Disclaimer: I sadly don't own this noda. Oh well noda. The only thing I own is Lonar Wolf and my plushies na noda.
Noda no Miko: It's been a long time since I've written huh, noda!!!!?????
Rose_senshi: Too long almost.
Lonar Wolf: What's this about? No, wait, let me guess: It's a reincarnation fic about Nuriko?
Noda no Miko: Nope! Wrong-o na noda!
Tomo: Hi! This fic is about me!
Noda no Miko: To a degree noda. There are others that are main characters.
Tomo: Oh, *sad eyes* okay.
Noda no Miko: *glomps Tomo* Dun you worry Tomo-chan noda!!! You're still the main man na noda!!!!! (There aer virtually NO reincarnation fics about him noda! *Pouts* So, I went on the net, did some Tomo research and here I am noda!!!) This MIGHT be a yaoi, actually Tomo-chan's in it so it *has* to be yaoi. Who's with who all depends on how ya review! It's all up to YOU noda!! Choose the pairings......... though I am seriously considering it being a Nuriko/Tomo fic! That'd be so kawaii noda.........
Rose_senshi: Why??? NOT MY NURIKO!!!!
Noda no Miko: He's the only other okama-chan I know of noda!!
Lonar Wolf: Yaoi is evil.
Rose_senshi: Jus' so long as you don't put him with Nakago I have no complaints.........
Noda no Miko: I'm not gonna put him with Nakago! NEVER! In this Nakago is the EVIL GUY NODA!
Rose_senshi: Nakago's not evil, just misunderstood.
Nuriko: Right, and Miaka's anorexic............
Noda no Miko: How'd you get here Nuri-chan? Oh well.........ON WITH THE FIC NODA!!!!!!!!!
*~*Aono*~*
"`Scuse ma'am, so you know where the band `Reincarnation' is going to play?" I asked the blonde woman behind the podium at the restraunt `Purple'.
"In the back room. You got a pass?" She asked looking me over critically.
"Nah. Don't need one. I'm in the band. Aono Ryo, electric guitarist and lead singer." I said as I hefted up the strap of my guitar. The woman looked at me like I had just told her I bit the heads off small woodland creatures in my spare time. I get that look from a lot of people. It must be the tongue pierce I have. I don't know. She stepped aside. I smiled at her.
"Thanks." I walked into the back half of the restraunt. I sat and waited. Genrou and Kouji were late. Again. They'd be here just about any minute though. They had found a new member to be in our band. He was a senior at our Hokknan University. Ri something-or-other. I've never really heard of him. They told me he was a keyboardist. A pretty damn good one too, he had given Genrou a recording of him playing and Genrou let me listen. But then again, Genrou and Kouji picked him, so he's got to be good. My best friends have good taste. I've known them for almost three years now. Oddly enough, I met them at a clinic for teens that lead `troubled lives'. Back then the two of them belonged to a gang of street thieves. `Bandits' they had liked to be called. And Genrou was their leader. I remember that first day I met them like it was yesterday.
//*~ Cue Flashback noda!!~*//
Aono timidly opened the door.
"Uhm, `scuse me, is this Dr. Miboshi's room?" he asked in his melodic tenor. He was a tall lithe boy with short and silky black-grey hair and warm amber eyes that were large, almond shaped and upward-slanted. Dr. Miboshi smiled.
"Yes." He said in a raspy voice. "You may call me Dr. M. You are Aono Ryo, am I correct?" Aono nodded and flushed lightly for he was a shy boy. Dr. Mibo- erm, Dr. M motioned toward a swively leather chair, "Sit, please." Aono did as he was told. The chair was quite comfortable. "I'm afraid the your partners are a bit late.
"Partners?" Aono echoed.
"Yes," Dr. M rasped, "two young men by the names of-"
"I dun give a fuck Kou-chan! We ain't lost!" A raucous voice objected.
"Ya jackass! `Course we are!!" another voice argued. Dr. M sighed.
"Genrou, Kouji, I'm in here." A head full of fiery red hair appeared.
"I tol'ja we ain't lost!" the boy grinned. He had fangs.
//Did he file them to get them that way?// wondered Aono silently. He sized the younger boy. He was of medium height and had murky gold-green eyes. His attire was some where in the punk-grunge area: He wore large and baggy pants and a long-sleeved black shirt, on the back in neat white letters was: `Stop following me you bastard!' He had multiple ear peircings (like Aono) and an odd assortment of rings and necklaces. His attire was much similar to what Aono had on. All the way down to his clunky black buckle boots.
