Hao had been watching us a lot lately, it was strange, he wasn't even yelling 'cat murderer' at me, Asakura Hao was a strange being, plus Yoh had been acting weird too, and I thought we were kinda sorta friends in a weird 'you're my enemy's twin brother and I don't hate you but I don't altogether like that much either because of this fact but I think you're okay' kind of way, you know?
Yeah, neither do I, hehe.
Anyway, it was the day of the dance where I would be making my debut, well, Arashi would, but Arashi was me, so it was my debut, and god was I nervous, I was going to be singing in front of loads of people, but, if I was going to be a famous musician, I had to do this, I couldn't have stage fright.
Deep breath in.
Deep breath out.
Deep breath in.
Deep breath out.
"ARASHI!!" a voice yelled.
Scream in shock.
No, wait, that's on the list of breathing exercises Pilica printed off me.
"Hurry up! Teach wants us in the hall now for a quick rehearsal!" Kye, a friend of mine from music class, shouted from the other side of my dorm door.
"Right, coming," I called back, picking up my guitar case and heading for the door with Pilica after patting Kayla on the head with a quick goodbye, "hey Kye, you know Raiden?" I sighed and they nodded quickly as we headed for the hall where the party was.
The rehearsal was….tense, Mr Teach kept snapping at us, mainly me, saying we were too slow, or too fast, or completely wrong until we all gave him a group glare that suggested he'd best shut up before we all clubbed him with all of our instruments.
"I am going to kill him," I muttered to Pilica as Mr Teach announced we could have a break, though he still looked incredibly nervous and flustered, "he is pissing me off and I'm nervous as it is, I am going to kill him."
"Oh my god!" Mr Teach cried, making us all jump, "we only have half an hour before you're all on stage! Go and get ready! Quickly!"
We all rolled our eyes but left quickly once he'd said he wanted us back within twenty minutes so we could have one last quick practice, dumb Mr Teach.
Sighing, I pulled off my baggy hoody and slipped into a black, button up shirt with a silver dragon printed on it, then I changed into a pair of black, baggy jeans with a belt holding them up, the buckle a silver dragon's head to match my shirt, I looked pretty damn hot, hehe.
"If I didn't know you were actually a girl, I'd try and date you," Pilica laughed as I exited the bathroom, tying up my black hair in its usual ponytail with my bangs falling round my face and I laughed lightly.
"Thanks, you look pretty hot yourself," I grinned, she had that sweet guy look going on, a white button up shirt and pale blue jeans with a simple black belt, "but what shoes, what about…..these black baseball boots? They always go good."
"Yeah, I'm wearing these," Pilica nodded, putting on a pair of white and blue sneakers.
Within a few minutes we were back in the hall and I was rehearsing with my class, my fingers feeling sore from playing so much, my throat beginning to feel dry, which I think Mr Teach caught onto since he told Pilica to go and get me a drink, which she did so with an amused expression.
Soon after that, people began pouring into the hall, all dressed up, Hao caught my eye though, he was talking quickly to the DJ with a smirk, handing over a disk, making my eyes narrow suspiciously as I gulped down some water with a thanks to Pilica who just shook her head, also watching Hao suspiciously before Mr Teach told us to get into positions and Pilica went back into the crowd to Lyserg.
My class and I began playing, my sore fingers moving automatically over the strings, my black bangs covering my face as I concentrated on where my fingers were going:
"Honey why are you calling me so late?
It's kinda hard to talk right now.
Honey why you're crying? Is everything okay?
I've gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud
With the lips of an angelI sang and a round of applause went up, random girls screamed my name and I rolled my green eyes as they started squealing all the guys' names too who looked rather smug.
Well, my girls in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words just makes me weak
And I
never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And, yes, I've dreamt of you too
Does he know you're talking to me?
Will it start a fight?
No I don't think she has a clue.
Well, my girls in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words just makes me weak.
And I
never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words just makes me weak.
And I
never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
And I
never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
Honey why are you calling me so late?"
But then a screen came up and Pilica and I, actually as Pilica and I, came up, in our dorm.
"Best friends and pranksters for life," Pilica was laughing as we bumped fists.
We looked at each other, eyes wide as I began talking on the screen:
"It is so annoying being Arashi, I wish I could just go back to being a girl," I was snapping, it was a different time, about two days ago when I'd been given far too much homework and everyone gasped.
"Yeah, well, just another couple weeks Ayame, then we can go home for christmas," Pilica smiled.
