More of Matt's quest to become a rockstar!
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Matt opened his eyes, the sun was shining through the blinds in his room. With some effort he rolled over to check the time, 1:34. He was waking up about when he normally did. He sat up and ran a hand through his hair. It was a bit too greasy for his liking he'd need a shower. He sat up and took stock of all the stuff cluttering the floor of his room. He rooted through some of it hoping to find some clothes. He found a pair of sweats and a wife-beater that would be sufficient for a trip to the bathroom.
Outside Tai was directing the maids the Kamiya Mansion in putting up decorations and moving various furniture.
"Party Tai?" asked Matt familiar with this fairly regular routine.
"Yeah, our midfielder Takuya Kanbara got engaged to this girl Zoe or something? Anyway were throwing them an engagement party." Tai replied.
"Oh Zoe Orimoto? Wasn't she in that group Zephyr Roses?"
"I don't really know. You'd know better than me, because you're into music."
"Hmmm maybe some big names in the music world will show up," Matt muttered to himself, "Hey Tai?"
"Yeah? What's up?" Tai asked Matt
"No wait til Sora get's here to put that stuff up." Tai said to one of the maids.
"Could we play some of my music at the party, on the off chance some producer or something comes?" Matt asked.
"Sure Matt, anything for you buddy." Tai replied giving one of his now trademarked smiles.
"Thanks!" said Matt heading for the bathroom.
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Matt was used to the parties that Tai and Sora threw as they happened so often. At first he was a little intimidated by all the famous people who would show up but soon got to enjoy mingling with them. A lot of people would give their right arm to be there. Sure some of them were jerks but a lot of them were really nice.
Who Matt really wanted to meet was a famous musician or producer to help him with his music career. This might be a good opportunity. Matt checked up on Zoe Orimoto and she had indeed been in Zephyr Roses, a female pop group. Maybe some of her friends from the music world would be there.
Matt checked himself in the mirror. He had on dark colored jeans, a black button down t-shirt untucked with the sleeves rolled up to just before the elbow, and a loose fitting blue patterned tie. His hair was flowed freely in blond and light brown strands. Matt felt his appearance was just right, clean but not too structured.
"How do I look?" he asked Sora walking out of the his room.
"Mmmm," She said nodding in approval "Nice, very Matt-ish."
"Yes!" He said pumping his fist, "Just what I was going for."
"And you're wearing the tie I made for you!" Sora commented.
"Yup! You do come up with the best designs!"
"Aww thank you."
Just then Takuya and Zoe walked in the door.
"Ah if it isn't the couple of the hour!" Sora said greeting the two of them.
"Thanks Sora, thank for letting us use your lovely house." Zoe said.
" Our pleasure." Sora replied.
"Congratulations you two!" Matt added.
"Thanks!" said Takuya "And you are?"
"Oh, I'm Matt, one of Tai and Sora's friends." Matt replied.
"Oh yeah I think Tai told me about you," Takuya said, "You're the rockstar right?"
"Well not yet," Matt admitted, "Hopefully soon though."
"What is that lovely smell?" asked Zoe sticking her nose in the air.
"That should be a gourmet lasagna." Replied Sora "We heard you love Italian food."
"I totally do!" Zoe said excitedly, "I used to live in Italy!"
Zoe and Takuya walked off with Sora to somewhere else in the Kamiya mansion. Matt was standing by the door when more of guys from Tai's team walked in. Matt chatted with them for a while about soccer and different things. He kept looking for anyone who might be related to the music scene but so far no one. He did meet someone else familiar though.
"Hey little bro!" Matt said to his younger brother T.K. "How are you?"
"Pretty good Matt!" T.K. answered.
"How'd you get in here you're a…writer." Matt asked.
"Well really it was my date who got me in here. As for the reason you don't think I'd miss a chance to come to the famed 'Kamiya Mansion' do you?" T.K. replied.
"I guess not who's your date?" Matt asked looking around.
"Here you can meet her." T.K. said, "Kari come over here."
Up walked a skinny brown haired girl with a camera around her neck.
"What is T.K.?" she asked.
"I want you to meet my brother Yamato Ishida." T.K. said.
"You can call me Matt." Said Matt.
"Hi I'm Hikari Kamiya, Tai's sister. But you can call me Kari." Said the girl, "I'm taking pictures because I'm interning at a celebrity news magazine as a photographer. Apparently I'm one of the only photographers Tai and Sora will let in their house so I was assigned her."
"Not a tabloid I hope." Matt said.
"No, not quite just celebrity news and gossip. But I don't really want to be with them for too long. I'm working on starting my own photography business." Kari said.