"You'da never found it if th' doc hadn'ta yelled." A second boy walked in the room. He was slightly shorter than the first. He had navy blue hair that was pulled back in a braid and powdery brown eyes. His lower lip (which had a stainless steel hoop punched through it) was stuck out in the pout of a little boy who did not get the right flavor Jelly Bellies. He had on a white wife beater that showed off a tattoo of Fernis the wolf on his right fore arm, black jeans and a flannel shirt to top it all off. (He also had all the holes in his ears, boots and odd jewelry.) There was also a scar on his left cheek.
"Yer jus' mad cos I found him." `Red' smirked.
"Sure Genrou." `Wolf-boy' flung himself in the chair next to Aono. He pouted again and gave his fiery-haired (and tempered) friend a toothy grin.
"Boys," croaked Dr.M patiently, "Say hello to your new friend Aono Ryo. Aono, this is Kuoji and Genrou." The good doctor said motioning to the appropriate boy as he said their names.
"Hiya." The one called Kouji said cheerfully.
"Nice to meet you." Aono returned shyly.
"Ooo wooow! Ya have a tongue stud!" Gushed Kouji "Cool! Did it hurt?" Aono shook his head. "I might get my tongue pierced." The blue haired boy said matter-of-factly. "Gen-chan, are you gonna get yer tongue pierced?" The flame-head looked at Kouji as if he was mad. He sighed and shook his head.
"Whaddaya in here fer?" Genrou asked, turning is attention to Aono as he took the seat on the other side of Kouji.
"My parents abandoned me." Aono said quietly. Genrou raised a pierced eyebrow and bared his fangs.
"Damned bastards......... I fuckin' hate grown-ups........."
"Genrou, don't swear," Dr. M rasped. Without missing a beat, Genrou threw his head back and bellowed
"SHIT GOD-DAMN BITCH ASS BASTARD HELL MUH-THEEERRRRR FUH-UUUUUUUUUUUUKERRR!" Kouji brayed with laughter. This was the start of a beautiful relationship.
//*~End flash back noda!!!~*//
We stayed in the clinic for about three months......... then Kouji got sent to a foster home. Genrou became seriously depressed. He started to drink again. It was weird. I never thought that Genrou would be that shook up. He didn't speak for days. Of course, I took it in to my own hands and tracked Kouji down, we combined our cash and bought a small apartment. Really small. We got our first gig at a bar called `Stinger' and here we are. Even now, Genrou carries around a picture of the two of them in the left pocket of his jeans. Like he's afraid he'll loose Kouji or forget what he looks like or something. I never realized Genrou cared that much for him.........
"I dun give a fuck Kou-chan! We ain't lost!" Shouted an all too familiar voice.
"'Course we are ya jackass!!" returned another.
"Well this is th' back ain't it?" Genrou demanded
"Um, I think that this is it noda." An un-familiar voice said. It must be Ri Something-or-other.
"Knock, knock! `Who's there?' Kouji. `Kouji who?' Kouji and Genrou who got th' keyboard player an' his name's Ri Houjun!" Kouji finished and stepped in with his arms thrown out to his sides.
"Hey guys!" I smiled at them.
"Sorry we're late. Kouji couldn't find th' place." Genrou said. Though we all knew full well that that wasn't the un-vanquished truth.
"Don't worry," I said waving my hand dismissively, "I'm not surprised you showed up late, I'm surprised you showed up at all."
"Gah, shuddup........." mumbled Genrou as he sauntered over to his much- beloved drum set. It was then I noticed that Ri Houjun boy. The first thought that came to my mind was Cat-face. After that: KAWAII!! Well......... not really.........
"H-hi noda........." He said shyly.
"So you're Ri huh?" I asked. He was a bit taller than Genrou with powder blue hair. He had a weird hairstyle: a wispy ponytail and a Mohawk. He was about medium build. He looked a bit different than us: a long sleeved red thermal shirt, loose grey pants and sneakers. He only had two earrings in one ear. Nothing else from what I could see. Well, we'll fix that!! He un-tucked the keyboard from under his arm. It was a Yamaha.
"Okay, Ri do ya know any of our songs?" I asked.
"Little snatches noda, I have one of your demos at home na noda. Just start playing something easy and I'll join in noda." I nodded.
