The Melodies of Life Tour
Presented by Squartz Entertainment
Fire Angel

DISCLAIMER: We all know that none of the characters here belong to me, although it's pretty damn
unfortunate that they don't! The song for this chapter is 'Take a Look Around' by Limp Bizkit;
from the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack. In my opinion, it's one of their best songs. Probably
their best, actually. Hah-hah.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Konnichiwa minnasan, and a warm welcome to 2002. Hmm… I'm a little late, I know…
but oh well, it's cool. You know the deal. Read and review, or if you're really bored and have no
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The Melodies of Life Tour
Chapter 5: Taking a Very Quick Look Around

(Everything is pitch black. In fact, everything is blacker than black. The audience is dead quiet
after the last act, in pure shock of the fact that anyone could sing so badly. Satan's Angel
sends a stream of blue-white light onto the stage [she's far better at this than Atrocious], and
Fire Angel appears, waving cheerfully. She looks at S.Angel, and a microphone appears in her
hand.)

Fire Angel:
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night - depending on where you are in the
world, I'm sure one of those greeting should suit you - and welcome back once more to the
Melodies of Life Tour. For anyone that's missed everything up to this point, I'm your host, Fire
Angel. Our next song - if you can call it a song, it's more a yell with a little tune every now
and then - was originally by Limp Bizkit. It's called 'Take a Look Around', and it's going to be
sung tonight by the tallest, the most red-headed, the snidest, the cruellest, but also one of the
coolest, SALAMANDER CORAL!

(Salamander walks in, wearing his normal clothes, but with the addition of a black bandanna to
keep his hair back. Zidane follows him as the lights all switch on, revealing two mikes at the
front of the stage, and drums and a keyboard up the back. After Zidane comes Dagger and Blank,
holding electric guitars, Freija holding a bass, Ruby, who heads for the drums, and Mikoto, who
takes her place behind the keyboard. Salamander and Zidane stand in front of the mikes, watching
the audience. Salamander waits calmly for the musical intro, and then jumps in with a rap.)

Salamander:
All the teaching in the world today
All the little girls filling up the world today

(Eiko, offstage, seems to take offence at this remark. She walks out and bashes Salamander over
the head with her flute.
"I'll have none of that, thankyou!" she yells. "Little girls can fill up the world as MUCH as
they want!"
She turns to walk offstage, but before she goes anywhere, Salamander picks her up and throws her
to the pit right in front of the stage. The pit is full of guard dogs, watching the audience
warily in case anyone tries to climb onto the stage. As Eiko hits the ground, she screams, and
ripping, chewing and noises of tearing flesh fill the air.)

Salamander:
When the good comes the bad, the bad comes the good
But Imma live my life like I should (Zidane: like I should)

(Offstage, Steiner can be heard murmuring, "Since when did SALAMANDER live his life like he
should??"
"Forget that," Beatrix says. "Shouldn't you be rescuing Eiko?"
"Ahh… oh yeah," Steiner mutters, walking out onto stage. He makes his way to the pit and lifts
Eiko out, throwing her back offstage and then following.
"OW! That hurt, ya big oaf!" *slap*)

Salamander:
Now the critics wanna hit it
This hit? How we did it, just because they don't get it
But I'll stay fitted, new era committed
Now this red cap gets a rap from his critics
Do we always gotta cry? (Zidane: always gotta cry)
Do we always gotta live inside a lie? (Zidane: live inside a lie)
Life's just a blast cos it's moving really fast
So you'd better stay on top or life'll kick you in the ass

("Y'know," Zidane says thoughtfully, as the music comes to a halt. "That would hurt, in a way.
Life just comes along and kicks ya, right in the ass. Man. That'd hurt like hell."
"You'll shut uppa yer face if ya know wass good fer ya," Salamander growls, sounding like a
gangster of some sorts.
"Who the hell you tryin to imitate?" Zidane yells back, putting on the same accent, only ten
times better. "You shut uppa yer face, or me'n'my boys'll kick yer measly ass!"
Both guys crack up laughing, and signal for a break. They walk off stage, and laugh for about
five minutes, before coming back.)

Salamander:
Follow me into a solo
Remember that, kid, so what you wanna do?

