Chapter 1: Shuffle Alliance Members and Faces From The Past
Chibodee Crockett, bassist and vocalist of the world's favorite band, Shuffle Alliance, sat on the comfortable sofa in his hotel suite. He casually flipped the television to MTV, just to see his band make number one in the countdown for that week. What else was there to do on a Saturday afternoon? Saturdays were only good for the night, when you could go partying. "Same mentality as when you were a 17 year old Chibodee" he chuckled to himself softly. He took another swig of the soda can he was nursing.
"Yo everyone! It's La La and here with me is the newest edition to the music industry. Now we gotta take a commercial break, but before that, our # 3 video for this week, 'I'd Do Anything' by everyone's favorite honeys, Shuffle Alliance! We'll be right back!" La La stopped talking and Chibodee heard their latest hit start.
He almost spit out his soda.
'#3!!!! Ok, now I am SO pissed.'
He knocked on the 3 other doors of his band mates and dragged them into his room.
Once they were sprawled around his living room, grumbling, he pointed to the T.V. They saw their own video being played. They all looked at Chibodee like he was nuts.
"This is great Chibodee really it is," began Sai Sici, drums for S.A. "We know we have a video."
"Don't get smart twerp." Chibodee snapped "Look where we are in the countdown" he said as he gritted his teeth.
They all looked to the bottom right corner of the television screen and saw a huge 3 that screamed, "You didn't make it!! Nyah Nyah!!"
"That is an outrage!" said George, keyboardist.
"We just put that video out 2 weeks ago! It shouldn't be at #3 already!" yelled Sai
"Will you all just shut up for a minute? I want to see who beat us," said Domon, guitarist and, though the rest would never admit it, their leader.
They all looked back at the screen to see La La was back. "Hey everyone! We're back! That was Shuffle Alliance with 'I'd Do Anything', slipping down two spots this week."
They all growled.
"But before we go to the 2nd and 1st videos of the week, I'd like to introduce America to the Beautiful Warriors. Say hi girls!"
'Girls....?' Domon wondered. The camera panned out to show not only La La, but also 4 other girls standing to the left of her. Domon's eyes stopped on the girl standing next to La La.
She had auburn-brown hair that just grazed her shoulders, blue eyes; pale skin he knew would be incredibly soft to touch. She was wearing a short, blue skirt it went about as far as mid- thigh. She had a matching blue T- shirt that tied over her belly, showing off a belly chain. He read the darker blue lettering on her shirt, it said 'Dream Big, Do Little' and a cartoon of a girl sleeping on a bed with "Zzzz" coming form her mouth. This girl was beautiful and he hadn't even heard her voice yet. 'She beats out Allenby that's for sure' he almost scolded himself for thinking untrue thoughts about his girlfriend.
Chibodee, however, looked at the next girl. 'Wow....' was all he could think. Her red-orange hair was parted down the middle in two braids on either side of her face, they fell just onto her chest, a style he would've thought childish but instead found very sexy. She wore tight, TIGHT black jeans that accentuated her legs and flared out at her calves. Her shirt was a peasant blouse; it had bell sleeves and a scoop neck that showed a little too much- just the way he liked it. The shirt made her dark emerald eye stand out even more. Plus she kept twirling one of the braids in between her fingers, holding the microphone in her left hand. 'Damn....' Chibodee thought biting his lip.
George was watching the 3rd girl; she was dressed a bit more modest then the other girls, but still managed to look gorgeous. Her blonde hair was pulled into a ponytail at the back of her head, two shorter pieces of hair falling over her ears. Her lighter green eyes were surrounded by light purple eye shadow. She wore a lavender satin button-down shirt and a long lavender skirt that went to her ankles. George smiled as un-chivalrous thoughts came into his mind.
Sai stared at the last girl and felt himself blushing. She had dark blue hair and eyes like the sea after a storm. Her hair was long, longer than any of the other girls. It was parted on the side and it fell almost to her elbow. It covered her shoulders as though it was keeping her warm. His eyes traveled to the simple white tank top she was wearing and then lower to see she was wearing loose jogging pants. The pants were red with two white stripes going down the sides. She had a red zip-up fleece tied around her waist. 'gods.... who IS she?' Sai wondered desperately
"Okay now! Can all the guys at home stop drooling while we introduce these warriors?" La La said this jokingly, but the Shuffles all jumped in surprise. "Ha ha, take it away girls...."
