Yes, a new chapter. But first, replies!

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Melissa-O: It's ok that it's not a long review, the one you left was plenty long . I disliked him treating Tai badly too, but it had to be done. I won at competition! Happiness galore! Ooh hope you had fun with your hip hop and jazz thing. Don't worry about not talking to me, I understand completely P

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Burning Angemon: Aw, thanks! Here's an update for this one and Black will be soon, hopefully by next week.

Ok, that's everybody. 33 in all. I thank you all so much! –hands out a bunch of chocolate roses- YAY!

Ok, also to all of you who wished me good luck at my competition, I thank you as well. We did very well actually. Not that you care, but I'm gonna tell you anyway, lol. My team ourselves had 4 dances to do. We got 1st for all four in our age groups, and then for two of them we got 2nd grand champion/overall. We also landed ourselves in the top ten, which is pretty big. Overall we did very good.

Keep in mind that this chapter starts on the same day Tai got his new guitar.

ALSO! This chapter is dedicated to Mrs. Passionate because she helped me get this download thingy so that I could listen to the song Vacation to write this chapter. THANK YOU SO MUCH! –glomps and gives MP a bouquet of chocolate roses-

"So he finally accepted you, huh?" Daisuke asked from his place at his desk, not bothering to look up from his Civics book.

"Yeah, it's crazy. I'm still half-expecting the guitar to explode in my face or something," Tai replied with a small smirk. He continued to stare up at Daisuke's ceiling from his position on the bed. The ceiling was actually rather interesting to look at. Although, there was something just a tad bit disturbing about it.

"Uh, Dais?"

"What?" the older responded, reaching into his schoolbag for a new piece of paper.

"Who is that?" Tai questioned his cousin, pointing up to one of the various posters of a girl on the ceiling. She had strawberry-blonde hair that reached her mid-back and large, innocent honey-colored eyes. Quite pretty really, but it was still slightly strange that she was all over the ceiling.

"You're joking right?" Daisuke responded, more as a statement then an actual question.

"…no?"

"You've never heard of Princess Mimi?"

"Nu-uh."

"Never?"

"No."

"What planet have you been on?"

"Uh, Zenon?"

"Shut up."

"But really, who is she?" Daisuke sighed and looked up from his paper at last. He swiveled around in his chair to where he was facing Tai.

"Princess Mimi is a really famous pop singer in America. She's right around our age, 17 I think, she's released two CDs, both of which went platinum, but the latest one is on its way to going diamond."

"Diamond?"

"Ten times more then platinum. Anyways, she's awesome. She is like the most awesome person."

"Have you met her before?" Tai asked, looking up at the ceiling again. There were a few Linkin Park posters scattered into the mesh of Princess Mimi posters, along with one different one right above the bed. It showed the words, "My Imaginary Friend Thinks You Have Serious Issues" in a white bold print at the top. Underneath it were two cartoon characters. One was light blue with a white dashed outline and the other was a solid figure with dark blue pants and a red shirt. The solid one had one finger moving up and down over his lips with a bit of drool coming out of the side of his mouth, while the transparent one had an eyebrow raised. Tai couldn't help but laugh. Daisuke's face contorted into a look of confusion before he looked up a little ways, suddenly understanding what was so amusing to the younger boy.

"Like that? Ari got it for me as a birthday present a while back." Daisuke grinned proudly.

"That's hilarious. I mean, the picture is so perfect," Tai huffed out in between giggles.

"I thought so too. Anyway, to answer your question, no I've never met her before. I'd love to though," Daisuke added as an afterthought.

"Only because she's your biggest obsession ever," a new voice joined their conversation. The two cousins whipped their heads around to face the door.

"Ever heard of knocking?" Daisuke scowled at the smirking bluenette who was casually leaning against the doorframe.

"Yeah, I've heard of it, but it takes all the fun out of everything." Arial's light blue eyes twinkled mischievously.

"What's going on, Ari?" Tai asked the oldest boy, pushing himself up into a sitting position.

