towards them. Sighing they bent down and picked it up, or dragged it to their rooms, the girls shook their heads and took their stuff to their room located next to the guys.
As soon as they were done everyone went back and sat in the main entryway.
"Whats on the other floors?" Orihime asked looking at the stairs leading to who knows where.
"Yea what up their?" Ichigo asked from the other side of the room.
"Maybe, a bowling alley?" Renji suggested hoping it was true. He could kick Ichigos ass in bowling any day.
"Idiot I doubt that" Ichigo yelled at him. Which thus started the 2 boys into one of their common fights which everyone had gotten used to by now.
"You guys are so immature." Rukia said exasperated at their attitude.
"But Rukia-" the boys protested.
"She right you are immature like little kids." Toshiro taunted a smirk forming onto his face.
"What did you say shortie?" Ichigo twitched.
"At least were taller than little kids." Renji countered.
Toshiro stiffened and the room got noticeably colder as he turned and faced the 2 boys.
Before anything could happen the girls cut in. 'So um whats up there again?" Matsumoto asked.
"Yea how many floors are there?" Momo asked looking up.
The boys had forgotten about that so they abandoned their fight, much to ichigos and renjis relief and turned their attention back to rukia.
"Oh yea, theres 3 floors and the ground floor which we're on. On floor 1 its rooms, on the other floors theres indoor swimming pools, spa, game room, movie theater, hot springs down here. And other stuff along that nature." Rukia said like it was the most natural thing in the world.
The words 'game room' were said the boys attentions were caught, sure they differed in personality but they all had a thing for games.
"Knew they'd be gone at that one." Rukia said smiling at the girls.
"Oh well boys will be boys." Orihime laughed.
Matsumoto smirked. " I prefer when boys are cute boys it makes them so much better."
"Ugh youre so weird." Momo laughed with the other girls.
After awhile of deciding the girls had decided on going to the game room also.
(Later that night)
Dinner had been finished awhile ago and the boys had gone back to the game room, Ichigo and Renij had a competition going, and Toshiro was going to try for the high score on all the games. The girls had decided to walk along the beach,
"So how long are we staying?" Matsumoto asked.
"A week" Was the instant reply from the other 3.
"Oh yea forgot." She smiled sheepishly.
"The guys wont be down from the game room at all" Rukia sighed.
'Yea we probably wont see them, a lot" Momo said pondering quietly.
"That's too bad." Orihime said staring at the ocean.
"Hm what are we talking about?" Matsumoto asked hearing the word boys.
'Werent you paying attention?" Momo asked.
"I was scouting." She replied happily
"For what?" Rukia, Orihime, and Momo asked.
"Cute boys" Matsumoto smirked
The other 3 more sane girls sweat dropped when, and then finally noticed that they had come back to the house already.
"Lets go to the hot springs." Matsumoto smirked widely
"Kay" the 3 said as they went inside.
'Are they co-ed." Matsumoto asked her smirk turning wicked.
'Nope" Rukia sighed.
Momo silently thanked kami, she did not want to go to the hot springs if they were co-ed.
"Damn oh well." Matsumoto shrugged "Lets go.'
Orihime laughed at the shrugging girl. Rukia and Momo followed them upstairs to their rooms. The girls went up and changed into their robes and got into the elevator and much to Momo and Orihimes surprise it went up instead of down.
"Where are we going?" Orihime asked.
'Game room." Rukia and Matsumoto
"Why?" momo asked
"to see if the boys wanted to come." They said
Momo was about to say more to the 2 girls in front of her when she was cut off by the ping of the elevator that told them they had arrived to their destination.
They walked through the halls until they came upon a room with a flashing sign above I saying game room.
"So boys." Rukia said causing 3 heads to turn around, " Wanna come to the hot springs?"
"Sure." They said and they (some a little to eagerly) left the room and followed the girls into the elevator.
After a moment of silence Ichigo spoke up much to everyones pleasure…almost.