"Thanks La, well I'm Rain Mikamura, and I'm the guitarist...."
'Rain....' Domon thought drunkenly
"I'm Shirley Liana, I play bass."
'Shirley....' Chibodee stated in his mind over and over.
"Maria Louise, I play keyboards"
'Maria Louise....' George had to catch a sigh before it escaped him.
"I'm Cecil, and I'm the drummer."
'Cecil.... pretty name....' Sai thought stupidly
They floated back to Earth and heard La La say, "It's just so amazing that you girls made a break through in the music biz with times being so masculine, I guess. Now I think we all want to know how your band got started, am I right?" she asked the audience. They yelled and screamed in response.
The girls looked at each other and Rain started
"Well, Shirley and I went to G High School together and our manager found Cecil and Maria at another high school. We got together and figured it might be cool to start a band. But then again, we can't take that credit for the band idea," she said as she pointed to herself and the three other girls who nodded in agreement. "It was really Kyoji's idea, come on out, say hi, will ya?" she said this as she looked passed the camera.
'G High... Kyoji? So that's what he's been doing for 2 years...' Domon thought lamely his eyes still on the screen
"Come on Kyoji... say hi... Kyoji..." the girls all pleaded looking passed the camera.
Suddenly a man came running out and stood behind Shirley and Rain. He had brown hair and teal colored eyes. He was slightly taller than the older girls and had a grin plastered on his face. "Well I'm here girls, I guess, hi?" the audience and girls laughed at him.
"This is our manager, Kyoji Kasshu, La. He's also our confidant." Cecil piped in
"KASSHU!?!?!" the guys shouted at Domon. He laughed nervously.
"Yeah, he's kinda my older brother. Haven't heard from him in a while, I was wondering what he was doing lately." He added carefully. They all sighed at him but Chibodee said what they all thought, "It must kick ass to follow 4 gorgeous women around and help them make money..."
"Now Rain, Shirley, I got a paper here that said you went to high school with two very important people in the music industry. Do you mind letting all of us know who these people are?" La La asked her and Rain blushed furiously.
"Go ahead Rain, tell her!" Shirley said making her blush even more.
"Well, I was in the same class with Seatte," the girls in the audience screamed for the 'hotter than hot' rapper. "And with Domon, Kyoji's brother? But you all know him as the guitarist from the Shuffle Alliance, huh?" the girls in the audience screamed again equally as loud.
Chibodee pounced on Domon, "You went to school with HER and you didn't tell me?" "I didn't go to school with her, well at least I don't remember her..." Domon started at the screen.
La La squealed, "How did you keep your hands off two cuties in one school?" Her cheeks flushed crimson. "Well Seatte and I dated for a while, but Domon, I don't even think he remembers me! We weren't in the same clique, you can say. We didn't talk much." Rain chuckled softly "He was just a little too cocky to talk to me." The audience laughed, as did everyone else.
"That's my brother alright, full of himself 'til the end!" Kyoji said wiping fake tears from his eyes and everyone laughed again.
"Stop it Kyoji, that's mean." Rain scolded him gently
"Hey La, now ask Rain what she REALLY thought about Domon in oh say... Junior year?" Shirley said, an all-knowing glint in her eyes.
"I'm afraid to ask, tell us Rain!" La La said.
"Oh Shirley, I hate you! Ok fine, I had this major crush on him," the audience cheered while Rain stood there, completely embarrassed, "but you got to understand, he was dating some else. See, we went to private school and everyone's dream was to be with a public school kid, right? So he was dating someone named Allenby, was it?" Shirley nodded, "And he only had eyes for her, so I did what any girl would do... I went out with Seatte, second most popular guy in our class." Everyone screamed and yelled and cheered for Rain.
