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Yay! Well done to lilnissmex3 for figuring it out! Yes, I did use two charactors from Kingdom Hearts! I'm not really good with making up names and such, so I pick names/characters from different games/anime/movies ect… see if you can guess from where! Here's a hint for the one anime you guys missed! Two teachers are in one! Enjoy!
Someone asked where Yue was staying. In one of the previous chapters I said Sakura had a huge tree house, (like an ordinary house) so let's just say he lives there.
Someone else was confused as to the school and the Academy. Okay the school is just an ordinary school with the usual school subjects. The Academy is sort of like a place they go to get specialized music lessons and such. Like after school hours and on weekends. It does accommodate some students, like Syaoran and Eriol. And Sakura's father is not the only teacher. So all the students need to go to normal school hence the high school. And since the majority, like 95 of the high school is Academy students, the Academy has some say over the school. Imagine 95 of a school withdrawing? There would hardly anyone left and the school would go bankrupt.
Disclaimer: I don't own card captor sakura or any of the songs, manuscripts or music mentioned unless stated otherwise. I also don't own any of the characters unless stated it is an original character(s). I don't own any of the names used from other anime/games/mangas/books ect… I'm not making any money off this story.
Music: Just for you: written by Sabriel J, L1nx and Ryc0v.
Last time:
"No one can know Tomoyo and I are going to start performing again. Especially father. We are going in without any coaches or teachers. We have to win the zonal competitions in two weeks. So when Sora gets here, I need you to load this stuff in the car without anyone knowing. Please?" Sakura looked at them intently, if they didn't agree all the planning would have been for nothing.
Riku looked at her and nodded, "But on one condition." Sakura looked at him expectantly. He broke into a smirk, "I want to hear this band of yours perform. It's been awhile since I've heard or seen you play anything!" Sakura let out a laugh and nodded, smiling.
"Do you even need to ask?" answered Miaka, "Of course I'm on your side. I also miss your playing."
Just then the intercom rang, "Miss Sakura, Miss Tomoyo is coming up to your room." Sakura turned to the two but Miaka placed a hand on her arm. "We'll take care of everything. Be ready for the two of you to leave on 5 minutes."
And all Sakura could say to them was, "Thank you."
Amber met EmeraldChapter 9Sakura turned as the door opened. Tomoyo stepped inside and greeted Miaka and Riku. Sakura smiled at her friend and asked, "You got everything?"
Tomoyo nodded and asked," Is this your stuff?" nodding to the equipment that Miaka and Riku were carrying out the room.
Sakura nodded. She sighed and sat down on her bed. The day's events were catching up on her. Tomoyo sat next to her and asked, "You okay?"
Sakura groaned and threw an arm over her face. "Yes," she said in a muffled voice, "I'm just exhausted and now we have practice." The she bolted right up; startling Tomoyo.
"Tomoyo, we are meeting Eriol at eight tonight. And we need those disguises we used to wear. Li has probably told Eriol what we look like, based on what he remembers. We need to go shopping after practice."
Tomoyo looked thoughtful and nodded, "Where are we meeting him? Did you send Yue as a angelic messenger?"
Sakura nodded, "Tonight at eight in the cherry blossom orchid." She turned her face away from her friend, chewing her bottom lip.
"Hey," said Tomoyo softly, "relax. Everything will be fine, you know?"
Sakura gave her a weak smile, and shook her head. "I'm worried Tomoyo. There are at least a dozen things that could go wrong. And what if… what if he can't bring Kero back? I don't think I… what if I build me hopes up only to get it torn down again?"
Tomoyo merely hugged her. Pulling away, "We can't live without hope. Otherwise we would have given up along time ago."
Sakura nodded and smiled slightly. " It's been almost ten minutes. Come on Tomoyo, we need to leave now or we are going to be late."
And they walked out the room, out the mansion. Sora and Riku were waiting by the car. They were talking but stopped when they saw the two girls.
"It's no fair!," Sora told Tomoyo, "I should have negotiated like Riku! I also want to see the band!" he pouted which made the girls and Riku burst out laughing.
"Sure Sora," Sakura told him before answering Tomoyo's questioning gaze, "I'll explain later. She turned to Riku who was smirking, "My cover is the movies at Austin's house if anyone asks, okay? Please tell Miaka as well," she told him.
Riku nodded and answered, "Sure, no problem."
Sakura and Tomoyo entered the car and Sora drove them to Austin's house. On the way Sakura explained Miaka's and Riku's 'conditions' and Tomoyo laughed.