"Yo! Shortie don't glare so much" Ichigo yelled at the white haired boy. Said white haired boy twitched and turned around slowly glaring at the tall boy behind him.
"I wasn't glaring and don't call me short!" He growled through clenched teeth.
'You were too." Ichigo teased.
"Aw shiro it was only with the walls best interest in mind I mean you were going to glare a hole in the poor thing." Momo laughed.
Toshiro turned and looked at his oldest friend, the glare he once had melted and turned into a small smile but it only stayed for a second, but it was enough to make momos heart skip a few beats.
'Really, bed wetter Momo?" He teased back a smirk falling into place on his face.
"Shiro you know I hate that name!" Momo cried.
Her other friends just laughed at their childish antics.
"Well I hate being called Shiro." He said
"But shiro is always shiro." Momo explained
"Well if you don't call me that then I wont call you bed wetter momo." He smirked.
Momo contemplated her choices, a small smile set upon her face. " Fine," momo paused
He smirked happily to himself.
"Little shiro." She laughed. He shot her an annoyed look but she just brushed the look away.
(At the hot springs)
The guys and girls had a small conversation with each other, despite the wooden wall separating. All was going well until momo felt a little too warm and light headed.
"Guys I feel a little dizzy." Momo said quietly.
The last thing she remembered was it all going black and her friends looking over at her just in time to see her sink under the water.
(Later)
Momo slowly opened her eyes and squinted at the bright white light of her room in the Kuchiki Summer Home.
She sat up slowly and looked around the room until she saw the familiar white head of hair that belonged to Toshiro.
"To…shiro?" Momo croaked out her voice coming out raspy.
"Hey are you ok?" He asked moving swiftly over to her side.
"Yea im fine. What happened?" She asked as the washcloth from her head fell into her lap.
"You fainted while we were in the hot springs, now you've got slight fever." He said his eyes roaming around the room avoiding her eyes.
"Who brought me here?" She asked.
"I did." He said his eyes resting on a picture to the left of her head.
She thought for a second. 'okay so he carried me here in a towel, that's a little awkward it's a good thing the towel didn't come off while I was sleeping, wait when did a towel have pant legs…' she thought looking down at what she was wearing…her pajamas. ' So somebody dressed me…oh shit who was it?' she thought worriedly
"Wait who dressed me?!" Her voice high-pitched and shrill. Even though she and Toshiro had bathed together more time than she could count, when they were little but it would be embarrassing now things have changed since then a lot of things.
"the girls did don't worry" he said knowing all too well what she was worried about.
"Oh ok." She said relieved.
There was an awkward silence between the 2 as they sat there staring at anything except each other. Momo realized that now would be the perfect time to tell Toshiro how she felt. Gathering up what courage she could she looked over at the white haired boy.
'Um Toshiro" She began.
'What?" He asked his head swinging over to her.
"I think I lo-" Momo said a blush forming on her face, but she was cut off by his phone ringing
"Hold on. Hello?…oh hey…Yea I remember. What?! You can!…That's great see ya tomorrow!" He said happily
"Who was that?" Momo asked a but sadly that he cast her off for his phone.
"Ya know Ichigos little sister, the famous going to be high school senior soccer player." He smiled.
"Oh Karin." Momo said sadly, she knew Karin next to her Momo looked plain and boring.
"Yea shes coming tomorrow. I invited her." Toshiro said
"Oh uh that's great." Momo said her heart felt as if it had been stabbed and then ripped out.
"Shes… shes something else Momo, shes amazing I havent felt like this for any other girl before…ever." toshiro told his best friends unaware of the effect of his words.
"Really?" She said weakly.
"Yea. Oh wait Momo weren't you saying something." toshiro asked
Momo thought of her confession and how stupid she had been to want to tell him, it was so obvious that he never liked her that way, she decided not to say it, doing that would make things weird between them.
