Summary: Rockband AU. Fresh out of highschool, Yugi, Jounouchi, Honda and Ryou were drawn together with the power of music, and soon were discovered as a rising band by their manager and long-time friend, Ryuji Otogi. But what if their ticket to number one is blocked by solo artist, Yami Sennen; also known by his stage name, Pharaoh Atemu?
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!, this story is just made for fun. I don't own the songs used here either, they are just used for the purpose of this fanfic, for fun. All songs belong to their respective singers/bands.
A/n: Okay, I just HAD to. Honestly, I was just watching Lemonade Mouth last night again since it first came out and then...somehow this plot was stuck with me. I was actually writing the draft of it yesterday and had too many ideas for this story it was already giving me a headache. I have so much plans for this, and once again I let my wild imagination get to me daaaaaamn. I have too many stories to get to but once again this story hit me like a freight train. Anyways, prepare for this story to containing yaoi and OOCness. Hopefully, you all like it. Enjoy folks!
"Ready for this?"
"Ready Freddy~"
"Awright, let's do this,"
"I-I'm so nervous!"
Four boys stood in front of a red curtain, smiling at each other. From the right, was a tall blond haired youth of nineteen dressed in a green T-shirt with his sleeves ripped off, black fingerless gloves covering his hands that were holding his cherry red electric guitar, dark jeans that have holes on his knee area and black tennis shoes. Next to him was a shy looking white haired boy with creamy skin, brown eyes like the first boy but only wider that gave off an air of innocence wearing a simple blue t-shirt, jeans and black tennis shoes; holding a key-tar. Next to him, a taller boy than the first with pointed brown hair and eyes stood with his drumsticks in hand dressed in a brown muscled shirt, dark black skinny jeans and shoes. And the last figure was a tri haired color boy with amethyst colored eyes, dressed in a black t-shirt with a golden pyramid printed with the Eye of Horus in the middle of it, tight black skinny jeans and boots.
Who are these four boys you ask?
As the curtains rose and the crowd started to cheer, the four boys reminisced on how they got here...
One Katsuya Jounouchi growled as he was stomping his way to detention once again, holding the slip for where his detention was at and his other hand holding his school bag. He swore, the teachers were out to get him! It was almost a week before graduation too, he knew the teachers were looking down on him because he used to be in a gang and his father's reputation for being a criminal now on parole.
As he entered the room he was supposed to have his 'sentence' at, he blinked as he spotted three more people in the room.
He recognised Hitori Honda of course, his best friend. The next two, he didn't know.
"What are you guys in for?"
The three looked up and Honda smiled.
"Jou! Hey man..." He waved as he was leaning back against his desk, "Chono-sensei booked me here,"
Ah. Chono-sensei. The devil woman. Jou didn't need to know why. She apparently had something against Honda and gave out excuses for him to be in detention, even if the brunet was innocent.
Jou then looked at the shy newbies, "And you two?"
The white haired boy bit his lower lip, and looked down, "I, um, was caught running late for my class and was told to come here,"
The shortest in the room, with his weird colored spiky hair, laughed sheepishly, "I fell asleep in class and was caught,"
"Lame," Jou sighed as he then looked around, "Where's the teacher that's supposed to be here watching us?"
"Oh she was here earlier. Sora-sensei wanted us to clean up the music room as punishment until she comes back," The tri-colored haired boy spoke up as he was holding some water spray, "My name's Yugi Moto by the way...Jounouchi-kun correct?"
Jou nodded and looked to the white haired boy to see if he'll introduce him.
Looking up from sorting the music sheets in the boxes, the said boy blushed, "R-ryou Bakura,"
"Nice'ta meet'cha fellas," Jou murmured and soon was walking to the instruments in the room curiously.
It was silent for the next for minutes, the clock ticking away in some sort of comforting rhythm for them all. Yugi and Ryou cleaning the stuff and Jounouchi mostly making a mess by touching the instruments. It was strange, but they didn't seem to mind it or go crazy about it like normal people would in a quiet room.
Honda was still sitting in his seat, tapping his fingers onto his table, matching the sound of the clock in the room. Jounouchi looked up for a moment to that, then blinked as he saw Yugi spraying the tables in time with the beat.
Tap. Spray. Tap tap, spray. Tap. Spray. Tap tap, spray.
Grinning, Jou raised a brow and then starting clapping to the beat, then stomping his feet, making both Honda and Yugi look up. Ryou looked up as well, standing up now and was pulling out his keys, and shyly threw them up and down in his hands, and soon was catching those keys thrown in the air in a rhythm as Honda clicked his fingers then started drumming his fingers again on the table.
It was...like some sort of magnetic pull.
The four looked at each other and grinned at this, as Honda was then standing up, and holding some drumsticks nearby him, tapping them together in a beat as everyone continued. Soon, Yugi was pushing up some big cello that was beside him into a standing position, strumming the strings like a bass guitar would in a key. Soon, Ryou walked around, putting his keys away and was then grabbing a stick of his own and tapping the xylophones in a soft catchy tune. Jou kept on clapping, grinning as he then saw Honda walking to the drums, sitting down and starting to play as Yugi continued in his makeshift bass and Ryou now moving to the piano, the three creating a melody. Deciding to join them, Jou then grabbed for a guitar nearby and started to strum, laughing a bit as they had a beat going on, catchy and jamming together with smiles.
