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A/N: This is version one of the AKC, so there might be another one coming up. I can't decide which to post, so I thought, why not post both? It'll be interesting.

*~~The Anime Karaoke Channel~~*

Chapter I: ROW Request Central

"Mommy! Mommy! Please let me watch TV!" said the five-year old girl in pigtails.

"What's all the rush about?" the girl's mother said.

"It's almost time for my favorite show," the little girl replied. "I wrote a letter to it and they might read it there."

"All right, then. I'll watch with you."

"Yay!"

The mother pressed the power button on the remote control and the TV flickered on. The little girl burrowed close to her mom.

"What channel?" the mother asked.

"66."

The mother switched video channels to 66, where a commercial was going on.

"It's still a commercial, dear," the mom said.

"Don't, mommy!" the girl squealed. "That's my favorite commercial!"

"Okay."

"Try the new and improved Mole Beautifying Lotion!" Kiyota Nobunaga said, smiling at the camera. "It's hot pink liquid is creamier, smoother, and has silver glitters to make your mole sparkle and shine! So don't be shy! Show that irresistible mole of yours and bag that guy!" He grinned at his captain, Maki Shinichi, who stood beside him, smiling and batting his eyelashes at the camera.

Off-cam, a figure in the shadows shuddered and made to move at Kiyota, but two pairs of arms grabbed her.

"Don't, Yuki," the girl holding her left arm hissed. "Kai will skin you alive."

Sayama Yuki gave Hitaka Hoshi an exasperated look.

"Please, Yuki," the other girl pleaded.

Yuki stared at Speedo-chan too. Then she relaxed. "Just this time," she said. "Next time I will really go berserk."

"You've done that before," Hoshi pointed out.

"Even so. He said IT."

"But if you kill him, Yuki," Speedo said, "you know what Kai's gonna do."

At that moment, a short figure who was trying to find her way around accidentally bumped into the three ROW members.

"Hey!"

"Owch!"

"Who was that?"

"The hell—?"

Yuki looked around her. Her fellow ROW members had fallen, along with a third person. Yuki narrowed her eyes, trying to identify who was who in the dark. After a few moments, she grabbed the arm of the potential mystery person and pulled him—or her up.

"Thanks, Yuki." The person, whoever he or she was, sounded very familiar to Yuki.

"Saeko?" Yuki said incredulously.

"Yep." As Yuki's eyes adjusted to the dark, she recognized the glasses of the short megane girl. Saeko was brushing something off her pants.

'Why're you here?" Yuki asked.

"My show's coming up after the second set of commercials," Saeko explained.

"I see."

"A little help here?"

Yuki and Saeko looked down and saw Hoshi and Speedo-chan still sprawled on the floor.

"Oops." Saeko and Yuki bent down and pulled the Hoshi and Speedo-chan up. "I'm sorry," Saeko said quickly. "I was on my way to my set and I didn't see you."

"It's okay," Speedo-chan said. Hoshi nodded.

"Would you like to see the set?" Saeko offered. "It's a whole lot better than this," she said, nodding her head to the duo still prancing in front of the camera, taking no notice of the four of them by the side.

"Sure!" Yuki said, and they followed Saeko through a door and into a TV set consisting of a table, a chair, a computer, and a whole bunch of letters on the tabletop, and more on the wall behind it. Also present were the usual TV and camera crew.

"Saeko, you're up in two minutes!" Somebody from the crowd yelled.

"Coming!" Saeko yelled back. She turned to her sempais and smiled. "I'll be going now."

"Gambatte, Saeko!" the three said, and Saeko walked to her set and sat down.

"And you're on in five... four... three... two... aand ACTION!" the director said.

"Konnichiwa, minna-san, Saeko here, up for another half hour of your requested songs on the ROW Request Central!" Saeko said, smiling into the camera. "Our first request via email is from Kamatari-chan, and she requests Yuzurenai Negai from Magic Knight Rayearth and Ohayou from Hunter X Hunter. She also wants to dedicate it to her bishounen. Well, Kamatari-chan, you're lucky 'coz we have the music videos of BOTH! ^_^ So here's the ladies of Magic Knight Rayearth and the to-die-for guys of Hunter X Hunter for ya, Kamatari-chan!