"Um can you get the girls its urgent." She said looking down
"Why whats wrong?" He asked his voice laced with worry. He lifted up her chin so she was staring him in the eye
Her chocolate brown eyes met his aqua ones that had filled with worry for her. She held his gaze for a second before looking away. "it's a girl thing." she said finally.
With that he dropped her chin and got up. He knew she was hiding something, she could never fool him they weren't best friends for nothing. But he decided it was something only girls worried about so he left it at that. He left the room and looked back once at her like he always had for years and years.
A few minutes later the other 3 girls crashed into the room, startling the brown eyed girl.
"Whats up?" Matsumoto asked flopping down onto her bed.
"Ditto Toshiros like majorly freaked cuz you said it was urgent." Rukia said
"Hes got it bad." Orihime sighed being the resident romance lover her eyes filled up dreamily with thoughts of them together.
"Got what?" Momo asked worried for a second that he was sick.
"you idiot!" they almost yelled. "He obviously loves you!"
"No he doesn't." Momo said collapsing into sobs.
"What?" Orihime asked her romance fantasies crumbling into pieces.
"What happened." Matsumoto asked.
Momo took a breath and retold the story about the scene that had just happened a mere few minutes ago. About he almost confession and about Karin.
"Oh poor Momo." The girls said as they came around to hug the sobbing girl.
"You know what you need?" Rukia asked
Momo raised her head and looked at the girl who was smiling widely.
"Ice Cream." Rukia finished as she and the other 2 went out the door to fetch the aforementioned treat.
Once they were gone, Momo pulled out the steps of her plan, and crossed out the part about confessing her feelings seeing as it will never happen.
(With rukia, orihime, and matsumoto)
"Poor Momo." Orihime sighed.
"We were so sure of it too" Rukia sighed
"But we were wrong" matsumoto finished.
On the way to the kitchen and back the girls couldn't help but glare at the clueless white haired boy.
(Girls Room)
"Lets eat our weight in ice cream." Rukia said coming back into the room.
"o-okay" momo sighed moving over to join the other girls on rukias bed.
Momo dug her spoon into the chocolate ice cream, surrounded by her closest friends and for a moment and it had almost made her forget about what had happened earlier with Toshiro…almost.
(Many ice cream spoonfuls later)
Momo rolled over and closed her eyes unsure if she could face what the next day would bring.
(The Next Day)
Momo awoke and saw the old ice cream carton on the floor, reminding her that yesterday wasn't a bad dream. She sighed as she got up and saw that her friends were awake. Momo took a deep breath and set off downstairs.
"Theres sleeping beauty." Rukia and Matsumoto laughed, as momo came into view, momo gave them a weak wave feigning how tired she was.
She gave toshiro a small smile so he wouldn't know that anything was different with her.
"So whats going on today?" Momo asked sitting down
The guys just shrugged.
"The beach!" Rukia, Orihime, and Matsumoto sang.
"fine with me."
"That's ok."
"Sure sounds good.'
"Whatever."
"Okay then lets go, the cute boys next door just went out." Matsumoto said dragging Rukia, Orihime, and Momo to their room to change.
(After changing)
Momo walked out of the beach house a little ways behind her friends, her mind lost in thought on recent changes she seemed to lose track of all that happened around her. She missed Matsumoto go off to flirt with the boys next door, Rukia breaking up another fight between Ichigo and Renji. Also Orihime stopping to sit on the beach. A large hand upon her shoulder broke her out of her reverie.
"Hey you okay after last night?" Toshiro asked.
Momo looked over at him, the way the sun glinted off his pale skin and white hair made him seem to glow which caused him to look otherworldly. She quickly shifted her eyes away.
"Oh yea im fine." She lied
Health wise she was fine. But emotionally she felt as if a part of her heart had been taken out.
"That's good. See ya." He said walking off to a cool shaded spot but glancing back at her before he got there.
Momo then tan into the water to join her other friends.
"Hey guys." Momo said happily
"Hey" Rukia Orihime Ichigo and Renji answered.
