The New Light Music Club!
An Anime Band K-ON Fanfiction.
Chapter 4: Monday Class & Monday Date.
Kotonoha stretched her arms upward as she yawned at her wall. She moved her feet off of her bed, and began to walk towards her bathroom. She washes her face and brushes her teeth. After she washed her face and brushed her teeth, she put on her school uniform and headed outside. "Summer really flies, doesn't it?" she thought aloud. Kotonoha sees Yuno walk up to her. Yuno ran up to her side.
"Ohayo, Kotonoha."
"Ohayo Yuno."
"Sucks going back to school, eh?"
"No, I like school." Kotonoha smiled. "Shall we walk together to school then?" Kotonoha asked.
"I thought we were already," Yuno said as she put her arm around her classmate. The two club members walk to school together and soon met up with Shion and Rena. After almost half an hour, the two finally reached their destination where Shion and Rena were waiting by the school.
"See you two finally made it," Shion said proudly. "We were getting worried."
"Gomen ne," Kotonoha sheepishly stated. "I overslept a little."
"That's okay. Now let's get this school day over with." Shion said. The school day ended quite quickly. The girls were in the clubroom, drinking tea and eating some cupcakes Ayano brought over.
"Ok Girls. It's time you practice. Got a big day this Friday." Ayano stated.
"Why?" Rena asked, biting into a cupcake. "What's this Friday?"
Ayano sighed as she rolled her eyes. "You four will be playing two songs for the freshmen class." There was a knock on the door. "Yes? Come in." The door opened to reveal Sekai.
"Hello Sekai!" Rena chirped.
"Hi girls. I came here to watch you play." Sekai said with a smile.
"Would you want some tea first?" Shion asked the brunette.
"No, thanks, I'm good." She responded.
"Okay then. You girls ready to practice?" Ayano asked her club members.
"I've been ready!" Rena smiled. After they finished their tea, Yandere stood up next to their instruments.
"Ready girls?" Kotonoha asked.
With a nod, Rena beat the drumsticks together. "One, two, three, four!" The girls played 'Love Can't Wait'. Sekai seemed like a frozen statue as the music played. The only movement was the twitching of her left eye, which went unnoticed by Yandere. Soon, Shion entered her guitar solo. Not even the brilliant solo seemed to faze the brunette as she blankly watched with a painted and fake smile. Kotonoha entered the final verse and the band finishes the song.
"How was it Sekai?" Kotonoha asked her.
Sekai clapped. It was as if she were programmed to go through the necessary steps when someone performs for you.
"You girls were great."
"Thank you Sekai!" Rena smiled.
Ayano stared at Sekai, sensing her lack of emotion. "Saoinji-san, are you feeling all right?"
Sekai turned to Ayano, still wearing the glassy, robotic smile. "Yes, Aishi, I'm fine. Why?"
"You seem...tense." Ayano answered.
"What're you talking about, Ayano?" Rena turned her head. "She looks just fine to me."
"Nevermind...I'm sure it was nothing." Sekai stood up, bowing slightly.
"You were very good, Kotonoha," she said as she turned to leave.
"Thank you Sekai." Kotonoha smiled at her. Once she left, it was as if her presence lingered behind.
"What now Yan-chan?" Rena asked the club president.
"You girls keep practicing, I'm going to go have a word with Saonji-san." Ayano replied.
Rena scratched her head and asked, "Why?"
"That's none of your business," Ayano stated as she excited the room. She found Sekai walking down the stairs. "Saonji-san," she called.
The younger girl stopped, and slowly turned to face the raven, still wearing the programmed smile. "Yes?"
Ayano looked at Sekai dead in the eyes. "Is there something you want to tell me?"
"I do have something to tell you." Ayano raised an eyebrow.
"I really did enjoy Kotonoha's singing. She sings like an angel." Sekai winked at Ayano.
Ayano frowned. "Other than that."
"What do you mean Ayano?"
"I know the sense of fake emotion. It's something I have to force myself to emit everyday. What's bothering you?"
"Nothing is bothering me Ayano."
Ayano backed her against the wall, Sekai still having the robotic expression. "I'm not an idiot. What's wrong?"
"I told you, nothing is wrong with me Ayano."
Ayano lowered her hands. "I must applaud you, Saonji-san." An emotionless voice played from her lips. "Aside from Taro-Senpai, you're the only one to make me feel an actual emotion." She stared Sekai dead in the eye. "Annoyance."
"Annoyance?" Sekai raised an eyebrow.
