Okay! I'm SECRETLY typing this! (I'm grounded from the comp[uter so my
updates may not be as close together for awhile... Don't know when I'm
UNgrounded either... the bitch didn't tell me. How do ya like that? Ok!
Hope I can finish this in a half hour before I gotta get off!
(You've read Confusion and this whole story so far, right? So then you know me well enough to know that this: "*" means someone's singing.)
Maturity
Chapter Sixteen: Limelight
"Tetsuo, I don't think I can do this..." Nanake shivered in her performance outfit.
"Yes you can Nan', you're only nervous... which you should be... this is your first big gig!" He rubbed up and down sleeveless arms, comfortingly, "I believe with all my heart that you can do this."
She looked at him with her big blue eyes and the guitarist came up behind them and spoke,
"Yo! Nanake! You ready? The crowd's getting restless out there..."
"Yeah... I'm ready." She took a deep breath and walked over to where she had been instructed to stand.
"She looks scared." The guitarist mumbled to Tetsuo.
"She'll be fine, you worry about your own choreography, ok Marty?"
"Yeah fine." Marky, the guitarist walked to his place. Soon the whole band was assembled in their correct places. Nanake's breath quickened as the announcer shouted her name and the curtain rose, meaning she should run a couple steps ahead of the band to her microphone. Kima, her backup singer and keyboard player, winked at her as she straightened her own microphone.
Nanake looked out into the crowd and surprisingly saw a LOT of people. She picked up the microphone shakily and stammered through it,
"H-hello... Thank you for coming here today... I-"
She trailed off and the crowd cheered even louder, cheering her on. She smiled and blushed and said with more courage,
"The first song we're going to perform for you is our very first hit, "Ready for the Good Times." I hope you guys have fun tonight!"
The crowd roared and the music started. Donatelo, slammed his drumsticks against the drums creating the beat and Marty fired up his guitar. Kima smiled as she played her keyboard and Nanake started to sing.
"*I don't wanna clear the cobwebs from my head
Time will bring them back I bet*"
She started dancing a little bit while she sang and smiled and waved,
"*So if you hear me say that I believe in love
Don't make me feel ashamed*"
She sang with a sassy, and almost teasey look on her face,
"*I used to sing the saddest songs
And while in the meantime roaches used to climb up my door*"
She had her back turned to the audience,
"*Falling back down to the floor*"
and turned her head quickly, letting the ribbons around her bunsflutter as she smiled at the audience over her bare shoulder.
"*I used to read survival guides
When my world was full of seven legged cats
But here I am with eight more lives*"
She pounded the air with her fist cheerily as she sang the last three words and then continued to the refrain.
"*I'm ready for the good times
I'm ready for the good times...
Ready to get it on...*"
Krillin watched her on TV and smiled,
"Yeah! Alright Nanake! You're doing great!"
"*I'm ready for the good times
I'm ready for the good times
Now that I'm not alone*"
She giggled as she danced a little dramatically, which consisted of strutting up stage, stomping her foot down lightly and strutting backwards a little, stomping lightly again and then repeating until she got to the bridge of the song.
"*Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh-
Ah-
Ah-
Ah-
Ah.
You know it*"
With every sharp "ah," she kind of bopped her hips while moving her arms appropriately to the beat of the drum.
"*Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Ah-
Ah-
Ah-
Ah.
You better not
Ignore it*"
The crowd cheered at her choreography and she smiled almost sheepishly but then shook it off to continue the next verse.
"*I don't wanna look at fashion magazines
While somone does my nails...
Sitting here watching other people live
Frozen by the fear to fail*"
Android 18 walked into the room where Krillin was watching Nanake's concert on the TV. She handed him baby Marron and smiled,
"What you watching?"
"A friend I used to know."
"Ah. She's talanted."
"Yeah. She fights too."
"Not as well as me." 18 scoffed and left the room.
"Of course dear." Krillin smiled and bounced Marron on his knee as they watched Nanake dance and sing.
"*Coz, everyday there's a war to fight
And if I win or lose never mind
As long as you're my shelter every night*"
She danced, strutting her cute little strutt and doing a spin when appropriate and smiled brightly, full of energy and enthusiasm.
