I was busy writing my other project when I accidentally saw this piece in my Documents folder. It is then that I remembered that I wrote this one some months back before eventually focusing on "The Basketball Which Kamijou Touma Plays." So I thought, "It would be a waste if I delete this, though." So here is is :)
Original Story and Characters belong to Kazuma Kamachi.
It was a typical Monday afternoon in the start of April. The orange hews of the evening sun had been scattered over the landscape of a rebuilding Academy City—a far cry from what happened just a few months back, with the heat wave crisis, the rampage of the High Priest, and the crisis concerning Aleister Crowley, Coronzon, and Mina Mathers affecting much of the independent city-state. But right now, it seems like none of those even happened as a lot of establishments and schools have been rebuilt abnormally quickly and the youthful populace are acting like the days before the events of November and December.
"Such misfortune!"
The tranquil afternoon has been broken by the scream of one Kamijou Touma. To an ordinary witness, he's a typical Japanese teenage boy with a decent build, spiky, black hair, and a delinquent look. But right now, he is currently crying in pain as he was again beaten to the ground by the Iron Walled lady Fukiyose Seiri after getting caught between the arguments of his two best (backstabbing) friends in Motoharu Tsuchimikado and Aogami Pierce. In reality, the latter two were arguing among themselves about what is the best outfit for a loli and somehow, they managed to drag the unsuspecting boy in their discussion despite the objection of Kamijou. Still, this didn't save him from the strongest blows of the Forehead Deluxe.
"That's it, Kamijou!" the brown-eyed Fukiyose screamed as she continued kicking the poor boy on his chest, "You really should be put into a detention class for grave misconduct! You should…"
"Fukiyose-chan!" the voice of Komoe was heard creaming though the four walls of the classroom, "What's going on here? Oh my! Fukiyose-chan! Better stop that or I'll send the four of you to the office!"
"Seisei!" the busty girl defended her actions, "I needed to knock some sense of this bum's thick-headed skull. He really doesn't learn. In fact, I don't think he will ever learn nor can he even learn straight." She then rolled her eyes and crosses her arms, "Please, stop babysitting this Kamijou, sensei. There's no chance for him to even change for the better. What he did today is just evidence that he'll always remain a failure and a stuck-up idiot."
Suddenly, Kamijou, who was visibly conscious despite enduring the physical assault on him, suddenly felt pain in his chest and heart as soon as he heard what the girl said about him. Is that what you really think about me, huh? Huh!? Despite the boy's kind-hearted nature and seemingly positive vibe against his doses of rotten luck, what Fukiyose said about him just pierced his mind as he suddenly felt the need to stand up and ran out. Wait, why am I crying? No matter how toughened he is physically, he felt like he was breaking down the moment he was falsely accused of stirring up trouble and even insulted harshly. Why is it always me? This is too much now! This too painful for me to even bear!
"Now, now Fukiyose-chan, you should probably…huh!? Kamijou-chan?" the two were suddenly surprised to see Kamijou get up like an awakened wounded dog and all of the sudden, he ran out of the classroom.
"H-Hey, Kamijou! Come back here!" Fukiyose yelled as she tried to grab the boy but he was simply faster as he ran as fast as he could so that no one can catch him.
"Eh, Kami-yan?" Tsuchimikado, who had already awakened from his comatose-like state, suddenly called out but failed.
Indeed, the boy, despite his extraordinary deeds, was still a human who feels sensitive.
#
Running as fast as he could back to his dorm, Kamijou didn't stop even for a second, hoping he can get away from the horrible Fukiyose. "Damn my rotten luck…" he muttered to himself while he felt crying, "Damn this stupid misfortune…" He wasn't able to complete his words as he barged in into his own dormitory unit. As soon as he entered, he noticed that Index is sleeping soundly on her (his) bed as well as Othinus, who was occupying her doll house while Sphynx was busy nibbling her treats. Looking around the house, he sits on the nearest chair while he treats his bruised chest, "Dammit…dammit…" he winced in pain as he wipes oil into the battered area and wrapped it with clean linen. After calming his nerves down, he now weighed his options on what to do. Now, I have to go back to school. But that would mean getting beaten up by Fukiyose again or having to fight back. Either way, both of us will be sent to discipline committee and I…
He wasn't able to finish what he said as all of the sudden, everything that Fukiyose had said and done to him suddenly came back pounding his head.
