Note: Chappie 2 is here! -throws confetti- I got this done a lot faster than I thought I would. Thankies for your reviews. n-n
Grrrrr, I'm so mad! The lyrics double spaced in Chappie 1! That wasn't supposed to happen and I dunno how to fix it. ;-;
Disclaimer: I don't own KH! Grrr …
Anyway … HEEEEEEEERE'S CHAPPIE 2!!
Kairi had her hand firmly gripping the door knob of the band room. She was just about to leave, but after hearing Roxas …
"Audition for our band."
She couldn't move.
"…" neither of them said anything. But that changed when Roxas added, "I think you'd make it in if you did."
"I don't want to be in your band." Kairi finally stated without hesitation.
"…" Kairi looked over her shoulder and saw Roxas looking away from her, as if disappointed. After letting out a soft sigh, Kairi opened the door and left without looking back or uttering a word.
It was seventh period, the final class of the day. Minutes lingered for what seemed like hours to Kairi, who was staring out of the window and watching the people taking gym run laps. What happened earlier kept repeating itself in her head. Roxas actually wanted her to try out for Broken Discipline! It made Kairi feel overwhelmed … but she also felt guilty. She rejected Roxas's offer.
Why do I feel so bad? I never wanted to audition in the first place! I'm not going to let one more person suddenly change my mind! After all, let's not forget who's IN the band … Kairi's perfectly shaped eyebrows narrowed as she thought about it. Sure … Roxas was in the band. But he actually turned out to be nice. The main focus was the other members … Sora, Riku, and Axel.
I'm not going to change my mind! She continued to repeat to herself in her head. Suddenly, a knock came to the class room door and all heads turned to it. The teacher paused his lesson to open the door. When he did, he found a teacher standing in the doorway with a small note raised in his hand. He exchanged the paper and then left. Once Kairi's teacher took the note he closed the door. He walked back toward his desk while reading it. With a clearing of his throat, he looked up to his class and spoke out.
"Would one of you like to volunteer to help, uh …" he looked back down at the paper before continuing, "'Broken Discipline' set up their equipment in the band room?" The room fell silent, but that soon changed when the female population of the class, Kairi and Selphie excluded, suddenly screamed in excitement. They all waved their hands high up in the air while yelling at the teacher to pick them to help out. This made the teacher flinch and step back as the uproar continued. The boy population all covered their ears to block out the screaming of the rabid teenage girls.
Kairi suddenly heard a voice flow directly into her ear from behind, "Ugh! Look at these bimbos!" Kairi blinked and looked over her shoulder to Selphie who had her arms crossed and was rolling her eyes. "It's pathetic!" Kairi turned her attention back ahead of her and mimicked Selphie's eye rolling.
"Y'got that right …"
"Ok! Settle down, everyone!!" came the teacher's poor attempt to calm the class down. Once they miraculously started to, the teacher scanned the room to see who he'd choose. All of the rabid girls were beaming at him and were on the edge of their seats as they waited. "Hmmm …" his eyes then landed on Kairi and he smiled. "Kairi! Go!"
"WHAAAAAT?!" was the loud response from all the girls in the class, including Kairi herself.
"Uh, sir, I really don—"
"Psst! Kai!" came Selphie's whisper from behind. Kairi's head snapped around toward the brunette and saw that she had a wide grin on her face. Kairi's eye then twitched at it and she regretted asking …
"What …?"
"You should totally go!" she beamed, and then muttered under her breath, "And then audition …"
"Wha--?!"
"Kairi!!" Kairi's attention instantly turned back to the teacher, startled. "The band room? Now!" Kairi groaned in annoyance as she slid down her seat. There was no getting out of it. She knew that.
"Have fuuun …" chimed Selphie in her usual sing-songy tone. With a loud huff, the redhead got out of her seat, grabbed her bag, and slowly made her way to the door. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the girls shooting her hatred and envy glares. She chose to ignore it and left the room.
As Kairi made her way to the band room, thoughts were buzzing in her head again. Great! Now I have to go and help! That means I'll be stuck in there with Roxas again! And … Sora … She gasped to herself at the thought. Roxas was one thing, but Sora was another! She knew he hated her, and by telling, she hated him too! DAMMIT ALL!! She screamed in her head as she found herself now in front of the band room again. She let out a low groan and slowly grabbed the knob as she did before. With a turn, she opened the door and stepped inside, closing it behind her.
