Author's Note: Again, sorry for the VERY long wait! I struggled a lot of writing this chapter since Midterms just finished and trying to find a good ending point for the chapter. This chapter is also past my normal amount of text by 2,000 words, thus another reason to my slow update on this. My promise to be bi-weekly will most likely be broken a lot but I will try, but the updates shouldn't exceed past 4 weeks since the previous update. Anyway, thank for all the positive feedback on the last chapter and the continuous support on the story! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
I do not own Kuroko no Basket.
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Chapter 33: Sing
"Oniisan!" The sound shout from behind the group of three teenage boys and one girl caused them to see exactly where it came from as Takao paled from the sudden attack from Miyamoto who rushed from behind him and wrapped her arms around him. She had a large smile plastered on her face and her features flushed, as if she had ran right over to him once he was in her line of vision.
"You don't need to do that every time you see me, Sakura." He commented as she pulled away from him, now pouting at her comment while waving at Emi and the two boys.
"You're such a party pooper, Kazu-chan." She said and then gave him a small innocent smile, "Do you have the stuff I requested for?"
He nodded at this before holding out a bag for her and she pulled it from him, pressing it against her chest.
"Ah, I can't wait!" She squealed and Emi blinked at this before Miyamoto grabbed Emi's hand, "Will you be cheering for me, beautiful?"
"Eh, um," Emi said with confusion before giving her a tiny smile, "Sure. I'll cheer for you, Miyamoto-san."
"Ah, I have a beautiful girl cheering for me! I'll be sure to do great!" Miyamoto cheered and continued to jump up and down in excitement then released Emi's hands as she looked towards the stage, noticing some people on it.
"Thanks, oniisan!" She exclaimed before turning away and looked around in the crowd, as if she were looking for someone,"I've got to find Akashi-san before it starts. I'll see you guys later!"
And without another word she off in the crowd and Emi turned back to Takao, tilting her head to the side in a bit of confusion.
"Is Miyamoto-san in something, Takao-san?" Emi asked and he nodded, sighing and running his hand through his hair.
"Hai, she is competing in a cosplay competition." Takao answered and Emi's eyes twinkled little at this, a smile crossing her features.
"Ah, if I knew that, I would wished her good luck!" Emi said and Takao waved his hand at this, now a smirk appearing on his features.
"She doesn't need luck." He said with a hint of both pride and smugness in his eyes, "She has won every competition so far. She does her research and makes sure everything is right."
"So she's like a perfectionist." Emi stated in a low voice and Takao shrugged at this.
"Kinda but she knows some things won't go her way because anything can happen. She understands that she is not guaranteed that she will win but she wants to because of all the hardships she has done to reach this point." He continued and the small amount of anxiety that was in her for a second disappeared at what he told her, knowing that she was indeed true to her hard work.
"How long has she been doing it?" Emi asked and Takao blinked at this.
"Since the first year of middle school." He answered and Emi blinked at this before clapping her hands together.
"Wow, that's impressive. That's determination…" She said and looked away a little while muttering another, "I wish I could be like that…"
"Emi-chin is determined."
The sudden input from Atsushi caused her to look up at him with wide eyes as he continued to munch some food he had gotten from the booth though he didn't look down to see if she had stared up at him.
"You think so?" Emi said back and he then looked down to her before reaching over to place his hand on her head but a bandaged hand caught it before it was inches from her.
"What do you think you're doing, nanodayo?" The voice of Midorima stopped Atsushi as he glared at the green haired teen for stopping from rubbing Emi's head.
"Huh?" Atsushi said with clear annoyance and Emi knew something would happen if she didn't interfere.
"Ah, isn't that Kise with your imōto hand-and-hand, Shin-chan?"
The input from Takao caused Midorima to release his grip on the giant's hand and while also wiping around to find where Takao had pointed. Emi took notice of the girl as she had a distant look in her eyes that Emi was quite familiar with while Kise was looking around, as if he were looking for help.
"Nanodayo?" He hissed as he noted the two now walked towards him as Kise waved his hand around as if he were to flag him down.