The car stopped at the house and the two girls saw the garage open with everyone else setting up equipment.
"Hey!" called out Tomoyo, catching their attention, "Can we please get some help here? We brought some equipment and stuff."
Sakura and Tomoyo grabbed some of the stuff and carried to the garage, the guys and Sora also carried stuff and the car was empty. Nodding thanks to the guys, Sora turned to Tomoyo and said, "Call me when you're done, okay?"
Tomoyo nodded and asked, "But we need to go to the mall before we go to Sakura's place. I'm staying there tonight."
Sora nodded and waved as he left. Turning to the gang, they smiled and said their hellos.
"Okay," said Sakura, getting everyone's attention, "We need to get organized first. Hope, you said you would be willing to do PA and PR stuff. Could you keep record of stuff?"
Hope nodded and scrambled to pull out a notepad out of her bag. Everyone was sitting on the floor and watching Sakura.
"Awesome, "Sakura said, "We have a name. We all agreed on 'Victory to Chaos' right?" seeing the nods, she continued. "Sassuke is drummer and Miko is bass guitarist. Tomoyo is lead singer, with Miko and I as back up. I had this idea. One of us could both play acoustic and the other electric. Therefore some songs, I could play the keyboard or violin; depending on what music we play. What do you guys think?"
She looked around the room nervously. Misako nodded and spoke out first, "It's a good idea. It would give you a variety of sounds. Which brings me to my question. What type of genre are you going for? What kind of clothes do you want?"
Sakura looked at the two guys who would be playing with them in the band. Miko looked at the other members and said, "Well, I think we should be variety. Like we could do rock but also soft rock and punk rock and such. "
Sassuke nodded, "Yeah, a rock look is cool but our music can be so much more."
Tomoyo looked at Misako, "I like the idea of rocker punk clothes but they can't be over the top. Make it subtle and sexy," she said, throwing a wink at her. Misako laughed and nodded.
"We'll do the equipment, sound and lighting," said Austin, gesturing between himself and Riley. Riley nodded and added, "I got this really cool software on my laptop that can help the sound and the lighting design."
"Okay, we've sorted out the admin stuff," said Hope, looking up from her notepad, "I'll keep in touch with Miss Revant if you want?" Sakura and Tomoyo nodded. "On to the big stuff. What are you going to play? You have to perform 5 songs, of which three need to be original. And then, Sakura has entered the piano and violin division. You need to perform 4 pieces; one original in each. Tomoyo has entered the voice division. You have to sing 5 songs, one of original work."
Tomoyo nodded and asked, "Any ideas for what cover songs we can sing?"
"Something that means something to us," said Miko and Sakura nodded in agreement.
"What about 'In the End' by Linkin Park? I think it's rather appropriate," Sassuke put forward.
"We could pull it off, " Sakura said, looking at Tomoyo who also nodded, "There's no intense screaming."
"Riley," Hope asked, "Could you get the music off the web?" He nodded before getting up to get his laptop. "But we need three original songs."
Everyone turned to Sakura who sighed. She stood up and went to a backpack that she brought. Digging inside, she pulled out a file. She grabbed her guitar and went back to her seat.
"I thought about this. I have a few songs we could sing. And since we are a rock band, I have one in mind that we could learn now." She said, flipping open her file and paging through it. "It's called Just for you. It's a soft rock and about liking someone but not saying anything. I've only got the guitar music script here, so we'll have to work out the bass and drums."
Everyone nodded and looked at her expectantly. Sakura pulled out guitar and strummed. The melody was melancholic and slow. She played and then began singing softly.
I remember that time long ago
We were together just you and I
We were talking. Just casual like
I thought you were so beautiful but
I was just too scared to say it
And so that wonderful moment flew by
The beat picked up and her voice grew louder.
So many chances I've missed
My thoughts for you clouded in mist
Going into the chorus, the melody changed to a catchy, upbeat feel with a dash of rock influence.
Like the stars in the sky
When night becomes morn
Day in, day out I wait
Waiting for a moment
Waiting for a chance
But every time it's lost
And every night I'm crushed
Sakura stopped and looked them, "What do you think?" she asked.
Tomoyo merely smirked at their faces; their jaws opened staring at her like she was a mutant alien.
"Damn! I knew you were a brilliant musician but I never knew you composed. You really are the next Mozart," said Sassuke in awe; the others nodding in agreement.
Sakura laughed, and answered, "I wrote the lyrics and had the basic melody but it was Tomoyo that helped me refine it."
