Story inspired by the song ''Two roses"
Chapter 1 Destiny
Matsui Rena is desperately. Her family is bankrupt, her parents are some compulsive gamblers and lost everything in a simple card game, full of shame they decided to go overseas to start a new life as simple peasants. Rena wasn't ready to leave the city life and even less the University because she was about to graduate. Everything seemed fine the first days, she got a part time job as a waitress in a restaurant and she lived in a small winery, surrounded by old and dusty objects that her good-hearted neighbour lent her until she had enough money to rent a good place to live. However, her plans were thwarted: first at work the manager tried to make an indecent proposal and of course the long-haired girl would not accept such treatment especially coming from a vulgar man, married with children. Second, she received a huge shock when she went to do the paperwork for her graduation and there, she was notified that she had not paid the paperwork. The culprit was her father, he lost the money in one of his bets and never told her daughter about this, probably thought he could get it back before she knew it but obviously this did not happen.
She was discarded, all those years getting the best grades in school were gone away ... She could even have graduate with honours without having to do the thesis. She needed to get the money as soon as possible, but it would be difficult to get a good job without a degree since the life in Japan is very competitive. In her mind a thousand thoughts were swirling, her eyes filled slowly with tears that she had been saving for some time, she was walking aimlessly in the streets full of people passing by without looking at her, sometimes they hitting her but she was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't care, she gave in to the air as if she were a leaf.
She had walked aimlessly for a long time until someone bumped into her causing Rena to fall leaving her sitting on the floor.
-OUCH! HEEEY LOOK WHERE ... - A tall and thin girl with short hair had started to yell to her but when she saw at the young woman with tearful eyes, she stopped. She looked more closely to the point that Rena felt harassed.
-E... Excuse me ...
-Shinoda Mariko, a pleasure ... What's your name? - The woman raised the girl shaking the dust off her white dress and fixed her hair.
- ... Sorry ... - Rena was too confused by the freedom that seemed to have the woman touching her body.
- Sorry? ... Really? Is that your name? That's funny ... - Mariko laughed and touched Rena's breasts. Rena yelped and covered her body while pulled a little away the stranger. - Wow! What a cute reaction! You were extremely red in seconds! You are very sweet and cute ... you have exactly what I was looking for ... - her eyes shine and a wicked smile appeared on her face. Rena just wanted to escape from there but her legs did not seem to respond
- Please stay away from me ... - Her words came out like a sigh. Mariko walked over smiling, handed her a card and a flyer.
It was fate that we met "Sorry-Chan" so ... Please you would be a great candidate! I have a hunch with you; I will be waiting for you tomorrow at 9 am. - Without giving her time to say anything more, the strange but elegant woman climbed into a limo that had just arrived and disappeared.
Rena, more confused than before, looked at the brochure she had in her hands, her eyes opened wide, blinked in disbelief at what it said. She looked at sky as if seeking an explanation and then remembered what the stranger said: "It was fate that we met ..."
Already in his "room-cellar" and after had taken a long shower, she put her alarm and smiled "I must be crazy to go ... but maybe, just maybe that really was fate. Anyway I don't lose anything for go, God lead me." That night she dreamed about her graduation: she was walking in search of her documents it was to be delivered by the director, in the distance she saw her parents who were standing there smiling proud of her. When she was in front to accept the degree, Rena noticed that her director wasn't that old but woman instead she was the bitter elegant woman she met in the afternoon. This woman smiled to her "everything will be better now ... by the way ... Watch out!" she said pushing her and laughing. "Ouch!" Rena woke up on the floor.
- Watch out? ... But if you pushed me! - She stood up but noticed that something was wrong, The sun rays were peeking through the small window in the cellar, Rena looked at the clock - it's 8:25 ... - She yawned deep and stretched herself, climbed back into the small bed was settling to sleep a little longer, but she jumped up ... - 8:25 a.m. AHHHHH! I WILL NOT BE ON TIME!
9:15
There was a long line outside of where the brochure said. Most were young girls between 14 and 24 years, most of them dressed in bright and colorful costumes, Rena definitely did not fit in there, wearing a simple light blue dress divided by a light brown belt "after all is a call for Idol ... What the hell am I doing here? "She was about to leave when someone known came out of the room.
- All right girls, sorry for the delay, come here orderly and please register you with the corresponding secretary! Secretary with RED dress, are auditioning for the Red Rose! Secretary with BLUE dress are auditions for the Blue Rose! I know you are not dumbs and understood perfectly. THANKS!
The young woman hesitated, but took a deep breath and walked over to the extravagant woman who was looking one by one at the candidates twisting her lips occasionally.
- Good morning, Shinoda-san…
-¡Oh! "Sorry-Chan", I'm glad that you really came; things were going to get ugly! Look the kind of girls that came to audition – She gave a sigh of sadness when a young and beautiful girl walked to form in the row of blue secretary.
- But if she looks like a model ... most are very beautiful. More beautiful than me ...-the girl suddenly felt very small next to these women.
- BAH! But they don't have that something we need ... by the way "Sorry-Chan" Go stand in the line! - Again the elegant woman didn't have her time to explain that that was not her name. She took Rena's arm and formed on the line of the red secretary, and then she just disappeared.
