Okay People here's another chapter, I don't think it is very well, but hey I wrote the entire thing in a day so what do ya expect. It's more of a transition chapter I don't think it's pretty interesting but it is necessary for my story so bear with me next chapter should be more entertaining. I'm actually eager to write the next two chapters especially chapter 6. So I hope you guys enjoy the story, this is my second fanfiction, though I wrote it before my the first one I posted. I abandoned my first one I think it kind of sucks.
First Practice
The sunlight beamed through the lavender curtains of the large white and lavender room. Rukia heard birds chirping and decided she should get out of bed. She checked the time it was 6:03 a.m. she would have to be at Miyako's by eight, which she had to agree with Renji that it was to damn early for practice. She stretched and climbed out of bed with her pajamas which consisted on plain black p.j. bottoms and a lavender tank with Chappy on it. She grabbed her white towel and headed for the shower. Then she had to decide what to wear to go practice in. She decided on a blue plaid pleaded skirt and a black t-shirt with Chappy, knee high black socks and paired up with black high top chucks. She quickly put on eyeliner and massacre (the only make-up she wears) and combed her hair. She raced down the stairs to the kitchen to cook breakfast. Rukia's idea of cooking was pouring Fruit Loops and milk into a bowl and orange juice into a cup. She went upstairs to Byakuya's office to let him know she was going to be out today.
"Byakuya I will be leaving again today, but I will be back earlier than yesterday so may I go?" Rukia asked.
"Of course you can leave, but Rukia tomorrow you know our plans correct?" Byakuya asked.
"I know I wouldn't want to be out anyway tomorrow" Rukia nodded to him and headed out to the front door.
"Wow, this place is beautiful, sure it isn't the countryside but it's a lot better than smoggy cars and trash everywhere" Rukia said softly to herself while strolling to Miyako's house. Then she noticed a clinic. "Wow that clinic is still here?" Then she saw two guys one in a brown shirt and jeans carrying a bass the other with black pants and a white t-shirt that read 'Fuck Off' carrying a guitar it was Kaien and Ichigo heading out the front door.
"Hey Rukia!" Kaien waved.
"Hi Kaien, Ichigo." She spoke to them. Ichigo just grunted then smirked at her as his greeting.
"So why are you guys at the clinic did you get hurt or something?" she asked confused.
"Ha, nah we live there, our dad runs a clinic in our home" Kaien laughed.
"So headed to Miyako's?" Ichigo asked inquisitively.
"Ya care to join?" Rukia asked.
When they finally Miyako's she was wearing a white top with a baby blue bow on it and a matching one on her hair. She had on light colored jean Capri's. She greeted Kaien with a kiss on his cheek and motioned everyone to enter. They walked down to her basement where Tatsuki, Uryuu, and Orihime were already situated. Tatsuki was wearing fitted blue jeans and an over-sized red shirt with a black skull on it. Orihime was wearing a yellow tank with a pink flower on it and a white skirt that reached her knees. Uryuu was wearing a white polo with black pants.
"Where's Renji?" Kaien asked.
"Late as usual." Uryuu stated.
"I don't understand how someone who is always on time and patient can date someone like Renji who is always late and unprepared and impatient" Ichigo asked directing the question to his childhood friend.
"I don't know, I'm going to call him" Tatsuki rolled her eyes and quickly pulled out her silver razor. Then the doorbell rang.
"That better be Renji" Uryuu yelled at Miyako as she made her way up the stairs all Miyako did was giggle. To everybody's relief it was Renji. He was wearing a black bandana on his head and dressed with a plain black shirt and jeans.
"Renji what was the fucking hold up?" Ichigo yelled.
"Hold your panties Strawberry damn!" Renji shouted in return.
"What were you so fucking busy with? Trying to gel that ridiculous ponytail you wear everyday? You take longer than a girl to get ready!" Ichigo barked at him.
"The only reason I'm late is because I don't have an insane dad to wake me up at three in the morning with a kick aimed to the head!" Renji shouted.
"Shut up!" Someone screamed everyone turned with wide shocked eyes to see that it was Orihime. She put both hands over her mouth and her gray eyes grew even larger she seemed more shocked than anybody else. "Oh, I didn't mean it… it's just you two always fight… and …uh I was… just you know, well….tired of it"
"Um I wouldn't feel sorry you got them to shut up right? Besides I came here to sing not to watch a wrestling match between red and orange haired guys." Rukia laughed.
"Okay Ms. ICanSing let's give this thing a try shall we?" Ichigo said with a smirk as he picked up his guitar which made Rukia blush. Then he handed her a piece of paper with music notes and lyrics. "These are the lyrics to the song"
"Wow didn't know you guys were so professional, writing it down and everything, you even have lyrics despite your lack of a singer." Rukia said as she stared at the paper trying here the music in her heard.
"Okay you guys ready?" Renji asked everyone nodded and he gave out the count.
