Blue Blood
Katara: 16 years old, long loose chocolate-brown hair, cerulean eyes
Jun: 16 years old, long coal-black hair lightly tied back, black eyes
Azula: 16 years old, short silk-black hair with bangs brushed aside, gold eyes
Suki: 15 years old, short coffee-brown hair parted on the side, hazel eyes
Toph: 15 years old, long brownish-black hair, pale green eyes (no, she's not blind)
Red Rain
Zuko: 17 years old, long black hair tied into a ponytail, gold eyes
Haru: 17 years old, long brown hair with green headband, hazel eyes
Jet: 17 years old, poufy short brown hair, brown eyes
Sokka: 16 years old, short spiky brown hair, sky-blue eyes
Aang: 16 years old, bald, brey eyes
Disclaimer: Don't own anything...
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"C'mon, you guys, we gotta practice! We'll be bombed at the competition if we don't practice!" Katara yelped at her band, the Blue Blood. Katara was wearing a blue t-shirt, black silky pants, black socks and a blue headband.
Katara, Toph, Jun, Suko and Azula were all members of the Blue Blood, a pop/rock band. They were one of the top 5 most famous and well-liked in the country. Their real competition, though, was a band of boys, the Red Rain, lead by a really hot 17-year-old called Zuko. Katara had snorted at the word 'hot'. None of her competition was ever considered 'hot' to her. Besides, she had only met Zuko once. The other girls in the Blue Blood band had been quite taken by the other boys in the Red Rain band and vice versa, and Katara knew that Zuko liked her and that their fans were always pairing the two up, but she always kept her pride secure and chin up when around Zuko.
The bands were going to compete in a competition along with other bands, and Katara knew that the others wouldn't stand a chance against the Blue Blood or the Red Rain. But, that meant the Red Rain would be the only band in her way to the gold. And she was going to fix that.
The other band members groaned, but they also had their heads up for the gold at the competition, which was only a week from now, so they got up, followed their leader to the band room and took their places.
Katara picked up her acoustic guitar and wired it up to the amplifier. Azula took up the background singer's spot. Toph took up the keyboard. Jun settled at the drums, and Suki took up her electric guitar, also wiring it up with the amplifier.
When they were done preparing, Katara nodded for Suki to start. She nodded. she began to play the intro. Toph and Jun joined in with Katara's and Azula's voices. Their song was "Everything You Want". It went something like this:
Somewhere there's speaking,
It's already coming in,
Oh and it's rising in the back of your mind,
You never could get it,
Unless you were fed it,
Now you're here and you don't know why...
Under skinned knees and the skid marks,
Past the places where you used to learn,
You howl and listen,
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won't return...
Chorus
She's everything you want,
She's everything you need,
She's everything inside of you that you wish you could be,
She says all the right things at exactly the right times, but
She means nothing to you and you don't know why...
Just waiting for someone,
To put you together,
Just waiting for someone to push you away,
There's always another wound to discover,
Always something more you wish he'd say...
Chorus
And you'll just sit tight,
And watch it unwind,
It's only what you're asking for,
And you'll be just fine,
With all of your time,
It's only what you're waiting for...
Out of the islands, into the highways,
Past the places where you could have turned,
You never did notice,
But you still hide away the
Anger of angels who won't return...
Chorus
I am everything you want,
I am everything you need,
I am everything insides of you that you wish you could be,
I said all the right things at exactly the right times, but
I mean nothing to you and I don't know why...
I don't know why...
Why...
And I don't know why...
Suki and Jun ended the song with their instruments, and Katara nodded with satisfication.
"I think we're going to win this competition," she beamed proudly at her hard-working comrades. "The Red Rain won't stand a chance against us!"
"We better get the gold," Toph said, rubbing her sore fingers against the soft cotton cloth of her light green t-shirt. Her long legs were clothed with dark-blue jeans, and black socks adorned her feet. Her eyebrows were arched angrily and she examined her sore fingers. "I am getting bruises!"
"Yea," Jun agreed. She had on black gloves, a black t-shirt and black jeans with black socks. She could have been misaken as goth, with her dark red lipstick and black eye-liner. "I think I'll need a new drum set next year."
Suki nodded silently in agreement, examining the cuts from the guitar strings in her left hand and the punctures from plucking the strings on her right hand. Azula just shrugged. She was wearing a gold t-shirt with black pants and red socks. "I don't have any difficulties." she said. "That's because all you have to do is sing!" Suki said, annoyed. The others agreed.
Katara sighed and left the others to quarrel. She went to her room, lay down, and stared at the cieling. What was she thinking, to sign them up for the competition? It was making everyone dead tired, and they might not even get the gold. Probably just the silver. She sighed again andclosed her cerulean eyes, falling into a fitful sleep. She dreamed that she was down in her gym, punching her punching bag, giving it a few kicks. Suddenly, the punching bag took the form of Zuko. He was writhing in pain and reaching out to Katara. "Katara..."
"People, we'll loose to the Blue Blood if we don't practice!" Zuko yelled at his band. He was wearing a red t-shirt, black pants and black socks. His black hair was currently tied in a ponytail. A certain brunette band leader was also on his mind.
"Aww, come on, my fingers are practically falling off my hands!" Sokka cried, holding up his damaged hands from his guitar to prove his point. He was wearing all blue. "He's got a point," Haru said, examining his drumset with concern. He was wearing a brown t-shirt with brown slacks and black socks. "I'm practically destroying my drums." Jet, the one wearing all black, nodded silently, coughing a bit from singing, and Aang, the most optimistic, even nodded his head in agreement. His thin fingers were worn down from playing so much on his keyboard. He wore an orange t-shirt with black pants and socks.
"Fine. We'll just get the silver this year," Zuko sighed. Haru, Sokka, Aang and Jet jumped up. "No!" they cried. "We will never let our band down!"
Zuko nodded. "All right then, let's practice."
Zuko took up his place at the microphone in the practice room and wired his acoustic guitar to the amplifier. Jet took a position aside from Zuko with his mic. Haru sat down on his leather stool in front of his drums and Sokka got out his electric guitar. Aang took up his keyboard.
Zuko nodded for Aang to start. Haru joined in later, then Sokka, then Zuko. Zuko and Jet sang together at the chorus part. The song went something like this...
I'm not a perfect person I've found a reason for me I'm sorry that I hurt you I've found a reason for me I'm not a perfect person I've found a reason for me I've found a reason to show
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why I need you to hear
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You,
and the reason is You,
and the reason is You,
and the reason is You...
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you...
The song ended with the strumming of Zuko's and Sokka's guitar and Aang's keyboard. Everyone, including Zuko, sighed with relief of their aching fingers as the song ended.
Everyone tramped upstairs, Zuko to his room. He flopped onto his bed. His band was falling apart from his pushing. He should spare them some slack...
Zuko fell into a fitful sleep.
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