Tomaranai mirai wo mezashite yuzurenai negai wo dakishimete
 
Umi no iro ga akaku somatte yuku mujuuryoku joutai
Kono mama ni kaze ni sawaretai
 
Itsu mo tobenai haadoru wo
Makenai kimochi de kuria shite kita kedo
Dashikirenai jitsuryoku wa dare no sei?
 
Tomaranai mirai wo mezashite yuzurenai negai wo dakishimete
Iro asenai kokoro no chizu hikari ni kazasou
 
Dore dake nakeba asa ni deaeru no
Kodoku na yoru hajimete genkai wo kanjita hi
 
Kitto koi ni ochiru no wa
Mabataki mitai na isshun no jounetsu da kedo
Ai ni tsuzuku sakamichi de tsuyosa oboetai
 
Tomaranai mirai wo yume mite
Kuchi wo tozashi hitomi wo hikarasete kita keredo
Motto ooki na yasashisa ga mieta
 
Tobenai haadoru wo
Makenai kimochi de kuria shite kita kedo
Sutaato rain ni tatsu tabi ni obiete ita
 
Tomaranai mirai wo egaite ude wo nobashi kokoro wo hiraite
 
Tomaranai mirai wo mezashite yuzurenai negai wo dakishimete

Iro asenai kokoro no chizu hikari ni kazasou

~

tanomi mo shinai no ni  asa wa yatte kuru  mado o
akete chotto fukaku shinkokyuu
fukuretTSURA no kimi  omoi dashite warau
KENKA shita yokujitsu wa  rusuden ni shippanashi daro
waraiau KOTO  nanigenai kaiwa
mainichi no kurashi no naka de  dou datte ii koto
nani mo kangaezuni ukande kuru kotoba  "FU" to shita
shunkan ga taisetsu datte
kimi ni "ohayou" tte itte  MESSEEJI o nokoshite
boku no ichinichi  hajime ni dekakenakya  marude nani
mo  nakatta mitai ni
denwa shite kuru  kimi no koe ga suki nanda
 
bukiyou ni natte ita  nani ga jama shite
atarimae na koto ga  futoumei ni natte
boku yori mo boku no KOTO o  umaku aiseru no wa
kimi shika inain datte  wakatte kuyashikattan dake do
sennyuukan tte jibun ni mo aru ne  douse DAME sa nante
jibaku mo sezuni
furidashi ni tatte  tohou ni kurete mo  hajime no ippo
sukuwarete miru
 
* kimi to kata o kunde  kimi to te o tsunaide
koibito dattari  tomodachi de itai kara
"ohayou" tte itte  mata yume o misete
shizen na sono ikikata de ii kara sa
 
minarete ita  kimi no hen na ji mo  daiji na KOTOBA
kaku to  shinsen ni mieru
sunao ni narenai sunao sa nanka ja  kimi ni nanni mo
tsutawaranai
mata "ohayou" tte itte  mata yume o misete
kyou mo genki de sugosetara II yo ne
konna ni tanjun de atarimae na koto ga  hontou wa
ichiban miushinaigachi dakara ne
 
me o aketa mama  miru yume  shiranai ashita e  hakobu
Merry-go-round goes
 
* kimi to kata o kunde  kimi to te o tsunaide
koibito dattari  tomodachi de itai kara
"ohayou" tte itte  mata yume o misete

shizen na sono ikikata de ii kara sa

"Hey!"

"Get a load of this! 'Dear Saeko—'"

"You're not supposed to read those letters!"

"You've got plenty of emails, Saeko-chan."

"Not my computer!"

"GET DOWN!"

"Why?"

"We're on air!"

"GOSH!"

Yuki, Hoshi and Speedo-chan quickly tried to hide under the table. Saeko laughed.

"Hello, minna!" she said to the cam. "While you were enjoying the videos, my friends and fellow VJs here took the opportunity to go about my set! As you can see, it's a messy array of letters and printed emails, and they were quite curious!"

"Saeko!" the three of them hissed.

"You know, guys, you're still seen on TV. Isn't that so, everybody?"

The crew cheered and yelled. Speedo-chan poked her head up and saw the TV showing Yuki's and Hoshi's backs.

"Guys," Speedo-chan said, "your backs look really stupid. And Hoshi, I think your bra strap's loose again."

