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Chapter four: Karaoke and Meeting Someone New Part 1Previous Chapter
"Everyone!" the karaoke judge called into the microphone, "It's time for Karaoke!" cheers were heard in the large diner. "First up is a group of young girls!" The Reikai-tentai smiled eagerly, especially the boys. "Their names are Keiko, Shiziru, Yukina, Botan, and Sakaki!"
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The girls' mouths dropped, then they glared at the guys who were laughing, even Kurama was cracking up. Each girl hit a guy on the head (Keiko hitting Yusuke, Shiziru hitting Kuwabara, Sakaki hitting Kurama, and Botan hitting all three. Yukina doesn't like violence, remember?) And then they nervously walked up to the dj to decide which songs to sing. They decided to do three songs, and then get back at the boys. Once they got to the dj, they whispered what they wanted to sing. (A/N: You will find out what they sing soon. I just don't want to tell you now.)
"And now it's time to hear these teens to sing their hearts out!" the announcer yelled into the microphone, "Let's see…. Their first song is…." (A/N: I know, I know. I'm just being cruel right now. ) The music started and the girls thought it best to sing solos first for the versus then sing together for the chorus'. It was by unanimous votes that Sakaki went first.
(If you know the song Dearest from Inuyasha, then you know the song!)
Sakaki: Hontou do ni taisetsu na mono igai subete sutete
Shimaetara ii no ni ne
Genjitsu wa tada zankoku de
Yukina: Sonna toki itsu datte
Me o tojireba
Waratteru kimi ga iru
All: Ah itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made
Dou ka sono egao ga
Taema naku aru you ni
Keiko: Hito wa minna kanashii kara
Wasurete yuku ikimono dakedo
Aisubeki mono no tame
Ai o kureru mono no tame dekiru koto
All: Ah deatta ano koro wa
Subete ga bukiyou de
Toomawari shita yo ne
Kizutsuke atta yo ne
All: Ah itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made
Dou ka sono egao ga
Taema naku aru you ni
All: Ah deatta ano koro wa
Subete ga bukiyou de
Toomawari shita yo ne
Tadoritsuitan da ne
Everyone in the building was astonished at their singing, especially the Reikai Tentai. The group of girls on the stage smiled to each other then nodded to the dj meaning they were ready to sing another song.
(Evenescence's song My Immortal)
This time Shiziru Yukina was doing a duet. They sounded both awesome and haunting:
Shiziru: I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
Both: These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
Both: When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
Shiziru: When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
Yukina: And I've held your hand through all of these years
Both: But you still have all of me
Yukina: You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
But now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all of the sanity in me
Both: These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
Both: When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
Yukina: When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
Shiziru: And I've held your hand through all of these years
Both: But you still have all of me
Yukina: I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
Shiziru: But though you're still with me
Both: I've been alone all along
Both: When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
Shiziru: When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
Yukina: And I've held your hand through all of these years
Both: But you still have all of me
The audience was applauding like mad at their duo. They smiled and stepped back to their group to sing a more happy and bouncy song.
(A/N: This is 99 LuftBalloons, otherwise known as 99 Red Balloons go by. It's a really good German song, that's why I'm not putting up the original lyrics; I'm putting up the translations)
And once more, the music started. This song's beat made everyone not only listen, but dance. (This song is so upbeat it's amazing!)
Botan: You and I in a little toyshop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got.
Keiko: Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone.
Sakaki: Back at base, bugs in the software
Yukina: Flash the message, Something's out there.
Shiziru: Floating in the summer sky.
All: 99 red balloons go by.
All: 99 red balloons.
floating in the summer sky.
Sakaki: Panic bells, it's red alert.
Keiko: There's something here from somewhere else.
Both: The war machine springs to life.
Yukina: Opens up one eager eye.
Focusing it on the sky.
All: Where 99 red balloons go by.
Shiziru: 99 Decision Street.
Keiko: 99 ministers meet.
Botan: To worry, worry, super-scurry.
Yukina: Call the troops out in a hurry.
Keiko: This is what we've waited for.
Shiziru Sakaki: This is it boys, this is war.
Botan: The president is on the line
All: As 99 red balloons go by.
Yukina: 99 Knights of the air
Botan: Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Keiko: Everyone's a superhero.
Sakaki: Everyone's a Captain Kirk.
Botan Keiko: With orders to identify.
Yukina Sakaki: To clarify and classify.
Shiziru and Keiko: Scramble in the summer sky.
All: As 99 red balloons go by.
As 99 red balloons go by.
Sakaki: 99 dreams I have had.
Yukina: In every one a red balloon.
Botan: It's all over and I'm standing pretty.
Shiziru: In this dust that was a city.
All: If I could find a souvenir.
Keiko: Just to prove the world was here.
All: And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go.
