Chapter 17: The battle of the bands, Win or Lose?
Hey guys! Guess who's still alive, but don't worry I was at least able to type out this chapter before my summer holidays has ended, so hope you enjoy~!
Speaking and thinking keys:
"Normal taking"
" Thoughts, chanting spells, and singing "
" Impure core taking "
A/N: I own Nothing of the characters of Uta no prince-sama or the songs used in the story are not mine, it belongs to the original.
Many weeks later… at Saotome academy's assembly dorm
" Alright girls. This is it! Today's the day we crush Oliva's group, once and for all! Are you ready team?" Hanazaki said as she formed a fist with her hand.
" YEAH!"
" Are you girls nervous ?" she asked in confidence.
" NO !"
" Are you ready to face our opponents head on ?"
" YES!"
" The Fans ?"
" YES!"
" Death?"
"Y- Maybe ?" They replied.
" THEN! LET'S WIN THIS !" Hanazaki shouted. While the girls just sweatdropped at their teammate's little speech.
" Fist Bump !" she said, as Sapphire and Rebecca joined in for a fist bump.
" SHOW BY ROCK !" All of them shouted as they threw their fists in the air.
" Okay, girls! Turn around one more time so I can get a better look at your outfits one last time. " Rose commanded using her serious tone.
As the girls replied a ' Yes! Madam !' before lining up in-front of her, Rose then put a hand under her chin, as she examined the girl's clothes and accessories.
First off, she takes a look at Hanazaki. She wore a black tank top, with the words ' Back off ' in bloody fonts, which was under an opened up red long-sleeved button-up shirt to act as a light jacket , she also wore a pair of plain ripped jeans that stopped at her knees, which had a little chain with a little gold skull and little red hearts, and as for her shoes, she wore a pair black & white platform sneakers, lastly she tied her hair is tied into a side ponytail with a gold metal skull hair-band.
Second, she looked at Sapphire. She wore a simple white long-sleeved shirt with a light brown denim overall shorts over it. As for her shoes, she wore a pair of white kneesocks to go with her smart black chunky lace-up heels and as for her hair it was bred into a french braid and tied with a silver metal skull hair-band, topped off with a light brown newsboy cap, with pin badges of a black cat and white paw print.
And lastly, she checked Rebecca. She wore a pink off-shoulder knit dress, with a chocolate brown melted heart in the middle, black knee tights, and wore a brown beanie with a gold skull badge pinned to the side, and wore a simple pair of light pink platform shoes.
" Good morning everyone ~! Today we present to you, a specially newly formed girl group, SHOW BY ROCK!" Ringo said and could only hear the audience cheer in half interest.
As they entered the stage, they could see waves of students. It's like a big concert! But with a two-level stage, and right at the V.I.P area, Sapphire and her team could see STARISH, QUARTET NIGHT, and Nanami. As they sat down quietly while waving their team flags, except Otoya, Syo, Natsuki and Reiji, who were shouting out their names and cheering for them as they stand from their sets. Of course, Sapphire and Hanazaki noticed and replied to them with a happy wave, while Recebcca blused before doing the same.
"Then, we have our strongly undefeated winning girl group, KISS POSSESSION!" said Ringo, and everyone, I mean, EVERYONE screamed, cheered, etc.
Olivia, Chloe and Grace came out and waved at the crowd.
" Hey, Everyone ~! Are you ready to kneel before us ?" Olivia shouted and everyone screamed.
She smirked evilly at the other group and flipped her short blonde hair.
" Alrighty then! Stand up and cheer! Be crazy, but of course professionals go first." she said and the crowd screamed, as they shifted all of their attention to where Olivia's group was.
(AN: If you want to listen to the songs played, the links are below…)
Deal with the devil
Olivia: One, two. One… Oh~!
Olivia: "atta wa yo" "motsu ne" kuzu hiitatte doujinai
kanjin na no Stop your mind futa shinaide saa
ikitsuku saki wa Heaven or Hell
kono sekai no ruuru tatta hitotsu shousha koso ga seigi
onna wa dokyou
jirasaseru no aitsu o
yareru koto nan datte yaru
atashi wa kakegurui no kuwiin
All: omitasare Pleasin' me
Gonna get down with you now!
Grace: Deal with the devil
misukashite
atashi no mono ni suru arata na tabi no ippo made zenbu
Our meal and dance, it's endless
kurueteiru yo
bouya, korosasenai wa shinai wa
Chloe: Deal with the devil
koufun tamaranai wa
suriru dare ni mo sawarasenai kono manee
Our meal and dance, it's endless
saa, Come On kakugo kimete
furuetekou Buring My Heart
Olivia: hoshigaru you ja ne umaranai Evil
dare ni mo makenai kanjisasete Honey~
The crowd screamed and cheered, while Olivia just continued to smirk.
" My~what a lovely performance, now for the opposing team!" said Ringo, as Sapphire's team got into their positions.
