Chapter 7: The concert
Rito had just come out of the dressing room looking sad. Run had not only discovered the pregnancy of Momo, but decided that she was not going to fight for his love for any longer. The redheaded felt guilty for having caused so many different opinions, each one worse than the one before. At first he had managed to calm Lala, but this time the mission seemed impossible. Maybe, and only maybe, Momo could convince Run to forget all the differences between all the girls and be part of his harem.
Rito: Wait a minute... But what the hell am I thinking?
Rito immediately erased those thoughts from his head, and went into his position to monitor, at the left corner of the stage. Momo, the girl who had caused all that scandal, was located on the other corner.
Momo (using her walkie-talkie): This is "Tailed Princess". Is everything right, "Reddish Nippon"?
Rito (dully): Everything in order, princess.
Momo: Are you alright? You seem quite sad...
Rito (trying to hide his feelings): Huh? No, do not worry. I'm fine.
At that moment, the stage lights went out and the people started screaming with excitement. A kind of blue smoke started coming out of the corners as the sound of a heartbeat put everyone tense. That beat was intensifying, accompanied by what seemed like the sound of a violin that became increasingly loud and strident. When the violin reached its most critical point, all sounds stopped and all the stadium lights went out completely, as if there had been a blackout. Maracana was completely dark. The nearly 100,000 people who attended the concert got nervous, perhaps because it was not allegedly planned. The guards, each from their respective positions, were also in tension.
Rito: What happened? Is there a failure with the stadium lights?
Paulo (sitting next to the VIP stand): I don't know, I think this is part of the show. If there was an unintentional blackout, the emergency generator should have been activated immediately...
Right after Paulo said those words, a vertical burst of fireworks lit up the stage and the sky of the Brazilian city. The stage lights went out again, and it began to hear the noise of heels walking forward towards the microphone. The people began to scream with excitement, because they knew that the moment they had been waiting for had finally arrived. The sound of heels and stopped at that moment, a cry was heard:
Voice: My name is... BLUE... METALIA!
Indeed, the famous outfit that Run had been hiding all that time was the one from her character in the Magical Kyoko series. Then the idol struck the ground with her scepter and a burst of blue fire sprang to her side and reached the sky. Fans shouted in joy for seeing her favorite artist and Run could smile to see so many faces of happiness. At that time, blue fire became a big flare of red fire and behind her, a girl of very dark hair, dressed in a coat with red witch hat and mounted on a broom appeared. It was Kyoko Kirisaki, best known for her television role of Magical Kyoko. People exploded in happiness thanks to this unexpected but amazing surprise. Paulo also expressed his surprise after seeing Run and Kyoko together on stage.
Paulo: Are you kidding, right? Please, someone tell me this is a dream...
Momo (willing to listen to everything she could): Well, it seems to me as real as you and me…
Run (shouting into the microphone, in perfect Portuguese, while the audience responds with a standing ovation): Good night, Rio! As you can see, my opponent Kyoko has come to visit this beautiful city...
Kyoko (winning the applause from the crowd): How right you are, Blue Metalia. This is the best city in the world! And yes, it is true that we are rivals... But I think for a while tonight we can forget our differences... and give Rio a fabulous show!
Thus began the first hour of concert, where Run and Kyoko sang several songs in a duet. The public proved to be delivered to the show, singing along with the performers, even doing some choreography with their arms. With no doubt, that was a memorable concert. Rito was enjoying the performance, though with some sadness because he knew the blue haired girl's passion singing was caused by that discovery. Run was leaving everything on stage to forget the whole thing from Momo and her pregnancy, and the point that proved that was her body all sweaty, once Kyoko ended her speech.
Run (while her companion was heading the backstage area): Thank you very much for your help, Kyoko! Well ... I took an hour of concert, luckily we still have another one...
And then, Run began singing with her heart. Her voice was powerful, aggressive, more than ever before trying to take off all her pain inside. Rito saw it so clear that even commented it to Momo him, but she couldn't understand what the father of her unborn child was talking about. Run was working harder and leaving her voice in her effort to give Rio de Janeiro a memorable concert, but then a lightning struck one of the gargantuan speakers stage, giving a scare to all people, including Momo, Rito, Paulo and Yami.
Momo (scared and tense): What the hell was that?
Paulo (running towards the position of the third princess Deviluke): Nemesis and Mea may already be here.
But when he looked up to heaven, he stopped short. In that moment, a kind of stormy cloud began to descend slowly to the center of Maracana. That cloud was made of the darkest black possible, and was surrounded by lightings that were striking near the concert assistants, making them go terrified. Rito walked up the stage to protect Run, while Momo, Yami and Paulo approached to the cloud with caution. In the end, it vanished, and after the smoke appeared the evil Azenda, the subjugated Mea Kurosaki and the fearsome Master Nemesis.
Nemesis (almost surprised): Well, well, well... I see that our clue has led you to the right place.
Yami (transforming her hair into a huge knife): Shut up, Nemesis. You should not have kidnapped Mikan Yuuki...
Nemesis (snapping her fingers): Oh, come on, Golden Darkness... I did not expect to see you here. At least I have someone for you...
Then Mea Kurosaki fell to the floor of the Maracana stadium, standing face to face with her "sister". The two looked very intently, they raised the highest they could their knives made if hair, while Azenda and Nemesis approached floating toward the stage. Paulo tried to go to protect his friends, but he got paralyzed. It seemed to be a thing of Nemesis and her mental powers. Rito was nervous, as he stretched his arms to cover Run, which was pretty scared. Out of nowhere, appeared Momo with D-Dial in hand in front of her lover to protect him.
Momo (in a voice of hidden anger never before heard in her): Do not you dare! Don't force me to use my combat mode in front of all these people...
Nemesis (motioning to Azenda): Do not worry, Princess Momo. You will not have to activate your powers again...
Momo (shouting and giving a formidable jump to the same height as the two wicked): Don't even try it! There's no way I will let you freeze me again!
But Azenda had other plans. The killer from Talha galaxy took her whip and while Momo stood up at her height, gave her a terribly brutal lash in the stomach, directly attacking her fetus. Momo immediately fell to the floor, screaming and writhing on the floor in pain with wide, watery eyes. People who came to see the concert began to flee in terror, in mass. Azenda used her psychokinetic powers to make Run float, while she was moving desperately to try to save herself. Rito tried to grab her leg to keep her on land, but Azenda took care of keeping him out by giving him a lash in the head and stamping his body on one of the speakers of the stage. Yami would have tried to move, but for sure Mea would have tried to avoid it. It was virtually impossible to make the slightest gesture.
Mea (mocking Yami with a sadistic laugh): Wow, sis... I see you are in a very difficult situation… But do not worry, your life has always been like this since you came to Earth... I wish you try to save your friend just to see me rip her head off in front of your eyes and then I eliminate you... Or maybe I could kill you first in front of her... Well, I'll decide. Until then, goodbye. See you soon...
And in that moment, the three vanished after a ray of light. Paulo could move again, and the first thing he did was coming closer to Momo, who was writhing in pain. After twenty minutes, ambulances and police had already arrived at Maracana, and both Momo and Rito could be brought to the nearest hospital.
To be continued…
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