They put them into a room with mirrors surrounding the whole place as a dance studio. The place was noisy, Rena realized that many of these girls were known, for what she could hear on their talks apparently most of them had spent years trying to be Idols and have been training in singing and dancing for a long time. For the first time Rena thanked to her dad the he paid her singing lessons in middle school but these sessions would it be enough to compete with these girls? She didn't realize when or how, but eventually she was enrolled. There was no turning back.
- They say the former roses will be present at the auditions! - Exclaimed a young woman and the murmurs were being doing present. There were shouts of joy and enthusiasm.
Rena knew the story of "The Roses". They are very famous and their songs were beautiful, could cheer or sadden a heart with them. The Rose Red is called Kojima Haruna and Oshima Yuko's The Rose Blue. One is tall and has an air of elegance that makes it look like a princess ... the other is shorty, joyful and explosive. They were totally different but together they had a unique chemistry on stage and according to what Rena had read in some blogs, they also got along very well outside of work, they were very affectionate with each other and were always together. Rena envied the beautiful friendship these girls have; she never had friends like that. Nobody knows exactly why they decided to dissolve the group, but the company to which they belonged decided to continue with the business of the roses, so they needed new idols to fill the void left in the hearts of the fans.
Rena was thinking about the subject of the roses when she had the sensation that someone was watching her, her eyes began to search around: girls, pigtails, bangs, exaggerated laughter, weird little dances, girls singing, and smiling cat. Her gaze stopped there, this girl looked at her from the other side of the room where they were, when their eyes encountered the cat girl opened her eyes, turned around and jumped to hug another girl who was passing. It was very strange. Rena could not help but laugh at the situation; she got control herself looking to other direction and taking a deep breath. When she returned the look, she couldn't find that strange cat girl who had disappeared in the crowd of teenagers.
Things happened very slowly. The participants were tested in different activities always in groups of 10 people, it was 3 pm and some girls fell unconscious due the pressure and tiredness, they were immediately disqualified by the ''steel hand'', Shinoda Mariko. Rena felt weak, her stomach made noises like never before, and she remembered that she had not had any opportunity of breakfast.
-All right girls, we have a break ...- Applause and shouts of excitement were heard- Hey don't get excited ... will be only 10 minutes so sit and take some water, the girls who do not want to continue ... there's the door. -Several girls left upset by the bad treatment to which they were being exposed. The long-haired girl could not afford to withdraw, she needed the job. It also was realizing that the room was emptying rapidly. In addition she was realizing that the room was emptying rapidly.
- Hi! - Someone sat awkwardly next to her hitting her slightly. When looking to know who was, she found that smile of cat that caught her attention.
- ... H ... hi ... she said lowering her gaze shyly.
- Uff ... This is very hard is this not true? It seems like if they wanted to kill us! But what they do not know is that I have my emergency battery - The girl grinned and took some cookies from one of his bags.
- B...but it is forbidden, If Shinoda sees you, you're going to get expelled. Rena looked everywhere nervously.
- Calm ... you can cover me right? - She winked. The long-haired girl was more nervous than usual.
- No ... You shouldn't ...-her stomach growled scary. There was an awkward silence and the cat girl began to chuckle.
- Look at you! You're red as a tomato! - Still laughing, the cat girl took Rena by surprise when she came quickly to her face by placing one hand on a cheek while the other will put a cookie in his mouth. Still laughing, the cat girl took Rena by surprise when she came quickly to her face by placing one hand on her cheek while with her other hand she put a cookie in Rena's mouth ... "Quickly, eat '' ... - smiled, She obeyed ... one for you and one for me ... It should be enough. I hadn't time for breakfast, my stupid alarm died ... - for some strange reason the long-haired girl felt very comfortable with this girl. She had to be almost her age but her actions were more childish.
-Rena ... - She said, interrupting the cat girl.
- Eh?
-My name is Rena ... What's yours? ...- No doubt it was the first time she had so much courage to ask someone's name.
- Jurina! Nice to meet you Rena-Chan! - She smiled happily shaking hands. Rena answered the same way.
With their energy renewed the activities were resumed, this time there were only 8 people, four red and four blue, actually they were 9 girls, but Shinoda dismissed one red so they could be pairs. The girls who Rena and Jurina had in the practice, defected during previous activities with the others girls, so they reunited.
-If my partner had stayed ... Definitely, I had left her by you, Jurina whispered while they were doing a dance routine. Rena smiled shyly.
-Me too ...-Rena could not believe she'd said that. Never abandoned anyone, either in middle school or college always even when she had to do work with the laziest of her group she had never abandoned anyone. But with Jurina felt different, she wanted to know more; there was something about her that made her feel calm. Being with her in those few hours, Rena had smiled the double of time she had smiled in a year when she was in college.
6:00 PM
- All right, girls! Rest ...-said "commander Shinoda", nickname given by Jurina. When she said those words, the bodies of those 8 girls they fell to the ground. - Do not get comfortable ... These are new instructions: You can't go home today, you will sleep in a place that will going to be assigned for you, you are free to choose yours partner but need to be of the opposite color. So, one blue and one red, I leave it clear if your brains don't longer work. There, You will wait until they are given you, new instructions, the girls who are agree with this, stay and girls who don't ... there's the door. - At the end there were only four.
Jurina and Rena looked at each other.
'I'm Blue ...
'I'm Red ... - both smiled widely.