"Ah, Midorimacchi!" Kise exclaimed and the younger sibling blinked at the call of her brother before she looked over to him with seemed to be now anger. She followed the blonde with her eyes narrowed and biting harshly at her lip while her white board was dripped off the containments of the smoothie from the prior event.
"What are you doing, Kise?" Midorima asked and Kise blinked at this before releasing the young girl's hand, who now glared at her brother.
"Well, Midorima-chan got into…an accident with some boys and it ended with her whiteboard getting messed up from a smoothie spill." Kise answered somewhat truthfully and Midorima's eyebrow twitched at this, clearly getting more annoyed at the blond's words.
"And what exactly caused the smoothie to spill?" He asked and Kise blinked at this before she held up four fingers then a thumbs-up sign.
"What do you mean by four guys?" Midorima questioned her and her eyebrow twitched at this before she stomped over him. She then grabbed his hand and placed it on her scarf before having him pull at it and Emi frowned at this.
"So, you grabbed your scarf from behind you, Midorima-chan? That's not very nice of them. Are you alright? Did they do it without a reason for it?" Emi said and the girl looked away at the last comment while Shintarō 's eyebrows twitched too.
"What did you do to get them annoyed?" He hissed and she continued hold ignorance for his question.
"They did mention something about her not wanting to hang out with them." Kise stated and she whipped her head to him, clearly unhappy with the fact that he managed to overhear what they said to her in the beginning.
Midorima remained silent at this and Yuki then placed her index and middle finger together then moved it to the left then once moving it to the right separated them as the middle finger went down.
"So, you took care of them on your own them?" Midorima said and she smirked at this while her eyes narrowed, nodding her head.
"Are you sure you are alright, Midorima-chan?" Emi questioned her and she tilted her head at this question before raising up her damaged whiteboard, "Do you need something to communicate easier with?"
This caused the girl to blink at this before Emi opened up her purse and started digging through its many containments before pulling out a small notepad and pen.
"I hope this will subdue for the time being." She said and offered it to the girl with a smile gentle who stared at it, unmoving before reaching over and grabbed it. Yuki stared at it before she held the whiteboard out to Midorima who grabbed it from her as she started to flip through the pages. She uncapped the pen by biting it with her teeth as she started to write something on it.
Thank you, Kiyoshi-san. I appreciate your generosity extremely. If I can repay you in any way, let Shintarō know. I have to get going to set everything up for Miyamoto.
"Eh, you don't have to pay me back!" Emi exclaimed and Yuki blinked at this before a grin formed on her lips and Kise could feel something melodious coming from the girl.
Oh, I'm sure there is something I can do for you. Perhaps, my brother can be of use of you. I'm sure he wouldn't mind at all.
"Oi," Shintarō hissed and Yuki waved at Emi before she started heading on her own way before suddenly grabbing the blond by the shirt to pull him with her.
"Eh? Huh?" Kise said but agreed in following the girl with no other compliant and Atsushi looked over to see if Midorima would be doing anything as his sister had said.
"That was something else." Takao said and Midorima rubbed the bridge between his eyes then looked down to Emi who continued to watch the blond and girl haired girl go on their way.
"Um, Midorima-san," Emi began and the teens looked down to her as she pushed her fingers together with a small blush on her features. Atsushi felt his eyebrows twitch and anger started to boil in him as he knew that Midorima would listen to the girl's request without any question.
"Would you m-m-mind taking a picture of me with Atsushi-san?"
They blinked at the request before Atsushi's anger drained into both happiness and a small blush was starting to grow on his features at her request while Takao sighed at this, not truly surprised at her request while Midorima held a blank face across his features.
"Shin-chan would love to do it for you, Kiyoshi-kun." Takao said for her and her features glowed at this while she proceeded to dig through her purse again to finder cell phone.
"Ah, thank you so much, Midorima-san!" Emi said as then pulled it out and blinked at a small light flashing on it. She flipped it open and stared at the message directed on the screen then pressed a couple buttons.