"Very cool." Matt said,
Suddenly something very bright and colorful caught Matt's eye. It was pink and sparkled gold as if there was some reflective metal in it. Upon closer inspection Matt figured out it was someone's hair. Pink with bold stars woven in, it had to be Mimi Tachikawa. Her hairstyle was her trademark. She had been one of the singers of Zephyr Roses. After the group broke up Mimi had begun a solo career and was perhaps now the most famous of the members of Zephyr Roses. She was nicknamed the "Princess of Pop" for her stranglehold of the top of the pop charts. It seemed everyone loved to hear her sing.
On top of that Matt had to admit she was beautiful. She had a pretty face highlighted by her big light brown eyes. Her figure was perfect and looked very nice in her pink dress.
"She's really something isn't she?" T.K. commented.
Matt realized he had been staring.
"Oh yeah…" Matt said nodding in approval, "I'm gonna go talk to her."
"Kay, good luck bro!" encouraged T.K.
Matt watched Mimi congratulate her friend Zoe then walk over to the bar. Matt took a deep breath, ran a hand through his hair and shook it out, then walked over to the empty barstool next to Mimi.
"Hey," he said, "So you're Mimi Tachikawa?"
"That's what it says on my birth certificate!" She said with enthusiasm.
"Really I thought every star change their name." Matt thought out loud.
"Yeah but my name's just so perfect!" she said "No one could come up with a better name if they tried."
"Ha alright!" Matt said, "Well I don't know about your name but you've got a killer voice! You hit notes opera singers would be jealous of. No digital enhancement right?"
"Course not! The only enhancement my voice needs is amplification!" She said, "Though my voice is pretty loud already! Watch!"
Mimi started to hold a note. It was medium volume at first but increased it increased volume till Mimi was shouting at the top of her lungs. Everyone looked over at her, but after seeing it was Mimi turned backed to whatever they were doing. They all knew Mimi was sort of wild and zany.
Matt rubbed his ears, trying to recover from the vocal blast.
"Wow!" He said, "I didn't know anyone could sing a high "E" that loud."
"Now I'm impressed you knew what note that was!" Mimi said.
"Well I've worked with music for a while."
"Do you sing?" asked Mimi.
"Yeah if you want to call it that. I know the note I need to hit but my vocal cords don't always let me. This is me right now." Matt pointed up to the speakers playing one of his songs.
"Hmm… Yeah you're a little flat,"
"I know it," admitted Matt
"But are you playing the guitar?" She asked, "That part is real good!"
"Yeah I am!" Said Matt.
"You're a pretty good guitar player, a lot better than a lot I've heard and I've heard a lot."
"Thanks I try!"
"Hey you wanna come in and record a part for one of my songs. I've been trying to have someone lay down a guitar track for me but all the good guitarists are gone or something because I have not gotten a good one yet!"
"Hey that'd be great I've worked in the studio before."
"Kay come to Sonic Revolution Studios around two'o clock or so. Her let me give you my cell number."
Mimi handed Matt a bright pink card with a number on it along with Mimi's name and "CALL ME!" at the bottom.
"Oooohhh!" Mimi exclaimed, as a slow song came on, "Dance with me!"
Before Matt could do anything Mimi grabbed him and pulled him onto a dance floor Tai and Sora had the maids set up earlier.
"I love this song!" Mimi practically shouted.
Mimi and Matt danced to the music, with Matt trying to remember steps he learned he was in high school. Mimi tipped herself over into Matt's arms. Matt caught her and looked deeply into her large eyes.
"This is kind of nice." Matt thought to himself.
The two were interrupted by a large man interrupted them. He was a few inches taller than Matt and also had long dirty blond hair. Matt recognized him from movies he had seen. He was the famous actor Shawn Summers. Matt remembered that him and Mimi were going out.
"Is this guy bothering you?" Asked Shawn in a threatening tone.
"No we're just dancing." Mimi said pulling away form Matt.
"Yeah I've heard that one before," Said Shawn incredulously "What are you looking at?"
Matt realized he'd been staring at Mimi again.
"You got a lot of nerve asking my girl to dance!" Shawn said.
"Leave him alone Shawn I asked him." Corrected Mimi.
"Why? You shouldn't be dancing with other guys!" yelled Shawn.
"I was just being friendly." Defended Mimi.
"Yeah you be friendly and next thing I hear you two'll be getting a room," Muttered Shawn, "C'mon babe let's go over here."
Shawn grabbed Mimi by the arm and took her with him.
"Two' o clock at Sonic Revolution okay?" Mimi tried to say to Matt as she was being dragged off.
"Yeah I got it!" Matt said pointing at Mimi.
With that Mimi was away from Matt. Matt stood alone on the dance floor watching her go. Sora saw him and felt bad; so she went and danced with him for a little bit. But the entire time Sora and him danced a different girl was on his mind.
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Well there it is Matt meets the Princess of Pop
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