Lupicinus: (Panting heavily and hiding behind a large rock) Dear gods save save me......(gulps and peeks around the rock, seeing two little gnomes with cattle prods searching the area).......shit.......(Hides again) What do I do? What kills gnomes! I kill one and two replace it!
Gnome 1: I think I heard something braga braga!
Gnome 2: Really where muka muka?
Gnome 1: Over behind that big rock braga braga!
Gnome 2: (turns on cattle prod and heads over)
Gnome 1: (follows and turns on prod as well)
Gnome 1 and 2 jump over rock and corner Lupicinus: HAH! We have you now mortal muka muka!
Lupicinus: (Yells and kicks them over but gnome 2 manages to electricute her rendering her knocked out)
Gnome 2: She's a nuisance i hate this job!..........muka muka......
Gnome 1: Master will be pleased so deal with it braga braga (ties up L with magic vines and drags her off to the tree god)
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Chapter 10:
The backstage path to the stage
Kira stopped peeking out at the crowd and turned to Satori once she had heard their names been called. Kira looked over smugly at her moon haired friend, "You ready?"
Satori took a deep breath and adjusted her guitar one last time to make sure it was in tune, "As ready as I'll ever be..." She could feel her heart pounding with anticipation. She was ready to meet the gazes of her friends, be them gazes of disgust and hate, or stares of acceptance and joy.
Kira smiled put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "Let's have fun, and who cares if we don't win, even though we're going to. And if we do lose we'll jump the winner and steal their prize money!"
Satori grinned, "I don't care about winning, how many times do best friends get to sing a song about their friendship, and maybe even get 400 dollars for it. Tonight is one night I'm going to remember no matter the outcome."
Kira and Satori beamed at each and then raced out on stage.
Everyone was staring at the stage as Kira and Satori came out with microphone headsets on, and Satori with her guitar. They gained a few catcalls and such, as Erica ran off to the DJ station again. They stopped at center stage and made the adjustments to their head sets and such as they waited for Ethan to play their music.
At the booth
Eiji giggled as she saw them both come out on stage, "GO KIRA AND SATORI!"
The guys and girls stared at Eiji dumbfounded.
Loreli was confused, "You knew didn't you?"
Eiji nodded happily, "This was the surprise."
Sonson looked at her and then back to the stage, "Wow, she's really back then..."
All the guys could do was stare. Viole and Chesta (Who was also staring at Kira, she just looked so damn hot up there!) sat there flabbergasted while Dallet rubbed his eyes just to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Migel look totally hypnotized.
Gatti ran up to them with the vanilla and cherry cokes he was supposed to get for Kira and Satori and sat down at the booth, "Surprise, surprise eh? Yup that's Satori all right, even though she's changed a bit in appearance."
Viole looked over at him and in a calm voice asked, "How long has she been back?"
The others, even though they were still looking at the stage, were listening for the answer as well.
Gatti took a sip out of Kira's drink as he looked up thoughtfully, "Since about Sunday I guess. She was at school today too. That's why I wasn't at lunch. We didn't come see you because she had wanted to surprise you guys tonight." He had nearly finished the vanilla coke when he set it back on the table and looked at all of his friends. Viole and Eiji were the only ones looking at him. He examined their faces; they mostly held surprise not anything indicating hate. Eiji and Gatti looked at each other nervously before looking back up at the stage. Viole also returned his gaze to the vibrantly lit area.
Dilandau stared wide-eyed and gaping up at Satori, a lump forming in his throat and breathing becoming harder by the second. He didn't know whether his eyes were deceiving him, but he didn't know if he was really ready for her to be back, he had just gotten over her. It had been so long, and she had changed a good sum. In fact he thought she looked...well...beautiful! But so many questions were aching at the back of his mind. Where had she been all this time? Why did she go? Why didn't she tell him? Why, why had she broken her promise?
His mind went blank as both Satori and Kira stepped up to front of the stage and shot each other an encouraging smile. Dilandau shivered as Satori began to play her guitar. Satori nodded over at the DJ, indicating their readiness, and Ethan began to add the rest of the music for the song. Their sweet voices echoed throughout the club like the clearest bells as they began their duet.
(Satori's singing is bold and Kira's singing is italic. When they sing at the same time it's underlined)
When I think of what I've been through
I can see, that you've always been there for me
To tell the truth, don't know what I'd do
Without you, all of my dreams would not come true
You were the one
That I had hoped for
Now my life
Means so much more
Now we can be, together forever
For ever
Just you and me
I'm here for you; you're here for me
It was you who showed me I've got a friend in you
I always knew that you'd be right here for me
And It was you
Who'd stand with me when the skies were blue
It was you who stayed by my side. It was you!