"Hey Kouji, are ya tuned up?" I asked.
"Yep. Gen-kun almost broke mah G-string on th' way here."
"HENTAI!!!! I AIN'T YER BOYFRIEND!!!!" Shouted Genrou throwing one of his drumsticks.
"G-string!! It's a string on the bass ya jackass!!!" Kouji shouted as he dodged the flying shaft of wood. "Get yer mind outta th' gutter!" he sneered and threw it back. Kouji stroked the neck of his base and muttered about `Gen-kun' putting an invisible `ding' in it. I rolled my eyes theatrically.
"Which song do you guys wanna do? `Pain?'" I asked. (A/N: Mini Disclaimer: I don't own Four Star Mary the original writers/singers of this song either noda.)
"YEAH!" Kouji crowed. That's his favorite song. I think it's because he wrote it. Genrou clacked his sticks together.
"A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four!" he chanted. I started with a single note hanging in the air, then Kouji cranked it on the bass, I added my guitar and Genrou started drumming. I opened my mouth, ready to sing.
//Feelin' I been lost for years,
You can never understand me,
Lest you've seen those tears.
But you never get to sleep
When I'm awake,
I don't mind
The deeper that you lay
Out of time.//
I swiveled and jolted my hips underneath my guitar as I sang, feeling the music, feeling Kouji's pain. Every time I sing this, I can't help but wonder what dark muse inspired the cheerful boy I know as Kouji to write this song.
//Pain, I can't sleep.
Pain, I can't sleep.
Runnin', runnin' from those days,
There's another one inside me,
Guess I've gone insane.
But you always run away
When I come around
I don't mind
The day I'll track you down
An' run you down.
Pain, I can't sleep.
Pain, I can't sleep.//
I danced as hard as I could during the short instrumental break. Ri began to play along with us, adding his own strange, sad, melody to the mix.
//Don't stop, don't talk, do not fuck with me
Don't stop, don't talk, do not fuck with me
Loaded,
I've loaded up this gun,
There's a killer in me.
Hopin'
Hope that you're the one.
But you always run away
When I come around.
I don't mind,
The day I'll track you down.
I'm terrified.
Pain, I can't sleep
Pain, I can't sleep
Pain, I can't sleep
Pain//
When the song ended I heard the sound of applause. I opened my eyes to see someone standing on the dance floor in front of the stage, smiling. It was either a very effeminate boy or a slightly macho girl.
"Great job, you guys play here a lot?" Boy, definitely a boy.
"This's our first gig here." Kouji replied. He smiled up at us again.
"My name's Ryuuen Chou. I'm the new bartender." Genrou's ears perked up at the word bar.
"Really? Ya think ya could gimmie a sample? I gotta see if yer worth an' all........."
"Genrou, ya can't get drunk before a show!!!" I said, putting my hands on my hips and glaring.
"Aww, Aono! I ain't gunna get slosheded- slosed- sploshed?? Ahh well, I ain't gunna get drunk!!"
"You're slurring already!!!" I accused.
"Yeah drummer boy, I'll give you a Nuriko Special *after* you sing." Ryuuen said mimicking my stance.
"Whazzat?" asked Kouji.
"My own concoction."
"Cool! Can I have one too?" he asked.
"Sorry they're so crazy." I apologized. "I'm Aono Ryo, the drummer's Genrou Lang, this is our bassist Kouji Quan, and the guy at the keys is the newbie, Ri Houjun."
"Hiya nodaaa!" Ri sang.
"Pleased to meet you." Ryuuen quipped politely. As I gave him a more thorough once over I wondered what the hell he was doing here. He was small, delicately built, frail even. He had violet colored hair and rose-hazel eyes. He was dressed like a model out of some Ralph Lauren magazine or something. He had on a jade green sweater (looked to be cashmere) and loose khaki chinos rolled up several times at the cuff. On his feet was a pair of soft brown suede chunky loafers. Compared to us, he was like a dove thrown among a flock of crows. An angel or a star cast down from heaven. He checked his watch.
"How long to we have until this club opens any way?"
"Eh, it's about seven now, we got an hour or two to kill." I replied shrugging.
"So what do we do noda?" asked Ri. Genrou got a devilish grin on his face.
"Oi, Kou-chan, Aono, c'mere." He said beckoning with a finger. I walked over to him, Kouji close behind. Genrou pulls us into a huddle.
