Krazzy Konnections

Author's Note:

This is Kanata Saionji again with another Episode of "Krazzy Konnections". I hope you enjoy this episode with all your heart's content.

Kanata's Korner results:

Answer: Giulietta Guiccardi

Congrats to Misstruthfully who got the right answer. hey you're so awesome... by far, you got the answers to all my quizzes right.

Disclaimer: Everything except the story solemnly belongs to someone else. The story is the solemn property of MK Productions.

Summary: A Band Competition brings an all-girls' band and an all-boys' band together in more than one way. The trials and tribulations that the two bands face both in the competition and in their romance form the rest of the story. An all-new-world opens up for all of them, bringing their friendship together more close.

Story…

'What?' asked Kanata dumb-struck.

'We're going, right?' asked Miyu.

'We?' asked Kanata.

'Yeah… you are asking me out, aren't you?' asked Miyu mockingly.

Kanata looked at her for a second and said, 'an hour it is…'

Episode 7

Gather at the Fantasy Park

The Tetra Date—Part I

Kanata reached the Fantasy Park within minutes since he left the Hyuga Residence. He leaned one the main walls with his eyes closed, thinking about Miyu and the way she spoke. A small smile crept into his lips but it was at once replaced by a gape for he remembered something that Natsume had told him before.

'Kanata,' called Natsume pulling Kanata from his own thoughts.

Kanata looked up at him and Natsume said, 'you want to win right?'

Kanata stared right into Natsume's eyes and said firmly, 'we will win and I won't let anyone stop it!'

Kanata felt uncomfortable at once and he stood straight, looking at nothing in particular. His auburn eyes turned a little blank; so blank that he didn't even notice a blonde who was waving her hand before Kanata. Kanata blinked his eyes twice and he was surprised to see her there, at the entrance to the Fantasy Park, on their first date, half an hour early.

'Kanata?' called Miyu, waving her right hand before his face.

'Hey,' said Kanata blankly, 'you're here early…'

'Well,' said Miyu and Kanata could've sworn that her cheeks colored up a bit, 'you see… I was… hey, wait a minute!'

'What is it?' asked Kanata smirking.

'You are earlier than I am…' said Miyu with her hands at her hips. Kanata turned a little blank and turned towards the Fantasy Park and started to walk. While taking the second step he muttered, 'I don't want to be late on my first date…'

Miyu smiled at his back and jogged to keep up going, 'I can't wait to see what the Park's like…'

Back at the Hyuga residence, Natsume finally awoke with a start. He was scratching his head and walking down the stairs and into the kitchen he went to pick up something to drink. As soon as he entered the kitchen, still in his pajamas, he mother start telling him off.

'You lazybones… what are you doing still in your pajamas?' asked his mother with her hands at her hips and a large tablespoon in her left hand.

'Whatever…' muttered Natsume as he picked up an apple from the table. He took a bite off it just to get another exclamation from his mother.

'Dirty fellow!' shouted his mother, 'you haven't even brushed your teeth yet, have you?'

Natsume scanned the kitchen and asked, 'Where's she?'

'You're changing the subject Natsume Hyuga!' exclaimed his mother threateningly.

Natsume raised an eyebrow and asked again, 'where's she?'

Mrs. Hyuga finally sighed and said, 'her team failed to show up so she's out on…'

But before she could finish the sentence, the doorbell rang and Natsume sat down on one of the chairs to his mother's total disbelief. She looked corny and said in an irritated tone, 'go get that Natsume… can't you see that I'm working?'

Natsume fumed up and started to walk slowly to get to the door. He was wondering why Kanata already left and where Miyu was gone. He took another bite off the apple and before even taking the apple out of his mouth he opened the door to a squeal, 'We made it Miyu!!'

The apple in his mouth fell down with a small thump. Facing him was a girl with long brunette hair which was tied to two pig-tails and a big cheery grin was fixed on her face while her eyes were closed. Natsume at once tried to close the door but the girl stopped him by grabbing the door.

'Hey! What are you doing?' she exclaimed.

