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Two things I haven't figured out yet, how to make italics, and how to get
three periods in a row without them disappearing. ~*~
Disclaimer: I want to own Nikki, and even Miki cause she's "rockin'" but you know what? I don't. I couldn't even if I had all the money in the world.
~*~ You Must Be Magic ~*~ By: Carrot-Chan ~*~
Miki woke to the faint sounds of a guitar. Sitting up and yawning she rolled off her bed and then joined Yu and Mi at the mirror where makeup littered the surface from one end to the other.
"Practice!" Yu carolled happily,
"Mm, pass me the eye shadow Yu!"
"Has anyone seen my other legging?"
"The red one with the black diamonds? Um, check over there Miki."
"Oh! Thanks Mi." Miki located the discarded legging and pulled it up her long leg, making her it was on straight with the diamonds on the sides,
Yu threw her golden ring that rested at the top of Miki's legging and Miki caught it, smiling at her backup dancer, "What would I do without you two?"
"Dance alone I guess," Yu laughed,
"Pretty lonely out there." Mi added with a smile.
"It would be." Miki agreed
When she was dressed in her normal flaming red attire, Miki hopped up on a chair and let Yu style her hair. Miki could have easily done it herself, but Yu loved to play with the volcanic orange locks. When she was done, Yu drifted to finish her makeup, letting Miki draw the purple star under her left eye as usual.
She looked down at the purple tube in her hand. Two shades darker and it would be the same purple Nikki used to highlight his eyes. Speaking of the devil, the guitarist walked in looking around wildly before letting his eyes fall on the trio of dancers,
"Has anyone seen my black lipstick?" He asked, looking adorably worried,
"Oh yeah, Yu borrowed it." Mi winked, "There it is, over by Miki."
Miki looked down at the assortment of tubes and powders by her. She found the black and picked it up with a shaking hand, "H-here."
She tossed it over to him, and watched as he caught it and smiled at her. Miki smiled back but she knew her lips were trembling. Nikki turned around and threw a back-handed wave at them,
"Practice in half an hour?" he called,
"Sure." The trio responded happily.
When Nikki left, Miki heaved a sigh of relief. She missed the looks crossed between Mi and Yu as she continued darkening her eyeliner. Yu cleared her throat lightly and grinned at Mi,
"So, Nikki's been scheduling more practices since that Marbule performance, eh?" she asked lightly,
"Yeah he has, what do you think of that Miki?" Mi carried on,
"He's happier now that the demi-humans and humans are getting along, and I think he's feeling better now that he has a family to relate to, somewhat." Miki said automatically,
"Wow, someone's thought that over." Yu grinned like a clown,
Miki flushed, "No! It's just, I, ah, after the concert I was thinking, that's all."
"All right." Yu and Mi said in unison, "Well, we don't want to be late."
Dressing in their blue and green outfits they slipped out of the room leaving an embarrassed Miki to finish up her face and then scamper out after them.
Nikki looked around at the dark stage. They hadn't come up with a new routine yet; first they were simply looking to match up rhythms with movements. He tuned his guitar idly and recalled the earlier moments. Miki looking around her with that same little flush to her cheeks. Her hand, quivering, picking up the black lipstick and throwing it to him with an ever-shaky smile. Nikki wanted to go and give the adorable woman a hug just because her actions were so cute . He didn't have much time to ponder of that before Yu and Mi had come in, with a breathless Miki behind them. The girls began to stretch and twirl in place, warming up their muscles while Nikki trailed up the musical scales. Adding the harmonics and melodics to his arpeggios.
"All right. Yu, Mi, I think if we did sort of a triangle fashion, with split-twists and switchovers every time Nikki plays that one chord-"
Nikki demonstrated.
"-then we at least have one thing for repetition. Like a chorus for the dance." Miki said, frowning in concentration,
"What if we did this as well?" Yu performed an acrobatic flip with her sister and fell lightly to her feet, "If you back-flipped we could launch you up higher."
"That's a great idea!" Miki said enthusiastically,
Nikki smiled softly to himself. She was a different person in the practices. Bold and daring with quick wit and charm, Miki let the dance take over her easily. He watched as they practiced this manoeuvre several times.
"That could be at the peak of the song." Miki nodded, "What do you think Nikki?"
Nikki sauntered over and nodded, raking a hand through his hair, "I like it, now we need the lead ups to those movements."
"Yeah." Miki sounded pleased that he liked her work,
Turning back she began to instruct more movements for her two back-up dancers. These positions would be made while her and Nikki acted out something in front of them
"All right, the song holds reference to the sea, so we should have a rolling motion like the waves, an ebb and flow type thing. Let's see. We have the lost fisherman, and the enchantress," here Miki swept a dainty curtsey, "we should get a boat for you to perform on."