"Asakura," I growled as more and more evidence that Pilica and I were in fact girls was played across the screen and everyone gaped at it.
Pilica looked at me and saw I was seething with rage as everyone just stared at the screen that was showing Pilica and I laughing, Pilica and I dressed as Arashi and Raiden then changing to Ayame and Pilica.
"He's a girl!" Daiki, off pitch boy, yelled, "they both are!"
"Congratulations, you idiots have figured it out after three months," I drawled, my glare still directed on Hao who was still grinning, his dark eyes flashing.
"Bu-but how?!" Horo spluttered, looking at Pilica, obviously feeling betrayed, "why didn't you tell me Pilica?"
"Because we weren't allowed," she shrugged helplessly, "Silva, and we, would be murdered, and now we are going to be because Asakura couldn't leave well enough alone."
"And I'm going to kill him," I said darkly, moving towards him and the crowd parted like the red sea did for Moses as Hao grinned.
Though his grin quickly disappeared as I slammed a fist into his face.
"Bitch!" he shouted.
"And proud," I smirked, cracking my knuckles, "oh come on Asakura, you're not going to fight me? You didn't mind a few weeks ago."
"I didn't know you were a girl then!" he snarled, "much less Ayame!"
"What does it matter if I'm Ayame?!" I shot back, "and just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean I can't kick your ass!"
"Miss Kizike, Miss Usui, come with me please," Silva's voice cut in and we looked round before following him, me making sure to slam a foot into Hao's shin as punishment.
My fingers curled round my guitar case while my other hand dug deeply into my pocket, my green eyes focussed on the ground, my black bangs falling over my face, pure rage crashing through my veins, I was going to kill Asakura Hao.
"Miss Kizike," Silva's voice said and I looked up, my eyes widening as I saw the biggest record producer in Japan, "this is Adaire Leiko, she wants to speak with you," Silva smiled and I nodded dumbly.
"Um, hi, I'm Kizike Ayame," I said shyly as Pilica began talking rapidly to someone who I think was from Funbari's School of Design.
"Leiko," Leiko smiled, her brown eyes sparkling, "I heard you singing in there, as Arashi, but you have an amazing talent, Ayame, I have a band that needs an opening act, after that, you could become big."
"Um, wow, I'll have to talk to my dad, but I would love to," I nodded rapidly, eagerness rushing through my veins.
"Great! You'll need to record a few tracks, you have any songs laying around that I could look at?" Leiko asked and I nodded.
"Yeah, they're all in my dorm," I answered as Pilica said the same thing, we looked at each other with excited grins.
"Wow," I whispered as we led Leiko and Harou to our dorm.
"I know, I'd sent off a few samples and now I might be able to design a few outfits for the biggest clothing line in Japan," Pilica breathed in disbelief, her blue eyes sparkling with anticipation, "looks like our dreams are coming true."
"Yeah," I grinned.
Then it seemed to sink in and we squealed excitedly, hugging each other and jumping up and down despite the two very important people that were in our presence, then we remembered and hastily let each other go, clearing our throats awkwardly.
"Sorry," we muttered quickly as I opened the dorm door and Kayla looked up lazily, blinking her dark eyes before curling back into a ball to go to sleep.
An hour later I was talking to my father and Pilica was talking to her mother about the offers that had just been made, Leiko had said she really liked my songs and wanted me to record a few while Harou had said he liked Pilica's designs and wanted her to go to the studio to make them, only if we had our parents' permission.
"Daddy, please, I've just seventeen and my dreams are already coming true, I want to do this, please," I begged as he hesitated, "I've survived at a guys boarding school for three months, I can survive this, please daddy, please."
"Ayame, if it's what you truly want, then I can't stop you," he sighed and I smiled.
"Thanks daddy!" I squealed and he laughed.
"I can't make my little girl unhappy," he said and I grinned.
"You have no idea how much this means to me! This is what I've always wanted!" I said happily as Pilica began squealing excitedly.
Then someone knocked on the door.
"I'll talk to you tomorrow baby girl, I think you and Pilica need to talk," dad laughed and I smiled.
"Thanks dad," I said, opening the door and then scowling as I saw Hao, Yoh, Horo, Ren,
Lyserg (who was being held by the back of the shirt by Hao), Chocolove and Manta, "talk to you tomorrow dad, love you," I said quickly and we hung up as I rose an eyebrow questioningly at the group of boys, "release Lyserg," I ordered coldly, yanking the green eyed boy from Hao's grip.