That's it, Kamijou. You really should be put into a detention class for grave misconduct!
I needed to knock some sense of this bum's thick-headed skull.
He really doesn't learn.
In fact, I don't think he will ever learn nor can he even learn straight.
There's no chance for him to even change for the better.
What he did today is just evidence that he'll always remain a failure and a stuck-up idiot."
All of those negative emotions began to swirl around the boy as he felt dizzy and nauseous that he had fell on the floor accidentally with a thud. Thud! The boy felt pain more as all of the sudden, he found himself facing the underneath of his bed. Hey, what's that? Out of nowhere, he saw a guitar lying under his bed as well as a notebook. Curious, he then took the notebook and as he scanned it, he found out that it was a guitar song book. It hit him. Dad had given me this a month ago for killing some time. Now that I think about it, I only played the guitar twice.
Suddenly, feeling those negative vibes again, he decided once and for all to kill those thoughts. Taking with him the guitar and the song book, he then got up, tidied himself and once finished, left his dorm. The sun in the sky is bright as the golden plate but it didn't matter as Kamijou felt this was the most appropriate time to kill his time. For once, I felt like I wanted to escape reality. Just for once. It was a paradox for him to think something like that but he felt he needed it. For once, just for once.
He then ran to the park where he always ends up meeting the feared third ranked Level 5 in Misaka Mikoto. Luckily for him, she was nowhere to be found so he calmed himself down and sat down on the bench. Quickly, he began to strum his fingers into the cords as he began to hum a tune.
I asked her to stay but she wouldn't listen
She left before I had the chance to say
Oh
The words that would mend the things that were broken
But now it's far too late, she's gone away
Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking, "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe it
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
He suddenly felt good on singing that soon, he changed his song.
Oh, memories
Where'd you go?
You were all I've ever known
How I miss yesterday
And how I let it fade away
Where'd you go?
He was absorbed in his singing that he didn't notice a group of people stalking to him in the nearby bushes.
#
Just a few minutes ago, the group consisting of Komoe Tsukuyomi, Fukiyose, the battered and wounded duo of Tsuchimikado and Aogami were scattered all over the place trying to find the spiky haired boy. At first, Komoe didn't want to bring the Forehead Deluxe along but since the girl insisted (more like forced herself in) to help out, Komoe sighed as she believes that the more number of people in the group, the easier to find the boy.
"Dammit, where the hell is that BaKamijou?" Fukiyose muttered angrily. The truth is, she really didn't have to go but after seeing the boy mysteriously ran out of the classroom, she didn't want to give her sensei another headache so she decided to help out. I'll simply kill Kamijou more when I see him.
Suddenly, out of the blue, he was dragged by Tsuchimikado in the nearby bushes, "Hey, get off me!"
"Shhhhh," the blonde hushed her down, "I can hear Kami-yan's voice!" Though in his opinion, it sounded so strange. It looks like he's singing. Huh? Him? Singing?
Suddenly, the found out that Komoe and Aogami are already kneeling and hiding themselves in the shrubs. Once they were all in their hiding place, they can hear Kamijou sing.
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well, you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
"Oh my," Komoe was stunned to see her student sing like this, "I never knew Kamijou-chan can sing like this. His voice is so great! Look, he even had a guitar!"
"I know right!" Tsuchimikado shrieked (which Kamijou didn't hear as he was too absorbed with what he is doing), "But seriously, he looks depressed and his song is even more depressing. Don't hit me please but I think he's singing about you Fukiyose. No, it's not a joke because the lyrics clearly allude to you."
"Huh!? Why me!?" the busty girl yelled, "I was simply…"
"Hey guys, he's switching into another song," Aogami interrupted them and they kept quiet as Kamijou continued singing.
Now that it's all said and done
I can't believe you were the one
To build me up and tear me down
Like an old abandoned house
What you said when you left
Just left me cold and out of breath
I felt as if I was in way to deep
Guess I let you get the best of me
Well, I never saw it coming
I should have started running
A long, long time ago!
And I never thought I'd doubt you
I'm better off without you
More than you, more than you know
I'm slowly getting closure
I guess it's really over
I'm finally gettin' better
Now I'm picking up the pieces
From spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together
'Cause the day I thought I'd never get through, I got over you!
