Mio printed a bunch of flyers and posted some of them in their classroom. However, their teacher wasn't too happy with the prospect of having her classroom decorated with flyers, so she orders them to be thrown out. Mio sighs as she takes off the flyers. She suddenly spots someone looking at one of them. The person notices, and calmly walks towards Mio. Her eyes flicker in recognition.

"Aren't you the one from the concert?"

"C-concert?"

"The one who tripped?"

Mio ran away.

"H-hey! Wait! I want to join!"

"Join?"

**************After Classes***************

Again, Ritsu was late.

However, as she entered the club room, she noticed two things.

First, nobody tried to kill her, which was good.

Second, there was a new person in the room.

She immediately recognized her as the girl who sat next to Yui, Tachibana Himeko. She knew Himeko, but they were more of acquaintances than friends. Yui was enthusiastically showing off her guitar to the newcomer, and Mio was too preoccupied with setting up her bass to notice anyone coming in. Ritsu smiled. Anything that spared her from getting a concussion was a welcome distraction.

Mugi was busy preparing tea for all of them, while Azusa dragged another chair to the table. Seeing that there was no cake to be eaten yet, Ritsu casually walked over to Himeko and said hello. 'Said hello' here being tackled to the ground in a violent manner then getting suffocated with well intentioned hugs disguised as chokeholds.

"The name's Tainaka Ritsu! I'm the club president! Welcome to the Light music club!" Said president gives a friendly grin to the newcomer.

"N-nice to meet y-you." It isn't very easy to breathe while your windpipe is being crushed. Himeko's skin was starting to take on a rather pale hue. Fortunately, cake was about to be served, and so Ritsu released her vicelike grip and happily ran to the table. Mio hurriedly apologized for their president's behavior.

"I'm so sorry!"

"It's alright, I'm fine. Your president's rather...friendly, isn't she?" said Himeko, with a forced smile. Apparently she did not enjoy being strangled.

"Next time she does that, I'll..." The raven-haired girl cast a dark glare at Ritsu.

"Oi! Mio! Can I have your share?" Apparently, the glare had no effect.

"What? Of course not, stupid!" Mio ran to save her share, but it was too late. All that was left of the cake was smeared all over her friend's face. The hungry bassist almost cried. When Ritsu saw those teary eyes, she almost felt guilty. Almost.

However, that tiny twinge of guilt wasn't enough to stop her from gloating. It only earned her another hit on the head.

"Ehh? Ricchan gets an extra slice from Mio? Azu-nyan, give me yours too!" Yui whined.

"Absolutely not!" screeched Azusa as she yanked away her slice. Fortunately for Yui, Azusa was not the violent type, and so she merely tolerated her instead of hitting her. After a while though, she eventually gave away a part of her cake. Something about Yui's pleading eyes were hard to ignore. Yui smothered Azusa in a giant bear hug to express her thanks. It was reluctantly accepted, although Mugi noted that Azusa seemed a little flushed after the hug.

The pianist chuckled lightly while sipping her tea contentedly.

Himeko suddenly cleared her throat. Everyone suddenly stopped whatever they were doing and stared. Mio quickly stood up and introduced her to everyone.

"Oh! Everyone, this is Tachibana Himeko. She's also from Yui's class, so I'm sure some of you know her."

"Nice to meet you." smiled Himeko with a cool smile. She made eye contact with each member, as if sizing them up.

Yui smiled and offered her some leftover cake. They all waited to see if she would take it. The cake was mauled, to say the least. To everyone's surprise, she willingly took it, and wolfed it down in less than a minute.

"Whoah! Nice!" Ritsu was impressed. She offered a high-five to Himeko. Himeko just stared at her hand.

"Sheesh. What's her problem?" thought Ritsu, as she scratched her head.

"So, what brings you here?" inquired Mugi. She sensed that Himeko was getting a tad bit impatient.

"Finally," thought Himeko. She was beginning to think they would never stop eating.

"Oh, there were some posters, and... Well, let's just say, they were very persuasive. So, can I join?"

"J-join?" Azusa's eyes grew as big as dinner plates.

"Posters? Persuasive? Lemme see!" Ritsu seems to have left her mind in the gutter today.

"O-okay. Here."

The poster simply stated that members would get free cake and tea everyday. Persuasive indeed.

"What instrument do you play, Hime-chan?" asked Yui in all seriousness. She was probably worried that someone would be better than her again.

"The drums. " Yui sighed in relief. Their president, however, bristled visibly.

"But we already have a drummer! How will we fit in another one? Are you going to make us share the drum set?" Ritsu declared adamantly. No way in hell would she be sharing her drum set.

"We don't need to share. I have my own." Himeko frowned.

The air started getting tense as the two drummers glared at each other. Azusa hoped that Mio knew what she was doing.

"Relax, Ritsu. I just brought her here to help us with practice. She could probably teach you a thing or two."

"I can play just fine!" The feisty brunette picked up her drumsticks and stomped over to the drum set.

"I'll show them."

A subtle rhythm began filling the room as Ritsu started playing. Her amber eyes were closed as she focused on a beat that no one else heard. Everyone was slightly impressed. Everyone except Himeko, that is. She calmly walked over to the drummer and yanked the sticks out of her hands.

"Hey!"

"Drums weren't meant to be played alone. Why don't you try it again with some accompaniment? Then we'll see if you can really play."

She looked around to see whom she could use as a test subject. Yui waved her hand wildly in the air, but Himeko pretended she couldn't see it. Her eyes fell upon the gray-eyed bassist.

"Akiyama-san, "

"H-huh? Why me?"

"What? 'fraid that you can't keep up?" Mio saw the amusement on Ritsu's face.

"One more and I'll hit you with this guitar." Ritsu immediately shut up.

Thick bass notes rumbled, and soft beats followed soon after. However, the drummer was not contented with the pace and decided to speed things along. Mio refused to switch tempo, and soon the song pretty much fell apart.

"Wow. That was awful. It sounded like the both of you were playing two completely different songs." Himeko knew they needed some practice, but she never thought it would be this bad.

"Well, it wasn't my fault. Mio here refused to play faster."

"Play faster? Why should I? You're supposed to follow me!" The bassist proceeded to beat Ritsu up.

Himeko looked to see if anyone would stop them. Nobody seemed to care.

"Don't worry. They're always like this," smiled Mugi knowingly.

"If you say so..."

A/N: Just wanted to try using Himeko. Apparently she is a real character from the series, although I have yet to see her.