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The Power of love (part 2)

Hey, it's the first part of my gift for all of you, my readers.
Recently, I've reached 10k hits on AO3 and 5k on FanFiction and wanted to thank you for the help, comments, reads, everything.
Hope you like it, the second part should be posted by the end of the week :D

For Akali, the night seemed to be some sort of a nightmare. With every single moment that Evelynn was let to tease the youngest member of the band, the browned-haired Japanese was slowly losing her mind, slowly losing her composure. She wanted it to end, she wanted that so badly. If she couldn't have what her mind and her heart desired, it would have to end as quickly as possible.

The blue-eyed girl sighed heavily, all she wanted now was just a long shower. The rapper wanted to just relax, forget about the long day and the strange behaviour of her bandmate.

The temperature was continually going down and down. Midnight was closer and closer with every moment that the gig continued. Thankfully, the finish of the show was maybe a couple of minutes away from them.

"It is alright, I am going to survive that, no matter what," the brown-haired artist whispered under her nose.

She was allowed to take a short break, cause Foxy started to play with the crowd. The rapper reached out for the nearest bottle of water, unbuckled it, and rapidly drunk at least half of its content. As soon as the cold liquid reached the back of her throat, the girl moaned softly. Even though it was just water, not some kind of fancy drink, it refreshed her a bit. To some extent, it helped her to collect her mind.

"Akali, dear?" the sound of the diva's voice brought the brown-haired woman back to reality. "Care to come a bit closer, we have something exceptional prepared for you?" the magenta-haired woman asked in her usual playful manner.

"Yeah, I am coming, let me just put back the bottle," the youngest member of the band replied instantly.

"Put the guitar down as well," Arhi toled her.

"Ehhh … ok," the surprised girl responded.

"Oh come on darling, don't let us wait. You know that impolite," the golden-eyed diva giggled.

Akali did as she was told, the bottled was put down while the guitar was given to one of the crew members. When everything was dealt with, she turned around and came closed the gap between her and her bandmates. While she was returning her gear to the crew, the small ordinary-looking chair was set on a stage. Rogue lifted her brow in amusement.

"What do we need that chair for?" she asked the two celebrities.

"Oh … that one?" Foxy pointed out at the furniture, as if she didn't know what the girl was talking about, or referring to. "It's for you to sit on."

"Could you kindly explain why?" the surprised rapper asked. "If you haven't noticed yet, I am playing the guitar tonight."

"Don't worry, darling. We got you covered," the diva added, flashing a mischievous smile.

"I'm sorry guys," the leader of KDA focused on the crowd. "It must be a bit confusing to watch us fool around for a bit now, but we got you covered as it would be said by Eve. I'll explain," she added, flashing a broad smile. "So, as you perfectly know, Akali is our youngest members, and to some extent, she's our baby, she's KDA's baby," the blond-haired continued as soon as the crowd stopped shouting and chanting.

"She has been working extremely hard, even harder than any of us," Evelynn chuckled. "She's just a perfectionist and the most hard-working person I know," the magenta-haired added softly. "For that, we wanted to just thank her, but it wouldn't be us if it was something ordinary," the diva chuckled again. "No … we want to perform for her, we want to perform a special song for her."

"Akali has changed us," Kai'sa spoke. "To some extent, I think that she doesn't even know how much things her joining has changed," the violet-haired dancer added. "All of us have a quite unique connection with her, quite unique relationship. I wouldn't even try to explain it, cause I'm more than certain that I'd explain it badly," the lead dancer smiled. "For everything that she did, she's doing, she'll do, I think it's just deserved to gain a bit of recognition."

Rogue was out of words, or maybe it would be better to describe her like a frozen. She could not do anything but stare into people that were chanting her name. When she finally averted her eyes from the massive crowd, she focused on her friends. For them, the girl was willing to do everything that, no matter the cost. She still could remember the first day of the dance practice, she was just horrible. There was no other way to describe her movement, her performance. Even though Kai'sa didn't say anything back then, the young girl could still see the glimpse of disappointment in the eyes of the lead dancer. In that very moment, she promised herself that she would do her best, that she would be practising more than everyone to become better.

Honestly, it was easier said than done. As the very beginning, Rogue could not progress at a reasonable pace, which in turn frustrated the girl. It would not be a lie if she said that she spent probably every single moment of her limited free time in their private dancing studio. There were days when she was dancing, practising so hard, for so long that she just collapsed onto the floor and was found in that very state the next day. To be perfectly frank, it was typical for the rest of the band that the youngest member was the first one to wake up, and the very last to go sleep.

The same pride, the same devotion that was filling her in the past, helped her to stand up. Her heart was beating rapidly, she could feel that she was filled entirely up to the very last vain with passion. Without saying a word, she turned around and grabbed her guitar a few moments later.

"I am not going to sit idle," the girl said into the microphone. "I heard those precious words … I want to thank you for that," the brown-haired woman continued. "I have an excellent idea for that. Would you care to perform with me one of my long-beloved songs? Would you like to help me with giving a worthy tribute to a legendary band?" the rapper stopped for the moment to let the public speaks its mind.

She didn't have to wait long. The crowd erupted with new wild chantings as if their energy reserves had been refilled. It was easy to acknowledge that the people wanted to have fun with them for a bit longer.

"Oh … I see you are really eager guys," Rogue allowed herself to giggle for a short moment. "Hey, I want us all to play Bon Jovi "Always", hope you guys know the words and help us with that?"

"Akali?!" Ahri called the girl a little too loudly. "What are you doing?"

"I am just doing my part," the girl replied. "I get it that you want to thank me, but you know me … I am not the idle type of person," the rapper explained. "Let's do it that way … let's play that song, and then I will do whatever you have planned, ok?"

"I can agree on that," Kai'sa agreed instantly.

"Akali, we have something …" the leader started.

"Fine," the voice of Evelynn could be heard. "But, I have one rule for you to obey," she added, lowering her voice a bit.

"What is it?" Akali asked in a matter of seconds.

"You're going to play the lead as you did with Arch Enemy's song, and I'll be by your side all the time," the diva provided the answer, looking directly into the azure eyes of the latter.

"Eve? What are you doing?" Foxy started to nag.

"Fine, I can agree on that," Rogue replied after an entire minute of silence.

"Splendid, so let us proceed," Evelynn finished up the conversation, grabbed Akali's left hand, and led her to the very edge of the scene once again.