The Remedy. ch. 1
by Nyassa Kaiba
Notes: This fic is dark, very dark, I'm also missing the prologue. Anywho, it's rated R for mention of yuri, really bad language, and really dark things like a mention of Rape and Suicide. No, none of the characters actually suicide, none of the actual ones anyway. It's only an OC, but still! *sob*
~Rei~
Emily sang, in all her glory. Though she didn't realize that the song was almost a prelude to the turmoil to come. None of us could.
"I can try to pretend,
I can try to forget
But it's driving me mad
Going out of my head"
The Altos took up the descant. Emily trembled with energy, ready to burst into song when her cue came. The energy that I sensed from the singers on stage was amazing. And that wasn't the only song that they would be singing that night. This time, the altos sang the melody. They'd need her range for the refrain.
"I saw fireworks from the freeway
And behind closed eyes I could not make them go away
'Cause you were born on the fourth of July, Freedom rang
But something on the surface it stinks."
"Woooowwwww!!!!" Mariah marveled, clinging to my arm.
I felt Kai's hand start inching up my leg.
"Yeah something on the surface,
It kind of makes me nervous,
To say that you deserve this,
But you don't deserve this
Gotta cure this dirt-e-o disease
'Cause if you've got the poison, I've got the remedy!"
/Is this crazy or what. I've got my boyfriend inching his hand up my thigh, and my supposed girlfriend, whom I'm covering for because she's really a Lesbian hanging off my arm at her crush's concert!/ I sighed, claiming defeat. Kai had once tried to make out with me during a movie. Tyson had smacked him and he got kicked in the stomach for it.
After the show, Emily, absolutely enervated, met us outside the "green room." "Whew! I thought I was gonna die of embarassment up there!"
"You were sooooo cool!" Mariah squeeled. "I wanna sing like that!"
"My voice sounds like a bullfrog with larengitis Mariah, if you had it you wouldn't want it."
"Are you kidding?" Max demanded. "That was so cool!"
Tyson was looking around the room, which was painted blue and covered with diagrams on various facets of music. There was one displaying the different types of musical instruments, and another showing different types of notes. "Why do they call it a green room if it's blue?"
Kenny facefaulted. "Can't you pay a compliment to Emily? She worked her butt off getting ready for this concert!"
"She sang really well, I'm just wondering why they call a blue room green."
"Nobody really knows." Emily answered irritably.
"Emily!" A woman who I thought was Emily's mother came into the room, sweeping the littlest All-Star into a bear hug. "You sang so beautifully. Come on! Judy's taking the whole team out for pizza!" She turned to Max and Tyson. "Would you two like to come with us?"
"Sure!" Tyson exclaimed.
"Great, I know the greatest place in town for pizza." The woman exclaimed.
"What about you Kai? I know a good place for hamburgers." I asked a few minutes later. "Mariah, you wanna come too?" We were walking up the path to the parking lot.
"Can you wait for me? I want to talk to Emily." She told us.
"Good luck." I wished her.
~Mariah~
Emily and I walked over to the swings. I remembered them, Michael used to enjoy pushing people off them. "So what did you want to talk about?" Emily asked, curious.
My heart began to pound, what would she think of me? But... If I didn't try, what would I think of myself? What would Rei and the other Tigers think of me? "I... I love you..." I stammered.
"You're kidding right? I thought you were with Rei!"
"He was covering for me, one tiger to another, you know?"
"No I don't know! Get away from me you bitch!" Emily snapped.
"Emily..." But it was too late, Emily was gone to join the other All Stars, to celebrate her success. I fell onto the ground in tears.
"Emily?" Lee asked, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"What's wrong with me? I should have known that she wouldn't..."
"How?" Robert asked pointedly. "Mariah, some people just can't handle it. And there's no way to tell whether they would feel the same way back."
"But now... now she... she hates me! She called... m... me a bitch!" I stammered through my tears.
"We know you aren't." Johnny said encouragingly.
"We're your friends Mariah." Rei said gently. "Appearantly Emily wasn't. That's all there is to it."
"Not everything is as black and white as Driger, Rei." Oliver said gently. "Remember the situation with Kai a couple months back? And now look at him."
"You think Emily will make up for it?" Kai demanded. "I highly doubt that Oliver."
"Your idealism is what makes you so nice, but there are some people that charm doesn't work on." Enrique sighed. "I learned that the hard way." (A/N: Sigh! Pretty boy Enrique! The IQ of cheez but we love him anyway.*huggles*)
"Come on Mariah. I'll take you out to 99 Grill or someplace like that." Robert offered. "Meal on me. I've never known a tiger to refuse a hamburger!" He joked. "You guys wanna come too?"
"I was gonna go anyway." Rei grinned. "I like steak, but Tyson's grandpa is trying to cut down his food intake, so we don't eat out too often."
"I could go for that!" Kevin grinned, glomping Johnny happily. "It pays to be rich!"
"I am a little hungry." Enrique admitted.
"And I'm too tired to cook tonight." Oliver sighed. "Everywhere I go, Oliver I want an autograph! Oliver can you battle me! I want a picture! I've practically gone nuts trying to get some peace and quiet."
"Feed me Seymour!" Johnny begged, jumping Robert in a mock glomp.
"I'll go too, if only because I don't trust Enrique around Rei."
"I keep him in line!" Oliver said indignantly.
"You'd better!" Kai said, growling at Enrique.
"I'll come too. At a time like this I think Mariah needs me around, I AM her brother after all."