Nikki nodded, "And I was thinking of a pinnacle of rock with a spiral staircase built in for you to be on."
"Right on!" Miki crowed, adoring every word of it.
After their practice they had created half of the dance and sorted most of it to various parts of Nikki's song. The dancers took turns having showers to relieve themselves of the sheen of sweat that bathed their limbs. Afterwards they went to the Invincible to take a needed break in the café. Miki grabbed a table for Mi, Yu and her, and the three split an ice cream sundae.
"Yummm!" Mi giggled,
"It can't be good for us to eat this, it's like the forbidden treat." Yu agreed, "Ah, all the dancing, I'm sure we worked off a lot of weight that we actually need. Besides, we have mighty fine metabolisms." Miki winked,
"You know too much." Mi laughed, "Cheers everyone for that awesome practice."
"Cheers!" Yu and Miki sang,
They dug in, fighting over the cherry on top (Mi won with a spoonful of ice cream to Yu's face). Miki watched the open doorway to the café and was startled to see a determined Nikki walk past. He didn't usually leave the Magical Dreamer's boat. Pretending she had seen nothing, Miki waited until they had finished and gave the lame excuse that she wanted to explore the boat. A hasty retreat later and she was practically running to catch up with Nikki. As she neared the end of the boat she could hear him and Fargo in the Captain's quarters. Pursing her lips and knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to go in there, Miki settled with the roulette underneath their room . "Oo ee! Look at who comes in!" Miki ignored the catcalls and looked at the man behind the wheel, "Spin me something."
She ended with 400 points. Tactfully deciding to stop there she left the room and listened quietly to see if Nikki was still with his father. She figured he wasn't due to the silence in the room above her.
Biting her lip she walked almost dejectedly back to her ship where her two dancers were once again at the mirror. Miki didn't go into the room, she stayed outside letting the sun glint down on her, sending her hair into a fiery frenzy of light.
"Why did he go there." She whispered, "He always ends up arguing with Fargo."
She rested her arms over the railing and placed her chin in the middle, leaning over in an almost 90-degree angle. She could hear the angry sounds of a guitar spewing out rapid notes from Nikki's cabin. Wondering if she should go up and see him Miki was further startled by the platform connecting the two ships being whisked away, only to return with Serge.
Disclaimer: I want to own Nikki, and even Miki cause she's "rockin'" but you know what? I don't. I couldn't even if I had all the money in the world.
~*~ You Must Be Magic ~*~ By: Carrot-Chan ~*~
Miki woke to the faint sounds of a guitar. Sitting up and yawning she rolled off her bed and then joined Yu and Mi at the mirror where makeup littered the surface from one end to the other.
"Practice!" Yu carolled happily,
"Mm, pass me the eye shadow Yu!"
"Has anyone seen my other legging?"
"The red one with the black diamonds? Um, check over there Miki."
"Oh! Thanks Mi." Miki located the discarded legging and pulled it up her long leg, making her it was on straight with the diamonds on the sides,
Yu threw her golden ring that rested at the top of Miki's legging and Miki caught it, smiling at her backup dancer, "What would I do without you two?"
"Dance alone I guess," Yu laughed,
"Pretty lonely out there." Mi added with a smile.
"It would be." Miki agreed
When she was dressed in her normal flaming red attire, Miki hopped up on a chair and let Yu style her hair. Miki could have easily done it herself, but Yu loved to play with the volcanic orange locks. When she was done, Yu drifted to finish her makeup, letting Miki draw the purple star under her left eye as usual.
She looked down at the purple tube in her hand. Two shades darker and it would be the same purple Nikki used to highlight his eyes. Speaking of the devil, the guitarist walked in looking around wildly before letting his eyes fall on the trio of dancers,
"Has anyone seen my black lipstick?" He asked, looking adorably worried,
"Oh yeah, Yu borrowed it." Mi winked, "There it is, over by Miki."
Miki looked down at the assortment of tubes and powders by her. She found the black and picked it up with a shaking hand, "H-here."
She tossed it over to him, and watched as he caught it and smiled at her. Miki smiled back but she knew her lips were trembling. Nikki turned around and threw a back-handed wave at them,
"Practice in half an hour?" he called,
"Sure." The trio responded happily.
