Chapter One: First Impressions
"Ding! Ding!"
The school bell chimed as the students hustled out of their last classes, excited to go home after a long week of learning.
A very handsome student with gravity-defying spiky white hair moved swiftly to his locker. After putting his math book back in its proper place, and his binder in his khaki messenger bag, he swung the bag over his shoulder and shut the locker door. "HEYYYY TOSHIRO-KUN!" a shrill voice came from behind him as small arms wrapped around his neck in a hug.
The boy sighed, "Hello Karin," she pouted at his lack of enthusiasm but shrugged it off. "Soooooooo…? Do I get to see my boyfriend play today?" he shrugged and began walking down the hall towards the exit "if you want to I guess." The girl squealed in delight, "Thank you sweetie! OMG what am I going to wear?" The petite girl ran off with her short black ponytail flowing behind her. Toshiro sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Hey bro!" Two guys approached the white haired boy, one with orange spiky hair and the other with black spiky hair and a 69 tattoo on his face.
"Hey Ichigo, Hisagi."
"What's wrong? Karin annoying you again?" Ichigo smirked. Toshiro just glared. "Why don't you just dump her?" Hisagi asked, now it was Ichigo's turn to glare. "You better not hurt her." Toshiro again sighed, "I won't dump your sister, Ichigo." They glared at each other.
"AWKWARD," Hisagi chimed.
"Anyway, practice in an hour. My house, ok?" the tattooed boy stated. "Alright I'll go change out of this stupid uniform," Ichigo gestured to his plaid tie and white button up shirt and began to walk in the direction Karin had ran off in. "Oh hey, you guys" The orange haired teen stopped and shouted back to his friends, "is it ok if Rukia brings a friend to practice?" Hisagi looked at Toshiro who just shrugged, implying he didn't care and then turned back to Ichigo, "Yeah its cool," he replied. "Thanks, see you guys in an hour!" Ichigo shouted as the three teens departed in different directions.
"Knock Knock Knock" The short raven haired girl knocked on the double doors of the large Hinamori estate. The door slowly opened revealing a busty woman in a small yellow sundress. "Hello Rukia-chan!" the busty woman greeted her with a big bubbly grin. "Hello Rangiku-san is Momo-chan here?" the woman smiled, "she's in her room, go on up," Rangiku let Rukia pass and watched as the petite girl started up the grand staircase.
Rukia made her way up the giant staircase and down the corridor leading to her best friend's bedroom; she could hear the ridiculously loud music coming from the end of the hall. She skipped knocking, aware her friend probably wouldn't hear her, and walked into the large room. The walls were painted a soft blue color which in contrast went well with the solid black, modern furniture. She saw her friend lying on her queen sized bed up against the wall. She was facing the ceiling, drumming in the air with a pair of drumsticks, the top half of her body engulfed by black and white pillows. Rukia walked to the large stereo and turned it off. Momo jumped up almost immediately and shot Rukia a death glare, after a moment of recognition she practically leapt across the room. "Rukia-chan!" Rukia giggled as her friend tackled her to the floor in a bear hug. "How did you get in here?" Momo asked after the two settled down a bit, "Oh your nanny let me in, are you about ready to go?" Rukia stood and opened the door, "um yeah, but are you sure I'm allowed to go?" Momo questioned as she grabbed her tie dye over the shoulder bag and placed her drumsticks in it. "Yeah Ichigo said they didn't care, now come on!" she grabbed Momo's wrist and dragged her out the door.
"Hey guys," Toshiro entered the large garage and waved to his friends who were already setting up their equipment. "Hey, where's Karin?" Ichigo asked confused by the lack of noise. "I don't know she'll probably be here in a bit," Toshiro answered as he reached in is bag and grabbed a pair of drum sticks and began twirling them in his hands. He made his way to his blue and white drum set and started adjusting things while Ichigo was tuning his guitar and Hisagi was checking the sound equipment.
"IM HERE!" the boys flinched at the loud girl. Karin was now wearing a red tank top the showed part of her stomach and a denim skirt that went halfway down her thighs and a pair of sandals, her dark hair was left down. "Hey Karin," the three boys mumbled as Karin walked back to where Toshiro was and wrapped her arms around his neck, "Hey Sweetie," she kissed him on the cheek. "Sorry Karin but could you please go sit, practice is about to start and I don't want my equipment messed up," Toshiro asked as nicely as he possibly could and Karin just pouted. "Hey you guys we're here!" The boys and Karin all looked up and smiled at Rukia, "Oh and this is Momo," Rukia walked further in the door to allow Momo to enter. They all waved but Toshiro stared, Momo was wearing a pair of jean shorts and a peach colored off the shoulder top with a pair of black converse high tops, her hair was in a high ponytail with her bangs framing her face. Wow who is she? Toshiro thought and then shook his head remembering who was beside him. "Alright are we ready to start practice?" Hisagi asked. Ichigo nodded and looked back at Toshiro, Karin was making her way to the couch where Rukia and Momo wear sitting, Toshiro nodded to his friends.
