Authors Notes: Hi. Back. It guess it didn't take that long now did it? I'm sorry if you don't enjoy this chapter as much as I hoped you would. It's just the fact that it's 88ºF in my room, and my ideas were just sucked right out of my head. Ok, on to the story!
Enjoy ^_^ !!!
~*~
School the next week was hectic. The student body leaders ran around the hallways frantically, searching for their speeches in the office. The sports team players were all running to their appropriate locker rooms in order to change to their uniforms for the upcoming rally, and the coaches and teachers were also preparing themselves before the rally began.
Sora was asked to go to the principal's office to ask for a messege over the intercom for then specific time all the classes were to be released from their classrooms. Just then, of all the people Sora could have bumped into in the hallways, she "miraculously" bumped into Tai.
(A/N: Yes I can do this! I'm the author remember? Hahaha!)
"Sora!" Tai said quickly helping her off from the floor. Sora looked up from her spot on the ground, and looked over at Tai.
"Tai, oh! I'm sorry about that. I have to go..." she said, quickly walking away to the principals office, staring intently at the ground, until she bumped into another person, and another.
'She was... Sora was blushing. Why?' Tai thought, walking away from the hallway.
~*~
"Mr. Kayazawa?" Sora asked, walking inside of the principals office.
"Sora! What a pleasant surprise. What brings you down here?" Mr. Kayazawa asked, joyfully. He knew Sora as one of the hardest working students in all of the student body. Plus he had been to all of the school plays, and Sora had been the leading actress seven out of the nine plays that Mr. Onaka had made during the past two years.
"I was told to ask you if you could please give a message over the intercom, telling the school what time classes should be dismissed for the rally," she said, memorizing the message written on the paper she handed to Mr. Kayazawa.
"Of course! I would be delighted to," he said.
Sora just stood on her same spot though, and stared over at Mr. Kayazawa.
"Is there something else Sora?" he asked.
Sora bit her bottom lip, and decided to just go for it. "Well... I heard that we would have an extra twenty minutes after the rally to just hang out and everything. I was thinking... maybe we could have some means of entertainment while waiting..." she said nervously.
"What kind of entertainment?" Mr. Kayazawa asked suspiciously.
"Music entertainment..." Sora finally let out.
~*~
Tai finally came out of the locker room, dressed up in his uniform, along with some of his friends from the team. Just then, they saw a flash of auburn hair, rushing past them to the band room. '...Sora?' Tai thought.
~*~
Panting heavily, Sora managed to catch some of her breath to ask if any of the students there knew how to play the electric guitar, and the drums almost professionally, and would like to play at the rally for the last twenty mintues of school. Two guys and one girl raised thier hands slowly, and went to Sora.
Sora looked at all three of them. It looked as if they were in a band group already, together. "My friend Tai Kamiya is going to be singing for the last mintues of the rally, and I was looking for people who would be willing to be like his band members even if just for a day," she said, forwardly not wanting to waste any time for she needed to get back to her own class.
"That's kind of ironic, isn't Kazume?" asked the girl.
"Yeah... Weird," said one of the guys, with spiky black hair.
Sora stared at the three of them, with a look of utter confusion.
"It's funny because we were looking for a lead singer for our band. We heard that Taichi Kamiya had played before, and sung exceptionally well, but he lost his band members. We wanted to ask him desperatly but then again, losing a whole group is sad. We didn't want him to hate us. Now, we're all like: Are you serious?! That would be really cool," said the bleach-blonde haired boy.
"Sooo... I'm guessing this is a yes?" Sora asked, with a face so incredibly ecstatic, it could not be described by words.
"Yeah," said Kazume
"Oh," began the bleach blonde. "By the way, this is Kazume," he said pointing to the black haired boy. "That's Aki," he said pointing to the girl. "... And I'm Aya."
