CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 8

Brand New Beat!

"Ichiro, do you have another song for us to carry on?"

"Sure."

"What is it?"

"It's 'Brand New Beat' by BoA."

Charlotte clasped her hands in cheer. She loved that song for sure. A quick access to his father's database later and Ichiro printed out the music notes and lyrics to Mint and the others. They were ready not too long later, and Ichiro let Mint to do the rest.

"Ready, girls?"

"Whenever you are, Mint."

Ichiro gave the announcement right before Mint started to play the tunes on the piano.

Charlotte: "Feel my brand new beat!
Nanairo no hyoujou de omoi wo egaku kara.

All: So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
Don't look back.
Baby, always look at me.

Charlotte: Doushiyou mo nai majiwaru feeling,
Risei ja tomerarenai isshun,
Kuchibiru ni saita madoromi.

Kurikaeshiteru mayoi nukete,
Akehanatsu mado no mukougawa ni,
Zutto misugoshiteta my blue bird.

"Love you"
Mada hayai,
"Sou"
Demo mou.
"Be friend"
Tte iu jiki ja nai,
Toshitara, fureaeru kyori de ai wo,
Mikiwametai.

Dare yori mo dare yori mo kagayaiteru,
Itoshisa to mukiau yo,
Eyes to eyes,
Nanairo no hyoujou de omoi wo egaku kara.

All: So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good,
Don't look back,
Baby, always look at me.

Charlotte: Hokori tamaru mitai ni gaman shitakunai shi,
Aenai wake wa, Sono mune no naka ni aru kedo.

Atarashii kuroozetto irodoru,
Red,blue,white.
Somerarenai sonzai de itai,
Hitori dake wakatte ite hoshii.

"Love me"
Namida mo ukeireru,
Happy end kara hajimaru,
Futari wo kanjiru jikan, Kasanete nurikaeteku.

Ima, taisetsu na hito ga iru,
Sore dake de migakareteku amazing,
Mabushii nanairo no ashita e to tsuredashite,
With brand new beat.

All: Because your love is so good,
I'm truly yours. I've never felt this way before.

Setsunasa ga afureru tabi,
Sotto kokoro de yorisoetara,
Nemurenai yo ga aketemo,
Nanigenai,
Yasashisa ni kizukeru you ni.

Dare yori mo dare yori mo kagayaiteru,
Itoshisa to mukiau yo,
Eyes to eyes,
Nanairo no hyoujou de omoi wo egaku kara.

Ima, taisetsu na hito ga iru,
Soredakede migakareteku amazing,
Mabushii nanairo no ashita e to tsuredashite,
With brand new beat.

All: So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
Don't look back,
Baby, always look at me.

So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good...

Charlotte: So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
Baby, always look at me."

-TRANSLATION-

Feel my brand new beat,
I'm painting my love with a rainbow of expressions.

So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
Don't look back,
Baby, always look at me.

I feel so mixed up, I can't help it,
No amount of reason can stop this moment,
The sleep that's growing on my lips.

When I escaped my constant confusion,
And opened the window, my blue bird was there outside,
He'd been watching me the whole time.

"Love you"
It's too soon,
"Really"
But,
"Be friend"
We can't do that now,
So now we're close enough to touch each other,
Let's take our love to the limit.

I'm looking at a love,
That shines brighter than anyone, anyone else's,
Eyes to eyes,
I'm painting my love with a rainbow of expressions.

So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
Don't look back,
Baby, always look at me.

I don't want to suffer so much that I become proud of it,
Though the reason we can't see each other,
Is in your heart.

My new wardrobe is coloured,
In red, blue, white.
I want be unstainable,
I just want one person to understand.

"Love me"
I'll take the tears,
Our happy ending is the beginning,
Of a time of feeling each other,
We'll make it longer, paint it in our colours.

Now I have someone who I treasure,
Just that has polished me and made me shine brighter, it's amazing,
Take me to a bright, rainbow-coloured future,
With brand new beat.

Because your love is so good,
I'm truly yours.
I've never felt this way before.

If we can quietly nestle up together in our hearts,
Whenever sadness overwhelms us,
I hope that even if morning comes,
And I haven't slept at all,
I'll be able to find this ordinary sweetness.

I'm looking at a love,
That shines brighter than anyone, anyone else's,
Eyes to eyes,
I'm painting my love with a rainbow of expressions.

Now I have someone who I treasure,
Just that has polished me and made me shine brighter, it's amazing,
Take me to a bright, rainbow-colored future,
With brand new beat.

So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
Don't look back,
Baby, always look at me.

So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good...

So cool... So bright... (I) feel so good.
Baby, always look at me."

After Charlotte finished singing, there was a slight pause amongst the crowd. Someone at the back clapped and later the wave broke out. The entire guest stood up and clapped politely, much to Charlotte's voice. The number of people who clapped their hand was much larger than Hannan's.

- (Outside the café) -

After changing her clothes from the kebaya to her jeans, white t-shirt and a pink jacket, Charlotte walked out of the café to stretch up. She was bringing along a soda can.

"That was so sweet! I wonder if I can hold more performance like that." She whispered.

Charlotte sat down on a garden bench, not too far from the café. The night was not too dark as the moon and the stars are shining up in the sky. The red-haired Briton put her hands behind her head like a pillow. As she drank down the soda, Charlotte tried to remember what did her mother said before she left for Japan.

However, her reverie was broken when she heard some rustling in the bushes. Two Chimera Animas leaped out and cornered her.

"Chimera Anima?!" Charlotte screamed as she pushed her hand into her jeans pocket for the pendant. "Uh-oh…!"

Her pendant was in her kebaya!

"This is bad!"

"Having a little trouble, little bird? You lost your pendant, Charlotte?" A voice taunted her.

"Kish!"

"Aw, how can you forget something so important?"

"Shut up, Kish! This had nothing to do with you!"

"Oh yes it will. Since you can't turn into a Mew without your pendant, it's the best time to take you away." He said. "Attack, Chimera Anima!"

"Take me away…? Whoa!"

At Kish's orders, the raven Chimera Animas started attacking her. Charlotte hastily rolled away in search of something she could use as a weapon. Her best bet is to run back to the café, but considering that there're two Animas chasing after her and the café is packed with people, Charlotte was out of plans.

"You're open."

Charlotte was later thrown into a tree by both ravens, but she regained her composure really quick.

"MEW ICHIRO METAMORPHOSIS!" Came a yell from behind the bush. "Ribbon Ichiro Morning Star!"

A loud thud could be heard and one of the ravens turned normal. The parasite then was 'eaten' by Maika.

"I should have known that it was you, Kish."

"Heh."

Mew Ichiro quickly ran over to Charlotte in order to give her the pendant, but the raven Anima came again.

"Ribbon Ichiro Morning Star!" He yelled. However, his attack missed the target. "Charlotte! Get it!"

The grey wolf Mew quickly threw Charlotte's pendant into her direction, and Charlotte quickly caught it. Clasping her hands on the pendant, the red-haired girl yelled the words calmly.

"MEW SUMOMO METAMORPHOSIS!"

With a flash of bright light, Charlotte transformed into Mew Sumomo. She quickly summoned her personalized flute to help Mew Ichiro, with the both of them oblivious to Kish's plans.

Immediately, Kish snapped his fingers from afar; opening a portal and making the bird Mew fell into the green-haired alien's trap like an ant in an ant lion's pit.

"CHARLOTTE!"

A/N: I had run out of ideas when I was trying to add more depth in this part. If I feel like it, you'll see some changes here by the next chapter. Read on and review! TQ!