"What ya doin?" She asked
"Nothing" Rukia said floating on her back.
"We're saying how stupid strawberry here is." Renji laughed.
"We are not!" Ichigo retorted. "Were saying how much of a loser Renji is."
Momo giggled as the 2 of them continued to fight.
"Hey Toshiro!" Ichigo yelled.
An annoyed white head popped out from behind a tree, still shrouded in shade giving his blinding white hair a pale gray look.
"What?!" Came the annoyed and distant sounding response.
"Come in the water!" Renji and Ichigo called out laughing.
"Why?" Toshiro said raising an eyebrow though it couldn't be seen from where his 2 guy friends were laughing.
"Were playing a game and we need you to even out the teams!" Rukia said getting tired that it was taking a bit to long for the white haired boy to get into the water.
"Fine fine whatever." Toshiro mumbled angrily.
He glared at his laughing friends in the deep blue ocean that only laughed harder as the first of the waves crashed against him, making him stumble a bit. He swam out to where they were and glared at his friends who were currently failing at hiding their amusement.
"Now why do you need me?' Toshiro sighed.
Ichigo smirked. "Because were playing a game."
"what game are we playing?" Momo asked floating on her back over to the group.
Ichigo and Renji exchanged a smirk "Chicken Fight."
"No thanks." Toshiro said whilst walking away but before he could do anything, he heard a shrill shriek which he instantly recognized as Momo's as he spun around to see what had happened he saw ichigo place the shrieking girl atop toshiros shoulders. Momo instantly latched on to toshiros head for the fear of falling of his shoulders was worse than what had just happened.
Toshiro looked over at Ichigo and Renji who were sniggering happily, and saw they too had someone on their shoulders, Ichigo had Rukia and Renji had Orihime.
Toshiro sighed "Fine whatever"
"Okay then go!" Matsumoto said seemingly coming out of nowhere.
The group was startled for a second at the sudden arrival but merely shrugged it off, it was Matsumoto after all.
As the chicken fight proceeded on, Renji and Orihime had lost due to the fact that Orihime really didn't want to hurt anyone and she gave up.
Rukia and Momo were trying to push each other off, while toshiro and ichigo just glared at each other.
"Rukia why are we playing this?' Momo asked as she pushed the black haired girl trying to get her off ichigos shoulders.
"Because its fun." Rukia replied.
A sharp intake of breath was heard from Matsumoto and Orihime, Rukia who was facing the shore saw what it was about and momentarily paused which gave momo the time to get her off Ichigos shoulders and into the water. Before toshiro and momo could celebrate their win, a loud voice rang across the beach.
"Hey Ichigo, Toshiro! I'm here!"
Momo and Toshiro spun around to see who was yelling on the beach but Momo had a sinking feeling she knew who it was. Her suspicion was correct and there stood on the beach in all her fame and glory was Karin Kurosaki waving to them from up the beach.
Momos heart fell into the pit of her stomach as she saw Toshiro run up the beach to where Karin and Ichigo stood, laughing animatedly about something. Momo was gripped with an icy fear as she saw Toshiro run closer to Karin and farther from herself.
"Its ok, hes not too concentrated on Karin…I mean he's still going to turn around and look back once at me before hes gets to her." Momo thought to herself
Momo stood in the water watching Toshiros retreating back run up the beach. She couldn't tear her eyes away from his back still clutching to the vain hope of something would happen that would turn this around and have him totally fall in love with her and leave his love for Karin behind. Momos world stopped, as she saw Toshiro a few mere steps away from Karins waving form.
Momo couldn't believe it-
Toshiros stopped for a second seeming to think as if he was unsure if he had forgotten to do something
-It seemed that he-
Toshiro was quickly engulfed in hug by none other than Karin Kurosaki, while ichigo laughed at the facial expression that had taken over the white haired boys face.
-had decided not to turn around for the first time and that meant-
Toshiro returned the hug, that Karin had given him. The look on his face was one of pure bliss, and Momo felt her heart shatter into a million tiny pieces just like glass shattering.