Since the day you came in my life, I knew then that you'd be someone right by my side
Then you grew; you're a friend to me
In my heart forever you will always be
You were the one, the one
That I had hoped for
I been hoping
Now my life means so much more
Means so much to me!
Now we can be
Together forever, together you and me
Just you and me
There for each other
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you
I always knew that you 'd be right here
Be right here for me
And it was you who'd stand with me when the skies were blue
When the skies were blue
And it was you who stayed by my side
It was you
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you
Who showed me I got a friend
I always knew that'd you be right here
You'd be right here for me
And it was you who'd stand with me when the skies were blue
And it was you who stayed by my side
It was
It was you
It was you who was always right by my side
If I just can't do it, you helped me through it
We're friends forever, like best friends should be
You'll always be!
A special part of me!
It was you!
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you
I finally found a friend!
I always knew that'd you be right here for me
It was you! It was you!
And it was you who'd stand with me when skies were blue
Who'd stand with me when skies were blue!
And it was you who stayed by my side
It was you
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you
I always knew that'd you be right here for me
Be right here for me! Be right here for me!
And it was you who'd stand with me when Skies were blue
And it was you who was by my side
It was you!
It was you
Who showed me I got a friend
I always knew that'd you be right there
It was you
And It was you I knew that I could count on you
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you
I always knew that'd you be right there for me
It was you! Who showed me! I got a friend!
And it was you who'd stand with me when skies were blue
It was you! Who showed me! I got a friend
And it was you who stayed by my side
It was you
You are a friend to me
It was you.
As soon as Satori's hand stopped playing and rested on the guitar strap, the whole entire club erupted into tremendous cheering. The cheering was so loud, that it set off several car alarms parked outside.
Kira and Satori both were beaming as they bowed. Erica shrieked happily and ran out to the stage. She appeared between the two and threw her arms around their necks.
"Club goers! What an amazing duo! Now I must request your silence for the reading of the winner and or winners of Club Twilight's annual karaoke contest!"
The club settled down a bit as a stage attendant ran an envelope out to Erica which contained the judges'winning selection.Erica smiled brightly andtore it open, reading its contents. She released Satori and Kira and walked to the very front of the stage and then spun around pointing at them.
"KIRA EFIMIA AND SATORI IRERNO ARE OUR WINNERS FOR TONIGHT'S CONTEST! YOU'VE WON 400 DOLLARS!"
The club once again broke out into applause, whistling, and hollering as Kira and Satori laughed and gave each other a high five. They both heard the shouting of their names and spotted Dallet, Migel, Chesta, Viole, Gatti, Loreli, Eiji, and Sonson all standing by their booth clapping and shouting at them. Kira and Satori waved back at them and then turned to accept the 4 one hundred dollar bills Erica had pulled out of her vest pocket.
"You guys did excellent! You really deserve it girls." She handed the money over to them and backed away clapping. They divided it in half between them and then took one more bow before retreating to back stage again. Once out of the sight of the crowds, they stopped in the hallway that led to the door to backstage. They screamed and hugged each other.
Kira let go of Satori and swirled, "We win, they lose! Time to celebrate by getting drunk!"
Satori threw her arms up to the sky and grinned, "Drunk til we can't even form sentences that don't make sense!"
Kira jumped on her, "Damn right!"
Satori grabbed her arm and led her quickly towards the door to backstage, "Let's go get wasted!"
They pushed through the doors and rushed into the vast backstage area which was still crowded with all the contestants.
They were greeted with even more cheering as they made their way through them all. Several of the other contestants were congratulating them as they walked by, while others shot them glares of jealousy or envy.
Kira faked a pout as they traveled towards the exit to their freedom, "Oh my, I think some of these people are mad at us for winning, whatever are we going to do. I can't stand it when people are mad at me because I'm better than they are!"
Satori rolled her eyes, "As you would say, 'I'm never going to see these people again who cares!'"
Kira smirked, "Hey, that's copyrighted material!"
Satori laughed and stuck her tongue out at Kira as she pushed open the door to go out into the club. As they made their way towards the booth the others were sitting at, lots of people congratulated them as they walked by.
A skinny punker girl with blonde hair waved at them as they passed, "Good job you two, it was totally awesome!"
Satori nodded in response to the girl while Kira said, "Thanks!"
A sandy haired guy gave them a thumbs up, and they smiled back at him.
Two guys walked up to them, "Hey there, can I get your number you were great."
His friend walked up to Satori, "Yeah, you were totally awesome, I would love to see you again."
Kira and Satori sweat dropped and walked past them, "Sorry, I think you're an over confident asshole."
"Sorry I think you're a dumbass playboy." Kira and Satori both flicked them off and continued towards the booth laughing hysterically as the two guys stood there with their esteem cut in two...actually...it was shattered to pieces.
