Hey my very loyal viewers! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, and I hope your eager to read the next cause I spent a while writing this one, not too shabby if I say so myself. Lots of thanks to Blackrose2005 for betareading again. And a ton of thanks for everyone who reviewed! I saw my favorite teacher today Mr. Kibler and I told him I passed the World History AP test (he's my history teacher and AcaDec teacher) and he didn't get all excited and I was like "Why?" He said he expected me to pass because he knows how smart I am and despite this beng a compliment I still felt sad...Ha Ha there's me rambling again! Anyway enjoy.
Chapter 9 Obstacles
5:00 A.M, in the Kuchiki manor... Miyako is just waking up. The brunette sits up on Rukia's lavender queen sized bed and begins to stretch when she gets binded buy some soft fabric which turns out to be Rukia's shirt. She pulls the shirt off her head and looks in front of her the room was a complete mess covered the floor is not visible because its overwhelmed with the numerous amounts of expensive clothing covering the carpet. She located her petite friend who was frantically looking though her closet and throwing pieces of clothing left and right. Miyako gave out a smile to suppress her giggle.
"Rukia?" she questioned.
Rukia turned her head around, "Oh, hey Miyako good morning."
"So, do you always get up at five in the morning? People think it's weird...I do, especially Renji"
"Oh, no I got up at four, but I usually don't wake up until six or seven"
"So what have you've been doing for the past hour? No wait never mind I know you've been trashing your room with three hundred dollar sweaters" Miyako looked hungrily down at the lime colored cassimere sweater with the price tag still attached.
"You can have it I got it from one of the woman propositioning my brother, it
was horrible she heard that Byakuya had a fifteen year old sister and bought me that, when she saw me she was like 'Byakuya I didn't know you also had an eleven year old sister' it's too long keep it" Rukia told her.
Miyako laughed, "Poor, poor Rukia so now I suppose you're twelve! Anyway way the big mess?"
"I don't know what to wear"
Miyako brown eyes grew wide, "You have all these clothes and you have no idea what to wear are you oh, ... I know what this is about" Miyako said with a sly smile. Rukia blushed, "Trying to impress Ichigo cause he's taking you out after practice."
"Maybe" Rukia muttered.
"Its okay I remembered when I had my first date with Kaien and I spent three hours just doing my hair. Ridiculous, huh?" Miyako told the raven haired girl.
"I guess, but what do I wear? I mean, I want to look attractive to him, but I don't want to appear as a cause that would be so..." Rukia said thinking of the best word.
"Go with slutty" the tall girl advised the short one.
"What? That's so degrading, he'll think that I'm desperate!" Rukia protested.
"Rule number one to Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia: I may act like an arrogant and cocky teenager but really I act like a thirteen year old when a woman is coming on to me"
"What? That still doesn't make any sense why would I want to make him nervous and uncomfor-" the raven haired girl began.
"Because. Let me ask you a question, Rukia, when you and Ichigo are alone who always seems to be in control of your more...er let's say your intimate moments.?" Miyako inquired.
"Ah..., well, Ichigo" Rukia sighed looking down at the clothes surrounding her.
"Okay now wouldn't it be fun if the tables were turned and you would have the dominant position for once?" the brown haired teen continued.
"I suppose, wow, I never really thought of that" Rukia thought out loud while looking up with her right index finger to her jaw.
"Good now what do you have in here that is sexy?" Miyako asked
"Umm, well, there are a few corsets, some mini skirts, and thigh high socks" Rukia told her pointing to the very back of her enormous walk in closet.
"Hiding them from Byakuya I see" Miyako smirked, "Didn't know you were so frisky Rukia."
"It's not like I've worn them it's just Senna kept buying me them, telling me to get a date and-" Rukia began.
"Wait you mean the Senna as in Senna Akita of the Shinigamis!" Miyako screamed ecstatically like the extreme fan-girl would.
"Gosh you're awfully bubbly in the morning. And addition to that I didn't take you as a fan-girl type... maybe Orihime, but you Miyako? Gosh and yes that Senna, remember they are the most prominent band on the Kuchiki Records and I was bound to meet them."
"OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD! So you met the ever so dreamy Shuuhei Hisagi?" Miyako asked with all the emphasis of a fan-girl. Rukia almost gagged at the way she practically melted while saying Shuuhei's name.
"As in Senna's horny boyfriend. Yes I met the guy. Gosh Miyako you've obviously have a thing for tall guys with dark spiky hair don't you?" the blue eyed girl asked.
"I do, don't I?" Miyako laughed getting out of fan-girl mode. Then she threw the outfit she picked out for Rukia for her date. "And don't wear that just yet you can change later after practice at my house, because I really doubt that Byakuya would let you out dressed like that, despite his change of heart, what good elder brother would."
"Oh, that makes me feel so much better" Rukia said sarcastically.