There was silence. Kairi had her back to the room. She was too scared to turn around and look the Populars in the eye. However, it all seemed … too quiet. The redhead noted this and peered over her shoulder. The room was empty. Kairi blinked and turned fully around, looking around to see if her indigo eyes were deceiving her. They definitely weren't. Kairi was alone in the room again. The only difference from before was the fact that the Broken Discipline's instruments were now in the room.
What?! They call me down here to help and those jerks aren't even here?! She was now fuming. Her hands tightly gripped at the straps of her bag.
It then suddenly clicked in her head. Wait a minute! They're not here! That means I can set their stuff up and leave before they can even GET here! I won't have to face them at all! YES!! Her eyes were now beaming and she tilted her head upward to mouth a 'thank you' to the heavens.
Without anymore hesitation, Kairi got to work.
She unzipped the instrument cases and carefully pulled out the music makers they held. After setting them up on their stands and in their right positions, she ran into the open storage closet and came back out with a microphone in one hand, and its stand in the other. She set them up and plugged them into one of the amplifiers, along with the other electrical band instruments. As she eyed her quick work, Kairi tried to make sure she didn't forget anything. Then it hit her. She quickly made her way back to the guitar and bass's cases and searched the velvet pockets inside. Success! She found their picks! Now all she had to do was place them somewhere where Sora and Axel could see and she could go!
Her indigo orbs scanned the room. Where to put them?? It then dawned on her. She could just leave them in their cases. Kairi then smacked her forehead over her stupidity and put them back in their rightful place. But in her rushing to do so, her thumb nail accidentally flicked against the edge of one of the picks and it flew across the room and hit the mic stand. Oh, come ON!!
With an aggravated huff, she moved back to the microphone stand and looked all around the floor. She spotted the pick beside the stand and went down to pick it up. As she picked it up with absolute carefulness, she froze when she heard—
"So you changed your mind?" That voice. Roxas! Kairi let out a gasp and she instantly bolted up, hitting the top of her head on the angled mic in its stand.
"OW!!" her hand immediately flew to the top of her head and she rubbed it, wincing. She then remembered who had entered the room and snapped her head around toward Roxas. She didn't even here the door open, but there he was -- trying to fight back a snicker. He shook his head, the smirk staying planted on his face.
Great! I was so close to avoiding this! Kairi's face turned red in embarrassment. Roxas began to make his way toward her. "You ok?"
"I'm fine. I'm used to it, after all ..." She didn't look him in the eye. She only stared at the pick in her hand and held it out to Roxas. "Here." The blond took it and Kairi finally looked at him. "And no. I didn't. I got called here to set up your stuff. And now that I'm done, I can finally go." Roxas watched Kairi as she went to where she set her bag down, picked it up and headed for the door. The two didn't say anything and Kairi stared down at the floor the whole time.
She was almost home free, but then …
"Reconsider auditioning." It was back to this again. Kairi let out a sigh and turned to Roxas.
"I already told you. I don't wanna be in y—"
"I know, but at least sing in front of the others."
"Why?"
"Because I wanna prove them wrong."
Kairi blinked. That's what Selph and Namine were trying to say to her. "Why do you wanna prove them wrong?"
"Because I told them about earlier. I said your voice rocked." Kairi's eyes widened and her mouth dropped slightly. He what?! By the look on her face, Roxas knew what she was thinking, "They laughed."
Kairi's mouth shut and her expression became blank. "That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thank you." There was obvious sarcasm in her tone. She was actually surprised she was holding up a conversation with someone who wasn't her friend. She rarely spoke to anyone who wasn't in the 'trio'. She tried to leave again, but with no prevail. It was beginning to get tiresome.
"Ok, fine. You don't have to sing. But would you at least stay and help us with our equipment? You seem like you know what you're doing." Kairi blinked, not expecting that at all. She looked over her shoulder to him unimpressed. Roxas made it sound as if he didn't know how to handle his own instrument.
"You sure you're not just too lazy to take care of your stuff yourself?" Roxas was certainly taken aback by this. This girl was supposed to be 'shy'? He raised a brow and nodded his head.
"I'm sure …" he stated. Kairi now felt a little guilty. After all, he was being nice to her, and he did seem persistent since he supposedly tried to tell his friends how well she could sing ...
"… Fine …" her voice was very quiet, but it was loud enough for Roxas to hear. He smiled to her.
"Thanks, uh …" he paused for a moment as Kairi raised her eyebrow again. She knew why he was pausing.
"Kairi …"
"Huh?"