"Helped you, Saks," Tomoyo threw back, "Sweety, that song is all you!" Sakura shook her head and groaned when she saw her friends staring at her.
"Okay, moving on. I guess you like it," at this there was furious nods, shouts of 'hell yeah' and scoffs of 'well duh!', "So do you want to the rest?" she asked.
Tomoyo leveled her with a stared and Sakura blushed, "Right, stupid question." She began playing again, picking up from after the chorus. The melody still retained it's beat from the chorus and carried the words well.
I wish I could tell you
I wish that you knew
About all the things
I just did for you
I wish I could tell you
I wish that you knew
Of how you make me feelWhen I'm talking to you
The melody turned harsh at this point, as if venting frustrations. Sakura's fingers danced across the strings in a complicated rift.
How do I tell you, Are there even words
You just so brilliant like an angel from god
And I'm just a human that thinks you rock!
The music calmed down a little to what is was before, but still enrancing.
Like Water through my fingers
You slip right by
Falling away in front of my eyes
As I stand there helpless
No words can be found
Sakura half whispered the last line again.
No words can be found
And the music faded out almost as gently as it began. Silence reigned over the group and Sakura shifted uncomfortable under their stares. She hated this. She never got used to the attention of it.
"We are so playing that song," came Miko's voice, breaking the silence.
"So what are we waiting for?" asked Sassuke jumping to his feet, "let's go!" he walked to he drums and picked up his drumsticks.
Tomoyo nodded and turned to Sakura, "Have you memorized the music?"
"Yeah, go ahead and take the sheets. You work with Austin and I'll work with Sassuke." Tomoyo gave her a pointed look at this and Sakura rolled her eyes. "I don't mean it like that!" she hissed and Tomoyo gave her a look that said 'yeah right, what do you take me for?'
"I'm going to go and sketch some ideas I have. I'll run them pass you before practice is over," said Misako.
"I'll help Misako," said Hope, "We also need to think of an emblem."
Austin and Riley were already helping Miko set up his equipment and the mikes and stuff. And so practice began.
Surprisingly, it ran rather smoothly. By six, they had music for all the instruments and had written it down on paper. Misako and Hope said they would show the designs next time they practiced. The equipment was packed up and stored in a spare room in Austin's house.
"Guys," Sakura said at the end of band practice, "It's Tuesday today, lets meet on Saturday, okay?" Everyone agreed that they should meet at ten on Saturday and would practice the whole day till four. "Miko, Tomoyo and Sassuke, we need to be able to actually rehearse on Saturday. Learn both Just for you and In the End. We can choose the next song we are going to play then. If the designs can be ready then, it would be awesome and," she said turning to Riley, "you said you could show us some of the lighting ideas, it would rock. We did well today!"
Tomoyo called Sora and while they waited, they chatted with their friends. Everyone was pretty excited about how good the band was going to be.
When Sora came, the two girls rushed off. They had lees than two hours to get ready. They rushed to the mall and told Sora he should wait for them. First they went to get the coloured contacts and then the wigs.
Tomoyo then dragged Sakura into a clothing store and loaded her arms with clothes and pointed at the dressing rooms. Half an hour later they left the shop; arms carrying more than one bag of clothes. Tomoyo called Sora and told him to meet them by the car; they quickly stopped and picked up masks in a Halloween/Party store.
They reached Sakura's mansion a little after seven and they rushed to Sakura's room. Locking the door, they rushed to get ready. They got ready and ate a snack, telling Miaka they would eat dinner much later. At seven-thirty, Sakura used the Teleport Card to take them to the cherry blossom orchid.
Sakura set up barriers and protections incase something went wrong.
"Mistress," came a voice from behinds her, "I have given him the message and he will come."
"Thank you Yue," she replied and gave him a smile.
Sensing the tension is Sakura; Tomoyo asked Yue, "What do you think? Do I still have the magic touch? Can you recognize us dressed like this?"
Yue laughed and shook his head; "I didn't recognize you when I saw you. The only reason I know it's you is because I felt you magic," he replied causing Sakura to chuckle. "Which reminds me. Sakura, you should release your aura, so he can sense you, its almost time."
About eight o'clock, Sakura did just that. She then created some garden chairs using the Create Card, which created a rose for her before disappearing, and waited.
And I'll end it there for now. I am sorry that I haven't been updating but I am in my last year of high school and life has been hectic. I really didn't realize how long I took between posts until a reviewer mentioned it. So again, sorry and I will try to do better!
What did you think? Review! And if anyone thinks Victory to Chaos should play a particular song, I'm open to suggestions!
SJ