"I think Ri needs a coupla new peircings to *really* look the part." He whispered, grinning from ear to ear.
"I don't like the way this is going noda." Said a nervous Ri from behind us. "I heard my name na noda." Apparently he had no idea what we were talking about.
"Kouji shared a grin similar to Genou's.
"Yeah." He agreed. I thought about it.
"Alright, but if he threatens to quit don't make him do it." I said at last.
"Aw, yer no fun." Genrou pouted. He pulled out of the huddle. "Hey Ri?"
"Y-yeah n-noda?"
"We've decided ya gotta be initiated." Genrou returned.
"Oh. What do I have to do noda?" he looked slightly relieved. That didn't last long.
"Eh, ya just gotta pierce sumfin'" Kouji said nonchalantly.
"Da-a?!" H e took a step back. "I knew I wasn't going to like this noda."
"Whaddaya think Gen-kun? Lip or eye brow?" Kouji asked. Genrou looked Ri's panicked face over for a moment.
"Meh, lip." He said without much concern. "I'm better at doin' lips. Eyebrows hurt like hell."
"Oooh, I'm gonna be sick noda........." Ri groaned.
"Relax. Just sit down and take a few deep breaths." I advised. "I hurts a *lot* more when ya get one of these!" I exclaimed, showing him my stud on my tongue.
"Wow! Neat! I'd do something like that but......... I dunno, I've always wanted to get my belly-button pierced." Ryuuen said.
"If ya give Genrou enough on-the-house drinks I'll bet he'll do it for free." I said winking.
"I dunno about my lip noda, I think just having a mouth is enough holes noda." Kouji reflected on this.
"You can always get a nipple ring then. I hear those are popular." Ri cringed and rubbed the flat of his chest.
"On second thought a lip ring isn't so bad noda." That Kouji, he always knows exactly what to say.
"Great!" Genrou grinned. "Ryuuen! Get me some ice!" He rubbed his hands together. Sometimes I think Genrou likes doing peircings a little too much for his own good. Ryuuen jogged over to the bar.
"I suggest you sit down." I said to Ri as I gently pushed him onto a barstool.
"Ooooh........." He groaned.
"Are ya sure ya wanna do this?" I asked.
"'Course he does! Don't ya Ri?" Ri nodded, his bangs bopped gently as he did so. Ryuuen brought over some ice. "Good, now hold one o' th' cubes t' his lip." Genrou instructed.
"Thith ithn't going to hurt ith it noda?" Ri asked around the ice cube.
"Nah. Not that much. Dun worry. Gen-kun did mine too." Kouji said. I couldn't tell is he was trying to offer Ri sympathy or assuring him.
"Thomeone give me a rethon why I shouldn't be worried noda........." Ri sighed.
"Eh, th' ice'll numb up yer lip. Y'won't hardly feel nuthin'." Genrou said as he took a ring in a case with a lighter out of his pockets.
"You carry that around?" I demanded. Genrou grinned.
"Yup. I earn I lil' spare cash doin' this ya never know when ya need `em." He said as he flicked the lighter on. He held the point of the hoop to the open flamed Ri snapped his eyes shut tight and screwed his face up. Ryuuen started to play with his ponytail.
"Jutht out of curiothity, what are you doing noda?" Ri asked.
"My grandma always played with my hair when I was a little boy and I was upset." He offered.
"Hold yer mouth still I can't pierce it while yer talkin'!" sighed the exasperated Genrou as he loomed over Ri with both hands on his hips. Ri suddenly held very still. "Awright, on th' count o' three, I'm gonna stick ya, okay?" Ri nodded. (NOT THAT YOU HENTAIS!!!!)
"One..." Gerou pushed the pin through Ri's lip. Somehow I knew he was going to do that. He expertly fastened the ring.
"You said three noda!!!!" Whined Ri piteously as he clutched his lip.
"He did the same thing to me. It hurts less if yer not ready for it." Kouji explained. Ri whimpered a bit and gingerly touched his new `appendage'. He sighed.
"If you'll excuse me, I think I'll go lie down now noda........."
* Waiii! Help! I can't decide if it should be Tas/Chi or Tas/Kou!!! I normally do Tas/Chi but I STILL NEED HELP DECIDEING NODA!!!!!!! *Bangs head repeatedly against the computer screen* There. Much better na noda. Well, that's the end o' the first chapter noda!!! I want at least FIVE reviews before I write any more noda... R&R thanx!!*
//~*Noda no Miko*~//
Noda no Miko: It's been a long time since I've written huh, noda!!!!?????