"Matt sent me in here to tell you that we're having a meeting in five minutes. Says he has some exciting news for us. Following the meeting will be a 45 minute practice. Then dinner will be served. Tonight we're having tacos," Arial read off of his palm.

"Thank you, Mr. Itinerary." Daisuke rolled his eyes and pushed his chair away from his desk. "Can't we do this some other time? I have a big term paper due tomorrow. And when I say big, let me emphasize big!" he exclaimed, holding up the collection of papers he had been poring over for the past few hours of that afternoon. Arial firmly shook his head and walked over to the bed, yanking Tai up by the arm.

"Nope, sorry Dais, Matt said now. And when he says now, he emphasizes now!" Arial mimicked Daisuke and headed for the door, dragging Tai behind him. Like in many situations with Arial, Daisuke merely shook his head and went along with things. The three boys walked down the hall and into the practice room where Matt and Ryan were already deep in discussion. Tai closed the door behind him and they moved closer to the other two. Matt motioned for the other four to sit down at the table. As soon as the boys were seated, excluding himself, he started speaking.

"As you all know, now that we have our fifth and final member, again, we can officially do something with this band," the blonde began, meeting the others' eyes.

"What do you mean do something?" Tai questioned cautiously. Matt's cerulean blue eyes flickered on the young brunet briefly before breaking contact.

"Meaning, we can start off fresh. Start making a name for ourselves, playing places, trying to get the record deal we've been searching for. Does that make sense?" he asked the group.

"Yeah, it makes sense, but what does all of that have to do with anything?" Daisuke raised an eyebrow, propping his chin up with the palm of his hand.

"It has to do with everything and anything, Dais."

"Start talking then," Arial inserted, folding his arms over his chest and leaning back in his chair, causing the front legs of it to rise into the air.

"I'm going to laugh when you fall backwards out of that chair," Matt told the blue-haired boy.

"I'm not going to fall. Now start talking about this big news you have," Arial replied.

"Do you recall hearing about that new club that opened downtown?" Matt questioned the band.

"Fahrenheit 91," Ryan answered.

"Yeah, that one." Matt nodded in agreement.

"Okay, what about it?" Daisuke asked curiously.

"Every Thursday night, they headline the newest bands in the area."

"Headline?" Tai repeated.

"Headline. They let the bands go and play and then they review the band in the next day's paper."

"Do we even get a paper on Fridays?" Arial cut in.

"Shut up, Ari," Ryan retorted. Matt rolled his eyes and continued.

"Anyway!" he said loudly, bringing everyone's attention back to him. "I applied an application for us to play there last week. This morning they called, and they agreed to let us come and play from 9 to 10 this Thursday night." Silence fell upon the room as the other boys took the time to let Matt's words sink in.

"You're saying we actually have a gig this Thursday?" Daisuke squeaked, blinking in disbelief.

"Yep, we have a gig this Thursday." Matt repeated. As soon as these words left his mouth, a loud crash was heard. All of them turned towards the source of the noise, which happened to have been Arial falling from his chair.

"Don't even say it, Matt," he warned the smirking blonde, picking himself up from the floor.

"I wasn't going to say anything," Matt replied innocently, looking away from Arial.

"Sure." Arial frowned, sitting down in his chair properly this time.

"Okay, so as I was saying, we need to prepare ourselves for this show. We have four days, excluding Thursday and counting today. We need to decide what songs we want to play, which songs need to be practiced, actually all of them need to be practiced so ignore that, and all this other crap I have floating in my mind. We'll spend mornings and afternoons practicing, only about an hour and a half each since I'm thinking we only need three songs."

"Why three? Aren't we there for an hour?" Tai asked. Matt stared at the brunet, amazed that he was actually speaking. This was unusual for Taichi Yagami to speak civilly, let alone to him.

"Because, we're not the only band playing, they just want us to show up in that time frame. They've got two other bands lined up for that night."

"Which bands?" Ryan asked, closing his eyes briefly.

"Final Countdown and the Backward Jeans."

"The Backward Jeans?" Daisuke snorted. "Great name."