"Is something the matter, Emi-chin?" Atsushi asked and she shook her head no as she then clicked a few buttons before holding it out to Midorima.
"No, it was reminder to pick up something with Ken-chan today." She responded and handed it over Midorima with a smile on her face.
"Thank you again, Midorima-san." She said and rushed over to Atsushi before standing next to him a smile across her face, "I hope you're alright with talking a picture with me, Atsushi-san."
"I'm happy to take a picture with Emi-chin." He said while not directly looking at her so he wouldn't blush at his own comment and she stood next to him while Midorima held the phone up, ready to take a picture. She gave a smile to the camera and Midorima took the picture, focusing on how happy the two looked being near each other. In his own mind, he wished that he could have been the one standing next to her instead of the giant, without any other say before reviewing it and she skipped over to grab it.
"Did it come out good, Midorima-san?" She asked and he glance down at her before nodding and handed it back to her, seeing it and her smile grew even larger.
"Thank you so much, Midorima-san!" She said and Atsushi walked over, looking over her shoulder to see the picture. The two of them both looked like they were glowing in happiness being so near each other and she looked up to him.
"Would you like the picture too, Atsushi-san?" She asked and he nodded at this before she started tapping away, inputing his information to send it over. The two other teens observed the interaction before the lights started turning on and off, causing much of the crowd to looking up and around for what was going on.
"Eh, what's going on?" Emi asked and Takao smiled at this while sticking his hands in his pockets.
"Ah, the contest winners are going to announced." He said and she blinked at this before realizing what he meant.
"The one Akashi-san and Miyamoto-san are in?" She said and he nodded while someone had walked on the stage, causing many people to stare at the character as it happened to be the girl from the booth, Sora Nakatani, they had met earlier on in the day. She gave a smile to the crowd while waving her hands back and forth and when that didn't catch the attention of everyone she placed her pinkies together and brought them to her mouth, causing a loud whistle to echo around them. A couple of people swore at this before looking over to her and she smiled at this.
"Now that I have everyone's attention. Its time to announce the winners of the partner cosplay contest." She said and many people clapped at this, as if they were waiting for this to happen, "There were a lot this time and even our beloved Miyamoto-chan was with partner this time, something that rarely happens!"
Takao narrowed his eyes at this as the girl then clapped her hands together, saying, "Now, it's time for results. Many of you looked amazing and excellent job on all of your work to get you this far!"
She from off the stage handed her an envelope and she reached down, giving an extensive of her cleavage to the crowd which caused a few people to whistle at this. She thanked the person before moving back up and flipped the envelope open, staring at the contents before giving the crowd a smile.
"And not surprisingly, Miyamoto-chan and her partner won as Manami Okada and Karma Akabane from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu!" She cried and Emi smiled at this, while many people clapped and whistled at this before someone had leaped onto the stage. Unsurprisingly, Miyamoto had landed on the stage and waved at the crowd while up there.
"Ah, thank you everyone!" Miyamoto cried while more people cheered for her, "I'm glad you guys picked us! I'll be accepting the award as my partner is a little shy about this. I'm very glad that he agreed to help me to since he had barely interest in it."
Takao laughed at the end part of it as he started crack up as this and without any say, a hand was placed on his shoulder. The two other basketball players noticed the appearance of the infamous red haired captain glaring at the brother of Miyamoto.
"What exactly are laughing about, Takao?" He asked and a chill was released in the air that all the basketball players could feel besides Emi who seemed fixated on the girl on the stage.
"And as a thank you for doing this with me, I've been wanting to give him a gift." She said with a grin still on her features while a couple of people seemed interested in what it could be, along with the red haired captain and Takao.
"Now I bet I got your attention!" She said and chuckled a little while brushing some strands behind her ear while turning to the other girl, "I'll be right out to accept everything if you don't mind waiting."
The girl just smirked at this and nodded at Miyamoto quickly dashed off the stage in the direction of the back of stage without another say.
"And folks we all know Miyamoto's infamous thank you, right?" The girl said and the crowd continued to cheer while Emi clapped along as the other boys remained fairly motionless, thinking they could be doing something else.