Rose_senshi: Too long almost.
Lonar Wolf: What's this about? No, wait, let me guess: It's a reincarnation fic about Nuriko?
Noda no Miko: Nope! Wrong-o na noda!
Tomo: Hi! This fic is about me!
Noda no Miko: To a degree noda. There are others that are main characters.
Tomo: Oh, *sad eyes* okay.
Noda no Miko: *glomps Tomo* Dun you worry Tomo-chan noda!!! You're still the main man na noda!!!!! (There aer virtually NO reincarnation fics about him noda! *Pouts* So, I went on the net, did some Tomo research and here I am noda!!!) This MIGHT be a yaoi, actually Tomo-chan's in it so it *has* to be yaoi. Who's with who all depends on how ya review! It's all up to YOU noda!! Choose the pairings......... though I am seriously considering it being a Nuriko/Tomo fic! That'd be so kawaii noda.........
Rose_senshi: Why??? NOT MY NURIKO!!!!
Noda no Miko: He's the only other okama-chan I know of noda!!
Lonar Wolf: Yaoi is evil.
Rose_senshi: Jus' so long as you don't put him with Nakago I have no complaints.........
Noda no Miko: I'm not gonna put him with Nakago! NEVER! In this Nakago is the EVIL GUY NODA!
Rose_senshi: Nakago's not evil, just misunderstood.
Nuriko: Right, and Miaka's anorexic............
Noda no Miko: How'd you get here Nuri-chan? Oh well.........ON WITH THE FIC NODA!!!!!!!!!
*~*Aono*~*
"`Scuse ma'am, so you know where the band `Reincarnation' is going to play?" I asked the blonde woman behind the podium at the restraunt `Purple'.
"In the back room. You got a pass?" She asked looking me over critically.
"Nah. Don't need one. I'm in the band. Aono Ryo, electric guitarist and lead singer." I said as I hefted up the strap of my guitar. The woman looked at me like I had just told her I bit the heads off small woodland creatures in my spare time. I get that look from a lot of people. It must be the tongue pierce I have. I don't know. She stepped aside. I smiled at her.
"Thanks." I walked into the back half of the restraunt. I sat and waited. Genrou and Kouji were late. Again. They'd be here just about any minute though. They had found a new member to be in our band. He was a senior at our Hokknan University. Ri something-or-other. I've never really heard of him. They told me he was a keyboardist. A pretty damn good one too, he had given Genrou a recording of him playing and Genrou let me listen. But then again, Genrou and Kouji picked him, so he's got to be good. My best friends have good taste. I've known them for almost three years now. Oddly enough, I met them at a clinic for teens that lead `troubled lives'. Back then the two of them belonged to a gang of street thieves. `Bandits' they had liked to be called. And Genrou was their leader. I remember that first day I met them like it was yesterday.
//*~ Cue Flashback noda!!~*//
Aono timidly opened the door.
"Uhm, `scuse me, is this Dr. Miboshi's room?" he asked in his melodic tenor. He was a tall lithe boy with short and silky black-grey hair and warm amber eyes that were large, almond shaped and upward-slanted. Dr. Miboshi smiled.
"Yes." He said in a raspy voice. "You may call me Dr. M. You are Aono Ryo, am I correct?" Aono nodded and flushed lightly for he was a shy boy. Dr. Mibo- erm, Dr. M motioned toward a swively leather chair, "Sit, please." Aono did as he was told. The chair was quite comfortable. "I'm afraid the your partners are a bit late.
"Partners?" Aono echoed.
"Yes," Dr. M rasped, "two young men by the names of-"
"I dun give a fuck Kou-chan! We ain't lost!" A raucous voice objected.
"Ya jackass! `Course we are!!" another voice argued. Dr. M sighed.
"Genrou, Kouji, I'm in here." A head full of fiery red hair appeared.
"I tol'ja we ain't lost!" the boy grinned. He had fangs.
//Did he file them to get them that way?// wondered Aono silently. He sized the younger boy. He was of medium height and had murky gold-green eyes. His attire was some where in the punk-grunge area: He wore large and baggy pants and a long-sleeved black shirt, on the back in neat white letters was: `Stop following me you bastard!' He had multiple ear peircings (like Aono) and an odd assortment of rings and necklaces. His attire was much similar to what Aono had on. All the way down to his clunky black buckle boots.