So as we piled into the Majestics' Bus to go get some hardy food that America is so known for, I couldn't help but feel a little better.
by Nyassa Kaiba
Notes: This fic is dark, very dark, I'm also missing the prologue. Anywho, it's rated R for mention of yuri, really bad language, and really dark things like a mention of Rape and Suicide. No, none of the characters actually suicide, none of the actual ones anyway. It's only an OC, but still! *sob*
~Rei~
Emily sang, in all her glory. Though she didn't realize that the song was almost a prelude to the turmoil to come. None of us could.
"I can try to pretend,
I can try to forget
But it's driving me mad
Going out of my head"
The Altos took up the descant. Emily trembled with energy, ready to burst into song when her cue came. The energy that I sensed from the singers on stage was amazing. And that wasn't the only song that they would be singing that night. This time, the altos sang the melody. They'd need her range for the refrain.
"I saw fireworks from the freeway
And behind closed eyes I could not make them go away
'Cause you were born on the fourth of July, Freedom rang
But something on the surface it stinks."
"Woooowwwww!!!!" Mariah marveled, clinging to my arm.
I felt Kai's hand start inching up my leg.
"Yeah something on the surface,
It kind of makes me nervous,
To say that you deserve this,
But you don't deserve this
Gotta cure this dirt-e-o disease
'Cause if you've got the poison, I've got the remedy!"
/Is this crazy or what. I've got my boyfriend inching his hand up my thigh, and my supposed girlfriend, whom I'm covering for because she's really a Lesbian hanging off my arm at her crush's concert!/ I sighed, claiming defeat. Kai had once tried to make out with me during a movie. Tyson had smacked him and he got kicked in the stomach for it.
After the show, Emily, absolutely enervated, met us outside the "green room." "Whew! I thought I was gonna die of embarassment up there!"
"You were sooooo cool!" Mariah squeeled. "I wanna sing like that!"
"My voice sounds like a bullfrog with larengitis Mariah, if you had it you wouldn't want it."
"Are you kidding?" Max demanded. "That was so cool!"
Tyson was looking around the room, which was painted blue and covered with diagrams on various facets of music. There was one displaying the different types of musical instruments, and another showing different types of notes. "Why do they call it a green room if it's blue?"
Kenny facefaulted. "Can't you pay a compliment to Emily? She worked her butt off getting ready for this concert!"
"She sang really well, I'm just wondering why they call a blue room green."
"Nobody really knows." Emily answered irritably.
"Emily!" A woman who I thought was Emily's mother came into the room, sweeping the littlest All-Star into a bear hug. "You sang so beautifully. Come on! Judy's taking the whole team out for pizza!" She turned to Max and Tyson. "Would you two like to come with us?"
"Sure!" Tyson exclaimed.
"Great, I know the greatest place in town for pizza." The woman exclaimed.
"What about you Kai? I know a good place for hamburgers." I asked a few minutes later. "Mariah, you wanna come too?" We were walking up the path to the parking lot.
"Can you wait for me? I want to talk to Emily." She told us.
"Good luck." I wished her.
~Mariah~
Emily and I walked over to the swings. I remembered them, Michael used to enjoy pushing people off them. "So what did you want to talk about?" Emily asked, curious.
My heart began to pound, what would she think of me? But... If I didn't try, what would I think of myself? What would Rei and the other Tigers think of me? "I... I love you..." I stammered.
"You're kidding right? I thought you were with Rei!"
"He was covering for me, one tiger to another, you know?"
"No I don't know! Get away from me you bitch!" Emily snapped.
"Emily..." But it was too late, Emily was gone to join the other All Stars, to celebrate her success. I fell onto the ground in tears.
"Emily?" Lee asked, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"What's wrong with me? I should have known that she wouldn't..."
"How?" Robert asked pointedly. "Mariah, some people just can't handle it. And there's no way to tell whether they would feel the same way back."
"But now... now she... she hates me! She called... m... me a bitch!" I stammered through my tears.
"We know you aren't." Johnny said encouragingly.
"We're your friends Mariah." Rei said gently. "Appearantly Emily wasn't. That's all there is to it."
"Not everything is as black and white as Driger, Rei." Oliver said gently. "Remember the situation with Kai a couple months back? And now look at him."
"You think Emily will make up for it?" Kai demanded. "I highly doubt that Oliver."
"Your idealism is what makes you so nice, but there are some people that charm doesn't work on." Enrique sighed. "I learned that the hard way." (A/N: Sigh! Pretty boy Enrique! The IQ of cheez but we love him anyway.*huggles*)
"Come on Mariah. I'll take you out to 99 Grill or someplace like that." Robert offered. "Meal on me. I've never known a tiger to refuse a hamburger!" He joked. "You guys wanna come too?"
"I was gonna go anyway." Rei grinned. "I like steak, but Tyson's grandpa is trying to cut down his food intake, so we don't eat out too often."
"I could go for that!" Kevin grinned, glomping Johnny happily. "It pays to be rich!"
"I am a little hungry." Enrique admitted.
"And I'm too tired to cook tonight." Oliver sighed. "Everywhere I go, Oliver I want an autograph! Oliver can you battle me! I want a picture! I've practically gone nuts trying to get some peace and quiet."
"Feed me Seymour!" Johnny begged, jumping Robert in a mock glomp.
"I'll go too, if only because I don't trust Enrique around Rei."
"I keep him in line!" Oliver said indignantly.
"You'd better!" Kai said, growling at Enrique.
"I'll come too. At a time like this I think Mariah needs me around, I AM her brother after all."
So as we piled into the Majestics' Bus to go get some hardy food that America is so known for, I couldn't help but feel a little better.