Chibodee and George both pounced on him this time, "You went to school with her, and never talked to her? And SHE had a crush on YOU??? You went out with Allenby, and still are, when she was staring you right in the face?" Domon put up his in defense and said "Hey now wait a minute, I still don't remember her. I think I'd remember her if I saw her."
"Rain, here, he still won't remember you. Put these on." Shirley handed her a pair of glasses.
"Okay." She took the glasses and put them on. Maria came up behind her and pinned her hair back, leaving little wisps of hair around her eyes.
"Oh my God..." Domon said aloud "I remember her..." Flashback
"Hey you, you dropped your book!" Domon, age 17 yelled to a girl running down the hall. She spun around suddenly and flashed a smile, trotting back to him.
"Thank you, I really needed that too." She said as she reached for the book. He pulled his hand back and she looked at him bewildered.
"Chem. Lab., huh? You're a Senior?" He said idly flipping through the pages as he leaned against the lockers.
"No, I'm a Junior, just like you Domon. Now can I have my book back, please?" she said testily.
"You know my name..." he asked her looking at her closely. She rolled her eyes,
"Who doesn't know you're name?"
When he wasn't paying attention, she grabbed her book back and put it in the pile of books she was cradling. In its place she gave him a piece of paper.
"Here, these will be printed in the newest issue of the school newspaper, I thought you might like to see them before it came out. I shot them myself during the game and umm... here they are. Listen, I got to go." She said.
"Rain!" he looked down the hallway to see his older brother and another girl calling for her.
"See ya, hope you like the pictures."
"Bye..." he said as she ran into the Lab.
The pictures were rather good too, him scoring the winning basket in the last B-Ball game.
Flashback
"So you remember her now?" Chibodee said in a pushy tone.
He nodded mutely and took her in again.
The audience cheered. "Oh, please don't cheer, I looked like this everyday of my high school career, it's not a pleasant sight to behold I'm sure." Rain said quietly into her microphone as she took her hair out and shook it loosely.
"You look great Rain, now back to Seatte, you just released another song with him, right?" La La asked her Rain nodded.
"Yes! Now for you're #2 video of the week, 'I'm Real' Rain, ft. Seatte. Here we go!"
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^...^ = Seatte/Ja Rule +...+ = Rain/J. Lo ... = Both
^What's my m***** f****** name?^ +Are you L E?+ ^Miss Mary Jane, I'm analyzing the game^ +And the game done chose me...+ ^To bring pain to pretty women and fake thugs, one in the same ^ +Ever since you told me+ ^There's only room for two, I'd be makin less room for you^ +Now only God can hold me+ ^Hug me, love me, judge me. The only man who's above is above me, holla!^
+I've met so many men, and it's like they're all the same+ +My appetite for loving is now my hunger pain+ +And when I'm feeling sexy, who's gunna comfort me?+ +My only problem is their insecurity. +
^Tired being alone?^ +Yeah yeah+ ^See your arguing over the phone^ +Yeah yeah + ^Are you telling all your friends^ +Yeah yeah+ ^That your n**** don't understand?^ My love
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
^I've been thinking bout this^ Relationship ^And I wanna know is it ^ As good as it gets? ^Cause we been through^ The worst time and the best time ^But it was our time even if it was^ Part time.
^Now they be looking at me, smiling, at me, laughing like we wasn't happy, but not^ ^knowin that we growin and we getting married.^ Hard lovin, straight thuggin ^Baby, I ain't doin this here for nothin! I'm here to get it ^ Poppin, hoppin ^Let's ride up in the Benz',^ Hair blowin in the wind sun glistenin off my skin ^Hey, I'm nasty, heh, you know me but,^ Still don't be feelin ya baby.
