The concert that night went as perfect as Milkcan has hoped. Despite the troubles everybody have to go through, Katy, Lammy, and Ma-San all manage to have their name spread throughout the town like wildfire, and have months of practice pay off by becoming the talk of the town. Two weeks later, a phone call wakened the lamb guitarist herself, Lammy. Lammy raised her head and grabbed the phone. "Hello?" Said Lammy, who just awakened from her slumber. "Lammy, it's Katy. Are you up yet?"
Lammy could tell that Katy was frustrated over something. "N-not really. Did something happen?"
Katy was seconds away from blowing her top, but she looked behind her to see Ma-san and a mysterious man with a bag of money for a head looking at her, Kat gave an unconvincing smile towards them and turned back around to her cell phone. "Lammy, we went over this last week. A record producer, Richie Moneybags, will be at my house at 9:00 A.M. Wednesday mourning to talk about the contract we're supposed to sign."
Lammy suddenly remembered the conversation the band had. "Wait, you mean THIS Wednesday?"
"Yes! And it's 9:10!"
Lammy's heart began to race as the only thing that she can think about is Katy's and Ma-san's angry faces. "Oh, no, I'm so sorry!"
"Look Lammy, I don't care how you get here, just be here before 9:30, got it?"
"Ok, I promise I'll be their soon, and I'm really sorry!"
"Stop apologizing and go!"
Katy tuned her cell phone off and turned to Ma-san, who is reading a book, and the producer with a smile. "I'm sorry; Lammy is just running a little late. She'll be here any minute, I promise!"
"I hope so, for the sake of your career..." Said the producer as he drinks his coffee given to him from Katy. "Tell me, has this 'Lammy' ever been late for rehearsal before?"
Katy eyes widen as she thought back to the night when not only Lammy, but Ma-san and herself were late for their gig. "W-well, t-this is completely normal for Lammy. She might appear that she'll never show up, but that's pretty much her gimmick!"
The producer raised his eyebrow. "Gimmick?"
"Yes, of course! Trust me; you'll know Lammy when you see her…on time! Because…she'll be here on time…hahahaha…"
Katy let out a painfully fake laugh as she looks at Ma-san for support, who in turn looked back at her book and continued reading. "! #! #! #... (Idiot…)" Ma-san muttered to herself. Katy walked over to Ma-san and sat next to her. Katy lend closer to Ma-san's ear. "How about a little help over here?"
Ma-san whispers back at Katy. "!#!#!#!#!#!# (I want to, but I'm pretty sure the mental hospital is closed…)
"Ma-san!"
The producer heard Katy's shout, and began to get a little startled. Katy covers her mouth in embarrassment. "I am SOOO sorry! Can Ma-san and I please be excused? We need to…powder our nose."
"Sure, of course. This is your house after all…"
"!#!#!#!#!#!#" (Wait, why come we both have to go at the same time?")
"Just come on!" Katy shouted as she grabs Ma-san's arm and dragged her to the bathroom and locked the door. "Ma-san, I know you have somewhat of an anger issue when it comes to anything you come to contact with, but for once in your life, can you please act normal in front of the person that can change our lives for the better?"
"!#!#!#!#! (Normal? This is coming from the girl who, despite being the calm one in the group, shouted at Lammy on the phone and sweating like you've just ran for 20 miles without stopping!"
Katy checked her forehead; she really was sweating like crazy. "You're right, I'm sorry, I'm just a little nervous, that's all."
"!#!#!#!#! (A little nervous? I think you have some personal demons you need to deal with!")
Katy grabbed a napkin and wiped her face, trying to clean herself up. "Right…ok, let's try this again, but this time, help me out, please?" Ma-san looked at Katy and sighed "!#!#!#!#!# (Yeah, yeah, whatever.")Katy and Ma-san walked out of the bathroom and saw the producer on his phone, which made Katy panic, but more subtle. "Oh no, he's on the phone! He's probably saying that we will never amount to anything and we should stop this band before we embarrass ourselves!"
Ma-san looked at Katy and walked away from her, fully convinced that she's the sanest person in the group. The Producer looked up to see Ma-san sitting in front of him. "Aw, Ma-san, correct? Where did your band leader go?"
"!#!#!#!#!#!(She's having a temporary mental breakdown, no big deal. Anyway, who was that on the phone?")
The producer was shocked by Ma-san's up front personality. "Well, it was the guys back at the studio. I might have to leave soon if this 'Lammy' isn't here soon."
"!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!# (Don't worry, Lammy might be a wimp, but not once did she ever break a promise to the band. She'll be here.")
"You really think so?"
"!#!#!#!#!# (No…I know so.")
Ma-san and the producer stared each other down while Katy is on the floor, breathing heavily until a loud explosion was heard from the outside. Everybody but Ma-san was started by the explosion. The door suddenly flung open to reveal Lammy, wearing a white karate gi covered in smoke and a slightly damaged guitar. "Sorry, a lot of stuff happened on the way here." Lammy explained as she sat down next to Ma-San. Katy, excited to see Lammy here on time, ran towards her and gave her a soul crushing hug. "Lammy! I know you'd come! I could just kiss you right now!"