"Ah, this is exciting!" Emi exclaimed and turned to face Takao, "What does Miyamoto-san do as thank you, Takao-san?"
He blinked at this before smirking at this rubbed his head at this responding back, "Ah, it's a surprise, Kiyoshi-kun. It wouldn't be that if I told you it."
She nodded at this before also saying to Akashi, "Ah, congratulations, Akashi-san. Miyamoto-san looks very happy that she had won."
He gave the girl a gentle smile and released his hand on Takao before moving closer to her, looking down and saying, "Thank you, Kiyoshi."
She then looked back to stage and said back in more of a whispered form, "You look legitimately happy at this. I think it will do her good."
Akashi blinked at her sudden input while Takao narrowed his eyes at this while also glancing down to a watch, noticing the time said 1:30PM.
It wasn't just yet for another dose.
"Folks, I'm going to get off the stage of Miyamoto-chan has it all to herself. If you guys are interested in some of her work, remember to check her out online and even give my website a peek, I'm trying to aim for hundred cds sold!" Sora said before jumping down the stage and started heading off on her own way before glancing over to the group, noticing Takao. She gave a smile at him before waving him and him not paying any attention to anyone else besides her, as she also gestured to the paper in her hand as a sign for him to remember that she had given him her number.
"Oi, Takao, what are you looking at?"
The sudden input from Midorima caused the hawk eye teammate to look back to him with a grin.
"Someone we met earlier. And I'm sure that we'll met again." He said and Midorima narrowed his eyes at this before the lights of the stage shut off, causing some people to chant out Miyamoto's name.
The stage before then broke out a single spot light with it only hitting an empty wooden stool. Akashi narrowed his eyes at this before someone stepped into the spot light as people then started to cheer and whistle at the sight. A girl with gentle aqua eyes and a soft smile placed across her face greeted the crowd. She bore a red dress that varied in shades from light to dark with a ruffle design around the shoulders, down the front and at the end of the sleeves, that reached her elbows and her feet bare on the stage. Most noticeably was the red hair that gently flowed around her in a shade of maroon and reached her mid back and bangs gently lifted over to the left.
Akashi simply stared at the sight of her with semi-wide eyes while Takao mentioned out loud, "I thought was going to go with the silver wig…"
She looked down to the audience and waved at them before moving a microphone up her lips. .
"It's good to see you all." She said and people continued to cheer for her. She brushed some strands of her hair behind her ear and continued to smile at the crowd, being the center of attention to many.
"I hope you all have been having great time today. I can't believe how busy Tokyo is." She said and giggled a little, "I know many of you guys were looking forward for me today and I'm so happy that you are. I'm going to perform three songs for you all today. I originally had different choices when first signed up to the sing but…things change and I wanted to be expressive my gratitude through these songs as a thanks to my partner who agreed to cosplay with me this time and for everyone coming out today."
"That's so kind of Miyamoto-san to use songs as a way of gratitude!" Emi called out and glanced over to see the slightly shocked expression on the red head's face.
"That's my little sister for ya. She uses singing as a way of thanking people, no matter what it happens to be." Takao said and Miyamoto lead her arm on her knee.
"I hope you all enjoy my choices." She said and without another say the silence that she had brought on started to change.
Something like a saxophone echoed around them and continued with a beat while it was slowly getting louder and quicker while some type of beat was heard from behind it. It continued to go on until Miyamoto raised the microphone to her lips, tilting her slightly downwards while crossing her legs.
Then without another say, words escaped her lips as she began to sing, "Though time has vanished, it's "showtime"; I hide behind the curtain; The vivid you is so kind; They yell at me, why aren't you here?"
She stood off of the stool and started walking the stage while continuing to sing, the words gracefully echoing around them.