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
+Now people lovin me and hatin me, treatin me ungratefully,+ +But not knowin that they ain't makin or breakin me.+ +My life I live it to the limit and I love it, + +Now I can breathe again baby, now I can breathe again.+ +Now people screamin 'what the deal with you and so~in~so?'+ +I tell 'em 'n***** mind their biz' but they don't though.+ +My life I live it to the limit and I love it.+ +Now I can breathe again baby, now I can breathe again.+
^Tired being alone?^ +Yeah yeah+ ^See your arguing over the phone^ +Yeah yeah + ^Are you telling all your friends^ +Yeah yeah+ ^That your n**** don't understand?^ My love
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
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Domon sat there in painful agony. Did her clothes always have to be so...tight? The entire video was her hanging out with Seatte while tried to touch her. She would slap him playfully every time he tried. 'I'd like to rip his fingers off one by one and watch him squeal like the pig he is, touching her like that, how dare he! I should be there.'
"Hey, we're back! That video is so hot! Whadya say?" La asked the audience roared. "How were you able to do it, Rain?"
"Well, Seatte and I were boyfriend and girlfriend plus we're really good friends so we both felt more comfortable that way." She stated modestly
"Wanna introduce the #1 song of the week gals?" La La asked anxiously. They looked at each other and nodded.
"Your #1 Video Pick of the week, us, The Beautiful Warriors, and our newest hit, 'My World!' Yeah!" The 4 girls said together.
/////////////////// Please tell me what is taking place,
Cause I can't seem to find a trace,
Guess it must've got erased somehow,
Probably cause I always forget,
Every time someone tells me their name,
It's always gotta be the same.
(In my World)
Never wore cover-up,
Always beat the boys up,
Grew up in a 5,000 population town,
Made my money by cutting grass,
Got fired by fried chicken ass,
All in a small town, Nappanee. You know I always stay up without sleepin',
and think to myself,
'Where do I belong forever,
in whose arms, the time and place?'
Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World I never spend less than an hour,
Washin' my hair in the shower,
It always takes 5 hours to make it straight,
So I'll braid it in a zillion braids,
Though it may take all friggin day,
There's nothin' else better to do anyway. When you're all alone in the lands of forever,
Lay under the Milky Way,
On and on it's getting too late out,
I'm not in love this time this night.
Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World Take some time,
Mellow out,
Party it up,
but don't fall down, Don't get caught,
Sneak out of the house. Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World /////////////////
The video showed the girls all playing at a concert, nothing fancy really. They all wore matching outfits; black stretch pants and tank tops. Rain's shirt was blue, Shirley's red, Maria's purple, and Cecil's yellow. They looked good, played good, and appealed to men and women, a really tough group to compete against.
"We gotta go check them out. I mean, if the competition gets to o bad, we're toast." Sai said as the credits rolled off the screen.
"It's already bad Sai," George stated "We just released that song and now these girls come along and steal our spot."
"We have to do something Domon, call up Asia, maybe he'll know what to do." Chibodee offered
Domon took his cell phone and dialed a number. Riiiing.... riiiing.... "Asia? Domon. Listen there's a new band we wanna check out.... The Beautiful Warriors.... Tonight? Perfect.... Later." He hung up the phone.
"Well guys, we're going to their concert tonight and if I pull a few strings, we may be able to get backstage passes." Domon said happily.
"You're gunna call HER again, Bro? Come on! She always has to tag along when you ask her for tickets." Sai complained.
"Hey listen, Allenby is my girlfriend. And besides, who else gives you free tickets?" Domon asked.
He dialed her number at the Ticket Master she worked at.
Riiiing.... riiiing.... "Allenby? Hey it's me.... Domon!" His band mates rolled their eyes. "Anyway can you get us tickets to tonight's 'Beautiful Warriors'' show....? oh, no reason, you know, checking out the competition. Great. Are you going to come with us? You can't? That's great!" Chibodee Sai and George winced as they heard Allenby's voice over the phone "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?!?" "I said, that's great that you're going out with the girls tonight. Ok, thank you..... Bye."
"Jeez...." he said as he hung up. The four guys looked at each other.
"Well guys, front row seats, backstage passes, tonight at 6:00 P.M. and we'll finally get to see these girls in person." Domon said triumphantly.
They snickered evilly and went back to their rooms to get ready.
A/N: like it? Good. Glad to hear it. It better be good, it's 10 pages long. Next chapter.... 'Meeting the Warriors'
Ready....? Go!