Dancing All Night
( Try to imagine that all the voices are female, sorry there was no other version.)
Sapphire: Got me something true now
I'm not looking anymore
The times of fakin' love are through now
Sharing real connections
What we're made for
Rebecca: Come on, let go of the remote
Don't you know
You're letting all the junk food in?
I try to stop the flow,
Double-clicking on the go,
But it's no use hey,
I'm being consumed
Hanazaki: and
I went with the flow,
double trouble on the go
posers kept posing
I'm opposing against these foes
Please know,
I'm the rose that grew out
from the concrete jungle
All: Not a day goes by without me thinking 'bout
The way the world stopped mid-motion
When you walked into my life and we connected
Like we shared the same mad potion
Couldn't help but move
The threads of fate had spun us
Into each other's lives by chance
All this energy's got us inspired now,
We couldn't stop it, just set it free, and
Dance!
This time the crowd cheered even louder than Olivia's performance.
Olivia angrily chewed on her handkerchief from her pocket as she glared at them, while Grace smiled in awe, and Chloe crossed her arms with a huff.
Ringo soon snapped out of shock and announced " Goodness! I have never seen the crowd cheer this wildly before~ Looks like with have a winner folks~! Give it up again for this year's winner! SHOW BY ROCK ~!" the crowd cheered for their victory.
" Hey, everyone! How about one more song?" Hanazaki said and the crowd cheered.
Hanazaki smiled and gave them the signal to ready themselves.
Maze Of Life
Hanazaki: Ain't it great,
How we met each other
On this wild & crazy carrousel of life
Sapphire: Ain't it cool,
How it changed the paths of
{All}: Our lives
Set us off on new adventures
All: This carrousel
Takes us round and round
This labyrinth of life
You can't tell up from down
Having so much fun
We forgot to check
Where this crossroad's taking us
But hey, here we come
This carrousel
Spins us round do much
Sometimes you don't know should
You stay on or get off
It's only just begun
Welcome to this wild
Maze of life!
Hanazaki: Ain't it fun,
How this life is giving
Us the chance to be a hero or a fiend
Sapphire: It's our choice,
So let us try to make the
{All}: Best of
Hanazaki & Sapphire: What our Fates have laid in our cribs
All: This carrousel
Spins inside our minds
This labyrinth of life
You can't tell wrong from right
Having so much fun
Didn't see the cliff
Past that hairpin bend in the road
But hey, here we go
This carrousel
Takes us higher and higher
The force of gravity's
No realer than the fire
(That's) burning in you heart
Welcome to this wild
Maze of life!
Rebecca: Thinking you got it figured
Thinking you got a grasp on how it all works now
Rebecca:(But it's)
Spinnin you round and round
{Hanazaki & Sapphire} (Can you tell up from down?)
Rebecca: Spinnin inside your mind
{Hanazaki & Sapphire} (Can you tell wrong from right?)
Rebecca: Nothin' to do but let go and enjoy the ride!
All: This carrousel
Takes us round and round
This crazy maze of life
You can't tell up from down
Having so much fun
We forgot to ask
Where this magic' staking us
But hey, here we come
This carrousel
Spins you round and out
You really don't know why
But it makes you wanna shout:
"We've only just begun -
Let's enjoy this wild
Maze of life!"
Once the contest was over, Olivia's team kept their promise and was never going to bother them again and were also stripped of their title as one of the top girl groups.
" Sapphire~ we're so proud of you!" said Natsuki as he hugged her with tears of joy, along with Otoya and Reiji.
" Thanks," Sapphire replied trying to escape her senpai's suffocating bear hug.
" Soooo….do you have any places you want to celebrate winning your first band battle? In the dorms or somewhere fancy? " Syo asked, facing the girls.
The girls took a moment to think till, Hanazaki started chanting, " Ramen, ramen, ramen….!" A few more chants later Sapphire and Rebecca joined in with drool watering down their mouth.
" Ramen! Ramen! RAMEN…!" They say as they starting the chant in unison.
"Okay, okay, we get it. We'll go out for victory ramen." sighed Syo in defeat, as he signalled Ringo to call a cab to the nearest ramen shop.
" Alright! " The girls cheered and jumped for joy, with arms around each other.
" Hey wait a minute everybody. I think the girls forgot something." He said with a sly smile.
The girls turned around giving him confused looks.
" What do you mean, Ringo-sensei?" said Hanazaki.
" I think, I do recall that bet that included a-a-a-a…." but before Rebecca could say any more, her face starts to slowly turn a very bright red.
" Bicky? Is something wrong?" said Sapphire worried.
" Y-yeah, I just remembered the winning team has to also get a k-ki...kiss from….Ren-senpai…," said Rebecca shyly.
"W-w-what ?!" Sapphire exclaimed.
" Oh...yeah….I forgot..hehehe. Alright Ren-senpai do your worst, but be quick I need me some ramen! " said Hanazaki revealing her forehead.