"Your constant denial, your refusal to admit you feel no emotions. I now know how annoying it must be for my father."
"Well this was a good time talking to you." Sekai smiled and was about to walk away from Ayano-when she grabbed her by the wrist.
"Do not make me show any more emotion." While the two were still talking, Yandere finished practicing and took a break by drinking more tea and finishing the cupcakes.
"You did a good job with the tea and cupcakes today, Shion," Kotonoha happily said as she bit into one of the pastries.
"She sure did! It's so yummy!" Rena licked her lips clean.
"Girls, stop it." The greenette waved her left hand as she rubbed the back of her head. Ayano entered inside the club room as she took a heavy sigh.
"Yan-chan? You okay?" Rena asked. "Would you like a cupcake?"
"No thanks." Ayano said bluntly as she took a seat at the table.
"What did you talk about with Sekai?" Kotonoha asked club president.
Ayano sat down, crossing her legs and arms. "It's none of your business."
"Aw!" Rena whined.
"I'm sorry, I know Sekai can be a bit annoying sometimes," Kotonoha apologized as she bowed her head.
Ayano rolled her eyes. "She's such a pain in the ass." Yuno seemed petrified midway through Ayano's sentence. Flashes of a dark room played before her eyes, as a numbness coursed through her veins.
"Do you feel it?" a voice asked. "Do you feel pain?" Yuno then screamed in pain.
"Yuno-" Kotonoha took a step back as the pinkette fell next to her feet.
"Yuno-chan!" Rena cried.
When Yuno opened her eyes, she found herself in the nursery. "Where am I?" She asked herself and sat up.
"Are you all right?" a nurse asked. "You've been asleep for half an hour."
"My head hurts a little."
"It's a good thing your friends got you here when they did." Said the nurse.
"I guess so." Yuno said and laid back down. What was that, though, she thought. "Can I go now?" Yuno asked the nurse.
"Yes, you may."
"Thank you, miss," the teenager said as she stood up.
As she walked down the hall, she found the rest of Yandere waiting worriedly in the hallway. "Yuno-chan!" Rena cried as she tightly hugged her.
Ayano walked up to Yuno and asked, "How are you feeling?"
"I-I think I'm okay."
"Do you remember anything before you blacked out?" Shion asked.
"I think I-" Yuno paused. "-had a dream."
"A dream about Yuuki?" Kotonoha asked.
"Hmm? Yuuki? I wish. I-" She put her hand to her forehead. "-I heard a voice. And I felt pain."
"Whose voice was it?" Ayano asked.
"I'm not sure."
"Do you want to go home Yuno? We can tell you might not want to practice." Kotonoha suggested.
"It's almost time for us to go home, anyway," Ayano stated as she walked away. "Get a good night's rest, Gasai."
"I almost forgot. Makoto and I are suppose to eat together tonight." Kotonoha remembered.
"Okay, we'll see you later, Kotonoha," Shion answered as she walked out with Yuno.
At around 5:30, Kotonoha found Makoto standing in front of a restaurant, looking around nervously.
"Hi, Itou-kun!" she called, earning a flustered look. "I didn't keep you waiting, did I?"
"You didn't." The couple entered the restaurant, and took a seat at a two chair table. "Do you know what you're getting, Itou-kun?"
A robotic stare was gazing at them from behind the glass.
"Not at all. I think I'll get a burger."
"Okay, I guess I'll get a burger, too, then."
The door opened, as footsteps came in closer to them. Makoto looked up from his menu to see Sekai.
"Hi, Sekai!" he called. "Nice seeing you here."
"Hello, you two."
There was an unnatural sense in Sekai's voice, as if she were on a stage performing her lines.
"Are you eating here too?" Kotonoha asked her.
Sekai pulled up a chair and sat at their table. "Sure, I might as well."
"Itou-kun and I are getting burgers. What do you think you want?"
"I'll get a burger as well."
A waitress walked up to the table.
"Hello, I'm Mamushi, I'll be your waitress this evening. Can I get you anything to drink?"
"I think we're ready to order," Makoto said.
"Okay, what will you be having this evening?"
"Burgers for all around." The lad handed her the two menus.
"I'd like cheese on mine."
"All right, your food will be right out." Once the waitress left the table, Kotonoha turned to Sekai.
"How are you doing, Saonji-san?"
The forcefulness in Sekai's tone seemed to dim. "I'm just fine. How about you two?"
"We're doing very well." Makoto smiled at Kotonoha.
Sekai unoticingly lost her smile. "That's great."
"Sekai I wanted to apologize for what happened. I didn't mean to make you cry." Said Makoto.