They finally made it to the booth the others were sitting at. Kira walked up first and sat on the table, taking a long drink of her vanilla coke, "Hey it's gone already! Who the hell drank it!"
She sweat dropped when no one answered and realized they were all locked on to Satori who stood uncomfortably under their gazes.
Satori sighed irritated and cleared her throat, "I am well aware that some of you are very confused or unsure about how you are to react to my sudden presence, but I am here to assure you, that any pain or torment that was brought on by my sudden disappearance I truly apologize for. And I mean it when I say whatever you were feeling, it is not to go un said that I had not felt the same, that is unless you were glad that I was gone... But besides that, and if you did feel that way, um, that's fine, but I am truly sorry for it all, and I'm sure you're not all convinced, but please, hold your many questions tonight. I just want to have the first bit of fun I've had in a while, so please don't ask me any too...er... deep of a question. Keep it shallow if you're dying to ask one. And I know you have a right to know about the whole thing but there will be time for that later. I just want all of you to know, I did not want to go, but I HAD to go. There was no choice, and believe me when I say I wanted to tell you all so badly. But due to the circumstance, I was unable. I ask for your forgiveness for putting you through that, and I know some of you were hit harder by it than others, but if you feel that what I did was unforgivable, then I will understand if you despise, or hate me in any way. I did really miss you all..."
Satori blinked nervously as she scanned their faces. They all looked like a nuclear bomb went off right in front of their faces. Then slowly one by one they started to relax.
Sonson and Loreli (who had been standing if you recall) walked over and gave Satori a hug.
Loreli was laughing as she hugged her, "Wow! I can't believe you're really back! How are you!"
Satori smiled, surprised at how great they were being, "I'm fine!"
Sonson let her go and put her hand on her hip, "Well, well, look at you! You've changed so much!"
Satori held her hand over Sonson's head and grinned, "And I see that you've grown a few inches since I've been away!"
Sonson punched her playfully in the arm, "Shut up!"
Once those two let her go, the guys began getting out of the booth and shuffling over to Satori. Migel was the first to approach her. He looked her over and pulled at her shirt feeling the fabric. She could tell he was at a loss for words but knew later on she'd never be able to get him to shut up once the first shock passed, "Well Satori, glad you decided to come back..." With unsure steps he walked up and was about to hug her, but paused and looked for permission. She smiled and hugged him. He stiffened, but then adjusted and hugged her tightly in return. He let go and the rest of the guys began giving her welcome back hugs.
After that they all managed to squeeze into the booth. Conversation was endless.
Satori laughed as Dallet slid over her drink, "Wow Satori, I can't believe it's you, you're a babe!"
Satori shook her head, "Why thank you Dallet, how have you guys been?"
Viole smiled at her, "Well, it's a very long story, one we wouldn't have time to tell in full detail."
Chesta nodded, "Yeah Satori, You've only been gone like six years." He smiled cheerfully.
All Migel could do was stare at her. She noticed and raised an eyebrow, "Um, Migel? Are you ok?"
He shook himself out of his trance and beamed at her, "I just can't believe it. You're really back. You don't plan on taking off again do you?"
She looked down faintly smiling, "No, I plan to stay."
Gatti chuckled, "Glad to hear it!"
"Awesome!" Eiji smiled happily.
Satori smiled at them all. It was so good to see them again, and it did feel the same as it was with Kira. She felt like a big empty void had finally been filled as she looked around at her beloved friends' faces.
Kira was glad they were treating her good, but at the same time angry not even one had gotten upset and told her off so that Satori could see how serious her leaving had been. But she didn't want to ruin the moment so she continued drinking another vanilla coke she had ordered since Gatti had drank most of her last one, (yeah, I'm glad to hear it, you're not going anywhere this time like you did before. I wish you could have seen what you did to us all... )
Satori looked around, "Um, where are Guimel and... Dilandau? I thought Mina was here too..."
Loreli scratched her head and looked away, "Uh, Mina left with a guy...if you know what I mean..."
Satori sweat dropped.
Dallet shrugged, "We don't know where Dilandau got off to. Guimel is off with some scary woman."
Satori sighed, "Oh, I see."
Eiji folded her hands on the table and eyed Satori smiling, "So, do you think you could give us all a mild summary then if not the whole tale?"
Satori smiled, "You deserve much more than that, but yes I guess I can do at least that."
She took a sip of her drink and started telling them about how she had moved to Japan and a brief summary of what she had been up too these last five years.
30 minutes later
After Satori had finished, the others filled her in on what had been going on in their lives during her absence.
After the very long session of getting reacquainted with everyone, Satori heard her watch alarm go off. She pushed back her sleeve, reading the digital numbers which read 11:00.
