A/N: I just wanted to say thank you for your reviews and for continuing to read my story. Whenever I look on my status page, and I see that someone has read my story that day, I get so excited! Readers, I need your help! More news after the chapter!

P.S.- slight Epros X Linda. And I don't own Okage, or the songs used in this story.

Chapter 5

Linda

Linda was slightly upset. "My singing has gotten so much better, I don't see why I couldn't sing for everyone!" She was going through five CD's that she couldn't make her mind up about to have as her song. She thought that the CD should be close to how she was feeling, but right now, she wasn't feeling very happy. "I can't get my mind off of my Eppy! I mean, why would he say something like that?" Her thoughts kept trailing off to the somewhat hurtful comment that he had made earlier this morning…

"Please, your singing puts me in pain. Another high note and I'll go insane."

Big bull told her that Eppy didn't mean it, but she wasn't so sure. Lately, Epros had been avoiding her and her singing like the plague.

And that's saying something, since he couldn't die.

"Is my singing that bad? I would have sworn that I had gotten better!" Now she was mad. Mad at Eppy, mad at Rosalyn - mad at…at…at EVERYONE!

Well, maybe not coach. She could never get mad at coach. He was so funny, always carrying that doll with him, what did he name it again? Oh yeah, it was Ari. She couldn't be mad at him either. Or Big Bull, who was always like a brother to her, calling her little sis and all. And definitely not Kisling, who always answered her questions about anything she could think of. No question was too small, and the answer he gave her always made sense. Come to think of it, she wasn't really mad with Eppy or Rosalyn either. She liked Rosalyn, and her resolve to get everyone to act like a team again was admirable and she just loved Eppy way too much to be mad at him for long.

She was beginning to feel better and better, and soon she was in her regular happy mood again; just in time for Ari to walk though her tent door.

"Hi Linda…um, I just wanted to give this to you, It's the CD that I thought was like you, um, I didn't understand the words, they were in some other type of language that I didn't know. But… um, well I thought it sounded happy…like you always are…Um, here. Bye."

And with that, Ari left Linda in her tent, trying to figure out why Ari said 'Um' a lot.

She figured that she would ask Kisling later.

Right now, she wanted to listen to the CD that her coach's doll gave to her…what was his name again? …Ari, right. She vowed to remember this time while she put the CD in the CD player. Linda thought to herself that she should probably ask coach if her singing was still bad. Knowing him, he would probably say yes, but she knew-that was his way of saying, 'you need to practice more' She knew that without a doubt.

She pressed play.

Five minutes later…

Linda was bobbing her head to the oh-so-happy tune that was playing though her headphones. The first time she heard the song, or rather the tune, she knew that this song was meant for her. The girl singing had even sounded like her, but since she couldn't understand what she was singing, she decided to just hum the melody. That is, until she discovered that the CD had a flip side (she dropped it, and put it back in upside-down.) Lucky for her, the flip side had the same song, but in English! So now she was not only bobbing her head, but also now singing the lyrics. They were easy enough to remember…

"It's heavy, the love that I would share with you; but it dissolved like it was just a sugarcube-Now the little pain sitting in my heart has shrunk a little bit, but it really does hurt me now…"

Yep, this song definitely was for her. It covered everything that she was feeling, and wanted to say all at once. Her love for Eppy seemed a lot like what the song was saying, but the song seemed to become hopeful closer to the end:

"If we could get further away…I wonder what it would be like…I'd be so happy, inside my heart…"

Linda smiled. Everytime she thought about her and Eppy being together, her heart did get very happy. It would even do somersaults and backflips, which it was doing now…

"All the memories I have are beautiful in my mind…"

She closed her eyes. Her memories sure were beautiful…

"GET OUT OF MY TENT, YOU ABSENT-MINDED FREAK OF NATURE!"

And now, interrupted.

"DON'T YELL AT ME, YOU PORK-BRAINED TWIT OF A WOMAN! YOU AREN'T NATURAL YOURSELF, YOU KNOW!"

"YOU WERE THE ONE WHO MADE MY SHADOW PINK!"

"So?"

"AAAGGGHHHHH! GET OUT!"

Linda smiled. "Heh," she said to herself. Coach sure liked to tick off Rosalyn. Almost every chance he got, it seemed. She took out Ari's CD, and put it beside her mat. She was about to crash, when she saw the other five CD's on her mat.

"Ohmygosh! I completely forgot to pick out my CD!" She randomly picked one up, and popped it into her CD player and pressed play. She crossed her fingers. As long as it wasn't something really weird, she thought, this was going to be her song. At least the melody was very soft and gentle:

"You're all I need-you smile at me, and say-don't get me wrong I love you, but does that mean I have to walk on water…"

If Eppy asked her that, she would say no, then she would melt to the floor…

"When you walk away, you don't hear me say, please, oh baby, don't go; Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight-It's hard to let you go…"

She wished she could tell Eppy that… "Oh!" Linda hopped to her feet. "I forgot to get Eppy's CD!" She scolded herself for forgetting so many things. Maybe Kisling had some type of invention that helps with memory…or she could always use her voice recorder…Now where did she put that CD? She had found one earlier that fit Eppy just right, and she wasn't about to look for a different one…

"Found it! Yes!" She hugged the CD in pure delight. She was certain that he would love it. Or at least like it. Maybe, he would really like it, and then he would enjoy it enough to

End the chapter.

The songs are "Freckles"(from Samurai X) and "Simple and Clean"(from Kingdom Hearts.)

A/N: I have decided to try and update every Tuesday or Thursday, so if you don't see something on Tuesday, look for one before or on Thursday.

*I have decided that I AM going to start another story, just a little after spring break, but I have three on the backburner of my mind.

I need your help readers! In your review please tell me which I should do:

Okage + Kingdom Hearts (first chapter already done)

Okage + Xiolin Showdown (just a thought)

Sonic (no crossovers, and half of first chap is done)