"Dais, now is not the time for nitpicking. Right now we need to practice all of our songs and figure out which ones we want to play. So up! Let's get a move on people!" Matt instructed them, clapping his hands together. The other four groaned in protest but got up anyway, as they didn't want their 'leader' to snap. They all walked over to the other side of the room where their instruments were.

"Okay, so we have Daisuke on drums, Ryan on bass, Tai on guitar and back-up vocals, Arial on back-up vocals and me on guitar and lead vocals. Sound fair?"

"Yeah, extremely." Arial grinned.

"You are so lazy," Ryan said to his best bud, who in turn stuck his tongue out.

"Not my fault all I know how to play is violin and piano." Arial shrugged.

"Stop bickering and save it for later," Matt interjected, picking up his guitar.

"Fine." Ryan picked up his bass and ignored Arial.

"So what songs do we want to try first?" Arial asked.

"Let's go with Worst Day Ever first." Matt suggested.

"Okay. Whatever works," Daisuke replied, pulling his drum sticks out of his pocket. Tai and Matt started playing their guitar parts while Ryan and Daisuke jumped in at the right parts. Arial stood there waiting for his own parts, and Matt opened his mouth and started to sing.

"6 a.m., the clock is ringing, I need to spend an hour snoozing, cause I don't think I'm gonna make it," Tai and Arial jumped in on the last part on time. The rest of the song flowed smoothly and came to a steady halt.

"Not bad, not bad at all I say," Matt said nonchalantly, adjusting his guitar shoulder strap.

"Are we going to play it on Thursday?" Arial asked, picking at a hangnail.

"Leave the hangnail alone, Ari, and I don't know. I still think that we should go through all of our songs and pick out which three we want to use on Thursday."

"Hey, Matt, suggestion?" Ryan cut in.

"What?"

"Why don't we all decide what we want to do, instead of just you?"

"Because it's my band!" Matt shot back.

"It's not just your band, dude, it's our band. Didn't we already have this discussion?" Daisuke asked pointedly.

"Ugh, you don't get it! I know it's our band, but I make a majority of the decisions. Right?"

"So what? We should still help you make a majority of those decisions," Arial argued.

"I don't know why, I'm doing perfectly fine myself!" Matt all but shouted at the bluenette.

"Actually Matt, I think they're right," Tai said warily. All four pairs of eyes turned onto the young brunet.

"Excuse me?"

"I think they're right," Tai repeated, stronger then before. Matt raised a fine blonde eyebrow and approached Tai.

"You know what?" Matt growled in a low voice, staring directly into Tai's mud-colored orbs.

"What?" Tai challenged the blonde boy, staring right back. Matt huffed and shrugged his shoulders.

"You're absolutely right." he waved his hand casually, turning on his heel away from the brunette.

"I-wha?" Tai tripped over his words.

"You're right. So what's our first decision, guys?" Matt asked the group, looking at them through his lashes. Needless to say, none of the boys knew what to do or say. This was the first time Matt had even suggested that they help him in any way. Arial decided to be bold and take charge.

"I say our first decision should be to skip practice and eat. Besides, Dais has a term paper and we wouldn't want our little Dai-Dai failing, now would we?" Arial winked at the cinnamon-eyed boy and sauntered into the kitchen.

"Y'know, I totally agree…" Daisuke yawned and walked out as well, following Arial into the kitchen where the tacos were waiting for them.

"…no! The tacos!" Ryan exclaimed suddenly and raced after the other two boys, leaving Matt and Tai in the room alone.

"Um…" Tai started to say.

"Yeah," Matt finished and both boys turned and walked out. The scene they were greeted with was Arial and Daisuke standing behind the counter pigging out on tacos and Ryan throwing lettuce at them, demanding that they share.

"Can't you guys ever act like adults?" Matt scowled and seized a taco from Daisuke's plate when he wasn't looking.

"Of course not Matt, we're not adults yet...so why bother?" Daisuke replied, smacking Matt's hand away from his plate.

"Because, if we want to look professional to get a deal, we need to act professional, got it?" the blonde replied, munching on the taco.