("Waitaminute," Zidane says, and with a sound like a sigh, the music stops again. "Who you
callin 'kid', mate? You callin me 'kid', ya good-fer-nuttin street scum?"
Salamander cracks up, and the guys walk off stage again, trying to compose themselves.
"Oh for the love of God!" Dagger yells, dropping her guitar and walking to the mike.)

Dagger:
And where you gonna run when you're staring down the cable of my mike
Pointed at your grill like a gun

(Suddenly, Salamander skids back onto stage, smashing into Dagger and sending her flying.
Scowling, she walks back to her guitar and continues playing as Zidane walks in and sets himself
up in front of the mike. Salamander straightens his bandanna, and continues.)

Salamander:
Salamander's rocking the set
It's like Russian Roulette when you're placin your bet
So don't be upset when you're broke and you're done
Cos Imma be the one til I jet (Zidane: Imma be the one til I jet)
I know why you wanna hate me
I know why you wanna hate me
I know why you wanna hate me

(Eiko frowns, poking her head onto stage to listen to the lyrics. Then she looks at Vivi.
"Get this, right? He reckons he knows why we wanna hate him - he's said it three times already…
but it'd be nice if he'd enlighten us as to why we hate him, instead of just telling us he knows
why we do."
"I agree," whispered Vivi, staring at Eiko's torn clothing. "But I'm not gonna be the one to tell
him.")

Salamander:
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately

(Eiko and Vivi look at each other. "Oh.")

Salamander:
I know why you wanna hate me (Zidane: wanna hate me)
I know why you wanna hate me (Zidane: wanna hate me)
Now I know why you wanna hate me
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately
And now you wanna hate me
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately
And now you wanna hate me
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately

("This song is so damned repetitive," Dagger whispers to Blank, who is by now, bashing his head
on thin air, the art so well known as 'head banging', while strumming the guitar so hard it's a
wonder the strings don't break.
"You think so??" Blank asks in surprise. "I like it."
"I never said it was a bad song," Dagger sighs, exasperated, but Blank's head banging again,
pretending he can't hear her. "Oh, just forget it.")

Salamander:
Does anybody really know the secret?
Or the combination for this life and where they keep it?
It's kinda sad when you don't know the meaning
But everything happens for a reason (Zidane: everything happens for a reason)
I don't even know what I should say
Cos I'm an idiot, a loser, microphone abuser

(At this, everybody cracks up, much to Salamander's annoyance.
"Hey, I didn't pick this song to sing," he protests. "It was that bitch. Y'know, that Fire Angel
chick."
"Yeah. Me," says Fire Angels sweetly from offstage. She can be heard clearly. "The bitch. Y'know,
the Fire Angel chick that runs this show, that writes this fic, that'll burn your butt from here
into next week if you don't damn well co-operate, sing the song and stop complaining."
"Yes ma'am," Salamander says meekly.
"Good," Fire Angel's voice is cheerful. "Now, ya idiot. Ya loser. Ya microphone abuser…" she
pauses for incessant applause, whistles and cheers as she walks onto the stage. Salamander glares
at her. "Better get your butt into gear and continue the song. I think, guys, we can start with
that verse that Salamander just cut in half. Whatcha say?")

Salamander:
I don't even know what I should say
Cos I'm an idiot, a loser, microphone abuser
I analyse every second I exist
Beating up my mind every second with my fist

(Salamander glares at Fire Angel all the way through the verse, stopping briefly for everyone to
laugh at him. Fire Angel walks calmly off stage, stopping to give the audience the peace sign and
to stick her tongue out at Salamander, who continues to glare in that direction long after she's
gone.)

Salamander:
And everybody wanna run (Zidane: wanna run)
Everybody wanna hide from the gun (Zidane: hide from the gun)
You can dig a rat through this life if you want
But you can't take the edge off a knife (Zidane: no, sir)
And now you want your money back (Zidane: money back)
But you're denied, cos your brain is fried from the sack

("Fried from the sack?" Eiko gasps. "That could be taken as pretty grotty."
"Any song could be taken as 'pretty grotty'," Vivi replies, laughing. "You know that song I did?
'Come Get It'…?" he pauses as Eiko squeals in horror. "…or that song, 'Horny'? You know it, 'I'm
horny, I'm horny horny horny…'"
"Yeah, but that's supposed to be grotty!" Eiko moans, a blush spreading up her cheeks.
"So? It's a cool song!" Vivi grins.
"And since when did you become so gross?"
"Since I was created," Vivi says, slipping an arm round Eiko's shoulders. When she squeals and
runs off, he lets the blush that's been building up all this time appear on his cheeks. "Finally.
She's gone. That chick is so annoying.")

