A/N: Yo peoples! Its me Thee Slushee! With the second chapter of I believe. How did I get the title? Well I asked my friend who has bn thru this for a title and she sed the first thing that came to her mind wen she thought bout it was I believe so….I cudnt come up with anything better so there ya go! Ooooh, so many reviews 4 my 1st chappie! I'll definitely reply:
Darth Vaderette: Thanks heaps 4 looking at the story! Luvd the comment. Cant imagine Hwoarang playing a bassoon but it was a very awesome comment! Keep reading!
Div: This must b the shortest review I've ever gotten! LOL its not even a full word! Hope ur next review is longer.
Jelly: I kno he plays the cello but does Hwoarang look like a person to play ANY orchestral instrument? No….the closest thing to cello in a band wud be bass guitar but I think Hwoarang suits lead. U kno wot happens next! Well, keep reading!
Xjmaster: True stories r the most dramatic so theres quite a bit of drama. Hope you'll like it. Read Evil Jin and please update! Same with the Day we met.
Vrit-girl: Yeah, definitely cant imagine Hwoarang playing anything remotely orchestral. He's a rock dude! Glad u liked that chapter and hope u like this one!
XxxTekkenBabexxx: Wooh! Yeah, I had a good hard think bout this one and then I thought "meh" I'll do it! Glad u liked it and heres sum more!
Henred5: Yeah, I was thinking bout Hwoarang playing bass guitar but he is such a lead dude….I think…..glad u liked it!
Hibeki: That's awesome! Hope u like this one as well!
Now don't own the Tekken series, never will. Now to the second chapter!
Chapter 2:First Impressions
Hwoarang was leaning against a wall inside the hall, his guitar lying next to him, scanning his surroundings. In front of him were rows and rows of chairs. Most people were just standing around them and talking, a few showing off their guitar skills. To his right, there was an ascending set of flip up seats and there was quite a bit of people sitting there, mostly talking and finally, to his left, there was a stage (A/N: Those who liv in Auckland in NZ, this is basically the auditorium at Avondale College). A few of the riffs and rhythms that the showing off guitarists reached his ears and he knew that this was going to be a tough battle to get a place in the band. He noticed a teenage girl just entering the building carrying a stand in. She set it on the flip up seats and raced back outside. Must be tough being a keyboardist, Hwoarang smirked to himself, waiting for her to carry in the keyboard.
A few minutes later, she hauled in a keyboard that was about her size and with great difficulty; she set it beside the stand. Hwoarang took a little more notice to of the teenage girl and he thought she was really hot. He shook his head briskly. I'm not letting stuff like that hinder my place in the competition. I've gotta win this. Hwoarang thought to himself.(A/N: Yeah, seems a lil un-Hwoarangy) He instantly turned away and focussed on a man that was heading towards the stage area.
Asuka set down her massive keyboard on top of the flip up chairs and relaxed her muscles. I should've gotten Jin to help me with this, Asuka thought to herself. She took in her surroundings. A lot of people were socialising and discussing this competition. Some were showing off their musical talents but she preferred not to. Asuka took notice of a red-headed man who was leaning against the far wall, his guitar beside him. Oooh, love the whole outcast thing and he's kinda cute, Asuka thought to herself. After that thought, she hit herself lightly with her palm on her temple. You came here to be in a band Asuka, don't get side tracked…and besides, if you try to become friends with him, Jin will kill him!
"Hey everybody. I'm Dom (A/N: HAHA peeps in NZ wud kno who this is) and welcome to the Band Fusion competition (A/N: Ok the name kinda sucks but I cant think of anything else!)." A man on stage said through a wireless microphone. This immediately caught Asuka's attention and her gaze was fixed upon the man on stage. He was an American man with short, spiked up blonde hair. He wore camo cargo pants and a black t-shirt with the rock on symbol on it in white. Spiked bracelets adorned his wrists and brand new Nike sneakers were on his feet.
"The auditions for the initial round of the competition will be here, on stage. The judges will be 'round shortly. A drum kit will be set up on stage and jack in your other electrical equipment so that the whole thing can go smoothly." Dom informed.
Asuka groaned, knowing that she had to drag her keyboard up on stage. When Dom went offstage, she sighed and picked up her stand and ran on stage. She set it up on her desired location and ran back to her keyboard. Asuka took a deep breath, grabbed both sides of the keyboard with her hands, which was roughly her arm span, lifted it up and began moving cautiously towards the stage.
When she reached the stairs, Asuka reached another dilemma. How am I going to get up these stairs? Asuka thought to herself. Maybe I should try going up side on? Or maybe backwards?…or I could just put it on stage from the ground! How stupid am I? Asuka thought. She moved away from the stairs and lifted it a bit higher. She slid it on stage and let her muscles, once again, relax. Asuka quickly leaps on stage, picks up her keyboard with difficulty and rested it on her stand. Asuka let out a sigh of relief; all that was over. Asuka then started hooking up leads to her keyboard, making them ready to jack into the speakers.
After Dom's speech, Hwoarang picked up his electric guitar, unsheathed it from its case and held it by the neck. Inside the pocket on the case, Hwoarang drew a fold up stand. He unfolded it and took both on stage. He sat the stand on the far side of the stage and rested his electric on it. He took a couple of steps back and stared at in pride. Hwoarang took a look around and he saw that same teenage girl having troubles taking up the keyboard. Maybe I should help her…nah, Hwoarang thought. She definitely looked pretty funny with such a massive keyboard. Hwoarang snapped out of that thought and started hooking the leads to his guitar. He would give the judges one helluva performance.
A/N: Ok, so Asuka and Hwoarang noticed each other! This sounds a lot like Idol huh? Well, the NZ Idol (Yes one does exist) music was going and I suppose I just thought of it and the host was named after Dominic Bowden :P the host of NZ Idol….BTW I don't own him either, LOL! Ahem……review and tell me wot u think!