"Well, it does seem like all the evidences leads to you," Komoe said as she glares harshly at Fukiyose, who got frozen at hearing the song, "What did you do that Kamijou-chan began acting like this? I knew it was always bad but somehow, it has gotten worse."
"W-Well…" the busty girl had no choice but to admit what happened, "I was sitting on the table when I heard that the three of them were arguing non-sense again. So I decided to shut them up and…"
"By physically hurting them, you would get to shut them up?" Komoe cut her off, "That's just so blatantly wrong! Not to mention, you threw such insulting and hurtful words to Kamijou! No wonder he was acting like this!"
"Sensei…I…" Fukiyose then tried to make an excuse but even she wasn't able to say something to refute what Komoe said.
"Hey guys! Someone is approaching Kami-yan…" Aogami whispered in a hushed tone as everyone's attention was diverted into their target.
Indeed, someone did approach Kamijou.
And a girl nonetheless.
#
"That was a very beautiful voice there, mister!"
The spiky haired boy jumped back at surprise as he turned to the source of the voice. He nearly drooled and fainted as he found himself face to face with a girl who looks to be at the same age as him. Standing in 165 cm (or 5'4" feet) in height, she was breathtakingly beautiful, with long chestnut hair and purple eyes. She was wearing a pink beret-like cap, skin-colored blouse, black pants, and white sneakers. She-she looks like an angel! Kamijou can't help but widen his eyes in admiration for the girl.
"What are you gaping there for, mister?" the pretty lady chuckled as he sat down beside the star-struck boy, "By the way, I heard you singing and to be honest, there are only a few people in my clique who had such beautiful voices such as yours. Have you thought once of joining the music industry?"
"Ah…huh?" Kamijou just snapped out of his lucid thoughts and quickly chuckled, "Ah…hehehe. Nope…not really. It didn't cross my mind. And by the way, I am Kamijou Touma. May I ask who you are?"
"Ah, silly me!" the girl laughed softly which the boy found it cute, "I have forgotten to introduce myself. If you're watching videos of Rotkiv Entertainment, you might have heard of me but I'll still tell you my name. I am Sylvia Riess but you may call me Sylvia or Sylvie."
"Wait…" now the spiky haired boy was stunned to hear her name, "It can't be! Aren't you the one who sang "Lonely Feather", "Waiting for the Rain", and "Hold you in the Wind"?"
"Yep, that's me," Sylvia teased the boy as she pulls out a card and her ID, "If you don't want to believe, here's my ID. By the way, I was wearing this hat because I don't want to get smothered by a lot of fans since I'm here secretly in Academy City for some vacation."
"Okay but aren't you from Switzerland?" the boy asked further as they make themselves comfortable in their seats, "What are you doing here and isn't Rotkiv a music industry in main Tokyo metropolitan?"
"Oh my. I didn't know you were such a fan!" Sylvia clapped her hands in amazement as she faces the boy, "Actually, I have a Japanese citizenship papers since my mom is a half-Japanese and half-German who married my Swiss dad in Zurich where I was born and raised but we come here in Japan every summer for vacation. And in one of those days, I was encouraged by my dad to join an audition here and the rest is history. I wish I can share more but do you mind singing again? I hope it won't be too much."
"Okay, sure!" Kamijou became lively as he raised up his guitar and began to hum again.
See, the thing about you that caught my eye
Is the same thing that makes me change my mind
Kind of hard to explain, but girl, I'll try
You need to sit down, this may take a while
See this girl, she sort of looks just like you
She even smiles just the way you do
So innocent she seemed, but I was fooled
I'm reminded when I look at you
Chorus
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
You won't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you
Verse 2
Thought that she was the one for me
Till I found out she was on her creep
Ooh, she was sexing everyone, but me
This is why we could never be
Chorus
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
You won't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you
Bridge
I know it's so unfair to you
That I relate her ignorance to you
Wish I knew
Wish I knew how to separate the two
You remind me
Chorus
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
You won't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you gonna let you go
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
You won't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you gonna let you go
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
You won't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you gonna let you go
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
You won't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you gonna let you go
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
You won't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you gonna let you go
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew
See her face whenever I, I look at you
Wouldn't believe all of the things she put me through
This is why I just can't get with you
"T-That was superb!" Sylvia squealed as she claps her hands, "I never heard such an amazing voice. But the song seemed like it was so depressing. Could you sing for me one more?"