"My name is Kairi …"
"Oh! Uh, right. Thanks, Kairi." He put on a sheepish smile and blushed from embarrassment and guilt. She didn't know why, but Kairi found it … cute how he acted. She playfully rolled her eyes and set her bag down where she last had it.
Maybe it won't be so bad … To sing in front of them, I mean …
Suddenly, a voice came from behind, "Isn't this a surprise!"
Oh, no …
The redhead slowly peered over her shoulder to see Sora; the last person she wanted to see. He had his usual look of disgust on his face, "If it isn't Clumsy." Kairi then heard a snicker come from behind him and saw Riku and Axel over his shoulder. This certainly made her feel better. I take that back …
"I think you're a little early. Auditions are AFTER school. No exceptions." Riku smirked.
"I'm not here to audition." Kairi flatly stated and walked away from the three of them. Axel blinked as Riku and Sora traded sneers.
"She's here to help." Roxas pointed out as Kairi made her way to him.
"With what?!"
"The instruments."
"Like HELL she is!!" Sora snapped. Kairi and Roxas flinched, but Riku and Axel seemed to take Sora's side. Sora personally never liked people messing with his guitar. Axel and Riku knew where he was coming from though. They didn't particularly allow their instruments to be handled by someone either than themselves either; so Roxas expected this at least.
"Shut it, ok? She takes better care of your stuff than you dolts do. I'm the one who asked for someone to come down and help us out – and she came." The more Kairi listened to Roxas stand up for her, the more she started to take a liking to him.
"But-But!" Axel attempted to whine, shooting a pouting lip to Roxas, who in turn only gave him a 'don't even go there' expression.
"Oh-ho! Wait a minute!" cracked Sora, who was smirking and tilting his head downward to the floor. "You expect me to believe that SHE can, not only sing, but take care of instruments too?! Get real, Rox!"
"Sounds like something you should do instead." Roxas muttered. Sora, however, heard it.
"Um … what did you say?" he pretended to act like he wasn't angry. But the way the two brothers were glaring at each other, it was as if their eyes were yelling an entire argument to back and forth.
"Ooh! Ooh! Cat fight!" clapped Axel excitedly as he watched the two. Riku rolled his deep green eyes at his friend's remark. Kairi, however, was taking this all in. Did they really all act this way around each other?
BRRIIIINNNGGGG!!
The final bell of the day suddenly erupted through the halls, startling all the people in the room. In no time, a bunch of jumpy girls were forming what was supposed to be a line outside the band room door. Kairi's lower lip twitched as she stared at all of them as Riku sighed in annoyance. "Let hell begin …"
Five minutes to 4:30. Kairi wouldn't take her eyes off of the clock on the band room wall. Just five more minutes and all of this would be over. Although she earlier agreed with Roxas to help out, she regretted doing so. Because when all the chaos began, Sora decided to keep her with them during the auditions in case he would ever 'require anything'. She was about ready to rip her red locks out if she heard the same song play one more time. Her ears were already bleeding for the horrid auditions that passed. She could tell the band was getting tired too, and ever since Yuffie and Aerith arrived to give their 'support', they've been making the calls to do what was 'best for the band'. Which … in a way, they did. Not one of the girls were good. And thanks to Aerith and Yuffie, they were able to leave with whatever dignity they had left. Namine and Selphie even dropped by to check on Kairi, only to get shooed away by the two.
FI-NAL-LY!! Kairi screamed in her head as the clock now read 4:30. She gave a sigh of relief that this was all almost over. She watched as the last girl dragged herself out of the room, Yuffie patting her back in 'comfort' and closing the door behind her right after. Once she turned to the rest of her fellow Populars, and Kairi, her fake smile immediately washed away and turned into a look of disgust—the trademark Popular look, no doubt. "UGH!! Thank DESTINY it's OVER!!" she groaned loudly in annoyance and slumped back over to Aerith.
It was as if she took the words right out of Kairi's mouth. All she had to do was pack up and then she could leave!
"OK! That was a total bust! GREAT IDEA, guys!!" snapped Sora. Everyone fell silent. "That's the last time I ever listen to an idea that isn't my own!!" Kairi rolled her eyes in disgust after he sputtered out those words. She should've known that Sora would ever concoct the idea. He was too proud of himself to.
Roxas turned his gaze from the enraged Sora to the quiet Kairi. He gave her this look that made Kairi wish he didn't. His face had 'sing!' written all over it. Kairi quickly focused her attention on a random object in the room. Anything to keep herself from looking at Roxas and feeling guilty.