"Smirking, crying, they want to listen? I want to see you I want to hug you. I'm trembling, where are you?" She continued and grasped the mike closer to her chest while her eyes slowly narrowed as if the words she was singing were truly affecting her, "Is the performance starting? My violated side. "Sing" he tells me, he's not you. I can't sing"
Then the beat started to quicken and went up for a bit, "Silently mouthing a song. Inside that caging dream. "He" is evil, though it begs in tears." She leaned down and closed her eyes as if she could picture some of words in her own head.
"Why is it all alone like that? That pathetic monster cannot see, just hate. The words we alway scream are "Look, it's the Circus Monster!" " She sang and opened her eyes while a smile again appeared on her features while some other people chanted along the ending lyrics with her. She stopped singing for a moment as the beat again slowed down and returned to its normal state, while she tilted her head just innocently enough for the wig to flow up in an elegant way and her eyes met with his for just a second.
She looked quite beautiful up there.
"Eh, Akashi-san, did you say something?"
The random voice of Emi snapped the red head out of his strange thoughts and he looked to the girl giving her a sincere smile, not realizing he might have said that thought out loud.
"It's was nothing, Kiyoshi-kun." He responded back before Miyamoto snapped her gaze back to everyone else in the crowd.
"My once-warm thoughts have already frozen. He laughs at me close to my ears." And with that she grasped the mike tighter and continued, "Why did you leave? I don't know. Those fun lions also left…Their roars, our voice, crying, I hear it all. Bad cats, they can't listen, can't I see you? I want to see you. The lion's surprise attack, I meet the dirt. I can't hear, is this the end? I opened my eyes, where did you go? I think I'm alone…"
She gently fell to her knees while her dress flowed out around her, engulfing her lowering half while the hair too flowed so gently around her like she was a model ready to be painted for a portrait.
"Silently mouthing a song. Inside that caging dream. "He" is evil though it begs in tears. Why is it all alone like that? That pathetic monster cannot see, just hate. The words we alway scream are "Look, it's the Circus Monster"!" She sang before the music slowed down while she looked down to the ground, her gaze leveled, while simple piano keys were struck instead of usual sound.
"Aaaaa…Ahhhh…Aaaaa" She sang at an impressively high level and even going further than thought before the music again slowed down then quickly picked its pace back up while her eyes met the crowd again.
"Silently mouthing a song, inside that caging dream. "He" is evil, though it begs in tears. Why is it all alone like that? That pathetic monster cannot see, just hate. The words we always scream are "Look, it's the Circus Monster!""
She moved herself closer to the stage as she were trying to protect herself from some sort of wound, continuing on, "Silently mouthing a song inside this caging dream. "He" is evil, I begged in tears. Why did you abandon me? I, a pathetic monster, cannot see, just hate. Today, they scream those words again, "Look, it's the Circus Monster!""
In the final lyrics, she held notes before the music itself took over as she seemed to be swaying in the rhythm of the beat before the light on her started to dim into it was nothing. There was a small amount of silence before the crowd roared in amazement and joy with the performance, much clapping and whistling and calling out for Miyamoto's name echoed around the group. Lights turned back on and Miyamoto was now standing tall and waving at the crowd while a huge grin was spread across her features. Her cheeks were slightly flushed as a way to show she had definitely sung the entire song in one sitting.
"Ah, I hope you guys enjoyed the song!" She said and looked into the crowd, "My next song is dedicated to my beloved music producer, who without her, this wouldn't be happening. I know she is some what envious of what I do so this is for her."
The lights remained for this as she closed her eyes and waited for the music to start up before the string of a guitar started up around them before her eyes burst back open, announcing back out in a new song while the guitar picked up with drums now too and another guitar featured in the background, "Come, sink beyond the oblivion. Because it's a lonely future, I reach out my hand alone."
Emi's eyes grew wide as she actual knew this song with a grin appeared on her face at how similar Miyamoto's voice was to the cover artist's own voice. The music picked up again as the strings of a guitar echoed again a familiar like rhythm and she swayed to and fro, falling the music along. People cheered even louder than the previous song and more whistling come from the crowd while boys, besides Takao didn't care.
"Miyamoto-san is singing Trigger!" Emi announced which caught their eyes and Takao nodded at this while whistling too.