"Hmm?" Kotonoha perked her head up. "What happened?"
"Uh, you don't need to know-"
"It's fine," Sekai said. Any fake emotion she was emitting had ceased. "Let's just enjoy ourselves tonight."
Kotonoha quickly tried to change the subject. "So, Itou-kun, how's summer school coming along?"
"I finished most of it, thanks to Sekai." Makoto said.
"Really? Thanks for helping him, Saonji-san." Sekai stared at the table in silence. "Saonji-san?"
"Yes?" Sekai looked up.
"Are you feeling all right?"
"What are you talking about?" She didn't seem aware she wasn't smiling. "I'm just fine."
"Are you sure?" Makoto asked.
"Don't worry about me guys." Said Sekai. The door opened. Jojiro entered the building, earning Sekai's attention.
"Excuse me, I have to go," she said quickly as she stood up and left.
"Wai- Sekai?"
"What about your dinner?" Kotonoha asked her.
"You can have it." She was already out the door.
Jojiro left after Sekai. "Wait a second," Makoto pondered. "That guy delivered a pizza to my house."
"What guy Itou-kun?"
Makoto pointed to the door. "The guy who just went after Sekai."
After a moment of silence, Kotonoha stood up. "Maybe I should go make sure they're okay. Save my food for me, okay?"
"Okay." Makoto nodded. Kotonoha made her way outside to see the two talking.
"Hello, Jojiro-san," Sekai said to the stranger. "It's nice seeing you again."
"It's nice to see you too Sekai-san." Jojiro said to her.
Kotonoha hid from behind a trash can. "Who is this guy?" She thought aloud.
"What are you doing here?" Sekai asked Jojiro.
"I'm sorry Sekai-san. I just wanted to make sure if you're ok."
"I don't think I'll ever be 'okay' after yesterday."
"What happened yesterday? Please tell me, I can help."
She glared at him. "I hate you. Leave me alone."
"Do you not remember talk we had yesterday?" Jojiro asked, as he pushed his glasses up.
Sekai was quiet for a moment. "I remember."
"Good girl." Jojiro smiled.
Sekai scoffed. "Leave me alone." Jojiro kept his cool. He chuckled.
"Makoto will never be with you...unless you get rid of Kotonoha. She's the one who took him away from you. Together, we can change that. Or maybe we could go with Bacchus's idea." Jojiro smirked.
Sekai turned to him. "Meet me at my place. We'll discuss our actions there." Kotonoha's eyes widen in shock. Too many questions were flooding her mind.
In a panic, she ran back to the restaurant.
"Kotonoha. Your food is getting cold." Makoto said to her.
"Itou-kun!" Kotonoha nearly fell over the table. "It's Sekai!"
"What about her?"
She was yelling. "I think she's plotting to kill me!" Kotonoha yelled.
"Eh!?" All the people in the restaurant looked at the scene. Makoto took her by the hand. "Let's step outside." Once they stepped outside, Makoto held both of her shoulders and stared her in the eye. "What did she say?"
"She-she said...that she was planning on killing me...and they mentioned this Bacchus."
"Who is Bacchus?"
"I don't know."
Makoto looked down, then took her by the hand. "Come on, let's go find Sekai."
"She should be at her house." Kotonoha told Makoto.
After a few minutes, the couple reached the Saionji residence. "Should we enter?"
"I-"
"It's nice seeing you here, Jojiro-kun," Sekai said from behind a slightly open window.
Kotonoha and Makoto ducked underneath.
"Right. Your home is lovely Sekai-chan."
"What did you need to talk to me about? Is it about yesterday?" Sekai asked.
"Yes. The second option. Eliminate Makoto Itou. Leave Kotonoha to suffer in her own tears. Would that be better than killing her and letting Makoto live?"
"I'd never do that to Makoto."
"So you agree with killing Kotonoha? Of course we need her and the others for Bacchus's plan."
Sekai sat down, her hand against her forehead. "This can wait, can it?"
"I know," Jojiro said as he sat next to her. "Bacchus doesn't want us to rush things." He held her hand, and they made eye contact. "But, you have to know you can't avoid it."
"What happens after all this is finished?" Sekai looked away blushing slightly.
"Then you can finally have Makoto. He'll never know."
"Thank you Jojiro-kun." Sekai said with a slight blush.
Kotonoha's eyes were wide. "What do we do, Itou-kun?"
"Should we tell the others? Would they believe us?"
Kotonoha quickly stood and began to flee. "We have to call the police." Makoto ran after her.