Wh00t!!!Next chappie! And I made it longer!! XD hell must have frozen over, hahaha. Poor little demons are cold down there….
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, cus if I did it wouldn't be a Shounen and then it would just suck…But the point is I don't own it…T-T excuse while I go cry myself to sleep. (sob) Reality is so harsh sometimes….
They filed into the recording room, chatting with each other, and getting used to their new band members. Ichigo glanced back and smirked as he watched them gather together and then looked back down at Rukia. Waiting for everyone to settle down, he glanced around the recording area. There were a total of 7 microphones, 3 guitars, 2 basses, 2 drum sets, 1 keyboard/DJ set, 1 piano and 1 DJ board. Maybe they should buy another 'Keyboard…hmmm,' Ichigo thought. A minute later, after Renji had joined them, Ichigo yelled, "Hey guys! Listen up! So Rukia, you and your buddy pals are going to play first. Then we'll play after you. Just so we can get to hear each other."
Nodding their heads, the boys and girls split up, the girls to the equipment, and the boys to the other side of the glass in the recording room. After settling down, Hisagi, Renji, Hitsugaya, Uryuu and Ichigo watched the girls get ready.
Matsumoto had walked over to the guitar set and had currently picked out a midnight blue guitar that had a fading-blue-to-deep-purple neck. After slipping the black strap around her neck and then her back, she grabbed a microphone and its holder and went and set that up too.
Tatsuki had gone over to the drum sets and was currently picking between a red and black set and a white and soft yellow colored set. The tomboy quickly picked the red and black set(which also happened to be Renji's set) and sat down, whipping out a pair of drumsticks from her pocket of her jeans, and gentle tested out a drum roll. Satisfied she sat back and waited for Rukia to announce the song they would play.
Momo was nervously plucking the bass strings of her basic honey-brown bass, tuning it to her standard, quietly humming a tune to herself as she did so. She only looked up once, and that was when Matsumoto and set up her microphone for her. Giving her a small smile and offering her thanks, Momo went back to tuning.
Orihime had picked the only keyboard set and was also setting up a mic that she would be using.
Rukia had already set up her microphone and was standing quietly thinking of a song to sing that would be easy for her band, but was also exciting, and would also be able to represent the majority of the songs that the band played. Picking one out in her head, she went around and whispered it into her friends. Nodding their heads, they all got prepared for the one they would play.
As they settled down, Rukia nodded her head at Ichigo, who in response nodded right back. Turning around she nodded her head at her band, and they all slipped on they're headsets. Waiting for about 3 seconds, the song began.
Pushing a few buttons on her keyboard/DJ set, Orihime started, and Tatsuki followed, blending her drum beats with Orihime's quiet-to-loud beat. And then Rukia began to sing.
Rukia: I got a lot to say to you
Yeah, got a lot to say
I noticed your eyes are always glued to me
Keeping them here
And it makes no sense at all
Matsumoto and Momo then joined in without missing a beat.
Rukia, Matsumoto, and Momo: They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
You little Spies
They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
You little Spies...
The song softened slightly, and became a bit quieter so that Rukia could be made out as she whispered, and repeated her next lines.
Rukia: Crush
Crush
Crush
Crush, crush
All (including Orihime): (Two, three, four!)
Rukia: Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
Just the one, two I was counting on
That never happens
I guess I'm dreaming again
Let's be more than this
Glancing up through her bangs, like a one way mirror, Rukia noticed that her band had stolen all of their attention. It was mainly Ichigo that she noticed though. He was actually smiling, instead of smirking (which was a first for Rukia) and he grinned when ever Rukia began to sing. Blushing, Rukia turned her attention back to song and her band. She'll show him. She'll show him that the Midnight Butterflies are to be respected. Smirking the raven-haired girl launched back into her song with gusto.
Rukia: If you want to play it like a game
Well, come in, come on, let's play
Cause I'd rather waste my life pretending
Than have to forget you for one whole minute
R, M, and M: They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
You little spies
They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
You little spies
Rukia: Crush
Crush
Crush
Crush, crush
All: (Two, three, four!)