"*I used to cry against the wall
But now I've got a shoulder that I can lean on*"
She looked down at Tetsuo who was smiling at her from the front row and then sang her next line with a smile on her face,
"*Swear to me you won't be gone*"
She looked away and bopped her hips from side to side with the beat from the last three words to take her into the finale.
"*I'm ready for the good times,
I'm ready for the good times
Ready to get it on...*"
She walked back a little by her band, smiling at them as she sang.
"*I'm ready for the good times,*"
She strutted back upstage,
"*I'm ready for the good times,*"
And did a quick spin that stopped once her back was turned to the audience and then flicked her head around to look at the audience almost seductively as she sang the last line.
"*Now that I'm not alone."*
The crowd cheered and Tetsuo smiled up at her proudly. She giggled and stole a glance at him before looking back out at the sea of people, she blushed and spoke through the microphone she held,
"Th-thank you... thank you... and I hope you like our next song as much as you did that one! You guys are great! Thank you so much!"
They cheered even louder and she could only daze out as exhaled with a tired smile on her face, without a trace of stage fright left in her system. She smiled at the feeling blossoming inside of her. The feeling of exceptance.
After the concert was over, the band joked around with her, giving her hugs and pats on the back, before it was time to go home. Naki ran up to her mother and gave her a jump-hug, giggling. Tetsuo approached, congradulated her, gave Naki a kiss on the forehead, and Nanake a sweet kiss on the lips and they went home.
Tetsuo fell asleep, but Nanake stayed awake in bed, staring up at the ceiling. She mad a soft smile on her face as she wondered,
"(I wonder... if... Vegeta saw all of that... I hope he didn't... but then... I hop he did...")
Her smile disappeared and she rolled over to her side, facing away from Tetsuo,
"(I gotta stop thinking about him... I'm with Tetsuo now... and Naki needs a father who isn't... well...")
She yawned and said aloud,
"Easier said than done."
It wasn't long after that before she drifted off to sleep.
To Be Continued...
There ya go! Nanake's first gig! Took her long enough, huh! She owed it to tetsuo for all the breaks she never got because of Time Warrior duties. And just so you know... No matter what song she sings... Nanake's vocal voice will ALWAYS be Shakira... I still haven't decided on a voice actor yet... I'll let you know though... when I decide... ok... did this chapter bore you? I bet it did... I'm sorry... the next one will be better... See ya! Review and BE NICE!!!
Nanake Trilogy Vacation Special
PART THREE
(Heidi is driving the bus and everyone is just being silly...)
Naki: (singing kareoke) "*On the goooood ship. Lollipop...*"
Goten: "Hi everybody! I'm gonna be in part three!!!"
Trunks: "And me too!"
Heidi: "But that doesn't mean that you need to be here now..."
Trunks and Goten: "Awwww... nuts."
Bulma: (looks around at the big group on the bus) "Oh when are we going to get there? You KNOW I can't STAND to be around CROWDS!"
(Heidi, Nanake, and Vegeta roll their eyes)
Goku: "I'm Huuungry!"
Chichi: "You ALWAYS are!"
Gohan: "Me too... I'm hungry!"
Nanake: "I kinda am too."
(Vegeta grunts in agreement)
Heidi: "You Saiyans are NOT having another pit stop for food! We've already HAD TWENTY-ONE!!!"
Goku: "...Only that many?"
Heidi: "GAH! You unintelligent little-"
Bulma: (squealing, excited,) "LOOK! THERE IT IS!!!"
Trunks: "That dump?"
Goten: "It looks kinda crappy to me..."
Vegeta: " What kind of cheep vacation is this?!"
Heidi: "HEY! SHUT UP! THIS IS THE BEST I COULD DO!!!!"
Freeza: "If I was in charge-"
Nanake: "Which you're not."
Freeza: "-Of this vacation, I'd-"
Heidi: "Freezer... we DON'T really care..."
(silence)
Captain Ginyu: "Heidi... may I do you honor by preforming the dance of joy once again!"
Heidi: "Oooo! Yay!"
Saiyans: "NO!"