"You know the song, Kiyoshi-kun?" He asked as the music started slowing down again as Miyamoto would be singing again. Emi nodded with sparkles in her eyes and clapped her hands together.
"Hai! This is one song I like!" She shouted back and Atsushi paid attention to that, making a mental note of it in his head before Miyamoto was singing again.
"I cleared my mind and felt entirely omnipotent. I felt like a celebrity." She sang and the piece of the guitars picked up before they were slowing down again, "Do you know me? I do a strange loop here-the strongest fallen angel in history."
The drums and guitar picked up again and she smiled out to the crowd, "Come, the darkness of oblivion awaits me. So much I never need to breath . I fall forever-even my screams vanish. Through an endless corridor with no end in sight."
During the few seconds of instrumental, she went over to the edge of the stage and reached out to a couple of people, smiling and shaking and touching their hands before moving back up.
"This impulse did not even resemble a vision, it was unstoppable. Like the urge to have the latest cell phone. I open my eyes wide, I am ready. All that's left to say is to say goodbye." She sang as she then started walking toward the stairs of the stage and skipped down while also singing, "Come, don't be slow or I'll leave you behind in what seems like infinite time. Some called for me-do something now! But it was a world where I just got that feeling."
Now off the stage in the crowd, Akashi lost sight of her as the instrumentals again took over, the guitar's note echoing around them while people continued to chant for her. Some giggled and laughter could be heard from the microphone as she continued to make her way and the guitar was making a solo before she had pulled herself through the crowd, looking at the small group with a glint of happiness in her eyes. She raised the mike back up to her mouth and with one hand slowly raised it towards the red head captain whose eyes were slowly getting wider at the appearance of her right before him.
She looked like a queen.
"It's conceit, just rumination of the ego. I realized that a long time ago." She sang while then managing to caress Akashi's cheek in her hand, her smiling getting softer at the touch of his warm skin, "The person reflected in the mirror is so unbelievable. I can't take it anymore."
Then her hand left his skin as she again headed towards the stage, again singing, "Come, sink beyond the oblivion. Because it's a lonely future, I reach out my hand alone. I already know-one day I will dream of days of atonement, of a day I'm forgiven."
And with her final lyrics, she had made it back up to the stage with her back to the crowd while again letting the finale of the music take her as the drums and guitar slowed down until there was nothing there.
Silence again echoed the crowd before people started cheering and she turned back to them, a smile crossing her features. Extreme joy was cast on her features and she brought the microphone back to her lips, grasping it tightly in her hands.
"I was nervous you guys wouldn't like that song but I guess I was proven wrong! Now I have one more song left before I'll be getting on my way." She stated while some people complained in sorrow at the statement while she giggled at this, "I would love to sing more but I only have enough time for one more! I hope you really love this one, I had some help for this song since I couldn't sing some parts as they had male vocals in them. This one is dedicated to my partner who helped me win the competition this year for my first time being with someone else."
She then sat down on the edge of the stage with her feet swaying to and fro, the dress flowing elegantly around her as her hair to flowed over her shoulders looking down to the ground.
"Ah…I hope it'll go well." She muttered into the microphone and the bangs of the wig covered her eyes partially.
"You can do it, Miyamoto-san!"
Her glaze looked up and saw in the distance Emi with her hands cupped so her voice would be able to reach her, her eyes glittering at this. Emi had a small blush across her features for her shout to be heard so loudly and Miyamoto crossed her legs at this, leaning her head down on the legs.
"Thank you for those words, beautiful." Miyamoto said and released a breath before brushing back her hair, "Now, let the final song began."
Slowly music started to pick up, and the lights started to dim down, a single spot light on the girl as she gripped the microphone softly. Her eyes now twinkling at the light of the song beginning and she locked her gaze with Akashi fro a second before it focused back out to the crowd. The strange and alluring beat began to quicken as a man's humming echoed from the speakers while Miyamoto followed its lead, before slowly getting louder. A clap echoed within it and the beat continued before stopping a minute as she started singing again, softer and far more alluring than the previous song she choose.