Miyako giggled, "Rukia learn to live a little"
"I guess"
"Anyway, big question is what the on earth am I going to wear in a closet of a million clothes for the vertically challenged?" Miyako asked making the extreme difference in their height apparent.
"Thanks, your almost as worse as Ichigo except he replaces 'vertically challenged' with 'midget'" Rukia spat, "Anyway like I said before women who are always trying to get into my brother's pants-err or rather wallet try to by his teenage sister clothes, that can't fit her because she is a little on the short side." Rukia informed her friend, "Plus most of them are not my style." Rukia pulled out a pink dress and red striped sundress.
Miyako's eyes went wide while Rukia raised an eyebrow, "I guess this is to your liking?" Miyako nodded showing nothing but greed in her brown orbs. The two girls got dressed, Rukia in dark washed jeans and a large black t-shirt while she had her desired outfit in overgrown bag, not because the outfit required that much rook, but it looked cute.
The girls made their way down the stairs, "Gosh I forgot how big this stair case was" Miyako told Rukia.
"You saw it last night and doesn't it require more energy to go up stairs than down them?"
"Ya, but I didn't notice, when you were crying, I was too worried to worry." the tall brunette pointed out to her petite raven haired friend
When the two teens made their way down stairs they noticed Byakuya with breakfast on the table.
"Byakuya since when did you cook?" Rukia and Miyako asked at the same time.
"I didn't, when I offered to pay ten bucks more the dinner delivered the breakfast, I thought you would like something other than cold cereal for breakfast." Byakuya answered sincerely.
"I'm not complaining!" Rukia immediately sat down and stuff two pancakes and three sausages in her mouth.
"Rukia, didn't we discuss table manners yesterday?" Byakuya asked.
Rukia gulped down her mouth full of food, "Sorry brother."
Miyako took a bite of her scrambled eggs and then turned her attention to Byakuka who was actually eating his blueberry pancakes with the etiquette one would use while eating a steak at a five star restaurant. "So Byakuya how's the mating game going?"
Byakuya almost spit out his black coffee while Rukia actually spit out her orange juice. "Rukia!" Byakuya screamed
"Sorry. Miyako what are you talking about?" Rukia directed her attention to her friend.
Miyako smiled with the slightest hint of mischief, "You know the birds and the bees... no wait scratch that thought I don't think I would want to know anyway. I mean how are you in the whole dating area? Are you seeing anyone?" Miyako liked this playing with Byakuya was so hilarious.
Bykuya cleared his throat, "Miyako, why would this concern you?"
Miyako put on her pretend hurt/shocked face, "Byakuya I'm appalled that you would even asked such a question. You know I'm just as much apart your family as you and Rukia you guys are like the brother and sister I never had. So naturally I would like to see my elder brother have some happiness in his life and yes that would require some romance in your lonely life."
"What makes you think I want a romantic relationship and what makes you believe that my life is lonely?" Byakuya asked returning his attention to his blueberry pancakes.
"Oh, come on Byakuya everyone needs a little love, I'm sure Rukia would agree." Byakuya sent a look at his little sister.
"Hey I'm out of this" the raven haired girl protested continuing on her bacon.
"And plus, despite how much someone would boast about running a record label, it isn't exactly the most fun career path to choose especially when you didn't necessarily choose it." Miyako pointed out, "But you know Byakuya I guess I could be wrong I mean what would a sixteen year old teenage girl know about dating and having fun right?" Miyako finished and returned her attention on the sausages.
Meanwhile at the Kurosaki household...Ichigo was getting ready today. He chose a Nirvana shirt, because he knew Rukia would like it, and a pair of ripped jeans, he put on his best cologne and even made sure his messy orange hair was messy enough but still in place. Luckily Kaien was still sleeping and snoring like the idiot he was because Ichigo would rather be dead than be caught trying to impress a girl in front of his family and friends. Ichigo quickly ran down stairs to indulge himself with Yuzu's cooking which was surprisingly just as good as his mother's.
"Good morning Ichigo! I made French toast for breakfast so dig in!" Yuzu told her older brother cheerfully, she was after all a morning person.
"Thanks Yuzu." Ichigo shrugged taking a seat next to Karin who was on her fifth piece of French toast, "I swear Karin if you didn't play so much soccer you'd be fat by now"
"Shut up Ichigo" Karin barked in her grumpy manner, because after all she wasn't a morning person.
Kaien came tumbling in at the smell of French toast and quickly joined everyone for breakfast. "Hey anyone know where dad was he actually let me and Ichigo sleep in... what's up with that?"
"He has some stupid meeting with a whole bunch of doctors including Uryu's dad, don't know when he'll be back." Karin told her eldest brother.
"I guess so, anyway I think we better get going." Kaien got up and pulled Ichigo collar dragging him away from his half eaten breakfast which Karin gladly finished off.
