INTERMISSION NUMBER!!
Okay… so, here is the alleged "intermission number" I promised you guys… to those who don't like love songies very much… you can press the forward button-like thing 'cause it'll lead you directly to the next element of the story…
There is no real timeline here and I'm not going to say that this is a spoiler… because it's not… :)
(I know I suck at writing things… but I couldn't help it! I love concerts! Going to them… being in them… performing in them! It's a different feeling when you're actually singing in front of all those people!)
But then again, this is a song by Bad Luck and Nittle Grasper…
Hah! I knew it would make your ears perk up… :)
Uhm… I'm sorry if it's a bit bad… :( I just wanted to distract you guys for awhile, while I figure out a way to end the 'til the snow stops story… :) Of course, there's always your escape… the button-like thing…
Last warning: it's a crappy love song…
Oh… and my thoughts or notes are enclosed like (this)…
Shuichi stood alone behind the curtains in the concert hall, aware of the presence of the audience. He stood there, for about a few seconds, mixed emotions coursing through his mind. 'I'm here… in the same stage as Nittle Grasper… with my band… yet… I'm scared… I don't think I'm going to be as good as Sakuma-san…'
Ryuichi appeared behind him a second later, wearing the same serious expression he always wore when he was on stage. "Are you ready?" he asked Shuichi.
Shuichi nodded, although he felt like going home… to Yuki… (But then again, Yuki won't be home…) He sighed inaudibly.
Ryuichi apparently noticing the tension inside Shuichi, said, "this song… was written for us by Yuki… You know that, right?"
Shuichi's eyes shone, although they were a bit sad. "Let's go…" he said, as Ryuichi signaled the backstage crew to start the effects.
Smoke and blue lights filled the stage, and people were getting hyped. The audience screamed, yelled, cheered, and applauded; all except Yuki Eiri, who was standing at his usual place next to the exit.
The melody of Hiro's guitar silenced the poor creatures and caused them to gaze blankly at the stage. A love song? A… slow love song? It was different from the fast-paced rock music they normally heard from both bands… it was… uh… weird.
"Why," Shuichi said the first word with such gracefulness that the girls in the front row were on the verge of fainting, "does it have to be so hard…" He looked calm, a bit emotional, but calm nevertheless. "To tell someone how you feel?" He glanced at his left side for effect (it was either that or K-san would yank it that way…), waiting for Ryuichi to appear beside him. "Why do you have to wall your heart…" Shuichi sang, resisting the urge to massage his aching neck, "and fortify it with steel?"
"I…" Ryuichi's golden voice echoed in the dark concert hall, "I've been hurt so many times…" He looked at Shuichi solemnly, "and I don't know what to do…" Shuichi opened his mouth to say something, but Ryuichi raised his hand, "You can say whatever you like.." He looked at the audience, "but love won't pull me through…"
"And yet you stay…" Shuichi sang.
Tohma and Noriko played their keyboards using the same notes Hiro did (only softer), and Suguru synthesized the three instruments, making it sound more soothing.
"Tell me why don't you go?" Shuichi continued, singing as if he was speaking to Yuki. "And when you start believing again…" he closed his eyes for effect, "will you let me know?" Shuichi walked back a few steps as Ryuichi stepped forward.
"You stay here in my arms …" Ryuichi sang, as if he was talking to some invisible lover, "and I hear you crying deep inside…" Ryuichi looked away wistfully, "I won't go… I won't go… away…"
"Why," Now Ryuichi was alone. (Noriko also sang… in the background…) (Shuichi had mysteriously disappeared from the stage… ah! The wonders of special effects…) "does it have to be so hard…" Ryuichi bowed his head. "To tell someone how I feel?" He waited for Shuichi to reappear. "Why do I have to wall my heart… and fortify it with steel?"
"You've been hurt one too many times," Shuichi sang emotionally, "and you don't know what to do…" He looked at Yuki sadly, "If I had my say, I would tell you…" He looked away, what was the next line again? He looked at Hiro, who was already confused at the too dramatic pause (although the audience didn't notice… because the music was still playing and Shuichi looked like he was building up some dramatic tension.) Then he looked at Yuki again, who was smirking evilly. Then he remembered the words… (or so he thinks…) "I love you…" (oops! Wrong!) "and love will pull us through…" (whew… good thing he finally remembered the real lyrics…)
They prolonged the last note as Tohma started playing Sleepless Beauty.
The audience just listened in rapt attention at the smooth transition, a bit surprised, but pleased all the same.
"I've been charmed by your eyes, from far away…" sang Ryuichi, inviting Shuichi to sing along. (In case some of you aren't aware… Ryuichi sang Sleepless Beauty in Shuichi's first appearance in the ASK concert…) "Wake up and wait for me…"
"Break the night's barricade and call out…" sang Shuichi, smiling at Ryuichi, "the crowd comes out of the reflection…"
"There's no way out…"
"If you plan to endure the impact…"
"Until it collapses…"
"A projected lie…"
A shrill firing of a gun, cut the celebration short.
(Sorry guys… had to end it before I got carried away with the whole concert thing… don't pout at me like that!! I did tell you it was short, didn't I?)
-- Yey! Now… I'm going to give reply to the reviews the good people of the world gave me…--
--(sorry if I spelled some names wrong… I was kinda writing in short hand during lunch break… guess you can kinda relate to how it feels… the pressure!!)--
To Surfernetgirl: ummm… thanks a dozen for the compliment… I haven't read good reviews in a while because the people in that other site… (I guess you gurabiteshiyon fans already know about it…) were a bunch of big-time writers… and I felt kinda left out… :( thanks for enjoying it… :) Thanks for imagining the imagery with me… :) I really appreciate readers who appreciate hard work… (oh no… getting sappy… must stop…)
To Stepher-chan39: I'm really honored to write one of the stories that made you cry… don't say you're pathetic— it'll make me cry… :( Thank you! :) Oh yeah… well… bad things usually happen to good people (which goes to show that Shuichi is a really good person to experience all that misery…). Anyways, things will work out just fine… I would like to tell all of you that Jwei Lih is not a sadist…
To MC88: Hmph… you were just saying those nice things because we're kababayan and I'm your friend… Tsk tsk… Anyway, thanks for being… uh… there… :) Let's conquer the world!!!
To Little Fox Kit: Thanks! I am so happy, glad, exhilarated and proud that you liked it!!
To clueless97: It would take Yuki Eiri just a few elements more…
To Chibi-Midnight-Sakai: Thanks… well, here's the update…
To those who reviewed after I posted element 6: thank you so much… :) I will recognize all of you at the epilogue or at the final element… whichever is convenient… :) THANK YOU to all the good and bad comments… (I never delete reviews by the way… unless if they're so false, even the devil would cringe… :))