Hey all! Yep, haven't updated in a while, but that's okay... I've been a little occupied on my graves watching Hayao Miyazaki movies. Have you guys seen Princess Mononoke or Howl's Moving Castle? Those are two of my favorites!

Anyway, here's the second chapter. Also, I am looking for anyone interested in giving me a plot in which I could write a story. Credit for the plot would go to said person... I am just having the hardest time trying to figure out what else to write about!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own PRADA TO NADA or any of the BLEACH charaters

Chapter Two: Back to Basics

Momo had to of been driving for an hour at least. Traffic was a nightmare this time of day, and it wasn't like she was heading towards the most friendly part of California... East L.A. However, what choice did she have? In desperation she had to call her aunt for help. She was homeless! Seiko was the only real family she had now. She had no idea that her aunt was living in East L.A.

She quietly pulled up to the street in which her aunt had instructed her to turn down. On this street is where her aunt's house was located. Kids ran wild in the street which was a surprise to Momo, but in all fairness, the street itself was barely big enough for her to even drive down it. She pulled up in front of a bright blue house that looked as if it had been made of stucco. She could hear women talking loudly as if bickering when suddenly the door opened and her cousin Rangiku came flying out to greet her.

"Momo! Momo! My mom told me you were coming to live with us! I am so excited!" She screamed as she ran to the rolled down window of Momo's prius. Momo didn't know much about her cousin. She had spent little time with her considering that she lived in a whole different world. It was almost as if her father and mother didn't really want her to know about her extended family. Either way, none of it mattered now.

"Ah! Rangiku!" Momo greeted. "Can you let your mom know I'm here?" But as if on cue, Seiko came walking out of the house.

"Rangiku! You help your cousin unpack! Get that Renji boy from across the street to help you!" Seiko hollered.

"Yes mother." Rangiku replied, rolling her eyes and whispering to Momo "Renji, that guy from across the street? Stay away from him, he's weird." And with that, Rangiku reluctantly walked across the street to acquire the man's help.

Momo released the trunk lock on her car, getting out to start unpacking her own luggage. With a total of four luggage bags, it contained the entirety of her whole life and everything she owned. She was just about to pull her first bag out of the car when Rangiku and Renji were just about to her car.

"Momo! This is Abarai Renji. He helps us out around here." And with that, Rangiku quickly scurried off back into the was a second before Momo realized that she should probably introduce herself.

"Renji, nice to meet you. I am Hinamori Momo. I am Rangiku's cousin." Momo greeted. Renji just walked passed her and grabbed her bag that she had just managed to pull out of her prius.

"I feel sorry for you. You have to live with her." Was all he said as he began to haul her bag into the house. All Momo could do was stare and wonder what was up with him. Did he and Rangiku have a history or something?

All settled in, night began to fall, and the neighborhood finally began to quiet down. It was quite loud around here all the time, something that Momo wasn't used to in her big, quiet empty house. Her aunt's house was not large, and there was always a group of women in the living room all sewing for who knew what. Her aunt had put a bed in a at first reluctant Rangiku's room, but it was the only place they had room for her.

"Sorry, I know it's not much, but it's all we have unfortunately." Rangiku commented as the two girls were in the room getting ready for bed.

"It's ok. You don't need to apologize just because you might think that I am disgusted with this place. Having lots of money isn't always what it's played out to be." Momo commented back as she sat in front of the vanity brushing her hair.

"Maybe not, but it sure beats being poor! What was it like to be rich? To have all the money you could dream of? To go shopping whenever you wanted, do whatever you wanted, wear all the cool stuff..." Rangiku trailed on as she sat on her bed. Momo turned away from the mirror to look at her cousin.

"It was... nice." She hesitated. "It's kinda strange almost to have servants with you all day doing every little thing you asked of them, and to have them address you as their superior. I never really shopped much. I was going to law school..." Momo trailed off. She would have said more, but she figured she wouldn't bore Rangiku with her personal opinion. Rangiku yawned.

"Aw, having servants would have been so nice instead of working everyday just for a meal! It's always work work work around here!" She complained. "Seriously, if you had all that money, then why the hell were you going to law school? Why were you even going to school at all?" Momo sighed.

"I suppose it's because I have always wanted to be one ever since I can remember. I want to help people and that is one way that I can." Momo replied. Rangiku rolled her eyes.

"Yeah like hell I'll ever go to school. What a waste of my time when I can do whatever I want all day long... well when it's not chores." Momo just shrugged. To each their own opinion right?

Momo awoke the next morning to police sirens and children being noisy on the street below. She looked beside her to see if Rangiku was still in her bed, but she could see no one there. Rangiku's whining tone that she then heard from downstairs confirmed that.

"But Mom! I don't want to! I hate it and it's a waste of my time!" She could hear her cousin complain. Momo got up out of bed and slowly made her way downstairs.

"Ah Momo dear! Are you hungry? You must be!" Her aunt greeted. Momo just nodded.

"Yeah, some food would be nice... what do I have to do to help?" She offered. It was the least she could do after her aunt took her in.

"Breakfast is already prepared you sleepy head!" Rangiku teased. "Go sit at the table." Momo did as she was told.

It wasn't long before a plate of sausage and eggs was served to her. Strange. This wasn't anything Momo had ever really eaten.

"Is that... sausage?" Momo asked not sure. Rangiku and her mother gave each other a slight funny look.

"Um yeah, have you even eaten it before?" Rangiku asked with a slight sarcastic tone in her voice which elicited her mother to smack her on the back of the head lightly.

"Don't talk to your cousin like that, it's rude." She scolded. Rangiku just rubbed the back of her head. Momo looked at her food a while longer before taking the fork and beginning to eat the eggs. Rangiku sat down across from her.

"So, if you have never had sausage and eggs, what did you usually eat?" She asked casually. Momo finished swallowing the food in her mouth.

"Well... we got whatever we wanted. I usually had a cup of orange juice with fruit salad, some pancakes, and yogurt." Momo replied before putting another forkful of food in her mouth. It wasn't half bad. It was rather tasty actually.

"Seriously? That is so cool!" Rangiku exclaimed. Momo just kept silent and continued to eat her food while listening to her cousin rambling. It was definitely going to an interesting new way of life.