There was literally an encore waiting to happen. Even Hiei came down from his tree to watch them with actual interest. Because of the five girls, the diner was as crowded as ever. The owner had to lock the doors for no one else to enter because of the girls. The girls (A/N: I know I'm calling them that too much, but I don't want to say "Keiko, Sakaki, Shiziru, Yukina, and Botan." It just takes up too much time) made their way back to the table they were sitting at before the little 'surprise' happened.
"You were amazing!" Yusuke cried out through the throbbing music from the dance floor as he hugged Keiko.
"Were? Don't you mean 'are'?" she grinned in response, "And 'we'? We all did it together. We even figured out which songs we all knew and we each sang our favorite versus in it, so afterward we could get back at you." All of the boys in the group "huh?"ed. Sakaki placed her hands on her hips,
"I over heard you guys. You thought we would do horribly at this. And obviously, you were wrong AND you forgot that I have youkai hearing so I could hear you easily." Kuwabara sweat-dropped with Yusuke.
"Oh, let us thank Youko who gave her those powers!" Yusuke remarked with his mouth foaming with sarcasticment as the guys all glared at Kurama who took a few tiny steps backwards.
"Hn." The talkative Hiei grunted with a little bit of amusement in his tone (translation: Wow, the baka ningen actually remembered something! I'm amazed!). Suddenly the song "Flavour Of The Week" by American Hi-Fi came on. All of the girls (including Yukina) smirked evilly and each grabbed a boy. Well, all except Kurama, Sakaki, and Hiei. Hiei had snuck back up to the rafters while Kurama went to get a drink. So, Sakaki decided to dance alone. Once the song finished, a slower one took its place, "Take My Hand" by Dido. Sakaki saw all of her new friends slow dancing (Keiko and Yusuke, Kuwabaka and Yukina, Shiziru with some random guy, and Botan also with some random guy.) and started to walk off of the dance floor when a hand tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around to see a boy around her human age.
"Umm… Would you like to dance?" He asked, a bit nervous and embarrassed. She smiled kindly towards him and nodded,
"Sure." They stepped back onto the dance floor. While they were slow dancing, they didn't really talk much except for the occasional things like:
"Hey," Sakaki asked, "What's your name?"
"Aki. You?"
"Sakaki."
And….
"I saw you up on stage earlier. Good job."
"Thanks. But my friends' boyfriends signed us all up. We were gonna sign up anyway." Once the music started speeding up (A/N: It does! I swear! I'm listening to the song right now!), everyone's dancing started to fall into beat.
Keiko and Yusuke
"Hey, look over to Sakaki. Looks like she picked up a guy." Keiko said while they were dancing.
"Wonder who he is…." Yusuke pondered out loud. Keiko turned to him still dancing,
"Are you jealous?" She asked bluntly.
"Why would I be? I have you." They smiled and continued dancing. (A/N: I know, I know. I put fluff there. I rarely use it, but I guess I will in this fic.)
Yukina and Kuwabaka
"Kuwabara?" Yukina asked sweetly.
"Yes my love?"
"Do you know who's dancing with Sakaki?" They both glanced over to the couple.
"Nope. Not at all." And they continued with their dancing.
Botan and Shiziru
The two decided to drop the guys who they were dancing with to get some soda. At the counter, they found Kurama, which was easy to do since there was at least five or more girls surrounding him asking him to dance with them.
"So, Kurama. Having fun?" Shiziru asked tauntingly before taking a seat next to him with Botan on the other side.
"Not really." He replied as he peeled the goggling girls off of him.
"Well," Botan elbowed him while pointing to Sakaki, "at least someone's having fun." Kurama watched Sakaki as another girl was approaching the couple.
Sakaki and Aki
While they were dancing, a girl that looked about the same age Aki gracefully strode over to them and leaned on Aki's shoulder,
"Whatcha doing?
"Uh…." Aki turned around to see the girl, "Hey Sakura. What are you doing here?"
"Looking for you. You should know that it's WAY past one in the morning! We gotta get home before ma gets pissed!'
"I'm guessing you two are siblings?" Sakaki asked. Sakura smiled and nodded,
"Uh huh. Twins to be precise."
"Awesome. Hey, Aki?" Sakaki got his attention and handed him a small slip of paper, "That's the number where I'm staying right now. Call me?" Aki nodded,
"Sure. Well see you later." And he walked off. Sakura lingered a bit and said,
"Sorry we didn't get to meet properly." Sakura took a few steps closer to Sakaki and whispered in her ear, "Good disguise, kitsune. My brother and I are red kitsunes, but never in my life have I seen a silver incognito." And she chased after her brother.
SilverOokami96: Well, I hope you liked it. Hehe… another cliffhanger. Guess you'll have to wait again for me to put up the next one.
Mayalah: I don't think they are. But I hoped you liked this chapter!
Sakaki's past will be slowly revealed as well as her mother. Review or suffer the dire consequences! Muwahahahaha!
Okay, rantings over….