She pulled forth the door and opened it wide enough for Natsume to notice that there were two more girls behind the "freaking out" girl. One had long black hair with warm azure eyes and a small smile and another with short brunette hair which was tied to two small pigtails and emerald green eyes. Natsume frowned and scanned his memories as to who these girls were until a voice interrupted from behind him. It was his mother. She had just taken the time to check on her son. After all, Natsume was known to be rude to even his friends.

'You're here!' said Mrs. Hyuga smiling. The girls gave her a questioning look. She pushed away Natsume and let the three girls come in.

'I'm Mrs. Hyuga,' she introduced herself.

'Mrs. Hyuga,' said the cheerful brunette and came forth and asked, 'where's Miyu? We said that we won't make it but grandpa is feeling better now, so we thought—'

'Oh no…' said Mrs. Hyuga, 'but Miyu just stepped out for the day…'

'Oh!' said the three girls in unison and the black-haired asked, 'where to, Mrs. Hyuga?'

'Well…' she started but gasped as she saw the two teenagers who presently walked towards the door. One had neat black hair and azure blue eyes which was staring at the group from behind his wire-rimmed spectacles and the other was a brunette with sleepy auburn eyes.

'Hey Natsume!' shouted the raven-haired boy, 'where's Kanata?'

'Eriol?' gasped Natsume, 'Shaoran?'

Shaoran yawned and asked, 'where's Kanata?'

'He left…' replied Natsume densely, 'back home…'

'Actually…' started Mrs. Hyuga making all the six teenagers turn to look at her.

'Yes?' asked Eriol gently.

'Kanata and Miyu are on a date…' she said smiling, 'to Fantasy Park!'

There was silence for a minute and the next second all that Mrs. Hyuga heard from all the six was, 'WHAT!!'

'Achoo!' Miyu sneezed while sitting on one of the benches in the park. She had been having a sneezing fit for nearly a few minutes that Kanata decided that she should sit down for a while. He was sitting beside her, holding a cup of hot chocolate.

'You sure you're okay?' asked Kanata, concerned.

Miyu nodded and holding a kerchief over her nose mumbled, 'someone's probably thinking about me…'

Kanata raised an eyebrow and asked, 'you believe stuff like that?'

'It's good ain't it?' asked Miyu rubbing her nose.

'It's ridiculo—Achoo!' he finished the sentence with a sneeze.

'Hey!' exclaimed Miyu, 'somebody must be thinking about you as well…'

'There aren't many people, who'll think about me, so… you're obviously wrong,' he said and stood up, throwing the cup into a dustbin.

'Hey, how about your parents?' asked Miyu pouting her lips.

'My dad is probably busy muttering something useless…' said Kanata looking at her with a small smirk.

'How about your mother?' she asked with a raised eyebrow.

The small smile that had just a few seconds ago occupied his lips disappeared at the mention of his mother. He looked away and said after a whole minute, 'she's dead'.

An almost appalling silence engulfed the two. Miyu didn't dare to speak. She felt she might just hurt him more with her insensitive words. She bit her lip on how best to apologize when he asked, 'so, maybe they must've thought about you, right?'

Miyu looked up at his sudden theory. She looked at her feet and didn't say anything for almost a whole minute. Kanata looked at her with a questioning eyebrow-raise and as soon as she noticed this, she smiled and said, 'they probably have no time to think about me'.

Kanata could swear that her emerald eyes turned a little glassy. So he decided to tackle it the best way he knew.

'Miyu,' he called and asked before getting a reply, 'do you like Japan?'

Miyu looked up at him and without a second thought her lips curled into a wide smile and she started talking, 'Like it? I love Japan! I love my school and my friends and not to mention Mr. and Mrs. Hyuga and of course Natsume even though he acts like an irksome brat… and not to mention the band and those three and Tou—'

She stopped it mid-sentence at what had almost escaped her. She turned a little red and started shaking her head. Kanata chuckled and asked, 'Tou…?'

She mumbled something that sounded oddly like 'forget it…' and Kanata just went past it with a smirk and asked, 'what would've happened if you had stayed with your parents? In America?'