"C'mon 'Mato, lighten up. We don't need to be professional in our very home. That's just crazy," Ryan jumped in, picking a piece of lettuce out of his black locks that was thrown back at him.

"Well still. If we don't at least practice acting professional, who's to say that we can be when the time comes?"

"Matt. Shut up. You're all about practicing everything! Take a Ritalin or something, jeeze," Arial scoffed, swallowing a bite of food.

"Bite me," Matt shot back.

"Okay." Arial shrugged and dropped his taco, walking over to Matt and biting his shoulder.

"Ow! Damn Blue, I wasn't serious!" Matt yelped, yanking his arm away from the blue-haired boy.

"You know I'm very literal." Arial winked and hopped back up on the counter, grasping his taco once more.

"You're an idiot, Natsaki," Matt grumbled, walking over to the refrigerator.

"Thanks." Matt shook his head and took a bottle of water out of the icebox.

"Look, you all finish eating, Daisuke work on your paper, and the rest of you think of what songs we want to work on tomorrow morning," he instructed the boys, swiftly grabbing another taco.

"Hate to bust your bubble dude, but Dais and I still have school…we can't stick around for morning practice," Tai cut in, also taking a taco from Daisuke's plate.

"Why is everybody stealing my food?" Daisuke cried, covering his plate with his arms.

"Because it's easy," Tai said off-handedly and looked at Matt, expecting a reply.

"You are just a little chatterbox aren't you?" Matt muttered and turned around. "So why not just skip school for a few days?" he suggested in a louder voice.

"Or why don't we just not?" Tai replied nonchalantly, leaning against the counter and crossing his legs.

"What harm could it do?" Matt pressed on.

"Uh, gee, I wonder…I'm expected to pass the tenth grade! I can't do that if I ditch school!"

"Why not?"

"I'm already failing a few classes…but that's none of your business. Bottom line is, we can't," Tai finished, biting into his dinner. Matt groaned and placed his palm on his forehead.

"Fine, whatever. Just figure out songs. I'm going to my room," Matt muttered and turned around, walking away from the other boys and closing his bedroom door.

"Well, that went rather well." Daisuke gave Tai a lopsided grin.

"Whatever happened to the statement about blondes being happy and stupid?" Arial asked.

"They changed that statement to apply to bluenettes instead," Ryan drawled out, stretching his sore limbs.

"Oh…wait, did not!" Said bluenette retaliated once he realized the meaning behind Ryan's remark. Ryan merely grinned and flicked Arial in the nose.

"If your hair wasn't naturally blue, I'd wonder about the blonde potential," he replied, ruffling Arial's hair as he walked over to the couch.

"Your hair's really blue? Like, it's really natural?" Tai raised a skeptical eyebrow.

"Yeah…my mom was exposed to this weird chemical at her job when she was pregnant with me so it changed my DNA to give me blue hair instead of sandy blonde like most of my brothers. I don't know exactly but it seems logical." Arial nodded, jumping over the back of the couch and landing next to Ryan.

"That's just weird." Tai wrinkled his nose in thought and meandered over towards the other two. Daisuke tossed his plate into the kitchen sink and wiped his hands on his jeans.

"I'd love to stay and chat with you lovely people, but I have a date with Lady Civics." Daisuke mock-bowed and grinned.

"And people say I'm weird." Arial shook his head, taking the remote out from between the arm of the couch and the cushion he was sitting on.

"You are. Now if you excuse me, I am going to lock myself in my room until I finish that stupid term paper." Daisuke cocked his finger at the boys and winked, sauntering into his bedroom and also closing the door.

"You all worry me…immensely," Tai decided, curling up in a recliner kitty-corner from the couch.

"Oh don't worry. It'll only be a matter of time before you're one of us!" Ryan laughed.

"Joy!" Tai rolled his eyes and laughed as well.

'This isn't so bad…these guys are all right. I could get very well adjusted to this.' The brunet thought to himself just as a game controller was thrown at him and he was added into a game of Tony Hawk's ProSkater 4.

The days dragged on slowly for the five boys of, as Ryan put it, Name Unavailable. It was on Wednesday that things started getting intense.