~*~
After the rally was over, Tai went over to Sora, when she called, and gave her a questioning look. Sora just pointed up on stage, and told him to listen carefully for there was something that he definetly did not want to miss.
"Now... for our newest band, and a little entertainment while you kids wait for the bell to ring... This is Taichi Kamiya, Kazume Ung, Aki Miyazawa, and Ayame Wan," said the tenth grade president, introducing four of his class memebers.
The crowd looked around, whispering "Huh?" or "What's going on?"
Tai looked up at the stage, his eyes round with confusion and disbeleif. "Sora... I..." he began, but Sora just pushed him on towards the stage.
Tai looked back at the group. His group. Even for just a couple of minutes. He took the microphone, and stared at the crowd. He coughed, and other students around gave an "Erm!" or a "Yeah...?" to break the uncomfortable silence.
Matt stared in disbeleif. "Sora? Why is Tai on stage? Why couldn't they call my band? Tai has a band?"
Sora just looked up on the stage, and then she looked over to ther preforming arts teacher, who seemed amazed at this. She smiled. So far, everything was perfect.
Tai turned around to his 'band memebers'. "Hey..." he said slightly discomforted.
"Sora asked us to... we have to talk after this, but now, just play," said Aya.
Tai nodded. They told him to just begin a song and they would follow along.
(A/N: Yeah, pleople actually can do that without messing up. They're really talented, so people who can do that... I praise you!!!)
Tai sung, and the his band memebers played. They had played a couple songs from Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, and Wakefield. As the bell rang, the crowed roared for an encore, so Tai and the group were made to play one more song.
Tai began playing the first notes of the song on the guitar that was given to him for his use, and he smiled. 'I hope you can understand Sor... That this is for you...' he thought. He was overjoyed at the sounds of another guitarist, background singer, and a drumist behind him.
"Knowing less is worth more than knowing everything
Wish I was ignorant
I'm leaving now, I'll go home and wait for you
To call him instead of me
I'll go home and sleep on
It, you wear my clothes to bed
Pretending that you still want me
But I know where I stand
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Can't you admit you were wrong?
"Next week, I'll still be here waiting
There's no place for complaining
Shut up now, just hear me out
When you make out with him I feel left out
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Can't you admit you were wrong?
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Why can't you admit you were wrong?
"Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
"Knowing less is worth more than knowing everything
What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Why can't you admit you were wrong
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Why can't I admit that I was wrong
"What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say? What did he say?
What did he say?
What did he say?
What did he say?
What did he say?"
The crowed cheered, and Tai wiped the sweat from his brow, and turned around and smiled at his band members.
~*~
"What we wanted to talk to you about was... Well... How did you like that preformance?" asked Aki.
Tai tried to keep his smiled hidden, but he couldn't hold out any longer. He beamed at thme like a little boy being shown a candy factory. "It was great!!! I mean exhilirating!!! I-I-I missed that! I love that! Why...?" he asked, instantly pausing his happiness.
"Well.. we've been meaning to talk to you ever since Tai. We were there at that party you played in. When we heard that you lost your group, we wanted to talk to you, but we never got the courage to. Sora came into the band room today, and asked us if we wanted to play with you as our lead singer. We were ecstatic. I mean, what we've always wanted came true!" said Kazume, not being able to control his eagerness to tell Tai everything.
"What he's trying to say is that... How would you like to be part of our band?" asked Aya.
"I...I... wow... I would love to!" Tai said, cherishing this moment in his mind for the rest of his life.
~*~
Sora was streched along the the Kamiya couch, with her feet on Tai's lap. Matt was on the love seat, tapping his fingers furiously on the coffee table.
"How was it Tai?" Sora asked, eager to get everything out of her friend.
"They asked me to join. Of course I said yes. It was great. I mean, after I lost my band, I thought that I would just give up, but... You didn't let me Sor. Thanks. I don't even know how to repay you for what you did," Tai said, with the upmost sincerity.