Rukia: Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
Just the one, two I was counting on
That never happens
I guess I was dreaming again
Let's be more then this now
Rock and roll, baby
Don't you know that we're all alone now?
I need something to sing about
Rock and roll, hey (Hey!)
Don't you know, baby, we're all alone now?
I need something to sing about
Rock and roll, Hey
Don't you know, baby, we're all alone now?
Give me something to sing about!
Tatsuki was having a blast. The drum set she had picked out was a bit better then her old one, since it was just arranged better and the drums had a better sound to them. 'Who's ever drum set this was has good taste,' she thought as she played out a rapid beat and then went back to her standard beat. Since she was used to the feel of the beat she looked around the room as she played. Rukia was singing beautifully, as usual, Matsumoto was smiling slightly as she played out the complicated guitar notes, and Momo, being Momo, was looking at her feet as she played, and Tatsuki could almost feel a nervous aura coming from the shy girl. Orihime was looking at her keys, concentrating on playing the right ones and also mixing in some techno noises, as well as changing the pitch of the others instruments so they sounded better. This, as one could obviously tell, was extremely hard to do. Chuckling to her self, the tomboy continued to look around the room. And then her eyes met a pair of beautifully dark brown ones. Blinking, she looked again and realized it was Renji. 'Okay, scratch beautifully,' she grumbled in her head as soon as she realized who the eyes had belonged to. But as she thought about it, though the redhead made lemmings look like mini Einsteins, he did have a nice build. And he was nice and tall, but not too tall to kiss…. 'OHMYFUCKINGGOD NO. DAMN FUCKING HORMONES!!" Tatsuki screamed in her head, as she missed a beat, her face cherry red. 'Okay enough of that retard, back to the song. 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2 now a half beat. Okay…' she thought, concentrating on the song to keep her thoughts away from the other drummer.
Rukia: Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
Just the one, two I was counting on
That never happens
I must be dreaming again
Lets be more then this
No, oh
Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
Just the one, two I was counting on
That never happens
I must be dreaming again
Let's be more than
More than this
Smiling, satisfied that the group had done well, Rukia slipped off her headset, signaling for the others to do the same. Orihime was panting slightly, but also very happy, Momo was hiding behind Matsumoto, chuckling with her about some joke or another. And then there was Tatsuki. Her face was bright red, and going redder and she was actually sweating, even though the drum beat in this song was very easy for her. Sweating. 'Okay something was wrong,' Rukia thought. This was second time since she had met the tomboy that her face had been so red, and not from karate practice. The first time had been had school when Orihime accidentally spilled red paint on her, which eventually let to an all out paint war, which was pretty fun. And even then Tatsuki had been surprised and then had laughed it off. Now she was looking embarrassed and was frowning slightly, glaring at the wall and floor.
Quickly turning her attention away so she didn't embarrass her friend even more, Rukia walked over to meet the guys and switch places. Striding over to Ichigo she grinned to herself, confident. Ichigo grinned back when he saw her, giving her a high five, which surprised her, since she had been expecting a handshake.
"That was awesome," he said.
"Think you can do better, Kurosaki?" Rukia taunted, smirking at him.
"Maybe, maybe no…" he said, shrugging, slightly surprised that she knew his last name. "But you'll probably think we're better soon.
Snorting, she shot back with a grin, "Yah right, that's what you wished would happen. Don't mix reality with dreams, idiot; it can be a nasty wake-up call."
Laughing, he walked by her toward the other part of the recording studio, when he pasted her, he whispered in her ear, huskily, "You don't want to know my dreams, it might make you… a bit hard to work with."
Blushing, Rukia's eyes widened as she whipped around to stare at the back of orange headed teenager. His back was shaking with his silent laughter. 'Was he flirting with me?! Ohmygod, he was! Or was he joking!? Should I be happy or feel creeped out?! I think I'm currently leaning towards happy…' Blushing even harder, and feeling a bit giddy, Rukia resisted the random urge to laugh, and walked further into the studio, to make room for her friends.
Ichigo, on the other hand, was still laughing as he grabbed Rukia's old mic and adjusted the size for himself. 'Man that was priceless! I only met her today, and already its fun to tease her!' Chucking to himself, Ichigo finished up just as Renji had come over, his drumsticks in hand.