Chibodee Crockett, bassist and vocalist of the world's favorite band, Shuffle Alliance, sat on the comfortable sofa in his hotel suite. He casually flipped the television to MTV, just to see his band make number one in the countdown for that week. What else was there to do on a Saturday afternoon? Saturdays were only good for the night, when you could go partying. "Same mentality as when you were a 17 year old Chibodee" he chuckled to himself softly. He took another swig of the soda can he was nursing.
"Yo everyone! It's La La and here with me is the newest edition to the music industry. Now we gotta take a commercial break, but before that, our # 3 video for this week, 'I'd Do Anything' by everyone's favorite honeys, Shuffle Alliance! We'll be right back!" La La stopped talking and Chibodee heard their latest hit start.
He almost spit out his soda.
'#3!!!! Ok, now I am SO pissed.'
He knocked on the 3 other doors of his band mates and dragged them into his room.
Once they were sprawled around his living room, grumbling, he pointed to the T.V. They saw their own video being played. They all looked at Chibodee like he was nuts.
"This is great Chibodee really it is," began Sai Sici, drums for S.A. "We know we have a video."
"Don't get smart twerp." Chibodee snapped "Look where we are in the countdown" he said as he gritted his teeth.
They all looked to the bottom right corner of the television screen and saw a huge 3 that screamed, "You didn't make it!! Nyah Nyah!!"
"That is an outrage!" said George, keyboardist.
"We just put that video out 2 weeks ago! It shouldn't be at #3 already!" yelled Sai
"Will you all just shut up for a minute? I want to see who beat us," said Domon, guitarist and, though the rest would never admit it, their leader.
They all looked back at the screen to see La La was back. "Hey everyone! We're back! That was Shuffle Alliance with 'I'd Do Anything', slipping down two spots this week."
They all growled.
"But before we go to the 2nd and 1st videos of the week, I'd like to introduce America to the Beautiful Warriors. Say hi girls!"
'Girls....?' Domon wondered. The camera panned out to show not only La La, but also 4 other girls standing to the left of her. Domon's eyes stopped on the girl standing next to La La.
She had auburn-brown hair that just grazed her shoulders, blue eyes; pale skin he knew would be incredibly soft to touch. She was wearing a short, blue skirt it went about as far as mid- thigh. She had a matching blue T- shirt that tied over her belly, showing off a belly chain. He read the darker blue lettering on her shirt, it said 'Dream Big, Do Little' and a cartoon of a girl sleeping on a bed with "Zzzz" coming form her mouth. This girl was beautiful and he hadn't even heard her voice yet. 'She beats out Allenby that's for sure' he almost scolded himself for thinking untrue thoughts about his girlfriend.
Chibodee, however, looked at the next girl. 'Wow....' was all he could think. Her red-orange hair was parted down the middle in two braids on either side of her face, they fell just onto her chest, a style he would've thought childish but instead found very sexy. She wore tight, TIGHT black jeans that accentuated her legs and flared out at her calves. Her shirt was a peasant blouse; it had bell sleeves and a scoop neck that showed a little too much- just the way he liked it. The shirt made her dark emerald eye stand out even more. Plus she kept twirling one of the braids in between her fingers, holding the microphone in her left hand. 'Damn....' Chibodee thought biting his lip.
George was watching the 3rd girl; she was dressed a bit more modest then the other girls, but still managed to look gorgeous. Her blonde hair was pulled into a ponytail at the back of her head, two shorter pieces of hair falling over her ears. Her lighter green eyes were surrounded by light purple eye shadow. She wore a lavender satin button-down shirt and a long lavender skirt that went to her ankles. George smiled as un-chivalrous thoughts came into his mind.
Sai stared at the last girl and felt himself blushing. She had dark blue hair and eyes like the sea after a storm. Her hair was long, longer than any of the other girls. It was parted on the side and it fell almost to her elbow. It covered her shoulders as though it was keeping her warm. His eyes traveled to the simple white tank top she was wearing and then lower to see she was wearing loose jogging pants. The pants were red with two white stripes going down the sides. She had a red zip-up fleece tied around her waist. 'gods.... who IS she?' Sai wondered desperately
"Okay now! Can all the guys at home stop drooling while we introduce these warriors?" La La said this jokingly, but the Shuffles all jumped in surprise. "Ha ha, take it away girls...."