Sora smiled at him, happy to make him feel that way. "Oh yeah, and I just talked to Mr. Onaka. He said that you had more of a chance of getting the lead role than any other guy on the list. I think it was because of your preformance," Sora said.
"I don't get it though. I mean he's a preforming arts teacher. I sung. With a band. I didn't even act. Why would I have a better chance?" he asked.
"Because you have the looks, you have the talent.. which I tol- Which he figured out for himself as he watched you preform, and because of the fact that you memorized all those words for all those songs. I can safetly say that he was probably amazed," she said.
"Erm.." Matt said, clearing his throat, to remind the two of them that he was still in the room.
"Matt..." Sora said, going over to him.
Tai watched disgustedly, as Sora sat down next to Matt on the 'love seat'. "I'll go get us more drinks," he said, leaving the two alone, because he couldn't handle the sight of them together.
"It's okay Matt. I know that you wanted to be in the play too. You're probably going to have a high chance too," she said, reassuring Matt.
'Is is just me... or has Sora been showing me signs that she's not intrested anymore?' Matt thought. 'I can't just let this happen. Especially losing her to Tai. Of all people...'
Tai walked back with three cups in his hands, to the living room. He looked across, and caught Matt's intense blue eyes glowering at him, with a certain aura that did not seem friendly at all.
~*~
Authors Notes: So... the rivalry begins. Okay. It's 11:30 p.m. and I have summer school in the morning. I just wanted to write this chapter. Sorry if it sucks. I blame the heat. It's 90ºF in my room and I think that it sucked out all my energy, so I decided not to look at my chapter notes, for this one. I hope that you still at least kind of enjoyed it though. Bye for now.
Oh yeah, the encore song that Tai and his group played was called L7 (Medication) by Wakefield. Yet another cool song from them. I suggest you listen to it if you like punk rock. What's with me and punk rock? Ok. I'm just going to stop blabbing now. I have to sleep. Talk to ya on the next chapter!!! Please review, it will show/ tell me just how you feel about this story. Thanks!
Enjoy ^_^ !!!
~*~
School the next week was hectic. The student body leaders ran around the hallways frantically, searching for their speeches in the office. The sports team players were all running to their appropriate locker rooms in order to change to their uniforms for the upcoming rally, and the coaches and teachers were also preparing themselves before the rally began.
Sora was asked to go to the principal's office to ask for a messege over the intercom for then specific time all the classes were to be released from their classrooms. Just then, of all the people Sora could have bumped into in the hallways, she "miraculously" bumped into Tai.
(A/N: Yes I can do this! I'm the author remember? Hahaha!)
"Sora!" Tai said quickly helping her off from the floor. Sora looked up from her spot on the ground, and looked over at Tai.
"Tai, oh! I'm sorry about that. I have to go..." she said, quickly walking away to the principals office, staring intently at the ground, until she bumped into another person, and another.
'She was... Sora was blushing. Why?' Tai thought, walking away from the hallway.
~*~
"Mr. Kayazawa?" Sora asked, walking inside of the principals office.
"Sora! What a pleasant surprise. What brings you down here?" Mr. Kayazawa asked, joyfully. He knew Sora as one of the hardest working students in all of the student body. Plus he had been to all of the school plays, and Sora had been the leading actress seven out of the nine plays that Mr. Onaka had made during the past two years.
"I was told to ask you if you could please give a message over the intercom, telling the school what time classes should be dismissed for the rally," she said, memorizing the message written on the paper she handed to Mr. Kayazawa.
"Of course! I would be delighted to," he said.
Sora just stood on her same spot though, and stared over at Mr. Kayazawa.
"Is there something else Sora?" he asked.
Sora bit her bottom lip, and decided to just go for it. "Well... I heard that we would have an extra twenty minutes after the rally to just hang out and everything. I was thinking... maybe we could have some means of entertainment while waiting..." she said nervously.
"What kind of entertainment?" Mr. Kayazawa asked suspiciously.