At first, Ren was surprised at the sudden announcement, but soon smiles and walks closer to the girls for their reward.
" Wait a minute Ren~ we should do this in order~Making this interesting, " whispered Ringo in a sing-song voice.
"I don't mind at all~" Ren replied.
" Okay, first off is Hanazaki."
Chi-chi walked up first bravely and quickly revealed her forehead. Ren just chuckled at her boldness and just gave her a peck on the forehead. Immediately she ran off to the side.
" Next Rebecca~"
But when it was Rebecca's turn. Sapphire had to push her towards him, and also denying her request to leave.
" W-w-wait I'm not m-mentally prepared for *smooch*...eh?" Before Rebecca could finish her sentence, Ren just gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead. At first, she was confused, before steam started rising from her ears, as her face turned bright red. Carefully Sapphire passed the collapsed Rebecca to Hanazaki's arms. Before she realized it was her turn.
" Question, is the kiss really necessary?" she asked hoping to stall time.
" Yep, it was part of the bet remember?" Ringo reminded playfully, as he received a small glare from the child. Before Sapphire could reply, Ren just hugged from behind and just gave her a surprise kiss on her cheek, before putting her down.
" There the bet was seattled~let's get something to eat," said Ren with a wink.
Fast forward to a little shop at the edge of the school grounds…
Once the food was served, the waitress kindly handed each one of them a pair of chopsticks, except Camus, who was given a spoon instead.
" Oi, Camus, you sure you could eat all that?" asked Ranmaru, while facing the blond beside him, with a big parfait blocking Sapphire's whole face, who was sitting opposite them.
Camus huffed at that question and respond, " Don't underestimate me peasant know your place." as his begun to eat without hesitation. Ranmaru just sighed and started eating his ramen.
" Um... Chi-chi is your ramen supposed to look so red? It's as red as your hair." stated Rebecca, as she gave Hanazaki a worried look.
Hanazaki looked up from her food. " Yeah...why? Is something wrong with it?"
" No...it's...just…, isn't it a bit too spicy for you?"
" Neh, I'm fine with spicy foods."
" Okay if you say so…" as she went back to eating.
….
" Waitress? Do you guys have forks here ?" Sapphire asked slightly embarrassed.
" I'm sorry, we don't. Oh, I have to get back to work, maybe one of your kind brothers or sisters can help you." She smiled and went off to take other people's orders.
Sapphire soon started eyeing her food with a pout.
" You seriously don't know how to use chopsticks?" asked Ranmaru with a smirk.
" I… I do...sort of...OKAY, FINE I don't," she admitted with hands in the air.
" You've been in Japan this long, and still haven't learned how to use a chop-stick?"
" Well you see, during my stay in Japan, I happen to have this special friend called Mr spoon and fork. Soooo, everytime I eat, I have them...but NOW IM STARVING !"
" Ok, I get it just calm down."
" Okay then, try to follow me. First, pick up your chop-sticks like this." Tokiya motions. Sapphire did her best and followed Tokiya's example.
" Now you close it up like this, then you pick it up," Tokiya said as he closed his chop-sticks. Sapphire tried to mimic Tokiya, by trying to pick up some noodles, but they just slip out one after the other. After five tires she gave up and started eating with her hands.
" Sapphire your hands are going to get greasy and dirty…"
" But, Tokiya I'm hungrrrrrrry and there's no other way." She complained. With a sigh, Tokiya picked up her chopsticks and grabbed the noodles carefully as he faced his mentor.
" Open your mouth." He instructed. Sapphire didn't argue and opened her mouth. He slipped the noodles into her mouth and waited for her to chew and swallow, then continued to feed her more noodles.
" Awww~ Mama Tokiya's feeding baby Sapphire, how cute, " said Otoya with a teasing smile.
" Shut up Otoya," Tokiya said, sending a soft glare towards his red-haired room-mate.
" Eh~but I'm jealous~"
" Just continue eating."
" Okay~" replied with a pout as he continued eating, but both didn't realize that Reiji and Ringo took a picture to survivor the moment.
Once very noodle was gone, Tokiya set the bowl in front of her, as she started to finish the soup. So he can finally have some peace and quiet as he eats.
" Thanks, Tokiya-senpai." Sapphire with a smile.
" Your welcome."
And that's it for this chapter ~! But if you want to listen or know the full songs, (Which I DO NOT own at all.) then they are listed below~And also don't forget to comment and review on what you think of the chapter and improvements that you think I can do. Until next time~ ( ´ ▽ ` )
(Almost forgot the bet~)
- 0404Slyblueangelwings
Songs:
Kakegurui Opening Theme Song - Deal with the devil : (But, because there wasn't a proper lyrics website...I would think that listening to the actually to the song, to help you understand. Sorry.)
watch?v=2Pbfyg09M7c
Persona 4: Dancing All Night theme song:
watch?v=KnLIwC713hU
Persona Q Maze of Life:
watch?v=_2aH4fTeAjM