"Thanks La, well I'm Rain Mikamura, and I'm the guitarist...."
'Rain....' Domon thought drunkenly
"I'm Shirley Liana, I play bass."
'Shirley....' Chibodee stated in his mind over and over.
"Maria Louise, I play keyboards"
'Maria Louise....' George had to catch a sigh before it escaped him.
"I'm Cecil, and I'm the drummer."
'Cecil.... pretty name....' Sai thought stupidly
They floated back to Earth and heard La La say, "It's just so amazing that you girls made a break through in the music biz with times being so masculine, I guess. Now I think we all want to know how your band got started, am I right?" she asked the audience. They yelled and screamed in response.
The girls looked at each other and Rain started
"Well, Shirley and I went to G High School together and our manager found Cecil and Maria at another high school. We got together and figured it might be cool to start a band. But then again, we can't take that credit for the band idea," she said as she pointed to herself and the three other girls who nodded in agreement. "It was really Kyoji's idea, come on out, say hi, will ya?" she said this as she looked passed the camera.
'G High... Kyoji? So that's what he's been doing for 2 years...' Domon thought lamely his eyes still on the screen
"Come on Kyoji... say hi... Kyoji..." the girls all pleaded looking passed the camera.
Suddenly a man came running out and stood behind Shirley and Rain. He had brown hair and teal colored eyes. He was slightly taller than the older girls and had a grin plastered on his face. "Well I'm here girls, I guess, hi?" the audience and girls laughed at him.
"This is our manager, Kyoji Kasshu, La. He's also our confidant." Cecil piped in
"KASSHU!?!?!" the guys shouted at Domon. He laughed nervously.
"Yeah, he's kinda my older brother. Haven't heard from him in a while, I was wondering what he was doing lately." He added carefully. They all sighed at him but Chibodee said what they all thought, "It must kick ass to follow 4 gorgeous women around and help them make money..."
"Now Rain, Shirley, I got a paper here that said you went to high school with two very important people in the music industry. Do you mind letting all of us know who these people are?" La La asked her and Rain blushed furiously.
"Go ahead Rain, tell her!" Shirley said making her blush even more.
"Well, I was in the same class with Seatte," the girls in the audience screamed for the 'hotter than hot' rapper. "And with Domon, Kyoji's brother? But you all know him as the guitarist from the Shuffle Alliance, huh?" the girls in the audience screamed again equally as loud.
Chibodee pounced on Domon, "You went to school with HER and you didn't tell me?" "I didn't go to school with her, well at least I don't remember her..." Domon started at the screen.
La La squealed, "How did you keep your hands off two cuties in one school?" Her cheeks flushed crimson. "Well Seatte and I dated for a while, but Domon, I don't even think he remembers me! We weren't in the same clique, you can say. We didn't talk much." Rain chuckled softly "He was just a little too cocky to talk to me." The audience laughed, as did everyone else.
"That's my brother alright, full of himself 'til the end!" Kyoji said wiping fake tears from his eyes and everyone laughed again.
"Stop it Kyoji, that's mean." Rain scolded him gently
"Hey La, now ask Rain what she REALLY thought about Domon in oh say... Junior year?" Shirley said, an all-knowing glint in her eyes.
"I'm afraid to ask, tell us Rain!" La La said.
"Oh Shirley, I hate you! Ok fine, I had this major crush on him," the audience cheered while Rain stood there, completely embarrassed, "but you got to understand, he was dating some else. See, we went to private school and everyone's dream was to be with a public school kid, right? So he was dating someone named Allenby, was it?" Shirley nodded, "And he only had eyes for her, so I did what any girl would do... I went out with Seatte, second most popular guy in our class." Everyone screamed and yelled and cheered for Rain.
Chibodee and George both pounced on him this time, "You went to school with her, and never talked to her? And SHE had a crush on YOU??? You went out with Allenby, and still are, when she was staring you right in the face?" Domon put up his in defense and said "Hey now wait a minute, I still don't remember her. I think I'd remember her if I saw her."