"SPEEDO!!!" Hoshi jumped up, her face bright red. "Why'd you have to announce it on air?!"

"Sorry," Speedo said.

"Hi, minna!" Yuki said, waving to the camera. VJ Yuki here!"

Hoshi turned left and ran off-cam to try and fix her bra strap, Speedo-chan trailing after her. Saeko giggled.

"Why'd they leave? This was just getting funnier," Saeko said. She laughed.

"Can I read the next request?" Yuki asked.

"Sure," Saeko said, handing Yuki the next letter.

" 'Dear Saeko'," Yuki began, "I would like to request Heart of Sword and 1/3 from Rurouni Kenshin'—wow, a real RK fan—'and dedicate it to myself'—this guy is full of himself—'Thanks and more power. —Flash Wall'?"

"'Flash Wall'?" Saeko said. "Sounds familiar."

"I think it's the name of a reviewer of yours," Yuki murmured.

"A reviewer?" Saeko said aloud. "That's it! It's my brother!" she exclaimed, snapping her fingers.

"Your brother?!" Yuki said incredulously.

"Yup," Saeko said. Yuki sweatdropped.

"Anyway, here's Heart of Sword and 1/3 for ya, my bro!" Saeko said to the camera. "Happy watching!"

kowareru hodo aishitemo

sanbun no ichi mo tsutawaranai

junjou na kanjou wa karamawari

I love you sae ienaideiru my heart

nagaku nemureani yoru ga kimi e to omoi

sore wa koi na n desu to sasayaku yo

tomedonaku katari nakeru yureru todou wa

binetsu majiri no tameiki e to kawaru

give me smile and shine days kimi no smile de

itetsuku yoru samusa no mo good koraerareru

kowareru hodo aishitemo

san bun no ichi mo tsutawaranai

junjou na kanjou wa karamawari

i love you sae ienaideiru my heart

mannatsu no ame no you ni kawaita suhada

uruosu kimi no egao ga mabushikute

Give me a smile and shine days, kyuu ni sumasanaide

donna ni konnan de nankan na kabe mo koeru kara

dore dake kimi wo aishitara

kono omoi todoku no darou

mitsumerareru to ienai

kotoba ga chuu ni mauhanarereba hanareru hodo

itoshii hito da to kizukumotomereba motomeru hodo ni

setsunai kyori wo kanjiteru my heart

Give me smile and shine days

Give me smile and nice days

moshi mo kono ude de dakishime-aeta nara

dore dake kimi wo aishitara

kono omoi todoku no darou

yume no naka de wa tashikani

ieta hazu na noni

kowareru hodo aishetemo

san bun no ichi mo tsutawaranai

junjou na kanjou wa karamawari

I love you sae ienaideiru My Heart

~

Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo

Yoake no mama de, koesou de

Butsukatteikya kokeru omoi yo

Konya mo mata, sure chigai

Sanzan sugite doryoku no ato mo

Naku naru kekka, only no tsuna watari

Yaru dake son suru yona, mainichi wa

Sha ni kamaeteta hou koso, raku ni naru

Atsukute, tsurai jibun wo kakushite, mijikai toki wo ikiteru

Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo

Yoake no mama de, koesou de

Hottokeba, hashiru omoi yo

Yume mo mata, sure chigai

Kanpeki to chau, jinsei no shuushi

Puramai zero da nanteba honto ka na?

Shinu made ni tsukaikiru, un no kazu

Semete, jibun de dashiire wo sasete

Wakacchainai, kimi nara dou ni demo, rikutsu wo kaete ii noni

Nando kimi ni, ketsu mazuitemo

Modottekichau, aijou ni

Shinjikaneru, utaretsuyosa yo

Konya mo, soutou nemurenai

Nando nankai, kurikaeshitemo

Modottekichau, ai dakara

Butsukatteiku, kesunu omoi wo

Semeru hou ga, suji chigai

Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo

Yoake no mama de koeteyuku

Aishou yori mo, fukai futari wa

Sure chigatte kamawanai

"We'll be back after a little break, minna, so stay tuned!"

"See, mom! See!" the little girl cried. "They read your letters on air like that!"

The mother nodded vigorously, though she already knew that.

"Come on, dear, it's time for your bath."

"Okay."

~Owari~