"You'da never found it if th' doc hadn'ta yelled." A second boy walked in the room. He was slightly shorter than the first. He had navy blue hair that was pulled back in a braid and powdery brown eyes. His lower lip (which had a stainless steel hoop punched through it) was stuck out in the pout of a little boy who did not get the right flavor Jelly Bellies. He had on a white wife beater that showed off a tattoo of Fernis the wolf on his right fore arm, black jeans and a flannel shirt to top it all off. (He also had all the holes in his ears, boots and odd jewelry.) There was also a scar on his left cheek.
"Yer jus' mad cos I found him." `Red' smirked.
"Sure Genrou." `Wolf-boy' flung himself in the chair next to Aono. He pouted again and gave his fiery-haired (and tempered) friend a toothy grin.
"Boys," croaked Dr.M patiently, "Say hello to your new friend Aono Ryo. Aono, this is Kuoji and Genrou." The good doctor said motioning to the appropriate boy as he said their names.
"Hiya." The one called Kouji said cheerfully.
"Nice to meet you." Aono returned shyly.
"Ooo wooow! Ya have a tongue stud!" Gushed Kouji "Cool! Did it hurt?" Aono shook his head. "I might get my tongue pierced." The blue haired boy said matter-of-factly. "Gen-chan, are you gonna get yer tongue pierced?" The flame-head looked at Kouji as if he was mad. He sighed and shook his head.
"Whaddaya in here fer?" Genrou asked, turning is attention to Aono as he took the seat on the other side of Kouji.
"My parents abandoned me." Aono said quietly. Genrou raised a pierced eyebrow and bared his fangs.
"Damned bastards......... I fuckin' hate grown-ups........."
"Genrou, don't swear," Dr. M rasped. Without missing a beat, Genrou threw his head back and bellowed
"SHIT GOD-DAMN BITCH ASS BASTARD HELL MUH-THEEERRRRR FUH-UUUUUUUUUUUUKERRR!" Kouji brayed with laughter. This was the start of a beautiful relationship.
//*~End flash back noda!!!~*//
We stayed in the clinic for about three months......... then Kouji got sent to a foster home. Genrou became seriously depressed. He started to drink again. It was weird. I never thought that Genrou would be that shook up. He didn't speak for days. Of course, I took it in to my own hands and tracked Kouji down, we combined our cash and bought a small apartment. Really small. We got our first gig at a bar called `Stinger' and here we are. Even now, Genrou carries around a picture of the two of them in the left pocket of his jeans. Like he's afraid he'll loose Kouji or forget what he looks like or something. I never realized Genrou cared that much for him.........
"I dun give a fuck Kou-chan! We ain't lost!" Shouted an all too familiar voice.
"'Course we are ya jackass!!" returned another.
"Well this is th' back ain't it?" Genrou demanded
"Um, I think that this is it noda." An un-familiar voice said. It must be Ri Something-or-other.
"Knock, knock! `Who's there?' Kouji. `Kouji who?' Kouji and Genrou who got th' keyboard player an' his name's Ri Houjun!" Kouji finished and stepped in with his arms thrown out to his sides.
"Hey guys!" I smiled at them.
"Sorry we're late. Kouji couldn't find th' place." Genrou said. Though we all knew full well that that wasn't the un-vanquished truth.
"Don't worry," I said waving my hand dismissively, "I'm not surprised you showed up late, I'm surprised you showed up at all."
"Gah, shuddup........." mumbled Genrou as he sauntered over to his much- beloved drum set. It was then I noticed that Ri Houjun boy. The first thought that came to my mind was Cat-face. After that: KAWAII!! Well......... not really.........
"H-hi noda........." He said shyly.
"So you're Ri huh?" I asked. He was a bit taller than Genrou with powder blue hair. He had a weird hairstyle: a wispy ponytail and a Mohawk. He was about medium build. He looked a bit different than us: a long sleeved red thermal shirt, loose grey pants and sneakers. He only had two earrings in one ear. Nothing else from what I could see. Well, we'll fix that!! He un-tucked the keyboard from under his arm. It was a Yamaha.
"Okay, Ri do ya know any of our songs?" I asked.
"Little snatches noda, I have one of your demos at home na noda. Just start playing something easy and I'll join in noda." I nodded.
"Hey Kouji, are ya tuned up?" I asked.