(Fuck, oh well, mom will understand I got caught up talking to the group, but I don't exactly want the guillotine just yet...) She looked up at her friends (They're all having a good time, and I'm sure Kira planned on staying later than this, I'll just walk home, no big deal)
Satori stood up with everyone's eyes following her, "Something wrong Satori?" Eiji looked at her questioningly.
Satori smiled at them, "Nope, I feel great, especially after I got to see you guys again. I guess I'll be seeing you guys tomorrow at school?"
Chesta smiled, "No you won't tomorrow and Wednesday are holidays, we don't have school!"
Satori grinned, "Cool, then I guess we should plan something, give me a call if anything comes up. I'm going to head home now."
Kira raised an eyebrow, "And just how exactly do you plan on doing that? You rode here with me cuz your wasp got swatted."
Satori pointed to her feet, "See these, they move."
Everyone laughed, "Well, ok, just don't get hit by a car or anything."
Satori laughed at Viole's concern, "I'll manage, if all else fails I have two hundred dollars to pay for a cab. See you guys later!" She waved and slid out of the booth, walking towards the exit stairs. She received several congratulations from the people she passed who were sitting in the booths. She thanked them and hastily continued her way through the crowd for the stairs, trying not to get sucked up into conversation about her and Kira's performance.
Satori was about to go up the stairs when a hand grasped her shoulder. She turned around to face a tall black haired guy with blue eyes who was grinning at her, "Hey there. You sang well tonight. So your name is Satori is it? Excuse me for being nosey but I couldn't help but over hear your conversation back there. Mind if I walked you home? What kind of gentleman would I be if I allowed you to go home by yourself, there are some creeps out there who would be dying to get their hands on a pretty girl like you." He warned grimly and took a strand of her hair, playing with it between his fingers.
He smiled at her, causing her to feel uneasy. Satori took a step back and was about to bash his brains in with her guitar when someone tapped her on the shoulder...again.
She turned around only to be greeted by beautiful red eyes, "Ready for me to take you home..... Satori?" Her eyes widened in shock as she stared into them. She flinched; anger and hatred were swirling madly in them like a swarm of killer bees.
"D- Dilandau? I was, I was just looking for you..." She turned back around to face the other person, "I already have a ride..."
He put up his hands and backed away, "Oh, my bad, not a problem." He disappeared back into the crowd.
Satori turned around and managed a smirk, "Thanks for helping, even though I didn't need it D..."
Dilandau frowned and stared at her coldly, "Oh, of course I forgot, you don't need any help from anyone." he brushed past her forcefully and started up the stairs.
Satori tilted her head but quickly caught up and followed him out the door.
The air was pleasantly warm and smelled refreshing as Satori followed behind Dilandau. She stopped but he kept walking on the orange bathed pavement. She knew he was upset, but she smiled anyway. She finally got to see the one person she had missed almost as much as she had missed Kira.
"Thanks Dilandau, for everything, good night..."
Dilandau stopped briefly, fighting some inner conflict, but then continued walking towards the parking lot again without even looking back.
With that she turned and started walking up the street in the general direction of her house. Though she may have said it wasn't a long walk, it was fairly far. But she liked walking home nonetheless. She pulled on her black gloves and adjusted her guitar that was slung over her left shoulder.
She looked up as she heard a screech and saw Aeris flying overhead. Satori smiled and called back to her. Aeris flew down like a messenger of the heavens and landed on her right shoulder.
"You were supposed to be at home by now...and so was I heh..."
Aeris nuzzled Satori's cheek in response. Satori chuckled and continued walking up the sidewalk, unaware that she was being followed.
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Lupicinus: (Wakes up and finds that shes tied to a tree with vine thats glowing green) WHAT THE HELL WHERE AM I?
Gnome 1: She is awake master!
From the shadow steps a man covered in a green leafy cloak so only his green eyes can be seen.
Tree god: You have fallen into my trap!
Lupicinus: Actually i was zapped, i didnt fall anywhere, so you're wrong HAH some god you are (sticks out tongue)
Tree god: (growls) You insolent human how dare you defy me! I shall now place an even more powerful curse on you and send many more gnomes to ruin your life! Is that funny now!?
Lupicinus: (pales) Uh..........why are you after me?!
Tree god: (is shocked that he actually doesn't know the answer) Well......i uh...........er.........you see..............OH SHUT UP! Maybe you broke off too many branches! You ripped off leaves one too many times! There!
Lupicinus: Uh.........shouldnt you be after a lumberjack then? They cut down trees for a living you know......
Tree god: (Growls and takes a prod from one of the gnomes and zaps Lupicinus rendering her unconcious yet again) HAH! That'll teach her.