"Rain, here, he still won't remember you. Put these on." Shirley handed her a pair of glasses.
"Okay." She took the glasses and put them on. Maria came up behind her and pinned her hair back, leaving little wisps of hair around her eyes.
"Oh my God..." Domon said aloud "I remember her..." Flashback
"Hey you, you dropped your book!" Domon, age 17 yelled to a girl running down the hall. She spun around suddenly and flashed a smile, trotting back to him.
"Thank you, I really needed that too." She said as she reached for the book. He pulled his hand back and she looked at him bewildered.
"Chem. Lab., huh? You're a Senior?" He said idly flipping through the pages as he leaned against the lockers.
"No, I'm a Junior, just like you Domon. Now can I have my book back, please?" she said testily.
"You know my name..." he asked her looking at her closely. She rolled her eyes,
"Who doesn't know you're name?"
When he wasn't paying attention, she grabbed her book back and put it in the pile of books she was cradling. In its place she gave him a piece of paper.
"Here, these will be printed in the newest issue of the school newspaper, I thought you might like to see them before it came out. I shot them myself during the game and umm... here they are. Listen, I got to go." She said.
"Rain!" he looked down the hallway to see his older brother and another girl calling for her.
"See ya, hope you like the pictures."
"Bye..." he said as she ran into the Lab.
The pictures were rather good too, him scoring the winning basket in the last B-Ball game.
Flashback
"So you remember her now?" Chibodee said in a pushy tone.
He nodded mutely and took her in again.
The audience cheered. "Oh, please don't cheer, I looked like this everyday of my high school career, it's not a pleasant sight to behold I'm sure." Rain said quietly into her microphone as she took her hair out and shook it loosely.
"You look great Rain, now back to Seatte, you just released another song with him, right?" La La asked her Rain nodded.
"Yes! Now for you're #2 video of the week, 'I'm Real' Rain, ft. Seatte. Here we go!"
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^...^ = Seatte/Ja Rule +...+ = Rain/J. Lo ... = Both
^What's my m***** f****** name?^ +Are you L E?+ ^Miss Mary Jane, I'm analyzing the game^ +And the game done chose me...+ ^To bring pain to pretty women and fake thugs, one in the same ^ +Ever since you told me+ ^There's only room for two, I'd be makin less room for you^ +Now only God can hold me+ ^Hug me, love me, judge me. The only man who's above is above me, holla!^
+I've met so many men, and it's like they're all the same+ +My appetite for loving is now my hunger pain+ +And when I'm feeling sexy, who's gunna comfort me?+ +My only problem is their insecurity. +
^Tired being alone?^ +Yeah yeah+ ^See your arguing over the phone^ +Yeah yeah + ^Are you telling all your friends^ +Yeah yeah+ ^That your n**** don't understand?^ My love
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
^I've been thinking bout this^ Relationship ^And I wanna know is it ^ As good as it gets? ^Cause we been through^ The worst time and the best time ^But it was our time even if it was^ Part time.
^Now they be looking at me, smiling, at me, laughing like we wasn't happy, but not^ ^knowin that we growin and we getting married.^ Hard lovin, straight thuggin ^Baby, I ain't doin this here for nothin! I'm here to get it ^ Poppin, hoppin ^Let's ride up in the Benz',^ Hair blowin in the wind sun glistenin off my skin ^Hey, I'm nasty, heh, you know me but,^ Still don't be feelin ya baby.
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
+Now people lovin me and hatin me, treatin me ungratefully,+ +But not knowin that they ain't makin or breakin me.+ +My life I live it to the limit and I love it, + +Now I can breathe again baby, now I can breathe again.+ +Now people screamin 'what the deal with you and so~in~so?'+ +I tell 'em 'n***** mind their biz' but they don't though.+ +My life I live it to the limit and I love it.+ +Now I can breathe again baby, now I can breathe again.+
^Tired being alone?^ +Yeah yeah+ ^See your arguing over the phone^ +Yeah yeah + ^Are you telling all your friends^ +Yeah yeah+ ^That your n**** don't understand?^ My love
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
+Cause I'm real+ ^The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you stare, the way you look, you style your hair.^ +Cause I'm real+ ^The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild,^ And I can't go on without you.