"Now what, huh?" Riku asked as he twirled one of his drumsticks in the air. Sora crossed his arms and spoke out before anyone else could.
"I stay the lead. Duh." The rest of the band traded looks as Aerith and Yuffie grinned at the idea. They didn't like the idea of a new girl coming into the group and supposedly taking the place of their precious leader. Then again, the rest of the Populars didn't either. Except for Roxas -- And he had someone in mind.
"Well, let's start packing up and get the hell outta here!"
"Don't you mean let Clumsy start packing up?" Sora answered without hesitation as he strummed his guitar with its pick. Kairi sighed.
"Her name's Kairi, asshole." This threw off Sora's concentration and he slowly creaked his head to look over his shoulder, shooting a glare at Roxas.
His eye then twitched, "Why am I not surprised you'd comment, bro?"
"Because you're too smart, bro." Obvious sarcasm. Kairi watched in silence, as did the others. To Kairi, this was getting out of hand.
She stood up, "Well, uh … I should probably get to work." There was an odd silence.
"Yeeeaaah … I'm gonna ditch." Aerith spoke out, breaking it. She held out her hand in front of her face to inspect her nails, "I have a manicure appointment and I don't wanna waste my time … here." She gave a quick glare to our favorite red-headed girl and left, dragging Yuffie with her; much to Yuffie's relief.
Kairi watched them leave and then looked to the remaining four band members. She was surprised they didn't leave as well and watched them as they talked.
"Did you get Sephiroth's essay at all??" Riku randomly asked.
"Psh, yeah right. I ditched his class today."
"Again?? Ax, you're gonna fail his class!" Roxas yelled.
"Don't worry, Roxie, it's allll taken care of …"
"Don't call me that …" Kairi blinked as she continued to watch them. They were actually acting normal for the most part.
She soon found all eyes on her and froze. "Uh …" Sora turned his gaze away from her to go back to playing a melody on his guitar, sneering. Riku went back to tapping a beat on his drums. Axel and Roxas however, still had their eyes planted on Kairi. "Is … something wrong?" she found herself asking them.
"Yeah, you didn't try out!" Axel whined while pouting.
WHAT?! Kairi's eyes widened just as a loud blast erupted from Sora's guitar. Axel's comment threw off his concentration. There was another odd silence as everyone stared at Sora's back. Suddenly, the room was filled with Sora's roaring laughter. As the rest of the group continued to stare at him, Sora turned around to them; still laughing and smirking at Axel.
"You're … you're not serious are you, Ax?!" he laughed. Kairi balled her hands into fists and held them tightly at her sides as her eyebrows narrowed down at him. "Oh, oh! Wait, I get it now! You wanted to hear her screw up, right?!"
Yeah, that's probably it … Kairi felt her temper vanishing to be replaced with sadness. Her eyes drifted away from the Populars.
"Alright, I changed my mind." Sora went on, "Go on, Kairi. Let's hear that voice of yours!" He let out a chuckle as his smirk only grew. Roxas shot him a cold glare as Riku and Axel traded expressions. Kairi was silent. She continued to look away from them all. Her eyes started to sting as she felt hot tears forming.
Stop it … Just shut up …
"We're waitiiing!" mocked Sora. Kairi tried to fight back her tears, but it wasn't working. Stop crying!! She tried not to let the others see.
"Hey … she's crying …" Riku quietly pointed out.
"Way to go, Sora!" Roxas yelled.
"Why the hell do you care?!"
A couple of tears were now making their way down Kairi's cheeks. She couldn't take it anymore. Her hand swooped down to the floor to grab her bag and she dashed out of the door, leaving the others silent.
Stupid …! That's what Kairi kept yelling in her head. You're so stupid! Why did you have to start crying?!
She watched as her running feet carried her across the concrete sidewalk of her neighborhood. Once she found herself in front of her driveway, she only ran faster to reach her sanctuary – home. The only place she ever truly felt safe. As she dashed into the house, she immediately ran up the stairs standing across of the door way.
"Kai?!" yelled a worried Namine from just the other room.
Kairi heard her, but paid no attention. She just wanted to slam her bedroom door, throw herself onto her bed and wish all of it away. Sora always made her feel crummy, but this was an all new low. She didn't know why she was crying this much and it made her feel pathetic.