When Nikki left, Miki heaved a sigh of relief. She missed the looks crossed between Mi and Yu as she continued darkening her eyeliner. Yu cleared her throat lightly and grinned at Mi,
"So, Nikki's been scheduling more practices since that Marbule performance, eh?" she asked lightly,
"Yeah he has, what do you think of that Miki?" Mi carried on,
"He's happier now that the demi-humans and humans are getting along, and I think he's feeling better now that he has a family to relate to, somewhat." Miki said automatically,
"Wow, someone's thought that over." Yu grinned like a clown,
Miki flushed, "No! It's just, I, ah, after the concert I was thinking, that's all."
"All right." Yu and Mi said in unison, "Well, we don't want to be late."
Dressing in their blue and green outfits they slipped out of the room leaving an embarrassed Miki to finish up her face and then scamper out after them.
Nikki looked around at the dark stage. They hadn't come up with a new routine yet; first they were simply looking to match up rhythms with movements. He tuned his guitar idly and recalled the earlier moments. Miki looking around her with that same little flush to her cheeks. Her hand, quivering, picking up the black lipstick and throwing it to him with an ever-shaky smile. Nikki wanted to go and give the adorable woman a hug just because her actions were so cute . He didn't have much time to ponder of that before Yu and Mi had come in, with a breathless Miki behind them. The girls began to stretch and twirl in place, warming up their muscles while Nikki trailed up the musical scales. Adding the harmonics and melodics to his arpeggios.
"All right. Yu, Mi, I think if we did sort of a triangle fashion, with split-twists and switchovers every time Nikki plays that one chord-"
Nikki demonstrated.
"-then we at least have one thing for repetition. Like a chorus for the dance." Miki said, frowning in concentration,
"What if we did this as well?" Yu performed an acrobatic flip with her sister and fell lightly to her feet, "If you back-flipped we could launch you up higher."
"That's a great idea!" Miki said enthusiastically,
Nikki smiled softly to himself. She was a different person in the practices. Bold and daring with quick wit and charm, Miki let the dance take over her easily. He watched as they practiced this manoeuvre several times.
"That could be at the peak of the song." Miki nodded, "What do you think Nikki?"
Nikki sauntered over and nodded, raking a hand through his hair, "I like it, now we need the lead ups to those movements."
"Yeah." Miki sounded pleased that he liked her work,
Turning back she began to instruct more movements for her two back-up dancers. These positions would be made while her and Nikki acted out something in front of them
"All right, the song holds reference to the sea, so we should have a rolling motion like the waves, an ebb and flow type thing. Let's see. We have the lost fisherman, and the enchantress," here Miki swept a dainty curtsey, "we should get a boat for you to perform on."
Nikki nodded, "And I was thinking of a pinnacle of rock with a spiral staircase built in for you to be on."
"Right on!" Miki crowed, adoring every word of it.
After their practice they had created half of the dance and sorted most of it to various parts of Nikki's song. The dancers took turns having showers to relieve themselves of the sheen of sweat that bathed their limbs. Afterwards they went to the Invincible to take a needed break in the café. Miki grabbed a table for Mi, Yu and her, and the three split an ice cream sundae.
"Yummm!" Mi giggled,
"It can't be good for us to eat this, it's like the forbidden treat." Yu agreed, "Ah, all the dancing, I'm sure we worked off a lot of weight that we actually need. Besides, we have mighty fine metabolisms." Miki winked,
"You know too much." Mi laughed, "Cheers everyone for that awesome practice."
"Cheers!" Yu and Miki sang,
They dug in, fighting over the cherry on top (Mi won with a spoonful of ice cream to Yu's face). Miki watched the open doorway to the café and was startled to see a determined Nikki walk past. He didn't usually leave the Magical Dreamer's boat. Pretending she had seen nothing, Miki waited until they had finished and gave the lame excuse that she wanted to explore the boat. A hasty retreat later and she was practically running to catch up with Nikki. As she neared the end of the boat she could hear him and Fargo in the Captain's quarters. Pursing her lips and knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to go in there, Miki settled with the roulette underneath their room . "Oo ee! Look at who comes in!" Miki ignored the catcalls and looked at the man behind the wheel, "Spin me something."
She ended with 400 points. Tactfully deciding to stop there she left the room and listened quietly to see if Nikki was still with his father. She figured he wasn't due to the silence in the room above her.
Biting her lip she walked almost dejectedly back to her ship where her two dancers were once again at the mirror. Miki didn't go into the room, she stayed outside letting the sun glint down on her, sending her hair into a fiery frenzy of light.
"Why did he go there." She whispered, "He always ends up arguing with Fargo."
She rested her arms over the railing and placed her chin in the middle, leaning over in an almost 90-degree angle. She could hear the angry sounds of a guitar spewing out rapid notes from Nikki's cabin. Wondering if she should go up and see him Miki was further startled by the platform connecting the two ships being whisked away, only to return with Serge.