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Domon sat there in painful agony. Did her clothes always have to be so...tight? The entire video was her hanging out with Seatte while tried to touch her. She would slap him playfully every time he tried. 'I'd like to rip his fingers off one by one and watch him squeal like the pig he is, touching her like that, how dare he! I should be there.'
"Hey, we're back! That video is so hot! Whadya say?" La asked the audience roared. "How were you able to do it, Rain?"
"Well, Seatte and I were boyfriend and girlfriend plus we're really good friends so we both felt more comfortable that way." She stated modestly
"Wanna introduce the #1 song of the week gals?" La La asked anxiously. They looked at each other and nodded.
"Your #1 Video Pick of the week, us, The Beautiful Warriors, and our newest hit, 'My World!' Yeah!" The 4 girls said together.
/////////////////// Please tell me what is taking place,
Cause I can't seem to find a trace,
Guess it must've got erased somehow,
Probably cause I always forget,
Every time someone tells me their name,
It's always gotta be the same.
(In my World)
Never wore cover-up,
Always beat the boys up,
Grew up in a 5,000 population town,
Made my money by cutting grass,
Got fired by fried chicken ass,
All in a small town, Nappanee. You know I always stay up without sleepin',
and think to myself,
'Where do I belong forever,
in whose arms, the time and place?'
Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World I never spend less than an hour,
Washin' my hair in the shower,
It always takes 5 hours to make it straight,
So I'll braid it in a zillion braids,
Though it may take all friggin day,
There's nothin' else better to do anyway. When you're all alone in the lands of forever,
Lay under the Milky Way,
On and on it's getting too late out,
I'm not in love this time this night.
Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World Take some time,
Mellow out,
Party it up,
but don't fall down, Don't get caught,
Sneak out of the house. Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World Can't help it if I space in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Would someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World /////////////////
The video showed the girls all playing at a concert, nothing fancy really. They all wore matching outfits; black stretch pants and tank tops. Rain's shirt was blue, Shirley's red, Maria's purple, and Cecil's yellow. They looked good, played good, and appealed to men and women, a really tough group to compete against.
"We gotta go check them out. I mean, if the competition gets to o bad, we're toast." Sai said as the credits rolled off the screen.
"It's already bad Sai," George stated "We just released that song and now these girls come along and steal our spot."
"We have to do something Domon, call up Asia, maybe he'll know what to do." Chibodee offered
Domon took his cell phone and dialed a number. Riiiing.... riiiing.... "Asia? Domon. Listen there's a new band we wanna check out.... The Beautiful Warriors.... Tonight? Perfect.... Later." He hung up the phone.
"Well guys, we're going to their concert tonight and if I pull a few strings, we may be able to get backstage passes." Domon said happily.
"You're gunna call HER again, Bro? Come on! She always has to tag along when you ask her for tickets." Sai complained.
"Hey listen, Allenby is my girlfriend. And besides, who else gives you free tickets?" Domon asked.
He dialed her number at the Ticket Master she worked at.
Riiiing.... riiiing.... "Allenby? Hey it's me.... Domon!" His band mates rolled their eyes. "Anyway can you get us tickets to tonight's 'Beautiful Warriors'' show....? oh, no reason, you know, checking out the competition. Great. Are you going to come with us? You can't? That's great!" Chibodee Sai and George winced as they heard Allenby's voice over the phone "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?!?" "I said, that's great that you're going out with the girls tonight. Ok, thank you..... Bye."
"Jeez...." he said as he hung up. The four guys looked at each other.
"Well guys, front row seats, backstage passes, tonight at 6:00 P.M. and we'll finally get to see these girls in person." Domon said triumphantly.
They snickered evilly and went back to their rooms to get ready.
A/N: like it? Good. Glad to hear it. It better be good, it's 10 pages long. Next chapter.... 'Meeting the Warriors'
Ready....? Go!