A familiar song began to play and Momo immediately identified it as Linkin Parks Numb. Rukia noticed her friend perk up and giggled, she knew this was one of her favorite songs, Momo looked back at Rukia and grinned. Karin noticed the girls next to her giggle and sing along, she just sat there and texted her friends about how she's at band practice with her boyfriend and they should be jealous, though she wasn't even listening to the performance.
Momo continued to watch the three boys play a few more songs, she noticed that while Hisagi was singing he would look at her and wink she would blush and Rukia would giggle and playfully nudge her red friend. Though Momo thought Hisagi was a cute, talented singer, and Ichigo's ridiculous orange hair and wild jumps stood out a lot, she couldn't help but stare at the drummer in the back. He can't be much taller than me but taller none the less, his hair is quite different but his drumming is magnificent. How he throws the sticks in the air and then catches them in time to hit the next beat perfectly, Momo thought as the song ended. Momo and Rukia clapped while Karin just kept texting, Hisagi nodded and chuckled at the two girls applauding them. "Okay ladies this'll be the last song of the night, it's our cover of Ashley by Escape the Fate," Ichigo began softly playing the beginning of the song on his guitar before Hisagi even finished his sentence. Momo practically jumped out of her seat to grab her bag, Rukia looked at her, stunned, but she just mouthed 'I looooove this song'. She reached in her bag lying on the floor and pulled out her drumsticks. The song played on as Rukia watched her friend imitate almost everything Toshiro was doing on stage. Toshiro looked up to see Karin texting and that new girl with a pair of drumsticks hitting the air, and then he noticed how accurately she was pretending to play. He stared at her for a moment more before noticing that she was smiling at Hisagi. He frowned a little and looked back at Karin who looked bored; he went back to focusing only on his drums until the end of the song.
"That was awesome you guys!" Momo cheered at the end of the song, Rukia agreed and the boys chuckled. Karin ran back to Toshiro and hugged him, "Good job Toshiro-kun!" Toshiro shrugged her off, "What was the last song we played?" Toshiro questioned Karin with an intense look, "umm I don't know it was hard to pay attention with that weird girl almost hitting me." Karin responded looking for an excuse. "Whatever, c'mon I'll walk you home. Bye you guys." Toshiro jumped off the short stage and walked out the side door with Karin following close behind.
"Hmm that was weird," Ichigo stated as they all looked at the door the two retreated out of. "Anyway, what did you girls think?" Hisagi asked with a smirk, "Eh it was alright," Rukia joked as she hugged Ichigo around the waist. "Oh ha ha," Hisagi laughed sarcastically, "What about you Momo, What did you think?" Momo looked up from the couch and smiled brightly, "I thought you were great! I looooove your taste in music!" Momo gushed while the other three just chuckled. "We saw you pull out your drumsticks," Ichigo pointed to the pair of sticks lying next to Momo, "Rukia didn't tell us you were a drummer." Momo blushed slightly before replying, "Um yeah I try but I'm not that good, I'm not nearly as good as your drummer." Hisagi walked over and sat on the couch next to Momo, "I'm sure your very talented." He smiled at her and Momo smiled back. "So, what school do you go to? I haven't seen you around," Ichigo asked as he and Rukia sat on the edge of the short stage. "Momo was homeschooled but she starts up at Karakura High with us on Monday," Rukia informed them. "Oh what class will you be in?" Hisagi asked looking at the girl next to him, "Um 2B is my homeroom," Momo responded. "Oh you have homeroom with Rukia and Toshiro, I guess that means we'll have to meet up at lunch," Hisagi smirked at Momo who just smiled. "Alright, it's getting late Momo let's get you home," Rukia stood up and kissed Ichigo on the cheek. "Bye you guys, thanks for letting me come see you practice," Momo smiled at her two new friends. "Bye, we'll see you guys Monday!" Rukia yelled as her and Momo left the garage.
Maybe public school won't be so bad, Momo smiled to herself as she walked home with her friend.
Meanwhile
God this is getting old, i wish Ichigo had never tricked me into this stupid relationship. Toshiro thought to himself as he walked home after dropping Karin off at her house. I wonder if who that girl was... Momo. Her name was Momo. And she's a drummer... Damn Hisagi. Wait why am i mad? He's single, I'm not. Still there's something different about that girl.
A/N Alright you guys, what do you think? First fanfiction so I'm a bit nervous about this! Well please review be honest but don't be mean :P