"The needed meaning of start and end. To the disappearance of this soul." In the midst of her singing the last part, more vocals echoed with her, "Who remembers characters? From the windows of madness, goodbye."
She gave the crowd a smile while waving goodbye at the them at the same time she sang the word and held onto some of the pronunciation some of the words too, "Hello, myself, haven't we met before? Goodbye, yourself. So you want to talk?"
She then looked over to Akashi, eyes observing his reaction from afar, as the next lyrics were already escaping her lips, "iNSaNiTY, like floating on air. PSYCHoPaTHY, a carefree life. iNSaNiTY, an illusion that can't end. CaPTiViTY, unable to run away."
She jumped down from the stage and walked among the crowd, somewhat twirling around them and gracing them with her presence, as the beat picked even more.
"iNSaNiTY, like floating on air. PSYCHoPaTHY, a carefree life. iNSaNiTY, an illusion that can't end. CaPTiViTY, like corruption is continuing." She said and continued to make her way around, as her singing stopped and letting the instrumental take over for a little bit, "The discovered conclusion, disappearing. Outlines fading to black. In the darkness, there's no such thing as light. From the inside of madness, goodbye."
Finally, she appeared before the red head and gave him a smile, her lips curling in an enticing way while holding her hand out to him.
"Hello, myself, haven't we met before? Goodbye, yourself, so you want to talk?" She sang while his eyes slowly grew wider at each word she was singing, realizing why she had chosen this song from its lyrics.
"iNSaNiTY, like floating on air. PSYCHoPaTHY, a carefree life. iNSaNiTY, an illusion that can't end. CaPTiViTY, unable to run away." She said while moving closer to him and her hand reaching closer to his face, desperately trying to reach it, "iNSaNiTY, like floating on air. PSYCHoPaTHY, a carefree life. iNSaNiTY, an illusion that can't end. CaPTiViTY, like corruption is continuing."
She held onto the vocals before moving the mic away from her lips and male vocals now starting up from the humming not to long ago.
"Hey, haven't we met somewhere in the past? Hey, you're special to me, I want to talk to you. Hey, what time is it? Whats today? I don't know. Hey! It would be great if we completely forgot." The male vocal came from the speaker while she looked towards her brother, her smile still stretched while he looked troubled from the voice.
"iNSaNiTY, it's like floating on air. PSYCHoPaTHY, a carefree life. iNSaNiTY, Dark? Light? iNSaNiTY. iNSaNiTY." The male said like it was a robot singing the part while in some parts the noise seemed some of a an alarm as more of the song continued before it slowed down again, the microphone back to her lips, eyes twinkling. It seemed to have stopped before going back to its regular pace then again stopped while changing pace to be far more easily going and relaxing with a small chime within it.
"sAnIty, can't see the dark already. pUrIty, the days are longer. sAnIty, but that must also sink. 'sAnIty'…what is that?" Her voice was far more at ease than the previous verses as she then backed away from Akashi, as is she were sad to leave him but made her way back to the stage, the pace returning while she again sang, "iNSaNiTY, like floating on air. PSYCHoPaTHY, a carefree life. iNSaNiTY, an illusion that can't end. CaPTiViTY, unable to run away. iNSaNiTY, like floating on air. PSYCHoPaTHY, a carefree life. iNSaNiTY, an illusion that can't end. CaPTiViTY, like corruption is continuing."
She held onto the note before the music itself slowed down and finally finished while many people cheered at her performance. She had made back to the stage and looked back too the crowd waving at the them.
"Miyamoto-san was so breathtaking." Emi said out loud and Takao blinked at this before grinning, turning towards the brunette.
"Ah, she'll be happy to hear that complim-" He began before something thudded to the ground and looked back to see the microphone on the ground. Miyamoto's posture slowly turned sluggish and her eyes seemed to flutter, as if they were trying to stay awake, some people asking what was wrong.
"Shit."
Then without another word, Takao was dashing through the crowd towards his sister as a gaze of emptiness, as if she was sad that she had to stop so soon. She looked over to the crowd and gave them a smile, as if she were trying to tell them she was ok.
