Rating: PG13 for language
Pairings: None yet
Comments: The Nittle Grasper Gang meets up in high school. Here's one story of how Nittle Grasper got together. This is my first Gravi fic, but once I get into the swing of it, it will get a lot better ^_^;;

Noriko sighed as she looked out of the bandroom window. Although she and her best friend, Ryuichi, has been working on their act as a keyboardist and singer duo for years, something still just didn't seem right.

"What do you look so grumpy about, Nori-chan? Kumagoro doesn't like a grumpy Nori-chan." Noriko turned around, with her long dark brown hair swinging behind her, to face her long time best friend, who had bubbled up from out of nowhere.

"Ah, it's nothing, Ryu-chan." She smiled and pounced on him, giving him a noogie as she glomped him. Ryuichi grinned and snuggled Nori back, making sure that Kumagoro was being snuggled too.

"So, Ryu-chan, what do you say we get back to practice? I want to try out that new arrangement I started last night." Ryuichi nodded and bounced his way over to his microphone stand, setting Kuma carefully on one of the close by amps. His eyes sparkled as he prepared himself to sing. Noriko busied herself with testing to make sure everything was set up and working correctly on her keyboards. She smiled and gave him a thumbs up as she began to play. Ryuichi began to slightly bounce as he took a deep breath, ready to sing at his cue. Noriko nodded, and he began to sing.

"Tooku de me o hikarasete," he began, smiling as he sang. "Mezameru monotachi matte iru, yoru no jouheki, sasowarete" Ryuichi swung around, grabbing his microphone and singing loudly and clearly into it. "utsurisumu mure no --------" Ryuichi stopped singing as a young man walked in the door.

"What is this racket? You call that playing a synthesizer? And you, your singing. It's horrible."
Noriko and Ryuichi looked at the small blonde boy standing in front of them. Tears began to well up in Ryuichi's eyes, and Noriko began to comfort him.
The boy continued. "That song though.. It was good. There's no way you can do anything with it with only one keyboard though. It sounds horrible."

Noriko clenched her fist and shouted "AND YOU THINK YOU COULD DO ANY BETTER????!" She glared at the blonde boy. "Look what you did, you asshole! You made Ryuichi cry. Now I'm gonna have to hurt you." She said as she ran toward the boy and smacked him across the face. "No one, and I mean NO ONE, makes my Ryu-chan cry and gets away with it."

The boy clutched his cheek and looked at Noriko. Then he laughed. Noriko glared at him.

"What's so funny?!" She asked. The boy smiled and replied.

"You. You're so protective of your boyfriend, and your mediocre keyboarding skills. I just find that funny. Haven't seen a girl as vicious as you since, well, never." Nori huffed.

"For your information, Mr. 'I'm so high and mighty', Ryuichi is NOT my boyfriend. What, is a girl not allowed to have a male best friend? And I can play my keyboards most likely better than you can stand on your own two feet!" Nori snuggled her crying friend, while Ryuichi stared up at the blonde boy with bright shining eyes, wet with tears. He hugged Kumagoro tightly. Noriko glared at the boy.

"I'll take that bet." He said. "Meet me here tomorrow after school. Both of you. We'll have a little contest. Who can mix better while the cry baby sings. Sound like a deal?"

Noriko hmphed, and not wanting to be put down and have her skills mocked by this nasty little brat, she replied. "We accept your challenge. We meet here. 3:30, right after school gets out. Got it?" The boy shrugged.

"Fine by me." He replied. "Prepare to be annihilated." He snickered and turned around, walking back towards the door.

"Hey wait!" Nori exclaimed. "By the way, who in the hell are you?!"

The boy slowly turned around, a small smile on his face.

"Tohma. Seguchi Tohma."

End of chapter 1