"Dude, you okay? What did you say to Rukia? You could have fried an egg on her face!"
Calming down, Ichigo grinned at his best friend. "Well to answer your first question, yes I'm fine, in fact I've never felt better. To answer the second part…now that is a secret (~)…"
Shaking his head, Renji went over to his drumset.
Everyone in the band took less time then Rukia's band, since everything was already set up, thanks to the girls. Hisagi was using a white and black bass, and Hitsugaya was using his icy blue and white guitar. Uryuu was using the same keyboard/DJ set as Orihime and Renji was, well, using his own drumset, which Tatsuki had also used.
Now smiling smugly, Ichigo finished fixing the height of the microphone stand and then turned to the group. "So guys, should we do 'From Yesterday' or 'Human (~/~)'?"
Hitsugaya sighed. "How about 'From yesterday'? We can do 'Human' some other time."
Nodding their heads, the band members agreed with they're old lead singer. Ichigo nodded as well, and then turned to his mic. Waiting about 10 seconds, he counted down for the band.
Uryuu began with a soft sound, and then Hitsugaya followed with his guitar. And then Renji, Hisagi and Ichigo entered at the same time.
Ichigo: He's a stranger to some and a vision to none
He can never get enough, get enough of the one
For a fortune, he'd quit but its hard to admit
How it ends and begins on his face is a map of the world
A map of the world, on his face is a map of the world
A map of the world
From Yesterday, its coming
From yesterday, the fear
From Yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't want to read the message here
Hitsugaya felt a pair of eyes on him. And he could guess who they belonged to. Hinamori Momo. Resisting the urge to look towards the recording studio window, he decided to have a staring contest with the wall. He remembered when he had heard her quiet voice introduce herself. He had been surprised. But then again, who wouldn't be surprised after seeing they're old best friend that they hadn't seen in over 6 years suddenly appear before from a band that is sorta joining with your own. But he wasn't entirely glad to see her again. Looking away from the wall to his feet Hitsugaya shook himself and decided that this was no time to be reminiscing.
On a mountain he sits, not of gold, but of sin
Through the blood, he can learn see the life that is turn
From council of one he'll decide when he's done
With the innocent on his face is a map of the world
A map of the world, on his face is the map of the world
A map of the world
Renji was thinking about 3 things as he played. #1 was the song of course. #2 was food. He always was know for being a bit of a fatty, without the fat (for some reason he ate twice the normal amount of any normal human, but he still had a 6 pack, so something is probably wrong with him, or Mother Nature must LOVE him). #3 was about Tatsuki. For some reason he couldn't keep his mind off her, which really bothered him since he had met her about half-an-hour ago. But something about her just made him feel weird. More weird then he had ever felt with Rukia. Or food. She was tough, a tomboy, but also beautiful, with her soft black hair and navy eyes. She had a nice built, and the Red Head knew that from experience, a.k.a., when she had beaten him up earlier.
From Yesterday, its coming
From yesterday, the fear
From yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't wanna read the message
He doesn't wanna read the message
He doesn't wanna read the message here
On his face is a map of the world
From yesterday, its coming
From yesterday, the fear
From yesterday, it call him
But he doesn't wanna read the message here
From yesterday, from yesterday
From yesterday, the fear
From yesterday, from yesterday
But he doesn't wanna read the message here
He doesn't wanna read the message
He doesn't wanna read the message here
Drawing out the last word, Ichigo looked up from the microphone as Renji and Hitsugaya finished the song with a few quick beats and cords of drum and guitar. The orange head met Rukia's eyes, smirking and walked confidently over.
"So how did I do, 'boss'," he said mockingly. Well Urahara had gotten her so she could judge them too.
Looking at him, her expression unreadable, she finally said, "You could do better. That was awesome, but don't you want to attract more of a crowd? Its all about techno and bass/drum beats these days."
Ichigo raised an eyebrow at her. "Oh? And you sound so much better?"