That was, until little Yugi started belting out some tunes.
"Na na na na naaaa, naaaa na~
Take a look around,
Who would have thought we'd all be here?
So let's mess around,
Cause the future is unclear~
We got nothing better to do,
We're just trying to get through,
Can you hear me~?
Can you hear me~?
Yeah~!"
Jounouchi grinned as he heard this and then started belting out with Yugi as he strummed his guitar. For some reason...it felt right.
"Let the music groove you,
Let the melody move you,
Feel the beat and just let go,
Get the rhythm into your soul,
Let the music take you,
Anywhere it wants to,
When we're stuck and can't get free,
No matter what, we'll still be singing-"
This time, Honda and Ryou joined them, both were playing their instruments harder than ever.
"Come on, come on!
Turn up the music!
It's all we got,
We're gonna use it!
Come on, come on,
Turn up the music!
Yeah~"
Yugi smiled as he was placing the cello down and was stepping in the center of the room, grabbing for a a drumstick and was pretending it was a microphone, then turned to face the boys still playing their instruments, smiling brightly as he sang, Ryou joining in occasionally as an echo, and Jounouchi and Honda joining afterwards to the course.
"All we have is now~
Let's make the most of this!
Come on break it out!
So everyone can hear it!
They don't have to understand,
But we'll make them if we can,
Do you hear me~?
Are you with me~?
Yeah~!"
"Let the music groove you,
Let the melody move you,
Feel the beat and just let go,
Get the rhythm into your soul,
Let the music take you,
Anywhere it wants to,
When we're stuck and can't get free~
No matter what, we'll still be singing~
Come on, come on,
Turn up the music!
It's all we got,
We're gonna use it!
Come on, come on,
Turn up the music!
Yeah~!"
As they were still jamming out, a lone student with black hair tied to a ponytail and green eyes paused in his steps, hearing the melody and got curious. He walked over to the door to the music room, opening it slightly to see four boys inside playing so...so wonderfully. They were in sync and had chemistry that was so rare these days, it was surprising. He smirked for a moment as he leaned against the doorway, folding his arms and watched them have a time of their lives. Once their song was done, they were laughing out loud and cheering each other on, until the boy at the door coughed to gain their attention.
The four boys looked up and the two shier ones blushed, while Jou growled and Honda sighed.
"What do you want Otogi?"
The raven head raised his hands up and chuckled, "Easy there fellas, I heard you jamming in here and I gotta say, you have potential,"
"Potential?" Yugi asked shyly, getting off the table that he had used as a makeshift stage for himself.
Otogi nodded, as he then was holding out a card, "Gentleman, how would you all like to become famous in one night~?"
After an almost beat down from Jounouchi, the four had agreed. Despite Ryou's protests of wanting to focus on law school, he agreed anyways as Yugi and Jounouchi were excited to become famous. Honda was reluctant for a moment as well, but he was swayed easily with the promise of fangirls and meeting celebrities.
That was a year ago.
Now, they were together, and they created the Puzzle Boys with Otogi as their manager, since the boy was already in the music business looking for fresh talent.
"HELLO DOMINO CITY!" Jounouchi was the one that shouted in the microphone, as the crowd was screaming for them in excitement and hype, "ARE YOU READY TO FALL TO PIECES?!"
The screams and cheers grew louder at that, and soon the band started to play their song.
As this was going on, a scoff was heard in the VIP area, one tall man with brown hair and cold blue eyes staring at the band in distaste, "What a waste of time. Hiring a bunch of wannabes for this show when they could've had you Pharaoh,"
He looked back at the person sitting on a cushioned chair, his leg elegantly crossed over his other leg as he had two women in each arm. The male smirked a bit, humming a little as his crimson eyes coolly looked at the stage where the 'fresh' band was and chuckled, "I will admit, they are good. But this is their first year officially getting into the top charts," He then looked at his women, who giggled and cooed around him, making him smirk in pride.
"Don't underestimate the enemy Yami," The taller man spoke sternly and then looked down at his clipboard, "As your manager, I have to make sure your title as number one singer is always there. I won't let some school punks fresh out of highschool ruin that,"
"Now, now, Seto, let them have their moment to shine," Yami waved him off and then sipped his wine and then chuckled darkly, "They are just getting the taste of stardom...but by tomorrow, they will face the harsh reality of being in the biz,"
Seto then smirked as he then chuckled, "This is why we work well,"
"No, we're cousins. We've known each other forever to know how our minds tick,"
"True," The manager then looked at his watch then hummed, "At any rate, I am sure with your new hit single coming out tomorrow, they will be old news,"
Yami nodded and his eyes landed onto the singer on stage, and then hummed.
Hm, well all I know is...Puzzle Boys, you're not gonna reign to the top as long as I'm around~
Song Used in This Chapter: Turn Up The Music, by Lemonade Mouth
So what did you think? There will be more coming soon when I come back from a voice recording I'm doing with my team. So some inspirations of this story being made is too many musical movies on TV as I'm working, reading so much stories about rockbands aaaand just basically my brain being stupid. Anyways, hope you like it and please review how you like or dislike it :3 Thank you for reading~