Heidi: "Well... I'd better turn here and into the driveway... everybody ready?"
Everybody: "YEAH!"
END OF PART THREE
ok review please...
(You've read Confusion and this whole story so far, right? So then you know me well enough to know that this: "*" means someone's singing.)
Maturity
Chapter Sixteen: Limelight
"Tetsuo, I don't think I can do this..." Nanake shivered in her performance outfit.
"Yes you can Nan', you're only nervous... which you should be... this is your first big gig!" He rubbed up and down sleeveless arms, comfortingly, "I believe with all my heart that you can do this."
She looked at him with her big blue eyes and the guitarist came up behind them and spoke,
"Yo! Nanake! You ready? The crowd's getting restless out there..."
"Yeah... I'm ready." She took a deep breath and walked over to where she had been instructed to stand.
"She looks scared." The guitarist mumbled to Tetsuo.
"She'll be fine, you worry about your own choreography, ok Marty?"
"Yeah fine." Marky, the guitarist walked to his place. Soon the whole band was assembled in their correct places. Nanake's breath quickened as the announcer shouted her name and the curtain rose, meaning she should run a couple steps ahead of the band to her microphone. Kima, her backup singer and keyboard player, winked at her as she straightened her own microphone.
Nanake looked out into the crowd and surprisingly saw a LOT of people. She picked up the microphone shakily and stammered through it,
"H-hello... Thank you for coming here today... I-"
She trailed off and the crowd cheered even louder, cheering her on. She smiled and blushed and said with more courage,
"The first song we're going to perform for you is our very first hit, "Ready for the Good Times." I hope you guys have fun tonight!"
The crowd roared and the music started. Donatelo, slammed his drumsticks against the drums creating the beat and Marty fired up his guitar. Kima smiled as she played her keyboard and Nanake started to sing.
"*I don't wanna clear the cobwebs from my head
Time will bring them back I bet*"
She started dancing a little bit while she sang and smiled and waved,
"*So if you hear me say that I believe in love
Don't make me feel ashamed*"
She sang with a sassy, and almost teasey look on her face,
"*I used to sing the saddest songs
And while in the meantime roaches used to climb up my door*"
She had her back turned to the audience,
"*Falling back down to the floor*"
and turned her head quickly, letting the ribbons around her bunsflutter as she smiled at the audience over her bare shoulder.
"*I used to read survival guides
When my world was full of seven legged cats
But here I am with eight more lives*"
She pounded the air with her fist cheerily as she sang the last three words and then continued to the refrain.
"*I'm ready for the good times
I'm ready for the good times...
Ready to get it on...*"
Krillin watched her on TV and smiled,
"Yeah! Alright Nanake! You're doing great!"
"*I'm ready for the good times
I'm ready for the good times
Now that I'm not alone*"
She giggled as she danced a little dramatically, which consisted of strutting up stage, stomping her foot down lightly and strutting backwards a little, stomping lightly again and then repeating until she got to the bridge of the song.
"*Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh-
Ah-
Ah-
Ah-
Ah.
You know it*"
With every sharp "ah," she kind of bopped her hips while moving her arms appropriately to the beat of the drum.
"*Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Ah-
Ah-
Ah-
Ah.
You better not
Ignore it*"
The crowd cheered at her choreography and she smiled almost sheepishly but then shook it off to continue the next verse.
"*I don't wanna look at fashion magazines
While somone does my nails...
Sitting here watching other people live
Frozen by the fear to fail*"
Android 18 walked into the room where Krillin was watching Nanake's concert on the TV. She handed him baby Marron and smiled,
"What you watching?"
"A friend I used to know."
"Ah. She's talanted."
"Yeah. She fights too."
"Not as well as me." 18 scoffed and left the room.
"Of course dear." Krillin smiled and bounced Marron on his knee as they watched Nanake dance and sing.
"*Coz, everyday there's a war to fight
And if I win or lose never mind
As long as you're my shelter every night*"
She danced, strutting her cute little strutt and doing a spin when appropriate and smiled brightly, full of energy and enthusiasm.
