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Chapter 1: The Crimson Nobles Band
Hotaru Imai glanced at the brown haired girl in the back for the 4th time today. Mikan's emotionlessness put even Hotaru's to shame. No matter how much she was ridiculed, she didn't say a word. Not even her name. The baka-sensei had to say it for her, and she wouldn't answer any questions about herself. The one time she spoke was when Narumi-sensei asked her for the answer to a history question, in which she looked into his eyes and said, "I don't know." A threat in every word.
Its been two weeks since she came, and still has not made any friends. And what's with that huge case she always carries around? Hotaru nudged to the blonde boy on her left, whom she also noticed was staring at the new girl. "Ruka, what do you think?" Ruka turned to her at the sound of his name.
"I don't know Hotaru. It looks like she's...kind of...hollow. Like she could care less. I wonder if we should just leave her alone..." They both sighed. The bell for lunch rang and the brown-haired girl was the first one out, her case in tow. The black-haired boy on the other side pulled the manga off his face and yawned. Once his crimson eyes opened, he turned to the last group left inside the classroom, consisting of two sets of twins, a natural-permed girl, and the class prez.
The girl was on all their minds but they were kind of glad; it took their minds off of having to think about their biggest crisis yet: in order to go to Gakuen Utau for two years and become a real band, they needed another female guitarist/singer. Yeah. And the deadline to find one was this Friday, in five days.
With annoyance in every word, he said, "Jeez, if you wanna know about the new kid so bad, why don't you just go talk to her, instead of annoying the hell out of me while I'm trying to catch some Z's?" He started to walk away but Ruka grabbed his wrist.
"Natsume, she disappears at lunch. And P.E. We tried top follow us, but she always goes into a crowd and the next second she's gone. Maybe you could say something, as the leader of the Crrimson Nobles Band, why don't you go and look for her? Or just ask her to sit with us?" Ruka begged his best friend. The Leader of the Crimson Nobles was the Leader of Elementary Branch, and guess who that was...
"Tch. Whatever." Natsume headed off while Ruka smiled and everyone else chuckled. Natsume was such a child.
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Natsume's eyebrows twitched as every single girl he ran into Kyaa!-ed when he walked by. Geez, what the heck was their problem? His head swam with curses as he walked down a hallway he hadn't noticed before. I mean, what the heck? I've been going here for six years and I didn't go down this hallway? The thought made his eyebrow twitch. Again. Then his mind wandered off to other matters, like having to find and talk to that girl.
He was about to create a curse for the emotionless brown-haired girl too when he heard music. Here? Isn't this part of school abandoned? He moved towards where the music was coming from. In a couple of minutes, he passed by an abandoned gym door left slightly ajar. Not wanting to give his position away by opening the creaky (emphasis on creaky) door, he leaned his ear against it.
It was a girl singing Crushcrushcrush, but an edited version. What's more, she was playing the guitar with it, so good and fast that not even his band's guitarists could compare. He sat and listened to the sound of her pained (Pained? Natsume frowned) voice:
I got a lot to say to you
Yeah, I got a lot to say
I noticed your eyes are always glued to me
Keeping them here
And it makes no sense at all
They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
Those little spies
They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
Those little spies
Crush
Crush
Crush
Crush, crush
Nothing compares to knowing that I am alone
Just don't want to remember that night
That never happens
I guess I'm dreaming again
I'll be more than...this
If you want to play it like a game
Well, come on, come on, let's play
Cause I'd rather waste my life pretending
Than have to forget you for one whole minute
They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
Those little spies
They taped over your mouth
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
Those little spies
Crush
Crush
Crush
Crush, crush
Nothing compares to knowing that I am alone
Just don't want remember that night
That never happens
I guess I'm dreaming again
I'll be more than this now
Rock and roll, baby
Don't you know that I'm all alone now?
I need something to sing about
Rock and roll, hey (Hey!)
Don't you know, baby, I'm all alone now?
Give me something to sing about
Rock and roll, Hey
Don't you know, baby, I'm all alone now?
Give me something to sing about
Nothing compares to knowing that I am alone
Just don't want remember that night
That never happens
I guess I'm dreaming again
I'll be more than this
Nothing compares to knowing that I am alone
Just don't want remember that night
That never happens
I guess I'm dreaming again
More than this
She stopped singing. It felt like all of her emotions were poured into that song. It was awesome. But it's not like Natsume would admit that. He pushed the door open slightly and saw who it was. Before he blacked out, the last thing he remembered was getting hit by a guitar case on his head.
Woohoo! Chapter One out! Yeah, that song fitted the moment. And haha, Natsume got caught! And you guys can probably guess who that was...
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