"P-please don't…and can you please stop hugging me? I c-can't breathe…Katy…?"
A few moments later, Katy, Ma-San, and Lammy are sitting next to each other, looking nervously at the producer, who is pulling out a piece of paper from his briefcase."Let's get straight to the point, my name is Richie Moneybags, and I run a record company called Bad Creation Inc. I've recently watched your concert on video, and I have to say, I was impressed with this bands talent, and trust me, I'm a very hard man to impress." Richie put the paper down on the table and pushed it near the three girls. "This here is the contract that can change your life for the better. Sign your names on the dotted line and the name 'Milkcan' will spread around the world faster than fire in a gasoline covered forest." The three band members looked at the paper and to each other.
"Well guys…" Said Katy with a hint of nervousness in her voice. "Is everybody ready to make history as the best band in the world?" Katy said while she held her hand out.
"!#!#!#!#!#( Well, it's not like I have anything else better to do…)" Ma-San said as she touched Katy's hand. Lammy looked at her friends, knowing deep down that she was afraid to make such a drastic decision, then she looked at Katy and Ma-San's hand together and little by little, her confidence came back. "If it's for the band, then I'm ready." Lammy placed her hand on top of everybody else's. The girls looked at each other with bold confidence, more sure of themselves than ever before.
"Girls? I'm on a schedule, so if you don't mind…"
"Oh, right! Sorry about that." Said Katy as she grabbed a pen and signed her name on the paper. Ma-san grabbed the pen and signed her name as well, and finally Lammy. The Producer grabbed the paper and put in his briefcase. "Congratulations girls, Milkcan are now sponsored by Bad creation Inc. The contract will be valid for two years, and your new studio is located in Barrow Street. I trust that I will see you all there tomorrow morning at ten?"
Katy stood up in excitement. "Of course! We'll be there with bells on, right girls?"
"!#!#!#!# (Whatever…)"
"Yeah, I'll be sure to be there early!" Said Lammy with a hint of confidence in her voice.
"Good, that's very good." Moneybags said as he stood up and walked towards the front door. "And remember girls, Bad creations expects only the best from our musicians. We look forward to doing business with you three." Moneybags then left the girls to themselves. For each passing second, Katy's smile grew wider until she shouted out in excitement. "YES! Finally, after months of hard work and tons of ups and downs, Milkcan is officially signed into a record label! Do you smell that girls?"
"The…smell of success?" Said Lammy, trying to make a joke. Katy looked at Lammy with a surprised look on her face. "Actually, I was going to say our blood, sweat, and tears not going to waste, but sure!" Katy wraps her arms around Lammy and Ma-San. "This is just the stepping stone. Soon enough, People outside of Parappa Town will soon hear of the super band, Milkcan, we just have to remember one thing…"
"!#!#!#!#!# (Keep practicing and don't suck?)"
Katy looked at Ma-San. "…Okay, two things; what Ma-san said, and no matter what, we're friends before we're anything else. We're almost like family, no matter what happens, we stick together, got it?"
Lammy and Ma-San were surprised by Katy's sudden change of behavior. "You don't really have to tell me and Ma-San that. I'll probably be too nervous to go out there without you guys by my side."
Katy let loose of Lammy and Ma-San and smiles. "Good! Now the only thing left to do is tell the guys the good news. I'm gonna call Parappa and tell him to gather everyone here. Oh man, I can see the look on their faces right now…!"
"Wait, you're calling them right now? But I have to be somewhere!" Said Lammy with a worried look on her face.
"Really?" Questioned Katy. "Is it really important?"
"!#!#!#!#!#...(Maybe it's a boyfriend…)" Mocked Ma-San.
"N-n-no! It's nothing like that!" Panicked Lammy, who feels uncomfortable talking about relationships. "I-I just made a promise to someone that I'll be there. I just don't want to be late for this."
Katy looked at Lammy, A bit worried about Lammy's well being. "I can't make you stay here. If you really have to go, then you can leave, just remember where you have to be tomorrow, understand?
"Don't worry, I'll leave extra early tomorrow!" Lammy grabbed her guitar and walked towards the front door. "Tell everybody I said hi!" Said Lammy as she left the house.
"!#!#!#!#(I still say it's a boyfriend…)" Said Ma-San, who's not convinced by Lammy's answer.
"I doubt it. I'm pretty sure Lammy isn't the type of person that's wants to be in a relationship that big…right?" Said Katy who's not convinced by her own words.
"!#!#!#!#!#(Well, it's only been around five months since Lammy came here, who knows what she did before she moved here.) Ma-san walked back to her seat and started reading the latest addition of Celebrity Gossip while Katy begins to worry about Lammy. "Maybe I'm making a big deal out of nothing…"
Katy decided not to waste any more time and call Parappa to tell him the news.
So yeah, my first fan fiction, and its about a rapping talking dog and a guitar playing lamb. Even though I haven't played any of the games, I did watch all of the cut scenes within all three games and did a little research on one of the creator's websites. I'm not sure if I did the characters justice in the eyes of some fans who might enjoy the series. Please Rate and Review.