Alone ………..yeah………..alone………..I just wanna be left the fuck alone her voice was low and beautiful she made it a bit rough so it would sound better with the music it was exactly what the band was looking for
I walk alone but I can't seem to get rid of you
You tell me to look at you in the eyes
Don't you understand whatever we had it was what you blew
so all I see in those giant orbs are all your lies
……………………………………..
"That was awesome Rukia you were exactly what we were looking for!" Miyako smiled.
"I have to agree your voice is unique and irreplaceable your in the band" Ichigo congratulated her with his hands in his pockets.
"Thanks, but it wasn't that great" Rukia said humbly
"What are you talking about Rukia? I think it was awesome I wish I could do that, but honestly my voice is too squeaky" Orihime told her.
"Ya no need to be all humble if I was in your shoes I would be rubbing it in everyone's faces" Renji told her.
"Well I have to agree with everyone you rock" Uryuu stated. Tatsuki and Kaien nodded.
"Well, I say the first time was so awesome that maybe we should continue to rock this bitch!" Ichigo announced to everyone.
Rukia had to sing four more different songs. She pretty learned most of the songs, she enjoyed most of them and she thought she could really get used to this sort of thing. It felt so great to be able to sing again and actually having people praising her rather than scolding at her telling her that singing was a waste of her time. It was 12:30 when they called it quits.
"Wow that was something huh guys?" Kaien said wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"I know now the band is finally complete this should be good now you guys can finally try to do little performances here and there maybe get noticed." Tatsuki told them.
"Yep now we can start advertising ourselves and hopefully get noticed by a record label or something" Uryuu nodded.
"Uh… wow do you guys really want to rush things I don't even have every song down yet." Rukia said nervously.
"Damn right we are going to rush into to things. You see Rukia I don't know if you understand how this whole thing works. We need to start building a reputation so we are able to be known as a local band, right now no one knows us were a garage band, well more technically a basement band. When we become local we can try to play some gigs in Tokyo where many people go to scout out bands if we are noticed by a label we can make it big." Ichigo said.
Rukia nodded but was thinking something else. 'Yeah just act like your ignorant to the whole thing. Stupid Ichigo does he really think I'm so retarded I don't understand that fucking concept I know more about that sort of thing than he does, but I can't let anyone know that. SHIT. I hate playing dumb.'
"Tatsuki this dip is good!" Orihime smiled while eating chips with Tatsuki's homemade dip. Renji and her we eating it like there was no tomorrow.
"Thanks but calm done you guys the dip isn't going to runaway" Tatsuki laughed.
Rukia whispered to Ichigo's ears, "I'm surprised that neither of them is fat."
Ichigo smirked and whispered back at her, "Well, I don't know what Renji does but this one girl at school, Ryou, once had a theory that Orihime's boobs absorb the calories." Rukia giggled at this comment.
"Anyway guys tomorrow there will be no practice for certain personal reasons I do expect that some of the band members would be willing or able to make it tomorrow" Miyako told everyone who nodded.
Rukia wondered if Miyako had told them about the reason she couldn't make it, but then saw a bit of sadness in both Ichigo and Kaien's eyes and drew a conclusion that it was something that was completely unrelated to her.
"Oh, guys I was wondering that maybe after tomorrow since I'm sure we will need to lift some spirits I was wondering if practice could be canceled. Besides Momo is having this thing she wants us to attend." Orihime said
"Oh yeah that camping thing," Tatsuki remebered.
"Isn't she also inviting her little brother, Toshiro's friends?" Kaien asked.
"Ya there going to be there too so that means your little sister are attending too right?" Orihime asked she loved Yuzu and Karin they were so sweet well atleast Yuzu was.
"You have little sisters?" Rukia looked interested.
"Ya twins Yuzu and Karin" Ichigo told her.
"Wow two sets of twin that's…wow are they identical or fraternal?" Rukia asked she knew it was hard with identical twins her and Hisana were and if the family had two sets of identical twins it must have been difficult to manage.
"Fraternal like me and Kaien" Ichigo told her.
"Yeah but you and Kaien look a lot alike I thought you were-." Rukia began.
"They're not identical. Orange is actually Ichigo's natural hair color he didn't dye it. And Kaien doesn't wear contacts those are his natural eye color people always confuse those things about them." Miyako pointed out.
"Oh… so do Yuzu and Karin look alike?" Rukia asked feeling incredibly stupid.
"No actually they look nothing alike. Their personalities are also like polar opposites" Uryuu said pushing up his glasses.
"Ya Yuzu is like is so sweet and girlie and Karin is tough and like a tomboy." Renji pointed out.
"So it would make since to name Yuzu after a fruit since she is so sweet and Karin's name means summer forest and I guess she's as wild and active as one" Uryuu pointed out.
"Okay maybe we should spend less time analyzing my sisters" Kaien said he felt weird about having his friends do that.
"Ya guess that's wierd having people analyze your family members and stuff. Man just imagine what people do to us at school when we are unaware of it probably analyzing us by our every move and jester. They probably make predictions of us based on our outside appearance and take every action, even if we only do this action because we are have an unusually exciting or bad day, as a inclination to our personality. Just imagine how celebrities lives are like their movements are constantly be monitored by people all over the world. They have to be so-." Orihime started.