"Hey you guys, we still need a name," Tai brought up casually as he sat by the computer with a bag of sour cream and onion chips.

"We have names. Arial, Tai, Matt-" Arial started listing off on his fingers.

"No not like that." Tai shook his head, cutting the older boy off before he could continue any further.

"We can pick out a name later. We still need to run through some songs. We only have two picked out and we need one more," Matt cut in, flipping through a music magazine.

"I thought we had three?" Daisuke questioned as he spun around on his drum stool.

"We do. He means we need to see if it's good enough," Ryan interpreted while playing different notes on his bass.

"We did. We agreed it was perfectly fine. We agreed everything was already ready for tomorrow night. What more is there to discuss?" Arial pointed out.

"Um, hello! A lot! Like who's singing what parts and what instruments go where and how long each song is and-" Matt stopped rambling as Daisuke placed a hand over his mouth.

"Matt, we know this is the first gig we've had since like forever, but you have to chill! Now remember, we know who's singing what, we know what instrument goes in which part of the melody, and we know that one song is two minutes and thirty-two seconds, another song is two minutes and twenty-five seconds, and the last song is two minutes and fifty-eight seconds. We went through all of this yesterday," The burgundy-haired boy explained in a calm voice, the kind you would use with a toddler who was throwing a tantrum. Matt might as well have been a toddler at this point. The blonde ran both hands through his hair and grabbed two fistfuls, yanking as hard as he could.

"You are all very frustrating right now," he growled and stormed into the kitchen. The other four boys breathed out similar sighs and followed their blonde leader.

"Um, Matt?" Ryan called out tentatively. The ocean-eyed boy ignored Ryan and took out an apple and a knife, proceeding to slice the fruit.

"Matt look, just relax. Everything is perfectly fine," Arial tried reasoning with the blonde. Matt continued to tune out his band mates and slice the apple.

"Good grief, Matt, say something!" Tai exclaimed.

"Ow!" Matt hollered, dropping the knife and apple he was holding. The other four boys crowded around the blonde.

"Matt? What happened?" Daisuke questioned, moving closer to the other boy.

"Shit…cut my finger open," Matt hissed, shoving his finger into his mouth. Ryan sighed and stepped forward, grabbing Matt's wrist.

"Let me look," he said softly, pulling Matt's index finger out of his mouth. Ryan winced and shook his head.

"Pretty deep cut…Ari can you ge-"

"Already ahead of you, Rys," Arial interrupted him, thrusting a first-aid kit into his hand.

"Thanks," Ryan replied and began to work on Matt's finger. In no time it was bandaged up.

"Does it hurt?" the black-haired boy asked.

"A little, not too much though…but now we have a problem," Matt stated grimly.

"What problem?" Daisuke asked.

"If I have an injured finger...I can't play my guitar solos. I can still play the regular music, just not the solo," the lead vocalist explained.

"What's that suppose to mean? If you can play the regular guitar parts you should be able to play your solo!" Arial exclaimed.

"No I can't. So, we need a new plan. And I have the perfect one…" Matt trailed off, stopping his gaze on Tai. The mud-eyed boy stopped munching on part of the apple that didn't have Matt's blood on it and stared at the older boy.

"What…" he said slowly.

"You! You can play the solo!" Matt suddenly shouted, causing the youngest boy to choke on the piece of apple in his mouth.

"Excuse me? I can't play your solo! That's your solo. Not mine!" Tai exclaimed.

"Just do it, Yagami," Matt snarled one last time before he headed to his room. The bedroom door closed behind the blonde, leaving behind a stunned group of teens.

"Well…guess you learn the part!" Daisuke said enthusiastically, dragging his cousin into the practice room.

"Why me?" The young male moaned and followed the cinnamon-eyed boy reluctantly to his guitar.

It was finally Thursday. The big Thursday night that they would get to show Odaiba what they were made of.

"Everybody ready?" Matt asked as he fiddled with the collar of his white button-up dress shirt. He was also wearing a pair of loose dark blue jeans.