Stop crying! You're better than this! You're better than THEM!! Her thoughts were finally starting to calm her down and she pulled her face out from her pillow. For the rest of the night she consumed herself in her thoughts.
Selphie fingers twirled at her locker's combination lock. Namine stood beside her, "So, yeah … that's what happened …"
"Jeez …" was all Selphie could say as she opened her locker and put her seventh period text book inside, "Thanks for telling me – Kai wasn't in the mood to talk on the phone last night."
"Yeah, I know. She stayed in her room all night; I'm glad we talked at all." Namine's back met the cold locker door behind her and she held her texts books close to her chest. "I feel so terrible. I wish I was more help to her."
"Don't be so hard on yourself, Nami," chirped Selphie as she patted the blonde's shoulder, "just being there to listen is all Kairi needs – you know that."
"Yeah, you're right."
"Hey, uh …" Selphie and Namine's heads immediately turned to where the sudden voice came from. Their eyes widened slightly as they stared at the speaker – Roxas. And the rest of the boy Populars were behind him, except for Sora. "You're Kairi's friends, right?"
"What's it to ya?" snapped Selphie with a raised brow. Roxas blinked and took a step back.
"Uh, well … could you give this to Kairi when you see her?" he held up a video tape with a folded piece of notebook paper taped to it. Namine blinked at it as Selphie snatched it from Roxas's hand.
Selphie inspected the note and pulled it off, then began to unfold it; much to Axel's displeasure, "Heyyyy—" but before he could finish protesting, Selphie shot him a glare which made him hide behind Riku. "Scary!" With a roll of her eyes, Selphie finished unfolding the paper and Namine immediately looked over her shoulder to read it as well.
"KAI!! KAIRI!!" Selphie and Namine called out as they were stampeding down the hallway toward Kairi's locker. Kairi pulled her head out of her locker to see them. Once they were finally in front of her, Selphie and Namine tried to catch their breath.
Kairi blinked in both confusion and concern. "What's wrong?!" Once she was some-what calm, Selphie shoved the video tape in Kairi's face, who flinched and almost fell back. "What's this?!" Namine looked up to her sister.
"The Populars … told us to give it to you …!" she managed to say between pants. Kairi's eyes went wide as she stared at her sister and lifelong friend, then at the tape. Namine then held up the folded piece of paper that was taped to the video, "And this too! But Roxas said you had to watch the tape first!"
"Wh-what's on it?!" Kairi was hoping this wasn't some kind of trick, but by the way Selphie and Namine were acting, it couldn't be. But still ...
"We don't know, but it must be pretty important because we read the note!" Namine blurted. Now Kairi was tempted to just read the note, but if Roxas told her to watch the tape first …
"Let's go to your place and watch it!" Selphie suggested in a rush. What the heck is all of this about?!
The three girls were all sitting in Kairi's living room in front of the TV. Selphie held up the TV's remote and pushed the play button. They waited as the screen showed nothing but static. "What the …?" Selphie quietly questioned. The screen then suddenly changed and showed the school's band room. "I repeat: What the?!"
"Hey, wait! Look!" Namine pointed to the screen. Kairi let out a loud gasp. This is …! The screen showed Kairi sitting in front of the piano and singing -- It was the footage during lunch on Tuesday! After watching the footage for a second longer, Kairi quickly turned to Namine.
"Where's that note?!" Namine paused and then dug through her pockets. She pulled out the folded paper and Kairi quickly took it and unfolded it.
Her jaw gapped after reading the single sentence : "Welcome to the band."
GAH!! My fingers hurt from typing!! Jeez that chappie was boring and extremely long —but worth it!! Yes, yes, I know a few parts in there weren't needed, but I wanted to keep 'em! Now we can go onto the fun parts!
Now comes the hard part. Deciding what to put in Chappie 3! I didn't even start on it yet! T.T Be patient please!
Aryll Higushi - -pulls Sora toward her- Hehe. xDD We can share, can't we?
Jules – Yay, I'm glad you like it!
DJ HiHi Kimiko – He will soon enough. :3
estrellaz – Ooh, so I picked a good name, ne? xDD
SimplySarah1221 – Yes, it does make sense. But, see, here's the problem: when I write in detail, I go overboard – so yeah, I'm happy with simple. xDD;;;
Kintora – Does he have a crush on her? And why is he nice to her? … Aye, I would answer those, but I won't. ;D You'll just have to wait and reeeead.
Anywho, wish me luck with Chappie 3! And thankies to all who wished for me to get well! Bai Bai!
-Nizzi