Miyu's mile vanished and she turned a little pale and replied, 'I'd probably be forgotten by my parents and…'

'Hey…' he called, 'shall I say it?'

'Eh?' she muttered, question marks forming all over her head.

'I'll tell you what would've happened…' he said and taking a deep breath he started, 'you'd probably have the best closet and dresses, shoes and whatever you might just want… in short, you'll be a spoilt brat…'

Miyu pouted her lips at this point but Kanata merely gave her a small smile and continued, 'your parents would've had too much work to take you out and would feel regretful that they had to drag you into their dreams and make your life miserable and devoid of affection…'

Miyu felt moved. It was as if Kanata had known her all her life. She didn't say anything so he continued looking at her directly in the eyes, 'but now that you're here, you have a family to take care of you and a family overseas to love you and friends to cheer you on and music to make your life more beautiful'.

He stopped and looked at her questioningly and Miyu felt her temperature rise inspite of the little chilly weather. Miyu felt as if she was talking to herself and was glad to hear someone telling her the things that she was telling herself all these days. Everyday she had to assure herself that her parents do love her and they just sent her here so as to make sure that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable or ignored in the States. But almost all the time, a voice in the back just muttered, 'they hate you…. that is the reason why they left you here…'

But now, she thought, she had someone who made her feel safe.

'Earth to Miyu…' called Kanata waving his hand before her glassy eyes.

Miyu blinked and smiled widely saying, 'you think way too much…'

Kanata smirked and said, 'hey, that's what I do…'

'I'm glad that I'm in Japan…' said Miyu twirling in the spot with her arms wide. Kanata put his hands in his pockets and with a small smile said, 'So am I…'

Even thought it was barely more than a whisper, Miyu caught his last words and stopped her act at once. She looked at him as if searching for something but he turned away at once saying, 'what should we try first, the roller coaster or the haunted house…?'

Miyu winced and said chuckling, 'how about the mini train?'

Kanata looked at her disbelieving and after a few seconds started laughing his head out. Miyu joined in as well. Then, they started walking towards the mini-train talking about random stuff.

'Where could they be?' asked Eriol as soon as they entered the Fantasy Park. By "they", well, you know all the other members of the "Krazzy Musicians" and "Musical Konnections".

Shaoran yawned and said, 'why don't we just leave the two alone…?'

'No!' shouted a selected number and that included, Eriol, Natsume, Mikan and Sakura.

Tomoyo and Shaoran looked at each other and shrugged.

'Ok then, I'll just enjoy the park while you all run along after a lovely couple,' said Shaoran teasingly and turned away lazily.

'Hey, Shaoran,' called Eriol, 'wait up, man…'

'What is it?' asked Shaoran facing Eriol.

'Tell you what…' said Eriol, 'why don't we just split up?'

'For what?' asked Shaoran, 'are we in some kind of a Manga to follow about couples?'

'No…' said Eriol stuttering to find a response, 'we… well we are going to enjoy the park…'

The other three gave him disbelieving looks. But by some miracle, Shaoran bought it.

'Sure!' he exclaimed enthusiastically, 'let's go then…'

He was about to drag Eriol with him when Mikan stopped the two. She extended out her arms and blocked their way. Shaoran raised an eyebrow sleepily and Mikan started loudly, 'why don't we split up into pairs of two… a girl and a boy?'

'Why?' asked Shaoran raising both his eyebrows which were threatening to disappear behind his bushy brunette hair.

'Yeah Mikan,' asked Sakura with a weird smile, 'Why?'

'Well…' said Mikan giving Sakura an evil smile, 'well… one to call out to Miyu when they see her and one to call out to Kanata'.

'But aren't we already over the fact that we're not going to disturb them?' asked Shaoran.

'Well…' started Mikan but Eriol cut-in, 'that's a great idea Sakura'.

'I didn't give any idea,' said Sakura blankly.

'I meant Mikan…' said Eriol and added, 'Ah! This is more difficult than I thought…'

'Just call us by our first names,' said Tomoyo gently.