"Music entertainment..." Sora finally let out.
~*~
Tai finally came out of the locker room, dressed up in his uniform, along with some of his friends from the team. Just then, they saw a flash of auburn hair, rushing past them to the band room. '...Sora?' Tai thought.
~*~
Panting heavily, Sora managed to catch some of her breath to ask if any of the students there knew how to play the electric guitar, and the drums almost professionally, and would like to play at the rally for the last twenty mintues of school. Two guys and one girl raised thier hands slowly, and went to Sora.
Sora looked at all three of them. It looked as if they were in a band group already, together. "My friend Tai Kamiya is going to be singing for the last mintues of the rally, and I was looking for people who would be willing to be like his band members even if just for a day," she said, forwardly not wanting to waste any time for she needed to get back to her own class.
"That's kind of ironic, isn't Kazume?" asked the girl.
"Yeah... Weird," said one of the guys, with spiky black hair.
Sora stared at the three of them, with a look of utter confusion.
"It's funny because we were looking for a lead singer for our band. We heard that Taichi Kamiya had played before, and sung exceptionally well, but he lost his band members. We wanted to ask him desperatly but then again, losing a whole group is sad. We didn't want him to hate us. Now, we're all like: Are you serious?! That would be really cool," said the bleach-blonde haired boy.
"Sooo... I'm guessing this is a yes?" Sora asked, with a face so incredibly ecstatic, it could not be described by words.
"Yeah," said Kazume
"Oh," began the bleach blonde. "By the way, this is Kazume," he said pointing to the black haired boy. "That's Aki," he said pointing to the girl. "... And I'm Aya."
~*~
After the rally was over, Tai went over to Sora, when she called, and gave her a questioning look. Sora just pointed up on stage, and told him to listen carefully for there was something that he definetly did not want to miss.
"Now... for our newest band, and a little entertainment while you kids wait for the bell to ring... This is Taichi Kamiya, Kazume Ung, Aki Miyazawa, and Ayame Wan," said the tenth grade president, introducing four of his class memebers.
The crowd looked around, whispering "Huh?" or "What's going on?"
Tai looked up at the stage, his eyes round with confusion and disbeleif. "Sora... I..." he began, but Sora just pushed him on towards the stage.
Tai looked back at the group. His group. Even for just a couple of minutes. He took the microphone, and stared at the crowd. He coughed, and other students around gave an "Erm!" or a "Yeah...?" to break the uncomfortable silence.
Matt stared in disbeleif. "Sora? Why is Tai on stage? Why couldn't they call my band? Tai has a band?"
Sora just looked up on the stage, and then she looked over to ther preforming arts teacher, who seemed amazed at this. She smiled. So far, everything was perfect.
Tai turned around to his 'band memebers'. "Hey..." he said slightly discomforted.
"Sora asked us to... we have to talk after this, but now, just play," said Aya.
Tai nodded. They told him to just begin a song and they would follow along.
(A/N: Yeah, pleople actually can do that without messing up. They're really talented, so people who can do that... I praise you!!!)
Tai sung, and the his band memebers played. They had played a couple songs from Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, and Wakefield. As the bell rang, the crowed roared for an encore, so Tai and the group were made to play one more song.
Tai began playing the first notes of the song on the guitar that was given to him for his use, and he smiled. 'I hope you can understand Sor... That this is for you...' he thought. He was overjoyed at the sounds of another guitarist, background singer, and a drumist behind him.
"Knowing less is worth more than knowing everything
Wish I was ignorant
I'm leaving now, I'll go home and wait for you
To call him instead of me
I'll go home and sleep on
It, you wear my clothes to bed
Pretending that you still want me
But I know where I stand
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Can't you admit you were wrong?
"Next week, I'll still be here waiting
There's no place for complaining
Shut up now, just hear me out
When you make out with him I feel left out
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Can't you admit you were wrong?