"Horo!" Pilica grinned, hugging her brother tightly, "Cilice Harou just offered me an internship and mom and dad said that I can go!"
"Huh? Oh! That's great Pilica!" Horo grinned, hugging his sister back.
"And Ayame's just got offered a job as the opening act for Soulbob! And her dad said yes and now she's going to record some songs in a real studio!" Pilica fired off excitedly.
"Soulbob?!" Yoh cried, gripping my arms, "you're going to be Soulbob's opening act?!"
"Um, yeah," I nodded slowly, "if Leiko likes me and he does, then yeah."
"Can you get me tickets?!" Yoh demanded.
"I may consider it if you let me go," I replied as his fingers dug into my arms and I was instantly released.
"Please Arashi-Ayame-whatever, just please!" Yoh begged and I nodded slowly.
"I'll see what I can do, but I don't want to risk it," I said as Kayla scratched at my legs and I picked her up, letting her cuddle into my arms.
"Thank you!" Yoh grinned brightly, hugging me and Kayla yowled in protest at being squished so he quickly let me go, "sorry kitty," he smiled, patting her head and she huffed, curling into my arms and facing away from Yoh.
"I'm going to get changed," I sighed, placing Kayla on the bed, grabbing some girls clothes and heading into the bathroom.
A few minutes later I exited the bathroom and found all the guys crowded into my room with Pilica looking at them sternly, her arms folded over her still flat chest, her blue eyes cold, her blue hair hanging round her shoulders.
"When are you guys leaving?" Lyserg asked when he saw me.
"Oh, um, Leiko said she'd want me to record the songs as soon as possible and then I'd be leaving in about two months if Soulbob approved of them," I answered.
"And I'll be making things in Harou's studio for the next couple of months, going there on weekends, then if I pass, I'll be leaving in about six months," Pilica said, "but Ayame and I have always said I'd be her designer if she ever got famous, so if Leiko and Soulbob approve, I may be going with them, it all depends."
"But you've got the chance to design for the biggest clothing company in Japan, like hell I'm letting you throw that away, when you've finished your internship, I may consider it," I argued, then smirked, "if I haven't forgotten about the little people by then."
Pilica gasped indignantly and smacked me with a pillow, making me gasp and I shoved Hao off my pillow, hitting Pilica with it and we started a pillow fight, then Ren kind of got hit in the face and an all out pillow fight started with Pilica and I giggling as we pelted the boys with pillows.
"WHAT IS GOING ON?!" Silva's voice boomed and we all froze, Horo falling since he was only standing on one leg and we all laughed, but quickly silenced at Silva's glare, "boys! To your dorms! Girls, you'll stay here, in this academy until you leave, I've spoken to the council and they say since you've been here for the past three months, what's wrong with a few more."
"YAY!" Pilica and I cheered, leaping on the headmaster and hugging him, "we can be girls again!! Walk round with breasts! BREASTS!!"
It's funny, a load of boys ran out of their dorms as that was yelled.
Perves.
Wolf whistles followed Pilica and me as we walked to breakfast and we just rolled our eyes, having to dress in our casual clothes since we didn't have the girl version of our school uniform yet.
"Pathetic," we said in unison, going into the cafeteria and ordering two coffees and muffins.
"Morning girls," Hao said brightly as he sat opposite us.
I instantly shoved him to the ground.
"No, bad Asakura, just because our genders have been revealed, doesn't mean we're friends you little spy," I snapped, glaring at him as he glared back at me.
"That was just mean, Ayame," he scowled and I grinned.
"It's a talent," I laughed, sitting back in my seat and eating a chocolate chip from my muffin happily, "I love muffins, they taste yummy and that's my phone!" I squealed excitedly, grabbing my phone, "hello?"
"Ayame? Hey, this is Leiko, can you come to recording studio today after school? I'll send someone to pick you up," Leiko's voice said from the phone.
"Yeah! I can come to the recording studio today after school!" I nodded rapidly.
"Great, at four a car will be at the front of the school for you, see you later," Leiko replied with a giggle at my eagerness and we hung up as I stared off into space with stars in my green eyes.
Then Pilica squealed and hugged me tightly as we talked rapidly about what I should wear, excitement rushing through our systems.
"Congratulations, Ayame," a soft voice said and I turned, just to see Hao walking away, his mahogany colored, waist length hair swaying slightly with every step.
Thanks Hao, I thought with a small smile.
Please review!! Song is Lips of an Angel by Hinder!
