New Apprentices
Hello, and welcome to my first-ever K-On fanfic. I guess this is my first venture here after learning that the anime will debut on Southeast Asia courtesy of Animax-Asia, and I must say, after viewing the trailers, I felt quite hooked to it so I researched it on Wikipedia, and after reading some of the K-On fics here, I felt that I should come up with a unique plot, which I might say, VERY unique, which has never been seen or read in other fics.
While in the anime and in other fics it shows some romances and slice of life stories of the main characters, but in this fic I'll be incorporating some action and drama plots, which can be seen in some action-oriented anime and tokusatsu programs, and this would be my first experimental fic to see how receptive this fic is.
Lastly, this fic has plots that crosses over with the 2005 Japanese TV drama, Kamen Rider Hibiki, and this will be an interesting fic, since both this and K-On has something in common: musical instruments. Though some might be turned off by my rather "wild plot", feedbacks are welcomed. And so here it is…let's start the story!
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Disclaimer:
K-On is owned by Kyoto Animation and TBS
Kamen Rider Hibiki is owned by Ishimori Productions
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It was summer time at the school where the After School Tea Time band attended, and after passing all their subjects, they have summer vacation all to themselves, especially after their success of their live school performance, so they were very happy about the results. Moreover, the band, consisting of Ritsu Tanaka, Mio Akiyama, Yui Hirasawa, Tsumugi Kotobuki and Asuza Nakano, are unaware that they were being watched by a well-known talent searcher who is scouting for new faces to help promote a recording and music studio for aspiring bands.
Seeing the After School Tea Time band performed, the talent scout, who is named "A" Vekusu, then decided to go inside the school to know more about this girl band, and ended up meeting with Sawako Yamanada, the club adviser of the girl band, and while talking she was intrigued at what she was told, and perhaps wanted her "charges" to "shine".
"Hmm…you think you can make the After School Tea Time popular? What can you do and how sure you'll be able to? Do you even manage other bands that made them famous? I'm curious…can yougive me a hint, Mr. Vekusu?"
"Yes…have you ever heard of the group called Λucifer?"
"Λucifer?? As in the famous band Λucifer???!!!"
"Yes…they're the one…and maybe I could persuade my boys to hold a concert at your summer school…and if successful, we can share the profits…50-50…and maybe I can base their performance and show it to the higher-ups and maybe they might be impressed…if it's okay with you…but if you're against it…it's fine. No pressure…"
Sawako's eyes flashed with Yen symbols, and at the same time she was once a member of a heavy metal band, having adored the Λucifer band back then, and decided to tell the girls about it, and suggested that they had a summer concert at the school that features both Λucifer and the After School Tea Time, and the discussion ended after she got the calling card from Vekusu.
At the locker room of the school, the girls were told of this and said that if they performed well at the planned second summer concert they might be scouted and be given a record deal and be famous. Mio and Ritsu were quite nervous about this but after some encouragement from Sawako, they agreed to it, while Yui, Asuza and Tsumugi were fine with it, and are rather intrigued at performing a school concert alongside Λucifer.
Tsumugi: "Λucifer…I seem to heard from them via the newspaper…but…I never seen them before…"
Sawako: "They're retired three years ago…but Vekusu persuaded them to do a one-time concert…and when theyn were told that it'll be in a high school, they seemed a bit nervous, but they accepted to see how they get accepted by new generation fans… "
And so word passed onto the high school students about the planned summer concert, and this attracted fans of the After School Tea Time, but it also attracted senior high school students who were also fans of Λucifer, and within less than a week tickets were sold out, while the school is being prepared for the upcoming concert.
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After two weeks it was the night of the summer school concert, and at backstage, both bands finally met. Yui, Mio, Tsumugi, Ritsu and Asuza stared in awe, and are blushing at meeting the members of Λucifer, and the members consisted of:
Sakuya Ookochi, lead singer;
Yoshihiko Nagai, drummer;
Kazuto Sakuma, bass guitarist
Atsuro Kiryu,
Λucifer themselves were quite surprised to see another band, all of them are girls, yet they were intrigued at what they can do. They shook hands, and much to Aine Yukimura's surprise (Λucifer's lyricist), all of the After School Tea Time (except for Tsumugi), blushed and seemingly fainted after making hand contacts, but it took Sawako's shouting to snap them out of it.
Sakuya: "Whoa…I'd never thought we'd be making a concert out of young fans…I hope we haven't lost our touch after not performing for three years…I wonder if we're still the same as before…and what would their parents do if they found out that we…"
Aine: "No problem…our last concert wet off with a bang…and didn't Ms. Yamanada said that the ticket sold out almost a week? That means our music has reached even the demographics…so let's give our best…"
Kazuto: "Yeah…and I want to see how these girls performed…and who knows…they might be our successors…"
Atsuro: "Looks to me that they are good…"
Vekusu: "Okay everyone…it's time…"
And so the concert started with some student performing summer programs, which have themes involving summer festivals and all, and when Λucifer was up next, it was greeted with loud cheers, and Sakuya began speaking on the microphone.