Granting Sylvia's wish, Kamijou once more sang with his best.
There goes my baby
(oo girl look at you)
You don't know how good it feels to call you my girl
There goes my baby
Loving everything you do
Oo girl look at you
Bet you ain't know that I be checking you out
When you be putting your heels on
I swear your body's so perfect baby
How you work it baby yea
I love the way that you be poking it out
Girl give me something to feel on
So please believe we gone be twerking it out
By the end of the night baby
I've been waiting all day to wrap my hands
Around your waist and kiss your face
Wouldn't trade this feeling for nothing
Not even for a minute
And I'll sit here long as it takes
To get you all alone
But as soon as you come walking my way
You gon' hear me say
There goes my baby
(ooh girl look at you)
You don't know how good it feels to call you my girl
There goes my baby
Loving everything you do
Oo girl look at you
I get the chills whenever I see your face
And you in the place girl
Feel like I'm in a movie baby
I'm like oowee baby oh
Like waterfalls your hair falls down to your waist
Can I get a taste girl
No need to keep this baby
I ain't ashamed of calling your name girl
I've been waiting all day to wrap my hands
Around your waist and kiss your face
Wouldn't trade this feeling for nothing
Not even for a minute
And I'll sit here long as it takes
To get you all alone
But as soon as you come walking my way
You gon' hear me say
There goes my baby (my baby yeah)
(ooh girl look at you)
You don't know how good it feels to call you my girl
There goes my baby (my baby yeah)
Loving everything you do
Ooh girl look at you
And girl I feel like it's our first time
Everytime we get together
Baby loving you feels better than
Everything, anything
Put on my heart you don't need a ring
And I promise our time away won't change my love
There goes my baby
(ooh girl look at you)
You don't know how good it feels to call you my girl
There goes my baby
Loving everything you do
Ooh girl look at you
There goes my baby
(ooh girl look at you)
You don't know how good it feels to call you my girl
There goes my baby
Loving everything you do
Ooh girl look at you
When Kamijou was finished singing, Sylvia can't help but stare at him with amazement, "That was once more amazing, Touma-kun! It has a unique, calming quality. By the way, I havem't heard those two songs before. Did you write it yourself?"
"Uh…actually, yeah," Kamijou purposely left out the part where he lost his memories.
"You have a talent, Touma-kun. You'll do well in the music industry. May I have your number? I'd like to arrange an appointment sometime in the near future?"
"Huh…oh sure but what for?" Kamijou was almost shocked to hear the girl asking for his number.
'I'd like to sign a record label with you. If anything, I want you to be my partner and duet," Sylvia said, her cheeks reddening, "Your talent would go to waste if it wasn't'discovered."
"Oh…oh sure," Kamijou complied as they both exchanged their numbers, "By the way, what's with the Touma-kun? We just met…"
"It's fine," Sylvia brushed him off, "It's decided! I'll call you Touma but you'll call me Sylvia and Sylvie!"
Despite the girl already deciding for the two of them, Kamijou felt like he didn't want to protest. I don't know but what is this feeling that I'm like in heaven with her?
"By the way, I study in an international school in Tokyo called Queen's Veil Academy of Music. It sounds feminine but there are also a few males there," Sylvia shared it with the boy, "So if you have time, you can come there and visit me. Oh my! I have to get back to Tokyo immediately. My mom and my music manager are having a meeting and I'm needed there! See you soon, Touma!" She then abruptly left.
Kamijou was looking at the card that Sylvia gave him, "Roktiv Entertainment, huh?" He then gathers his belongings and left.
Meanwhile, a group of people were gaping while shrieking, "Kamijou-chan/Kamijou/Kami-yan got discovered!"
SONGS USED (BY ORDER)
Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
Memories - Panic! At the Disco
Somebody That Used to Know - Gotye
Over You - Chris Daughtry
U Remind Me - Usher
There Goes My Baby - Usher
And if you felt the OC character looks kinda familiar, I based her from an anime that was quite...well...misjudged but if you happen know that anime from the clues and the familiarity it gives, then good for you.
Good day to you all!