"Ready as we'll ever be!" Daisuke grinned cheerfully, twirling his drumsticks around in his fingers. The drummer was wearing a red shirt with a picture of a dysfunctional clown and read 'Too Many Freaks, Too Few Circuses.' He was also wearing a pair of khaki slacks.

"You guys we still need a name," Arial reminded the boys, smoothing out his black T-shirt that read the same thing as Daisuke's poster in his bedroom. He also smoothed out his blue jeans.

"The Frontwards Jeans?" Ryan said jokingly. The bassist was wearing a short-sleeve button-down shirt left open with a navy blue shirt underneath. He also wore black jeans.

"Guys we have five minutes to decide!" The last member of the group declared, feeling rather flustered. He was wearing a blue Ataris shirt and dark green pants.

"Um…Endzone?" Arial suggested.

"We're not football players. What about Blue Collar?" Matt put in.

"No way, Pizzablast!" Tai yelled. Everyone shushed him and quieted down.

"I have one," Daisuke said quietly, gaining their full attention.

"Spit it out Dais, what is it?" Matt asked impatiently.

"The Teenage Wolves," Daisuke stated proudly. The four other boys blinked in curiosity.

"Why…" Tai started out.

"Because wolves are animals that can survive on their own yet adjust to living in a pack. We've all survived rough lives on our own and now we're coming together to make a good life. And we are all teenagers anyway. It just fits!" he explained, obviously very proud to have thought of it all by himself.

"Yo boys, you're on!" one of the stage crew members announced to the boys. Matt looked at the others and grinned as they huddled up.

"Well, this is it guys. We're ready. Knock 'em dead," he whispered confidently and broke away from the circle.

"Name?" someone asked the boys.

"The Teenage Wolves," Matt replied instantly. Daisuke gave him a wide grin that Matt returned just as wide.

"Ladies and Gents, put your hands together for our opening act: The Teenage Wolves!" the MC announced. All five boys burst out from backstage and into their destined spots. Matt grinned at the audience and walked up to the lead microphone.

"Hey everybody, how you doing tonight?" Matt drawled out, working the crowd up into more excitement. Cheers rose up in the crowds. Matt grinned and nodded.

"Great to know! But before we show you how it's done, let's introduce ourselves all right? On the drums we have Motomiya Daisuke. Bass is Kinomita Ryan. Lead Guitarist and backup vocals are Yagami Taichi. Backup vocals are Natsaki Arial. And you've got myself, Ishida Yamato you best call me Matt, on lead guitar and lead vocals." The crowd cheered for the boys once more.

"All right, enough small talk…let's get this party started!" the blonde yelled into the microphone, picking up his guitar. He started off with a sharp, repetitive guitar riff and allowed the other instruments to join in too before he started to sing.

"Storming through the party like my name was El Niño, when I'm hanging out drinking in the back of an el Camino," he sang out, followed by extra vocals from Tai and Arial. The sound was loud and pumping, drawing the crowd into the party.

"Waste my time with them, casualty of society, waste my time again, victim of your conformity, and back down!" The song ended with a few extra guitar riffs from Tai and Matt and extra drum beats from Daisuke. The audience exploded with cheers at the end. Matt grinned and tried to catch his breath before continuing.

"You thought that was pretty good huh?" he asked. His only response was more cheering and yells amidst the group of teens at the club.

"Well, now we get something very new…I'm handing over the lead of lead singer to Arial. Give it up for Blue everybody!" Matt clapped, causing the crowd to go in an uproar as Matt and Arial traded spots. Arial waved at the crowd and beamed.

"Hey everybody! This is just a little something I wrote for a girl I used to know…hope you guys like it," he said with a smile and took a deep breath, signaling Ryan to start playing.

"Josie, you're my source of most frustration, forget when I don't meet expectations, everything you wished came true, in the end we all blamed you, even though, as they all know, you weren't the only one, two, three, four.." Arial trailed off, allowing the other boys to jump in with their instruments. He started singing faster, words spilling out of his lips in an upbeat fashion. The song was interesting to say the least and the crowd looked on with wide eyes, everybody wondering how somebody could have that much lung power. Arial slowed down immensely and the music started to fade out.