Salamander:
And there ain't nothing I could do
Cos life is a lesson, you learn it when you're through
I know why you wanna hate me
I know why you wanna hate me
I know why you wanna hate me
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately
I know why you wanna hate me (wanna hate me)
I know why you wanna hate me (wanna hate me)

("Oh. Great," Dagger says sarcastically. "My favourite, favourite part of this song, because it's
just so different!"
"It is, isn't it?" Zidane agrees, turning to face her, a grin on his face.
"I was being SARCASTIC!" Dagger yells, and the music comes to an abrupt halt. "Doesn't anyone get
that? This song is so repetitive! Like, how many times have you gotta say 'I know why you wanna
hate me, I know why you wanna hate me'?)

Salamander *grinning*:
NOW I know why you wanna hate me

("That's not funny," Dagger sighs. "Not funny at all. There's one extra word. Huge diff."
"I like the repetitiveness," Zidane argues. "It makes the song… funky. That's the word. Funky."
"Funky?" Fire Angel laughs. "Funky? An alternative rock song is… wait for it… funky?!!"
"That's right," Zidane says defensively. "Funky.")

Salamander:
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately
And now you wanna hate me
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately
And now you wanna hate me
Cos hate is all the world has even seen lately

("'And now you wanna hate me, cos hate is all the world has even seen lately'. Etcetera,
etcetera, etcetera," Dagger mutters, mimicking the king in 'The King and I'. Everyone looks at
her. "What?" she asks angrily. "I don't like the song, alright? Deal with it."
Zidane, rolling his eyes, moves forward to sing.)

Zidane:
Now I know why
Now I know why

Salamander:
Now I know why you wanna hate me

Salamander:
Now I know why you wanna hate me, now I know why you wanna hate me (Zidane: now I know why)
Now I know why you wanna hate me, now I know why you wanna hate me (Zidane: now I know why)

(There's a break in the song as Dagger pounds out a guitar solo. Zidane turns and yells,
"Goddammit Dagger, there's no solo here!"
"I don't care!" she yells back, furiously plucking notes from the guitar. "It sounds better if
there's a short guitar solo!" She stops, and the music goes back to normal. "Ah, there we go."
She sounds pleased. "Much better than the original version of the song."
From the audience comes a yell. "Hey, don't pay out Limp!" Oh look, it's Fire Angel's friend
Short Angel.
"Hey Shorty, how's it goin?" Fire Angel yells. "And Dagger can pay out Limp if she wants to -
they're not THAT good, ya know! Just cos you're obsessed…")

Salamander:
NOW I KNOW WHY YOU WANNA HATE ME!!!

(Arrgh, for some reason Salamander decides to yell the last part of the song as loud as he
possibly can… obviously something he hasn't tried before. Half the audience is blown back by the
massive sound, which is so much louder than Eiko, if it's possible. Frustrated, Eiko comes out to
join him, and the song doubles in volume and exclamation marks.)

Salamander & Eiko:
NOW I KNOW WHY YOU WANNA HATE ME!!!!!!
NOW I KNOW WHY YOU WANNA HATE ME!!!!!!
COS HATE IS ALL THE WORLD HAS EVEN SEEN LATELY!!!!!!
COS HATE IS ALL THE WORLD HAS EVEN SEEN LATELY!!!!!!
COS HATE IS ALL THE WORLD HAS EVEN SEEN LATELY!!!!!!

(The lights fade to black, and for an instant there is dead silence, before the somewhat
dishevelled audience members burst into applause, while making their way back to their seats. A
white light appears, surrounding Fire Angel, who floats onto the stage from above.)

Fire Angel:
Well, that was… err… loud. Due to the length of this segment, we're going to a commercial break,
but we'll be back very, very soon. Promise!