"IS EVERYONE READY???!!!"
"YEAH!!!!"
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!! IS EVERYONE READY???!!!!!"
"YEAHHH!!!!!!"
"THEN GET READY!!!!!"
As the music started playing, Λucifer performed with their signature songs, and after some time they started singing one of the most popular songs their fans have adored for long, which was "Everlasting", much to their delight
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ima owaranai meguru toki no naka hatenu ai o kasane aetara
ima soba ni ite kimi wa hitori jyanai itsuka futari asu no hate made
ate shiranu mayoigo wa asu ni obie
zattou ni tachi sukumu ureu egao
sure chigau unmei ga kishi n deita yo
deai sae tameratta ano koro wa
mebaeteku itoshisa ga karenai youni
yurete iru kono kokoro daite
ima owaranai meguru toki no naka hatenu ai o kasane aetara
ima soba ni ite kimi wa hitori jyanai itsuka futari asu no hate made
yuu yami ni toketa mayoigo-tachi wa
hikari o motomete samayou
eien no yakusoku wa kako no shinwa
demo hito wa kurikaesu koi o ai o
motome ai itsu kara ka tashikamete ita
sorezore no itoshisa no sono wake o
semegiai kizutsukete todokanu yoru mo
yurete iru kono kokoro daite
ima owaranai meguru toki no naka hatenu ai o kasane aetara
ima kaeranai toki no hakanasa mo subete tsurete asu no hate made
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Then it was After School Tea Time's turn to perform and many of the students, as well as their fan clubs, were cheering them on, and the girl band began performing their songs, and before the concert ended, they performed their now-famous song, "Don't Say Lazy".
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Please don't say "You are lazy"
datte hontou wa crazy
hakuchou tachi wa sou
mienai toko de BATA ashi suru n desu
honnou ni juujun chuujitsu honrou mo juujuu shouchi
zento youyou da shi
dakara tama ni kyuukei shichau n desu
kono me de shikkari
misadamete yukisaki chizu jou MAAKU shite
chikamichi areba sore ga oudou
hashoreru tsubasa mo areba joutou
YABA tsume wareta GURUU de hoshuu shita
sore dake de nanka tassei kan
daiji nano wa jibun kawaigaru koto
jibun o aisanakya hito mo aisenai
Please don't say "You are lazy"
datte hontou wa CRAZY
nou aru taka wa sou
mienai toko ni PIKKU kakusu n desu
souzou ni isshogenmei genjitsu wa zettai zetsumei
hatten tochuu da shi
dakara fui ni picchi hazureru n desu
sono me ni utsuranai dake datte
yaruki wa MEETAA furikitte
itsudemo zenryoku de yume mite
sono bun zenryoku de nemutte
yari choi yaseta choushizuite kutta
sore dake de nande haibokukan
sukasazu ni mokuhyou kahoushuusei shite
juunan ni rinki ouhen shichihenge ga kachi
Please don't say "You are lazy"
datte hontou wa crazy
kujaku tachi wa sou
koko zo to iu toki mi o miseru n desu
gozouroppu manshin maishin ganbou wa soushin reijin
yuuwaku tahatsu da shi
dakara yake ni ishi kudakechau n desu
yaba masaka RED POINT iya GIRI KURIA
sore dake de nante zennou kan
daiji nano wa jibun mitometeku koto
jibun o yurusanakya hito mo yurusenai
Please don't say "You are lazy"
datte hontou wa CRAZY
hakuchou tachi wa sou
mienai toko de bata ashi suru n desu
honnou ni juujun chuujitsu honrou mo juujuu shouchi
zento youyou da shi
dakara tama ni kyuukei shichau n desu
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Behind the audiences, there were two men standing, watching the performance of the girl band and were quite impressed with what they saw, one happened to be in his 20's, and the other in his 30's. They are Tomizo Todoyama and Zaōmaru Zaitsuhara. Both were carrying guitar cases which houses their electric guitars. Zaitsuhara was eyeing Yui, Mio, Asuza and Tsumugi, seeing them well-versed with the guitars and bass.
"Looks like we found ourselves some new successors…and fresh ones, Todoroki…"
"But…Zanki, do you think they have what it takes to become…Oni…?"
"I believe so…my time here is getting shorter…and you have already inherited my will…so you must carry out what needs to be done…a greater evil is lurking near…having already moved their attack patterns from the forest to the city…Hibiki nad Ibuki are on vacation and training…so it is our duty as members of Takeshi to defend this land."
Nodding, the two men left after the concert ended, seeing some potential in the After School Tea Time, though it is a question now on whether they'll accept the offer or not, given how young and innocent they are and may not be ready for such a BIG responsibility.
To Be Continued...
Hope you like this opening...
Be back for the 2nd chapter, depending how well the first chapter gets...