-he had forgotten about her, he didn't need her anymore.-
Toshiro broke from the hug and walked inside the house Karin attached firmly to his arm, Ichigo turned to follow them but he first turned around and told the others in the group to come on.
The waves crashed against Momos back but she didn't feel anything, as she stumbled along to the shore, the only thing she could feel was the cold numbness of realization and having your heart shattered by the one person she trusted the most.
Rukia, Orihime, and Matsumoto watched sadly as Momo slowly pulled herself together as they filed in the door after Renji, Ichigo, Toshiro and Karin.
They could tell that the rest of this week would not go well.
(inside)
Once they got inside, everyone plopped into a chair around the table. Dinner was brought out and everyone chatted happily and ate well everyone except for momo who spent most of her time staring at the food on her plate and poking it with her fork.
"So youre in your last year of high school?" Matsumoto asked Karin leaning over the table
'Oh well actually ive been given a really early admittance to the University of Southern Kyoto for a soccer scholarship." Karin said with a hit of bragging in her voice as she darted her eyes over to Momo whose head was still facing her plate.
All the heads at the table whipped up. Accepted into college this early now that was amazing.
"Wow way to go Karin, but whats Yuzu gonna do?" Ichigo asked
"Oh Yuzu got in with me but for a cooking scholarship" Karin shrugged
"So what are your plans for college?" Karin asked the people at the table.
Momo slowly raised her head she knew that she and her friends were all going to the same college I mean come on they had had it planned since they met in the 3rd grade.
"Well were all going-" Momo began finally speaking for the first time since Karin had gotten there.
"I'm actually going to Paris." Matsumoto said. "I got accepted in for fashion."
Momo looked at her wide eyed, Matsumoto shrugged in return.
"Im going to Northern Kyoto." Orihime said giving a small self conscious laugh.
"I'm going to Southern Kyoto" Ichigo said
"Oh good I thought we were going to the same place im going Northern Kyoto also. " Renji sighed
"I'm going to Tokyo University." Rukia said, giving Momo a small smile.
Momo sighed, she had thought everyone had left her and gone off to another college, even though they had made the plan all those years ago.
"Toshiro where are you going?" Momo asked.
"I'm going to Southern Kyoto also." He said not looking at Momo
Karin gave a delighted laugh and put her hand on Toshiros shoulder. "awesome we'll be seeing a lot of each other!"
"I'm going to Tokyo University…" Momo said quietly.
The conversation at the table dragged on for a bit and then everyone left to go explore the house, go outside, play the games, or go swimming.
Momo was walking quietly to her room when she heard footsteps approaching her and a pair of beat up tennis shoes appear in her view, she looked up only to be met with the face of Karin.
"Oh hey Karin." Momo said raising her hand in a wave.
"Momo" she nodded in return. "Ive seen the way you look at Toshiro, and Im gonna tell you that its really obvious how much you love him, its obvious to everyone but him. But that doesn't mean ill give him to you though, I have liked him since he helped my soccer team in middle school, and do you know how hard it is to love him when all he does it look at you?" Karin said in a stressed voice.
"um…" Momo began struggling to find her voice.
'I know I know I sound like a total bitch right now but let me finish, but he likes me Momo, and not you so its your turn to feel it, and by the way Toshiro doesn't want a small hometown kind of girl, he wants an out there kind of girl, like me." Karin finished while she was walking away she laid a hand of Momos shoulder.
"Sorry Momo your turn is over." With that Karin turned and went into the room she was staying in.
Momo turned down the hallway and ran into her room and locked the door, the others wouldn't be in until later tonight. Momo ran to her bed and out from under her pillow he pulled out the list and scratched everything out, seeing as now that everyone was going to different colleges all her plans were in ruins. Momo balled up the list and threw it, the list rolling under one of the beds. She leaned against the door, held her head in her hands and cried.
End of Chapter 1