"*I used to cry against the wall
But now I've got a shoulder that I can lean on*"
She looked down at Tetsuo who was smiling at her from the front row and then sang her next line with a smile on her face,
"*Swear to me you won't be gone*"
She looked away and bopped her hips from side to side with the beat from the last three words to take her into the finale.
"*I'm ready for the good times,
I'm ready for the good times
Ready to get it on...*"
She walked back a little by her band, smiling at them as she sang.
"*I'm ready for the good times,*"
She strutted back upstage,
"*I'm ready for the good times,*"
And did a quick spin that stopped once her back was turned to the audience and then flicked her head around to look at the audience almost seductively as she sang the last line.
"*Now that I'm not alone."*
The crowd cheered and Tetsuo smiled up at her proudly. She giggled and stole a glance at him before looking back out at the sea of people, she blushed and spoke through the microphone she held,
"Th-thank you... thank you... and I hope you like our next song as much as you did that one! You guys are great! Thank you so much!"
They cheered even louder and she could only daze out as exhaled with a tired smile on her face, without a trace of stage fright left in her system. She smiled at the feeling blossoming inside of her. The feeling of exceptance.
After the concert was over, the band joked around with her, giving her hugs and pats on the back, before it was time to go home. Naki ran up to her mother and gave her a jump-hug, giggling. Tetsuo approached, congradulated her, gave Naki a kiss on the forehead, and Nanake a sweet kiss on the lips and they went home.
Tetsuo fell asleep, but Nanake stayed awake in bed, staring up at the ceiling. She mad a soft smile on her face as she wondered,
"(I wonder... if... Vegeta saw all of that... I hope he didn't... but then... I hop he did...")
Her smile disappeared and she rolled over to her side, facing away from Tetsuo,
"(I gotta stop thinking about him... I'm with Tetsuo now... and Naki needs a father who isn't... well...")
She yawned and said aloud,
"Easier said than done."
It wasn't long after that before she drifted off to sleep.
To Be Continued...
There ya go! Nanake's first gig! Took her long enough, huh! She owed it to tetsuo for all the breaks she never got because of Time Warrior duties. And just so you know... No matter what song she sings... Nanake's vocal voice will ALWAYS be Shakira... I still haven't decided on a voice actor yet... I'll let you know though... when I decide... ok... did this chapter bore you? I bet it did... I'm sorry... the next one will be better... See ya! Review and BE NICE!!!
Nanake Trilogy Vacation Special
PART THREE
(Heidi is driving the bus and everyone is just being silly...)
Naki: (singing kareoke) "*On the goooood ship. Lollipop...*"
Goten: "Hi everybody! I'm gonna be in part three!!!"
Trunks: "And me too!"
Heidi: "But that doesn't mean that you need to be here now..."
Trunks and Goten: "Awwww... nuts."
Bulma: (looks around at the big group on the bus) "Oh when are we going to get there? You KNOW I can't STAND to be around CROWDS!"
(Heidi, Nanake, and Vegeta roll their eyes)
Goku: "I'm Huuungry!"
Chichi: "You ALWAYS are!"
Gohan: "Me too... I'm hungry!"
Nanake: "I kinda am too."
(Vegeta grunts in agreement)
Heidi: "You Saiyans are NOT having another pit stop for food! We've already HAD TWENTY-ONE!!!"
Goku: "...Only that many?"
Heidi: "GAH! You unintelligent little-"
Bulma: (squealing, excited,) "LOOK! THERE IT IS!!!"
Trunks: "That dump?"
Goten: "It looks kinda crappy to me..."
Vegeta: " What kind of cheep vacation is this?!"
Heidi: "HEY! SHUT UP! THIS IS THE BEST I COULD DO!!!!"
Freeza: "If I was in charge-"
Nanake: "Which you're not."
Freeza: "-Of this vacation, I'd-"
Heidi: "Freezer... we DON'T really care..."
(silence)
Captain Ginyu: "Heidi... may I do you honor by preforming the dance of joy once again!"
Heidi: "Oooo! Yay!"
Saiyans: "NO!"
Heidi: "Well... I'd better turn here and into the driveway... everybody ready?"
Everybody: "YEAH!"
END OF PART THREE
ok review please...