"Hahaha, true, but I wrote a new song that I think we should play. It involves both bands to play live, and it has a nice new techno-y sound too, like my other song, 'I Gotta Feeling.' As we get more popular, we can go back to your type of music, and we can get both the techno lovers and the rock lovers as fans, instead of just one certain-genre-loving group." The raven haired woman said. Blinking Ichigo felt a bit overwhelmed. 'Did she just come up with all of that?!'
"Whatever you say boss," Ichigo said, grinning. Rukia's face remained blank for another moment and then she returned the favor with a laugh.
Just as the groups had finished gathering and talking (mainly, Ichigo and Rukia, and Hisagi and Matsumoto-they were talking about bars), Urahara arrived, with Yoruichi not far behind, eating fish crackers…? Whipping out his fan, Urahara hid his face behind it as he finished walking over to Ichigo and the others.
"Congrats on find a new band member, Ichigo! We should have a party!"
Ichigo just stared at him, dumbstruck at how random his manager was.
"…Right, any who! I've got a gig for you! And it involves you writing a song ASAP! 'Cus the gig is next week!"
"WHAT THE HELL?!!" Ichigo yelled, "We just got a band together and you already want us to do a gig!? In a week?!
Urahara shrugged, his expression hidden behind his fan and his green and white striped hat. "I planned it this close on purpose. Rukia's test from me is for her to write a song and get you guys practicing it soon enough that you'll be ready next week. Oh and don't worry, its in recording studio, but you only get one shot, and its for a contest. Winner gets $1000!!!"
Ichigo stayed silent, his head bowed, his body shaking. Snapping his head up, he reached over and punched Urahara on the head.
"Ow!"
"Why the hell did you schedule it so close?! We have a week, and it'll take at least 3 days or so to write a song, and at least a 5 or 6 days to get it right and on track!"
Rukia looked up at Ichigo. "Actually it takes be about 2 hours, maybe a day if I'm really, REALLY slow, to write a song."
All the guys were staring at Rukia, as if she had grown a second head.
"You can make a song that fast?! It takes me at least 2 days to write one, the only person I know who can write it faster is Toushiro, but he's a genius, so he doesn't count." This got a growl out of the only white head in the group. Ignoring it Ichigo shook his head and turned towards Urahara again.
"If its fine with Rukia, then we'll do it. But only if it's oka-"
"Okay," Rukia said, cutting Ichigo off, keeping eye contact with Urahara. Yoruichi grinned, finished her fish crackers, and said, "That's my Kuchiki. So its next week on Wednesday, one week from tomorrow. Better get writing Bunny-Chan." Turning away, Yoruichi dragged Urahara away (he still was hiding his face with his fan), leaving the room in silence, which was quickly broken as the bands talked.
"Bunny-Chan?! Did she just call you Bunny-Chan?!" Ichigo said, trying oh-so-very-hard not to laugh.
Blushing Rukia hid her face with her hood of her pink sweater. "So, I think bunnies are cute! What of it? Don't dis the bunnies, Carrot, or I'll do something to you…," she said, her eyes glinting evilly.
Sweating slightly, Ichigo looked away. "Okay, okay, haha, if you like them that much I won't. Bunny-Chan."
This earned him a very powerful kick in the shins, leaving him hunched over and hugging the throbbing limb as the girl walked away with a huff. 'Damn, I'd hate to be on the wrong team if I played soccer with her. She and Karin are going to LOVE each other.' He thought, referring to how both his sister and Rukia both loved to kick him.
(~)A cookie to anyone who can tell me who I stole this from :D
(~/~) The version by Carpark North, not the Killers. Though that's a good version too. XP
So I just want to clear some stuff up-Yes I'm doing a bunch of pairings, but I'm only going to focus on 3 pairs, majority. So all the pairings in this story are: Matsumoto and Hisagi, Uryuu and Orihime, Hitsugaya and Hinamori (maybe), Renji and Tatsuki, and Ichigo and Rukia(maybe).
The pairings I'm focusing on are The HitsuxHina, IchixRuki, and RenxTats. If you like the other pairings, sorry, but I won't be able to focus on them much, since it would draw the story out for to long and the chapters would take forever to do. So yah, I'm just saying, if you like the pairings I said I was focusing on, you'll probably like my story (maybe), but if you like the other pairings, there won't be a whole lot of romance. Sorry :P haha
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