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Why can't you admit you were wrong?
"Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
Is it wrong to blame it on
All the medication I was on
"Knowing less is worth more than knowing everything
What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Why can't you admit you were wrong
"What did he say that I didn't say?
How can I change?
Tell me, how can I change?
Let's move on, this day's too long
Why can't I admit that I was wrong
"What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say that I didn't say?
What did he say? What did he say?
What did he say?
What did he say?
What did he say?
What did he say?"
The crowed cheered, and Tai wiped the sweat from his brow, and turned around and smiled at his band members.
~*~
"What we wanted to talk to you about was... Well... How did you like that preformance?" asked Aki.
Tai tried to keep his smiled hidden, but he couldn't hold out any longer. He beamed at thme like a little boy being shown a candy factory. "It was great!!! I mean exhilirating!!! I-I-I missed that! I love that! Why...?" he asked, instantly pausing his happiness.
"Well.. we've been meaning to talk to you ever since Tai. We were there at that party you played in. When we heard that you lost your group, we wanted to talk to you, but we never got the courage to. Sora came into the band room today, and asked us if we wanted to play with you as our lead singer. We were ecstatic. I mean, what we've always wanted came true!" said Kazume, not being able to control his eagerness to tell Tai everything.
"What he's trying to say is that... How would you like to be part of our band?" asked Aya.
"I...I... wow... I would love to!" Tai said, cherishing this moment in his mind for the rest of his life.
~*~
Sora was streched along the the Kamiya couch, with her feet on Tai's lap. Matt was on the love seat, tapping his fingers furiously on the coffee table.
"How was it Tai?" Sora asked, eager to get everything out of her friend.
"They asked me to join. Of course I said yes. It was great. I mean, after I lost my band, I thought that I would just give up, but... You didn't let me Sor. Thanks. I don't even know how to repay you for what you did," Tai said, with the upmost sincerity.
Sora smiled at him, happy to make him feel that way. "Oh yeah, and I just talked to Mr. Onaka. He said that you had more of a chance of getting the lead role than any other guy on the list. I think it was because of your preformance," Sora said.
"I don't get it though. I mean he's a preforming arts teacher. I sung. With a band. I didn't even act. Why would I have a better chance?" he asked.
"Because you have the looks, you have the talent.. which I tol- Which he figured out for himself as he watched you preform, and because of the fact that you memorized all those words for all those songs. I can safetly say that he was probably amazed," she said.
"Erm.." Matt said, clearing his throat, to remind the two of them that he was still in the room.
"Matt..." Sora said, going over to him.
Tai watched disgustedly, as Sora sat down next to Matt on the 'love seat'. "I'll go get us more drinks," he said, leaving the two alone, because he couldn't handle the sight of them together.
"It's okay Matt. I know that you wanted to be in the play too. You're probably going to have a high chance too," she said, reassuring Matt.
'Is is just me... or has Sora been showing me signs that she's not intrested anymore?' Matt thought. 'I can't just let this happen. Especially losing her to Tai. Of all people...'
Tai walked back with three cups in his hands, to the living room. He looked across, and caught Matt's intense blue eyes glowering at him, with a certain aura that did not seem friendly at all.
~*~
Authors Notes: So... the rivalry begins. Okay. It's 11:30 p.m. and I have summer school in the morning. I just wanted to write this chapter. Sorry if it sucks. I blame the heat. It's 90ºF in my room and I think that it sucked out all my energy, so I decided not to look at my chapter notes, for this one. I hope that you still at least kind of enjoyed it though. Bye for now.
Oh yeah, the encore song that Tai and his group played was called L7 (Medication) by Wakefield. Yet another cool song from them. I suggest you listen to it if you like punk rock. What's with me and punk rock? Ok. I'm just going to stop blabbing now. I have to sleep. Talk to ya on the next chapter!!! Please review, it will show/ tell me just how you feel about this story. Thanks!