But she very clearly was not.
"Don't worry everyone!" She said in a cheerful manor while remaining frozen on the stage, "I'm alright. I'm just a little exhausted so there's no need to be-"
But before she had finished her sentence she saw her brother right near the edge of the stage, staring up at her with eyes full of worry and concern.
"…It was amazing to see everyone here today! Thank you all for coming!" She announced and then looked into the crowd, now locking gazes with Akashi, "I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did as this experience will be very treasured to me."
She walked over to where Takao stood and she stared down to him before he offered her hand to smiled at this before her eyes fluttered and she started falling towards her brother. He caught her without another say and her eyes struggling to stay awake while some audience members held concern but their voices were mixing together and made no real sense in her ears.
"Ah…thank you, niisan…" She mumbled as he gripped her tight and she looked behind him, noting some of the concern laced onto the other's faces, "You can put me down. I'm fine."
He could of course tell she was lying to him but he obeyed her request.
She looked up to him before marching her way over to the group as she beelined straight to the red head with her blue eyes sparkling.
"I hope you all enjoyed it." She said and smiled at the red head, tilting her head slightly while positioning her body in both an innocent and elegant fashion, "What are your thoughts on my performance, Akashi-san? I hope I didn't disappoint you."
He stared down at her, somewhat enticed by her question before blinking and gave the girl a gentle smile.
"It was interesting. You did disappoint." He said as he choose his words carefully and she blinked at this before crossing her arms.
"Is that so." She said in a simple tone then her gaze slowly looked like it was going off in the distance.
"Um, Miyamoto-san," The voice of Emi caught the girl's attention as she looked to see her with a small blush on her features, "Your performance was really good. You were breathtaking up there."
The girl blinked at this before smiling at her and responded, "What a compliment. Thank you compliment, Kiyoshi-chan. Perhaps some people could learn how to properly comment on what someone has worked very hard for."
These sharp words caused Akashi to blink at this and Emi blinked at this before the girl realized what she said, confusion written over her features. Her gaze now looking away and placing a hand to her cheek.
"Ah…sorry for my statement…" She said with her gaze slowly losing itself, "Perhaps some fresh air would be helpful. I'll go take my leave."
Then before she could even go, Akashi gripped her wrist and her eyes grew wide at his contact as her hair flew up from the motion of trying to leave.
"Did I say something to offend you?" He asked in concern and she blinked at this before moving her gaze to the ground.
"No, my words were directed at you." She responded while looking over to her brother with unmoving eyes, as if she were doll from her empty gaze, "Your comments were pleasing but I know some people would have liked me doing something else. I appreciate your words but someone else thinks else of my choice."
Takao stared down at her before she looked back to Akashi and gave him a smile.
"I'm happy you liked my choices. Especially your word choice of interesting to describe this. I would have not thought that comment myself." She said before straightening herself up and looked at the rest of the group, "It's time to take my leave. I'm glad you all made it and I hope to see you all in the future."
She looked back to her brother who now held a calm expression before she suddenly pulled the red head's jacket, having his entire body move down. She tilted her head slightly and went onto her tippy toes, to reach his height and without another say, her lips had crashed onto his own without an say or protest.
Akashi's eyes grew wide at the sudden force as her eyes closed once their lips touched while the rest of try group remained speechless and shocked what just was occurring before them. Time seemed frozen until Miyamoto's grip on her jacket released and she opened her eyes, pulling away slowly. Her lips now cocked in a grin and eyes twinkling far more than they had been.
"Now this day will be marked one of the best days I've had. Thank you for that, Akashi-san." She said while continuing to stare up at him, "I hope you too had a great day that will be marked in your memory."
She then went on her way with her brother in tow who said nothing but held shocked eyes and left the group, confused and unsure at what just occurred before them.
Songs Miyamoto sang in order:
1) CiRCuS MoNSTeR by Circus-P
2) Trigger by Zhiend
3) iNSaNiTY by Circus-P