Eriol looked at her and said smiling, 'right, so who'll be whose partner?'

Shaoran yawned while walking along passing stall after stall without much of a target. The girl beside him, a brunette with small pigtails and emerald green eyes looked beyond anxiety. She felt so alien walking beside him. She tried to stir up conversations but all in vain. She wished that it had been someone else by her side and not this Chinese brunette who kept walking at a faster pace for a person who was almost sleep-walking.

'Um…' she tried again, 'so… Sh—I mean Li…'

'Yeah?' he muttered.

'Well… you play drums right?' she asked, thinking that music was the only common thing between them.

'Yes'—was his reply; nothing more and nothing less—so typical of Shaoran.

'Do you like music?' asked Sakura and at once regretted asking it because of the reply that she received.

'Well, duh… if I didn't like it, why would I waste my time doing it?' he asked.

Sakura sighed and muttered, 'well you don't like walking with me yet you still do it…' and wished that he didn't hear it but unfortunately, he did because he replied, 'Well… when did I ever say that I didn't like walking with you?'

Sakura stopped for a minute and shook her head as if to shake something off. Shaoran, noticing this, asked, 'what's wrong?'

'Nothing!' she exclaimed at once, 'where shall we go first?'

'Umm…' said Shaoran thoughtfully, but unable to take it Sakura exclaimed 'Let's go to the Giant Wheel!'

Shaoran suddenly stopped. Sakura not having seen that, stopped a few feet away.

'The Giant Wheel?' asked Shaoran incredulously.

'Yeah… don't you like it?' she asked and it once turned into a grin and she asked, 'you're not afraid of heights are you?'

'Of course not!' exclaimed Shaoran stiffly and started striding towards the Giant wheel. But Sakura could've sworn that his legs trembled a little and he turned a little red. She smiled inwardly and debating as to when he'd give up.

'I wonder how all the others are getting along…' thought Sakura.

'You talk way too much,' muttered a certain raven-haired teen to a pigtailed brunette.

'What did you just say?' asked the brunette threateningly.

'I said that you talk too much,' said Natsume and closed his eyes, turning away, 'Sheesh… not only do I have a loud mouthed partner, and she's deaf too…'

'How dare you say that!' exclaimed Mikan, 'Take that back, NOW!'

'I dare very much,' retorted Natsume flaring up and added, 'and I'm never going to take that back, cause its true!'

'NATSUME HYUGA!' she shouted at him making his eardrums cry in pain.

'Did you hear that?' asked Miyu to Kanata.

Kanata turned and screwed his eyebrows. They were both presently standing in the queue to the "SKY DIVE". He shook his head and said, ' I have no idea..'

'That sounded oddly like Mikan to me,' said Miyu thoughtfully.

'Isn't Mikan the one whose grandfather is taken ill?' he asked.

'Yeah… but…' she started but he looked at her and said, 'what are you worked up about? Just relax your mind for the First Round'.

He smiled and she returned it reluctantly still wondering about her friends. But unknown to both, all of their teammates were right at their side, except a few dozen feet apart.

To be continued…

End episode 7

Now it's time for

KAnaTa's KoRneR

Today's Topic:Backstreet Boys(cause i used their song and will continue to use it... so better promote it, right?)

The Backstreet Boys are a Grammy-nominated American pop group. They were the first group launched by fallen boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. They have had 13 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and have approximately sold 100 million records, the best selling boy band of all time, and World's Biggest Money Makers (Concerts and Album Sales) 1997-2005: #1 (533.1 million). Two of their albums Millennium and Backstreet Boys are listed #13 and #27 respectively, in the list of 150 Best Selling Albums.

After returning to the music scene in 2005, their sound changed dramatically, incorporating only live instruments (some of which they play themselves) and a more guitar and piano driven pop rock sound. The four-member group consists of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and A. J. McLean. Original member Kevin Richardson left the group on June 23, 2006 to begin a family, but the four-piece refused to rule out a possible return for the singer

Today's quiz:

"Surrender my heart, body and soul
How can it be youre asking me to feel the things you never show" is a line from which of BB's songs?