Hey! ^^
Here's the next SC chapter. The song is called 'Read my Mind' by Sweetbox. It can be found once again on Youtube. =)
Disclaimer: I don't own the lyrics of the song.
Enjoy the chapter. ;)
Chapter 20: Singing Competition Part 3
Zelos was standing there with his mouth open and starring at the hooded person.
"Seles?" Sheena asked quietly. "Your sister?" She looked now at the singer as well who was taking off the hood.
"What a pity that it's useless to disguise myself any longer … But I've expected that you would recognize me by my voice, brother," Seles said while putting the hat on she always wore.
"Seles, what are you doing here? You should be in the abbey! You'll catch a cold out here …" Zelos remarked worriedly.
Seles jumped down from the stage angrily. By now everybody was looking at the siblings interestedly. "Now listen to me, Zelos! I've been in this damned abbey all my life! I can't stand that place any longer!" She stopped in front of her brother and then started grinning. "Apart from that … I have this now!" She took a little bottle with a colorless fluid out of her bag and held it so close in front of Zelos' face that he had to step back.
"What is that?" Zelos wanted to know.
"It's called 'Water of Live'. It can cure every illness and wound," Zelos' younger sister explained.
"Where did you get that?" Sheena asked interestedly.
Seles turned towards her and looked at her darkly. "Witch!"
"How did you call me?" Sheena asked upset. "You're the witch! You've probably brewed this mixture yourself!"
Zelos just sighed. He had already forgotten that Sheena and Seles weren't really best friends.
"The Water of Live …" Ashton murmured. "I think I've heard of it before. I thought it didn't exist anymore."
"Oh, how cute!" Seles shrieked enthusiastically before hugging Ashton.
"Help … Air …" Ashton gasped.
"Hey, let go of him, he can't breathe anymore!" Sheena exclaimed while trying to pull Seles away from her nephew.
"Don't tell me what I shall do, witch!" Seles spit at her without letting go of Ashton.
An artery popped out on Sheena's forehead. "You should pray that I don't turn you into a toad, you scarecrow!"
Seles gasped angrily. "HOW DID YOU CALL ME?"
"Scarecrow!" Sheena answered.
"Psst! Let's just pretend we don't know them!" Zelos whispered to Ashton.
"Of what use would that be? Everybody knows us here," the boy replied.
"Ah, you're right …" Zelos sighed.
Sheena and Seles were still insulting each other when they suddenly heard a laughter.
Everybody turned around to the noise. Tiga was almost lying under the table while holding his belly, guffawing. "P-Please, st-stop! I c-can't bear it a-any longer!" he said laughingly.
"What's wrong with this guy?" Seles asked. "Did he take drugs?"
"You shouldn't let him hear that; after all he belongs to the jury," Sheena said. "But what do I care? That way you can't win."
"Do you want to say that you can win?" Seles asked, snorting.
"Ok, girls, that's enough!" Orochi intervened before the two women could insult each other again. "We don't want to forget why we're here. Because of you another thirty minutes have passed unnecessarily, and it'll be dark soon!"
"I'm sorry …" both of them murmured at the same time whereupon they stared at each other angrily.
"Martel, what did I do to deserve that?" Zelos asked quietly when he suddenly realized that Lilly had disappeared again. "Oh no, not again!"
Ashton who seemed to have read his mind calmed him down immediately, and pointed at Zuzi who was taking care of the little girl.
In the meantime, Orochi had walked on stage again. "Could it please be more quiet? Thanks. After this little … unforeseen occurrence … we continue with our program. Our next candidate is Kacey Pecubir. She's singing the song ‚Read my mind'."
Yuan's assistant entered the stage and took the microphone. In the meantime, Yuan tried to make himself as small as possible. Why, he didn't know either.
Then the melody started and Kacey began to sing.
Read my mind (Sweetbox)
In your eyes you look so weary
Fighting light with dark and dreary
And even though you can't hear me
I'll still sing
You go to church and pray on Sunday
You think your sins are cleaner that way
Don't know forgiveness just begins with you
:::
Even after this few lines Yuan had the feeling that Kacey was talking to him. So it wasn't any wonder that he tried to make himself even smaller. Kuchinawa, who was standing next to him, had troubles suppressing his laughter.
:::
If you could read my mind
Just read my mind
Then you could see what's behind my eyes
If you could read my mind
Get your hands untied
Cause the battlefield is tired
:::
Of course, Yuan sometimes wished to know what happened behind her intelligent turquoise eyes, but there were also times when he was glad that he didn't know it. This was one of the moments he didn't want to know it.
:::
Get a little bit stupid sometimes
Get a little bit jealous sometimes
Sometimes I'll be unfair but that's just me
But I know that I'm not hiding
And I won't let your chains bind me
Because perfection is not the point of this
:::
What the hell was that supposed to mean? Yuan really couldn't make head or tail of it …
:::
If you could read my mind
Just read my mind
Then you could see what's behind my eyes
If you could read my mind
Get your hands untied
Cause the battlefield is tired
:::
If you could read my mind
Just read my mind
Then you could see what's behind my eyes
If you could read my mind
Get your hands untied
Cause the battlefield is tired
:::
If the love made sense
Then I think there'd be a book
To tell us who is really right and wrong
But I don't want something simple
I don't want to sing a normal song
:::
If she was talking about love all of the sudden … what was that supposed to mean? Did she actually remember last night after all, and was now getting her hopes up? But then she would've talked to him … wouldn't she?
:::
Let's just close our eyes and let it be
Cause the battlefield is tired
:::
If you could read my mind
Just read my mind
Then you could see what's behind my eyes
If you could read my mind
Get your hands untied
Cause the battlefield is tired
:::
Let's just close our eyes and let it be
Cause the battlefield is tired
:::
"Women … They're like a mystery …" Yuan murmured as the crowd was cheering on Kacey.
"But with some luck one can unravel the mystery," Kuchinawa said grinning.
"If you want to risk of being burnt, maybe. But I have no use for burns," Yuan replied.
"Sir, if you think like that you'll never find love!" Kuchinawa sighed.
"Do I have to? I can manage pretty well without it. Anyway, why are you trying to tell me something of love if you don't have a girlfriend yourself?"
"I still have to find the right one," Kuchinawa said.
"Maybe she would be the right one for you," the leader of the Renegades replied while pointing at Seles who was arguing with Sheena once again.
"That shrew? No way!" Kuchinawa exclaimed, unfortunately a little bit too loudly because Seles heard him and was in less than a second in front of him.
"What did you say?" She was standing in front of him like a raging fury.
"Shrew!" Kuchinawa repeated before sticking his tongue out at her.
Seles was literally fuming, but before she could slap him Tiga stopped next to them and said: "Well, don't argue. You should prepare for being often together in the near future." While whistling cheerily he moved on and left the two of them, who were pretty confused, behind.
Because it got steadily darker it was decided to continue the singing competition the next day.
So, Seles is cured thanks to the mysterious Water of Life ... It will be explained somewhat later how she got it. ^^
Seles and Sheena - two character who really seem to hate each other ... xD And poor Zelos is in between them. xD
Well ... Can Kacey remember the night or can't she? Another mystery ... And why is Tiga acting so strange? Who knows ...
To be continued ...