A few weeks after the Ask Angelica debacle, it was back to school for the Rugrats/All Grown Up gang, this time Kaori was going to tag along with them as she had been accepted at the same school.
Dil, Tommy and Kaori would walk and wheel (In Kaoris case) to the bus together where they would see Kimi, Lil, Phil and Chuckie,
"Right Chuckie and Phil, this is Kaori, she is me and Dils foster sister" said Tommy
"Nice to meet you Kaori, my name is Chuckie and I'm Tommy's best friend and Kimis Brother" said Chuckie
"Good to meet you Chuckie" said Angelica
"My name is Phil, I'm Lils twin" said Phil
"I can tell, you do look sort of alike" said Kaori
"We do, although I'm the more handsome one though" said Phil
"Says you Phillip" said Lillian
"I am the handsome one, unlike you" said Phil
"However we both look exactly alike Phillip" said Lil
"Guys if you don't stop fighting, we are going to miss our bus" said Dil
"Fine Dil, come on guys and gals let's get on the bus" said Lil as she held Dils hand
Everyone got on the bus including Kaori who had a ramp brought down from the bus door so she can enter
All of them entered the school with haste, Dil and Kaori were in most of the same classes (except for in Music and Geography) as they were in the same year group
Both of them were differing sort of students, Dil was quite a good student, he was very good at Science and History (Considering his fascination with the extraterrestrial) and was actually quite decent in PE.
On the other hand Kaori was more rebellious, she wasn't particularly good at most subjects especially maths which she found boring, however on her first day, she was excited as her last lesson was music and Kaori was a musican by heart, she loved playing instruments especially the violin and melodica which she learned to play in order to be close with Kōusei, however with the ways things are going, she wasn't sure if she would ever see Kōusei again.
When the time of the lesson came, Kaori entered the music room, for an American high school, Kaori was surprised they had a lot of instruments, especially the one she loved the most, the violin, Kaori picked it up and the lesson was about learning a piece of classical music, Chopin, Kaori knew Chopin from the back of her head, she knew from intense practising and watching Kōusei peform, she could peform a Chopin piece without fail.
That was until she starting playing
Her rhythm was way off, she used to play it in her way, but now it didn't even sound like the original at all, it didn't help that the violin screeched as a result of Kaori being unable to play the violin properly anymore due to her hands forcably shaking which meant she dropped the bow a few times, evreytime she dropped the bow, a tear could be seen leaving her eye, the violin was her life, what her main aim was in life (peforming with Kōusei) was with a violin, but now she couldn't physically play it anymore and it broke Kaoris heart.
The fellow music students watched Kaori struggle with the violin and all of them felt sorry for her, some of the students tried to help her and give her advice, the teacher in the end decided to give Kaori a piano to play instead of a violin as she felt awful for Kaori and Kaori played ok on the piano.
After the Lesson Kaori rushed out of class, crying, she was probably the fastest out of the class and went over to the front yard of the school to wait for Tommy and Dil.
Dil had just come out of his Geography class where he overheard some students talking
"Did you hear about that Kaori girl who rushed out of music class crying" said one of the girls
"Yeah, apprantly she cant play the violin no more" said another student
Dil knew something was wrong and rushed to where Kaori was going to meet him and Tommy after school, the school front yard
He saw Kaori sat on her wheelchair, she had a pretty dejected look, Dil went over there to greet her
"Kaori are you okay" said Dil
Kaori looked up at Dil and it became clear that she had been crying as her eyes were red and her mouth struggled to smile when she looked up at Dil before looking down again
"No I'm not okay, a violinist that cannot hold the bow properly isnt worthy to be around" said Kaori
Dil couldn't believe what he just heard, Kaori felt worthless just because she couldn't play a particular instrument
"Kaori your not worthless at all, look at me" said Dil
"No I'll probably..." said Kaori before being interrupted
"LOOK AT ME" yelled Dil at Kaori at the top of his lungs
Kaori did what she was told and looked at Dil, Dil then picked her up and carried her to a nearby bench where he sat down next to her
"Kaori, just because you can't play the violin no more, doesn't mean your worthless, There are people that care about you no matter what instrument you play or not including me and I believe you have many good qualities, your funny, kind and have an rebellious streak and love to beat me up, see your not defined by the instrument, your you no matter what happens, if you want any help in anything let me know, I care about you and want to make sure your okay, so what do you say, I help you find something you can be good at" said Dil as he put an arm around a crying Kaoris shoulder
Kaori was getting flashbacks to when she told Kōusei that he wasn't in his mother's shadow and here Dil is reminding her that she isn't in Kōusei's shadow either.
Dil picked Kaori up and put her back in her wheelchair and said "Let's go home Kaori, it appears Tommy is going to the mall with Kimi and Lil is preparing to go on holiday with her family, so it's just me and you heading home"
Dil wheeled Kaori home where they both sat down and watched TV, suddenly an ad came on to the television
"Have you ever wanted to be on televison, well here on public access we have open slots and you can set up your own show in the comfort of your own home" said the guy on TV
"Hey Dil, wanna set up a TV Show" said Kaori smiling
"Oh yeah" said Dil
"If you are interested in setting up on public access, call this number (Number appears on screen)" said the guy on TV as Dil called the number letting them know that him and Kaori are interested
Later on in the day Dil and Kaori told Stu and Didi about the public access thing and both we're suprisengly favorable of it, Dil and Kaori now had to decided on what sort of TV show they should do.
The first idea was an extraterrestrial discovery sort of show, but Kaori shot that down Immediately due to being too much for a public access show
The next idea was an musical sort of show, but Dil shot that down due to his lack of musical knowledge and Kaoris inability to play instruments
Finally they both came up with an idea
A comedy sketch show Similer to Benny Hill, the Three Stooges or Spitting Image, a show that will make people laugh since they were both good at that, Dil overall weirdness and crazy ideas could make an average viewer laugh and Kaoris rebellious nature and enthusiasm could get the viewer engaged into the program before and after the joke, Dil knew he had a filmmaker in Tommy who can help film it and Lil, Chuckie and Kimi can help Dil and Kaori in the jokes.
The First Show was going to be filmed in the Pickles garage, Tommy was on Camera, he knew what it took to make a film, after all he won many awards from many films, as soon as the camera went live, Kaori and Dil would be TV with their comedy show, Lil, Phil and Chuckie was going to help provide Kaori and Dil with as many stunts as possible and Kimi was in charge of the sound.
"We are going live in 3...2...1... Go" said Tommy as he started filming
Dil opened the show, he suddenly floated and then his shorts some how pulled down (one of Stus inventions caused it)
Afterwards the next sketch appeared Kaori appeared and it was a mock quiz game and if she say certain words, she got the pie to the face and the words in particular was musical terms, as a result she was given a lot of musical questions and got a lot of pies.
The next sketch involved Dil spin himself on a muscle ball when suddenly a Lucha Libre Wrestler (Phil in a mask) did a body splash from a platform and Chuckie did a mock wrestling 3 count.
Next was Kaori who was working with a mock pipe where suddenly a small spray of water hit her and when she kept doing it, she was blasted by water where she was knocked off screen (Chuckie used a hose to make the effect).
Last was a sketch involving Dil, Kaori and Lil as Dil and Kaori approached Lil, Lil pulled a lever and mud cam down and engulfed both of them, both of them smiled and gave a thumbs up and the show ended.
The group looked at the viewing numbers and the younger demographic numbers were the highest since Mister Rogers Neighbourhood, Dil and Kaori had just realised that this little show could be their calling and the moment could change their lives which made Kaori feel no longer pointless and along with Dil, to become a mega star