"And if we let her coninue she may never stop what do you guys wanna do?" Tatsuki asked.
"Why don't we watch a movie?" Uryuu suggested.
"So what do you suppose we watch?' Miyako asked.
"The 'Excorist'" Renji pleaded.
"Whatever, Ichigo Rukia are you guys coming?" Kaien wondered why they were still sitting on the couch.
"Nah me and Rukia think that movie is stupid like the person who suggested it" Ichigo told them. Rukia laughed uncontrollably.
"Fuck you" Renji barked as the group headed to Miyako's living room.
"So I'm going to meet more of your friends?" Rukia asked.
"Ya that's so great. Now when you start school with us this fall it won't be so difficult to get accepted and talk to new people because you will now a lot of them" Orihime assured her.
"You guys must be popular" Rukia said. She was kind of glad she never had so many friends in her life and now it seemed like she was getting accepted.
"Well…I guess you could say that." Tatsuki said she knew that people at school adored their group but she didn't want Rukia to be too worried or intimidate by their so called 'upper status' as some of the students referred to it.
"Anyway I will look forward to meeting your little sisters and your other friends." Rukia smiled.
"Why? Everyone else is a couple too it's fucking annoying" Ichigo told her when they we talking to one another alone.
"Your kidding right?" Rukia asked she thought it was sweet the whole couple thing but honestly more. The sad part is that despite the fact she was annoyed by it was the fact that she wanted to be with Ichigo.
"Afraid not. See my sister Karin is dating Toushiro Momo's little brother. Momo is with Izuru. Yuzu is dating Ginta. Ginta's sister Ururu is with an idiot named Kon. Rangiku's with Nova. And my friend Chad is with Ryou." Ichigo sighed.
"Damn," Rukia said.
"Ya I know hey you did great today your voice was exactly what I pictured when I wrote those songs." Ichigo told her and she blushed.
"Thanks you weren't bad yourself Mr. LeadGuitarist" Rukia told him as she looked into his amber orbs he stared back at her blue ones.
"Um… Rukia" Ichigo spoke. He was glad everyone wanted to watch a movie upstairs.
"Yeah" Rukia looked at him she was sweating.
"Your eyes…are … um …-." Ichigo began.
"Oh now cat's got your tongue" Rukia stuck her tongue out.
"I was going to say mesmerizing but since you're gonna be mean to me midget." Ichigo barked.
"Wow Ichigo I didn't know you liked to put the moves on a girl you only met just yesterday?" Rukia giggled.
"Like your not interested in me" Ichigo shot back.
"Don't get over confident I'm only talking to you because I can't stand being a third wheel" Rukia told him.
"Doesn't explain why you were checking me out at the party yesterday" Ichigo smirked Rukia turned a deep color of red.
"I-I was…so NOT!" Rukai yelled.
"Then why are you the color of a ripe tomato?" Ichigo asked, "It's okay a lot of girls like me" he shrugged, "However, you seem to be the only one I'm interested in at least I'm able to admit that you can't even admit that you like me"
"Cause I don't" Rukia yelled once more. Ichigo grabbed her and pulled her to an embrace and she gasped. Pink tinted her cheeks as he leaned in closer her wide eyes went shut but his mouth reached her ears as he whispered, "Looks like it to me" Then he let go of her and made his way up the stairs leaving Rukia dumbfounded and alone in the basement thinking, 'Did he really just do that?'
After what seemed like eternity Rukia made her way up the basement stairs and to the living room where everyone was watching the 'Exorcist'. Ichigo smirked at her something she told herself he did way too much and if he wasn't so cute that it would be annoying. It was 2:30 she wanted to go home to talk to Byakuya about their plans for tomorrow and she promised him that they were going to have dinner together tonight.
"Um… guys not to bother you but I'm gonna be heading out so enjoy the movie." Rukia announced
"Why so early?" Orihime asked.
"Oh, well, I have to discuss plans with my brother for tomorrow and plus I promised him we would have dinner together."
"Oh, okay well, see ya."
"Bye guys" Rukia waved then shut the door behind her.
Ichigo wondered to himself, 'I wonder what plans she has for tomorrow probably something better than mine. Oh how I wish that didn't seven years ago it ruined my life and the life of everyone in my family. Dad, Yuzu, Kaien, and Karin everybody. Sometimes I just wish I could skip the seventeenth of June or eliminate it from the calendar" Ichigo sighed.
All done. So I think we know what Ichigo and Kaien's deal is on June 17 but what about Rukia? Any ideas? It's probably obvious though...maybe if I get reviews I will know. (My evil plan to recieve more reviews mmooohahahaha!). Anyway still I would like to know what is adequate and what is inadequate about my chapter. What can I say I strive for perfection though this story isn't perfect I can dream can't I. See ya guys next time :)