"Yep. Gen-kun almost broke mah G-string on th' way here."
"HENTAI!!!! I AIN'T YER BOYFRIEND!!!!" Shouted Genrou throwing one of his drumsticks.
"G-string!! It's a string on the bass ya jackass!!!" Kouji shouted as he dodged the flying shaft of wood. "Get yer mind outta th' gutter!" he sneered and threw it back. Kouji stroked the neck of his base and muttered about `Gen-kun' putting an invisible `ding' in it. I rolled my eyes theatrically.
"Which song do you guys wanna do? `Pain?'" I asked. (A/N: Mini Disclaimer: I don't own Four Star Mary the original writers/singers of this song either noda.)
"YEAH!" Kouji crowed. That's his favorite song. I think it's because he wrote it. Genrou clacked his sticks together.
"A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four!" he chanted. I started with a single note hanging in the air, then Kouji cranked it on the bass, I added my guitar and Genrou started drumming. I opened my mouth, ready to sing.
//Feelin' I been lost for years,
You can never understand me,
Lest you've seen those tears.
But you never get to sleep
When I'm awake,
I don't mind
The deeper that you lay
Out of time.//
I swiveled and jolted my hips underneath my guitar as I sang, feeling the music, feeling Kouji's pain. Every time I sing this, I can't help but wonder what dark muse inspired the cheerful boy I know as Kouji to write this song.
//Pain, I can't sleep.
Pain, I can't sleep.
Runnin', runnin' from those days,
There's another one inside me,
Guess I've gone insane.
But you always run away
When I come around
I don't mind
The day I'll track you down
An' run you down.
Pain, I can't sleep.
Pain, I can't sleep.//
I danced as hard as I could during the short instrumental break. Ri began to play along with us, adding his own strange, sad, melody to the mix.
//Don't stop, don't talk, do not fuck with me
Don't stop, don't talk, do not fuck with me
Loaded,
I've loaded up this gun,
There's a killer in me.
Hopin'
Hope that you're the one.
But you always run away
When I come around.
I don't mind,
The day I'll track you down.
I'm terrified.
Pain, I can't sleep
Pain, I can't sleep
Pain, I can't sleep
Pain//
When the song ended I heard the sound of applause. I opened my eyes to see someone standing on the dance floor in front of the stage, smiling. It was either a very effeminate boy or a slightly macho girl.
"Great job, you guys play here a lot?" Boy, definitely a boy.
"This's our first gig here." Kouji replied. He smiled up at us again.
"My name's Ryuuen Chou. I'm the new bartender." Genrou's ears perked up at the word bar.
"Really? Ya think ya could gimmie a sample? I gotta see if yer worth an' all........."
"Genrou, ya can't get drunk before a show!!!" I said, putting my hands on my hips and glaring.
"Aww, Aono! I ain't gunna get slosheded- slosed- sploshed?? Ahh well, I ain't gunna get drunk!!"
"You're slurring already!!!" I accused.
"Yeah drummer boy, I'll give you a Nuriko Special *after* you sing." Ryuuen said mimicking my stance.
"Whazzat?" asked Kouji.
"My own concoction."
"Cool! Can I have one too?" he asked.
"Sorry they're so crazy." I apologized. "I'm Aono Ryo, the drummer's Genrou Lang, this is our bassist Kouji Quan, and the guy at the keys is the newbie, Ri Houjun."
"Hiya nodaaa!" Ri sang.
"Pleased to meet you." Ryuuen quipped politely. As I gave him a more thorough once over I wondered what the hell he was doing here. He was small, delicately built, frail even. He had violet colored hair and rose-hazel eyes. He was dressed like a model out of some Ralph Lauren magazine or something. He had on a jade green sweater (looked to be cashmere) and loose khaki chinos rolled up several times at the cuff. On his feet was a pair of soft brown suede chunky loafers. Compared to us, he was like a dove thrown among a flock of crows. An angel or a star cast down from heaven. He checked his watch.
"How long to we have until this club opens any way?"
"Eh, it's about seven now, we got an hour or two to kill." I replied shrugging.
"So what do we do noda?" asked Ri. Genrou got a devilish grin on his face.
"Oi, Kou-chan, Aono, c'mere." He said beckoning with a finger. I walked over to him, Kouji close behind. Genrou pulls us into a huddle.
"I think Ri needs a coupla new peircings to *really* look the part." He whispered, grinning from ear to ear.