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Everyone was situated in Miyako's basement and they had practiced all day it wasn't going great. The band members were absolutely exhausted and Rukia was having trouble with the cover song because it didn't sound right when she was singing it. Tatsuki wasn't sure what clothes to actually design for the band especially when the idiots would look at her sketches and say 'hell no', 'what the is that', 'if you think I'm gonna wear that you're crazy'. And of course this didn't make Orihime's work any easier because she wanted their hair to look good with their clothes and that besides she didn't get her daily dose of red bean paste, which made her a bit on the depressed side.
"Okay guys let's practice 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' once more before we call it quits" Miyako announced.
"Good cause I'm getting pretty sick and tried of this " Renji barked.
The music started playing and Rukia took a deep breath before walking up to the microphone, 'Here goes nothing' she thought to herself knowing that she just wasn't fit for the song.
Load up on guns
Bring your friends
Its fun to lose
And to pretend
Shes overboard
Myself assured
I know I know
A dirty word
Hello (x 16)
Rukia only had one thing ringing over and over in her head while singing this, 'I don't sound right, I know I don't. My voice wasn't made for a song like this, if you do a cover you've gotta do a good job or you completely trash a song like I'm doing now'
With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea
Ichigo looked up at Rukia. 'She's killing the song again, is it me or is her voice really, really wrong for the song because I know she always gives everything 100.'
Im worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end
'Crap man for some one with such a beautiful voice Rukia sounds terrible for this song, man maybe we should've chosen a different song.' Uryuu thought as he played his guitar.
Hello (x 16)
With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea
'Okay I hate being mean but holy how the hell are we ever going to get signed if we go in with her singing like that?' Kaien sighed while strumming his bass.
And I forget
Just what it takes
And yet I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard
Its hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind
'Wow, Tatsuki looks hot today, I can't wait till practice is over' Renji thought completely ignoring Rukia until he heard her squeak because she wasn't used to singing like this she always had her voice bold and strong and that wasn't necessary for this song, 'Damn Rukia sucks today.'
With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Hello (x 16)
Yea
Rukia sighed in defeat after finishing the her worst performance by far. "Um that was interesting" Orihime broke the awkward silence that had stroked the crowd of adolescents.
"Orihime you don't have to be nice about it" Rukia said a little too harshly and noticed a hint of hurt in Orhime's eyes, "No, don't take it personally. It's not your fault it's mine, I suck. !" Rukia kicked a pillow that lay on the ground to get rid of some of her frustration.
"What's wrong Rukia why can't you sing the song, a Nirvana fan and you can't even sing their songs?" Renji asked.
"Hey a little too harsh there pineapple head!" Ichigo yelled at his friend.
"Sorry, sorry. Don't get your panties in a bunch cause I made a joke about your girlfriend!" Renji retorted.
"Renji I am really not in the mood right now!" Ichigo said sternly and walked away.
"Whatever, I have plans with Tatsuki anyway let's go" Renji grabbed his girlfriend's hand. As they headed up the stairs out the basement Tatsuki mouthed 'sorry' to her orange-haired childhood friend.
"Well... me and Uryuu were going to go to the art museum if you don't mind" Orihime said with a smile and seeing no one respond she and Uryuu thought it was their cue to leave.
It was quiet in the basement with just Ichigo, Rukia, Kaien, and Miyako.
"I'm sorry I suck so badly guys, I just...I don't know, maybe I'm not used to that kind of singing...I just" Rukia sighed.
"It's all right Rukia don't beat yourself up about it, practice doesn't necessarily make perfect, but it makes improvement and all you need is to practice, I have faith in you." Miyako smiled, "Now go upstairs and get ready me and Kaien were going to watch a movie"
"Get ready for what?" Ichigo inquired.
"For her date with you silly" Miyako smiled.
"Wha..." Ichigo began.
"No need to be shy little bro" Kaien gave Ichigo a pat on the head, Ichigo just glared at him.
Rukia hurriedly scampered upstairs she was excited to see what Ichigo's reaction would be if she came down stairs dressed in the sexy attire Miyako picked out.
After about twenty minutes Ichigo was getting extremely irritated, "Damn it Rukia! What the hell is the hold up?!" Ichigo yelled.
Rukia took one last look in the full length mirror before heading down stairs. She was dressed in black boots; thigh high socks that were a transparent grey color with black laced design at the top; a mini black skirt with red laces tied on the sides, and a black corset with red ribbons. Miyako picked out the outfit not only because it would make Ichigo's mouth drop, that's just a bonus, but it was also Ichigo's favorite colors.
Ichigo just stood there dumbfounded. He was completely lost for words. All he could do was stand there with his mouth hanging open though he wasn't aware of this.
So is the anticipation eating away at you? I decided not to have the date from hell in this chapter because I wanted you guys to anticipate the next chapter... Ha Ha I'm evil. Anyway I hoped you guy enjoyed this chapter Rukia sucks at this song, I imagied she would it doesn't seem like a song that would fit her. Hope you guys review and until next your beloved spidergoth will be signing out uh duh!