"And she said na na na na na..." he stopped singing and grinned broadly, waving at the audience as the cheers erupted once more. He walked back to his original spot and gave Matt the limelight.

"That was Natsaki Arial ladies and gents, wasn't he awesome?" Matt asked. The applause certainly said he indeed was awesome. Matt quieted the audience and smiled again.

"All right, all right, let's calm down. We have one more number for you tonight. It's a new piece that we wrote last week. Hope you enjoy it," he wished the audience luck. He nodded to Tai to start the guitar part before he started singing.

I know a girl who's obsessed with a guy, she talks for hours and still tomorrow she'll call again, and when he thinks that this could be the end, she calls again," Matt's voice flowed out, leaving the other boys to play their instruments. The song went on for a while, including the chorus, another verse and another chorus before the highlight of the song came into play.

"I never liked you I never wanted you I never liked you I never wanted you," Matt trailed off, focusing his attention on the youngest member of the band.

This cued Tai for his new guitar solo. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes briefly and began to play. Hoots and hollers burst from the crowd, giving the young boy more confidence to play. He bent his knees slightly and arched his back, just like a real rock star would and the crowd was absolutely loving it. Tai's body flowed with the beat of the song and he caught himself just in time to start singing again. The boys repeated the chorus once more, leaving Matt to finish it off alone.

"I never liked you, I never wanted you, I never liked you, I'm not in love with you," the blue-eyed boy stopped and the music stopped. Screams of approval reached the band's ears and a standing ovation was even given. Matt waved at the crowd and grabbed the microphone again.

"Wow, guess you liked it," he said and smirked. More cheers flooded the club. "Let's have a big round of applause for our solo guitarist, Yagami Taichi. He's only 16 folks! Let's show the love…" Matt trailed off and the fans began screaming various phrases at the band. Matt grinned and started to speak again.

"This has been an excellent night; you're such a great audience! Party on people!" he shouted and all five boys ran back stage, the cheers reaching their ears from back there.

"Can you believe that? They loved us!" Daisuke exclaimed, squirming around in all directions.

"That was so amazing!" Ryan added as he stopped Daisuke from crashing into the drink table.

"Your guitar solo turned out excellent, Tai," Arial complimented the younger boy who was guzzling down a cup of cool water.

"Thanks, Ari. I was so afraid I was going to screw up," The brunet admitted with a sheepish smile, throwing the plastic cup into the trashcan.

"They certainly loved it," Matt replied, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Good." Tai nodded. Daisuke peered around the corner and his eyes lit up.

"Food!" he exclaimed quite suddenly. With that word, Tai, Daisuke, and Ryan sped off towards the other side of the stage to claim their mini peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Matt rolled his eyes at his band mates' childish actions but let it slide. Just for tonight. He reached over for a can of soda and popped the top, slowly sipping it.

"So I take it your finger is better?" Arial asked the blonde, raising a dark eyebrow.

"My finger?" Matt asked in a puzzled tone.

"Yeah. The finger you cut open yesterday that hurt so bad," Arial said. Matt smirked and placed his soda can down, unraveling the band-aid that was on his finger. He freed the index finger and showed it to Arial.

"There's no cut." Arial blinked in disbelief.

"Oh yes there is. It's just very little."

"Ryan said-"

"Ryan is bad at judging depth. I pressed on it to make it bleed more so it appeared worse then it was."

"Why?"

"Why do you think?" Matt refolded his arms. Arial's face twisted into a look of concentration when it suddenly clicked.

"You wanted Tai to play that solo, didn't you? And you knew he wouldn't willingly do it."

"Damn straight. And he did a mighty fine job." Matt nodded and downed the rest of his soda as he walked away, tossing the can into the trashcan behind him.

Edited again, the songs used in this chapter are Fat Lip by Sum 41, Online Songs by blink-182, and Vacation by Simple Plan. Do not own Tony Hawk's Proskater 4 and that should be it. Later.