"I don't like the way this is going noda." Said a nervous Ri from behind us. "I heard my name na noda." Apparently he had no idea what we were talking about.
"Kouji shared a grin similar to Genou's.
"Yeah." He agreed. I thought about it.
"Alright, but if he threatens to quit don't make him do it." I said at last.
"Aw, yer no fun." Genrou pouted. He pulled out of the huddle. "Hey Ri?"
"Y-yeah n-noda?"
"We've decided ya gotta be initiated." Genrou returned.
"Oh. What do I have to do noda?" he looked slightly relieved. That didn't last long.
"Eh, ya just gotta pierce sumfin'" Kouji said nonchalantly.
"Da-a?!" H e took a step back. "I knew I wasn't going to like this noda."
"Whaddaya think Gen-kun? Lip or eye brow?" Kouji asked. Genrou looked Ri's panicked face over for a moment.
"Meh, lip." He said without much concern. "I'm better at doin' lips. Eyebrows hurt like hell."
"Oooh, I'm gonna be sick noda........." Ri groaned.
"Relax. Just sit down and take a few deep breaths." I advised. "I hurts a *lot* more when ya get one of these!" I exclaimed, showing him my stud on my tongue.
"Wow! Neat! I'd do something like that but......... I dunno, I've always wanted to get my belly-button pierced." Ryuuen said.
"If ya give Genrou enough on-the-house drinks I'll bet he'll do it for free." I said winking.
"I dunno about my lip noda, I think just having a mouth is enough holes noda." Kouji reflected on this.
"You can always get a nipple ring then. I hear those are popular." Ri cringed and rubbed the flat of his chest.
"On second thought a lip ring isn't so bad noda." That Kouji, he always knows exactly what to say.
"Great!" Genrou grinned. "Ryuuen! Get me some ice!" He rubbed his hands together. Sometimes I think Genrou likes doing peircings a little too much for his own good. Ryuuen jogged over to the bar.
"I suggest you sit down." I said to Ri as I gently pushed him onto a barstool.
"Ooooh........." He groaned.
"Are ya sure ya wanna do this?" I asked.
"'Course he does! Don't ya Ri?" Ri nodded, his bangs bopped gently as he did so. Ryuuen brought over some ice. "Good, now hold one o' th' cubes t' his lip." Genrou instructed.
"Thith ithn't going to hurt ith it noda?" Ri asked around the ice cube.
"Nah. Not that much. Dun worry. Gen-kun did mine too." Kouji said. I couldn't tell is he was trying to offer Ri sympathy or assuring him.
"Thomeone give me a rethon why I shouldn't be worried noda........." Ri sighed.
"Eh, th' ice'll numb up yer lip. Y'won't hardly feel nuthin'." Genrou said as he took a ring in a case with a lighter out of his pockets.
"You carry that around?" I demanded. Genrou grinned.
"Yup. I earn I lil' spare cash doin' this ya never know when ya need `em." He said as he flicked the lighter on. He held the point of the hoop to the open flamed Ri snapped his eyes shut tight and screwed his face up. Ryuuen started to play with his ponytail.
"Jutht out of curiothity, what are you doing noda?" Ri asked.
"My grandma always played with my hair when I was a little boy and I was upset." He offered.
"Hold yer mouth still I can't pierce it while yer talkin'!" sighed the exasperated Genrou as he loomed over Ri with both hands on his hips. Ri suddenly held very still. "Awright, on th' count o' three, I'm gonna stick ya, okay?" Ri nodded. (NOT THAT YOU HENTAIS!!!!)
"One..." Gerou pushed the pin through Ri's lip. Somehow I knew he was going to do that. He expertly fastened the ring.
"You said three noda!!!!" Whined Ri piteously as he clutched his lip.
"He did the same thing to me. It hurts less if yer not ready for it." Kouji explained. Ri whimpered a bit and gingerly touched his new `appendage'. He sighed.
"If you'll excuse me, I think I'll go lie down now noda........."
* Waiii! Help! I can't decide if it should be Tas/Chi or Tas/Kou!!! I normally do Tas/Chi but I STILL NEED HELP DECIDEING NODA!!!!!!! *Bangs head repeatedly against the computer screen* There. Much better na noda. Well, that's the end o' the first chapter noda!!! I want at least FIVE reviews before I write any more noda... R&R thanx!!*
//~*Noda no Miko*~//