It was a friday, and last period had just ended. Ritsu ran into the light music club room more excited than usual.

"Guys! I just got us another gig with Love Crysis!"

"Ritsu, why would you go ahead and book a gig without telling any of us?" Mio asked, brushing her long, black hair out from under her bass strap.

"Well, Maki wanted us to play another show with them like we did on new years."

"I'll make you girls some costumes!" Sawako exclaimed after seemingly appearing out of thin air.

"I don't think that's necessary." Azusa said while slapping away cat ears Yui was trying to put on her head, and Tsumugi was trying to get Mio out from under the table.

Time Skip

It was two days after Ritsu let everybody know about the concert, and HTT was on their way to the venue. The five girls were walking down the street talking about their set list when two loud vehicles drove by. The first one was a flat black, convertible '57 bel air with two people and three guitar cases and they were blasting War Ensemble by Slayer. The second vehicle was a turquoise '55 ford f100 with two more people and many cases which seemed to be a drum kit and some full stack amps in the bed of the truck. They saw the two cars go around the corner as they pried Mio off the light pole.

"Do you think they were going to the show?" Yui asked.

"I think that's Rattle Head." Ritsu said pulling out a folded up flier for the concert. "Rattle Head is a Megadeth tribute band from Osaka, they are playing second. So, they go after us and before Love Crysis."

"Megadeth?" Mugi asked with a raised eyebrow.

"One of the big 4 thrash metal bands: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax." Mio said in a matter-of-fact tone, while shuddering from the thought of the genre she found the scariest.

About ten minutes later, they arrived at the venue. Azusa noticed the two vehicles from earlier and the four people unloading. Yui wanted to go and talk to them, but Mio made a b-line for the door.

POV Change

I was on stage at the place we were playing at, setting up my pedals. I took my black and blue David Ellefson signature 5-string Kelly bird bass out of it's case and plugged it in. I pulled out my 3 mm pick and played the intro of peace sells at about two times the normal bpm, which is my usual warm up. I got a couple looks from the band that walked in a couple minutes before as I was just finishing up. We got our drummer's kit set up on a wheeled platform since we were going on second and had a much larger kit than the other two bands. By the way, my "name" is David, but my real name is Matt. Our band is a Megadeth tribute band called Rattle Head. I'm on bass and backing vocals, Dave is on guitar and vocals, Greg is on guitar and backing vocals, and Dijon plays drums. Oddly enough, we all had the first names of the original Megadeth lineup, besides myself. Also weird, we're all from the west coast, but due to an odd chain of events, we now live in Osaka. We plugged in all our pedals, went through sound check, and went to get ready.

Mio's POV

I ran straight through the front door of the building, trying to avoid that other band at all costs. We got our set list sheet and sat at a table. Yui and Ritsu started fighting over it so my eyes drifted over to the stage. I saw someone hunched over, setting up pedals. He got up and grabbed what looked like a thunder bird, but I quickly realized it wasn't. I figured he was one of the guys from Rattle Head, he had black cut off jeans that ended six inches below his knee, a black denim vest with many patches, a Megadeth "Rust In Peace" shirt, dark red hair a bit shorter than mine, dark brown eyes, and the nails on his left hand were black with red on the tips. I heard a riff being played very fast, his hands were moving too fast for my eyes to keep up. I mostly think of metal as nothing but loud nonsense, but what he was playing seemed very technical. I realize those guys are intimidating, but I decided I was going to ask that boy to teach me how to play that song. He finished playing, glanced at me quickly, and walked off. We watched Love Crysis and Rattle Head do sound checks, which eventually led to us getting on stage for a quick sound check before we went to rest a bit before the show.

Matt's POV

The opening band just got off stage. I wanted to watch their sound check, but I had to lock up the cars. I went backstage to practice a little bit before the opening band started, even though they wouldn't start for another forty five minutes. I was playing Poison Was The Cure because I hadn't played chords for a while, but I noticed a pair of grey eyes looking at me. The guys were on a snack run, so I didn't have a reason to avoid her. I don't like dealing with people because I'm socially awkward unless I'm onstage.

"May I help you?" I asked in the most polite tone I knew.

"How did you see me?"

"Well, 50% of you was sticking out from behind an amp that was 5 feet from my face."

"Oh, well, I was wondering if maybe you could teach me that riff you were playing earlier. My name is M-Mio by the way." she outstretched her hand and, just too see what it's like when Dave does it, kissed it.

"I'm David, go grab your bass and I'll show you." she turned bright red and grabbed her left-handed 1962 fender jazz bass and sat next to me. I played the riff slowly so she saw which frets to play and when to strum. About twenty minutes later, she could play it at normal speed with no mistakes.

"I'm impressed, it took me at least two hours to learn that."

She turned bright red again, "T-thanks, but it was h-hard to play that even with mistakes."

A worker came and beckoned Mio to get on stage because they were about to start. She quickly thanked me and left. I put down my bass and went to watch the show.

A/N: Hey, thanks for reading! This was a kind of spontaneous fanfic and I plan on making it kinda short. Please leave any critiques, they are appreciated.